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Populism is in vogue again in the Oval Office. Unfortunately, it's probably too late for anything other than great soundbites becuase of this Supreme Court decision.
While this ruling would have come down no matter what, President Obama -- listening to Rahm Emanuel, Tim Geitner & Larry Summers -- wasted an entire year coddling Wall Street and the Banking Industry when he should have been instituting strict new banking regulations, adding prominent strings & conditions to banks that needed bailout money, and re-instituting the Glass-Stengel Act 2.0, and whatever other regulations that were rolled back over the past 20 years by both Democratic & Republican administrations and congresses.
Instead, his delay for over a year all but ruined any chance of getting any real banking reform being signed into law, at all.
That's just one very real, very contemporary example of what this Supreme Court decision will cost due to lack of "populism" during the first year of Obama's presidency.
A "populism" that he rode into office and discarded as soon as he surrounded himself with the very people who helped turn this country into the United Corporations of America.
Via The White House Website:
In this week's address, President Barack Obama addresses the Supreme Court decision to further empower corporations to use their financial clout to directly influence elections and vows that "as long as I'm your President, I'll never stop fighting to make sure that the most powerful voice in Washington belongs to you."
Read the Transcript


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Sick of rainbows yet? I'm not : )
Here's a scrapbooking take on the card I made for the Heartfelt Inspiration Board (see post here).
Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Pink Pirouette, Bashful Blue, Certainly Celery, Perfect Plum, Rose Red, So Saffron
Ink: Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip
Accessories: Big Shot, Paper Doily Sizzlit L, Labels Collection Framelits, Perfect Pennants Bigz L, 1/2" Crumb Cake Seam Binding Ribbon, Crumb Cake Buttons, White Bakers Twine, Various Punches, Sponge Dauber, Spritzer Tool


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|I can tell you somewhat fewer than this number are in the stadium now.
Once inside the stadium, it's been the same thing. Penn State fans are tremendous fans.
Black Shoe Diaries found me about five years ago and we've had this question and answer session once a year every year since.
My thanks to Mike of BSD for the great questions and for keeping the comments on topic.
I do not tolerate personal attacks on my website and it's good to have people out there like Mike and Shawn Pastor (Owlsdaily.com) and John DiCarlo (Owlscoop.com) who won't tolerate personal attacks on theirs.
Today is all about the game. That's all real Temple fans should be thinking about.
Is it the biggest game in Temple history?
No and yes.
No, because losing it wouldn't be as big a blow to the solar plexes as losing to UConn would have been (Big East explusion, Big East refs, etc.).
Yes, because Temple would have the most to gain from this win over any other in its history. Win this one and the regional respect soars through the roof. Win this one and it clears the table for 12-0.
The benefits of 12-0 are enormous.
Can you say Rose Bowl?
Can you say Heisman Trophy?
I thought you could.
Go Owls.
(No prediction other than 24-21, either way.)


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By Debarati Roy and Nicholas Larkin
Gold (COMEX:GCJ14) futures fell to a four-week low after the outlook for higher U.S. interest rates damped demand for the precious metal as a store of value. Palladium (NYMEX:PAM14) rose to a 31-month high on supply concerns.
Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said on March 19 that that the central bank's benchmark rate may rise about six months after monetary stimulus ends, expected later this year. Policy makers announced the third $10 billion cut in monthly bond purchases, and gold last week dropped 3.1 percent, the most since November.
"People don't want gold in a rising interest-rate environment," David Meger, the director of metal trading at Vision Financial Markets in Chicago, said in a telephone interview. "While concerns about Crimea remain, there has been no escalation in violence for people to jump back into the safe- haven asset."
Gold futures for June delivery fell 1.4 percent to $1,317.80 an ounce at 10:29 a.m. on the Comex in New York. Earlier, the price touched $1,314.60, the lowest for a most- active contract since Feb. 20. Trading was 42 percent above the average for the past 100 days for this time, data compiled by Bloomberg showed.
Through March 21, gold climbed 11 percent this year on signs of a faltering global economy, while Russian President Vladimir Putin completed the annexation of Crimea.
Fed Stimulus
Gold rose 70 percent from December 2008 to June 2011 as the Fed pumped more than $2 trillion into the financial system and cut interest rates to boost the economy. Jeffrey Currie, head of commodities research at Goldman Sachs Group Inc., said this month that the chances are increasing the metal will drop below $1,000.
"Gold began to move south again as macro funds liquidated what has proven to be a fairly profitable trade in recent weeks," Morgan Stanley analysts led by Adam Longson said today in a report. "The change in tone from the Fed on the timing of the tightening cycle prompted another leg down."
Last year, gold fell 28 percent, the most since 1981, as U.S. equities rallied to a record and inflation remained muted.
Palladium rose on concern that the prospect of more sanctions by the U.S. and the European Union against Russia, the world's top source of the metal, will reduce supplies.
U.S. Sanctions
World leaders gathered in The Hague to discuss Ukraine amid growing concern over a Russian buildup on its neighbor's border. President Barack Obama authorized potential future penalties on Russian industries, including financial services, energy, metals and mining, defense and engineering.
Palladium futures for June delivery rose 0.3 percent to $791.75 an ounce on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Earlier, the price reached $802.45, the highest since Aug. 3, 2011.
Absa Bank Ltd., a unit of Barclays Plc, plans to list NewPalladium, an exchange-traded fund, in Johannesburg on March 27.
"A perfect storm has been brewing for palladium this month," UBS AG said today in a report, citing the ETP, a strike by miners in South Africa and Russian concerns.
"If no resolution is found in South Africa in the next few weeks, we think metal tightness will only intensify if producers are forced to source metal in the market," the bank said.
Silver futures for May delivery fell 0.8 percent to $20.155 an ounce on the Comex. The price dropped for the sixth straight session, the longest slump in almost a year.
Earlier, silver touched $20.01, the lowest since Feb. 11. Last week, the metal dropped 5.2 percent, the most since mid- Sept.
Platinum (NYMEX:PLJ14) futures for April fell 0.1 percent to $1,435 an ounce on the Nymex.


