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A new documentary film.
Now, before you're all like.
"Wait – is this film going to find me in my seat and expose my love of like chicken nuggets? Are people screaming through blow horns and holding signs that say "Long Live Veggies." Have they developed 3-D technology where if you're in the audience and not a vegan, the screen starts throwing broccoli at you?! I don't want to go! I don't want to go!"
Stop. Breathe.
I can assure you. No. You will not have broccoli thrown at you. I'm not sure about the veggie signs, since that would actually be pretty awesome. But honestly, you will most likely be asked to sit, observe, think, and participate if appropriate.
Unfortunately I'll need to wait until February to see the film because my schedule is pretty packed and viewings are limited. But I encourage you to go.
To calm any non-veggie fears. Here's a brief assumption on what type of person might be interested in seeing this film. If you self-identify with one or all of these statements, then I think a viewing would be worthwhile.
This film is for a person that:
- Can entertain the idea that there is a possibility to change their lives just but by changing their diet.
- Needs motivation to put down their knife
- Wants to see our kids grow healthy and strong
- Can think independently when it comes to food
- Is interested in the medical patterns of humanity
- Wants to see a shift in the way our food structures could work
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Kim Kardashian Asking For Charity Donations Instead Of Baby Gifts
Kim and boyfriend Kanye West have shunned the typical celebrity tradition of receiving extravagant gifts for their baby, and are instead telling their rich and famous friends to donate to a Chicago children's hospital!
Despite Kim Kardashian and Kanye West's taste for the finer things in life, the power couple is taking the selfless route when it comes to welcoming their first child together. They would prefer their high-powered friends and family members to spend their hard-earned money on charity than on presents for their baby!
Kim Kardashian & Kanye West Say No To Baby Gifts
Kim and Kanye, who are spending time together in Paris as the rapper records his latest album, don't have a baby registry, according to TMZ. Instead, they are asking friends and family members to donate to the Lurie Children's Hospital in Chicago, near where Kanye grew up.
Chicago Children's Hospital Grateful For Donations
A rep for the hospital released a statement to TMZ, expressing their gratitude for Kim and Kanye's charitable decision.
"Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago would like to extend its sincerest gratitude to Kim Kardashian and Kanye West for their thoughtfulness and support of the hospital. Funds donated on behalf of Kardashian and West will be directed to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Fund which will help care for the most critically ill babies and their families. We wish them all the best in the upcoming arrival of their baby."
It's clear Kanye and Kim, who have a combined net worth of $140 million, according to CelebrityNetWorth.com, aren't in desperate need for gifts for their baby. We think it's so great that they are opting for charity donations instead of glamorous presents!
What do YOU think of Kim and Kanye asking for charity donations in lieu of gifts, HollyMoms? Are you shocked at their decision?
WATCH: Kim Kardashian Talks Marriage To Ryan Seacrest
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Stefan Eins
Stefan Eins is an Austrian-American artist who has worked much of his career in New York City.
Eins grew up in Vienna and Gresten, Austria. Eins graduated from the University of Vienna with a degree in Theology (1965) and he attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna from 1964–1967. He settled in New York City in 1967.
He is the founder of Fashion Moda as a cultural concept. An important manifestation of Fashion Moda was the Museum of Science, Art, Invention, Technology and Fantasy (1978–1993) in the Bronx. It quickly became a strong voice in the New York art world in the late 1970s and 1980s. Fashion Moda also pioneered in the featuring of Graffiti art and showed artists such as Jenny Holzer and Keith Haring among others early on. It was a Multicultural project of the hip-hop culture of artists, writers, rappers, and break dancers.
While continuing activities with Fashion Moda, Eins also pursued his own talents having shows in the National Gallery in Vienna (1991), MoMA PS1 in New York (2007), the notable Now Gallery and other museums and galleries in US, Europe and Asia.
Eins does not distinguish between creating art and doing scientific research.
- National Endowment for the Arts, 1980, 1987
- New York Foundation for the Arts 2002
- Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation 2004
- 2014 'OTHER DIMENSION', Installation, [New Museum], New York City
- 2013 'NO WAR', in collaboration with Leonardo da Vinci and Peter Paul Rubens, ARTFORUM Magazine
- 2009 'Looking at Music', Museum of Modern Art, New York City
- 2009 'The Picture Generation', Metropolitan Museum, New York City
- 2009 X-TREME Exterior, New York City, Istanbul, Gresten
- 2008 Centre National d'art Contemporain de Grenoble, Grenoble
- 2007 Museum of Modern Art, PS.1, New York City
- 2007 National Kyrgyz Fine Arts Museum, Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic, Central Asia
- 2006 'The Downtown Show', Grey Art Gallery, New York City
- 2006 Modernist, Büyükada Island, Istanbul
- 2002 Galerie Ariadne Vienna, Austria
- 2002 O.K. Centrum für Gegenwartskunst, Linz, Austria
- 2001 MUSA – Museum auf Abruf, Vienna, Austria
- 1991 Austrian National Gallery, Vienna, Austria
- 1985 Now Gallery, New York City, US
- 1980 Lisson Gallery, London, UK
- Eloquent Corrosion – Recent Works by Stefan Eins, Art in America, July 2000 by David Ebony
- In a Conspiracy of Paint Blotches and Shadows, Meaning and Art, New York Times, https://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/27/arts/27urbanart.html
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As a very science-oriented child raised as a devout Christian, I was naturally drawn to "Creation Science". This is supposedly a branch of science devoted to proving that the creation story at the beginning of the Christian Bible is actual fact and not an allegorical representation or some sort of myth. It also seeks to disprove evolution as the origin of different species, and claims life could not have arisen on the planet without divine intervention. In my teens this all sounded very attractive, as I could handily rectify the whole Genesis/dinosaurs/etc conflict. It also involves a heavy dose of conspiracy theory, the reason "Creation Science" isn't mainstream is because the whole of the scientific community chooses to ignore the clear and obvious signs that the earth is only a few thousand years old. The idea that I was privy to secret knowledge and suppressed truths was pretty cool.
Of course, I never stopped being a science-oriented person. I'm also a history-oriented person. Through my natural curiosity, I gradually came to a realization so overwhelming that I had to share it. Anyone who is familiar with the history of modern science is aware that the foundations of science began with the premise that the Bible was literal fact. This assumption continued for centuries, until it was so unmistakably obvious that the evidence did not match the conclusion that there was nothing to do but conclude that the nature of the universe did not match the Bible.
It's like this: Imagine someone is trying to put together a puzzle, but they haven't got all the pieces yet.
They think they already know what shape it's going to be, and at first the pieces fit pretty good.
But the more pieces they get, the less well they fit together to form the picture they are assumed to make.
Eventually there are a whole lot of pieces that don't fit very well if the picture is what they assume it is.
Finally, they realize that they have to jump through a whole lot of hoops and rationalize a lot of questionable things to make the picture they thought they were making. The pieces fit really nicely together to make a different picture, though.
From there, it was much easier to study the picture and add the pieces as they found them. Abandoning the original assumption about the nature of the picture allowed them to advance their puzzle-assembling skills rapidly in a way they couldn't before. Knowing this, it's pretty difficult to make the case for the original picture without going through a whole lot of mental gymnastics and outright denial.
It was only when the evidence was impossible to fit into the biblical story that other possibilities began to be explored. We would never have made the sort of scientific advancements that have brought us where we are today had we continued to shoehorn all the astronomical, geological, and biological evidence we gathered into the archaic model provided by the Bible. That's not even real science.
In real science, we develop a falsifiable hypothesis and then check to see whether the evidence supports that hypothesis. If it doesn't fit, we develop a new hypothesis that better fits the data. We don't just keep trying to make the data fit our original hypothesis. It didn't work hundreds of years ago, and it doesn't work now either. "Creation Science" isn't really science, it's just a futile attempt to resurrect a hypothesis deemed faulty centuries ago. We've done this before, we don't need to do it again.


