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While there was no outrageous "Bruno" moment at this year's MTV Movie Awards, hosted by Aziz Ansari, from the red carpet to inside Universal City's Gibson Amphitheater, celebs seemed most excited to see Katy Perry and Christina Aguilera perform – and "Twilight" was again the big winner. (Visit Variety's SoundCheck for pics and video performances from the night.)
Thesp Elizabeth Reaser, who plays character Edward Cullen's mom in "Twilight," said, "Definitely looking forward to Christina Aguilera. Girl can sing!"
"Twilight" stars Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner were both up for best male performance. Reaser said, in regard to who she was supporting, "Well, I play his mom, so I'm always Team Edward."
"New Moon" won best movie, best male performance (Pattinson), best female performance (Stewart) and best kiss (Pattinson and Stewart). Pattinson also nabbed the kudo for global superstar.
Backstage, Katy Perry talked up the type of California Girls she's singing about in her new track, which she performed at the show. Said Perry, "I'm not talking about Hollywood girls who are fresh off the bus…climb over everybody to get to the top of the ladder and make you wanna puke…we're talkin' about girls who are fine, fresh, fierce…and they have an inner confidence that comes out of them, and they're always down to earth and are always ready to party."
"Forgetting Sarah Marshall" star Jason Segel, who appears next in flick "Despicable Me," said he's looking forward to beginning work on the "Muppet Movie" in December. When asked who he was supporting in the comedic performance category, he said "I know too many of those guys to offer an opinion."
But for the Biggest Badass star? Said Segel, "Well, that should be me. Am I nominated?"
It was all smiles for the stars of MTV's new scripted series "The Hard Times of RJ Berger," which debuted on the cabler after the show.
Beth Littleford, who plays the mother of the well-endowed lead character RJ said, "The show's raunchy but also sweet…"
Littleford's onscreen husband, played by Larry Poindexter, added, "Something that the whole family can…oh, well…"
Littleford continued, "Actually, no. Not really, not at all in fact. But it's an extremely talented, fun cast. Working with director David Katzenberg also drew me to the show."
What drew "Berger" castmember Kara Taitz, who plays RJ's kooky classmate and biggest fan Lily Miran, to the project? Said Taitz, "Uh, well, they offered me a job, so I was in!"
Also making the rounds were Jackie Chan and Jayden Smith, stars of the "Karate Kid" redo, who praised each other's work on the project. Said Chan of working with Smith, "The beginning, difficult. After one week, easy. He's just so talented." Added Smith, "I loved working with (Chan). He's very perfect…but he's a little bit weird, and his hair doesn't move."
Newcomer Ellen Wong, who costars in the forthcoming Michael Cera starrer "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World," said about her first red carpet experience, "I'm just so happy to be here. It's a really great positive energy, really good vibe." Edgar Wright-directed flick also marks her bigscreen debut.
From inside the theater, the biggest crowd reactions went to Sandra Bullock as she accepted her Generation Award, Ken Jeong's heartfelt tribute to his wife (a cancer survivor)…and anytime Betty White walked through the aisles to use the restroom.
Aguilera's perf a bona fide showstopper, as she performed a medley of three tracks from her forthcoming album "Bionic," due out Tuesday, June 8.
Tom Cruise's perfs, reprising his "Tropic Thunder" character Hollywood mogul Les Grossman, were definitely a hit from inside the theater. Aside from the pre-taped skits where he's shown giving tough love to Pattinson and Lautner, his live dance number to tracks from Ludacris and Jennifer Lopez boasted a surprise appearance from J.Lo herself, who joined in on the perf to her upbeat track "Get Right."
Show also featured the debuts of movie trailers for forthcoming flicks "Eclipse," due out June 30, and "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I," due out Nov. 19.
Nominees for the MTV Movie Awards are chosen by producers and MTV execs, but the winners are decided online by the general public.
Complete list of winners:
Best Kiss
Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning – 'The Runaways'
WINNER: Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson – 'The Twilight Saga: New Moon'
Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds – 'The Proposal'
Taylor Swift and Taylor Lautner – 'Valentine's Day'
Zoe Saldana and Sam Worthington – 'Avatar'
Best Fight
WINNER: Beyoncé Knowles vs. Ali Larter – 'Obsessed'
Hugh Jackman and Liev Schreiber vs. Ryan Reynolds – 'X-Men Origins: Wolverine'
Logan Lerman vs. Jake Abel – 'Percy Jackson And The Olympians: The Lightning Thief'
Robert Downey Jr. vs. Mark Strong – 'Sherlock Holmes'
Sam Worthington vs. Stephen Lang – 'Avatar'
Best Villain
Christoph Waltz – 'Inglourious Basterds'
Helena Bonham Carter – 'Alice In Wonderland'
Ken Jeong – 'The Hangover'
Stephen Lang – 'Avatar'
WINNER: Tom Felton – 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'
Best WTF Moment
Betty White – 'The Proposal'
Bill Murray – 'Zombieland'
Isabel Lucas – 'Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen'
WINNER: Ken Jeong – 'The Hangover'
Megan Fox – 'Jennifer's Body'
Biggest Badass Star
Angelina Jolie
Channing Tatum
Chris Pine
WINNER: Rain
Sam Worthington
Best Scared-As-S**t Performance
Alison Lohman – 'Drag Me to Hell'
WINNER: Amanda Seyfried – 'Jennifer's Body'
Jesse Eisenberg – 'Zombieland'
Katie Featherston – 'Paranormal Activity'
Sharlto Copley – 'District 9'
Best Breakout Star
WINNER: Anna Kendrick – 'Up in the Air'
Chris Pine – 'Star Trek'
Gabourey Sidibe – 'Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire'
Logan Lerman – 'Percy Jackson And The Olympians: The Lightning Thief'
Quinton Aaron – 'The Blind Side'
Zach Galifianakis – 'The Hangover'
Best Female Performance
Amanda Seyfried – 'Dear John'
Emma Watson – 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'
WINNER: Kristen Stewart – 'The Twilight Saga: New Moon'
Sandra Bullock – 'The Blind Side'
Zoe Saldana – 'Avatar'
Best Male Performance
Channing Tatum – 'Dear John'
Daniel Radcliffe – 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'
WINNER: Robert Pattinson – 'The Twilight Saga: New Moon'
Taylor Lautner – 'The Twilight Saga: New Moon'
Zac Efron – '17 Again'
Best Comedic Performance
Ben Stiller – 'Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian'
Bradley Cooper – 'The Hangover'
Ryan Reynolds – 'The Proposal'
Sandra Bullock – 'The Proposal'
WINNER: Zach Galifianakis – 'The Hangover'
Global Superstar
Daniel Radcliffe
Johnny Depp
Kristen Stewart
WINNER: Robert Pattinson
Taylor Lautner
Best Movie
'Alice In Wonderland'
'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'
'The Hangover'
WINNER: 'The Twilight Saga: New Moon'


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Gretchen's World
Monday, August 23, 2010
1st Day of Kindergarten
Gretchen started Kindergarten today. She's attending the same school that she has been going to for the last year since they have a full day private Kindergarten program. It was very nice of the director to rent out a school bus today and pick up the kids at some stops in the neighborhood since they don't normally do pickup. We waited with several other nervous young ladies but you can't tell in the picture what they might be worried about. I have been reading books about kindergarten to Gretchen for the last month but none of them help the tears that swelled up in my eyes as I watched the bus drive away. Sigh..... Here are
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Pork Belly with Sunny Side-Up Eggs on Brioche with Tomato-Bacon Jam and Avocado Mousse at Joe's
It's everyone's favorite posts -- the ones with giveaways!
This time, thanks to the organizer of Taste of Abbot Kinney, I'm able to give out not one, not two . . . but FIVE pairs of tickets (which are worth $60 per ticket) to the Sunday, Oct. 11 event from 2 to 7 p.m. To enter, simply comment to this post with your e-mail address/contact info and tell me what you love about the Abbot Kinney neighborhood or if you have a particular favorite eatery on that street.
Benefiting Inside Out Community Arts, a non-profit that empowers youth through visual and performing arts, what I love Taste of Abbot Kinney is that it's an actual walking tour into the street's various eateries, bars and shops (instead of other tasting events where it's at some off-site venue and all the restaurants have to worry about pre-prepping the food or cooking in an unfamiliar, makeshift "kitchen.") With this "Taste" you get mix and mingle (and eat and drink) in the actual restaurants with the staff and owners.
Eat/drink participants for this year's event include Joe's (where I had a thoroughly delicious brunch last year), 3 Square (another nice spot for an AM meal), Lemonade, Lilly's French Cafe & Bar, The Tasting Kitchen, Capri, Elvino Wines, Beechwood and more!
Furthermore, the ticket also gets you some sweet discounts at those uniquely-Abbot Kinney retailers such as Equator Books and Urbanic Paper Boutique, where you can score swanky-chic goods at a fraction of the price.
Anyhoo, spread the word (pre-shortened URL for you twitter-saavy folks: http://bit.ly/Vwn3w) and comment away, 5 will be chosen at random to win a pair of tickets by the end of September (Wed., 11:59 p.m.) And of course, if you didn't win, consider buying a ticket -- between all the food, wine, spirits, discounts AND supporting a great cause, it's totally worth it!