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Previous Challenge Entry (Level 1 – Beginner)
Topic: Spring (as in the season) (11/28/05)
TITLE: Married to the scent of spring
By Lindy Jones
The morning had been spent racing between local post offices and on the phone to the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs, chasing my two daughter's passports. Though they were ordered 6 weeks earlier, they still hadn't arrived and the tension was rising because of it.
We were eventually told that we'd have to take a detour to the actual office of Department of Foreign Affairs on the way to the airport, to pick up another copy of the passport- a journey we'd rather have avoided. However, after waiting in the office for about 30 minutes, my hand finally held the documentation allowing us to be on our way. I jumped in the car and tapped my foot anxiously, as my dad drove us onto the final destination before we were to leave Sydney.
Once there, we gathered what seemed to be a house full of items and had them cared for by airline staff. We were ushered onto the plane with about 10 minutes to spare. Breathing a sigh of relief, my daughters, fiancé and I, relaxed and waited for the flight to begin.
The flight itself was quite long- in minutes and in account of requiring our patience. My daughters were 2 & 4 and many prayers had been spoken for this moment. Our prayers paid off as finally, they drifted into a fair sleep and though the rest of the trip was spent finding new and exciting activities for the girls to enjoy, I can't complain about the way they behaved. They were good girls, exhausted by the end, but regardless, good girls.
Almost 14 hours after the trip began, the plane finally landed in the country that prides itself on the liberty and justice for all. It was America- the home of my fiancé & the country where our life together in marriage was to begin.
We left the plane and found ourselves at the hotel that would ensure our re-cooperation from jetlag before heading further to the beautiful state of Kentucky. We knew once we arrived at Mike's hometown, we could prepare ourselves fully for the wedding.
We'd be able to relax and continue building our relationship on the right foundation- by praying together, challenging each other spiritually and reading The Bible to discover God's direction. This is what we both longed for more than anything.
After two days in LA we headed to our final destination. Both Mike and I were nervous going back to see his family and friends. I still don't know the true reason- perhaps it was the mere fact that never again would we come to visit as a single person.
Still, we moved in the direction we believed God had called us and boarded the plane that would take us to the airport where his family would be waiting.
The next few weeks flew by as we settled in Williamsburg, Kentucky- the middle of nowhere. We prayed for perfect weather and for the safety of my family and friends flying from Sydney.
As I woke on the 16th of April, I smiled. Our prayers had been answered. My family and friends greeted me as I began the day of my wedding. The sun was beaming brightly and brilliantly. I knew God had everything in the palm of his hand and was watching over our every move.
As I smelt the freshness of my bouquet, I realised that at home, all the way back in Sydney, it was now Autumn and it would be getting colder by the day. But here, in the middle of nowhere, it was Spring and it was perfect. I knew that today, I would experience both new life in nature and new life for Mike and I.
Dressed in white to acknowledge the cleansing God had done in my life of recent times, the doors of the church opened wide and I saw my prince waiting. Fairy Lights and greenery lined both sides of the aisle and I walked towards him breathing in the air of Spring, the scent that will always remind me of the day I spoke the words of forever to another person- my soulmate and bestfriend.
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Following up on moxiemomma's inaugural post about the new report put out by the Economists' Policy Group on Women's Issues:
The full report provides a very valuable and concise summary of the candidates' positions on the 10 issues. I imagine the McCain's campaign will try to argue that these economists are just another socialist front group, but it's hard to imagine how McCain could come out ahead in a rating on women's issues, under any criteria.
The contrast on domestic violence is the most extreme. On the one hand, you have Obama, who sponsored legislation both as a State Senator and as a U.S. Senator to protect victims of domestic violence, and Biden, whose signature legislative achievement is the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). On the other hand, McCain "has consistently opposed efforts to curb domestic violence" and voted against VAWA twice, including in 2007, when it was signed by President Bush.
Below I've copied excerpts from the sections on two issues that have not been discussed much during the campaign: paid leave and early childhood education.
I am a particularly big fan of Obama's early childhood education plans, which were written in consultation with Nobel laureate economist James Heckman and are motivated in part by research showing that each $1 spent on early childhood education has a payoff of $3 or more down the line due to higher wages, lower crime and delinquency, and lower rates of welfare participation. Here is a 2004 book by the Economic Policy Institute which summarizes that research. Given the tremendous consensus around the social value of early childhood education, it's stunning that McCain doesn't make even a nod towards expanding such programs. I guess he thinks that would be "socialism." Here are the excerpts:
Paid Time Off
The United States is one of a few nations without a national program of paid family leave...
McCain: Grade D
The McCain campaign does not support any expansion of the unpaid provisions of the 1993 Family and Medical Leave Act (which provides up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave to workers at firms with 50 or more employees). Nor has the Senator supported proposed federal legislation to require paid sick days for most workers or paid parental leave for federal employees. However, the proposed Family Friendly Workplace Act, which the Senator supports, would provide compensatory time, where employees can bank unpaid overtime and use it later for time off, including for illness. Some analysts are concerned that this type of law, which would negate portions of the Fair Labor Standards Act, could lead to employer abuse and avoidance of overtime pay, while others believe it would respond to the felt needs of workers for more flexibility at work.
Obama: Grade B+
The Obama campaign supports the extension of the Family and Medical Leave Act from employers with at least 50 employees to those with at least 25, as well as extensions to cover care for elders, care for any ill individual residing in the household for at least six months, leave for purposes of dealing with domestic violence, and 24 hours leave per year for parents to be involved in their children's academic activities. The Senator is also a co-sponsor of proposed federal legislation that would require most employers to provide up to 7 days of paid sick and family care leave for employees. He also is a co-sponsor on a bill to provide paid parental leave to federal employees. The Senator does not support a central insurance fund to provide paid family leave, instead proposing to seed funding mechanisms at the state level.
Child Care and Early Education
McCain: Grade D
McCain has proposed no new initiatives to expand child care or early childhood education. Instead he proposes increasing the child exemption on the personal income tax. The Senator has not supported any expansion of Head Start, child care funding for parents transitioning from welfare, nor after-school programs under NCLB. His campaign instead suggests that states use existing Head Start funding more wisely.
Obama: Grade B
Obama has supported an expansion of Head Start funding and the creation of challenge grants for states to support care for ages 0-5 including universal, voluntary pre-school. The Senator also supports an expansion of child care funding under CCDF, the creation of a Presidential Early Learning Council to promote collaborations around child care and early child hood education, and an expansion of after-school programs under NCLB. The latter proposed expansion would, however, cover only 1 million additional children.


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The week after the Kauai trail run we were back in Tucson, which meant another Sabino Canyon run. I had always wanted to run up the Phoneline Trail and back down the road as a loop. The Dark Warrior had agreed to this idea a few weeks prior. So I also invited The Boulder along, and at the last minute, he showed up. So there the 3 of us were in the parking lot, ready to go. This was the first run of the 3 of us running together. I would soon find out I was outnumbered.
You have to choose wisely which running partner you bring on certain trails. Only after I judge the skills of a runner do I allow them to go on my exploratory runs with me, where I don't really know the trail or the distance. So we set out and started up the Phoneline trail. The Boulder had already experienced this part of the trail with me, and now knew it went straight up in the first mile. The DW did not, but he'd figure it out from looking up at the mountain from the flat part of the trail down below.
We hit the steep part, and after awhile it got quiet behind me. Too quiet. I turned around. "Who's hiking back there?!?" I yelled. Busted. The Boulder was walking. He knows he has longer legs and can pull off a longer stride at a walk in what takes 2 of my running strides up a trail. No matter, at least move the arms or keep some sort of cadence of "running" while we're on the trail! We climb and climb and start skirting along the side of the mountain, following the trail. The DW doesn't like heights but knew he couldn't stop and turn back. Now I'm wondering, why did the guy that has issues with heights challenge me to the Pike's Peak Ascent, which climbs to 14,000 feet up A MOUNTAIN with steep drop offs? The only answer is that he's not right in the head, like all of my running partners. No sane people can really run with me. The sane ones are out on the Rillito River path where it's safe, and not climbing a mountain.
At this point, The DW and The Boulder team up and start scheming on how they could pick me up and toss me over the side because the ghastly run we were doing was my idea. I'm outnumbered, so all I can do is stay ahead of them, just out of reach. Both of them are wondering why they showed up to The Canyon that morning. We start to get closer to the end of the trail, and other trail users approach from the opposite direction. We get odd looks. Later I jokingly tell The Boulder and The DW, "They were probably thinking, 'Look at that woman dragging her husband and father along the trail like that.'" Why else would people like us be out there? Oh yeah, because we are crazy. Most wouldn't guess we are running partners.
Because this is a route I've never done before, I can never be too sure of the total mileage. At one point I mention being "about 1 mile" from the intersection, which The Boulder and The DW both exclaim is an evil trick, because they passed a sign that said 2.7 miles (I failed to see such a sign). So for the next 20 minutes I heard nothing but how long my 1 mile was. "I told you it was ABOUT 1 mile, not EXACTLY 1 mile!" I may need to divorce The Boulder and disown The DW. Forget that we're not married or related to each other. I can make it happen. I once divorced Liane's husband, Nate, 8 times for a lack of firewood at the 24 hour race.
We made it to the switchback section, which The DW and I had run a few weeks before. This time it wasn't slippery, and he started pushing the pace, which caused him to catch up closer to me. Too close. Hmm...given the past comments about tossing me over the side I wasn't going to give him the opportunity, so I had to speed up. I was running at Mach Stupid down the trail until I safely hit the pavement. The 3 of us gathered up in formation and finished out the 3.7 miles of road back to the parking lot, for a total of a 9 mile loop. All of us survived. However, I may need to split those two up for future runs or else they'll come after me for revenge. Nevermind that we all work in the same office area. Hmm...perhaps I should guard my coffee mug carefully lest they get ideas.
And now The DW's point of view on this run:
The first rule – never play in another runner's universe; they're God there - return to the canyon
And so it goes. I recovered from my harrowing run in Hawaii with only a limp. Blame that on a dime sized blister. I was only occasionally plagued by nightmares of falling off of slime covered cliffs into the raging torrents below (wait a moment…those are memories). Almost a week had passed, time for the truly gullible to be ripe for another offer. "You know how we ran up Sabino Canyon and then onto the switchbacks? Well I've always wanted to run back along the pipeline trail and complete the loop."
Ok. Think about this for a moment. She runs Triathalons. And she's never run this trail. In her back yard. Only the village idiot would take her up on it. And then, betrayed by my own vocal cords, I hear "when would you like to run it?" She pounces like a black widow on a particularly juicy fly. "This weekend would be nice."
And there you have it; trapped into another flirtation with Death. At least this time she invites another running partner to run with us. Someone young and in good enough shape to carry the head-end of the body out along the trail. My body.
We meet at the Canyon at the assigned time. This time I bring disposable gloves (the cheap jersey gardener's gloves that they sell at Walmart). Mostly, I'm trying to save the Coroner the trouble of having to peel them off my cold dead fingers. We all pull into the parking lot at the same time. No mean feat since we are coming from the ends of the Earth. We park beside each other like some scene on the flight line from American Dawn Patrol (sorry kiddies, you probably don't get the reference – tough).
We get out of our cars into the frigid morning air. The desert shouldn't ever be this frickin cold. The other poor dumb male points to a a faint line in the hills; "that's where we're running, right ?" "You can see it for miles, looks like a long way up." Perfect, like being able to see the plank you're going to walk from the next ship over.
So, now it's time to start running. My running partner (the overly perky, very young one) leads the way. First thing I know, she takes off into the desert. No trail markings, just a deer trail leading off into the wilderness. Perky is in the front; our friend is in the back. Now I get an inkling what she is up to. He is back there to keep me from turning back…sort of like Cortez burning his ships. We soon reach the part of the trail that begins to climb. Lovely, I'm sure that mountain goats use this as a training ground. Then we get to a rocky part of the trail. Perky hits it like a squirrel going up a tree after a walnut; me, all I can think about is that I hope my knees don't give out. I have visions of tearing sounds followed by a long, long drop.
Eventually, a very steep climb along slick granite rocks becomes merely an interminable climb along slick granite rocks. Suddenly, our leader shouts back "It's too quite back there, one of you is walking." From behind I hear a muted "shit". And on we go, along a narrow path that would give a Tibetan sherpa the willies. Did I mention my fear of heights? It is only surpassed by my fear of sudden landings. I notice that the trail is "missing" one side. Of course, our ever pleasant leader chooses that time to say "you can see the road down there". I know better than to look. If I do, I become a permanent trail marker. "look dad, that rock looks just like a terrified runner; clinging to the rocks".
I won't bore you with too many other details. At one point I observed that "If we throw her off the trail from here, she'll probably bounce off the road below" She sped up. Lack of trust. I will point out that about 6 miles into our Baton Death run, she slowed down to point out a mileage marker. "we've been this far coming up from the other end. It's only about another mile" I turn back to he other poor dumb bastard behind me "you did note that it said 2.7 miles to go, didn't you ?". He shouts up ahead "you did say that you've run this trail before?". Silence. Never ask a question to which you can't stand the answer.
Needless to say, we survived. Barely. And I'm a richer man for it. Nothing like several near death experiences to make you appreciate level ground. But part of me has come to the nagging realization "this is what the ascent will be like". What to do? How do I prepare so that I don't die on the mountain?
Sunday, December 25, 2011
Choose your running partners wisely
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text: Work has been super busy ever since WonderCon, I went on a business trip for a few days, and we are currently working on another out of country trip that needed to have all the materials ready, so I did not have much time to do convention / store related art...until last night! I started do several Sylveon faces in Illustrator, so stay tuned for finished look! I think it's gonna look really cute :)