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Multimedia may have to change its name. In an effort to boost its stock price and its image on Wall Street, the company behind talkshow stars Phil Donahue and Sally Jessy Raphael is contemplating a corporate overhaul.
Eight months after the retirement of longtime Multimedia chairman Walter Bartlett, the company is facing decisions about the future of its businesses. Its entertainment and cable divisions, once the engine pulling the diversified company along, are losing steam. Only a turnaround in the company's newspaper and broadcast divisions helped keep Multimedia's profit growing last year.
But the newspaper and broadcast divisions will be challenged to continue that growth when the economy slows down.
And while Multimedia's new chairman/CEO Donald Sbarra has a strategy for the future, some of his major shareholders have concerns about aspects of that strategy.
Their uneasiness is aggravated by the company's performance on Wall Street, where the stock has been flat for two years and is now trading around $28. Multimedia's stock performance has been so lackluster that options given to Donahue last year when he renewed his talkshow contract are worthless at current prices.
"People are frustrated," says an analyst. "This company can't remain so diversified with its five lines of business on an ongoing forward basis. They just don't have the financial or management resources to move forward."
Management appears to be listening, and the departure of Bartlett has opened the door to change.
In recent weeks, whispers have circulated on Wall Street that Sbarra was considering a restructuring beyond the strategies he had outlined to shareholders in the months following his appointment. That speculation increased 10 days ago when Multimedia execs told a conference call of investors that the entire structure was being reviewed.
"They were more open about the need to restructure some things," says Sal Muoio, an analyst at Gabelli & Co., which is a shareholder in Multimedia.
Sbarra would not comment for this story, saying a discussion of Multimedia's strategy at this time would be premature. Wall Street sources say the company has yet to make a decision about how far-reaching a restructuring will be, but at a minimum, Multimedia is expected to spin off its cable systems into a joint venture with a bigger operator.
As its name indicates, Multimedia has its hand in a lot of businesses, but it is best known for its stable of syndicated talkers that includes Donahue, Sally Jessy Raphael, Jerry Springer, Rush Limbaugh, Susan Powter and Dennis Prager.
It also owns five TV stations, cable systems that reach about 420,000 subscribers, dozens of newspapers and a home security business.
Five years ago the talkers and cable systems were the heart of Multimedia's profit performance, while newspapers and TV stations lagged. Last year, that situation was reversed – newspapers and TV stations provided all the growth, along with the new home security system business – and entertainment and cable declined.
'Hit a wall'
Muoio said, "Entertainment, which had phenomenal numbers in the last 10 years, has kind of hit a wall."
"Not all the cylinders have been firing and that is a concern," said Tim Pettee, an entertainment analyst and VP with Alliance Capital Management, the biggest shareholder of Multimedia. Pettee says, however, he is not "overly concerned" about the company's performance and credits Sbarra with focussing the company's strategy.
Even Multimedia admits the newspaper turnaround reflects the strength of the economy, while broadcast improvement is partly due to political advertising and partly to economic factors.
Multimedia's best-known names – Donahue and Raphael – while strong, are not the powerhouses they once were. Multimedia blamed "continued competition in the talkshow format" and the cost of its new All-Talk Channel for a 17% drop in entertainment's operating profit. Overall Multimedia's net profit rose 5% to $90 million last year on revenues of $630 million, up 3%.
Donahue's ratings are slipping and he has on occasion expressed a desire to step down within the next few years. Currently he has a one-year deal.
"Sally Jessy Raphael" is holding its own in household ratings but its audience is skewing toward older women, which is not as attractive a demographic to advertisers as younger audiences. Robert Turner, president of Multimedia Entertainment, says "Sally is pretty stable."
Of Multimedia's other shows, "Susan Powter" and "Dennis Prager" are likely to be canceled, says Janeen Bjork, VP and director of programming for Seltel, a TV station rep firm. Turner admits both "got off to a modest beginning but we're working on those shows quite diligently."
'Donahue' draw 'great'
As for "Donahue," Turner points out that "it is still a great draw" and now is "greatly differentiated from other shows."
On the plus side, new shows including "Rush Limbaugh" and "Jerry Springer" are doing well. "Springer" has proved many of the so-called experts wrong by improving his numbers.
"They (Multimedia) have more pluses than minuses," says Jack Fentress, VP, programming, Petry Television. "It is a class company," he adds, although sometimes "too conservative."
While Multimedia's syndication division may not be as strong as it once was, any station rep will say that all it takes is one hit for the company to reclaim its position as king of the hill. The company is preparing to launch several talkshows abroad as co-productions.
"We have a dozen development deals in the works worldwide," Turner says. "This will be a big part of our business."
Multimedia is betting its new All-Talk Channel will give the entertainment division a new source of earnings growth. The channel, launched in October, now has about 1 million subscribers. But this is a long-term bet, estimated to cost at least $50 million before it turns a profit in four or five years. And some cable execs think it could lose $100 million before it gets into the black.
Overshadowing the channel's future is its main rival, NBC's America's Talking, which reaches more than 12 million homes. Darice Grippo, president of MacDonald Grippo Reily Inc., who closely follows the stock, says "The All-Talk Channel got off to a somewhat slower start than they would have hoped."
Making the long-term bet on the All-Talk Channel is a key element of Sbarra's strategic plan for the company, analysts say. Another element is to grow Multimedia's cable business, despite the widely held view throughout the cable industry and on Wall Street that small players like Multimedia won't be able to compete in the future.
Multimedia is the 30th largest U.S. cable operator. Like the rest of the industry, its cash flow was hurt last year by rate rollbacks. That doesn't worry Sbarra, however, who plans to spend $150 million by 1999 upgrading its cable systems to offer telephony, a plan that puzzles some shareholders.
Analysts and shareholders expect that, at the very least, Multimedia will announce a partnership deal on its cable systems in coming months.
"They realize that they can't do the whole telephony bit without a partner – it's too expensive," Grippo said.
A straight sale of the cable systems might be preferable, but Multimedia's low-cost base on cable would leave it exposed to high tax liabilities on any sale, Grippo says.
Multimedia also is enthusiastic about prospects for its home security business, which is growing through acquisition. It was a small contributor last year, but "they view the home security business as having tremendous potential…. They can see that being the largest business division within five years," Grippo says.
Wall Street would clearly prefer a more radical restructuring than simply a spinoff of cable.
But most analysts and shareholders acknowledge that the company is too conservative to make dramatic moves. However, one analyst says, "There is a fair amount of handwriting on the wall. This is a company that needs to be shaken up."
The board has historically been resistant to change, but some observers say that is changing. "The reality of the late 20th century is starting to crash in on Greenville, South Carolina," said one shareholder.
John Dempsey, New York, contributed to this report.


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I get so excited every time I discover a new way to style my hair that I love. About a month ago I discovered bantu knots and I have been in love ever since. Where have you been all my life. It took me a few tries to get it right but I think I finally got it down to a science. What I love about it is that it only takes 10 min to prep and 5 min to style. Now that's my kind of hairstyle.
I usually do the bantu knots the night before and unravel the next morning. Now that I am loving the length of my hair and want to wear it out more often, I am so glad that I am finding great ways to style it. The only drawback for me is that it doesn't last very long, I pretty much have to redo it every other night for it to have that nice look.
This is the result I got from doing it mid-week. I didn't record the process but I totally loved the result and decided to record the process the next time I did it.
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Saturday, January 18, 2014
Bantu knots my new favorite style
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I pinned a how to on those months ago but I haven't gotten around to trying it yet! The way you did it looks great.ReplyDelete
Your hair looks really nice! You're doing a great job. I do bantu knots often. It is my go to style. On the other hand, I just discovered how to use flex rods. I am still a work in progress there :).ReplyDelete
This has been a miss for me but yours came out great.ReplyDelete
It looks so good!ReplyDelete
I have yet to try the Bantu knot but I want to as my sister swears by it and now you!
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Ooh I like them a lot...I attempted Bantu knots but I think my hair was too short!!ReplyDelete
I love your hairstyle, it looks professional :)ReplyDelete
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PLAY: "The Dark at the Top of the Stairs"
There are major issues addressed in Inge's play, including suicide and spousal abuse, but because his three acts are disconnected in thematic structure, the final resolution of those scenes seems rushed and ill-conceived. The few dramatic moments in the stagnant finale revolve largely around a confessional series of soliloquies from the wild, passionate patriarch of the Flood family, Rubin (steadily but unsurprisingly played by Patrick Boll) and some poorly scripted attempts by the matriarch, Cora (a distant Donna Lynne Champlin) to take charge of her own life. The two actors don't have much in the way of chemistry, and given all that we've heard about their characters, the words (at this point) actually come in the way. Flirt (Liz Mamana), a ditzy friend of the shy, pallid Reenie Flood (Colby Minifie), appears out of the blue to give an announcement that is shrugged off by both the playwright and (accordingly) the actors, and neither of the two children (the bland and uncharming Sonny, played by Jack Tartaglia, is the other) have any sort of dramatic arc or change in their personalities to even justify what passes as "side plot."
I don't enjoy panning Inge's work, especially from a man who comes up with such powerful statements as: "I wish that someone loved me enough to hit me," and "Sometimes the people who act the happiest are really the unhappiest." But there's a sense of pinning the tail on the donkey in his development, and he leaves a lot of holes in his script trying to get it on just right. The two characters we're interested in, Sammy (the depressed young boy, played by a bright-eyed Matt Yeager) and Lottie are all-too-brief candles in the wind, and the ones we're left with are never adequately handled. I respect Jack Cummings III for reviving this show for its fiftieth anniversary, but he doesn't do enough: his early theatrics (the walls are transparent, making the characters behind them ghosts and darkness, at all once) aren't matched by the script, and though there's a valiant struggle in the second act, The Dark at the Top of the Stairs simply isn't very riveting.