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Technical Cooperation
Technical coooperation is the main means of achieving the four strategic objectives of the ILO and the only means of translating the policies of the Organization into action.
The IOE is active in the work of the Technical Cooperation Committee to provide policy guidance to the ILO and to develop mechanisms to ascertain whether the technical cooperation activities that are implemented are meeting the needs of the tripartite constituents.
Given the difficult times for development cooperation, the Committee has focussed on developing a resource mobilisation strategy for regular budget and extra-budgetary resources. Increasingly, the spotlight is on relevance, results achieved and lessons learned from interventions.
The position of the Employers' Group in the ILO is that technical cooperation assistance should first and foremost be directed to the social partners. Building the capacity of representative employers' organisations to respond to the needs of their members is critical. A key priority for the Group is therefore resource mobilisation for the Bureaux of Employers' Activities to be able to support employers' organisations, particularly in developing countries.


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Last week Solo (Surakarta) held another international event, Solo International Performing Arts (SIPA) 2011. It's being held in 3 days from 1 July to 3 July 2011 at Pamedan Mangkunegaran Solo, Central Java.
I miss the first day. And in the second day I was late. But I never think it will be that full. Maybe almost ten thousands of people attend this event, it's leaving only little space on behind to walk. Because the seat has been fully charged so many people must watch the show while standing including me. It's hard to watch the show from behind the row because its to far and standing made me tired.
The worse things happens when I meet some friends who also came late. The worse combination of "Friends + No Seat + Hungry" are "Chit chat + Taking Photos Together + Eating." Yes we more enjoy it than the show.
Finally on the last day I can enjoy the show. I came early and I just get a seat in the middle.
The first show performed by Universiti Malaysia Sabah – Malaysia. They perform traditional dance by wearing costumes that glow in the dark.
The second show performed by Dinas Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata Kabupaten Cirebon (Department of culture and Tourism of Cirebon Regency) is bit boring, nothing special with them.
TheThe third show are from Leine Roebana, Netherlands. It's a little boring at first (maybe it's just me) but there are a unexpected moment in the middle of the show.
A mysterious (people in the middle of the picture above) up onto the stage from the front stage. For me, he looked more like an artist than a dancer. I thought he is their friend. But, wait. Why the other dancers away from him. He use different clothes from other and he bring a bag.
He even offers a bottle of water to one of the dancers. The dancers look confused. We the audiences even more confused. Why no one stop him?
The answer came when the music played again (I don't know when the music stoped) simultaneously with the dance movements performed by the mysterious person. And other dancers also returned to dance. But when the show end he pick his bag and go down from the front stage while the other dancer go down from the side stage. I forgot to ask the organizer about him when the event end and who the mysterious person is still a mystery to me even until now.
After Netherlands, the time for Los Peyoteros came. They perform lovelly traditional music from Mexico. Yes, I love the music. It's make me want to dance.
The singer sometimes use bahasa Indonesia to comunicate with the audience. They also bring a translator to translate what she say.
Not only that, in one of the song, they even invite the audiences to dance together on the stage and sing using bahasa Indonesia in some part of the song. Maybe not so many people notice it (or maybe it's just me who notice it) because it's not to clear except the word "Indonesia" that's the singer says.
Last performer is Sruti Respati from Solo – Indonesia. She combines traditional java music with jazz. She also brings a little girl puppeteer and some children to play some traditional games. This is my first time see a girl become dalang (puppeteer) and play Wayang Kulit (Shadow Puppet).
Since she already bring so many children to play some traditional games, I hope she will joint them to play one or two games but unfortunately it's not happen.
Hari-hari Terus Berlalu
Tiada pernah berhenti
Seribu rintang jalan berliku
Bukanlah suatu penghalang
Hadapilah segala tantangan
Mohon Petunjuk yang kuasa
Ciptakanlah Kerukunan Bangsa
Kobarkanlah dalam dada
Semangat jiwa Pancasila
Hidup tiada mungkin
Tanpa perjuangan
Tanpa pengorbanan
Mulia adanya
Berpegangan tangan
Satu dalam cita
Demi masa depan
Indonesia Jaya
The event closed lovelly with firework song "Indonesia Jaya" (Glory Indonesia) and fireworks attraction.
I Love Indonesia


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The advertisement above is a classic example of how physical attractiveness is used to entice the audience and increase sales of a product. In this particular case, the attractiveness of the Virgin Atlantic flight crew has been used to persuade customers to buy their tickets. They have used beautiful models in glamourous clothes to fulfill their purpose. There seems to be a spotlight following this group throughout the video which gives them a celebrity- like attribution. The beauty and allure of this group cause people to drop phones, stop reading, stop gaming and spill food. There is also an element of flirting with the group and a look of envy from other flight crew members. An actual model gets ignored to make room for the crew. The advertisement ends with a customer stating that he needs to get a new ticket. This is the primary goal of such advertisements - selling their products. This is an example of physically attractive - admirer altercast.
This phenomenon was seen in the study by Reingen and Kernan in 1993. They assessed the effects of physical attractiveness stereotype in the selling context. They conducted three experiments and found the following:
a) Physically attractive salespersons seem to have more favorable selling skills as compared to their unattractive salespersons.
b) Customers treat attractive sellers more cordially and are more likely to listen to their requests than unattractive salespersons.
c) Attractive persons induce a higher compliance rate as compared to unattractive persons.
We can specifically look at their first experiment which investigated whether physically attractive salespersons are seen as more favorable as compared to unattractive ones on their selling effectiveness. The table below shows the participants recording of their impressions of the photograph show on the impression formation questionnaire with a 7-point attractive-unattractive scale. It was found that there was a significant main effect for attractiveness of stimulus persons, F(1,348) = 17.38, p < .001. It was therefore found that physically attractive people are seen as more favorable on selling effectiveness traits than physically unattractive people.
The attractiveness manipulation in this experiment was effective and supported the assumption that physical attractiveness is a key factor while selling products. The attractive crew in the virgin atlantic advertisement were selling the airline and its credibility by using their physical attributes. These physical attributes automatically suggested better personality traits, thus better service from the airline company.
Reingen, P.H., & Kernan, J.B. (1993). Social perception and interpersonal influence: Some consequences of the physical attractiveness stereotype in a personal selling setting. Journal of Consumer Psychology, 2, 25-38.


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To Crack Or Not To Crack — Does It Really Make A Difference?
Reprinted with permission from UMCDF Today, August 24, 2010
Numerous studies have been conducted and have confirmed something we all already knew — during the summer, the inside of our car gets, well, as they say, "just plain hot." However, other facts that we might not have been aware of have also been discovered: How fast does it get hot in a vehicle?
One study showed that within 10 minutes, the inside temperature rose 20 degrees higher than the outside air, 34 degrees within a half an hour and 40-50 degrees within an hour.
Another study showed the inside temperature hitting 116 degrees within an hour with an outside temperature of only 72 degrees. And in one more study, with an outside temperature of 93 degrees, the inside temperature was recorded at 125 degrees after 20 minutes and 140 degrees after 40 minutes.
Windows "cracked" — yes or no?
Three vehicles were used to look at whether "cracking" your windows had any cooling effect. One car was left with all of its windows fully closed, one had four windows open to 1 1/2 inches and another had two windows opened 1 1/2 inches.
The car with the closed windows showed an inside temperature of 115 degrees at an outside reading of 94 degrees. The car with the four "cracked" windows showed an inside temperature of 113 degrees at an outside reading of 95 degrees. The car with only two windows "cracked" had an inside reading of 109 degrees with an outside reading of 99 degrees. So it doesn't look like it makes a significant difference whether you leave your windows "cracked" or not.
Dark cars vs. light cars
A study using a dark-colored car with windows closed and a light-colored car with two windows "cracked" 1 1/2 inches showed that after 40 minutes with the outside temperature reading 93 degrees, the dark vehicle had an inside temperature of 140 degrees and the light vehicle had an inside temperature of 138 degrees. As in previous studies, it appeared that "cracking" the windows were ineffective at keeping the car cool no matter what the color scheme.
What does this mean?
Just think, a can of spray paint can burst if exposed to over 120 degrees for a period of time. Not only are people and pets at risk, the heat will affect other items as well such as food and medicines that need to be kept cool. The main thing to remember? It doesn't take long for the inside of your car to turn deadly hot in summer.
Try these tips:
• Take your vehicle to a mechanic to have its air conditioning system checked ahead of time to be sure the refrigerant level is OK and that there are no leaks in the system.
• Invest in a good, reflecting windshield sun shade (the silver foldable type). It will keep the interior temperature lower and keep your dashboard looking good longer.
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UMCDF Today, August 24, 2010