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Buckwheat Soda Bread
Buckwheat flour (not related to wheat and gluten free) has been a godsend for me as I love bread and since stopping gluten have got heartily sick of oatcakes every lunchtime. I have tried making bread with nut flour and it has not gone down well.
This is fantastic with goats cheese or hummus or with jam. Buckwheat does have a distinctive aftertaste and has an unusual tinge (my daughter wont try it because of the colour) so maybe best not to bulk buy the flour until you have tried it! However I think it would go down really well at a dinner party as it looks like a posh artisan bread and has a nice consistency.
Click here for the recipe from the Dove's Farm website
We use water instead of milk as we were advised this would make it lighter. This also makes it dairy free.
To be truly gluten free it is best to check your baking powder is gluten free. As we are trying to move closer to the SCD Diet which prohibits commercial baking powder we make our own from cream of tartar and bicarbonate of soda. You use 2 parts cream of tartar to one part bicarbonate of soda.
Buckwheat flour by Dove's Farm and widely available. However Dove's Farm say this flour, although itself gluten free, cannot be guaranteed gluten free as it may be grown next to wheat. If you are concerned about this you can buy guaranteed gluten free buckwheat flour online (including at http://www.healthysupplies.co.uk/buckwheat-flour.html)


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Yves Rocher Redberries Exfoliating Shower Gel Review
Hello Everyone,
This month I have not been regular with my posts. I took a week off in the beginning of this month and when I came back I got sick hence fewer posts. Hopefully everything will get back on track soon. That's the update from my end. Moving on with today's post I am reviewing Yves Rocher Redberries Exfoliating Shower Gel which I hauled a while back here.
Product Description: An ultra-sensory daily exfoliating shower gel fragranced with Redberries. Offer elegant Redberry pleasures! Enriched with Organic Cornflower Water and Kiwi Seeds, this delightful Shower Gel gently exfoliates the skin. Its formula leaves the skin perfectly clean and smelling like sparkling Redberries.
The Plus: thanks to a formula containing 100% natural exfoliating fruit seeds, it can be used daily. Paraben free.
Packaging: It comes in clear squeeze tube with a flip top cap which shuts tight. Has a pretty redberries picture on it with product name written in golden, nothing to fancy. It is quite bulky and not that travel friendly.
Price: 9 USD
Performance: Yves Rocher Redberries Exfoliating Shower Gel smells sweet and it smells exactly like berries. Out of curiosity I asked my friend who had no idea about this product to do the smell test she said it smells like sweet berries slush. I like more zingy and citrusy smell in my shower products this is a bit different from what I usually go for and I quite like it. Fragrance lingers on for quite a while on my body. It has cornflower water and kiwi seeds in it. Kiwi seeds act as exfoliants. It is a mild exfoliating shower gel which can be used daily. It is not a full on scrub but more on lines of Oriflames Nature Secrets Exfoliating Shower Gel reviewed here. So if you are someone who likes proper scrubs then you will be disappointed. I have very sensitive skin so I don't prefer harsh exfoliation. Consistency of this is quiet runny so you have to be careful otherwise you end up with more than you require. It doesn't lathers up like a normal shower gel but it does lathers up and gently exfoliates the body. Leaves skin feeling soft and smooth, doesn't irritate or dry out the skin. You won't mark a difference right away but with regular usage texture of the skin improves, it feels softer and smoother and body creams/lotion sink in better.
The Good:
- Smells nice
- Gently exfoliates
- Doesn't irritate or dry out skin
- 100% natural exfoliating fruit seeds
- Paraben free
- Affordable
The Bad:
- None as such
It smells nice and is easy to use. You don't need separate products, saves up on time and with regular usage texture of skin improves. Biggest plus is it doesn't irritate my skin. It gets big thumbs up from me.
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Lovely clicks and reviews.Even I like citrusy zingy scents and not much sweet ones but somehow I like Berry scents. This product is tempting :)ReplyDelete
@Swathi: It is sweet for my liking too yet I like it, don't know why. It surely is tempting.ReplyDelete
It seems really tempting! I think I'll love the fragrance :DReplyDelete
@Komal: If you like berry scents then you are going to love this.ReplyDelete
that is a nice looking gel :) wish we have them in here :)ReplyDelete
@Monica : It's a nice one wish it was available there.ReplyDelete
Lovely click.. would love to try this brand as have heard a lot about it :)ReplyDelete
@Rajshree: It is a lovely brand and all the products that I have tried till date never disappointed me.ReplyDelete