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Luckily I did get pics of the next couple rounds taken and have finally finished editing and adding directions to them this afternoon.
Without further ado today we will be working on tightening up the opening so that the slippers stay on our feet!
It doesn't really matter what two loops. Just as long as you get two not just one :)
Again whichever two are calling your name.
The pattern says to continue working down the side. 23 single crochet. This means that there should be two single crochets into each double crochet. So one in the top half and one in the bottom half of each double crochet.
We will now work on a specialty stitch. Written in the pattern it says sc3tog or single crochet 3 together. We want to work them into one single crochet to tighten up the opening a bit so that the slipper stays on our foot.
Work a single crochet into each of the next five double crochet "v" spots. Until you reach the other corner. There should be 2 more double crochet "v" spots left to work.
Work your way to the back of the slipper and slip stitch together. Then finish off like we did at the end of the last post.
And just so you know... my children do NOT always cooperate with me taking pictures. Because they don't nap anymore I have to get creative with keeping them busy while I snap away! Today I
locked them let them play in the shower. AFTER the hubs and his friend got the water back on. Hailey sprays shaving cream on the shower doors and writes or draws in it while Belle LOVES to play with a little cup and an old makeup brush! She calls it "painting her nails". Haha!
We've got a busy weekend so we will do the trim stitching on the slippers on Monday. AND Just in case these slippers aren't cute enough I'll show you how to make a flower to attach to the top of the toe area! SOO cute!
Again, if you have issues leave them in the comments!
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In designing the Bambu Lounger we wanted to solve the problem that many pet owners are faced with of how to seamlessly, and comfortably, incorporate their pets into the design of their interiors . You always have the option to purchase a cushion filled with a generic material that has no other benefits than to keep your pet off your furniture or you can look for a solution that benefits your pets health as well as complimenting your homes interior. With the Bambu Lounger you have will have both.
The design of the Bambu Diner came as the perfect solution to compliment the Lounger and continue with the overall interior decor. In the past your only option was a couple of bowls placed on a mat that you would push into a hard to see area when guests would visit, but not anymore.
The concept behind the BAMBU COLLECTION came from my studies of the famous Danish furniture designers of the 1930's. Designers such as Bruno Mathsson were very successful by experimenting with different techniques and pushing the limits of the materials they used. With the invention of bentwood and the incorporation of other materials they were able to create simple yet timeless designs.
Inspiration was drawn directly from this Danish era of furniture design and the result was our Bambu Collection. Our philosophy behind the Collection's design was much like theirs. We wanted to showcase the natural beauty of the materials while using simplistic lines and intricate framework. The use of stretched canvas across the Lounger's seat creates an ultra light mattress support system. This innovative technique was invented and widely used by Danish designers. To ensure a comfortable sleeping surface we use shredded memory foam, which has numerous health benefits that you can find on our eco-materials section of our website. With wide, uninterrupted sections of Bamboo, the Bambu Diner stands behind the same philosophy.


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General election 2017: Jeremy Corbyn vows to 'change poll's course'
Jeremy Corbyn is vowing not to "play by the rules" if elected PM and insists the poll is not a foregone conclusion.
On the first full day of general election campaigning, the Labour leader will say "powerful people" do not want him to win the snap general election.
He will vow to "prove the Establishment experts wrong and change the direction of this election".
Theresa May has promised "strong and stable leadership" and said people want her to get on with implementing Brexit.
The prime minister was speaking after her call for an early election on 8 June was overwhelmingly backed by MPs.
The Commons vote, by 522 to 13, paved the way for a seven-week campaign that has taken the country by surprise.
'Cosy cartel'
In a speech in London, Mr Corbyn will say: "Much of the media and Establishment are saying this election is a foregone conclusion.
"They think there are rules in politics, which if you don't follow by doffing your cap to powerful people, accepting that things can't really change, then you can't win.
"But of course those people don't want us to win. Because when we win, it's the people, not the powerful, who win."
He will add: "They say I don't play by the rules – their rules. We can't win, they say, because we don't play their game.
"They're quite right I don't. And a Labour government elected on 8 June won't play by their rules."
He will add that those rules "have created a cosy cartel which rigs the system in favour of a few powerful and wealthy individuals and corporations".
Mr Corbyn will say: "It's a rigged system set up by the wealth extractors for the wealth extractors."
The Labour leader will single out tycoon Sir Philip Green, who faced heavy criticism over the BHS pensions saga, and Sports Direct boss Mike Ashley in his speech, saying they should be "worried about a Labour government".
Meanwhile, Mrs May sought to put "strong and stable" leadership at the heart of her pitch to voters as she addressed supporters in Bolton on Wednesday.
She said the country now has a "unity of purpose" and a desire for the government to "get on" with implementing Brexit and "making a success of it".
The PM warned of a potential "coalition of chaos" led by Mr Corbyn, although the Labour leader ruled out forming a post-election alliance with the SNP.
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Mrs May has faced criticism from rival parties for refusing to take part in head-to-head TV debates against other leaders during the campaign.
She said she preferred "to get out and about and meet voters".
A Downing Street source said the PM would not appear on the same stage as another leader on television, but did not rule out an individual event with a studio audience.


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Thursday, February 7, 2013
Jin's Photocards
I've been wanting to make photocards for a while now. I take a lot of pictures of every one of my projects but it wasn't until today that I finally made a card out of a photo of an assembled cut.
Earlier today I posted the above picture on my Facebook Page but I realized that it would be great as a photocard too. So I printed the photo on photopaper (from a previous Staples' $1 Kodak Photopaper deal) and got these:
I was really pleased with how they turned out. The photopaper is a little thinner than the heavy cardstock that I would have preferred but the cards looked really cute! With 3 kids in 3 different classes, and almost 30 kids in each classroom, I'm looking for ways to make a lot of Valentines in a short time. Who knows, this photocard may just be the solution to my problem! I have so many photos I'm sure that some of them will make great photocards. Can't wait to go through my older pictures and make photocards out of them.
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Jin, Your projects are so fresh and delightful, and a continued source of inspiration! Do you have a source of inexpensive printer ink? I use a Canon MX880. I'd love to do more with it, but ouch. The ink is so spendy.ReplyDelete
This is such a great idea! I'm going to have to try it. Good luck with all of those valentines, you're a great mom!ReplyDelete
I wooly love everything you do!! You are so talented and have the cutest ideas. I get a little thrill when I see your emails!! THanks for sharing!!ReplyDelete
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Check your 9/11 Red Plum insert for a new $1 off 2 Dial coupon, good on 3-count packs of bar soap and up!
I recommend taking your Dial coupons to Dollar Tree for the following deal:
- Dial Basics Bar Soap -- 3-count packs priced at $1 each.
- Buy two multi-packs for a pre-coupon price of $2.
- Use the $1 off 2 coupon from the 9/11 Red Plum insert.
- Your price drops to $1 for both packs, or just 50 cents each!
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This is some of my most favorite landscape: grasses on rolling hills. The Badlands are to the south of this picture (we are looking north). The Buffalo Gap National Grasslands here are part of the Nebraska National Forest, because grasslands are administered by the United States Forest Service.
Yes, that is a telephone or electric wire pole in the middle of the picture.


