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Having enjoyed an expectation-exceeding meal at Scarpetta earlier this year, I decided to return, in no small part to savor another bowl of spaghetti and polenta, but also to see if everything was as delicious as I remember. It is.
Upon being seated, we were greeted by Ashley, a friend and server, who knew I'd only be in town for a few days and wanted to make sure my experience was memorable by incorporating several off-the-menu items into our ten-course dinner. Ashley's faultless service was reinforced by a charming Florentine named Fabricio, while Chef Freddy Vargas did his part in the kitchen.
We started off on a (mostly) familiar note, a fish preparation that included–from left to right–(1) yellowtail with ginger oil and pink Hawaiian sea salt, (2) a roulade of tuna brimming with preserved truffles and crunchy carrots and (3) ono tartare with radish, pickled cucumber, chives and finger lime.
After the disappointing tartare just days earlier at ink., I was glad to have that memory cascaded over by a carpaccio of Wagyu beef garlanded with an uni vinaigrette, potato crisps and shaved white truffles.
Another delicious repeat was the creamy polenta topped with truffled mushrooms, though this iteration benefited from the addition of shaved black truffles.
Moving to a slightly lighter offering, next came an impeccably seared sea scallop with tiny triangles of parsnip, parsnip purée, bloomsdale spinach and a thyme-truffle reduction.
All three of the pasta courses–(1) spaghetti with tomatoes, basil and a slight piquancy from red pepper flakes, (2) a squid ink-laced stracci with lobster, tomato and basil breadcrumbs and (3) spinach-imbued tagliolini with dungeness crab, chili, shaved black truffles and an emulsion of egg yolk, pasta water and preserved truffles–proved to be a veritable dissertation on upscale rusticity as the pleasantly toothsome-textured noodles equilibrated with delicious condiments.
For the penultimate savory course of the evening, we were treated to another off-menu item: pan seared turbot with almost impossibly sweet cippollini onions–both whole and julienned–and a salsify-cippolini sauce.
And to finish, yet another off-menu dish: a yielding coriander-crusted venison with yam purée, cherries and chestnut spatezle.
The trio of dessert–from left to right, (1) a flourless chocolate cake with burnt orange-caramel gelato, (2) deconstructed apple crostata with crispy brioche, caramelized apple and cranberry compote, and (3) date pudding with caramelized banana, pomegranate and oatmeal-banana gelato–delivered just enough sugar to balance the cavalcade of well-seasoned savory courses.
Content and sipping an espresso, I concluded that somehow Scarpetta managed to become even better, and I cannot wait to return to take Chef Vargas up on his offer to sit at the counter and allow him to personally cook for us all night.


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Black + Caramel Catalin Bakelite Art Deco "Smokers Set"
Ref: O232
Vintage catalin/bakelite smokers desk set in beautiful swirled caramel/toffee and black base and accents. Comprises of a cigarette dispenser, match holder + ashtray.
Great colouration, in good condition, no chips or cracks. Great original Art Deco desk smoking accessory in all original condition.

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Tonight, I want to share with you, probably my favorite new stamp set in the new Seasonal Expression Idea Book, A Child is Born. I loved this stamp set at first sight, but once I started creating with it, I was incredibly inspired! Mary and Joseph have such a sweet presence, AND the images are very easy to color (speaking as a non-artistic person!). These were cards that I created for my card club last week, but I have no doubt, that this is just the beginning of the art I will create with them. When I looked at a paper collection to partner with the stamps, the Oh Deer! Paper jumped out! I love the soft grey, browns, whites and of course the beautiful new Color of the Year: Sea Glass.
Supplies used:
Love these cards?
You can order the supplies to create them on my website at: www.tonyasheirdan.ctmh.com. Or, they will be added to my fall card buffets for you to create them with!


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You can play here.
1. Was your dad named after anyone?
I believe his surname was handed down through the generations, no idea about his christian name.
2. What do you think is the minimal age to get married?
Legally it's sixteen, but it depends on the persons involved. I'm sure there are those who've married at that age and it worked out great, whereas others need more time to find the right person or reach the right stage of their life to make marriage work.
3. What's the longest time that you've been involved with the same person?
Just over a year.
4. What actor/actress do you consider hot at the moment?
Karen Gillan from Doctor Who.
5. What is your favorite album by a band?
Not sure, maybe Honey Lingers by Voice of the Beehive.
6. What is your favorite album by an individual artist?
Again not sure, maybe Suzanne Vega's eponymous debut album.
7. What is something that you'd rather be a bit dirty?
My dreams, that way there's a chance I'd remember them.
8. What was the last TV show that you watched?
It was called House Gift and wasn't interesting in the least. I'm watching Columbo now, which is a big improvement.
9. How many people have you met from the blogosphere? Who are they?
I've met three people who I know write blogs, but I didn't meet them as a result of their blogging. My girlfriend, who I met through Nanowrimo (A Blog In The Rough/http://www.delgalreviews.com/>DelGal's Book Reviews) and a couple of friends I met through work (Plastic Mancunian and Scars Beneath The SKin).
10. What's your philosophy on life?
I've no real philosophy on it, though I'm fairly sure it's not just a bowl of cherries.
11. Do you think prescription drugs are over prescribed?
In some cases, I'm sure they are, in other cases they're no doubt under prescribed.
12. Would you keep a secret from me if you thought it was in my best interest?
If I was going to keep a secret from you, then you're the last person I'd admit it to.
13. What is your favorite memory in the last year?
Being with my girlfriend as she nursed me through the horrors of man flu.
14. What is your favorite guilty pleasure?
15. Tell me one odd/interesting fact about you:
I once managed to hit my head with a javelin at school while attempting to throw it. Fortunately just the side hit my head rather than it embedding itself in my head or anything too grisly.
16. You can have three wishes (for yourself, so forget all the 'world peace etc' malarky) - what are they?
I'd wish that I was with my girlfriend, that I had an infinite number of wishes, and that I could answer meme questions better.
