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2013-2014 BCRF Projects:
Dr. Pusztai is studying if different regions of a single cancer or different metastatic sites in the same patient contain genetically different cancer cells. The purpose of this research is to determine whether and how these genetic differences within the same tumor would affect treatment effects and patient outcome. Previously, Dr. Pusztai's team examined DNA sequences from matching breast cancer and metastatic sites and found that the metastatic sites often carry new mutations and differ not only from one another but also from the primary cancer in the breast. In the next phase of this research they will examine and if this genetic heterogeneity of the cancer influences treatment response and survival.
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In the current phase of their research, Dr. Pusztai and his team are examining if biopsies obtained from the same primary breast cancer at different locations yield different biomarker results. They compare the genomic abnormalities seen in different regions of the same cancer. They are also studying if the degree of tumor heterogeneity at the genomic level correlates with response or resistance to chemotherapy. In the past six months all data acquisition has been completed and the researchers are now analyzing the results.
In a separate project, Dr. Pusztai will collaborate with Dr. David Rimm at Yale in a project that utilizes new sequencing technologies to study if different regions of a single cancer or different metastatic sites in the same patient contain genetically different cancer cells. This project is the continuation of two studies related to targeted therapy in breast cancer. The first study analyzes DNA from HER2-positive (HER2+) breast cancers that were obtained from cancer biopsies from patients who participated in the randomized clinical trial NeoALTTO. This clinical trial tested the anticancer activity of lapatinib and trastuzumab or the combination of both of these drugs as preoperative treatment given together with paclitaxel chemotherapy for early stage (stage I to III) breast cancers. Biopsies of the cancer were taken before any therapy and at the time of the surgery to sample cancer cells that were not eliminated by the therapy. The purpose this study is to identify mutations in genes that could predict who will benefit from these drugs and to identify what mechanisms lead to resistance to these therapies.
Another component of the study, running in parallel, is related to immunological targets. Recently, therapies have been described for lung cancer and melanoma that use the body's own defense mechanisms to attack the tumor. Some tumors develop a "cloaking device" which makes the tumor invisible to the normal immune system. The new therapy blocks the cloaking signals on the tumor cells which result in T-cells attacking the tumors. When the T-cells are turned on, they are a formidable therapy and about a third of the patients that have received this therapy have experienced long term benefit or possibly cure. These therapies are now being testing in breast cancer. The goal of this project is the molecular characterization of breast cancer tumors with respect to their immune status to predict and ultimately test response to these next generation immune therapies.
Mid-Year Summary:
Drs. Rimm and Pusztai are analyzing genomic material (DNA) from HER2-positive breast cancers that were obtained from cancer biopsies from patients who participated in the randomized clinical trial NeoALTTO. This clinical trial tested the anticancer activity of lapatinib and trastuzumab or the combination of both of these drugs as preoperative treatment given together with paclitaxel chemotherapy for early stage (Stage I-III) breast cancers. The initial results of the trial were published two years ago and the first survival endpoint was reported in December 2013. DNA has been extracted from the initial biopsy from each patient and the researchers have received the DNA and completed the technical part of whole exome sequencing on 225 patients. In an effort led by expert bioinformatician, Christos Hatzis, they are beginning the quality analysis and ultimately the detailed genomic analysis to determine which genetic alterations are associated with response to resistance to lapatinib, trastuzumab or both.
The second half of this project is related to immune therapy. In Melanoma and Lung Cancer, great strides have been made in treatment of high stage disease with a therapy that interrupts the mechanism that tumors use to hide from the host immune system. This molecular axis, called the PD1 axis, when interrupted by a number of targeted therapies, causes the patients' immune system to attack the cancer. In a subset of patients this has led to complete response and long term survival. The researchers proposed to study this axis in breast cancer. They have measured both PD-L1 and immune cells in three different breast cancer cohorts and are now completing the data analysis. Over the next 6-9 months, they will determine the relationships between these molecules and others in the PD1 pathway with each subtype of breast cancer.
Dr. Lajos Pusztai is Chief of the Breast Medical Oncology Section at Yale University Cancer Center and Co-Director of the Cancer Center Genomics and Genetics Program at Yale. He previously led the breast cancer pharmacogenomics program at University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (MDACC). His research group has made important contributions to establish that estrogen receptor-positive and-negative breast cancers have fundamentally different molecular, clinical and epidemiological risk characteristics and therefore should be considered different diseases. They have shown that different biological processes are involved in determining the prognosis and treatment response in different breast cancer types. They also demonstrated that a subset of basal-like (ER- and HER2-negative) breast cancers have significantly higher chemotherapy sensitivity than ER positive cancers and demonstrated the statistical pitfalls of conducting clinical trials that include both ER-positive and ER-negative breast cancer (that contributed to the numerous contradictory results generated by older randomized adjuvant chemotherapy trials). They also showed that the epidemiological risk factors of triple negative breast cancer (e.g. lack of breast feeding and multiparity) are distinct from those of ER-positive cancers.
Dr. Pusztai has played an important role in evaluating gene expression profiling as a diagnostic technology and particularly as a potential predictive test for chemotherapy and endocrine therapy sensitivity. During this process, his team developed several new bioinformatics algorithms to identify informative genes. Through collaboration with a large number of academic and industry partners, this research ultimately has led to the recognition that drug-specific sensitivity signatures are currently not accurate enough for clinical use, however, general chemotherapy and endocrine sensitivity and prognosis can be predicted reasonably accurately for breast cancer. Dr. Pusztai and colleagues are using state-of-the-art technologies to identify novel therapeutic targets. They are also developing new bioinformatics tools that can enable them to integrate information from across different data platforms in order to define the molecular pathways that are significantly disturbed in individual cancers and could provide the bases for future individualized treatment strategies.