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This should go over well. From Brave New Films (& Sick For Profit):
WellPoint sued an ENTIRE STATE to increase profits
Netting $2.5 billion in profits last year wasn't enough for WellPoint, the nation's largest insurance company.
Now, WellPoint's affiliate, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, is suing the state of Maine for refusing to guarantee it a profit margin in the midst of a painful recession.
YOU can do something about WellPoint: Sick For Profit
YOU can do something about WellPoint: Sick For Profit


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Another Critical IE Flaw Found
Security researchers are pointing out a newly reported security hole in Microsoft's Internet Explorer Web browser that attackers could use to assume control over Windows PCs just by convincing users to visit a specially crafted Web page.
Researcher Tom Ferris brought the matter to Microsoft's attention Aug. 14. Ferris says the flaw can definitely be used to crash IE, and almost certainly can be exploited to take over vulnerable Windows machines.
According to an advisory posted by French security group FrSirt -- a.ka. "K-OTik" -- the flaw is present in virtually every version of Internet Explorer.
A Microsoft spokesperson said the company is not aware of any Windows users being attacked as a result of the flaw, and that Microsoft is "aggressively investigating the report. Upon completion of this investigation, Microsoft will of course take the appropriate action to help protect our customers. This may include providing a security update through our monthly release process or providing an out-of-cycle security update, depending on customer needs."
One simple way to avoid worrying about this vulnerability is just to use another browser, such as Firefox, Opera or Netscape.
Opera is free if you want to view small ads in the upper corner of the browser, though you can pay a small fee and register the product if you want those ads to go away. But today, however, Opera is celebrating its 10th birthday, and is offering a free registration code for the full (no ads) version of the browser for anyone who visits their site and clicks on the "Go Free Now" button and enters their e-mail address (which it doesn't appear to verify). I can't seem to find anywhere on the site that says how long this offer is going to last, so if you are interested, you probably shouldn't delay. The site is a bit slow as of this writing, so I'm guessing a lot of people are jumping at the offer.
Brian Krebs
August 30, 2005; 2:02 PM ET
Categories: Latest Warnings
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I've been using Firefox for more than year and have loved it. No ads, btw--I was surprised to read that Opera included on-screen ads. Firefox works perfectly with Roboform Pro, my indispensible form filler. Since Firefox is free, I'm surprised that only 75,000,000 people use it so far.
Posted by: LeisureGuy | August 30, 2005 3:31 PM | Report abuse
Microsoft is a monopoly and doesn't give a damn. Why can't I email this to someone? I have a friend that lives in NYC and is an IT proffessional. He could use the date.
Bob Lawrence
Posted by: Bob Lawrence | August 30, 2005 4:26 PM | Report abuse
Actually, it's now past 84 million: http://feeds.spreadfirefox.com/downloads/firefox.xml
Posted by: Andrew | August 30, 2005 5:14 PM | Report abuse
Firefox has had more patches In 2005 than any other browser.
Secunia Security Advisories
2005 - 17 Secunia Advisories
2005 - 6 Secunia Advisories
Internet Explorer
2005 - 11 Secunia Advisories
Firefox's Market Share Slips; IE Rises
Posted by: Tim | August 30, 2005 7:36 PM | Report abuse
You made a mistake [a.ka. "K-OTic"] would be [a.ka. "K-OTik"] (ends with a "k" not a "c")
Posted by: Alex Popov | August 31, 2005 7:11 AM | Report abuse
Thanks, Alex, I've fixed.
Posted by: Bk | August 31, 2005 9:27 AM | Report abuse
What is this a Security Flaw notice or an advertisement for Firefox? Letting people know of a flaw and how to repair it is the basic information I want to read here. Telling people the sky is falling and telling them they will be "all better" going to another browser is just irresponsible writing.
Posted by: John Jones | August 31, 2005 12:47 PM | Report abuse
The number of Secunia advisories for each browser is not important. What IS important is the number of UNPATCHED advisories:
Internet Explorer - 31
Firefox - 4
Opera - 0
(Manual count of advisories posted at Secunia website.)
Why would anyone concerned about security use IE?
Posted by: Terry | August 31, 2005 1:52 PM | Report abuse
I discovered Firefox back in December, just after going on line for the first time ever mainly because I am a messer and am not satisfied with what is provided and enjoy trying different things, but now it is the browser for me and I am sticking with it.
All the best.
Posted by: Sarah L. | August 31, 2005 3:00 PM | Report abuse
"Telling people the sky is falling and telling them they will be 'all better' going to another browser is just irresponsible writing" -- Posted by: John Jones | Aug 31, 2005 12:47:13 PM
whenever we see a comment like John Jones', we assume he works for Microsoft... Microsoft is known to cruise the net looking for negative comments about its products and having one of their goons respond...
for higher end products like Windows/XP vs. Linux, Microsoft hires high-end tech research firms to write bs articles about TCO -- Total Cost of Ownership; i've lost total respect for some of these sell-out orgs
well, Mr. John Jones... Brian Krebs is in the same irresponsible group as the Wall Street Journal and other major media outlets (print and electronic) who have figured out that the IE sky really is falling and the fastest security fix is to dump it and go with Firefox
(btw, just a funny coincidence that John Jones and Bill Gates have the same number of letters in their names and the same pattern of consonants and vowels :)
Posted by: D.Simms | September 1, 2005 7:27 AM | Report abuse
Believe me that every time we see a new critical vulnerability and/or exploit announced/released ahead of a patch that would fix the problem, we always have an internal discussion about whether it is the right thing to do to call attention to the issue. In most cases, the answer is yes.
The whole point of this blog is to help regular internet users stay safe online, and a big part of that process is awareness. Right now there is a fair argument to be made that given the focus of attacks on IE that users may be safer using another browser. I don't see it as my job to take one position or the other in that debate, but merely to provide people with information so that they can make their own informed decisions.
Posted by: Brian Krebs | September 2, 2005 11:56 AM | Report abuse
What is this a Security Flaw notice or an advertisement for Firefox? Letting people know of a flaw and how to repair it is the basic information I want to read here. Telling people the sky is falling and telling them they will be "all better" going to another browser is just irresponsible writing.
Posted by: Marry | January 2, 2006 4:46 AM | Report abuse
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International Humanitarian Law / Autonomous Weapons / Conduct of Hostilities / Explosive Weapons / Nuclear Weapons / Use of Force / Counterpiracy / Disarmament / Diplomatic Negotiation
Eric Steinmyller is a consultant and trainer on international humanitarian law (IHL) and maritime law enforcement issues in military and civil academies.
From 2013 to 2016 he worked as Security and Safety Manager of a shipping company based in Geneva whose vessels serve the offshore oil industry in the Gulf of Guinea.
Previously, Eric Steinmyller worked for the French Navy for 30 years, where he held the rank of Navy Captain with key expertise in the management of large teams at sea and onshore, crisis management (sea rescue, environment protection, drug trafficking, counter-piracy, counter-proliferation), IHL and international relations. He was notably Head of the Law of Armed Conflict Section at the French Ministry of Defence and Defence Attaché as Military Adviser to the Ambassador of France to the Conference on Disarmament.
In 2012, he was the project team leader in charge of founding a new military academy, L'Ecole des commissaires des armées in Salon-de-Provence.
Eric Steinmyller holds an MBA as well as a Master in the Protection of the Environment. He has been awarded the Legion of Honour, the Medal of Merit and the Medal of Maritime Merit.
This course aims to investigate international humanitarian law rules regulating the conduct of hostilities.