17. Who would you want to get together with and make a cake?
Hopefully someone who was really good at making cakes, because I'd not have a clue what to do.
18. Which country is your spiritual home?
I'm guessing the UK since it's where I come from, though I'm not that spiritual.
19. What is your big weakness?
Spider Solitaire (though I'm weaning myself off it onto Bejeweled 2).
20. Do you think Judd Corizan is a good person?
I don't know, though I'd like to think so because "Judd is good" rhymes nicely.
21. What was your best/favorite subject at school?
22. Describe your accent:
I think I've got a generic UK one, though if I'm in America it tends towards the incomprehensible.
23. If you could change anything about yourself, would you?
No, because whatever it was, at the moment it's making the rest of me look good by comparison.
24. What do you wear to sleep?
Pyjamas (or my normal clothes when I fall asleep watching TV).
25. What is your favorite casual outfit to wear?
Jeans and a shirt.
26. Do you use cigarettes or alcohol?
No and yes respectively.
27. If I only had one day to live, what would we do together? (If you have no idea, just say something crazy, it'll entertain me!)
Something crazy.
28. Rate the memes that you play generally. Use any scale or just in order.
These days this tends to be the only meme I play generally, just because I've got more time around Sundays.


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Perhaps we could use a bit of grounding from the implied benevolence of cloud storage of our unending flow of music, videos and documents.
After all the lofty green 'n clean cloud imagery, cloud storage resolves to mundane bricks and mortar data centers.
Coal Trains of Cooling
Traditional data centers:
Require massive numbers of power-sucking, heat-generating servers that consume COAL TRAINS OF COOLING KILOWATTS.Cloud storage is an energy-intensive proposition. For our collective well-being, two questions worth considering are:
While a traditional data center might be sourced from a finite supply of air-fouling coal, a forward-thinking data center might be sourced from the steady winds of Wyoming, or from geothermal energy stored somewhere under the half-light and bitter cold of an Icelandic winter.
- What's the energy source? and
- What's the impact on public safety and public health?
Wind Energy
In Cheyenne Wyoming, Green House Data is powered by 100% renewable wind energy. According to Green Data Center News Green House Data is about 40% more energy-efficient than traditional data centers. It helps that Cheyenne's average annual temperature is 46 degrees F.
Hydro-Electric and Geothermal
In Iceland, west of Reykjavik, Verne Global operates a power-conscious data center that is dual-sourced by hydroelectric and geothermal power. Verne Global's energy is 100% renewable hydro-electric power and its facility is 100% cooled by the natural environment of Iceland. Brrrr.
Present & Near Future
The Greenpeace report How dirty is your data? includes a Clean Cloud Power Report Card.
Facebook is building a new data center in northern Sweden that will use hydro-electric power. Sited about 62 miles south of the Arctic Circle, Facebook servers will be cooled by Arctic air.
Google's Hamina Data Center is sited on the Gulf of Finland. The data center uses sea-water for cooling rather than freon-packed compressors in traditional air conditioners.
Both Facebook and Google are driven by economics more than earth-stewardship. Nonetheless when earth-friendly infrastructure collides with profit-increasing cost-savings, cloud green isn't simply cloud nine.
- BBC One Planet Radio - Are Clouds Green?
- Greenpeace Report - How dirty is your data?


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"That's easy," I responded. "I grew up in a family of eight kids with no money, so we kids all traded names and bought for one other person. The year I was about fourteen, my twelve-year-old brother Russell's gift to me was a fluorescent orange hunting hat, complete with ear flaps. That was one of the few gifts I got that year and I was not pleased…"
True story. He thought it was hysterically funny and I was a bit ticked off. Somewhere there is photographic evidence of me in a hot pink quilted robe and a fluorescent orange hunting hat. My parents took about twelve pictures of me in eighteen years, and that, of course, was one of them.
My other gifts that year were a skirt and a wool sweater. Mom, excited to have afforded real wool, wanted to be there when I tried them on. Thank God she was, because as soon as I pulled the sweater on I felt as if a million ants were biting me from waist to neck. I began a crazy ants-in-the-pants dance, slapping at my arms and trunk, yelling, "Something's biting me all over!" Mom yanked the sweater over my head and saved me from a million biting—fibers.
|The wall unit my brother made.
Merry Christmas to me.
Years later, when my brother became a master carpenter, he made me a gorgeous, gigantic toy box for my kids, big enough for them to get inside and play in. "This is to make up for the hunting hat," he said. More recently, he made a wall unit worthy of a mansion. I think with the family discount we might have paid for the materials. I think we're even.
Recently Costco had a display of colorful worsted wool socks. Hmm, I thought. They might be the solution to my nighttime freezing-feet problem. Could I have outgrown my wool allergy? I held the socks against my wrist. No reaction. Then I held them to my neck—and immediately commenced my ants-in-the-pants dance. My shoulders still hunch from the memory.
Hey, Russell, think you could find me some orange hunter's socks?


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Wine 101: The Art of Vino-Typing
Presented by Cathy Waters of Waters of the Vine
Learning to taste wine is no different than learning to appreciate music or art. The pleasure you receive from wine is proportionate to the effort you make to learn what you like. The more you know about your sensory abilities, and those of friends and family with whom you drink - the better you will be able to enjoy wine.
Cathy Waters is a wine lover and a professional wine consumer. She took her interest in wine and made it a business, Waters of the Vine. Cathy is an Independent Wine Consultant for WineShop At Home, the premier direct seller of handcrafted, artisan wines headquartered in Napa Valley California. Before joining the wine industry, she took a hiatus to start a family. Cathy held management positions in Marketing and Public Relations over a 20-year career with corporate and entrepreneurial companies. Most recently she was Director of Marketing for Templar Corporation, a Virginia technology company. She is on the Executive Board of the All Children's Hospital Development Council, which advocates for children through friend-raising and fundraising in Tampa Bay. Cathy lives in St. Petersburg with her husband and two children.