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SHHUGAR Restro Lounge in Port Elizabeth is celebrating its second birthday on Friday, July 1, by having music group Dance You're on Fire perform, and hosting a fashion show by 25/18
The Walmer-based ready-to-wear clothing shop 25/18 is the brain child of talented sisters Fallon Sabrina and Savannah Fagen Paul who design and manufacture the clothes.
Apparently their label is derived from their ages. "Our ages represent our youth, and we try to encapsulate the youth culture feeling into our designs with original perspectives," Savannah explains their design approach.
So, if you are interested in coming to have a look at 25/18 whilst having a good time at Shhugar's birthday celebrations, pop in on Friday evening at
24 Heugh Road, Walmer; doors open 7.30pm and entrance is free. Inquiries: 041-5811475 or email: firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Had I only known it would be so easy to shut all the Global Warming Extremists up, I would have wrote my cheque long ago.(/sarc) If every family in Canada were to write a cheque for $1040.00 for each of the next four years, and fire it off to the government to spend on green technologies, international emission trading and the funding of emissions cutting projects in the developing world, we can meet our Kyoto targets. A mere 100 billion dollars is all we need to spend in the next four years. Just like David Suzuki and Al Gore you too can buy your way out of actually cleaning up your act! Easy for them to say. $1040.00 is pocket change for the likes of these guys, but for the average working Canadian... not so much... Wonder if the bank would mind if I don't make a couple of mortgage payments in order to afford to pay this carbon tax? Something tells me, NOT!
Liberal environment critic David McGuinty and New Democratic MP Paul Dewar praised the proposed plan at a news conference Wednesday, and said their parties are debating the idea of a carbon tax internally.
So much for these two parties wanting to help the "average Canadian" with tax relief as proclaimed by both their leaders in Question Period today.


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Welcome to ROCKET TRIKE DIARIES -- a 10 week video tour of the 2011 "Ride for Renewables: No Tar Sands Oil On American Soil!" Join Renewable Rider Tom Weis as he pedals his rocket trike 2,150 miles through America's heartland in support of landowners fighting TransCanada's toxic Keystone XL tar sands pipeline scheme. Here are the video entries from Week Four:
Renewable Rider Tom Weis, Alex White Plume, Daryl Hannah & Paul Siemens discuss why they are united in their opposition to Keystone XL. Weis talks about how Dr. James Hansen, the nation's top climate scientist, was recently arrested outside the White House, when he should have been invited inside to brief the president: "What's wrong with this picture?"
Renewable Rider Tom Weis, Daryl Hannah & Oglala Lakota elder Alex White Plume discuss corrupt dealings between the U.S. government and TransCanada. Daryl takes the oil lobby to task for their unethical and misleading "ethical oil" advertising campaign.
Ron Seifert hears Oglala Lakota matriarch Debra White Plume talk about her responsibility as a mother and grandmother to defend our water for future generations. She urges all human beings to tell President Obama he must defend the land, water and people of this country against TransCanada and their tar sands pipeline.
Renewable Rider Tom Weis hears Oglala Lakota Buffalo Chief Floyd Hand talk about uniting with ranchers and farmers peacefully to fight Keystone XL. As an Oglala Sioux warrior, Floyd says he fears nothing: "I will lay down my life for my children."
Renewable Rider Tom Weis hears Wyoming rancher Eric Ringsby talk about why he joined the Keystone XL "Tour of Resistance" on horseback with Lakota tribal leaders & Daryl Hannah. Eric urges Americans to heed the call: "Mother Earth needs you to wake up, start thinking for yourself and make a difference."
Renewable Rider Tom Weis hears Oglala Lakota matriarch Regina Brave describe her people's treaty stand (Ft. Laramie Treaty of 1868) against Keystone XL. Regina warns that contaminating the Ogallala Aquifer will destroy the future of our children and grandchildren. Calling this "a time to show unity as Americans against this pipeline," she says, "Money can pass through your hands like water, but the land is forever."
Ron Seifert listens to Oglala Lakota elder Alex White Plume share with Daryl Hannah how TransCanada's Keystone XL tar sands pipeline would threaten the spiritual healing of the Lakota people by violating a sacred death trail the Lakota travel to deal with historical grief and trauma. Alex translates the meaning of Lakota for Daryl: La ("love and compassion") Ko ("to include everybody") Ta ("toward the ancient ways").


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Kcal 490 Fat 25.5g Fat(sats) 13.5g Carbs 57.5g (per 100.og)
Milka have thus far produced some mighty fine bars of chocolate - the 'Milka & Daim' and the original 'Alpine Milk' being no greater examples. Fruit and Nut however is a different kettle of fish altogether - many have tried with very few nailing the combination on the head completely. Cadbury, Hotel Chocolat, Toblerone and Montezumas had all scored pretty respectfully on the ChocolateMission rating system, so this Milka bar from Dean-German-Grocery had some pretty high standards to live up to. Comprising of the standard Alpine Milk chocolate, Raisins (19%) and Hazelnuts (6%) even before opening, it had already overcome the first hurdle by not containing chopped almonds.
I won't bleat on again about the high quality of Milka packaging - you all know I think it's great. One thing I will mention is the attractiveness of the bar itself - it had a unblemished appearance on the top side of the bar, though turned over the bar revealed the sheer abundance at which the raisins and nuts were portioned ... it looked impressive indeed. Despite the heavy presence in the aesthetics of the appearance, the fruit and nut element was surprisingly absent from the smell of the product. Don't get me wrong - the bar had a pretty great smelling dairy like aroma ... it was just the lack of fruit and nut element was a minor disappointment.
I ate this bar over two really satisfying, fulfilling servings eating half the 100g at a time. The chocolate retained all the fantastic attributes of the original Alpine milk bar, as well as actually being enhanced by the additional ingredients. The taste was deliciously creamy and the melt was fantastically smooth. The usual slight nutty edge to the Milka Alpine Milk chocolate was further intensified by the hazelnut pieces, this resulted in the flavours lasting even longer in the mouth. The raisins were equally as enhancing to the bar, they gave a pleasant sweet, sugary fruity element to the taste, whilst adding an extra softer, chewy variation in the texture. Raisins can sometimes be really hit or miss in such bars, but these were amongst the most flavoursome and enhancing I have tasted ... great stuff.
Overall I am glad to be able to inform you that this bar deserves it's place siting amongst the upper tier of the fruit and nut offerings. Both the raisins and the hazelnuts added unique and enhancing textures and flavours, which already given the high quality of the original Alpine Milk chocolate, it was always going to be hard pushed not to be of a good standard. Fans of Milka and Fruit and Nut products should both be satisfied by this bar. A highly enjoyable product that I would recommend to all.
8.5 out of 10
Fancy trying the Milka Raisin & Nut for yourself!? Fancy any another Ritter Sport / Milka / Lindt / Storck or German Grocery ... head over to Dean-German-Grocery!!


text: Alright, so the time will come soon. Could somebody explain what I'm going to need in order to have: - SLI-PRO - 5 working rotary encoders Obviously I'll have to buy the SLI-PRO and the rotary encoders but what else? Which cables? Any other controller boards? Speaking about the stuff from Leo, http://www.leobodnar.com/products/SLI-PRO/. Plus, does anyone have a schematic for the face plate (I don't know how to name it any better, the front thingie with the Ferrari emblem and fake knobs attached), so that I can go to a workshop and ask them to make a carbon fibre one. I'd like to have a headset connector on the wheel as well but I'll probably be better off to connect a 3.5" extension cable to my PC and place the other end somewhere on my rig. Also, a button box might be nice but I'm a bit lost which one to use, there are so many different ones ont he market. Derek Speare, maybe? This is my rig, as it is currently running - pictures were taken when I was done with all the work in December but it hasn't changed since. (Click the images above for high-res pictures)