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(Washington, DC) - The Washington Convention and Sports Authority today announced that it will provide limited early access for preliminary site remediation work to the project development team for the Washington, DC Marriott Marquis, the proposed Convention Center headquarters hotel. The early remediation activities, which could start as early as this week, include removal of underground storage tanks, demolition of the Erhlich Building, erecting fences, placing signage around the site and readying the area for construction.
"We're excited to get the pre-construction process started," said Gregory A. O'Dell, Washington Convention and Sports Authority president and CEO. "The Authority and the District are finalizing the documentation and preparing to close on the bonds as we anticipate a groundbreaking within the next 30-45 days. This headquarters hotel will position us to aggressively compete as a premier convention destination and serve as a centerpiece for the continued economic revitalization of the historic Shaw neighborhood, including roughly 900 new hospitality jobs."
The hotel site is bounded by Massachusetts Avenue, 9th, 10th and L Streets, Northwest. The 1,175- room headquarters hotel, which includes more than 100,000 square feet of meeting areas, is slated to open in 2014.
The developer and the Washington Convention Center Advisory Committee are working to establish a formal process to answer community questions and address community concerns. In the interim, questions regarding the hotel project construction and development may be directed to:
Norman Jenkins, Capstone Development, LLC
email@example.com or 202-661-3536
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Thursday, September 30, 2010
From the WCSA: Preliminary Work Begins on the Convention Center Hotel
From the Washington Convention and Sports Authority (WCSA):
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To the beautiful, FAT little mare I see now!
She really has come such a long way, in more ways then just her weight.
The first time she had her feet done, there was no sedation, but there was a lot of rearing and kicking out and very "scared horse" behavior. Lots of following her around just to get one foot done. Over an hour to trim 4 feet. At her last appt, she stood like a real horse...confident and respectful. It only took us about 30 minutes to do all 4 feet...and most of that time was spent talking to the farrier!
Her first vet visit was a bit scary. Not because she did anything bad, she was actually exceptionally good. Never offered to kick, bite or make any move whatsoever. It was scary because of the condition she was in. I honestly wasn't sure she was going to make it. My vet and I agreed that no shots would be given, as her body was just to weak to handle the strain on her system. A coggins was pulled though. The vet came back out for Spring shots a few weeks ago. I had him pull a new coggins because I wanted the pictures on the old one GONE. My vet sent me an email about a week ago...he had gone back and looked at Tia's original coggins..What a huge difference. He was very impressed.
Tia has had a lot of firsts with me. Her first time in a real stall, that I am aware of. Her first time being handled with something called love and respect. Her first time being able to trust. Her first time having her own herd. Her first time being ridden NICELY...I truly believe whoever broke her was not very gentle and the lady I got her from really was a true beginner. She was NEVER mean to Tia, but Tia knew how to get away with everything.
Tia's latest first...Her First Show! I would love to tell you that it was completely non-eventful...I can't. She did, however, load very nicely Sunday morning! Yay!
So here is how the show day went. We loaded up and headed to the show grounds. As soon as we got there, we went up to register. Tia and I were in Class 6 - Halter - Stock Type Mares. They were on Class 1 - Showmanship. Normally Showmanship takes FOREVERRRRRRRRRRR. Apparently, not today. I had just enough time to get Tia off the trailer, get dressed, PepeDee her little butt, get her halter on and head to the ring. She was fine until we got up to the ring. There were to many people and horses she didn't know. Trucks, Trailers and Announcers - Oh My! The majority of the class was spent with her jogging in circles and me just trying to assure her she wasn't going to die. :) The judge was nice enough to let us at least walk the class just to give her experience. So, I did the best I could. I walked right to the judge...Tia jogged. The judge smiled and nodded for me to continue. Here are some of the moments in the class...
First Time In The Ring
Walking To The Judge
(Stole this from the picture below)
Screaming to Ber Ber the whole time
There was some snorting going on too!
Lots and lots of circles
More circles
(Stole this from the photo below)
Making our way to Line Up
Trying to settle down
Must Be Beside Mom!
The elbow was used alot that day
The judge was coming to judge her - She thought he
was going to eat her!
Standing nicely for the judge
What a good girl!
And!!! We got a ribbon! Third Place!
(Who cares that there was only three people in the class!)
Me and My Beautiful Girl
Kisses for the good girl!
After a short break, we did some lunging and then went for a walk around the show grounds. Around the back of the property she was super relaxed. It was only around the front of the property where the show rings were that she needed to be in my pocket. The horses, the people, the trucks and trailers, the announcer, the rings...it was all a bit much for her. She NEVER offered to kick or be nasty. She just needed to be in my pocket. Again, the elbow got a lot of use!
At one point, Nikki and I were joking about what would happen if the tent over Ber Ber just blew over...we shouldn't have been joking about it...cause it happened...like 2 seconds after we said it. Everyone was fine and we double pegged both tents in the ground.
Ber Shade...Until it blew over...
My Mom came over to the show and brought us Fried Chicken! Yum! We sat and had lunch and then we all went for another walk.
This time, Tia was much more relaxed. She would graze and meander and occasionally realize she wasn't close enough to me and come back over. She got lots of compliments on how pretty she was and how good she was being especially for her first show.
We had a special visitor come over as well. A wonderful family friend came over to hang out with us. We hadn't seen Marilyn in quite a while, so having her there was extremely special!
Then it was time for Nikki's speed classes! Ber Ber is such an amazing little mare. She really does do it all!
Nikki took Ber to the end of where we were parked to warm her up and I took Tia to hand graze for a little while. It was at that moment...that BOTH tents pulled the pegs from the ground and went into the air. BOTH TENTS. Both 10x10x8 Tents. In The Air. At a horse show. Needless to say, Tia LEFT. I tried to hang on, but my shoulder wouldn't let me. To hell with my hand burning to smithereens...my shoulder is what did me in. Tia locked her radar on Ber and went straight for her. Thankfully, that meant she was enclosed in the trail ring. She let me walk right over and get her. No issues. I wasn't mad. It wasn't her fault. Moral of this story...tie your tents down to fricken cinder blocks! Ugh! My hand still hurts a bit, but nothing like it did when it happened. Thank God for Neosporin!
Tia got to hang out with me for Nikki's first class, but by the second class, my hand was killing me and holding a horse and trying to take pictures one handed is a bit more complicated then it looks!
All in all, a wonderful show day! Everyone lived! Everyone was smiling! Even my poor daughter...who looked like this that morning..
And looked like this in the car on the way home after dropping off horses and doing barn chores...
I'd say it was a great show day!


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Here we are at another Monday. Whew, time has flown as it is the end of January already! Well, as it is Monday, that means it is also Monday's Music Moves Me. This week we have the theme of Broadway Musicals.
I thought I would give you a little tid bit about Broadway Musicals before I pile in with my selections for this week.
Broadway Musical Facts
1. The musicals started Sept. 12, 1866
2. The first musical in New York was The Black Crook
3. Vaudeville was the first of the musicals
4. Contrary to first thought, of A Chorus Line, the longest running musical is Phantom of the Opera. It has been running since 1988 without closing.
My picks
I have been privledged to see a couple of Broadway Musicals...just not on Broadway. So, I do have a couple of favorites.
I really enjoy this one. I saw it in Colorado:
I saw this one at the Muny in St. Louis:
This is a favorite although, I actually have never seen it in theatre:
Peace...Naila Moon


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After realizing that I have at least 7 dress appropriate occasions this summer, I decided I needed to go on a hunt for MORE dresses! :o)
This summer's "dress" occasions-
1. SATC Party
2. School shower
3. Beach vacation!
4. Pampered chef shower
5. Shower thrown by aunt/grandma/cousin
6. Bachelorette Party
7. Bridal Luncheon
8. Rehearsal dinner
9. Day after Brunch (but prob will go casual that day!)
10. Honeymoon!!
11. Plus even more parties!!
So, you see, I probably NEEDED to buy 7 dresses this week- add those to the few I have in my closet, and I'm covered!! Yeah, right? You know I'll still be shopping!
After hitting up several stores with no luck, I hit the big time at Ross! I'm betting that other stores like it- T.J. Maxx, Marshall's, etc have good stuff right now too. I heard on the news the other day that a LOT of stores are already discounting/clearancing their summer stuff, because people just aren't paying full price any more with prices of everything else going up! Well, there's one good thing about the price of gas!!
I spent right at $100 on 4 dresses, a Roxy purse, and two bamboo pieces for the kitchen (Ross has some of the cutest/cheap kitchen stuff!).
So here are my 4 new dresses...up for criticism, compliments, etc! I'm down to two for tonight and probably still the same for Sunday's shower!
This one is a tad bit big, but I think if I make new button holes on the straps, it'll fit better! Super cute though! I always have a problem with straps being too long on tanks and dresses because I have a short torso!
This one is really fun and silky, with a tulle lining underneath- the spots are champagne and off-white and it ties behind the neck. You can see from the pic that the seam of the tulle is partly coming off! Whoops! :o) But I got them to give me an extra 30% off because of that, so the dress was about $10! I figure I can just fix it or rip it off the rest of the way-either way, it will still be cute! I might consider wearing it tonight, but don't think I'll get it fixed in time!
This one is also super cute and fun! The straps do bug me a bit- I have to majorly tighten them, but it's got some of my fave colors- and more tulle! :o)
And lastly, my absolute FAVE! This one is a big contender for tonight! All I have to do is figure out a way to make it a little less boobie-licious! Some of us are just too blessed in that department! But it is soft, flirty, totally cute- and best of all, I can wear a real bra with it!! :o) It's a little hard to see the details, but there's lots of little yellow/white flower details.
It's down to either this one or #2 from yesterday's blog for tonight's party....as of right now I'm sticking with #1 from yesterday's for the shower
I'm sooooo excited about all of these occasions and the fun stuff I now have to wear!! AND I did it without breaking the back! I've probably spent around $125 for SEVEN dresses! That's crazy cheap! :o) I need to be on that show- The Look for Less! :o)
I'm also soooooo excited that while I've been writing, I've also been on the phone with Dell-finally got my computer to connect and STAY on the internet at my fiance's house, and I'm back up and running!! Yippppeeeee!! I am so close to getting all my final school work done now (have to prepare all my years of files for the next teacher since I'm not returning!!)
I finally got a Dell customer service guy who knows what he's doing!! Monti is my new BFF because he just did wonders with my computer. And he was nice, and I understood him!!! I love that you can go online and connect with them and they can see your computer and do everything for you! Freakin amazin! By the way, I sooooo highly suggest getting an extended warranty! I've crashed my hard drive TWICE now, and without that warranty, I'd be out hundred's of dollars or would've had to simply start over with new computers every time!
Yay! I've missed my baby! Time to wrap up this blog because I've gotta go play with my newly fixed baby! :o)