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Fighting a Global Disease
Many people in this country think Sickle Cell Anemia is a blood disorder that only affects African Americans and it is a disease that is disappearing. But, these are just two of the misconceptions surrounding a world-wide disease. On this show, my guests and I discuss both the facts and the misconceptions surrounding the blood disorder and we also discuss why having the facts about the disease can be critical for its treatment and for those who have it.
In this photo, Dr. Theopia Jackson, show host Henrietta J. Burroughs, Fred McFadden and Wanda Williams are
shown on the set of the Talking with Henrietta television show after their discussion about a blood disease that
affects millions around the world. Dr. Kim-Anh Nguyen also participated on this show.
This edition of Talking with Henrietta can be viewed on Channel 27, on the Midpeninsula and on the Internet from Sunday, September 16, 2012 through Saturday, September 29, 2012. The show can be seen on Sundays@5 p.m., Tuesdays@8 p.m., Wednesdays 4 a.m. and 11 a.m., Thursdays@8 p.m. and Fridays@6 a.m. and 12 p.m. and Saturday at 5 p.m.* This show streams on the web at the above days and times at www.midpenmedia.org. Click the schedule for additional information about the show. Click here to see more Talking with Henrietta video excerpts.


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Shop named after Dictator - Costly Ignorance
Chronicled by Afronuts @ Friday, August 31, 2012
Images courtesy www.mirror.co.uk
It sounded like an insult when I first heard that saying that 'If you want to hide anything from a black man, put it in a book'. I would have kicked against it being that there are black people who read and even write books if not that the statement holds some truth. Then after coming across the story of Rajesh Shah, I'm also convinced that you can hide knowledge from some Indians too by simply putting it in a book.
I seriously can't fathom the rationale behind Rajesh naming his clothing shop after the infamous German dictator, Adolf Hitler.
He claims that he was not aware of the extent of the Furhrer's atrocities and had decided to name the stor 'Hitler' because it was the nickname of his business partner's grandfather! The name of the shop sparked an outrage with members of the community especially the Jewish community. Not only did this guy name the shop 'Hitler', he also put the infamous Nazi swastika logo on the letter 'I' within the name. He also had a business card in like manner.
Unless he's compensated, the dude is adamant about changing the name because it cost him money to register it and brand the shop. According to him, he had only heard that Hitler was a strict man until i found out more about him on the internet.
Well, thank God for the internet! At least that's a good thing to hear - that people are learning from it and not just surfing for porn.
Not knowing diddlysquat about Hitler is some costly ignorance that reveals a lot more about this businessman - that he probably isn't someone who does any research before embarking on something. It also gets me wondering how that would affect his business. One sure thingHe definitely won't be having Jewish customers for sure.
So I guess this reveals that if you hide the knowledge from some people in books, they'll find it on the internet!
Notice I did not say black man or Indian because on second thought I just realized that there are also white people who don't read!
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Dear members of the Department of Justice's Review Panel on Prison Rape. Thank you for providing us with an opportunity to submit testimony concerning the exemption of immigration detention facilities from the proposed regulations under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA). In his introductory remarks regarding the implementation of PREA, Attorney General Holder confirmed: "Protection from sexual abuse should not depend on where an individual is incarcerated: It must be universal."
There is no justification for failing to apply this principle to immigrants and asylum seekers who are in U.S. federal custody. In fact, the National Prison Rape Elimination Commission – a nonpartisan task force Congress established to draft the PREA regulations – recognized that detained immigrants require "special intervention" due to their "heightened vulnerability and unusual circumstances." Failing to apply the PREA standards to immigrant detainees who are held in civil, not criminal custody, blatantly ignores these realities.
Detained Immigrants are Particularly Vulnerable to Sexual Abuse in Custody
We are in a unique position to attest to the particular challenges that individuals face in immigration detention. Immigrants in custody of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) face numerous obstacles that make them highly vulnerable to sexual assault. Many detained immigrants are either unable or unwilling to report sexual abuse due to language barriers, cultural differences, and a fear that reporting abuse will result in deportation or retaliation by prison guards. The fear of reporting assault is often exacerbated by a history of sexual violence and state-sanctioned abuse that individuals experienced in their home countries. Moreover, unlike criminal defendants, detained immigrants do not have the right to a court-appointed attorney.
Lack of representation means that most are not aware of their right to be free from sexual abuse, and often do not know where to turn if they are sexually assaulted. The result is that the perpetrators of sexual abuse in immigration facilities act with immunity for their crimes.
NIJC's client Juan illustrates this extreme vulnerability. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detained Juan*, a gay man seeking asylum, in a remote area of the Southeast. Juan faced obstacles typical of immigrants in isolated detention centers: he lacked legal representation and had limited capacity to communicate with guards or his deportation officer.
When other detainees learned that Juan was gay, they forced him to perform oral sex. Initially, Juan did not report the attack because of fear of retaliation, but when the men were no longer held at the same facility, Juan reported the incident to his consulate, the only outside contact he had at the time.
On advice from the consulate, immigration officers informed Juan that he would be transferred to another facility. However, weeks passed without transfer, with no investigation by the facility into the assault, and with delayed attention to his deteriorating mental health needs. Under the current Department of Justice (DOJ) regulations, Juan would not be protected under PREA.
The Circumstances Surrounding Immigration Detention Are Uniquely Problematic
Each year the U.S. government detains more than 400,000 immigrants and asylum seekers. Over recent years, this population has grown exponentially, with a 60 percent rise in immigrant detainees.
The U.S. government currently contracts with approximately 250 county jails, private prisons, and detention facilities to house the immigrant population. This outsourcing manifests in inconsistent treatment of immigrant detainees where training and sensitivity around the unique needs of the population varies widely.
Moreover, there are no legally enforceable detention standards for facilities housing immigrant detainees. This major deficiency coupled with the remote location of many facilities and the corresponding lack of access to legal counsel, results in significant barriers to effective oversight and monitoring.