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Monday, June 5, 2017
The Magnolia Story gets 5 Stars {nonfiction, memoir, audiobook}
Read this book and maybe listen to the audiobook as well. I loved The Magnolia Story by Chip and Joanna Gaines. I found myself not only inspired while reading it, but also laughing in tears hearing Chip and Joanna tell the stories of Chips early parenting days or is crazy purchases, or how they started dating. Seriously hilarious!
Speaking of the audiobook. I absolutely love when authors read the book, but having Chip and Joanna read this book was even better since it is their memoir and their story. So, definitely Overdrive (connected through your library) or checkout the audiobook; you'll love it. Even if you have read the book. Trust me.
I give The Magnolia Story 5 out of 5 stars. If you are looking for a book that tells the story of Fixer Upper and the ins and outs of the show, then this is not the book you are looking for. This book isn't about the show. This book is about Chip and Joanna's story. This book is about how Magnolia Homes and Magnolia Farms and how they picked magnolia in the first place. This book is about how they came to be and how/why they are the grateful, God loving people they are. This book is their story in a funny, loving, inspiring, uplifting, page turner way. I thoroughly enjoyed the book, and by the amount of things I told my husband he basically read it as well.
Here are a handful of the quotes that I really liked in The Magnolia Story.
"Comfort is what you do when you retire." Chip said about not getting too comfortable but about pushing yourself.
"With change comes new opportunity." That's how Joanna looked at any situation when Chip bought a new house, even a crazy not working boat house.
"Be intentional." Be intentional about your design and your choices.
"Live wholly and intentionally for those closest to me."
"Pray. Pray together."
"Notice the miracles. God knows what we need more than we do."
"There are seasons, embrace them."
"Things get good when you're down in the mess. Get in!"
"Life is found in the glass of spilled milk." Such a great way to look at the not so pleasant times.
"Choose contentment and thankfulness now."
"Be thankful and find joy!"
"Know that God has been from the beginning, and he will be there to the end. His plan is far bigger and better than we could imagine, so pray, live intentionally, and enjoy the spilled milk."
All in all, this is a great book that makes me want to be more creative and inspires me to reach my goals and have God help me on the way.
PS- I seriously cannot believe what Chip did with their eldest child not once, but three times.
What did you think of The Magnolia Story? Did you love it as much as I did? If you haven't read it, are you going to give it a listen/read?
Happy Uplifting Hilarious Memoir Reading!
The Magnolia Story by Chip and Joanna Gaines
Rating: 5/5 stars
Best For: adults and fans of the HGTV show Fixer Upper
Worth a Check Out: Yes! Definitely check out the audiobook b/c Chip and Joanna read it.
Buy It or Not: If you love the show buy it; though I was completely content with a check-out.
Read Aloud: Not really, unless you and your spouse read it aloud to each other.
Lesson Ideas: So many life lessons, it'd be a fun book club book to discuss. Not really a classroom lesson book.
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On Saturday, after we went to the Farmers Market and ran some errands, we headed downtown for an evening in DC. It was my first Caps game of the season (we are season ticket holders, but we split the tickets with friends) and we got downtown early enough to grab a bite to eat and a few drinks ahead of time.
Cowgirl Creamery:
Chocolate Egg Cream + Sandwiches:
Mai Tai:
Verizon Center:
Rock the Red:
Overpriced beer that tastes like dishwater (but I still drink it anyway):
Ella's (our favorite place for post-game refreshments and awesome pizza):
More beer:
As I was taking this, a friend of ours told Larry to "smile with your butt":
The End.
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
an evening in d.c. via instagram
Labels: washington dc, weekends
4 comments:
- Lauren Margaret said...
Beautiful photos! I love the feel of them. Sounds like a great evening!
- October 19, 2011 at 1:40 PM
- Becky said...
I've never been to a hockey game - it's my goal to get tickets to a Caps game for the hubz and me sometime!
What a great night!
- October 19, 2011 at 9:28 PM
- Funnelcloud Rachel said...
Oh Becky - hockey is so fun. I am not a fan of watching other sports (I hate football b/c it means Larry spends all fall/winter in front of the tv) and baseball is a total snoozefest, but I love watching hockey. It's fast-paced and there are fights - what's not to love?!
- October 20, 2011 at 12:38 AM
i love ellas!
- October 23, 2011 at 10:27 AM
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Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Citizen Queen by Juliette Has a Gun
Juliette Has a Gun is a perfume "indie label" that was launched in 1996 by its creator, Romano Ricci. The JHAG line of five scents is targeted (yes, puns will live here) at an audience who appreciates perfume as an art. Ricci has a reputation as a bit of a dandy... and has the distinction of having collaborated on the house's first two perfumes with Francis Kurkdjian. The three other JHAG perfumes are sole creations of Ricci.
I've tried only one other JHAG scent, Midnight Oud, which I find intriguing and may talk about in a later contribution, but the try today is Citizen Queen. I chose a very warm day to test this and was frankly a little worried it would be too much. CQ starts off aldehydic, floral, quite strong and powdery- irisy… with hints of the leather to come. Never too sweet, not reeking of aldehydes, but this one is no timid wallflower, and the opening notes are stronger than I usually like in a scent, but not at all bad.
In the heat, the middle notes absolutely bloom, as you might expect, but they are so pretty to my nose it is a sultry rather than LOUD impression, warm airiness but a deep darkness beneath it… not suffocating, just THERE. Amber and leather. Rose, Iris, Immortelle, are the florals, I understand. I admit I have trouble picking out the individual flower notes but there's definitely a good blend here and a definite iris "feel" and the powder is deep and almost incense-like "semi-sweet" dusty powder, not unlike the smell of dried petals of dark, fragrant roses.
There is definitely something a little "dirty" and salty, definitely animalic, behind all that, and it keeps me sniffing my hand trying to "find" it. Moving from air conditioned room to warm, humid out of doors, the scent "opens up" and definitely projects enough that I don't need to sniff closely, but still want to!
When a particular perfume reaches drydown and speaks to me with a certain warmth, depth, and a note that is elusive to explain but makes me just go AAHHHH… that's the idea! I know I've found a scent I could add to my wardrobe. Citizen Queen has that nature. Maybe it's amber that does that for my nose.
I think I might be able to pull the trigger on one of the "Purse Bullets" (rollerball applicators with 4 4ml recharges) of this stuff, without too much arm-twisting!
Scent: Citizen Queen
House: Juliette Has a Gun
Creator: Romano Ricci
Rating: 3.5 stars
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Sounds fascinating!ReplyDelete
I periodically go through kicks of wanting everything rose, and when that hits again I plan on sampling the whole JHAG line. It's always interested me, and unlike some, I've always found the way they advertise themselves cute.
- AnonymousJune 8, 2010 at 7:35 PM
Quite! And I think I narrowed down the "AHA" to labdanum and amber. That combo makes me quiver. In that GOOD way!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 8, 2010 at 7:37 PM
Oh... and I ordered a set of their samples (they don't make samples of Midnight Oud but I already have one or two) so I can sniff again. Would be interesting to see how the first two JHAG scents compare to RR's three latest. (they're luring me in, see?)ReplyDelete
Nice review Actias ! I'm with you on loving amber and labdanum. I can never get my nose off my wrist every time I sample a frag with those basenotes.ReplyDelete
Citizen Queen sounds like a winner.
Oh, and a belated welcome to the blog, Luna! :)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 9, 2010 at 8:35 AM
Welcome Actiasluna and what a great review ! :)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 13, 2010 at 11:25 AM
Thanks! And yes, I tumbled to her charms and have a purse bullet set on the way.ReplyDelete


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I got a bee in my bonnet this week to start a regular feature on The Guidewire, posting each Friday and giving a peek into how things look from where we sit in emerging tech. There are plenty of great week-in-review blog posts out there but, frankly, I just wanted to have a little fun. Chris and I spend most weeks deep in conversation with startups, whether they're applying to DEMO, auditioning for Innovate!Europe, or just giving us a download on their products. But I'm always keeping an ear to the ground under social media. There's just so much inanity lying there fallow. So I think it will be a bit of trend-watching, a bit of news update and a bit of humor to highlight the absurd parts of the Web that sometimes get lost in the shuffle.
News from the Social Media Vortex
–It was only a matter of time. The Shorty Awards are officially established, to honor those folks who achieve excellence in… tweeting. I scoff but do acknowledge that there is a fair amount of wordsmithing involved in making your point in 140 characters. (I think my most successful tweet to date involved, not technology, but a spilled pickle jar in the frig.) Keeping with the democracy of the blogoverse, you can nominate your own categories. The current breadth of categories on the site seemingly ensure a nomination to most everyone on Twitter.
Apps on the Radar
–My productivity took a dive earlier in the week when I downloaded Monopoly for the iPhone. That and Centipede should ensure hours of time-sucking during international flights next week.
–If your time-sucking tastes trend more toward inebriation, may I suggest GiveReal, a Facebook app that lets you give redeemable real-world drinks to friends. To be serious, though, I hope to see GiveReal expand their repertoire into all manner of real-world gifts. Could this be a potential revenue stream for Facebook? One can dream…
Money Money Money
–On the one hand, Accel Partners announced two new funds this week, adding a total of more than $1 billion to their coffers. On the other hand…
–The axes fell at Yahoo, with 1,500 workers affected Monday and Flickr in the crosshairs just today. Seems like interested parties should start wearing a hole in the road to the South Bay for a fire sale. Take the money (and a bit of your dignity) and run, Yahoo.
–On that note, one of my favorite tweets this week came from @xobni: "former yahoo – if you are an engineer, apply @xobni – we are hiring." Go for it, coders. I am increasingly falling in love with my Xobni sidebar. Not to mention their new method of recruitment.
The "I Don't Get It" Department
–Microblogging service Tumblr closed a Series B, $4.5M round. I'd think smarter investments right now would lie in technologies that answer real-world needs for mass consumers or enterprises. Is microblogging honestly gaining enough traction to support this?
DEMO Trends – Where the innovation is with DEMO 08 applicants**
–Web discovery – A new way to find related content online, from a deep database of existing bookmarks.
–Content aggregation – information sharing built around subject, rather than the URL
–Search – Make searches more personal by building your own multi-layered concepts
**With the caveat that we can't reveal too much about the companies at this stage. Let your imagination run wild.
–Condolences to Kevin Fox, who had his light-up Christmas Flamingo stolen from his yard. If I lived in the area, I'd be a prime suspect.
–Tweet of the Week award goes to @kmonson for "It was too loud in the other room, what with all the tranny opera singers." I must start hanging out with him more.
–I'll be headed to court soon, if this guy has any say. I am an egregious user of the ; )
That's it for the inaugural View from Guidewire. Comments, suggestions and mild insults welcome.


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The former Barcelona midfielder has claimed that los Blancos were never on his mind because of his love for the Blaugrana
"I'm a Barca fan and I do not plan on going to Real Madrid," said the Ivorian, speaking to Rac-1, a Catalan radio station.
Ahead of the return leg of the Champions League last-16 tie at Camp Nou on March 12, Toure insisted he would not celebrate if he were to score against Barcelona, where he spent three years before joining Manchester City.
He said: "I wouldn't out of respect. The people there always supported me very much, I could not do it. I can only be thankful that in Barcelona I learned to win.
"It is normal that there was disappointment, but a winner has to get positive things," said Toure on the first leg defeat.
"If the opponent plays better, it should be said. Barca was better and obviously with that they won." ---------------- goal.com


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Thursday, 24 February 2011
Thanks Jenny (Romany Quilting)
My Princess Jasmine
The girls had athletics day on Tuesday, the house colour is blue (Te Kanawha). Kait decided Princess Jasmine would be the perfect outfit... 2 weeks to make it (well actually 4 nights by the time I brought fabric, found a pattern to modify etc)... freaking out as haven't sewn clothes for such a long time... The pants were hot pants then the sheer pants over top attached to a fold-down waist. Monday night was altering & modifying the top, Kait made the scarf around her waist and stitched on all the gold cut-outs.
Kait not looking too impressed in these photos - it was 7.10am in the morning just before we were rushing out the door!
I don't have any photo's of Becky's outfit - bless her, she brought a cheap american basketball style top, and cap (in blue) and went as a gangster!
They both had an awesome day and the Princess Jasmine costume was a hit! phew
My thoughts are with Christchurch
Listening to stories from people on the radio and seeing the pictures in newspapers and online break your heart. I can't even begin to imagine the sheer terror people must have felt on Tuesday, and I wonder and admire at the strength that they are now finding to literally pick up the pieces of their broken homes and lives and begin the long journey to rebuild.
There are amazing stories of rescues, the tireless effort of hundreds of volunteers both from the local community and from around the world. Today in Wellington there have been a number of emails of rallying together to donate items for people's personal use and new clothing - our business group are banding together and making up a huge box of goodies to drop off to the Wellington Relief Centre where people have been arriving from flights from Christchurch with nothing more than the clothes they are in, they are then registered, given a care package, have accommodation etc sorted for them. On hand for them are vicitim support, medical staff, etc
Kia Kaha
(stand strong)
Stonestead 3rd Annual Outdoor Quilt Festival
Stonesteads Outdoor Quilt Festival was held one week later than usual due to drizzling rain. Sunday 13th Feb dawned gray and overcast, though as the morning progressed and as the volunteers hung the quilts amongst the trees and in the paddock, the sun found its way through the gloom to create a stunning day.
Gold Coin donations were collected from visitors and I have a lovely full bucket of donations (just over $700) to deliver to Te Omanga Hospice - thank you to everyone who donated.
Below are a few photo's from a gorgeous day. Thank you to Kevin for providing such a wonderful setting, to Yvonne and her tireless committee and volunteers (you know who you are!) for creating such a wonderful event. And to the QUILTERS there is no festival without you - your creations are inspiring and show the love in every design and stitch.
Sunday, 6 February 2011
What's a girl to do...
Anyway what does a girl do... she goes and gets her weekly groceries on the way home from Stonestead, then joins hubby to walk in the rain around the American Car show at Trentham Race Course...