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Sunday, September 25, 2011
Leeks Vinaigrette
Leeks Vinaigrette
Labels: side, Vegetables
Steamed Lobster with Lemon-Herb Butter
fontina and chive risotto cakes and braised leeks.
Steamed Lobster with Lemon-Herb Butter
Steamed Lobster with Lemon-Herb Butter
- 6 1 1/4- to 1 1/2-pound live lobsters
- 1 cup (2 sticks) butter
- 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
- 2 teaspoons chopped fresh Italian parsley
- 2 teaspoons chopped fresh chives
- 2 teaspoons chopped fresh basil
- Lemon wedges
Cook lobsters in 2 large pots of boiling salted water until shells are pink and lobsters are just cooked through, about 11 minutes.
Meanwhile, melt butter in small saucepan. Add lemon juice and herbs. Season with salt and pepper.
Serve lobsters with lemon wedges and warm herb butter.
Steamed Lobster with Lemon-Herb Butter
Labels: Seafood
Monday, September 12, 2011
Shaved Fennel Salad with Avocado and Fresh Herbs
Shaved Fennel Salad with Avocado and Fresh Herbs
1 bulb of fennel, sliced thinly
1 bunch of flat Italian parsley, chopped
Juice of 1 lemon
1 tablespoon of good olive oil
1 avocado, sliced
salt and pepper to taste
Mix ingredients together in a bowl. Season and serve.
Shaved Fennel Salad with Avocado and Fresh Herbs
Labels: Salad, Vegetables
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Grilled-Tomato Pizzettes With Basil and Fontina Cheese
I love Labor Day weekend. In fact, one year ago this Monday, I married my handsome husband on a sunny beach. To celebrate the weekend and our anniversary, we have a lot planned. First, 2 nights up in Napa hosting friends. I don't want it to be too fussy because I want to relax so these pizzas are a perfect recipe for afternoon grilling by the pool. I recommend picking up some store-bought dough from Trader Joe's or Whole Foods. Costs just a couple bucks and saves you time. This would go great with chilled rose.
For the Grilled Tomatoes
For the Grilled Tomatoes
- 3 pounds plum tomatoes, cored and halved lengthwise
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh thyme, or 1 teaspoon dried thyme
- Salt and pepper
- Heat grill to high. In a bowl, toss tomatoes with oil and thyme; season generously with salt and pepper.
- Starting with cut sides down, grill tomatoes until soft and charred, 8 to 12 minutes per side.
- Return to bowl; cut into rough pieces with kitchen shears
Now, for the pizza!
Grilled-Tomato Pizzettes With Basil and Fontina Cheese
Martha Stewart
Martha Stewart
- 1/2 recipe Grilled Tomatoes
- 1/2 pound store-bought pizza dough
- Flour, for work surface
- 1 1/4 cups shredded Fontina cheese
- Fresh basil leaves
- After preparing grilled tomatoes, reduce grill to low. Divide pizza dough into four pieces. On a lightly floured work surface, shape dough into rough 12-inch-long ovals. Alternate between rolling the dough with a pin and stretching it with your hands. If it tears, pinch dough together to patch.
- Place dough on grill. Cook until lightly charred on one side, 3 to 4 minutes; press lightly with a spatula to deflate any air bubbles.
- Flip dough; layer with cheese and grilled tomatoes, dividing evenly. Cover grill; cook until cheese melts and bottoms of crusts are charred, 4 to 6 minutes. Garnish with basil.
Grilled-Tomato Pizzettes With Basil and Fontina Cheese
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I had a hard time naming this creation. It's not quite a tart, not quite a galette, and almost a pizza. Pizza has a soft spot in my heart…so let's call it a pizza. Continuing in the spirit of my pesto post earlier this week, this recipe takes a look at another way we can make the most out of our produce purchases. Beets and beet greens were just meant to be together. It's a perfect pairing straight from the garden. Beet greens are great raw, or cooked. Make a salad, saute them with a shallot and bacon. Or, try them on a pizza.
I love root vegetables, but I think beets may be my favorite. They are absolutely gorgeous. Their richly colored flesh looks like a jewel to me. When you roast them they caramelize and take on a very nice nutty flavor. The sprinkling of balsamic vinegar in the recipe helps out with the caramelizing process, as well as adding a bit of tang to enhance the natural sweetness in the beets. The parsnips are a perfect co-star hear. They become caramelized as well when roasted and the process brings out the best in their flavor. The tarragon infused ricotta, just really knocked this out of the park for me.
This little treat was pretty darn healthy for how wonderfully tasty it was. Meals like this are my favorite kind to prepare – they're secretly healthy. Not in your face, everything is a substitution healthy, but subtle. Phyllo is ofen brushed with butter between every layer, but to lighten this recipe up, I opted for cooking spray. The spray added a mere 20 calories, where butter (mmmm yum butter) would have added about 400, assuming you need 1/2 tablespoon per layer to brush on. Simple swaps can make a big difference.
Recipe serves 2
|Calories: 305 – Carbs: 27 – Fat: 14g – Protein: 18g – Sugar: 6g – Fiber: 3g
- 1 small beet, about 1/2 cup (peeled and sliced very thin)
- 1 small parsnip (peeled and sliced very thin)
- 1/2 shallot (sliced thin)
- 1 and 1/2 cup beet greens (wide chiffonade)
- 8 sheets phyllo dough (defrosted overnight in the fridge)
- 1/4 cup part skim ricotta
- 2 teaspoons fresh tarragon (mince)
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
- Salt and pepper to taste
I knew I wanted ricotta for this recipe, but forgot to buy some when I went to the market. I was too lazy to walk 1 block to buy some….so I made it from scratch. Too lazy to walk 200 paces….not to lazy to make homemade cheese. I confuse myself sometimes.
- Arrange beets and parsnips on a baking sheet prepared with cooking spray. Lightly drizzle with oil, vinegar, salt and pepper
- Broil for 5-7 minutes or until veggies are tender-crisp with golden edges
- Fill your sink or a large bowl with cool water for washing the beet greens. They often come quite dirty, so submerging them completely in water allows all the sandy bits to sink to the bottom
- Dry greens in a salad spinner (or by hand with a towel like me, if you're spinnerless)
- Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees F
- Unwrap phyllo dough and immediately cover with plastic and a damp cloth. It dries out VERY quickly, and needs to be covered at all times.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or silpat. Place one sheet of dough on the baking sheet and spray with cooking spray. Lay another on directly on top, evenly stacked, and spray with top with oil again. Repeat until all 8 layers have been used.
- Using kitchen shears, cut dough stack down the middle to create 2 evenly sized pizzas.
- Gently fold up the edges to create a "crust" and bake for 10 minutes at 350 F
- Fold chopped tarragon into ricotta and season with salt and pepper
- Top par cooked phyllo with ricotta, beet greens, shallots, parsnips and beets.
- Bake for an additional 5-7 minutes to wilt beet greens and brown the pastry