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What's getting in the way of Latin America becoming a food superpower?
Also available in: Español | Portuguese
The United Nations estimates that with the population reaching 9 billion by 2050, global food demand will double, with much of that growth in developing countries.
While the gloom-and-doom predictions of Malthus and a long line of neo-Malthusians have failed to materialize, still, one does have to wonder how all those hungry mouths are going to be fed.
What will it take to ensure that the recent food crises do not become permanent features of the world of the future? While countries in Latin America and the Caribbean are quite heterogeneous in their production potential, overall they are well equipped to contribute to meeting this challenge.
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- Agriculture
- food prices
- food crisis
- Agriculture and Rural Development
- Latin America & Caribbean
- Venezuela, Republica Bolivariana de
- Uruguay
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Suriname
- St. Vincent and the Grenadines
- St. Lucia
- St. Kitts and Nevis
- St. Helena
- Peru
- Paraguay
- Panama
- Nicaragua
- Montserrat
- Mexico
- Jamaica
- Honduras
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Kahakai is a Hawaiian word for Beach. Living in beautiful Hawaii, I like to spend time at the beach and in the kitchen. This blog is about cooking, eating and living (mostly healthy) in Paradise.
Friday, October 18, 2013
Banana Maple "Puddings" with Greek Yogurt: A Little Dessert (or Breakfast!) Treat
This is meant to be a "cakey" kind of pudding and served warm from the oven. A perfectly comforting way to get a morning started! ;-) I made a couple of small changes in red below.
Banana Maple Puddings
Adapted slightly from No Time to Cook by Donna Hay
(Serves 2)
2 Tbsp caster (superfine sugar)
2 Tbsp maple syrup
2/3 cup mashed bananas
50 g butter (3 1/2 Tbsp), melted
1 egg
1/2 cup (75g) self-rising flour*
thick cream to serve (I used yogurt)
extra maple syrup to serve
powder sugar to serve (I used cinnamon)
Preheat oven to 170 degrees C / 340 degrees F. Grease 2 1-cup (250ml) capacity ramekins.
Place sugar, maple syrup, banana, butter, egg and flour into a small bowl and mix until combined. Spoon mixture into ramekins and bake for 30-35 minutes or until cooked when tested with a skewer.
Serve puddings warm with a dollop of thick cream (or yogurt) and extra maple syrup. Sprinkle with powdered sugar (or cinnamon) is desired.
(*Since I didn't have self rising flour, I used all-purpose flour, baking powder and salt and made my own using the proportions from Food.com)
Notes/Results: If you like bananas, banana bread and or/bread pudding, you will like this recipe. It's moist, sweet and full of good banana and maple flavor. This stirs together quickly and comes out with a soft, bread pudding-like texture and bites of mashed banana. It calls for thick cream on top but I thought the tang of thick Greek yogurt would be nice and would be a little healthier since this is a "treat" kind of breakfast. Rather than top with powdered sugar as pictured in the book since this recipe is already sweet, cinnamon seemed like the way to go. Easy and yummy, I would make this again.
You can see the breakfast treats everyone else made by going to the Up & At 'Em post and following the links.
Happy Aloha Friday!
10 comments:
- Mairi @ ToastOctober 18, 2013 at 5:34 PM
Oh Deb this looks wonderful! Bananas & maples such a perfect combination. This is one sure fire way to treat yourself at the start of the day!ReplyDelete
What a great idea. You are so right, this can be eaten for breakfast. Love that you used cinnamon and yogurt.ReplyDelete
Very nice! I think your variations are good ideas.ReplyDelete
A breakfast treat like this sounds good to me! sweet but not crazy indulgent. Mmmm.ReplyDelete
I am a banana lover so this looks wonderful to me...with cinnamon and yoghurt is an even better attraction...I like your changes in other words, to what, I am certain is a killer recipe in itself.ReplyDelete
- kitchen flavoursOctober 19, 2013 at 4:52 AM
I can almost smell the fragrance from the bananas! And I would sub the powdered sugar with cinnamon too! Looks yummy!ReplyDelete
- Little Joy FactoryOctober 19, 2013 at 5:29 AM
Deb, I like bananas! It looks so yummy with yogurt and cinnamon, a real treat to start your day.ReplyDelete
Clearly I need to breakfast with you. This looks dessert like as well as a great fortifying breakfast!ReplyDelete
- Zosia BOctober 20, 2013 at 2:54 AM
What a fabulous breakfast treat. Bananas, maple, cinnamon, yogurt...what a great combination!ReplyDelete
Wow, you and Pam both baked this week ;-) I love anything remotely resembling banana bread or banana cake. I think this looks terrific and perfect for breakfast!ReplyDelete
P.S. I'm thinking I need to get my hands on this instant book.
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"All we hear & know now is war and my head and ears ache from the roar of the guns. – Ernest Patchen, Danbury soldier in letter to his mother dated October 7, 1918.
The current exhibit at The Danbury Museum & Historical Society, curated by Collections Manager, Michele Lee Amundsen and sponsored by 1 Kennedy Flats and Leahy's Fuels, focuses on the contributions of Danbury citizens at home and abroad during World War I.
The number of men and women from Danbury who served during World War I totaled 1,300. Thirty-six Danburians lost their lives during the war. The exhibit recognizes all branches of the services and topics covered include; Sacrifices on the Homefront, The Mallory War Garden, the role of Danbury Hat Factories, and the Old 8th Company.
Historic imagery of parades, war bond rallies, soldiers and other period images of Danbury fill the exhibit cases. In addition to letters, artifacts such as uniforms, helmets, and ephemera items including posters, and memorabilia from the archives of the Old 8th Company donated by Mr. Frank Stone are on display.
A binder filled with over 100 letters written home by Danbury soldier, Ernest Patchen can be read and
visitors are encouraged to search the CT Military Census for Danbury for their ancestor(s). The Military Census was an assessment of manpower and resources available in the state. All men aged 16 years and over were counted. Craft a poppy and take in three-dimensional "trench wall" a focal point of the exhibit.
Brigid Guertin, Executive Director and City Historian noted, "We are so excited about the overwhelming interest and support that our World War I exhibit has generated within the Danbury community. Loans and donations of WW1-related materials, to augment the exhibit, have been coming in to the museum regularly. We've also seen more than 300 visitors through our door since its opening Our partnership with the Danbury Library to offer movies, lectures and programs related to WWI is an exciting addition to our Danbury calendar of events."
A full slate of events are planned throughout the exhibit and includes a World War I Free Film Series on Fridays at the museum and the library, Pets for Patriots adoption day in cooperation with DAWS in August, a World War I Recipe Pot Luck Dinner in October and A Night of Poetry in November.
The Great War: Danbury Answers the Call is on display through Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. through Veterans Day. Admission is free though monetary donations are gratefully accepted.
The museum is also excited to offer expanded hours for guided tours of the historic buildings on their Main Street campus for the summer months. Tours take place Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. through Labor Day.


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Dr.Roger Beachy Shifting Weather Patterns
MINNEAPOLIS — The federal government is investing $60 million in three major studies on the effects of climate change on crops and forests to help ensure farmers and foresters can continue producing food and timber while trying to limit the impact of a changing environment. Shifting weather patterns already have had a big effect on US agriculture, and the country needs to prepare for even greater changes, said Roger Beachy, director of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Picture Credit, In this March 10, 2011, photo Iowa State University researcher Lois Wright Morton is seen in a lab at Iowa State in Ames, Iowa. Wright Morton is leading one of three new major USDA-funded research projects on the effects of climate change on agricultural and forest production. (AP Photo/ Click for article By Associated Press, Monday, March 21, 3:32 AM
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Deplorable Baskets are the coolest things that I have seen in a long time, and they are attached to neon green (my favorite color) rental bicycles! Via The American Mirror:
Just when you think Los Angeles street artist Sabo can't top himself, he ups his game.
The artist recently posted several photos on Facebook showing his latest work: "Basket of Deplorables" branding on the front of rental bikes.
The ingenious art shows a skull smoking a cigarette with Donald Trump's signature hair and "Trump 2020":
"Basket of Deplorables" refers to the derogatory term Hillary Clinton used to describe "half" of Donald Trump's supporters late in the campaign.
The term, which many saw as an unforced error, became a badge of honor for Trump supporters.
H/T: iOTWReport.com
Now, I am too old and crippled up for much bike riding, and I live in a rural area where bikes are salvaged from other people's trash rather than rented from a city bike renting outlet (or whatever they call them), but, those bikes sure are pretty! I hope Sabo will put similar baskets up for sale somewhere and I can attach 'em to some of the wheeled things that we have hanging around ye olde woodland shack.
MJ Stevenson, AKA Zilla, is best known on the web as Zilla at MareZilla.com. She lives in a woodland shack near a creek, in one of those rural parts of New York State that nobody knows or cares about, with her family and a large pack of guardian companion animals.