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BIG EAST GAME PREVIEW: Pittsburgh @ Marquette
March 3, 2007
The highlight of the weekend will cap off the action on Saturday night as Pittsburgh meets Marquette. After thier first meeting, which Dominic James won for Marquette with two free throws with 0.00:9 left on the clock, this game was widely expected to be for the regular season Big East Championship. However, with Marquette coming in losing four of their last five, that did not materialize. It still has championship ramifications for Pitt because if they are able to get the road win, they will at least share the title with Georgetown.
It is not going to be an easy trip for Pittsburgh. The Bradley Center is a very enthusiastic home court and expect the building to be in rare form on Saturday. ESPN College Gameday will be broadcasting all day from the Bradley Center and will wrap-up with the nationally televised game. Marquette is also welcoming back their 1977 NCAA Championship team and a few members expected to attend have not been back in some time. Also, the Golden Eagles have had a week off to reflect on their goals and shore things up internally after losing four of five...expect a BIG effort from Marquette.
On top of the great environment awaiting Pittsburgh, so is a tough match-up. Marquette has a three-guard line-up that gives the Panthers fits because they have tremendous quickness, athletic ability and Jerel McNeal and Wesley Mathews have excellent size. Dominic James has been struggling of late, but he is too good of a player to keep down for too long.
Pittsburgh has been in tough environments and they seem to be a team that does not rattle easily, so the way they lost at Georgetown last weekend was somewhat surprising as the Panthers turned it over and made poor plays down the stretch and saw their offense tank after taking an 8 point lead in the last 10 minutes against the Hoyas. last year these two met in a similar environment late in the season and marquette held off the Panthers charge late and came up with the win. Pittsburgh will look to establish Aaron Gray early inside, like in their first meeting, but they will have to find ways to keep him involved as the stopped going to him for long stretches in the first meeting. Gray's ankle seems to be healing well, but their other two key frontcourt contributors, Levon Kendall and Sam Young, are battling nagging injuries that could have them limited on Saturday night. In the first game, Marquette got big points from Dan Fitzgerald at the '4' position and Pittsburgh did not, if the Panthers' forwards are limited again, this is a big advantage for the Golden Eagles.
Look for a big early effort from Marquette, boosted by a charged up crowd. I think Pittsburgh settles in and takes the crowd out of it, but they spend a long time climbing back into the game and comes up just short in a good game played by two very good teams.
NBE Blogger Prediction: Marquette 65 Pittsburgh 64
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Washington Capitals to Sponsor USA Wounded Warriors in USA Hockey Sled Classicby Staff Writer / Washington Capitals
ARLINGTON, Va. – The Washington Capitals announced today the sponsorship of the USA Wounded Warriors in the fourth annual USA Hockey Sled Classic presented by the National Hockey League.
The competition will take place at Robert Morris University Island Sports Center in Pittsburgh Nov. 21-24, with the Rockville, Md., USA Warriors ice hockey team representing the Washington Capitals.
The USA Hockey Sled Classic is an annual round-robin format tournament between NHL-affiliated teams. Established in 2010, it is the first competitive adult tournament of its kind.
The Capitals team is comprised of approximately 15 disabled army veterans, many of whom were patients at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, as well as two local disabled high school players.
Washington will begin the tournament in a B Division game against the New York Rangers on Friday, Nov. 22, followed by a contest against the Columbus Blue Jackets. On Saturday, Nov. 23, Washington will compete against the Buffalo Sabres, with semifinals and the championship game scheduled through Saturday, Nov. 23, and Sunday, Nov. 24.
The 2013 competition marks the second year a Capitals sponsored team is participating in the classic. The Capitals won all five of their contests in 2012, outscoring their opponents 36-3 while winning the B Division championship.
The USA Warriors Ice Hockey Program is a nonprofit, all volunteer organization, working in partnership with the Disabled American Veterans (DAV), and offers sled and standing hockey programs to patients at Walter Reed and disabled veterans. Founded in 2008 the program currently has around 20 sled players and 30 standing players who practice and play games year-round as part of their rehabilitation.
"We are extremely grateful for the support given to the USA Warriors sled team by the Washington Capitals again this season, which enables the players to participate in the NHL Sled Classic," said Dan Coleman, president of the USA Warriors Ice Hockey program. "Indeed, we are grateful for the support provided by the Caps to all the USA Warriors throughout the season."
Each of the 16 competing teams are affiliated with NHL clubs – the Boston Bruins, Buffalo Sabres, Carolina Hurricanes, Chicago Blackhawks, Colorado Avalanche, Columbus Blue Jackets, Dallas Stars, Florida Panthers, Los Angeles Kings, Nashville Predators, New York Rangers, Philadelphia Flyers, Pittsburgh Penguins and Washington Capitals. Sled hockey teams will represent their affiliated NHL club by wearing official NHL licensed jerseys with local club marks and logos.
The event is part of the third annual Come Play Hockey Month, a joint effort of USA Hockey and the NHL. All tournament games will be streamed live at USAHockey.FASTHockey.com.
For full tournament results, statistics and game recaps, as well as photos and video content from the weekend, click here.


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Make that four.
I don't like playing the bouncer, but I will (sorry, Peter). Here's from my last comment (be advised he/she was still in violation of several of the rules at the time of banning):
This comment confirms that you are a spammer:
[The pseudonymous Mr. Rubb, in response to my query about his religious affiliation]: "One's (my) religious affiliation, age, color, gender, sexual orientation is not pertinent to a good lively discussion."
Oh. So you conduct all of your discussions off the net wearing a mask, gloves, voice distorter and body tunic?
In a word: Nonsense. One of the prerequisites of a "good lively discussion" is the recognition that you are dealing with a flesh and blood human being with a set of perspectives. Even in my college bull sessions I knew quite a bit about those I was "debating" with, and vice versa. We didn't exchange emails from isolation booths. Most human beings recognize the silliness of such an endeavor. I simply asked you your religious beliefs (and only that--nice descent into huffy victim status by offering a litany of categories) in order to frame the discussion. Should it be a theological perspective, or one tilted toward the secular?
Your canned static leaves me attempting to dialogue with a pseudonym. You know a ton about me. I know bupkis about you. I am happy to try to dialogue with an actual human being. Even one with a diametrically opposed perspective. I cannot have a discussion with a pseudonym.
So I will not. Thank you for visiting. Email me when you are really interested in a discussion of the topics, or have opened your own blog.
I'm not holding my breath. Here's a sampler of the "good lively discussion" you missed out on. Judge for yourself whether he/she was sincerely interested in discussing anything.
In the meantime, I have revised Rule 5. I do not want to discourage honest questioning by struggling Catholics (who got jobbed by glitterchesis) and curious non-Catholics on the hot-button issues. In fact, the box below is open to such questions--just abide by the rest of the rules in so doing.
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Cookin' It Bachelor Style
With SubBasket and our daughter off on a fun trip to Salt Lake City, the Bubblehead house has a very masculine vibe going on this week. I got manly steaks to cook up for dinner tonight; this was before I found out that my oldest son had to go to work before my youngest got back from football practice. I didn't want either of them to miss out, though, so I figured I'd cook up the steak for the oldest before he left.
He likes his very rare (like I do), so we figured it'd be a waste of charcoal to cook it up on our grill. Since we're guys, we came up with an alternate solution -- the good old George Foreman:
Like I said, it was a manly steak. After the outside got all nice and brown, we checked out the inside, and found that it was still pretty much cold and uncooked. That's OK, because we had technology on our side!
About a minute and a half in the microwave made for a perfectly edible rare steak. Manly perseverance and mad cooking skillz come through again!