For example, the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office (OPSO) in New Orleans, Louisiana, detains immigrants even though it is under investigation as a facility with one of the highest incidents of reported sexual abuse. The culture of sexual violence at OPSO and the behavior of staff at the facilities within its jurisdiction is extremely concerning. If DOJ fails to extend the PREA protections to immigrant detainees, immigrants at OPSO are at a heightened risk of victimization and sexual abuse may continue against detained immigrants without any procedural safeguards.
The David Moss Criminal Justice Center (David Moss CJC) in Tulsa County, Louisiana, provides another illustration of the inconceivable ramifications of exempting immigration detention facilities from the PREA protections. As of July 18, 2011, there were 174 immigrants detained at the David Moss CJC, but the application of PREA to these immigrants will depend upon the individual policies of the facility and its decision-makers.
This jail-by-jail management approach is contrary to the "zero-tolerance" intention of Congress that PREA be applied universally to all individuals in custody in the U.S. It is illogical to have PREA implemented at some facilities and not others, creating an inconsistent, patchwork system of protection against prison rape and a situation where an individual's fate is left to the discretion of local sheriff offices and jail administrators.
Urgent Request for Extension of PREA Protections to Immigration Detention Facilities
The pervasive and systemic problem of sexual abuse in immigration detention is well documented, including by DOJ.
In April 2011, we filed a civil rights complaint with DHS on behalf of 13 clients, many of whom are victims of egregious sexual violence in immigration custody. We urgently request that DOJ extend PREA to immigration detention facilities to ensure that all individuals in custody, criminal or civil, are protected against prison rape as Congress intended.
This testimony on 'Current Exclusion of Immigration Detention Facilities from the PREA Protections' was delivered 12 September 2011 to a Review Panel on Prison Rape at the U.S. Department of Justice.
Jane Zurnamer is Director of Policy, National Immigrant Justice Center.
Take Action: Protect the human rights of detained immigrants
Tell US Attorney General Eric Holder to uphold his commitment to universal protection for all people in American prisons and jails. Ask him to implement the PREA regulations and include immigration detention facilities as mandated by Congress and international law.
- Send an email to Holder at www.immigrantjustice.org/action/prea or call (202) 353-1555.


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Tuesday, June 21, 2011
The Old Me is Better than the New Me...
That line was echoed from Drake on his groundbreaking mixtape, "So Far Gone". I believe the facetiousness of that line was to say, he hoped people wouldn't change on him as fame continued to claim him.
Well I'm calling Aubrey out. We didn't change, but you sure did! I somewhat gave him a pass on Thank Me Later, because it's his first album. Now, new tracks are leaking and it's all this 40-produced, melancholy, EMO, girl-why-can't-I-trust-you bullshit! Now let me be honest, Drake was asking that question on his mixtapes, but he did it with (forgive me for using this over-used word) swag! He had a hunger, a killer instinct on a track. He was a rapper, not this constantly emotional lava lounge singer he's turning into now!
I feel like he's turned into the "Can't Buy Me Love" dude, where he's the geek that gets a peek into the cool kids world, but now he can't handle it. He can't keep up the act. If all of those glorious mixtapes were an act, then he's a better actor than I gave him credit for. The best 16 he's done since So Far Gone, were the bars he laid on Kanye's "All of the Lights Remix"! Next thing I know, pictures of he and Rihanna kicking it in T Dot are popping up all over the place, and I realized that Drake is still at that age where he is attracted to destructive chicks. I like Rihanna's style, but it's no secret she's a maneater! Thus, we get songs like "Marvin's Room," and "Trust Issue's". How funny both have to do with the desperation of getting over/past the demons of a woman. He better take a page out of Chris Brown's book (Umm, not the violent one), and chuck up the deuces!
This is a slippery slope for me. I like that he doesn't come off completely misogynistic and whorish like most rappers. Yet, at the same time, he doesn't have to play the crying game either. He needs to find a happy medium. Balance. Hip-hop is already on shaky ground. Too many garbage rappers, with these okey doke, stereotypical raps. I feel like when Drake came along, people put hope in him that he would change the tide. However, there is still a lot of bad music out there, I just don't want him to be a contributor to it.
Listen to Trust Issues here.
Posted by M.C. at 6/21/2011 10:06:00 AM 2 comments:
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
And the Winner Is...
So, unless you've been living under a rock, you now know that the Dallas Mavericks are the NBA Champions!
I will be honest. I think it was about a month before the season ended, Dallas went on like a six or seven game win-streak. Jason Terry was interviewed after the game and he boldly predicted on television that the Mavericks were going all the way to the Finals and were going to win.
I sat up on the couch and laughed out loud. "Look at this clown!" I quipped. There was no way at "that time" did I think the Mavs had a snowball's chance in hell of going to the Finals, let alone winning it. Yet, like a carefully crafted script, they swept the Lakers, then beat the Thunder and Texas two-stepped their way into the Finals against the Miami Heat, the team that kept them from hoisting the trophy five years earlier.
I still didn't believe. Five years ago, I watched in disappointment as Dallas gave away that Finals series to a Heat team with an over-achieving Wade and an ailing Shaq. But key players, this time, stepped up, effectively shutting down at least one of the Big Three all of the time. They earned it! And, they are the champions! While, this summer will surely be focused on LeBron James' surprising absence in the Finals. How he was missing in action everytime his team really needed him, Dallas will quietly celebrate being number one. Until next season...
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Labels: championship, Dallas Mavericks, Dwayne Wade, Jason Terry, LeBron James, NBA Finals, Shaquille O'Neal
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Did Weiner Cheat?
Representative Anthony Weiner (D)-NY, finally admitted to twitpic'ing pictures of his..."weiner"! Now personally, I could care less. He's actually one of the good congressmen in Congress, but clearly he had a lapse in judgment.
Twitter was in a frenzy yesterday when the news broke and he gave his tearful apology in a press conference. Did he steal money? No. Did he lie about important legislation? No. Did he send the pictures to an intern or secretary in his office? No. So, for those reasons, I don't think he should resign. He said as much in the presser.
However, he also said, that he and his wife would work through this, and would not be separating in any way. So, I ask, did he cheat?