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Happy Wednesday, friends!!!
As this post goes live, I'll be getting my hair cut. Yes, my hair dresser cuts hair at 6:00 AM – are you kidding me?!! I'll be grumpy for sure . . . especially if Starbucks isn't open before I get there!! LOL Enough whining, right?!
It's time for another AEI♥U Challenge, and it's most definitely one of my favorites!! When it comes to watercolor, I'm down for anything!! I so love the ethereal and whimsical look that watercolor brings to a project! Here's my take on the challenge!
This, friends, is a shameless CASE of a project that Kristina Werner shared in the last Online Card Class – Stretch Your Dies! She shared a technique of ironing on freezer paper to watercolor paper and using it as a resist for the watercolor. Once you wash the watercolor over the resisted die cut, you peel the letters off! Oh my, was that fun and holds so many possibilities for other ideas!! Here's the step by step that I did to create my project!
- Trim A2 top folding card base from white cardstock; score and fold.
- Trim a piece of black striped Shape N Tape; trim it on the diagonal and adhere it to the bottom of the card base.
- Trim an A2 image panel from Smooth Bristol Watercolor paper (I tried this technique with Ranger Distress Watercolor paper, but it didn't work. I'm guessing it's because of the texture in the paper that kept the freezer paper from getting a firm seal).
- Die cut the Simply Said: You Elle-Ment from Freezer Paper; using a medium-heat iron, iron it in place on the image panel.
- Apply a wash of water to the image panel, and then apply a wash of pink, orange and yellow watercolor, overlapping to blend the colors. Heat set with heat gun.
- Once the watercolor is dry, carefully remove the freezer paper with tweezers.
- Using the Finished Frames Elle-Ments, die cut the watercolored panel.
- On a scrap of New Moon cardstock, stamp sentiment from Simply Said: You using VersaMark; heat emboss with white embossing powder. Trim it to fit on the image panel, and adhere it with foam squares.
- Wrap black and white baker's twine around the bottom of the image panel and tie into a bow.
- Adhere image panel to card base with foam tape.
- Adhere sequins with liquid glue.
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Dear Jeremy,
You're 13 and I'm sure you're probably wondering "who is this, and how the fuck does this perv know how old I am?" Well, its your future self. I know what you're going through and let me tell you, IT'S GONNA BE OKAY! You don't speak much, mainly because you're shy, but also because I think you have too much to say that people just won't understand, but I have some great news. They don't need to! as long as eventually you do. Yes, you are weird, accept it, embrace it NOW because you will feel bad for not doing so. You are beginning to lose your innocence now and cursing like a $2 house whore, so for those that feel a certain a way about how you talk, act, dress, or even the music you listen to feel free to bless them with a sarcastic FUCK YOU! Be proud of yourself at all times, because even though at some points you'll want to break, you will do well, you really will. There'll be a few years where it'll get to you, and I can't deny you the truth about that. It will hurt, and you'll do some stupid things, but you'll smile again I promise you. Just keep looking forward, don't let people hold you back no matter how hard they try to break you.
I know it's too late to warn you because you've already started a relationship with someone you think is your world and I'm pretty sure you two have already had sex, I know everything seems so right when y'all are together but end it NOW, you will have serious problems in the near future around your first year of high school it's a whirlwind of jealousy but you being the hard headed little shit you are, you're not going to listen & choose to see for yourself. It will make you a very dark and evil person, learn the lessons from this "love", but also learn to accept real love, it's important.
I know you have your heart set on going to Howard University...bad news...YOU'RE NOT GOING! (MOM WON!) but that's fine you'll make a home at Jackson State University and you'll have some amazing friends! and one that's very fake, but please don't change your major stick with your first choice of Advertising no matter how mad the department will make you (and they will). Know that your family is awesome, especially Mom you two are like bestfriends and that bond is going to grow even tighter. I know you and your brother are ALWAYS at war but he's just trying to make you stronger for the real world, your relationship will get closer when you leave for school. Spend more time with your grandpa, memorize his laughter, his strong yet gentle touch, and the way he looks at you like a dear child. His fatherly love will be a great fountain of warmth you'll always go back to when times become hard and wearisome.
Most importantly you have an amazing, artistic soul in you, explore it and express it very well. When things get tough, pick up a pen and just let go. I promise, it works!
The ONLY acceptable requirement for the affection of another human being is that you BE YOURSELF
A Letter To A Younger Me
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i loves this. great job! it was worth the wait.
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Friday, February 10, 2012
♥ Mickey's Safety Club at the PETRONAS StreetSmart exhibition! ♥
4 comments:
- Mama Zharfan said...
rasanya all my BFFs dpt invitation tu kecuali me...as usual me tak pernah dpt apa2 invitation :(
- February 11, 2012 at 11:39 AM
- Ummi Zayda said...
hai mama balgis..
sya tag awak join GA ni http://lunashoppe.blogspot.co.nz/2012/02/luna-shoppes-giveaway.html..
- February 12, 2012 at 11:31 AM
- mama rifQy said...
wahh..untung anje..slalu dapat invitation!!
- February 12, 2012 at 10:55 PM
- mama_umar_maryam said...
slm mama anje, rasenye mmg dah senym2 dah kt anje mase event aritu, btol kan ? tp sebok benor borak dgn mira (blogger jugak).
tp mcm x rmi orang sgt yg joinkan ..insyaAllah next time klu kite jmpe lagi tegur2la h ye ;)
- February 13, 2012 at 12:50 PM
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I have been very lucky recently. I got an amazing Tour de Fleece random prize from Hello Yarn, look:
Falklands wool 'We're All Winners', a card and a lovely hand-bound notebook.
And a beautiful gift from Leslie:
A hand-knitted silk lace scarf, just beyond words.
And I finally got to use the TLE gift voucher I got for my birthday (in March!). I had been waiting for them to receive TML, and here it is:I got 4 skeins of Lapis, a colourway I had been after for some time. Maybe I'll make a Hay Cardigan with it?