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We made it! It took a lot of planning and saving but we got our family to Disney World!! It was a fantastic trip!! Very busy and a lot of people but FUN! The weather was not what we had expected! Florida was experiencing near record cold weather and had freezing warnings most everyday, expect a price increase on oranges! Most mornings it was reporting 24F with the windchill. Now we are fine with cooler weather but in Florida I had planned on sun and warm!! The good thing was it seemed to keep the crowd levels down!
We met every possible character there was to meet, went on as many rides as possible (when I say rides I mean the slow moving, entertaining kind not the thrill kind)! Our family is usually up early so we went to the parks for opening ~ MUST DO! We walked on to almost every ride and attraction we wanted! Later in the afternoon at Epcot for example the wait time was 220 minutes for Test Track, the same ride that Moto-Moto had a 10 minute wait for earlier that morning!!
At Disney Studios CJ discovered that she really likes animating and is super good at it!! After her session with an animator she asked for their sketch and brought it home too! Similar sketches in the gift shop were priced $35-45!
CD posing at Rock 'n Rollercoaster (just like her namesake Dave!) Moto-Moto also rode this one with a 5 minute wait! Key is going early people!
We went to all 4 parks, saw the ocean at Sarasota in the Siesta Keys (beautiful beach!), were taken into a very questionable neighbourhood by our GPS, had a couple of character dining experiences, took over 1700 photos, were treated to a Magical Moment, tripped and sprained my ankle on the last night there AND
Thanks to everyone for your tips, gifts and help to make our trip such a good one!


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Hogmanay at Granny's
First I would like to thank Cynthia for having me back so soon.
My Granny Dickson had a world view that was a complete mix of realism and superstition. She died when I was seventeen but I never forgot her superstitions which were mixed in with a realistic outlook on life coming from having been brought up in Glasgow in the 20s.
Her first husband was killed in the Second World War and her two year old daughter died of meningitis some time later. Then she met my Papa. She seems to have had a happy life with him and she had two daughters (my mother and my aunt) both of whom had good childhoods.
But it is the new year celebrations that always brought out her superstitious nature. Granny loved New Year. But woe betide you if you even considered wishing her a Happy New Year before the bells. (In Scotland we used to wait on the bells from Big Ben in London sounding on the radio). It was terribly bad luck. Generally if a Scot sees you on Hogmanay, they'll say "have a good one when it comes." Not in my Granny's hearing we didn't. You just said bye to her if you were leaving before the bells.
Then there was the thing with the calendar. You daren't put a calendar up before the bells. This was also bad luck. It's a tradition I have kept to. I won't put my 2013 calendar up until after midnight on January the first.
In Scotland it is the tradition to be first footed by a tall, dark, handsome man bearing gifts. Thus the first person through the door on New Year's day had to fit that description. Luckily for Granny, my aunt had married a tall dark-haired man. My poor dad, being just 5 foot 8, didn't quite cut the mustard. So at 11.58pm on Hogmanay, Uncle Harry was sent out the back door of the house with the dog, a box of shortbread and a bottle of whisky. It was his job to walk around the block and come in the front door and first foot us. In all those years, I suspect Uncle Harry never heard the midnight chimes of Big Ben at midnight on Hogmanay.
I miss my Granny's new year celebrations. She's the only person I know of who drank red Martini. And she always gave us a snowball (advocaat and lemonade) to bring in the new year. If I tell someone to have a good one when it comes this Hogmanay, I will be able to feel her disapproval. It's tangible to me.
I miss my Granny's new year celebrations. She's the only person I know of who drank red Martini. And she always gave us a snowball (advocaat and lemonade) to bring in the new year. If I tell someone to have a good one when it comes this Hogmanay, I will be able to feel her disapproval. It's tangible to me.
If you want to read about a traditional but slightly different Hogmanay, with another tall, dark handsome stranger, Highland Hogmanay is now available at http://pinkpetalbooks.com/Highland-Hogmany-by-Krystal-Brookes.html. It will be available at Amazon etc. within the next week or so.
The week between Christmas and New Year is always dreary and for single mum of two small children, Isla, it's doubly so. A toddler throwing a tantrum and an over-inquisitive four year old are stressing her out. The broken carrier bag spilling her shopping out in the wet street is the final straw. But handsome Mark Ferguson turns up out of the blue to help her.
The New Year may be looking up, until she finds out that Mark owns one of the biggest computing firms in the USA. Can they make a long distance relationship work and can Mark stop trying to make their relationship into a business venture?
The New Year may be looking up, until she finds out that Mark owns one of the biggest computing firms in the USA. Can they make a long distance relationship work and can Mark stop trying to make their relationship into a business venture?
"Well I see you worked out how to put on the shirt. I suppose that's something," said Isla as she walked over the threshold of Mark's cottage and stamped the snow off her Wellington boots. She pulled them off and removed her coat before following him into the living area. The curtains were closed and the kilt outfit was lying over one of the leather chairs.
"Even I can manage a shirt," he groused.
"OK, first things first. If you really have Scottish blood in you, you need to take the boxers off."
"No, you're not taking them off and are therefore proving yourself to be a soft Yankee, or no, you're too shy to take your breeks off in front of me."
"What the hell are breeks?"
"Pants or underpants—it kind of depends. In this instance, we are definitely discussing underpants."
"I'm not taking them off in front of you."
"I thought we were leading up to sleeping together. You did have your hand inside my pants last night. Mark, you are single, aren't you?"
"Of course! Do you think I would cheat on someone else? I'm not your ex, Isla."
"I know. It was just when I told my friend about you, she asked whether you were single and I had to confess that I hadn't actually asked and had just presumed."
"You presumed right," he said as he cupped her face. He touched his lips gently to hers and kissed until she opened to him. Then he slanted his mouth, pressing his tongue into her mouth. She moved closer, snaking her arms around his neck as he claimed her butt with his hands.
As he rocked gently against her, he began to harden. She kissed him harder, plunging her tongue in and out of his mouth in time with her leg, which she was now rubbing up and down his thigh. She wanted to lift her skirt and let him take her, there and then, over the back of the sofa. But she also wanted to wait until New Year. It seemed appropriate to let this year finish, complete with its problems, and start a new year with someone new—even if it was just a short fling. Besides, if they had sex, she'd never want to go back to the party and he'd never see his relatives to first foot them.
She moved her hands round to his collar and started to undo the buttons.
"Isla, do we have time?"
She planted light kisses on his neck, causing him to dig his fingers deeper into her butt.
"I'm just relieving your tension," she said into the wall of muscle that was his chest. She only had a couple more buttons to go as she licked around one of his nipples. Her hands nudged the top of his erection, and he groaned.
"Believe me, honey. This ain't relieving anything. I want to carry you upstairs right now and make love to you all night, until you can't walk."
"How terribly romantic." She pulled his boxers down with one swift movement and clasped his long, thick cock in her fist.
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When does it become somewhat understandable to want to fly planes into buildings?
Appearing on Fox News, newly-minted Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA) showed notable sympathy and scant outrage for Joseph Stack, who crashed his airplane into an IRS building Thursday in an apparent suicide bombing Thursday.
"You don't know anything about the individual," Brown said. "He could have had other issues. Certainly, no one likes paying taxes, obviously."
Stack's writings strongly suggest he was motivated by anti-government outrage as he had written fuming anti-tax, anti-IRS, and anti-health care reform screeds in internet message postings.
He even wrote what appears to be a politically charged suicide note dated the day of the bombing and signed "Joe Stack (1956-2010)." It contained the words, "Well Mr. Big Brother IRS man… take my pound of flesh and sleep well" and was obtained by Talking Points Memo.
Fox News' Neil Cavuto called it "crazy stuff" and asked Brown for his reaction. Brown echoed talking points put forth surrounding his election to a previously Democratic Senate seat in Massachusetts.
"People are frustrated," Brown said of Stack's seeming rationale. "They want transparency, they want their elected officials to be accountable and open and talk about the things that are affecting their daily lives."
Retired police officer Lou Palumbo clearly indicated it was an act of terrorism. "If this individual had done this in Iraq, we'd be calling him a suicide bomber," he said Thursday on CNN.
Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), who represents the district where the incident occurred, agreed. He called it an act of "domestic terrorism."
Noting that several Fox News hosts — including Megyn Kelly and Greg Jarrett — implied it was not an act of terrorism, David Neiwert of Crooks and Liars was flabbergasted.
"Huh? Since when is attempting to blow up a federal building NOT an act of domestic terrorism?" he said.
Trying to put Stack's anger in context, Washington Post columnist Jonathan Capehart wrote, "I am struck by how his alienation is similar to that we're hearing from the extreme elements of the Tea Party movement."
This video is from Fox News, uploaded Feb. 18 by Think Progress.


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Yi's Milkshake Brings All the Girls to the Yard
Here's a Yi commercial for a Chinese milk producer that might be the most confusing thing I've ever seen (Deadspin, RealGM). That said, it also suggests Yi not only loves milk, but views it as a means of luring attractive girls into love triangles. Who said the Dairy State wasn't a great location for Yi? He's going to have a field day in Wisconsin. The UWM sorority girls won't know what hit them.
I suppose I could find a translation of what's going on, but I can't imagine it would make any sense to me, so here's my interpretation:
- The beginning is actually the end. Non-linear narrative! This is going to be like a Tarrantino movie.
- Yi is late for a basketball game, which makes the hot manager girl nervous.
- Where is Yi? There he is! Speeding on his bike, the 7'1" 240 lb Yi absolutely annihilates a cute girl with a violin who's lost and standing in his way on the sidewalk.
- She's OK! Her elbow hurts and her precious violin is wrecked, but Yi immediately wins her over by offering a small juicebox of milk. Problem solved.
- Yi gives her a lift to the game, where the manager chick is waiting and not pleased. But she knows the violin girl! Sensing the potential for a hot threesome, Yi immediately runs away.
- Cut to the game. Yi dunks. Victory is assured.
- Meanwhile, violin girl is off practicing on an invisible violin, since Yi totally wrecked hers. Yi shows up, with more milk. And a replacement violin. Smooth.
- Violin girl is eating it up and all over Yi. But then manager chick shows up and sees her making a move on Yi. The only thing that can allay her sorrow is her juicebox full of milk, which she promptly offers Yi to win him back.
- Manager chick needs a new angle--so she's joining a band. Yi shows up at practice, with milk. NICE. And now violin chick is texting both of them. Meet her on the bridge? OK...kinky.
- Violin girl is leaving. Alas, time's remorseless arrow! But she's got milk for both of them! And she seems to be enjoying her strawberry milk. And you know what? We all learned something today.
- Close with shot of Yi slo-mo running after violin girl and manager chick. For obvious reasons.