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Today we had lunch at Warung Podjok, an Indonesian restaurant in warung style decoration. I had this ayam goreng ketumbar which was really really good. The skin was very crispy and the meat was tender with good proportion taste of ketumbar. I also ordered tempe bacem (which I already wanted for months) and it tasted just perfect. And my drink? Soda gembira!!
Iki also ate this ayam goreng a lot, with a pack of kerupum udang and 1 big kerupuk warung. My boy really loves kerupuk!
Even better, today's lunch was a treat from Nina because she just got a job promotion :))
Sunday, May 25, 2008
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Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. Proverbs 22:6
About 5,300 children – from birth through age eighteen – are in families that receive help at New Hope. Programs like our food pantries, weekend "backpack" food for students, after school and summer programs, back to school family events, and Christmas gift programs provide basic needs, as well as the added support and encouragement families with children can really use during a difficult time of life.
We know that children raised in poverty have a much higher likelihood of becoming the next generation to live in poverty. To help alleviate this generational transfer, New Hope Ministries is teaching families how to make healthy food choices in our food pantries, providing the unemployed and underemployed with job training and education, and encouraging parents to share the basic budgeting skills they learn at New Hope with their children. And our after school and summer youth programs are helping at-risk kids succeed in their school studies and in everyday situations through educational activities and life-skills support.
As we enter the season of Lent, reflecting upon Jesus' teachings and His resurrection, would you consider renewing your support of New Hope Ministries with a charitable gift? Your tax-deductible donation will support the 5,300 children and their families we help every year at New Hope. Your support will change their lives.
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Gavin turned 1 on Tuesday (August 11th). We had a small family party and a cute little Sesame Street cake. Like all 1 year olds, he had no idea what was going on. He was just enjoying all the attention he was getting. For once he was in the spotlight instead of his big brother Tyler. His big feat for the day was taking 5 unassisted steps. He'll be on his way to walking soon. As for presents, Tyler enjoyed opening most of them for Gavin. I hope he realizes that this generosity on Gavin's part won't last long. When it came time for the cake Gavin didn't hesitate. He dove right in and started eating. That's my boy! Loves food! He wasn't very messy, so a few helping hands took care of that. Well Happy Birthday Gavin! We're glad you joined our family 1 year ago! We love you!
Opening a few presents...
Eating Cake...I realize these loaded in the opposite order that I wanted. I'm just too lazy to switch them around =)
A clean Gavin, Tyler, Grandma and Grandpa Walker... we missed you Grandma and Grandpa Hardy!
A little Tyler too!
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Tyler's Silly Belly
My sister Tara is pregnant! There I said it. If you didn't know, now you do, and I'm sorry you didn't hear it from her. Whew! Now Tyler is obsessed with big bellies and babies in his tummy. When I was pregnant with Gavin he was still a little young to understand what that meant. He loves my sister Tara and is very excited for her new baby and his new cousin to arrive. So excited in fact that he wants to always pretend like he is pregnant. Recently he has been stuffing either his "Neigh" (his small stuffed horse) or his "Baa" (you guessed it a small stuffed lamb) into his shirt and walking around all day long. He gets very upset if I try to get him to take them out. Here a re a few pictures to document this amusing stage in his life. I also threw in a couple of cute pics of Gavin. I just couldn't resist. the cucumber was Brandon's idea of a good teething toy. Gavin seemed to enjoy it... who knew?!
Mom, see my big belly?!
What?! you want me to take my stuffed animals out? NOOOO!!!!!!
Yum! I like cucumbers!
Go ahead. try and take it away from me! Grrrrr!
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A buzz and a 1st haircut
All summer Brandon has been saying he wanted to buzz Tyler's hair. I kept saying no, no, no, but finally relented and let him do it. I thought it would be no big deal. It would grow back. Right?! Well, now my poor baby looks like a cancer patient or like he walked right out of Auschwitz. He doesn't seem to mind though. While his hair was falling all around him he kept yelling, "catch it! Catch it!:. He didn't want to lose any of it. He didn't seem to mind that it wasn't on his head any more, he just didn't want it flying away in the wind. I, on the other hand, wanted to catch it all and glue it back on his head. For now I will bite my tongue and pray that it grows back quickly. It's been over a month and there has been little progress in that area.
During...doesn't he look thrilled?! I'm silently crying in the background.
the piles of hair he wanted to save
Tyler trying to grab the hair and put it back on his head for mommy.
A few days later... doesn't he look a little better and a little older too!
On a better note. Gavin got his FIRST haircut on the same day. No way was I letting Brandon do it, so My sister and cousin, and I took him to Shear Madness. They do a really good job and the kids are entertained by DVD's and the cute little cars they get to sit in while they get their hair cut. I miss his little curls. It always amazes me how they grow up right before my eyes with just a couple snips of the scissors.
Gavin before the big cut
Look at all those curls!
After the cut, but before the faux-hawk
Yeah we're done! Everybody clap their hands!
Gavin looking cute and all grown up.
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There is another quiz we should be eager to take, but it's not on Facebook. It's in the other book:
"The farmer sows the word. Some people are like seed along the path, where the word is sown. As soon as they hear it, Satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in them. Others, like seed sown on rocky places, hear the word and at once receive it with joy. But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away. Still others, like seed sown among thorns, hear the word; but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth and the desires for other things come in and choke the word, making it unfruitful. Others, like seed sown on good soil, hear the word, accept it, and produce a crop--thirty, sixty or even a hundred times what was sown."
Mark 4: 14 – 20
Just because we have heard something before doesn't mean we should pass it by. Watchman Nee observed that patience in the face of the familiar is a sign of spiritual maturity.
Let me tell you about the first time I ever heard this parable. The night after I became a follower of Jesus a speaker used this parable to challenge new believers with an admonition continue as Christians. I just naturally assumed that I was the good soil. How could I be anything else? Sitting next to me that night was a friend from high school who had also just turned to Jesus. After the message she wept and wept and wept. Finally she composed herself enough to sob, "I just don't want to let Jesus down. I'm afraid I might turn out to be one of those other types of soil." I had assumed that I was the kind of person who was naturally good and would bear fruit, while she was moved to tears, crying and asking for the grace to live up her calling. At that moment I realized that after just one day she was already way beyond me in her walk with Jesus.
Here's a quiz that should be all over Facebook: Which kind of soil are you?
Jesus may have had more than one application for this parable. For example, do we think this parable refers only to the first time God calls to us? Perhaps Jesus was explaining the nature of every word God speaks to us. Each time God speaks all four possibilities are in play. Will his word penetrate my heart today? If he has a life-changing word for me today, will I let it take deep root? Will today's cares choke it out? Or will the fresh word he speaks yield an amazing crop—today?
As a young Christian I thought Jesus was describing a fixed reality: too bad for those with hardened hearts, rocky soil, or lives full of weeds! Thank goodness I was the good soil! It never occurred to me that his words were a call for me to tend my own heart. I am never further away from the Kingdom than when I think that his words are for someone else, but not for me.
Another question: why do most people assume an even distribution of the different kinds of soil? So many commentators discuss each soil condition as if 25% of the seed fell on each type. Can you imagine anyone sowing one quarter of their seed on a walking path? The greatest difficulties are the conditions below the surface. The rocky soil or the type filled with weeds may well have comprised most of the field. Perhaps the North American church struggles with power and fruitfulness because the vast majority of our hearts are shallow or filled with other concerns like worry or wealth. Do we know what lies beneath the surface of our lives? Do we dare ask him for his assessment?
Finally, this isn't just any parable. Just before his explanation Jesus asked his disciples, "Don't you understand this parable? How then will you understand any parable?" (v 13) Jesus cautioned his students that this parable was critical to receiving the Kingdom of God (v 11). These very famous verses can still speak with authority today if we will take time to tend the garden.