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Saturday, April 19, 2008
Uncle Bobby's Wedding by Sarah S. Brannen - review
Uncle Bobby's Wedding by Sarah S. Brannen
Uncle Bobby is Chloe's favorite uncle, and when he announces that he is getting married, she is worried that she won't occupy the same special place in his life. But she gets to know Bobby's intended, and gets involved in planning the wedding, and it's all good.
You know, it's hard to find good picture books about weddings. You wouldn't think, would you? But I did a whole big search last year and the best I could do were some flower girl books, or books in which the kid is supposed to behave and finds it difficult... nothing that had stuff in it like,
"'We're getting married,' said Uncle Bobby.
Mama whooped and hugged him. Daddy shook hands with Jamie. Everyone was smiling and crying and laughing.
This is what you want to convey to kids about marriage. Mama tells Chloe, "When grown-up people love each other that much, they want to be married." Not that friggin complicated, but try to find books that express this - it's not easy!
Thing is, Uncle Bobby is marrying his boyfriend Jamie, so this book, which does not treat Bobby and Jamie's gender as worthy of mention (which is great), is not going to be selected as a terrific Life Changes book, but instead as a terrific Diversity book. Sigh. So I still don't have a book to hand the Mother of the Flower Girl (not to mention the Mother of the Ring Bearer - hoo boy, that's one of the hardest roles in the whole wedding, and totally underappreciated).
Anyway, every library should have Uncle Bobby's Wedding, not least because the two gay boy hamsters look so happy on their big day.
2 comments:
- Joe Kort said...
I agree completely with your review. I am a gay uncle and bought this for my niece and nephews :) I married my partner in 2000.
Thanks for posting this.
- Esther said...
Great review! You're right - the two hamster boys do look very happy. I've read the book, and it's so sweet and adorable. I mean, I was practically in tears standing in the children's section at Borders flipping through it.
Plus, I like the whole low-key way the matter is handled. It's no big deal that two male hamsters are getting married - it's just accepted very matter of factly. Instead, the focus is on everyone as an individual - Chloe's relationship with her uncle and her fear that it'll change after he gets married.
And wow, wouldn't the world be a better place for children if every kid had a caring Uncle Bobby and Uncle Jamie in their life. I think so!
I found your site from your comment on Jamie LaRue's blog. And I also wrote something supportive on my blog.
Thank goodness for courageous librarians!


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Well it's been a gorgeous few days here in Ayrshire - hopefully going to last a few more days, off for a walk this afternoon along the beach - my dd and I are planning to take part in a midnight walk for a local charity in a few weeks so need to start getting in some training and today looks like the perfect day for that
Now that Solar System is done I've managed to get another couple of pieces back into the rotation, managed a bit more on Ink Circles "Bramble and the Rose" and then got out an old Mirabilia "Maidens of the Season -Spring", it's been ages since I stitched on a Mirabilia it was so good to get her back out again, I'm really looking forward to spending more time with her . For the rest of the month I'll be back to working on a couple of my HAED wips.
Off now to catch up with the Malaysian GP - come on Jenson
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Sunday, 11 March 2012
Great big happy dance! March Wipocalypse 2012
Oh my so excited - finally got Solar System finished - now just to decide how to finish finish it.
Now back to the rotation for the rest of March
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Saturday, 3 March 2012
Saturday stuff
Okay quick catch up of last couple of weeks
Nothing new to show at present, ran out of threads for Solar System so put it to the side and worked a bit on HAED Twilight Shimmer. Back into rotation for this month, so working on Chatelaine White Nights from now till 6th, then back to Solar System (hopefully for a finish..)
Did make a couple of purchases though, some routine threads and fabric from Sew and So along with CCN February Cottage and then as I had had a wee win on the online bingo treated myself to a chart I had seen a wee while ago but felt was a bit overpriced - still do feel it is overpriced but as it was free money as such decided just to get it..
winter sparkle by Madart on Gecko Rouge. They have some fab stuff, it was hard just sticking to one .
A couple of weekends back we went with some friends and the kids and took a day trip up to The Trossachs - it's only a couple of hours drive from us, so we have decided to make more of an effort and get out and about the country a bit more. We stopped up at Dobbies Garden Centre for a hearty breakfast to set us up and headed up to Aberfoyle. There are lots of walks of varying lengths around the forest and loch so we chose a 4 mile one up by Loch Ard. Nothing too strenous but enough to make you feel you had done something. DS Joe was a bit puffed out but one hot chocolate later and he was feeling a lot perkier.Loch Ard
Monday last there my friend and me headed up to Glasgow to take the kids to their first gig. We went to see The Wanted (honest it was for the kids ...!!!) and I have to say they weren't too bad at all - the music is actually quite good and let's face it, they aren't too hard on the eyes ... Warning eye candy!
That's all folks - have a good week.
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If you'd said Georgia was only going to lose to the number one basketball team in the nation by 13, with the Dawgs playing strong defense and having to play most of the second half with their best inside option on the bench, I'd have taken that. And that is exactly what we got last night.
We are still taking too many quick threes, but it looks like Fox has freed up the offense to be a bit more creative. Is that the best strategy for helping implement the triangle offense? Probably not. Is that the better strategy to try to give Georgia a puncher's chance at winning ballgames they should win? You bet.
We saw a confident and ready team last night. After losing to Youngstown State and Southern Miss, I'll take that. Big John looks stronger and held his own against Zeller. Donte was strong down low in streaks, but he still gets handsy on defense (although his fourth foul was tic tac). KCP and Neme are both playing to their potentials.
We play the defense we played in the first half for a full game, there are very few teams we won't stay in the gym with, as long as the offense doesn't just stagnate. It didn't do so last night.
November 20, 2012
Hoop Dawgs Progress
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- Anonymous said...
The true highlight is that we got through an entire ESPN broadcast without Bob Knight slapping someone.


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Taylor was found in the basement of the superstar's mansion after reportedly being there for 24 hours. He is currently in police custody and is being held on $2,000 bail.
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EAST HAMPTON, N.Y. — A New York man has been accused of breaking into Sean "Diddy" Combs's East Hampton mansion, where he apparently he ate food, drank liquor and wore the rap mogul's clothes.
East Hampton Town Police say they were called to the house after a caretaker found Taylor inside.
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While I do stop short of Spock level, I am endlessly logical. It suits me well enough, my life and career both benefit from this particular personality quirk and there's enough Ariel at the castle is real left in my head to balance it out.
Occasionally, I get evidence to refute my logic is beneficial claim.
I was in Anthropologie, purchasing a couple present and the cashier and I started chatting. One area where Anthro excels (sadly, less frequently than they used to) is excellent customer service. I mentioned which items were gifts and she wrapped them up and was asking me about who they were for and why I picked them and in the course of conversation it came up that I'm an economist. She commented on how interesting it must be, I said sometimes, etc. So then she asked if I could do anything, what would I do.
And I'm stumped. The logical side of my brain immediately contradicts all the "dream job" options I can conjure up. Bakery owner: generally requires a work day start time of 4am. (Also: would weigh a jillion pounds or get sick of sweets, neither is appealing). Anytime after I watch episodes of Gilmore Girls, have an inn: must deal with laundry and disgruntled people. Dancer: I love my couch. Dog walker: winter. And so on.
Even my beloved, would quit my current job in a second, Disney princess fantasy: too old, hot, would probably loathe whoever was playing my prince.
Am I really so logical that I can't even come up with a dream job?
I finish my reasons why not and the ever pleasant Anthro worker cocked her head, looked at me, and said ' you're a Virgo, aren't you.'


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Took a workshop with Edyta Sitar. Her company is called Laundry Basket Quilts (link to her site - click on title). WOW - it was great! We worked on the dresden plate with star points. It is a folding technique and we used a template. Her classes are wonderful - she supplies all you need in a kit, pattern, acrylic templates, and fabric from her batik line!
The second half of the class, she demonstrated her method of set-in-seams. No bias edges on the outside edges of the block. It was very informative and I had never done it before - so I was quite impressed.


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Catching up with Weird Al
Friday, July 01, 2011
Thanks to my old friend Snedcat, I have an easy post for today, and that's good, because Baby Van Horn seems to be most active in the morning, like her Dad. (Although she's fussy -- so she's also, like her Dad, not a typical "morning person," so far, at least.)
That said, I'm enjoying fatherhood far more than I expected, but today's original post idea, on "Being a Dad" will have to wait for some other time, when I can think and write undisturbed. Suffice it to say for now that, since I am not exactly a "baby person," I am pleasantly astounded at what a fool I am for my baby daughter. I smile every time I see that tiny little girl. That said, I'm grateful to have something I can work on intermittently this morning.
In any event, I remarked some time back that, "I look forward to ... catching up on many years of Weird Al [Yankovic] parodies." A rather lengthy interview of Weird Al by The A.V. Club that Snedcat mentioned recently provides a good opportunity to do just that, as well as to learn more about the artist and the thinking behind some of his parodies, videos of which are interspersed throughout.
From late in the interview comes the following anecdote about the first time Yankovic heard himself on the air:
I was in my bedroom, living at home with my folks, listening to the Dr. Demento Show, as I did every Sunday night, and the song came on. It took me several seconds for my brain to acknowledge it, because I recognized it was my song, but I thought, "How did my tape player get turned on?" and when I put the pieces together and I realized that my song was actually coming out of the speakers and it was on the radio and other people were hearing it too, I think I did some kind of giddy jig around the house, and started screaming my head off. [Laughs.] Like everything you've seen in the movies, like in That Thing You Do! where they hear their song on the radio for the first time; pretty much like that. Like running down the street going, "WAHH! I'm on the radio!" [Laughs.]Quickly scrolling through, I count thirty embedded videos, mostly for songs I have not heard yet. Even if I didn't have other things to do, it would take me a while to go through even this whirlwind tour of the work of that prolific parodist. That's a nice problem to have.