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Banana Lemonade Cooler
1 Banana
3 T. Honey
1/4 cup fresh Lemon Juice
6 ice cubes
Acutally my 8 year old made it, it was so simple, so fresh & very delish! She's not a fresh fruit gal (GASP!) so smoothies are our vice! Do you have a good smoothie recipe to share?
Tomorrow is Remicade Chemo Day for Charlotte (who loved this smoothie by the way! - also try making it into popsicles, dont add the ice, put into molds instead). Its going to be a hot day here, so after Remicade, if she is still awake & has enough energy, we are going swimming with her sisters (whom she begged to come with her to the hospital, but the offer to play dolls with friends surpassed the guilty rejection) in the evening! As Charlotte is getting older, she is understanding that we HAVE to go to the hospital. She's not freaking out so much. She also is clueing in (finally) that's she's being bought for calming her nerves. A new Polly Pocket doesnt break the bank & gives her something to play with while we are there! Yay! Its good all the way around, and this too shall pass!


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Within the past ten years, the number of vegan books has exploded. Not a week goes by where a new veg-friendly book isn't reviewed in the NY Times, on a famous talk show, or by a blogger.
We now have so much selection with cookbooks as well as books on the ethical reasons to be vegan, whereas even a few years ago veganism was barely acceptable. It's amazing and exciting!
In your quest to find the best veg-friendly books, you should check out both vegan cookbooks and some general vegan diet books, such as The China Study and Skinny Bitch.
Vegan cookbooks are exploding on the market. Every time I turn around, a new and exciting cookbook is hitting the shelves, and I've tried most of the most popular ones, as well as a few smaller cookbooks. We have several favorites, so check out the updated version of our top favorite vegan cookbooks.
Joy of Vegan Baking
An excellent remake of the classic baking book
Vegan Planet
A huge anthem of international vegan recipes
Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World
THE book on baking vegan cupcakes from the highest selling vegan cookbook author
Packed with elegant and impressive vegan recipes
Eat, Drink, and Be Vegan
Including the best vegan chocolate chip cookie recipe in the world
Chloe's Kitchen
A beautiful, full color guide to simple, clean vegan recipes
The Sexy Vegan Cookbook
Fun and witty from the Executive Chef of LA's Vegin' Out, perfect for "the ordinary guy"
Vegan Table
Tons of easy, delicious vegan recipes ranked according to seasons
The Kind Diet
From Alicia Silverstone, and including three stages of going vegan
Vegan Soul Kitchen
Terry Bryant's guide to Southern, soul food style vegan cooking
Vegan Brunch
Craving omelettes, eggs benedict, or perfect buttermilk pancakes?
Vegan Cookies Invade Your Cookie Jar
Hundreds of vegan cookies, including an Oreos and Samoas remake
Vegan Lunch Box
Packing cute, nutritious vegan lunches the "normal" kids will covet
Vegan Tropical Kitchen
Caribbean style vegan cooking
The Vegan Scoop
Vegan ice cream recipes from a restaurant
Latin American vegan recipes
How to entertain like a vegan
Vegan on the Cheap
Excellent for new college grads and families on a budget
The Get Healthy, Go Vegan Cookbook
Recipes to lose weight in a healthy way with a new diet and lifestyle
When I was a new vegan, I read and researched as much as possible, so I'd have a firm grasp on veganism. I wanted to know all the data on the abuse of animals on factory farms, the health benefits of being a vegan, and the impact of the animal industry on the environment. These vegan books are the best at explaining the details.
Best Vegan Books for Beginners
Skinny Bitch
Like listening to your irreverent but honest best friend
The China Study
One of the first vegan books I recommend to people considering dropping the meat
101 Reasons Why I'm a Vegetarian
The book that made me change from vegetarian to vegan
Animal Liberation
One of the original philosophers to discuss the implications of humans eating other beings
Omnivore's Dilemma
A popular take on the differences in our food system today
Food for Life
A discussion of how changing to a plant-based diet improves your health
Best Vegan Books for Continued Growth and Learning
World Peace Diet
What does eating vegan do for the the environment and other humans?
The Mad Cowboy
A former cattle rancher's views on the food industry, why he is vegan
White Wash
Does milk really do a body good?
The Sexual Politics of Meat
Why we always see busty women and men in overalls on thick burger commercials
Victoria Moran teaches that no matter where you live or who you are, you can be a vegan
Scott Jurek's memoir on ultramarathon running and eating vegan
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We were delighted to receive another veggie share from Harmony Valley Farm today, along with our once-a-month cheese share. Here's what was in our veggie box, along with some luscious looking raspberries (Photo courtesy of Harmony Valley Farm):
I have to confess. Now that we are getting some more 'normal' veggies (that is, things this City Girl is used to) I'm having a harder time using up the box. I think I enjoy the challenge of using up new veggies. The usual carrots, cucumber, zucchini and greens are leaving me less than excited to use them up. That's too bad. So today's cheese selection managed to provide me with that challenge.
I had already planned to make homemade pizza or calzones with some of our cooking greens from either our garden or a previous box, I don't even remember which. But we were out of cheese. So you can imagine my surprise to find out that it was also a cheese share day. Perfect! We got Castle Rock Organic Dairy's Mild Cheddar, Otter Creek Organic Dairy's & Harmony Valley Farm's Ramp Cheddar, and Butler Farm's Brebis. Hmmm.....not exactly pizza cheese. I was hoping for a nice Monterey Jack or Mozzarella in the mix somewhere. So I whipped open my How To Cook Everything Vegetarian book and found the perfect solution, which I of course in the spirit of all things Mark Bittman, modified to make it my own. Plus one extra gem I was able to tailor to my ingredients and whip up.
Ramp Cheddar Calzone
(Yes, I forgot to take a picture until all we had left was this little piece...) 2 c Brebis cheese, broken into small clumps (I used the whole container)
2 c Ramp Cheddar, grated
1-2 c finely chopped, cooked greens (Mine looked like it was probably a mixture of kale and chard. But spinach, kale, chard, or the like would all work just fine.)
1 recipe of your favorite pizza dough (large enough to make 2-3 large calzones). If you choose to make just 2 calzones, you will have enough leftover filling to make the Savory Ramp Cheddar Bread Pudding recipe below, like I did.
Roll out pizza dough into 2 or 3 rounds, depending on the number of calzones you'd like to make. Pile as about 1/3 of the filling onto one half of the dough. Fold the other half over and fold up the edges to seal. Bake all calzones on cookie sheets at 350 for about 30-40 minutes.
Have some leftover filling like I did? (I only had enough dough for 2 calzones, because I used some to also make my four-year-old a pepperoni pizza.) No problem!!
Try this:
Savory Ramp Cheddar Bread Pudding
3 c milk
4 T butter
8 slices of day old bread
3 eggs
Cheddar Cheese, shredded, enough to add to the filling (if needed) to make total filling amount equal 2 cups
Heat milk & butter in a saucepan or microwave until warmed and butter is melted. Break bread into bite sized pieces in an 8x8 baking dish. Cover with milk and let soak for a few minutes. Beat the 3 eggs and stir, along with cheese & greens filling, into the bread and milk mixture. Bake at 350 degrees for 45-60 minutes.
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Thursday, August 6, 2009
Ramp Cheddar and Brebis Cheeses
Labels: Brebis Cheese, chard, Community Supported Agriculture (CSA), Harmony Valley Farm, kale, Ramp Cheddar, spinach
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NEW Day Centre and Respite Centre opening
in the heart of the Conservation Area in Southend
Marigold Centre
62 Avenue Road
Westcliffe on Sea
Click HERE for more details
Woodside - Fully accessible day centre for young adults with disabilities
Access Anyone @ Woodside is a modern, friendly, relaxed and stimulating environment for young people to spend their days. We are proud to be Ofsted registered, our registration number is EY483589 and you can view our Certificate of Registration by clicking here. The main area of the centre is an internet café, with wireless internet access, accessible work stations and P.C.'s, including touch screens. A small, open-plan, accessible kitchen is incorporated, where club members can help themselves to drinks and snacks, with staff there to assist, where necessary.
Daily activities take place in a dedicated area. These activities are nominated by club members, and participation will be encouraged. Large screen T.V, with all the bolt-ons you would expect, like Xbox kinect and Wii are available.
The garden is accessible via a large decked area, with large oakwood gazebo, and summer house. Accessible gardening for those with green fingers and animals for the pet lover.
If it all gets a bit much, we also have a quiet room, where members can relax, listen to some music, or a story via personal headphones.
Getting out and about is a priority, and with 123 acres of woodland across the road, we benefit from things such as the riding school, bowls, or just the ability to explore acres of woodland. There is a minibus on hand for longer trips, such as to the pool at Belfair's.
The centre also benefits from a shopping parade just around the corner including the Woodcutters pub.
The centre is a members' club. We encourage "Life Skills", a development driven by the club members and steered by their parents or guardians. Staff start by discussing with you, and your son or daughter, "what will make a difference" and we work together to achieve those goals.
We offer daily rates, including transport if you require. We will have a fully qualified manager to C.Q.C standards, and a pool of trained staff, all there to help club members get the most out of their day.
Amongst the things we offer:
- Internet Café area offering 5 computers including touch screen and Skype
- Activity area for arts and crafts
- Music library; quiet area
- Interactive garden, including, summer house, animals
- Transport on site, for outings
- Local shops & pub
Easy access to Belfair's Park and nature reserve, covering 123 acres, including:
- Riding for the disabled
- Pottery Class
- Putting green & bowls
- Café
- Nature walks
- Belfair's swimming pool within 5 minutes' drive
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
Access Anyone @ Woodside Ltd. always respects the privacy of its' clients, suppliers and staff, we do not share any information with outside organisations. For full details of our policies please download our Privacy Notice and our Data Protection Policy.Membership application form