This is a sticky situation because he never met any of the recipients, he just sexted, sent pictures and talked a lot of proverbial lascivious shit over the Intraweb. I ask this question almost rhetorically, because I'm not married, so it would be easy for me to say, oh she'll be upset for a little while, but they can definitely get past it. Yet, when I take a moment and think about it. He broke his wife's trust. Now, if he's working late, or is up on the computer all night, she probably won't be able to help but wonder if he's being inappropriate. A lot of men came to his defense, claimed it was harmless. Then Weiner admitted today, to there being at least 7 different women he communicated with, and shared pictures with. Is that worse? Better?
From a personal standpoint, I think it's safe to ask yourself how you would feel if the shoe was on the other foot, in situations like this. If the story that broke had been that his wife was sending pictures of herself nude to different men on the Intraweb, she would have been called a "scarlet", and "hussy", "jezebel" and everything under the sun. No question, her faithfulness would be questioned. Even still the question remains, did she cheat?
I don't know if cheat is the right word, but there is a definite betrayal of some kind here. I imagine when you're married, the last thing you want is for your spouse to start intimiate, sexual conversations with another person, even if it is over the computer.
Posted by M.C. at 6/07/2011 12:43:00 PM No comments:
Labels: cheating, marriage, nude pictures, Rep. Anthony Weiner, sexting, Twitter
My Song for Summer 2011!
So, this little gem popped up on my Twitter early this morning, and I have to say, I was feeling it immediately! This jawn, appropriately titled, "Party," features Beyonce', Andre 3000 and Kanye. It was produced by Ye and Consequence, and it has that late 90's R&B, hip-hop feel to it.
Check it out here!
Posted by M.C. at 6/07/2011 11:41:00 AM No comments:
Labels: Andre 3000, Beyonce, Kanye West, Party, summer song
Monday, June 6, 2011
Rihanna Should be Saying: "Woman Down"
When Rihanna first blew up, three years ago with the success of Umbrella-ella-ella-eh! I told my friends then, "$10 bucks, Rihanna pulls a Lindsay Lohan before it's all said and done." Now my friends tried to play the role and pretend I was talking about drug and alcohol abuse. I was more specific. I said then, and I'm saying it now, Rihanna wants a girlfriend. She was to bump bodies with a chick for at least a little while, and she wants to do it openly.
So, on a recent concert stop, she pulls a fan out of the audience for a lap dance (isn't everyone doing that these days) and lo and behold, it's a girl. Now, I am sure, all of the straight men who purchased tickets to her concert, felt a bit slighted having to watch her slow wind all over another girl. Again, like I always say, "when people show you and tell you who they are - BELIEVE THEM!"
Sidenote: I love how she didn't take a chance and pull a sista up there. She already knows, white girls love to have lezzie moments.
So, on a recent concert stop, she pulls a fan out of the audience for a lap dance (isn't everyone doing that these days) and lo and behold, it's a girl. Now, I am sure, all of the straight men who purchased tickets to her concert, felt a bit slighted having to watch her slow wind all over another girl. Again, like I always say, "when people show you and tell you who they are - BELIEVE THEM!"
Sidenote: I love how she didn't take a chance and pull a sista up there. She already knows, white girls love to have lezzie moments.
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Thursday, June 2, 2011
So Long Shaq!
So yesterday, Shaquille O'Neal decided to retire. Insert applause. Now, I don't want to sound like a hater, because I am not. I have enjoyed Shaq through the years, but I feel that people base their opinions of him as a player on his off-the-court antics. Is Shaq funny? Without a doubt. He seems like the type of guy you want to party with at XS Nightclub in Las Vegas.
However, his work ethic on the court has absolutely befuddled me through the years, and all of these so-called experts crowning him the "most dominant center EVER"??? FOH! Sorry to burst their collective bubble, but in my Stephen A. Smith voice, "you gotta be kidding me!" Shaq is defiitely intimidating on the court. Bar none, there has been no one else in the league that stands 7'1", 350+ pounds. His sheer size will intimidate the average 6'4", 200 lb. player. However, to say he was the greatest, as I read in numerous tweets. Or to say he was the most dominant is just reaching.
When Shaq entered the league his rookie season, he was picked 1st in the 1992 draft by the expansion team, the Orlando Magic. Together with Penny Hardaway, Nick Anderson and Dennis Scott, they went all the way to the NBA Finals in the 94-95' season, but lost to the Houston Rockets. The following year, they were swept by the Bulls in the Eastern Conference Finals. That same year, Shaq became a free agent, and his team stepped up to the plate and offered him $115 MIL out the gate. However, Shaq did not accept this deal right away. He instead went on to play with the second dream team to a gold medal in the summer Olympics in Atlanta. I knew then that he was going to jump ship. He instead went to the bright lights of Los Angeles and $6 million more. At that moment, Shaq told the world who he was. He was a funny, easygoing big guy, who preferred fame, money and the spotlight over basketball. No one wanted to believe this, but it was true then, and it is true now. Shaq's time in L.A. proved to be exactly what I expected. We saw him in movies (Kazam), music videos (Fu Schnickens), and a sleugth of commercials and ads. He was steadily becoming the most marketable guy in the league. Almost! Jordan was still playing, and winning. By the time Jordan retired after the '97-'98 season. Shaq had taken that title. However, it was the bru ha ha on the court that got my attention.
At this time, I was NOT a fan of Kobe Bryant. He was young, arrogant and a loner, which doesn't quite fit in a team sport such as basketball. It seemed like the more fans and the media hated Kobe, the more they loved Shaq. We watched Shaq's waistline balloon, his conceited antics (him calling himself Superman and the greatest) grow, and we also began to watch these two personalities/egos clash with their coach Phil Jackson. Kobe took almost sole blame for this and was deemed the villain. By the '03-'04 season, the Lakers had won three titles in a row and barring injuries were looking to get a fourth title. However, the addition of Malone and Payton, not to mention the declining relationship with Kobe and Phil proved to be too much. The Lakers lost to the Pistons in the Finals. Kobe was coming off a rape charge and a fledgling endorsement career, and rumors that Phil Jackson was going to retire blew up. That off-season, Kobe became a free agent and the media hounded him about his return. Kobe said he would come back if: Phil returned, the Lakers brought in more people to build the team back up, and Shaq got his fat-ass into shape. I laughed about that statement for weeks. For the first time, I held a little admiration for Kobe. He didn't say he would return if they offered him $200 MIL! No, his concern was strictly about the direction of the team and the organization! You have to respect that. I knew. Shaq was leaving.