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With the 102nd overall pick, the Packers selected DE Jeremy Thompson from Wake Forest. He led his team in sacks last year with 6.5. Had 112 tackles during his career.
It appears as if the Packers had targeted Thompson, as they traded up for this pick with the NY Jets, giving the Jets picks at #s 113 and 162.
You can learn more about Thompson here.
Sunday, April 27, 2008
Packers take DE at start of fourth round
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DETROIT (Reuters) - Shares of General Motors Corp tumbled as much as 39 percent to hit a 70-year low on Thursday as prospects dimmed that lawmakers would reach a compromise on a proposed $25 billion bailout for U.S. automakers before Congress adjourns this week.
Shares of Ford Motor Co hit their lowest level in more than 26 years, and auto parts supplier stocks declined across the board amid concerns a failure by one of the U.S. automakers would touch off a cascade of failures in the struggling industry.
"We're still analyzing the situation, but the feeling is that without a loan package, the probability of GM or Chrysler going bankrupt in early 2009 is extremely high, at about 75 percent," said George Magliano, a forecasting director at influential auto industry tracking firm Global Insight.
Even with a government bailout, Magliano said he saw a 25 percent change of bankruptcy for either automaker amid the credit crisis that has pushed U.S. auto sales to 25-year lows.
Shares of GM were down 19 percent, or 53 cents, to $2.26 on the New York Stock Exchange, after falling earlier in the session to $1.70, their lowest level since 1938.
Shares of Ford fell 9 percent, or 10 cents to $1.16. The stock fell as low as $1.02.
Without a deal this week, any bailout would likely have to wait until the Obama administration takes over in January. By that time, GM has warned, it would run desperately short of its minimum cash needs.
Failure to craft a deal carries the risk that one or more of the U.S. automakers -- GM, Ford or Chrysler LLC -- could be forced into bankruptcy, analysts have warned.
Citigroup analyst Itay Michaeli said little progress appears to have been made to break the stalemate in the Senate over the mechanics of sourcing a $25 billion loan package. Any government actions to provide bridge loans are not expected to entirely solve GM's liquidity outlook through 2009, he added.
"We remain concerned that failure to obtain liquidity through this session may contribute to stakeholder perceptions that Detroit's liquidity options are dwindling, which in itself could increase the risk of a working capital driven liquidity crunch," Michaeli said in a research note.
Chances dimmed that a last-minute plan being crafted by Republican U.S. Senators, with White House support, to provide $25 billion to bail out U.S. automakers would receive enough backing from Democrats to pass before the end of this week.
The White House repeated Thursday it favors using $25 billion in loans already authorized and appropriated to help the industry retool plants and meet new fuel economy mandates versus a proposal by Democrats to provide automakers with another $25 billion out of the $700 billion financial rescue package.
Suppliers took a hit from the automakers' woes, with TRW Automotive Holdings Corp tumbling 21 percent to $2.11 and Lear Corp shedding 24 percent to 87 cents.
Separately, GM's long bonds fell to 14 cents on the dollar after hitting a record low of 12 cents earlier Thursday.
Thursday, 20 November 2008
GM shares hit 70-year low as quick bailout hopes dim
DETROIT (Reuters) - Shares of General Motors Corp tumbled as much as 39 percent to hit a 70-year low on Thursday as prospects dimmed that lawmakers would reach a compromise on a proposed $25 billion bailout for U.S. automakers before Congress adjourns this week.
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My ass!
The recent accusation against a father who allegedly raped and impregnated his 12-year-old daughter has generated waves of controversy through Costa Rica. In the midst of a growing national debate, heightened when a Catholic priest called the pregnancy "a blessing from God," Fanning the flames of the debate, a Costa Rican priest told a local newspaper that although the act itself was "unfortunate," the girl "has to thank God for this gift." Priest Sixto Varela of the Alajuela Archdiocese told the Spanish-language news site La Prensa Libre. "(Giving our support) can make her see the gift of life that God is giving her at such a young age, as this unfortunate assault has sprung forth an unplanned pregnancy," Varela said. "But also we have to see the blessing from God here and she has to thank God for this gift and not feel guilty, because that is the most important thing when something like this happens."
Frankie is probably fine with this too as he just let off the hook known pedophile robes that were supposed to be removed from the priesthood. It's who they are and don't let your children anywhere near these evil people who operate within the realm of religious insanity.
4/16/17This is Bistek al la Mexicana a common dish found many places. There are several places I get this some better than others but all real decent! Kind of a tomato based sauce with generally pretty tender pieces of beef and a fair amount of it. The rice is pretty generic but the frijoles can be something else. This also includes as many fresh made in front of you tortillas you want and brought to you with a smile. Something like this costs around 50-60 pesos or $3. The squeezed as you watch orange juice is 20 and brings the price up a bit but worth it. Nothing in the States I've ever had compares to this not even close plus it'll cost 7-10 smacks. I don't know what I'm going to eat when I return. It will be an adjustment as I do this so much that is go into Puerto Vallarta on the south side and have me a excellent lunch with "real" Mexican food not the slop I get back there. I do not plan on eating out much at all only at maybe three select places. Pricey yes but worth it because it's so good. I threw away so much money last summer eating way overpriced shitty food. Several times the food got thrown away as well. The whole of Mexico is an eating machine I tell you. I'm gonna miss this.
I feel good and and think the higher temps and humidity contributes to that. It's the same every time. After a month or two you realize and say " Hey I feel pretty damn good!"
Just as important I believe the food made fresh with wholesome fresh ingredients as well contributes to that. Get off the bus in town the food smells everywhere make me hungry just like that.
A Gift From god You Betcha
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A Typical Morning
This is a pretty quiet place around here. Generally most mornings are like this. It's just very pleasant. Not perfect but better than where I came from. Enjoy the humongous trees and towering palms that seem to be everywhere.
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For A Friend
I returned to Mexico 1/7/17. On the 4th received a call that Andres had collapsed in Puerto Vallarta. He is the one sitting and the photo is from this post. He never regained consciousness and passed away on the 18th.
Never would I have thought this guy would go out like this. Just figured he'd be around like forever. Many took a big hit losing him. It's a different place around this tiny burg but the shock is wearing off. We had a lot in common and this has me seriously looking at life and what's left of it a bit differently.
So this ones for you mi amigo! He would have liked this. Adios.
Never would I have thought this guy would go out like this. Just figured he'd be around like forever. Many took a big hit losing him. It's a different place around this tiny burg but the shock is wearing off. We had a lot in common and this has me seriously looking at life and what's left of it a bit differently.
So this ones for you mi amigo! He would have liked this. Adios.
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Offering truth beyond the mere black and white.
"Pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will." -- Antonio Gramsci
"The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness." -- John Kenneth Galbraith
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts." -- Bertrand Russell
Tuesday, September 08, 2009
The indoctrination of our kids apparently begins with warning them about the perils of Facebook.... How clever in a sinister, subliminal way. I can't imagine what will be up Obama's sleeve next....
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Wednesday, 3 November 2010
Japanese Tools 1 -- Nokogiri (Saws)
"Form follows function" is a truism, so where do we find it lacking explanatory power? Several familiar tools take interesting twists in design in Japan. For instance, while Western saws cut on the push stroke, Japanese cut on the pull, placing the blade under tension and keeping it straight.
Let me relate the story of this impressive saw. Before the advent of mechanised milling, these Maebiki-Nokogiri were used in Japan to mill raw lumber down to flat boards. The huge flat body is to guide the blade straight along the entire length of the tree. Note also the teeth -- smaller near the handle for initiating the cut then more coarse further along, a standard feature of Japanese saws. It was said that the sawyer who used the one in the picture was over six feet tall and ate two litres of rice at each meal. Said also that he, a master of his trade, would serve tea to his apprentice. How cool.
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Young Birds Learn Songs
Male songbirds use a versatile part of the brain to learn their father's song during the early stages of development, according to a report published yesterday in the online version of Nature. Researchers at the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) found that Bengalese finch males use a trial-and-error method in learning the song they will use to attract a mate once they reach maturity. The learning process begins around 40 days after hatching and ends about 90 days into development.
During their research, the neuroscientists focused primarily on the basal ganglia, a cluster of the brain known to be responsible for action selection, cognitive functions, and motor systems in birds and other animals. The brain structure is located at the base of the forebrain in humans and has been found to play a central role in neurological disorders including Parkinson's disease, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and Tourette's syndrome. One neurological model posits that the basal ganglia reinforces a behavioral pattern by transmitting a rewarding dopamine signal after receiving feedback on the result of the movement from the motor cortex.
"It's the first place where the brain is putting two and two together," said UCSF's Jonathan Charlesworth, the first author of the report. "If you remove the basal ganglia in a bird that hasn't yet learned to sing, it will never learn to do so." Through previous research in the UCSF lab, neurologists were about to determine that adult finches can track the different notes in the song that that they play or hear and can modify them individually. The foundational experiments conducted in the lab of Michael Brainard, an associate professor of physiology at UCSF, showed that the adult finches could be trained to change notes in their song by emitting a harsh noise when a finch hit a particular note.
After a few hours of hearing these timed sonic disruptions, the finch would alter the pitch of the note associated with that noise. In the latest experiment, researchers sought to block signals sent from the basal ganglia to see if it would affect the finch's ability to learn how to modify its song. They discovered that as long as the bird's anterior forebrain pathway – a bundle of nerves between the basal ganglia and the motor cortex – was blocked, the birds could not change their song in accordance with the previous experiment's negative stimulus.
The team then removed the block and found the finches were able to change the pitch of their song with no additional practice. It was as if they finches knew they wanted to change the particular note in their song, but couldn't physically do it. "This study represents an important step in identifying brain mechanisms that mediate trial-and-error behavioral learning," Richard Mooney, a neurobiologist at Duke University, told Nature News.
"It suggests that the basal ganglia can learn how to improve behavior even when they are prevented from changing it. This stands in contrast to the popular idea that the basal ganglia must actively drive variability for trial-and-error learning to occur." Brainard expects this research to be extremely relevant to the efforts to treat and cure neurological disorders like Huntington's or Parkinson's disease.


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There's nothing like sexy older women with a huge appetite for cocks like this mature chick here named Elizabeth. Elizabeth shows off her greed and performs an excellent head before that cute aged mug of hers gets splooged with man juice.
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There are many times in a boy's life when he makes that traumatic transition that takes him from one stage to the next. From infant to boy, boy to youth, youth to man and sometimes, man to whore.
And you know, we celebrate those times, those rights of passage, often with circumcision or firecrackers, parties and cake.
And so it came to pass that I too didst most recently make another transition, that which took me from my first demicentury into my second. Yes, I had a birthday of some significance and with it I lost any claim to still being young, my as yet clung-to innocence and my spit-roast virginity.
For apparently, it is written somewhere in some ancient text, that the only way to truly turn fifty is to be kidnapped and gang-raped by not one, but two strap-on wielding Dommes and to be spit-roasted by two enormous cocks of the plastic variety and one very VERY lifelike one. As tradition calls, the occasion was also accompanied by candles (gosh they dripped a lot) and cake, a cock-embalming fifty feet of wool and silky red panties.
I of course, inspired by Her Majesty the Queen's immense sense of duty, felt it impossible to disappoint the crowd which had assembled and so, reluctantly, went along with the ordeal, deriving no personal pleasure from the experience, but sure in the knowledge that those present were getting their money's worth.
During the course of the evening I learnt that apparently I have no rights of my own to my passage, they are, so to speak, of the people. Who knew?
Thankfully I am still entitled to my claim of being misunderstood, since I went out that night merely expecting to have a little nibble. As it turned out, I had more than one mouthful.
I have no idea if the aforementioned rights return to me after some prescribed period of time, I shall study the texts and then see what happens.


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Saturday, November 12, 2016
Scramble 144
I set the timer on my phone 90 minutes to create, photograph and upload the card to the Hero Arts Flickr group. The theme is a holiday card which must have a tree on it. I grabbed my go to Hero Arts Happy Holiday Trees stamp and a second stamp set Greetings for the Holiday also from Hero Arts. I thought the trees might look stunning in Simon's blue violet ink and mounted on the same shade of cardstock. The image was die cut with Simon's postage edge dies.
A bit of white satin ribbon and this card is done in less than an hour.
I am also entering this to Hero Arts Holiday Cardmaking Challenge which closes 11-15-16.
Thanks so much for stopping by!
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Hope you're feeling better now, Cat. Your cardmaking certainly wasn't affected--this is just beautiful! Have a stamp set on my table which I hope to make use of for the Scramble later today.ReplyDelete
love the colors you used for trees - so pretty with the white.ReplyDelete
Love this, Cat! The colors really add a bit of classy elegance to an overall lovely card!ReplyDelete
How are you feeling today, Cat? Back to your happy healthy self, I hope! LOve this blue-violet - and it is PERFECT for that lovely grove of trees!ReplyDelete
Beautifully serene, Cat ... and so striking in that gorgeous blue! Do hope that cold didn't develop any further! Hugs, Anita :)ReplyDelete
Cat, this is such a happy and beautiful card!ReplyDelete
Hope you get to feeling better.
Well done - fun color combo!ReplyDelete
I hope you have started a trend with your blue violet trees, Cat, cuz they are gahorjus!! With the matching card and the white satin ribbon, this is QACAS and sublime!! Hugs, DarnellReplyDelete
Another gorgeous CAS card, Cat! I love wintery feel of the trees, and your postage stamp mat is perfect! Loving that you chose blue violet, too!ReplyDelete
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