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Note: there is no Pie & Beer Day event at the Annex
Thursday, July 23, 2015
Pie and Beer Day Events
Note: there is no Pie & Beer Day event at the Annex
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The title of this beauty is all Janae's fault.
You see, in her post yesterday, she talked about how she recovers from her long run/work days (or long days void of any hard running or working). After noting she likes to get in pajamas, leave her hair a mess, eat cookies, and watch marathons of not-so-popular TV (sorry, Janae, you're still my hero, and I'm still mildly obsessed with you, but I don't know anyone else who watches "Make It Or Break It") ;), she asked what I did to recover.
I was being completely facetious, but she just straight up told me she'd hunt me down if I didn't do a post about how awesome I am.
…or something like that.
So… how do I recover from a tiring day?
1. I run a lot.
KNOCK ON WOOD, my shin is recuperating well with all my special stretches from physical therapy. Booo-yah! So, this week started the lax part of MARATHON training. That still sounds weird without the "half" in front of it.
So, I've joined a new gym (with Jamie! fist pump!), and I'm loving the change of scenery. Even if the treadmill has a very ill-placed bar in front of my face. Good thing Jamie's cute. I'll just rip her headphones out every day and make her talk to me.
2. Lotsa painting.
Since Colleen's bridal party glasses are done and in her hands, I've completed a makeup artist glass for my friend Alyssa (a girl who was clearly blessed by the great-name fairy).
Trust Sandra. She's a Makeup Artist.
3. Get really motivated to do laundry,
throw the clothes in the washer, switch them to the dryer, and leave them there. Cause folding sucks and I hate it.
4. Buy the best color asics…ever… online.
'Cause apparently, when you're training for a half marathon, you need TWO pairs of running shoes.
Free shipping at Zappos, whatwhaat!
Elite Runners must all be rich. This is a stupid expensive hobby.
But I'm not complaining, because I found the best color Asics on the planet. Remember these? Obsessed much?
5. Extend my online shopping problem to Victoria's Secret
and buy things I've been swooning over since last September.
Apparently, Victoria's little secret has eluded me, 'cause I return on a quest for more entirely too often.
6. I sift through and delete really fantastic Facebook messages
from strangers who can't even view my profile.
MAN.. cuter than a koala bear? I'm swooning again.
You're welcome for sharing that with you.
7. And just as I told Janae, I like to grab my bender ball for a nice ab workout.
Sometimes I bang it out in 15 minutes, sometimes I lay there with the ball propping my head up. Ya win some, ya lose some.
That's how I roll.
I'll leave you with this.
Cause Chloe wants you to go "like" the new Life of bLyss Facebook page. 😉


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Saturday, March 24, 2012
Saturday, March 17, 2012
Visual Thinking
Visual Thinking is a work from which many others emerge. Kress and Van Leeuwen, for example, cite this work as crucial to all of their theories of Visual Design. Kostelnick and Roberts devote much to Gestalt psychology in their writing about visual language. Schriver concentrates on the visual design of text and typography largely for print, and she uses gestalt principles extensively in a section called Seeing the Text. Mark Johnson positions his theories under Arnheim's umbrella of thought.
Arnheim begins this work by positioning his thought within the structure of Western philosophy, that is, the dichotomy between rationalism (Plato) and empiricism (Aristotle). He comes down strongly on the side of the empiricist and writes:
Aristotle asserts that an object is real to us through its true and lasting nature, not through its changeable properties. Its universal character is directly perceived in it as its essence rather than indirectly collected through the search of common elements .
Arnheim establishes the notion that the visually thinking mind is not simply mechanically recording images and regurgitating them repetitively. He insists that perception is intelligent.
Roy R. Behrens comments on this work:
"In that book, Arnheim intended to narrow the gap between scientific and artistic knowledge, to use scientific findings to better understand the arts while preserving the equally pivotal role of subjectivity, intuition, and self-expression. In a subsequent book, titled Visual Thinking, published in 1969, he challenged the age-old distinctions between thinking and perceiving, and between intellect and intuition.
Contending that "all perceiving is also thinking, all reasoning is also intuition, all observation is also invention" (1974), he attacked the established assumptions that words, not images, are the primary ingredients of thinking, and that language precedes perception. Rather, Arnheim argued, "the remarkable mechanisms by which the senses understand the environment are all but identical with the operations described by the psychology of thinking" (1969). Like scientific discovery, he wrote, artistic expression "is a form of reasoning, in which perceiving and thinking are indivisibly intertwined. A person who paints, writes, composes, dances, I felt compelled to say, thinks with his senses" (1969)..
Arnheim springs from the original school of Gestalt philosophy. He believes that a certain degree of inbred responses to certain shapes, colours and movements exist, "Shape perception operates at a high cognitive level of concept formation" (29). He also spends a great deal of time describing the way that images are meaningful only in a context, "Things fit together by assimilation and contrast" (65). "To lift something out of its context means to neglect an important aspect of its nature" (71). His writings on figure and ground have been particularly influential (Schriver, Kostelnick, and Kress and Van Leeuwen).
Arnheim also analyzes metaphor and the notion of "routine metaphor" (112). Mark Johnson, who studies the way the body and bodily motion contributes to the metaphoric system underlying all language, makes direct reference to Arnheim.
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Good morning he is my DT card for Creative Craft Cottage
This week's theme is Shaped or More than one Fold
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I have made an envelope card, Dovecraft papers Sweet Paris. The image is Party Shoes courtesy of our sponsor Digistamps4Joy coloured with Promarkers. Designer Die - Labels Fifty One, Crafting companion scalloped hearts. Black lace wooden hearts gems, single ribbon bow using Attic Bow Make. I made the card stand using a plate stand as template.
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It turns out, she did buy me art...
|My wearable art. Is this not the cutest thing you've ever seen? Mom chose so well!
|I love polka dots!
|For the coffee loving cook
I knew you'd want one! So here's the info...
First, a bit about the artist:
Chris Brady creates each and every apron herself. She uses only the finest, fashion-forward fabrics — from high-quality cottons to specialty fabrics such as machine-washable Ultraleather — and she carefully designs, cuts, and sews each and every apron in her Boise, Idaho studio. Most aprons are one-of-a-kind creations; a few include vintage fabric or trim.
Chris' company is Hotdish Aprons. "For doing dishes ... or just looking 'dishy'" is her tagline.
If you have cooks on your holiday list, don't hesitate to order one of these handmade, beautifully designed, works of art. And don't forget to get one for yourself too! You'll be glad you did. They're offering free shipping through December!
There are several different styles to choose from. 'Spice' style is the one I have. It's one piece at the top, so there are no ties around your neck. But there are several other styles to choose from. You can view them here.
I'm hoping this one with chickens on it arrives in my stocking this Christmas. It also came in yellow, but it looks like she may have sold that one (hopefully to my hubby).
NOTE: This post is not sponsored by Hotdish Aprons. Although I have never met Chris Brady, my Mom has, and says she's a wonderful person. When my Mother gives someone a stamp of approval, you can be assured that person is pretty special.