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Tuesday, February 16, 2010
St. Patrick's Day Wreath!!!
Dollar store wreath and hot glued Pecans all the way around. Spray painted it white. Then for the clover i cut the shape out of card board. We all know streamers for birthday partys, i got 2 rolls for a $ 1 at the dollar store. I fold it in half and with hot glue i just bunched it all close together. WA-La! added some tule and hung it on my pantry door!
Yes some of nuts cracked when i hot glued them on.....and i burnt my finger a few times and said a few choice words...i Dislike the glue gun!
21 comments:
- Ginny said...
that is tooooo cute!
- February 16, 2010 at 7:51 PM
- The Other Oyler's said...
Pecans huh? Never thought to use them that way. Very cute though!
- February 16, 2010 at 8:02 PM
- steffany said...
What a fabulous idea! I love it.
- February 16, 2010 at 8:40 PM
- Kelly @ Make It Sparkly Mama said...
Very very cute! Lovin' it!~
- February 16, 2010 at 10:18 PM
- jenjen said...
Love it!!! I am putting it on my Friday Favorites - I hope that is ok! So cute!
I don't think I have one St. Pattys day thing around here.
- February 16, 2010 at 10:59 PM
- the thrifty ba said...
thank you! i have been trying to figure out something for th st pats...you didnt let me down!
- February 17, 2010 at 5:09 AM
- Amanda K said...
Sweet! I am looking for St. Patty's Decor ideas! Thanks!
- February 17, 2010 at 10:36 AM
- firstname.lastname@example.com said...
how cool is that?
- February 17, 2010 at 10:58 AM
- Jenn said...
Thanks for sharing! I was thinking about making a Patty Day wreath...you have inspired me!
- February 17, 2010 at 4:37 PM
- Jenn said...
Thanks for sharing! I was thinking about making a Patty Day wreath...you have inspired me!
- February 17, 2010 at 4:37 PM
- Michelle said...
This is fabulous!! I can't wait to try this!!
:) Michelle
- February 18, 2010 at 9:46 AM
- Breeana said...
Cute! I love how everything you make is so inexpensive! I'm always thinking I need TONS of money to decorate. Suggestion: Something BIG, like a wall-hanging? I like BIG things on my walls but those are the most expensive. :)
- February 18, 2010 at 1:25 PM
- fawnda said...
Awesome... I love all the different textures!
- February 18, 2010 at 7:06 PM
- michelle@somedaycrafts said...
Genius! Love the nuts! And the splash of green for st. patty's is great! change it out for whatever season or holiday!!! I will feature this tomorrow!!! Thanks for linking up to Whatever Goes Wednesday at Somedaycrafts.blogspot.com.
- February 20, 2010 at 7:36 PM
- concretenprimroses said...
its a beauty for sure!
- February 21, 2010 at 4:01 PM
- Angie @ The Country Chic Cottage said...
Love it!! :)
- February 22, 2010 at 7:06 AM
- Maria@ChicaBellaCrafts said...
the wreath looks very contemporary, I love it. I hate it when I burn my fingers too, argh.
- February 24, 2010 at 8:18 AM
- Sandra said...
That really turned out pretty painted white...great idea! Come stop by my blog sometime soon.
- February 24, 2010 at 5:09 PM
- Summer Rae said...
So clever! Love that idea. I agree, glue guns hurt and cause me to say bad things!
- February 26, 2010 at 5:06 PM
- Michelle @ Sweet Something said...
That looks really great! I love the green on white! Nice job!
- February 27, 2010 at 12:16 PM
- L@Craftaholics Anonymous said...
VERY cool wreath! I like that you used nuts. I hear hear ya on the glue gun burns. they hurt!!
- March 1, 2010 at 6:44 AM
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After speaking to a local homelessness charity today - Helping Hands Homeless Support - it is clear that the charities of Liverpool supporting homeless people around the city need your help. The group of volunteers are people with full-time jobs who spend their Sunday's and every other Friday evenings helping out the homeless people in... Continue Reading →
Steam trains are coming back to the Albert Dock!
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Smash and Grab break-ins in Liverpool city centre
Picture: John Bradley In recent weeks if you have walked around Bold Street, Seel Street or Dale Street you will probably have noticed many businesses with smashed shop windows. Businesses such as Root Coffee, Bakchich and Dale Street Eatery have had their windows broken recently due to 'smash and grab' break-ins. Picture: John Bradley Due... Continue Reading →
Cuban restaurant Finca to open in Constellations
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The best savoury egg dishes for Easter!
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Cains Brewery to The Baltic Market
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Hina Khan on a Comedy Reality Show
Is Hina Khan aka Akshara of Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai seeking her comic side in a comedy reality show?
Question in detailHina Khan, who gained immense popularity as Akshara in Star Plus show Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai, is now willing to try something different after quitting the show. If reports are to be believed, Hina Khan can be seen exploring her comic side on a comedy show. So, get ready to have some heavy doses of laughter from your favorite actress Hina Khan. Can you imagine how it would be like to see Hina Khan on a comedy reality show? Well, this would be all the more interesting and surprising to see a decent, modest and decorous housewife Akshara in a comic role.
The actress personally feels nothing more is left for her to explore as Akshara in YRKKH, and this becomes the prime reason why she left the show. Hina Khan had been with the show for around 8 years, such a long period an actress can devote to a TV serial. Looking forward with hopes and aspirations to exploring more, Hina Khan on a comedy reality show seeks her comic side post her exit from YRKKH. She, in her recent statement, expressed her intent to do a comedy show. Akshara in a comic role will try to bring back smile to the faces her fans, who are disappointed with her adieu from the Star Plus show.
Is Hina Khan aka Akshara of Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai seeking her comic side in a comedy reality show?
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Don't y'all feel special. *wink*
JJ turned six months old on Friday, and all y'all know what that means.
Time for another foot pic!
Itsy bitsy bebeh... Six months old....
Wow. And his feet are getting wider too.
So, in the last month, he's gotten really super good at sitting on his own, he's even started to stand using parental fingers as balancing aids. No, I mean it. He will stand up if you give him your fingers to hang onto. He's figured out that he can grip my hand and use it to pat his beany-baby type toys, instead of just patting them himself. It's extremely cute.
One picture I wasn't able to get (due to cameras & water generally not mixing well) occurred a few days ago. It was brutally humid & far too hot in the house, and JJ took a twenty minute nap at what should have been bedtime, popped his eyes open, and REFUSED to go back to sleep. I finally shrugged & said "Okay, let's go take a cool shower." Did the job, but oh, y'all should have seen the look on his face when the water from the shower head was cold.
Utter. Betrayal.
I, of course, laughed as I realized "Oh, that's right! You've never bathed in water that wasn't warm!"
He favored me with a repeat of this fan favorite look.
Except this time it was more like
"No kidding, Mom. Real brilliant deduction there."
I'm going to be ordering a few mesh baby feeders for him in the next week or so... bunkin reached for my cheese this morning. First time he's reached for food, up until now he's been after anything we drink, but that was the first time he's shown interest in food... so it's time to get the tools! I'm thinking avacado, peas, green stuff mostly. Gonna try to hold off on the sweeter stuff, carrots & the like, until later, don't want him getting a sweet tooth before he even has teeth!
It's also time to either change the toys on the swing mobile to something with stretchy legs, or swap out the swing entirely for the bouncer that's sitting in the garage. Last week JJ figured out that he can grab the toys hanging from the mobile, and actually managed to pull one off the mobile entirely. He keeps that up, he's going to break the rotator arms, so it's time to change to something he can't hurt.
He's starting to fight me on naps again. *sigh* Just when I got the two nap thing figured out. Need to lengthen his first wake time, I think, stretch it out a little. Of course, longer wake times mean I will likely have to resign myself to slightly shorter naps. Darn it, I was enjoying two hour blocks to get things done twice a day! LOL
Flip side is that he's much more tolerant of the bright sunlight than he was even a month ago, which means I can take him outside more as long as we stick to the shade.
But not today. It's 85º, heading for mid-90s, the humidity is rising, and the UV index is high enough I'd practically have to bathe us both in sunscreen.