Shaq took his talents to South Beach for another $100 MIL + contract. He guaranteed that HE would bring a championship to Miami, and they held a parade for him. Shaq liked to party and was rich just like them, so he fit right in. Meanwhile, when the season began, he sat on the sidelines for inordinate amount of times with thumb and toe injuries while we watched Dwayne Wade kill himself to keep Miami in the running. As luck would have it, they played the Dallas "choke in the post-season" Mavericks in the Finals, and again, thanks to Wade, they won. However, Shaq took ALL OF THE CREDIT! The city of Miami gave Shaq a day, he was given the key to the city, and even became a police officer, seen chasing purse snatchers down the street. The following two seasons the team fell apart. Wade having killed himself to win that title almost singlehandedly, his body went down on him. Next thing you knew, they were being swept by the Baby Bulls in the first round of the playoffs. Where was the great Shaq then? Wade was barely 60% and desperately needed someone else to step up, Shaq was nowhere to be found. It was almost a repeat of the situation he had with Kobe, except Wade brooded silently.
Once again, questions loomed on other players. The Heat having picked up a declining but at times, reliable Antoine Walker, he took the blame for Shaq and it eventually cost him his job. I knew at the preseason presser when Riley went completely batshit about players coming back out of shape, that Shaq was leaving. The media railed on Walker, but no one was more out of shape than Shaq. He spent the start of the season, healing from yet another injury, getting back into shape and looking at what other team he wanted to go to. He ended up in Phoenix. After a few months, the Suns started picking up W's. Again, the media credited Shaq, then when they started losing and eventually fell apart in the playoffs to the Lakers no less, they blamed Amar'e Stoudemire. By the following season, it became harder to do that when teams who strengthened themselves in the middle were killing the Suns. No one wanted to say that Shaq looked slow, and out of sync, but it was bound to happen, not just because he'd gotten older. Hell, he was playing with Steve Nash! No Shaq looked bad because years of bad habits and a lazy work ethic were catching up to him. Showing up season after season out of shape, and having to try to push your body to get back into shape at the beginning of every season, which always leads to injuries, had caught up with Shaq.
By the summer of 2010 when everyone was focused on LeBron James and where he was going, Shaq was still requesting big money from teams. Realization hit when the preseason had begun and Shaq still didn't have a team. He settled for a lesser role with the Boston Celtics, but spent almost the entire season trying to rehab his body and get into shape. It was clear that his time had passed. My grandmother always says, time waits for no man. Shaq has had a career most players could only dream of. He has made an insane amount of money on and off the court. But I cannot and will not jump on the bandwagon and claim he is the greatest, because it's just not true. He never stuck with a team when they were down and then worked his way back up. Without a Robin, he never had a chance to be Batman, and anytime he won, he ALWAYS had a Robin! He was not as versatile, savvy or as quick as Hakeem Olajuwon, or as constant as a Bill Russell. He will be mentioned, he just isn't the greatest! So, farewell Shaq! It was fun and entertaining to watch!
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Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Flashback! 90's Edition!
So this song right here used to be my getting ready to go out song. It's a real laid back R&B midtempo, and sometimes I am in the mood to just zone out to this with a glass of wine. However, it's best in the car on your way to an event!
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Foot Fetish! - Spring/Summer 2011 Edition
This season, the color is definitely NUDE! I couldn't be happier with the warm color because it basically goes with everything. You can get away with wearing nude heels with a little black dress. I've noticed many starlets wearing them with denim, bold colors and prints. Here are a few that turned my head this season thus far!
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Oregon Inlet
Despite offshore winds, charters are returning with yellowfin tuna, wahoo and king mackerel. In-shore charter boats are returning with puppy drum, speckled trout and a few red drum. Contact: Oregon Inlet Fishing Center 252-441-6301, www.oregon-inlet.com.
Anglers are hauling in puppy drum and speckled trout The bluefish bite is fading but is still prevalent for this time of year. A few speckled trout and black drum have also been caught in the sound. Contact: Red Drum Tackle 252-995-5414, www.hatteras-island.com; offshore news, Oden's Dock 252-986-2555, www.odensdock.com; or www.hatterasharbor.com.
Cape Lookout/Bogue Inlet
Pier fishing has continued to hold steady across the area. Anglers have been catching black drum, spots, pompano, gray and speckled trout, puppy drum, false albacore and bluefish. Offshore groups are returning with wahoo and black fin tuna.. Contact: EJW Outdoors 252-247-4725; Portside Marina 252-726-7678; www.ncoif.com.
Topsail Island
Pier and surf anglers are catching sea mullet, pufferfish, gray and speckled trout, puppy drum and a few lingering red drum. Red drum, trout, sea mullet and a few small flounder are biting in the sound. Offshore anglers are catching king mackerel, grouper and sea bass, and triggerfish. Groups that journey out to the Gulf Stream are being met with mahi, wahoo and blackfin tuna. Contact: East Coast Discount Tackle 910-328-1887, www.eastcoastsports.com.
Wilmington/Wrightsville Beach
Surf and pier anglers are hauling in speckled trout, red drum and flounder. Offshore trips are reporting increasing catches of small king mackerel, in addition to the seasonal catch of snapper and sea bass. Those venturing to the Gulf Stream have caught wahoo, blackfin tuna and a few mahi mahi. Contact: Tex's Tackle 910-791-1763, www.texstackle.com.