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Scoff Club? Well, its a monthly subscription service for sweet lover everywhere. You can join up for just £12.95 for 1 month, £34.99 for 3 months or £69.99 for 6 months. Each month you get a nice box delivered to the door full of a pick of retro and classic sweets to delight your sweet tooth! This is the contents of the lovely box we got through the door this month.
We all loved the contents of our Scoff Club sweet box and will definitely be getting another box in the future. They would also make a fab gift fo a friend or relative, but if you just fancy a treat for yourself then I recommend it!
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Build Grow Lights for Easy Seed-Starting
Before spring arrives, I will start seeds of cool-weather loving plants, even though, because of the mild temperatures this winter, my fall-planted vegetables are still alive. My lettuce looks brown, and my spinach is speckled with holes, but the plants will probably recover if I cut away the damaged leaves. The collards, Swiss chard, and cabbage are beautiful, and the cabbage is even forming heads.
This week, I will start seeds for cool-weather loving plants, such as broccoli, spinach, and lettuce inside under lights for a spring crop. My husband, Scott, and I built the grow lights that I use to provide a warm, safe place to start seeds. Making a set of grow lights is a perfect project for a winter day.
To make grow lights, you will need lumber (figure out how much you will need based on your measurements), nails, and hooks from which you will hang the lights. We got three fluorescent shop lights to provide adequate illumination across the width of the seedling flats. Stores sell expensive lights specifically designed for plants, but they are unnecessary for starting seedlings.
My grow lights
To replicate my frame, make a frame wide enough to hold a nursery flat, or with an interior width of about 22 ½ inches. Make the frame long enough to accommodate the lights and four nursery flats; mine is about 4 feet, 3 inches long. Add two posts on each end and a beam down the middle of the frame, and make two arms across the beam to hold the lights. The arms are about 22 inches off the floor. Screw the hooks in at the appropriate place on the arms, and hang the lights from the chains. I use an old shower curtain under the grow lights to protect the floor from water, and I place the lights on a timer for 12 hours of light a day.
When I first plant the seeds, I hang the lights as low as possible; as the seedlings grow, I raise them so the lights are just above the foliage. Fluorescent lights give off very little heat so they will not scorch the foliage as long as they are not actually touching it. I use a heat mat, which is a waterproof pad that provides the seedlings with bottom heat to help them germinate quickly, under the seed trays if the weather outside is very cold. It helped my heat loving plants grow well, but it made my cold-tolerant plants, like broccoli, grow too quickly.
Grow lights make the process of starting seeds easier because I don't have to move my seedlings around the house as the sun moves to make sure they have adequate exposure to light, and because I don't have to take them outside for sun until the weather is consistently warm. Seedlings, like all baby creatures, appreciate consistent warmth, moisture, and food, and keeping the seedlings under grow lights helps them thrive. For
Seed Starting Supplies
, search online or visit local garden centers. If you don't want to build your own grow lights, try one like the one below.
If you want a mini-greenhouse, try this one:
grow lights
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Thursday, April 30, 2009
Chicago's friendly wager with Vancouver
You know this was fun many years ago, now I'm in the I don't care about this mode. Daley has been doing this from day one. I could have sworn he gave away some treats when the Cubs made the playoffs in 1989.
Heh well I'm sure that those businesses that make these food products will get some publicity in the long run for these "wagers". Whether they're all in the Chicago area or perhaps from Vancouver.
I wonder who exactly benefits from these wagers? Sure they may be between two cities, however, who gets to partake in these treats?
You can also watch the video here. Duration 13 minutes as an unedited press conference courtesy of CLTV.


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Full tilt sprint with the wind at my back
Booty bumping lines off my Daddy's 8-track
Slick silver tongue pierce trailer park trash
Baby got a rash from my gnarly porn-stache.
Dead rabbits, 8-balls and B-52s
My my my my my Boogie shoes
Vinnie Barbarino was Urban Cowboy riding
Fonzie and Chachi had to go into hiding
Clock struck 1990 and Nirvana set us straight
my mullet caught on fire not a moment too late.
Now we laugh at douche-bags and posers on steroids
until Christmas when mom pulls out the family Polaroid's
In retrospect the Toads are writing about living in another time. I chose a rhyme scheme to match the decade.


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Brussels, June, 7th, 2017 (ZDnet). European citizens will soon benefit from the WiFi4EU initiative which supports installing free public Wi-Fi hotspots in local communities across the EU: in public squares, town halls, parks, libraries, and other public spaces.
The EU has inked a deal to launch public Wi-Fi across member countries and give residents and tourists access to free Internet access in public areas. The European Commission revealed the scheme, agreed under the WiFi4EU initiative in Brussels together with the European Council and European Parliament.
Originally announced by President Juncker in his State of the Union Address in September 2016, the WiFi4EU initiative aims to give "every European village and every city with free wireless internet access around the main centers of public life by 2020."
The EU hopes to roll out free Wi-Fi hotspots in parks, squares, public building, libraries, health centers, museums, and other public spaces across European cities. In total, €120 million will be spent on purchasing the equipment and services needed to create hotspots in 6,000 to 8,000 municipalities across the EU.
However, the three organizations will work out the final details on fund acquisition in the months to come. Once the system is ready, local authorities will be able to apply for the scheme.
These authorities will be awarded vouchers used to purchase equipment but either local or national government bodies will be required to cover the costs of running the connection itself.
The WiFi4EU initiative is part of the EU's attempts to overhaul aging telecommunications rules which are hampering the growing demand for data and connectivity.
Under the umbrella of the Digital Single Market Strategy, the European Commission wants to develop the European Data Economy to its full potential, protect Europe's assets by tackling cybersecurity challenges, and "promote a fair Internet ecosystem."
In February, the European Commission ended mobile roaming charges throughout the EU as of June 15, with caps introduced on how much carriers are allowed to charge for voice calls and text messages. Data prices will also gradually be reduced over the next five years.
"The Digital Single Market strategy aims to build a fully connected Europe where everyone has access to high-quality digital networks," said Andrus Ansip, vice president in charge of the Digital Single Market. "The WiFi4EU initiative will improve connectivity in particular where access to the internet is limited."
"WiFi4EU is a welcome first step, but much more needs to be done to achieve high-speed connectivity across the whole EU territory -- such as improving Europe-wide coordination of spectrum and stimulating investments in the high-capacity networks that Europe needs," Ansip added.


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Bright Week, hosted by Concrete and Honey, continues, and today I want to show you a couple of photos I took in town lately.
Daniel and I and Winslow, our dog, sat outside right by this window at our favorite café in Savannah and drank a cup of coffee (not Winslow, of course - he doesn't need anything to make him more hyper). If I had taken a picture in the other direction, you would be seeing a gorgeous park with grand live oaks and flowering azaleas. Actually, if you look closely, you can see an oak reflected in the window. Such a beautiful spot!
This picture I took sitting outside at a wonderful bakery, looking across the street. They make the best bread and cupcakes! Daniel and I had breakfast there last Saturday before heading over to the big library book sale. What can be better than coffee, pastries and books?!


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Thursday, April 15, 2010
Succeeding as an Author
You can link over to read the full article, but here is her list of 8 things that can cause you to fail, with my own very short synopsis of what she says about each.
1. Not learning enough about the industry
Get to know the market you're in
2. Not Accepting Feedback
Don't be so wrapped up in your ego that you aren't willing to listen and learn.
3. Not Surrounding Yourself with Enough Professionals
You need professionals you trust by your side giving you advice, wisdom, and direction.
4. Not Doing Their Research
Don't wait to learn the ropes after your book is out - it's too late then
5. Measuring Their Success in Book Sales
Book sales are not the only measure of success
6. Not Understanding How New York Publishing Works
Know what's selling, what's not -- who's buying, who's closing their doors.
7. Playing the Blame Game
Investigate what happened and take a critical look at the results.
8. Believing in the Unbelievable
To be successful you need to be relentless
Penny C. Sansevieri is the CEO and founder of Author Marketing Experts, Inc.
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I love how you turned her 8 things into positives, Helen. It's a good list.ReplyDelete
Holy shit, this looks difficult, alot more difficult than getting a science paper published.ReplyDelete
Having started the work on my first "novel" (no, I'm not joking), I have decided to place it in an environment that I know, since I don't have the time to do a lot of research.
Thanks for the post, Helen, I'll keep these issues in mind >:)
Cold As Heaven
Sounds true to me!ReplyDelete
Thanks for the 8 things, Helen. These are good to keep in mind! :)
Mystery Writing is Murder
Thanks for this post! Can't wait to share this list.ReplyDelete
Great post. the second one really stood out for me. I can't count the number of "writers" I've met who shut down at the first sign of constructive criticism. Learning from your errors is a big part of being a writer.ReplyDelete
That's true, Laurita. And it's not an easy thing to learn for most.ReplyDelete
Very important tips that could be applied to almost any business approach. Like the slant you gave them better.ReplyDelete
Thoughts in Progress
Great list and I like how you gave them positive aspects.ReplyDelete
Great. I prefer the positive to the negative slant but will post it as is (only larger) on my bulletin board.ReplyDelete
Giggles and Guns
There's always so much to remember, isn't there, Maribeth!ReplyDelete
This is a wonderful post, Helen. Thanks.ReplyDelete
Glad you stopped by Carol! Hope things are less muggy in SA than they are here in Austin.ReplyDelete
I love that you do such fabulous research and find these gems. It makes it so crossing about half these things off my list is as easy as reading what YOU have to say. Thank you!ReplyDelete
You made me laugh. Glad to be of help!ReplyDelete
Just discovered your very helpful website and this blog, from your post over on the Red Pencil. Great info here... keep it coming!ReplyDelete
I just started getting more serious about blogging and building a platform as a result of several other posts recently on the subject. Linked to your blog on my most recent post because of all the great resources you have.
I'm writing those down. Thanks for putting a positive spin on it.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous4/15/2010 12:35 PM
I love number eight. One has to be relentless, using passion as a driver. Keep learning. Don't be afraid to fail. Learn from your failure as well as other people's failures. ZAnd surround yourself with good people. All very good points in your blog.ReplyDelete
Stephen Tremp
Amen to number one! Learn the industry - all of it. Like any business, you have to research before attempting.ReplyDelete
Thank you, Margo.ReplyDelete
We're all learning together - one of the great benefits of having Internet writing friends!
I used to think that all you had to do to become a successful writer was to write and write and write some more. lol.ReplyDelete
Same here, Lynda.ReplyDelete
Great list, Helen, and glad you put a positive spin on it! I already strive to follow these tips, and it seems to work. I have yet to put #5 into action, as my book will be released in October. However, I remind myself often that quality is more important than quantity, though I wouldn't mind both! Thanks for the reminders. It can be easy to lose perspective in this occasionally anxiety-producing marketplace.ReplyDelete
Great negative to positive post.ReplyDelete
Thanks for the list, Helen.