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A few weeks ago I would have shouted a HUGE...
Well, making up this little recipe of green cleaning, non-toxic, goodness filled to the rim {get it} all natural cleaner, boosted with the POWER of essential oils is.... AH-MAZING!
Yeah that was a LOAD of words, I know but SO worth it!
You have got to try this.
This recipe works great for MANY reasons. In addition it provides you other benefits, outside of a clean toilet, as you do it. Why? The lavender and lemon are relaxing and uplifting. You will seriously FEEL better when you are done. As it soaks it will fill your home with a wonderful aroma..
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Jeremy Rosado, who entered the top 13 as a "wild card" pick, was eliminated from "American Idol" Thursday night.
The odds seemed stacked against the 19-year-old singer. Early in the show, industry mentor Jimmy Iovine predicted Jeremy would go home. Later, judge Steven Tyler echoed the same sentiment.
Jeremy was a nice enough guy, but he failed to showcase enough vocal uniqueness and/or personality to establish a fan base. Plus, his Wednesday performance of Stevie Wonder's "Ribbon in the Sky" was average at best.
This week, "Idol" deviated from the traditional elimination system.
Host Ryan Seacrest revealed the man and woman who received the fewest votes: Jeremy Rosado and Elise Testone. From those two singers, the judges decided which contestant to send home.
In addition to Jeremy and Elise, these singers were in the bottom three for their gender: Erika Van Pelt, Shannon Magrane, Joshua Ledet and Jermaine Jones.
Thursday's results show featured performances by Lauren Alaina and Mary J. Blige. The top 13 singers performed Stevie Wonder's hit, "As."
Twelve singers remain in the competition: Erika Van Pelt, Shannon Magrane, Elise Testone, Joshua Ledet, Jermaine Jones, Colton Dixon, Phillip Phillips, Hollie Cavanagh, Heejun Han, Deandre Brackensick, Skylar Laine and Jessica Sanchez.


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Lomiko Metals is an interesting company in a sense that nothing is really happening there, which should draw an attention of the investor like Sheldon Inwentash. Actually, the only thing which is happening is that he is increasing his position in the company - maybe sometimes it could be enough to make it a solid story in the very beginning?
"Lomiko investor Inwentash buys two million shares.
PineTree Capital and its founder and CEO Sheldon Inwentash are very well known players amongst junior mining companies in Canada. The company was one of the first to invest in Lithium and REE sector.
Lomiko Metals had its own troubles after JOGMEC canceled its engagement in company's project in Nevada and later that project was drop all together by the company. This announcement shows that maybe there is some juice and ideas left in the Lomiko Metals with its lithium properties in Chile, Vines Lake Gold project in B.C., Rose and Cunningham Lake Soda ash Property and new investment in Mobile Power Corp. new technologies.
Endorsement from Sheldon Inwentash will make us to run our DD on this company one more time.
PineTree Capital also holds amongst other investments 5.5 million shares stake in TNR Gold in its portfolio according to its website.
"What is the common sense in the so different investment situations: when Erick Sprott buys into Avino Silver, Silver Wheaton buys into Revett Minerals, Lukas Lundin buys into NGeX Resources and invest more to keep its stake in Sunridge Gold, Panasonic buys into Tesla, Tongling buys into Canada Zinc Metals and Nova Gold sells 50% of 1 mil NON 43-101 historical resource of gold at Shotgun for shares of TNR Gold and significantly increase its position in that company? All these situations are common only in one, but very powerful in the investment world thing: industry and/or company insiders are buying in. Can they be mistaken - yes, by all means - but we like to follow the "smart" money."
2011-01-25 16:48 ET - News Release
Mr. Sheldon Inwentash reports
Sheldon Inwentash, on Jan. 24, 2011, has acquired ownership of two million common shares and one million common share purchase warrants of Lomiko Metals Inc. Each warrant entitles the holder thereof to acquire one additional common share at a price of 10 cents until Jan. 24, 2012. In the event that the warrants are fully exercised, these holdings represent approximately 6.6 per cent of the total issued and outstanding common shares of Lomiko as of Jan. 24, 2011, calculated on a partially diluted basis assuming the exercise of the warrants. As a result of this transaction, Mr. Inwentash and his joint actors collectively held, as at Jan. 24, 2011, an aggregate of 9,582,999 common shares of Lomiko, including the common shares and rights to acquire an additional 4,083,332 common shares of Lomiko upon the exercise of convertible securities, including the warrants. Of these totals, Mr. Inwentash owns 6,203,333 common shares, including the common shares, and rights to acquire an additional two million common shares upon exercise of certain convertible securities, including the warrants, directly. In the event that the convertible securities are fully exercised, the holdings of Mr. Inwentash and his joint actors represents a total of 13,666,331 common shares of Lomiko, or approximately 28.3 per cent of all issued and outstanding common shares as at Jan. 24, 2011, calculated on a partially diluted basis assuming the exercise of the convertible securities only. In the event that the Inwentash convertible securities are fully exercised, the direct holdings of Mr. Inwentash represent a total of 8,203,333 common shares of Lomiko, or approximately 17.7 per cent of all issued and outstanding common shares as at Jan. 24, 2011, calculated on a partially diluted basis assuming the exercise of the Inwentash convertible securities only.
These transactions were made for investment purposes, and Mr. Inwentash and his the joint actors could increase or decrease their respective investments in Lomiko depending on market conditions or any other relevant factor."


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Build a script to pick up Amazon Flex Blocks
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I am wanting a Server Based Block Grabber for an android program called Amazon Flex. Blocks are released by their server and I am trying to be able to grab them before they get out to other users.
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I had no idea that mum had these stashed away! Aren't they amazing? I have already made a special trip to Spotlight to grab some vintage-themed fabric. Can you guess which dresses these are going to end up as?
Mum also gave me this cool thread holder - my Pop, who was crafty in his own way, actually made this for my Nan. Mum doesn't use it so she said I could have it. Now I just have to find a spot for it to live on my craft desk.
I also scored these vintage buttons. My sister had been given these by our grandmother when she cleared our her sewing room when they downsized and moved into a little unit a few years back. Although my sister doesn't sew (yet - I'm sure it's only a matter of time!), she is also a creative type and was intending to use them in craft projects, but because she is so wonderful she has shared them with me.
You can see some of my favourites here.
I also scored some assorted fabric scraps. Because you can never have too many scraps! Haha. Well, I can't.
I'm so happy with my vintage treasures!


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Haven't had a lot of time but I figured I ought to update this quick before I head into the last big stretch of the school year- oh how I want it to be over with.
In any event... Some little things that have occurred offhand include:
I received a document from the Dodge/Jefferson Co. Genealogical Society which told me that in 1877 and 1879, my ancestor Alex McConnell was in a partnership with an unnamed Hake, and they ran a dry goods store together. In 1881 the partnership dissolved with Alex taking full ownership. This is important because it connect further Alex with his wife Elizabeth Hake (although still haven't determined her parents), and it also confirms what my grandma Alice Annen Schmitt told me regarding Alex, that he had a dry goods store. So thats very well, hopefully more information will surface about this.
I've also been exchanging letters with Roland Liebenow. He is a cousin of mine through Ferdinand and August (Koch) Liebenow. Anyways we have been discussing place of origin of the Liebenow family, and that Christian's father's name was William. Also, there were other Liebenows who came who were Christian's siblings I believe.
Thats about all I can remember for right now. If I think of anything, I'll be sure to post it.
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Do Citizens have obligations toward one another that they do not have toward other people in the world?
We consent to be governed by accepting citizenship in the country of birth (Remember, children of dual birth must make a decision when they reach the age of consent). ( An exception might be the American of Jewish decent born in America may be sent in their teens to help become military personnel in Israel, usually attending a pre-training the summer before actual induction . As long as the citizen complies with the country of origins duties and obligation, they can participate in another country, however loyalty to the mother country must be kept.).
Yes, they do feel as if they owe loyalty and communalty, however, they also remember the amounts of money they pay towards the protection of the country that provide the peace and serenity of the community. When that peace and serenity is interrupted by corrupted government, or lack of enforcement the citizen starts to stop the loyalty. These are the people who start to look to other forms of government or other forms of government or other countries to move to.
If a country is attractive to foreigioners, enough to seek crossing our borders illegally, usually the people of that country "love" the country Patriotically enough to be virutious. However, if a country treats citizens of other countries the same as said countries own citizens, especially of people coming into said country and not paying the same "taxes" a normal citizen pays, the originating citizenry will not accept the incoming immigrants because they have not paid their fair share and are not entitled to the same benefits.
Should citizens be treated differently than other people from other countries? Citizens should be treated differently than other people who live here. Citizenship means that the people who have that position in their country have participated in making the country what it is. They have put the hard work into the council meetings, the physical work of knocking on doors, discussing the pros and cons of issues towards passage, taking part in the government as a citizen. People coming from other countries have been raised in their government's political contacts, alliances,funding their own political structures and are unfamiliar with the manner in which we solve our political problems and elections.
These people need to be treated differently for many reasons. They have not participated in our political process, including going through the naturalization process. They may be receiving benefits from other countries. They would be bending our citizenship prerequisites such as receiving emergency medical aid, which could be conceived as receiving American Citizenship through the backdoor. Spending the money set aside for American Citizens on illegal migrants could be considered a form of foreign aid without Congressional approval.
The moral answer is the people who take part in the governcy process do not receive the benefits, but outsiders benefit when they are not entitled to it!
Citizens within a country feel a kinship with fellow citizens. They understand that people fall on hard times and sometimes need a hand up. Citizens do not like fellow citizens that "use" the system, like staying on welfare for life, not attempting to find a job, milking hospital emergency rooms, They will the other way when fellow citizens fall on hard times, like a natural disaster, because they are fellow citizens. However, immigrants have another country to fall back on for their emergencies. Why should the current country of their existence pay for discomfort? Usually churches help those people who are in a time of need, however, people who cause the mother country to build expensive fences, provide border guards to help out our country, raise the funds spent by all citizens and make the expenses in the mother country high. Citizens do not appreciate the countries that encourage their citizens to leave their country because they do not have an economy that can assist their own "citizens" with education enough to be able to get jobs that could help their economy. The class system in these countries keeps the uber-rich in charge and keeps most of the remaining citizens mired in an economy that can not be a threat to the uber-rich.
People are more accepting of citizens accepting welfare than providing welfare for non-citizens. America provides foreign aid to other countries world-wide, however, welfare to immigrants become a form of foreign aid for those immigrants. Logically America should be sending a statement of charges spent on each illegal immigrant,plus the cost for giving the funds plus interest. That would have to go through Congress and it would never happen, however, the way it is being handled goes around Congress- takes money from our Treasury and raises taxes on our existing citizens. The taxes our citizens pay for these items are specifically for US Citizens, not for illegal immigrants. The moral significance on resource allocation within national boundaries is those funds belong to the citizens who have paid for the assistance, it is not foreign aid.
This distinction is morally defensible and is not a prejudice of our own kind. No other country allocates foreign aid to our Country- if we do not stick to our policies, our own citizens would not receive needed assistance. Our government has seen the need for assistance and our citizens support that decision both with paying taxes and voting for those people who submitted the legislation.
Who should we care about "our own"? People in America live in the one country where opportunity is a key word. Anyone can work hard enough in America to become a rich-person. All areas of America keep that "opportunity" word at the forefront of their duties – People take pride in helping others, as evident in most endeavors with America.