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Monday, October 15, 2007
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One thing we know for sure: Auburn has a dominant, championship-quality defensive line. Once again, the Tigers front four absolutely demolished a quality opponent up front, and they did it without the defense's superstar and leader, Quentin Groves. It's way past time to acknowledge Groves' teammates up front: Josh Thompson, Pat Sims, Sen'derrick Marks and Antonio Coleman are just killing people out there. They might be the best defensive front Auburn has fielded since the legendary 1988 defense, and their ability to blow up the middle of the line has cleared the path for the defensive backfield to wreak havoc on quarterbacks and running backs--that is, when the D-line doesn't smash those guys down first. I doubt anybody was happy with giving up the late touchdown drive, but after 58 minutes of gut-busting football, both defenses had to be running on fumes.
Offensively, Tommy Tuberville said afterwards that Auburn intentionally stuck to a minimal, conservative gameplan, counting on the defense to control Arkansas and the game. That worked out in the end, but it drove fans (and I would hazard a guess Al Borges as well) mildly nuts as the game went on. Arkansas DC Reggie Herring, a veteran of Pat Dye's Auburn staffs, noted after last year's debacle that Auburn's offense had become predictable.* Herring, who also did a nice job of defending against AU this year, probably thought the same thing Saturday night; I doubt the Tigers ran as many as 15 different plays the entire ball game, but again, it was good enough.
Auburn's trio of running backs, Mario Fannin, Brad Lester, and whoa-Nellie Ben Tate, vastly out-rushed Arkansas (bet you thought you wouldn't read that this year), and the offense took what it could get in the passing game. It helped a lot that AU spent most of its time on the Razorbacks' side of the field, especially in the second half. Then again, this was the second SEC road game when the Tigers fumbled away an opportunity to put the game away, the punting game went south, hurting field position (which the defense, to its credit, was able to overcome) and the two uncharacteristic missed kicks from Wes Byrum didn't help any. Some more fireworks in the offense might have saved a lot of heartburn up until the point when Byrum knocked in the game-winner, but again: what Auburn actually did was enough.
Receiver Robert Dunn drives me completely crazy. The guy won't just catch the ball and run up the field on punt returns. He's dropped more touchdown passes than, er, the Auburn secondary. But damn if he doesn't come up with at least one amazing clutch play a week. Against Vanderbilt he broke at least six tackles to gain extra yardage after a catch, and against Arkansas he reeled in Brandon Cox's biggest and most crucial pass of the night, netting thirty yards and putting the Tigers well within Byrum's range. So credit where it's due: great catch, great run. Now let's work on doing that more often, eh?
Speaking of Cox, this was just another ho-hum evening for a guy to get the stuffing beaten out of himself and still lead his team to another big win on the road. Cox is making a lot of people who were mocking him during the early-season slump look pretty foolish these days. It's high time for folks out there to notice that he's the winningest active quarterback in the SEC, and he's now passed for over a thousand yards in 2007 with five to seven games still to go. Major kudos are also due to center Jason Bosley, who was carried off the field with a knee injury last week but still played every snap against Arkansas.
I would be remiss if I didn't wish Arkansas head coach and male cheerleader Houston Nutt a less-than-fond farewell. Nutt was never a good fit in the SEC; among many other faults, he'd obviously rather be in the Big-12 where he could play Texas every year. Even if he weren't an egotistical clown with delusions of grandeur and an enlarged whining gland (he is all of the above, and more), Nutt is an undisciplined goon who inspires and very likely encourages undisciplined goonishness from his players. Arkansas is the only college team I've ever heard of where the coaches are known to taunt opposing players from the sidelines, and as we saw Saturday, under Nutt the Razorbacks have a well-deserved reputation for cheap shots, late hits, and all-around dirty football. After ten years of smoke and mirrors, Nutt's career is finally on the chopping block, and it couldn't happen to a nicer guy.
Buh-bye, Houston. You won't be missed.
* UPDATE: I've been credibly assured that Reggie Herring did not publicly accuse Auburn of being predictable on offense in 2006. That said, I'll bet you he thought it... and probably still does.
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- sactownjoey said...
Please. It's time to end the Brandon Cox lovefest. He can take a hit and he's a good teammate and leader but this team wins in spite of his QB play, not because of it. His limitations far outweigh his capabilities and Auburn will be a better team when he graduates.
The "winningest active quarterback in the SEC" is just such because the Muschamp D has carried him for a season and a half. He's immobile (even when healthy), maddeningly inconsistent, has a below average arm and cannot throw the ball more than 20 yards down field. Even his "accurate" throws in the UF game required significant adjustments by the receivers and made yards-after-catch impossible.
- Linus said...
If I were an Auburn fan, it would drive me insane to watch this defense play, see the wonder that is their push upfield and know that they have to play perfect to win. Come on, your best chance to score is when the other team drops back to pass. I dunno, it'd drive me crazy.


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BRASILIA, April 18 (Reuters) - Former Brazilian Finance Minister Antonio Palocci entered talks with federal police to strike a plea bargain deal, in a potential blow to former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's chances of running in next year's election, newspaper Folha de S.Paulo said on Tuesday.
Palocci, one of the closest advisers to Lula and former president Dilma Rousseff between 2003 and 2011, has been in jail since September of last year on charges that he ran a bribery scheme that funneled money to the former-ruling Workers Party's (PT).
Folha said, without citing sources, that Palocci had a first meeting with investigators two weeks ago to discuss the terms of a possible collaboration. He would present evidence against Lula and other senior members of his party, Folha said.
Several polls show Lula as the favorite in voting intentions for the 2018 presidential election, but he could be barred from running if sentenced for corruption. Lula already faces five court cases related to the investigations.
A plea bargain testimony by Palocci, once one of Brazil's most powerful politicians, could also add fuel to the country's political and economic turmoil by widening the scope of the so-called Car Wash investigation, currently focused on engineering firms, to include banks and large corporations, Folha said.
Palocci's lawyer, José Roberto Batochio, did not respond immediately to a Reuters request for comment. He has previously denied his client had taken any bribes.
Federal police did not comment.
Growing speculation about a Palocci collaboration comes one week after details of a plea bargain deal by executives of engineering firm Odebrecht SA rocked Brazilian politics by implicating dozens of lawmakers, eight ministers and President Michel Temer.
Odebrecht executives named Palocci as the intermediary for alleged bribes paid to Lula, an accusation which Lula and his lawyers have repeatedly denied.
Palocci, a medical doctor by training, was Lula's finance minister and a key player in the 2002 election campaign that put the Workers' Party leader in the presidential seat.
Palocci helped Lula change his image from leftist radical into a business friendly and socially progressive leader who finally secured election on his fourth bid.
He also served as chief of staff to Lula's hand-picked successor, Dilma Rousseff, ousted in an impeachment last year. (Reporting by Silvio Cascione; Editing by Bernard Orr)


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Media Molecule wowed the gaming world with LittleBigPlanet, but can they do it for a second time, or was the first outing just a one hit wonder? We go hands on with a couple of levels, including multiplayer, at the E3 gaming convention in LA to find out.
LittleBigPlanet 2
What platform is it on?
When's it due out?
Christmas 2010
What other game is it like?
LittleBigPlanet, Wii Play, any other mini game collection you've played before
Does it use any new tech like 3D, PlayStation Move, or Kinect for Xbox 360?
Yes - there will be a dedicated area of the game featuring 10 levels that can be used with the PlayStation Move controller, although you can play all of it without.
The pitch
LittleBigPlanet 2 will offer revolutionary gameplay mechanics and a level of customisation and creative control that has never been seen before. With the implementation of a new CREATE mode, the tools have evolved to allow users to not only make better levels, but completely new games across multiple genres.
Players can reset the controller buttons for any object and change the rules to any level through an ability called Direct Control and new multiplayer abilities advance the types of games possible for a social/competitive experience - imagine racing games, flying games, shooters, puzzle games, sports, action/adventure, and more.
The storyline
It all begins with a brand new story mode that provides a beautifully reshaped world for Sackboy to explore and play. Each story level is influenced by cultural high points in history and is visually stunning when seen through the game's revamped graphics engine.
Our first impressions
LittleBigPlanet is one of the best games on the PS3 when it comes to having fun. It's won countless awards, including a Pocket-lint Gadget Award Best Game of the year and so we had high hopes going into to the demo of the new offering from Media Molecule, the developers behind the title.
Needless to say you aren't going to be disappointed, with the game bringing you more of the same and more new stuff. We played a handful of mini games with two other players and a single player platform level. It wasn't much, hence the quick play rather than a more in depth first look, but like Microsoft's Kinect it had us in stitches.
New to the mix is another 40 new story levels across six themes and the four player offline and online multiplayer levels we played.
But it's not just a case of new levels to get you excited, there are new gameplay elements as Sony opens up the API to give you even more options and controls. That means the ability to create full-scale games. Players can now reset the controller buttons for any object and change the rules to any level. That means creating racing games, flying games, shooters, puzzle games, sports, action/adventure to then play with your mates or share with others.
Once you've created the game you can then fill it with A.I. Sackbots that can be monitored and controlled how you want, while there is even a cinematic cut-scene maker.
We weren't able to test all the features, but a tutorial walk through at the Sony E3 press conference and a further play on the Sony stand proved that if you enjoyed the first one, you'll love the second.
We especially liked Rocket Funland. We could play that for hours.
Please note
The E3 games convention is a fantastic chance to see the latest games due out over the coming year, as well as, letting us get a glimpse into what is going to be the big titles and the ones to avoid like the plague.
The big problem however is that for most of the titles that glimpse is, well, just that. At the show you'll get to play a level here or a multiplayer map there.
So with that in mind we present you with our Quick Play.
What we've done is broken down the key facts you need to know and then given you our first impressions based on around 15 minutes of gaming. For us that 15 minutes isn't enough to do a First Look review. How can you rate a game that offers over 30 hours of gaming on just 15 minutes of play? However it should hopefully give you an idea, a feeling, a notion, of what to expect come launch day.