Southport/Sunset Beach
Offshore charters are catching gray snapper, vermillion snapper, grouper, amberjacks, Almaco jacks, sharks, barracudas and triggerfish. Pier anglers are hauling in speckled trout, flounder, red drum and black drum. Contact: Dutchman Creek Bait & Tackle 910-457-1221; www.yeahrightcharters.com; or www.oifishingcenter.com.
Falls Lake
Anglers are continuing to enjoy a strong crappie bite around brush piles off of minnows in 12 to 14 feet of water. Bass fishing has been unstable, but some can be found biting on jerk-baits and spinner-baits in 8 to 15 feet of water. Water level: normal 251.77, Wednesday 251.56, full pool 264.8. Contact Outhouse Tackle Co. 919-847-1222; www.outhousetackle.com.
Jordan Lake
Crappie are biting well on minnows in about 10-20 feet of water near the brush piles. Water level: normal 216, Wednesday 215.47, full pool 240. Contact: Wilsonville General Store 919-362-7101; Crosswinds Marina 919-387-7011.
Kerr Lake
Crappie are extremely active, biting most often near brush piles in 10 to 20 feet of water. Stripers are being hauled up in about 10 feet of water biting on shallow-running crankbaits and soft plastics. The catfish bite has also returned throughout the lake, with most coming in the late afternoon on night crawlers or cutbait. Water level: normal 300, Wednesday 297.54, full pool 320. Contact: Bobcat's Bait & Tackle 434-374-8381; www.kerrlake.com.
Shearon Harris Lake
Crappie fishing has returned all around the lake with most fish biting in 18-24 feet of water on minnows near the brushpiles. Bass are being caught with topwater rattletraps in about 8 feet of water and catfish can be hauled up on nightcrawlers in the afternoon. Contact: The Tackle Box 919-557-8255; www.wmi.org.
(For water levels go to http://epec.saw.usace.army.mil/)


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A few weeks ago I went to a clothing preview where I had the chance to be introduced to the collection Meghan LA by Meghan Fabulous, the LA based designer who discovered her passion for design at an early age. After finding her way to NYC and attending F.I.T, Meghan followed up with an apprenticeship at the CDFA, which enabled her to have mentorship, & work with noted fashion designers Calvin Klein, Bill Blass, Todd Oldham & Versace. The designer is already a fave amongst celebrities like Kristen Bell, Mena Suvari, Bai Ling, Kimora Lee Simmons, Ke$ha and more.
I was attracted to the Boho glam 70s feel of the collection especially with the gold and silver sequin, the whimsical sleeves the bell sleeves and all the lace/satin in gold, ivory and black. Maybe it was the colors or maybe it was the Mongolian lamb or the soft and feminine design details that are given a slight rock-&-roll edge but I couldn't help but think Kate Hudson in Almost Famous.
I also loved how detail heavy every piece is without being over the top. Metallic applique lace looks so right on a graphic little babydoll cami, Candy color beads add flair to a simple little black tank and even distressed holey tank tops are given new life with the addition of colored stitching and beads.
Meghan Los Angeles can be found in boutiques & department stores worldwide including Henri Bendel, Nordstroms, Neiman Marcus, Kitson, Intermix, Bughatti/Dubai & Beymen/Egypt & Istanbul. You can also buy Meghan LA online at MeghanShop.com.


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The Sagamore Resort of Bolton Landing received a tribute Oct. 17 from Gov. Cuomo, in recognition of its selection as one of the top 20 resorts in northeastern U.S. by readers of the upscale Conde Nast Traveler magazine.
Gov. Cuomo offered his congratulations Thursday Oct. 17 on the selection of The Sagamore Resort of Bolton Landing and four other hotels in the state that were chosen this week for a top national award.
The five properties were among Conde Naste Traveler Magazine's "Top 20 Resorts in the Northeast," chosen by the prestigious publication's upscale readers.
The annual awards include not only resorts, but hotels, islands, cities, cruises, and airlines.
This award follows another recent honor garnered by the famed Sagamore. Some time ago, it was named "one of America's best lake hotels" by Travel & Leisure magazine.
"This year's Conde Nast Traveler Reader's Choice Awards show that avid travelers are choosing Upstate New York as a top destination to stay and vacation," Cuomo said in a prepared statement. "This recognition of the world-class accommodations in the Adirondacks and the Catskills is well deserved."
In addition to the Sagamore, New York State's winners of the Reader's Choice Awards are Mirror Lake Inn Resort and Spa, Lake Placid; Lake Placid Lodge; Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz; and Whiteface Lodge, Lake Placid.
Gov. Cuomo's publicists note that New York offers both residents and visitors an abundance of destinations, activities, and new experiences.
"From quirky attractions, quaint towns, historic sites and beautiful beaches to a plethora of outdoor activities, year-round festivals and major events, the Empire State is the destination for all things travel," the governor's press released stated.
As the fifth largest employment sector in New York, tourism supported 714,222 jobs and generated $17.39 billion in wages in 2012. In 2011 alone, the Empire State hosted 202 million total visitors, an 8.3 percent increase from the year before, and 76.2 million overnight visitors. For more information on New York State, visit www.iloveny.com.


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Here are some of the new Leaf Brooches I have been working on...
Leaf Brooches
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New Canvases
New canvases created from a range of vintage lace, fabric, buttons and machine embellishments. Inspiration drawn from seed pods.
Thanks for looking
If your interested in purchasing one they will be in my Folksy shop soon or you can contact me directly @
Thanks for looking
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Yorkshire Sculpture Park
Fantastic exhibition by Jaume Plensa, last day though, but if you have not been here's a pick at what you missed
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corsage 1
corsage 1, a photo by annebrooke on Flickr.
More corsages on the way...
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Folksy shop in construction
Folksy shop coming soon!!!!
Watch this space
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Adirondacks (emphasis on the second syllable)
Multi-tasking, all-weather beauties, that reduce landfill! (emphasis on landfill)
Chris from Polywood Outdoors kindly delivered these classics for our Home Beautiful shoot. Of course I fell totally in lust and have placed my Christmas order as not only are they beautiful but they're completely weatherproof, eco friendly and made from recycled materials. Rain, hail or shine they still look good while giving landfill a nudge.