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Check out last week's Philadelphia Inquirer
I wonder if the people who had a voice in trying to bring this scrap to Eddystone ever feel silly when they see really smart people all over the place arguing against having this scrap in their backyard. I wonder what it feels like to be one of 8 people in the entire world that think one thing when thousands think the exact opposite.
Of course, none of that really matters if the town continues to elect people into office with such a small vision of what the town can become.


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I had stitched Dhoti and Kurta for 'C' before Diwali but could not post it. So here it is now:
I had stitched one dhoti kurta for him in past also but that style of Dhoti pant use to restrict his movement. So he was not very fond of wearing that. I somehow coaxed him to wear that 2-3 times for few hours. But now having grown up, he refused to wear dhoti if it was stitched in old manner. So I thought of making him this Dhoti which I was noticing in 'Balika Vadhuu'. I had to put in lots of thought since I could not find any pattern on net. I first made a doll dhoti and then based on that experience, cut this shimmer piece. Since this was first time, I chose wrong material but overall this dress looks nice. He puts a golden stole with this dress.
Here is Dhoti alone:
I have done back stitch on neck and sleeves to perk up the Kurta. Closer view of Kurta:
After stitching I noticed AdithisAmmaSews had posted a tutorial for Dhoti pants and that was exactly how I had done it. This has grown my confidence many folds that I can sew properly.
Linking it to: Colours Dekor 'The Weekly Story'
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Hello everybody !
I was wandering for a quite a while about making a youtube videos, but I'm not sure if I can handle this. As you may know I'm not fluent in english, so it could be a bit hard for me. But as someone said, you'll never know unless you try :) As a first video I thought about Spring Lookbook. Outfits from yesterday's and today's post would be included.
Even though we already have spring in our calendars, it is still freezing outside, so when would be a better time for an oversized camel coat then now ?
Hope you enjoy : )
What I'm wearing :
~ top Primark
~ pants H&M
~ coat MOHITO
~ shoes H&M
~ bag Accessorize
~ sunglasses Orsay
~ sunglasses Orsay


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On board the Farrell hiring
When I contemplated writing this post, it was going to be about my skepticism over the hiring of John Farrell to be the next Red Sox manager. But I've changed my mind. I'm going to go into this new era with optimism, looking at the reasons this is a smart move, well done.
First of all, this happened quickly, just over two weeks after Bobby Valentine was fired. What a contrast to the protracted affair the Valentine hiring turned into! Farrell can get to work and help shape his own coaching staff, and prepare with Ben Cherington for the meetings upcoming once the Giants finish off the Tigers in the World Series.
Second, everyone was on board with the process. There was no meddling by ownership in this decision. Ben Cherington got the man he wanted. This should make for a much more effective relationship between the GM and his manager.
Third, while perhaps not the candidate with the most upside, John Farrell is the safest bet. I would have liked to see what Brad Ausmus would do with the opportunity, but there was a lot of risk to hiring a first time manager with no experience. Farrell has experience, and he has experience in Boston.
Fourth, the players seem to be embracing this hire and they are going on record saying so. That's key. This kind of public buy-in will make it harder for them to complain or loaf later. (Or so I hope.)
Finally, the Sox gave Farrell a three-year contract. That's important. That is an expression of confidence and commitment, which they did not give Bobby Valentine (who got just a two-year contract). I said at the time of the hiring of Bobby that the short-term contract was a sign of ambivalence which the players would smell. There are going to be no easy fixes for this team, and I suspect it won't be until after next season that the Sox begin to be relevant again. Knowing Farrell is here to stay may help speed the process by just a wee bit.


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So ACC is out of control? In defense of Bronwyn Pullar
Well, well, well - so it turns out that ACC themselves are as out of control and power hungry as their Minister Judith Collins. They have been caught out lying over Bronwyn Pullar supposedly threatening to blackmail them, her tape clearly doesn't show it, Boag says it didn't happen and the Police have decided not to press charges, yet despite all that, ACC are still claiming this threat happened...
ACC maintains threat was made, despite lack of charges
The Accident Compensation Corporation maintains "a threat had been made'' by former National Party insider Bronwyn Pullar at December meeting at which a massive privacy breach was discussed.
Police this morning confirmed they would not press charges against Ms Pullar in relation to the meeting where ACC managers claim Ms Pullar threatened to go to the media about the privacy breach unless she was given a two year guaranteed benefit.
So the Police se no evidence, Boag says it never happened and Bronwyn's own tape recording shows no such comments? The only people who think this happened are ACC. They are either delusional or lying, neither answer is particularly comforting.
When this story first broke, I wrote that my sympathy was with Pullar's position. Here was a woman who despite her high ranking mates still couldn't get a fair deal from ACC. I've often wondered throughout the muck racking and smears and Boag vs Collins via Slater fiasco that ended in the unintentional friendly fire killing of Nick Smiths career how many NZers who had suffered the same difficulties Pullar had faced in dealing with the ACC faceless monstrosity over getting their claims paid were screaming at the TV screens as all this side salad crap got served as the main dish.
We know ACC go out of their way to blame pre-existing injury or wear and tear rather than pay claims, they've been caught doing it again and agains and again, what Pullar really represents is how the corporation bully and use threats to intimidate NZers out of gaining help from them.
What we forget in this political shit storm is that Pullar ultimately is the victim here and that thousands of NZers with far fewer powerful mates get even less service.
ACC is out of control, rather than pushing pointless defamation cases that will go no where, shouldn't the Minister be looking at this example of gross stand over tactics on behalf of ACC and decide they need reigning in?
ACC is there to service NZers, it isn't there to threaten them.


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Source: Ryan Grim / The Huffington Post
In August, The New York Times wondered aloud what the rest of the political world wanted to know: Does Sheldon Adelson's effort to put Mitt Romney in the White House have anything to do with the federal criminal investigation into his company's business practices?
The Times editorial page mused that "since Mr. Adelson's financial future is riding on the outcome of these federal investigations, it is legitimate to ask whether he has motivation for supporting the Republican ticket so lavishly, beyond his sharp disagreement with the Obama administration's position on the Israeli-Palestinian peace process."
In a wide-ranging, two-hour interview with Politico's Mike Allen published Monday, Adelson himself answered the question.
The top reason Adelson gave for backing Romney and opposing President Barack Obama is "self defense," as Allen put it, referencing the probe into Las Vegas Sands Corp. "Adelson said a second Obama term would bring government 'vilification of people that were against him.' He thinks he would be at the top of that list and contends that he already has been targeted for his political activity," Allen wrote.
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Purple Daze is a young adult novel set in suburban Los Angeles in 1965. Six high school students share their experiences and feelings in interconnected free verse and traditional poems about war, feminism, riots, love, racism, rock 'n' roll, high school, and friendship.
Although there have been verse novels published recently, none explore the changing and volatile 1960's in America-- a time when young people drove a cultural and political revolution. With themes like the costs and casualties of war, the consequences of sex, and the complex relationships between teens, their peers, and their parents, this story is still as relevant today as it was 45 years ago.
Source: Running Press & Nicole (Thank you!)
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Purple Daze was a collection of a hundred moments in one book, written from six points of views, bits of poems, journal entries, letters and historical speeches. A group of friends made up of three girls, three boys were the stars of this novel: Ziggy, Cheryl, Nancy, Mickey, Don and Phil. The war and the revolution affected these people.
What I really liked about Purple Daze was that the author was able to capture my attention through her words. I was able to understand what happened in 1965-1966 and I was able to experience it. I felt for Ziggy, Cheryl, Phil and Nancy. This novel showed that despite all the changes that happened throughout the years, some things just never change. I found love, war, betrayal, pain, hesitation, sadness and rejection in this novel.
It was hard to put this down when I got into the story which was almost right away. I was intrigued with what was happening to the characters. The six characters were involved in different stages of relationships. Ziggy and Mickey were what I would say a temporary couple out for fun and sex. Cheryl and Don were in a somewhat chaste and serious relationship. Cheryl did not want to give up her virginity just yet despite the pressure. Nancy and Phil were not exactly a couple but they have feelings for each other. It got worse when Phil served in the army. Cheryl, Phil and Mickey were the ones I got to read about the most. They wrote each other. I found myself looking forward to read Phil's letters. To read how Phil was doing, being stuck there, fighting and ducking for his life while worrying and being sad because Nancy has stopped writing him. The tension and awkwardness between Ziggy and Mickey increased when Ziggy kept asking him about their future. I found it sad and heartbreaking that she wanted to have a family with someone who did not want to.
Purple Daze is a quick read, a glimpse into the past and a realistic representation of a hundred persons, emotions, thoughts and intentions. I recommend this to people who like historical novels and to people who like novels in verse.