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Happy Chinese New Year, Gong Xi Fa Cai. I am sure by now most of my chinese friends are done with their shopping and perhaps some are on their way back to hometown.
Big news! For the month of fab feb we have 'catch me if you can' kit from Papier. If you'd like to know the story behind that name pls read previous entry. lol. Everything is so well put together by Papier big boss 'Macy'. i challenged myself to create as much as i can from the feb line. In the end i came up with 4 layouts, 1 mini album and 2 cards and still there is plenty left! This is a real value for money and you'll be amazed at the gorgeous papers, stamp and embellishments.
So without further delay, please find my first layout that i titled 'cute'. Who else is better to adorn this page than my sweet lil princess! lol. Like i said before, the 'lost n found' pp are too beautiful to be cut so i decided to play with embellishment and keep the pattern paper as it is. A very straight forward piece, i love those blooms and against the black background the pink just shout for attention.
Look out for my next entry in a couple of days. Because i was having so much fun i have to post twice in a week to reveal the whole project! All i can say is...grab your kit fast!! Only limited quantities available. and a sneak peek of what's coming next!


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Many energy researchers have proposed using solar cells to generate electricity for electrolysis that splits water into its component parts--hydrogen and oxygen--which can then be used to power fuel cells. However, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has combined all those functions into a single free-standing unit, which generates fuel whenever it is submerged in water illuminated by the sun.
Plants generate their own fuel for metabolism by harvesting sunlight, making MIT's new invention something like an artificial water-lily leaf. The true novelty of the device, however, is that it is free standing--a simple single panel with no connection wires to anything outside itself, and yet when submerged in water it immediately starts generating fuel from sunlight.
A flat panel module generates electricity with no wires attached, by virtue of built-in solar cells that split water into hydrogen fuel and oxygen. (Source: MIT)
The key to its novel behavior is the catalytic material used to coat each side of the free-standing solar panel. Rather than using rare expensive catalysts like platinum, the team of MIT professor Daniel Nocera used only Earth-abundant materials. On the front-side of the silicon solar panel is a layer of cobalt catalyst, which was discovered by Nocera a few years ago, and which was subsequently licensed to Sun Catalytix, which Nocera founded to commercialize the technology. Sun Catalytix chemist Steven Reece, Nocera's former graduate student, helped adapt the cobalt catalyst to the oxygen producing side of this new artificial leaf application of silicon solar cells, along with a team of five other researchers from Sun Catalytix and MIT.
The other side of the artificial leaf is coated with a nickel-molybdenum-zinc alloy, which splits off hydrogen from the water molecules. Systems using the technique will work by constructing a water tank with two chambers separated by the two-sided solar panels. Hydrogen can then be collected from one side while oxygen is collected from the opposite side. Each gas can then be stored separately, and later used to power a fuel cell which recombines them to generate electricity on demand, or could even be burned in an internal combustion engine to directly produce work.
Next, the researchers want to increase the efficiency of their artificial leaf, which is only about 2.5 percent efficient. The team is also trying out solar cells made from less expensive materials than crystalline silicon, such as thin films of iron oxide, potentially lowering the price of finished systems.
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I love babies being born! I love everything about it, and how every pregnancy, every delivery, every baby is different, so unique. Andy and Leila had their baby today, and it was so exciting how everything just changes! Within one moment the baby's whole system changes from breathing in nothing and being supported completely by the mom to having his or her body being filled with air for the first time and supporting itself! How great is God that He sovereignly designed our bodies to birth another human being and that He allows us to experience all of the emotions that we have when that moment happens! I am always amazed at babies being born, I genuinely love it! ANyways here are some pictures!
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Lobster Anyone??
I am just going to come out and say it……I am burnt!!! RED, RED, RED!!! But I am not going to complain because it is actually something that I was aiming for! Last week my mom (who is planning on participating in the Breast Cancer Three Day Walk,that is if she can raise enough money) and I decided to walk to Walmart from my house here in Smokey Point. It was a nice 7 mile walk, not too warm and not rainy! Well, what resulted from it was a terrible tan(burn) line on my arms, so I wanted to get more color today so that you couldn't see any lines. Well, I could have, maybe, overdone it! Oh well, the kids had a blast playing in the pool the whole day and then doing some painting, here are some pictures highlighting the day!
I can't seem to fall asleep. I have tried everything, and by everything I mean lying in bed and then working out. My eyes are tired and that is about it. This is probably because I took a nap this afternoon which I haven't been doing, and then on top of that there is the fact that I had a few drinks of a flat Coke because my stomach was upset. So, this means that tomorrow I will probably have a migraine since lack of sleep is a huge trigger for my migraines!! Oh the joy of it all!! So, here are some recent pictures of nothing really.


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Performing arts students across campus are starting rehearsals and preparing for a fall season full of events, performances and concerts. New music, fresh scripts and inventive choreography begin to test skills, and some students begin to fully realize that summer experiences will stay with them far beyond Labor Day. We caught up with a few students who spent their summer embracing passions and making art. Graduate dance students Andrea Alvarez and Amanda Clark Tanruther both spent time performing various works at the San Diego International Fringe Festival, along with dance faculty member Shannon Sterne. Tanruther says, "Taking works from Cleveland to perform on the West Coast gave us an opportunity to be ambassadors for dancers in the city and to give a glimpse of what is happening in our growing bailiwick." For Alvarez, the trip provided an opportunity for personal growth. "I think the way I handle situations, including stress, is more productive. School just started and some of my professors and classmates have already told me that I dance, look, act, speak and portray myself differently compared to last year—in a more mature, confident, and positive manner," she says. Both Alvarez and Tanruther will be performing in Department of Dance concerts this upcoming school year.
Theater undergrads Jason Sleisenger and Sara Bogomolny both attended the Royal Academy for Dramatic Arts (RADA) through the CWRU Theater Department-RADA partnership in the spring and early summer. Jason spent the beginning of summer exploring England and Paris. Museum hopping, attending theater performances, studying the Beatles early life in Liverpool and attending the Paris Bread Festival provided Jason with new perspectives on a variety of artforms. He describes his experience of seeing The Drowned Man by Punch Drunk Theatre Company as an "environmental theater where audiences members walked throughout a warehouse and were observers to ongoing scenes by the actors portraying a corrupt Hollywood film studio." He is already finding that his summer spent exploring parts of Europe has led to a deeper cultural understanding that will impact his class work. Bogomolny started her summer in similar fashion to Sleisenger and then spent the later part of the summer teaching and choreographing for Playmakers Performing Arts Camp at the Cleveland Jewish Community Center, She also performed as Judy in A Chorus Line at Chagrin Valley Little Theater. "A Chorus Line was my first foray into community theater and the longest I have ever run a particular production. With 13 performances spread over five weekends, I learned valuable lessons about how to keep a character and a show feeling fresh, enabling me to tell the story with the same energy and creative integrity each night," she says. Bogomolny and Sleisenger will both appear in the Eldred Theater production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee in November. Sleisenger can also be seen onstage in the October Eldred season opener, Waiting for Lefty.
Elena Mullens and Cynthia Black, music graduate students in the Historical Performance Program, also performed together this summer along with other students in the Case/CIM Baroque Orchestra at the Early Music America Young Performers Festival in Berkeley. Both women say the festival provides a unique experience to meet other young musicians who enjoy playing early music. "One of the highlights of participating in the Berkeley Early Music Festival is meeting students from early music programs at other schools who share the same passions as me. I loved attending their concerts and seeing what musical projects they had been working on to prepare for the festival," Back says. Mullens adds, "It's always especially fun to perform for a group with knowledge of the music that you're performing, and to interact with other specialists in the field." Both Mullens and Black will be performing this school year with the Case/CIM Baroque Orchestra and other early music ensembles. Be sure to follow us on Facebook for more student stories and to see the most current performing arts news from Case Western Reserve University.


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Everything's Gonna Be Alright..
The story behind this..is that when the 4-5 yr olds graduated..:)..they sang those exact lyrics to the parents on graduation day..and all the parents..cried:)
Madame Francine is on my daughter's FB..and loved this..
Putting real life personalities on the faces you have seen transform before your eyes..
So granparents are a bit off their rockers you know..we see these boys all the time..
yet we replayed this video..so many times:)Even before bed that night.
That's a grandparent.
You can imagine how busy this family is:)
Not to mention the paraphenalia and sports equipment:)
Their dad built this in their garage this past weekend:)
Max is fixated on Odell Beckham:)
Meanwhile ..Noah has been in Sandbanks getting buried in the sand..so happy they had great weather..it's raining here..
I browsed some vintage cookbooks..a little trip down memory lane:)
I had forgotten about The Food Lover's Companion and I love that book.
The Classic Italian Cookbook:)
On Instagram I follow Liz Steel..she suggested we sketch/paint a routine we have..every day for 5 days..
she does her latte..
I have coffee one morning green tea the other..just a habit we recently got into..used to be only green tea..
So I have done it 3 mornings and they are all different..surprisingly I still favor my first..
You can read about this on her blog..Liz Steel..
I mentioned on IG I was a novice and she mentioned this would be helpful..
I am enjoying doing this and may try and repeat the exercise with other things..
I'll show you when I have done 5..trying different paints etc..
same journal though..
I just love being inspired..
Food wise.. a huge spaguetti sauce..and a new marmalade recipe..it's upside down resting..if it's good I will share:)
I was in an organizational mood..
Feels so good afterwards..
I guess I was feeling like Fred who built the organizational structure..
Pouring rain keeps you in..:)
And wanting to paint..:)
More than organize these days..but the latter has to be done..
I like things..in their place:)
Have a wonderful weekend..the sun's about to peek out..
I'll share some cookies next week..and maybe the marmalade:)
Everywhere I go..people comment on the totally blissful summer it has been here
Grateful for it.