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Aidy Boothroyd gave me some of the best (and worst) times as a Watford supporter – I was sad when he was sacked after a poor run of form in 2008. He is known throughout the footballing world for having a unique style of man-management; that real personal touch that so many people in football lack.
So imagine my non-surprise when I read Can you make it as a footballer at 34? on the Guardian website yesterday, and he popped up as the star of the show.
Guardian hack Steven Rowland undertook an experiment to see if, at 34 years of age, he could get a trial at a professional football club:
Hands up if, when watching a football match, you've thought, "I could do better than that." Me too. In fact, I thought, 'I could do better than that' so keenly that I wrote to each of the 92 clubs in the football league asking for a trial – at the ripe age of 34.
I highlighted my age, experience (Sunday league stuff), and willingness to put my career on ice. As a more mature player, I felt I could offer something different. "It's said that Teddy Sheringham, who played professionally until he was 40, had an extra yard in his head," I wrote. "This is something I can relate to. I may even have two yards up there."
Replies pinged back within minutes. Mostly they were generic and polite but amongst them there were reasons to be optimistic. Millwall were uncharacteristically delicate ("It could be that you are a late developer . . ."), Fulham tried to let me down as gently possible ("I don't doubt your talent") and Middlesbrough got straight to the point ("I'll give you credit for trying, but there's no way we would give a 34-year-old a trial").
Steven's most positive response came from Aidy, now manager at Colchester united, who offered him the chance to go for a trial, despite his (in footballing terms) advancing years.
Steven didn't get a lucrativecontract, despite impressing Aidy.
By the time of the trial I felt half ready and half terrified. There was just one other trialist: a former Newcastle, Aston Villa and West Ham star, with more than 100 international caps. Oh dear. Still, Boothroyd put me at ease. He told me to go out, enjoy myself and to play my natural game – as if I had one. Initially intimidated by the size, speed, skills and youth of the first team, when I relaxed I just about held my own in training exercises, drills and a few seven-a-side games. "Have you got the papers ready?" I shouted to Aidy, after neatly turning a defender.
Unfortunately not. He praised my skills and called my enthusiasm "terrific", but I was just a bit too old. So if I was 10 years younger I could have been a contender? "More like 20," the gaffer deadpanned.
What we've seen here, I think, is that by adding a personal touch, no mater who you are, football manager or budding football star, CEO of a large multinational or a fresh faced grad, the personal touch benefits both ends of the career spectrum by connecting people in a real, dare I say, 'normal' way.
Brands are beginning to realise this, and as we go into 2010, we'll see this approach become not just a rare luxury, but the norm, or consumers will just switch off.


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Old Navy Weekly!
So for the last couple of weeks, I have been obsessed with the Old Navy Weekly coupons. They update once a week but nobody knows when it will happen. You have to click around to find the good coupons and by good I mean $75 off $100 good. The good coupons are very limited so if you're not on your computer when it updates, you're out of luck. This week, I missed it by 15 minutes or so and ended up with a $50 off $100 coupon. Still pretty good! :)
For more info on Old Navy Weekly and how I find out about updates, leave a comment or question and I promise to respond! :) Happy shopping!


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"My Love" - I had so much fun making this layout!!! This layout was made for the "Have a Heart" challenge going on IIG. As we all know by now, I love to distress!!! This lo was a scraplift from MandaK at sb.com! Wish I could take credit for it because I love it! I did make it my own but the inspiration was definitely from her!!! I loved the crinkling of paper! Also stamped some hearts on the paper but then didn't like as well as I thought so I sprayed some Smooch Spritz on it! First time I used it! Like it as much as I do Glimmer Mist!!
IIG DT was super lucky this month to have Nikki Sivils sponsor us! We got the wonderful "Sugar Cookie" collection!!! This pack was soooo fun to work with!! Lots of things included in it and I absolutely LOVED the canvas buttons (on "Love at 1st Meow) and the mini pink alphas!! These 2 lo's definitely got the Glimmer Mist treatment!!
Want to win your own "Sugar Cookie" collection? Blog hop on over to If It's Groovy to find out how!!!!
Will have more to bring to you soon!! I really have been busy scrapping, as well as playing with some new products! Alcohol inks, cricut vinyl to just name a couple! Will have some cool things to show you soon using those!!!
Thanks for stopping by!!
Smile and God Bless ~ Heather


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It's not often that this happens, but this afternoon's activity merged several of my special interests — stuff to do in Chicago with kids, neighborhood events, and kids' clothing/shopping — quite nicely. The event which made my mind-meld a reality was the OIPA Parents' Committee's 3rd annual Fall Fest at the playground at Disney II. With help from Jenna E., I organized a kids' clothing swap to complement the event. The clothing swap went quite well, I think. So well that I'd like to find a way to do another one in the spring. I dropped off 3 bins' worth of clothing to the Salvation Army afterward; we gave away 12+ bins' worth of stuff during the 2-hour festival.
The most amusing part of the swap for me was when a couple of 7-8-year-old girls came up and asked me where all the girls' size 8-10 stuff was. When I explained that someone had already claimed it, they looked aghast at the thought. "You mean they just came and took it?!?" Well, yes; that was the point. Apparently, they took the clothing swap for a shopping opportunity.
The Dad came to watch the kids, although Jenna and I took turns "supervising" the swap and hanging out with our families. The Dad was certainly not the only father with babes in arms while mom enjoyed a social moment. I ran into several people I know, which always gives me a sense of satisfaction at community events. It's so nice to be a part of something.
The park was packed with little kids; I know that The Girl, The Boy, and The Tot certainly got my money's worth ($3 each) out of the event. The most popular booth was by far the face-painting/hair coloring area, which had a long line throughout most of the event. The Girl came out looking like a pink-and-green fairy, while The Boy's towhead was temporarily rendered navy blue.


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EgyptAir flight MS804 from Paris to Cairo, missing
EgyptAir flight MS 804 from Paris to Cairo is missing. The flight was carrying 69 passengers and 10 crew members. It went off the radar, over the Medittarean Sea, in the wee hours of Thursday. It left from Paris at 11.09 pm (CEST). The plane, an Airbus 320, disappeared soon after it entered Egyptian airspace. Earlier, in March, an EgyptAir flight to Cairo was hijacked by a man with a fake suicide bomb belt.


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The lil' music stork just dropped the newest DFA effort at the cabin today. The tiny label that could continues to dominate 2008 by dropping a compilation on it's newest sub-label Death From Abroad. According to James Murphy and crew, the label was "born from the frustration of not being able to obtain certain records from overseas, non US-based artists...the focus is squarely on new talent from outside the US and across the world".
Death From Above Presents Supersoul Recordings: Nobody Knows Anything was compiled by Supersoul Recordings head honcho Xaver Naudascher and is a collection of 12" only releases from his German label. Featuring artists like Plastique De Reve, Skatebard and Xaver himself; the nineteen track compilation ranges from deep to minimal to left field. I've chosen to post one of the more dance floor friendly jams from New Orleans based (wha?) disco house producer Walter M. Jones. The track is actually an edit by none other than Supersoul's Xaver Naudascher and it's a stormer. Super deep and super funky - but with a real nice retro feel. Download and dance peoples!
A.I.P. (XLN's Maison Vumbi edit) / Walter Jones - EXPIRED