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Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - The Australian Church asks the government to reconsider its policy of detention and resettlement of refugees on Manus Island, an island where there is the biggest detention center for refugees. This is referred in a note sent to Fides Agency by the Office for migrants and refugees, of the Australian Catholic Bishops' Conference.
Bishop Gerard Hanna, Episcopal Delegate for the migrant sector said: "An independent analysis showed that the current policy of Australia on migrants and refugees leads to tragic consequences. This policy, which has a punitive approach towards refugees seeking protection is putting at risk the lives of many people: this is why we hope in a thorough review". According to the Bishops, we can expect unrest on Manus Island, "where migrants and refugees will have no hope of a change in the situation".
Australia, with its determination to take deterrent measures, "is turning away many refugees. The lack of recognition of fundamental human rights and this policy constitute a contempt for those who arrive on our shores in search of protection", adds Mgr. Hanna.
But, on this delicate humanitarian situation, he notes, "our government continues to turn a blind eye to those who leave their homeland due to violence and persecution" in the hope of a better life.
According to the Australian Church, since that of refugees is a global phenomenon on the rise, "the developed countries are called to accept the care for refugees, without measures that inflict harm and suffering". (PA) (Agenzia Fides 27/05/2014)


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So you couldn't pay me to post a picture of myself (like this) in a swimsuit. BUT I am SO so excited for my cruise with my sis in-laws (oh yeah and the husbands, mine included) NEXT MONTH, so I went out and bought THREE new bathing suits which I LOVE!!!
My friend Danielle told me about this site of modest, cute, affordable bathing suits and I am SO sold for life. LOVE em' and thought I'd share.


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Trump Loyalists Pay Little Heed to Revelations Rocking DCPresident Donald Trump's loyal backers say they don't know, they don't believe, or they don't care about the explosive revelations rocking Washington.NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump's loyal backers say they don't know, don't believe or don't care about the explosive revelations that forced the Justice Department to appoint a special counsel to investigate possible collusion between Russia and the Republican campaign.From the quiet streets of New York's working-class Staten Island to small-town Denison, Iowa, and even smaller Rutledge, Georgia, Trump may be as popular today as when he was elected. Voters are standing with a president who tweeted on Thursday that he is the target of "the single greatest witch hunt of a politician in American history!"The tumult that began last week with the firing of FBI Director James Comey has consumed Washington, roiling the White House and putting congressional Republicans on the defensive.Not so in Trump strongholds."I tuned it out," said 44-year-old Michele Velardi, a mother of three sons, during a break from her job at a Staten Island hair salon. "I didn't want to be depressed. I don't want to feel that he's not doing what he said, so I just choose to not listen."A few blocks away, die-hard Trump supporter Joseph Amodeo, 19, incorrectly praised the president for raising New York's minimum wage, something enacted by Democrats in the Legislature. The college student had little understanding of the Trump administration's deepening political struggles, but he offered a stern message to Trump's critics."If you're wishing for him to fail, you're basically wishing for the pilot of the plane to crash," Amodeo said. "You just gotta stick by him and hopefully he does things that benefit everyone."...
As I said seven years ago, to misquote Lincoln, we cannot endure permanently half-Fox and half-free.
We will become all one thing, or all the other.
Well, Roger Ailes may be dead and molesting schlaflies in Hell, but the disease he engineered and turned loose goes merrily on.
And it long past time that we in Sane America began having a serious, all-hands discussion about the most effective way to contain and negate toxic influence of Fox News, Hate Radio and the tens of millions of politically contaminated, psychologically malformed monsters Roger Ailes left behind.


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Dear Editor:
Thank you for "Degree? Check. Enthusiasm? Check. Job? Not So Fast" (New York Region, June 8, 2014), concerning the inability of Brooklyn College grads to find jobs. Over the past decade one or two Brooklyn business faculty have proposed that the college establish an objective outcomes assessment system to measure job placement, but Brooklyn College has resisted. The public ought to demand that higher educational institutions publish measures not only of job placement but also of objectively measured performance improvement in skill areas like writing, mathematics, and interpersonal skills. In order for Brooklyn College to improve the job placement outcomes that you describe, the first step for us educators is to objectively know what the outcomes are. The second is to deliver competencies to our students that enable them to do better. The Brooklyn business program has resisted objective measurement; you have done it for us.
Mitchell Langbert, Ph.D.


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Walking - Reading - Home - Garden - Countryside - Places of Interest - History - Cats - Photography
Thursday, August 10, 2017
Sunshine and Wildlife in Tissington
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Such a lovely and picturesque village - those wells must look really stunning in May and great to read of your childhood memories of school visits there :)ReplyDelete
The tearoom has a rather lovely view too. Super photos and adore those newly fledged wrens :) Not sure about dragonfly id - not my best subject!!! but I think the second one might be the Southern Hawker? Hope someone else with more expertise can help.Replies
I was so pleased to get the photo of the wrens. Will have to see what I can find out about the dragonflies, Paul knows more than me but he wasn't sure about either of them. It's a lovely village to visit:)Delete
I've actually been there and saw the well dressing too so it was lovely to see your photos. ��ReplyDeleteReplies
It's a very popular place especially during the well dressing festival, I've been to Tissington a few times over the last few years but not at well dressing time:)Delete
How lovely to not only see the wrens but get a photo too! I've not been to Tissington for ages.ReplyDeleteReplies
I usually find wrens too quick to get a photo of but the little one kept still waiting for its parent to bring food:)Delete
Such lovely photos. The wrens look so cute :). Looks like a meadow brown but as you say it's very pale. Tissington hall looks worth a visit. It's time I visited your part of the world again, so much to see. Have a lovely weekend. B xReplyDeleteReplies
I haven't been in Tissington Hallbut it is somewhere I'd like to see the inside of one day. We always seem to be on our way somewhere else when we visit:)Delete
What a wonderful place, I would love it here... the church looks different too. You got to see some lovely insects, I too are not very good at dragonfly ID.So nice when the village houses are all dressed up with flowers during the summer month.ReplyDelete
Enjoyed the photos..
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Thanks, there were quite a few people working in their gardens, I love the way they all seem proud to live there. the church is interesting inside but I haven't been in it for a while:)Delete
We were in Tissington a few weeks ago. We decided to treat ourselves to a night away at the Snake Pass Inn. (very quiet and the food was good!) On the way home we dropped into Tissington and had lunch at the same tea room!ReplyDelete
(We spent around an hour saying "How much??????" into the shop windows in Castleton first though.)
You spotted a lot of wildlife. Well done capturing shots of the dragonflies.Replies
The tea room is nice inside and the village fascinating to walk around. The prices in the gift shops in Castleton are eye watering aren't they? It's nice to have some time away as a treat:)Delete
I love the photo of the wren and her chick. How lovely to see them so close. This looks like a very pretty place. Marie xReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks, Marie. I was so lucky to be able to photograph the wrens as they are usually so quick and hide themselves easily:)Delete


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Cross Country News
Everett Herald coverage of XC Championships
Everett Community College men and women win NWAACC cross country titles
Men dominate, end Spokane CC's 10-year championship run; women also victorious
EVERETT -- Winning a Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges men's cross country championship on Saturday and ending Spokane CC's string of 10 straight league titles was enough to make it a great day for host Everett CC.
Tacking on a victory in the women's race made the day "just about as sweet as it gets," Trojans coach Matt Koenigs said.
"I'm just speechless, to be quite honest with you," he added. "The kids ran out of their minds today. It was awesome."
The Everett CC men dominated perennial league power Spokane CC and the rest of the field by finishing 1-2-3 and placing five runners in the top nine to easily outdistance their eastern Washington rivals, 21-59.
The individual winner was Bereket Piatt, a freshman from Port Townsend High School, who covered the 8-kilometer course at Legion Memorial Golf Course in 24:32 to edge teammate Bryton Reim, a sophomore from Mukilteo's Kamiak High School, by 13 seconds.
It was Reim's first loss to a teammate this season.
"I thought Bereket had a chance to beat Bryton if he could stay close because Bereket is a very smart, tactical racer," Koenigs said. "And, boy, he just threw down with about 1,200 meters to go and just run away with it. He had the race of his life."
Reim and third-place finisher Habtamu Rubio (24:55), another freshman from Port Townsend, "had their best races of the season," Koenigs said. "And if you have your best race on the last day, usually you're going to do pretty well."
Juan Castillo, a sophomore from Lake Stevens, placed sixth for the Trojans (25:10) while teammate Aaron Campbell, a freshman from Cascade, was ninth (25:18).
Only Clackamas CC had two runners finish ahead of Everett CC's top five.
"Our top three, they're like the best in the conference and I knew they'd do their part," Castillo said. "It was up to the rest of us to pull through. We had to do our job in order for this thing to work out and in the end we did."
Koenigs was hoping his squad could upend Spokane CC, but neither he nor anyone else expected such a lopsided margin.
"I think it's easier to run from the underdog role," he said. "The Spokane kids had a lot of pressure on their shoulders to bring another (title) home. But I have to take my hat off to them. If we don't have our best day, we may not beat them."
The Everett CC women, meanwhile, pulled out a narrow triumph in a tightly contested race over a 5-kilometer course. The Trojans finished with 56 points, followed by Treasure Valley CC (68), Clark College (74), Clackamas CC (76) and Spokane CC (77).
Katie Strong, a freshman from Kodiak, Alaska, was seventh for Everett CC (18:44), followed by Lacey Wagner, a freshman from Lake Stevens in 11th (19:21); Veronica Hall, a freshman from Marysville-Pilchuck in 13th (19:22); Catie Arrigoni, a freshman from Oroville in 14th (19:29); and Kristina Cordy, a freshman from Gig Harbor's Peninsula HS, in 20th (19:56).
"Our top seven just ran awesome," Koenigs said. "Our seventh girl was in front of the fifth girl from every team in the conference, and when you do that usually you're going to win.
Hall, he added, ran "the race of her life. If she doesn't have that race today, maybe we're second and maybe we're third. She stepped up big time."
Before the race, Hall said, "we knew had a good chance (to win). We all knew we had to do what we could in order to win, and that's what we did."
The races were held under dry skies, though the course was "pretty mucky" from recent rains, Hall said. "And it was really, really cold."
Koenigs believes the Trojans were helped by having the championships on their home course.
"The kids got to sleep in their own beds, eat what they regularly eat and just do their regular routine," he said. "When you have to get on a bus and travel for five hours, you have tired legs and maybe you don't sleep as well. But if you're able to stay at home, you're able to stay relaxed and stay in your routine, and then come out and do what you always do. And that's what we talked about all week."


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A classic example of a time slip can be seen in a note from Lyn in Australia. Lyn had read the book, Time Travel: A How-To Insiders Guide, (Global Communications, 1999) and thought her experience was similar to others featured in the book.
In 1997 Lyn lived in a small outback town that was built in 1947 and had changed little since that time.
"I was driving toward the main intersection of the town, when suddenly I felt a change in the air. It wasn't the classic colder feeling, but a change, like a shift in atmosphere. The air felt denser somehow. As I slowed at the intersection, I seemed to be suddenly transported back in time to approximately 1950. The road was dirt, the trees were gone and coming toward me to cross the intersection was an old black car, something like a Vanguard or old FJ Holden. As the car passed through the intersection the driver was looking back at me in total astonishment before he accelerated. From what I could see he was dressed in similar 1950s fashion, complete with hat.
"This whole episode lasted perhaps 20 seconds and was repeated at least 5 times during my time there, always at the exact spot. I tried to make out the registration plate number but the car was covered in dust."
Lyn wondered if there is someone out there still living who remembers seeing a strange sight at the intersection back in the 50s...of a weird car with a bug-eyed woman at the wheel.
Derek E. tells another interesting time-slip story...
Derek reports that in the 1980's, he and his wife were on a driving holiday in the North York Moors in England. They went to a tiny coastal village called Staithes, which had a steep winding and narrowing road down to the harbor, with the entrance to the houses and narrow footway at a higher level of three or four feet.
"We parked at the top of the village, hamlet really, where the tourist buses and cars had to stop and made our way down on foot. What I remember is a brilliantly sunny day with lots of other people around, but as we made our way down, it just suddenly seemed as if no one else were there but my wife and me. An old woman appeared on the footway opposite us. It became cooler and duller. She asked, in what seemed to me an old-fashioned and very polite way, what year it was. Now lots of old people get confused and it could have been that, but what I remember vividly is her black clothes - handmade, rough and with hand-sewn buttons - really big compared with modern ones. Her shoes were very old fashioned with much higher and chunkier heels than you'd see an older person wearing nowadays. In the time it took me to turn to my wife and say, 'Did you see that?' she was gone. The sun was back and so were all the people. My wife had also seen the same old woman and felt the same chill."
Derek's experience seems strikingly similar to traditional ghost stories. Many ghost sightings are readily explained as individuals who appear out of their normal location or time; but often the ghost also seems to change the surroundings of the witness, giving the impression of a time slip. What is open to question is whether these are glimpses into another time or does the witness or the ghost actually travel in time? Perhaps it is simply different sides of the same coin.
"Modern Mysteries-Strange But True;Time Slips"


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Hi, my name is Matthew Travers and I am 24 years old. I was working in a cheese factory in Mouseville but was made redundant. My sister and I are quite determined individuals and we decided to grasp the nettle and start our own business to be named The Cheese Mall.
Before we could start up our own business, we had to put together a business plan that would impress our bank manager and persuade him to consider us worthy of investment – quite a tall order in these recessionary times. But we did it!
We had never written a business plan before so it was all new to us. It was quite scary to start with but as we each tackled different aspects of the business plan, it became much more manageable.
How to Build a Brand:
My favourite part of the business plan was the section on 'Building a Brand'. We needed to identify how we could build our brand so that customers could identify us easily with our brand, become loyal to our brand and not switch easily to our competitors. We decided that what would make our business special and build our brand was our added value. It wouldn't just be added value to our cheese product but added value to our shopping experience such as a Cheese Museum for children, a cafe for teenagers, a bookstore with cheese cookery books, express cash points for 'time poor' shoppers and much more for the various market segments.
Therefore, we didn't just create a shop that we think the market wants, but we created a shop that the market told us it wants when we completed our market research.
Not only have we created a business for ourselves and we're creating employment but we also wrote a book detailing our experiences of starting a business and preparing a business plan.
If you would like to purchase a copy of our book which outlines how we put our business plan together before securing funding, you can buy The Cheese Mall as a paperback and as an e-book.


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The legendary No.10 revealed the Italian once sent him a photo of himself smoking a cigar, while also admitting he hopes Lionel Messi will lead Argentina to World Cup glory
The legendary Argentine No.10 revealed that he has a real fondness for the Italy international, with whom he can empathise on account of the youngster's quirky sense of humour, not to mention his habit of creating controversy on and off the field.
"My first contact I had with Mario was a picture he sent me of him smoking a cigar," Maradona explained. "I liked it - I laughed.
"I would like talk to Mario by ourselves, in a room, and I would explain him the bad experiences I had in football. People should leave Balotelli in peace.
"I think you should first look at what kind of player he is and a manager should judge him for what he is on the pitch.
"I like him. For me, there is [Lionel] Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar and Balotelli."
Maradona, of course, coached Messi at the 2010 World Cup, which ended in disappointment for both men, with the 52-year-old losing his job after Argentina's quarter-final exit, and the Barcelona star coming in for criticism after failing to score a single goal.
Maradona is, therefore, desperate for Messi to exact "revenge" on his detractors by inspiring Argentina to glory in Brazil next summer.
"I am not disappointed by Messi in 2010," the former World Cup winner said. "If he had of scored the chances he missed we would be world champions. He was unlucky.
"But I hope that he can take his revenge in Brazil."
Maradona is currently out of the game, having parted company with Al Wasl last year, and he explained that he is prepared to wait for his dream job.
"When Benitez will leave Napoli, I would like to replace him," the Partenopei icon added. -------------------- goal.com


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