Have a look at The Porch as well, for more of Chris' fabulous outdoor furniture + decor.
Polywood outdoors
The Porch
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Jimmy woke quickly, sitting upright a little too fast and getting dizzy in the process. The darkness of the cabin's interior was a threat, some obscure but tiny sound setting his nerves on edge. He felt so scared, frozen and unable to figure out where he was or what was going on. His ten year old mind finally worked through the fog to recall their trip to the mountains, and his eyes now saw the rest of the family asleep in their own sleeping bags.
There wasn't much furniture here, so they all slept on the floor in the front room, the warmth of the slowly dying fire sending out its tendrils to stave off what would otherwise be a permanently cold slumber party. He pulled the sleeping bag tighter around his legs, cocking his head to find the source of the sound. There it was again. A lone cricket had found its way inside, probably to stay warm. In rhythmic time, it put out a slow symphony of chirps, and for some reason the tone set Jimmy's teeth to grinding.
He'd read in a book somewhere that crickets rub their back legs together or something to make the sound. Visions of the tiny insect flooded his mind, causing him to shudder. The picture he remembered seeing showed this cricket with long legs, claw-like barbs along their length. He never did like their faces, the way the eyes seemed capable of looking through you. Their mouths were disgustingly monstrous, as they chewed through whatever it was crickets ate.
He suddenly couldn't remember what it was that crickets ate, and the question left a dry taste in his mouth. The chirping became a drone, hitting his spine like a knife as he sat there trying to frantically remember what crickets liked. Creeping doom began to build within him, his imagination taking a simple idea and creating horrific visions in great detail. Maybe the reason they chirped was to lull everyone to sleep. Isn't that what everyone always said, that the sounds of crickets would make you sleep better?
His young mind couldn't remember anything for sure, and the anxiety was building to an almost maddening torrent of fear. The chirping seemed closer somehow. He reached down slowly with a hand, his little fingers searching for the flashlight his mother had set beside his makeshift bed. His smooth fingertips touched the wooden floor, feeling the grainy texture but not finding what he was expecting. Like excited spiderlegs, his fingers danced around trying to touch the plastic tube of the flashlight's casing. Still nothing. The chirping had stopped; the cabin was a grave, silent and still except for the resounding clamor of his own heart.
Finally Jimmy stretched his arm out, the pale skin luminescent in the darkness, and he felt something hard and cold. Tracing its shape carefully, he grabbed it and pulled the flashlight in close. His fingers searched for the button, finding it halfway up along the shaft. A lone chirp made him jump, his other hand leaping to cover his mouth as a scream threatened to escape. With careful pressure, he pressed the button, launching a shaft of light skyward and destroying his nightvision in the process.
His eyes were tightly closed now, his mind scrambling to gain control once more. Every nerve in his body was firing, as if a thousand ants were crawling just beneath the skin, their little feet touching everywhere. He pictured the cricket out there somewhere, waiting patiently for him to go back to sleep. The light was on, but he couldn't find any solace in that fact. Jimmy was terrified, sure that something was waiting for him in the darkness.
He opened his eyes slowly, one after the other. He gazed around, seeing the dim lumps on the floor nearby that should be his family. Something wasn't right though. Then it dawned on him. There was no sound, no breathing. His father wasn't snoring like usual, a comforting chainsaw tone. There was no movement whatsoever, and the resounding beat of his own heart was a fast paced rock concert, loud and echoing in his own ears.
"Mom", he whispered carefully, not really believing she would answer. There was no response, and the silence of the room was crushing him. "Mom.......Daddy.......", he cried pitifully. The enormity of possibly being all by himself was hitting him like a hammer, his fragile mind beginning to crack under the pressure. Tears began to well up in his eyes as fear tore him to shreds.
His dad said the mind sometimes played tricks on you, so he decided to shine the flashlight on someone - anyone - and wake them up. The beam moved down from the ceiling, showing the bare timber walls and empty room. Despite his terror, Jimmy took his time aiming the flashlight at the nearest sleeping bag, unsure what would be there and not really sure he wanted to find out. As the beam reached its target, he screamed without end, a wretched painful sound that ended abruptly as the flashlight fell to the floor with a clunk. The darkness enfolded the room once more like a blanket. Chirp. Silence.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Waking Alone
4 comments:
- Fran said...
Oh, hell, Eric. This is scary stuff! Email me please (see my profile) so I can tell you where to post your writing to a free website, so that only a precious few (like me) can see it ALL.
I'm assuming this is part of your work-in-progress.
- March 25, 2009 at 1:42 PM
- ~Jamie said...
I just popped over to say thank you for your critique on my Miss Snark's first victim 1000 words! Loving the scary stuff here!
- March 25, 2009 at 6:27 PM
- Michelle H. said...
Incredible! You've definitely have the knack!
- March 27, 2009 at 11:42 AM
- Creative A said...
Hey Eric :) I wanted to say thanks for following me - I appreciate it! And this is a good excerpt. I'm dying to know what happened.
- March 27, 2009 at 12:07 PM
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Kelly Osbourne's acting plans
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- 26 January 2010
Kelly Osbourne wants to become an actress and has already started going to auditions
Kelly Osbourne is set to become an actress.
The 25-year-old star - who recently appeared on US TV show 'Dancing with the Stars', on which she came third - is planning on trying her hand on the big screen.
She said: "I had an audition for a film role last week - I can't say what it is yet - and I've just heard back that I'm still in the running!"
Despite her ambitions, Kelly - who is perhaps best known as the outspoken daughter of Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne - is finding the career change a challenge.
She revealed in Closer magazine: "The audition was pretty scary - you turn up and there's a room full of people all going for the same role. It feels very competitive as everyone's checking each other out."


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While RIM hasn't formally announced any plans to release a brand new BlackBerry PlayBook yet, it looks like they might have one in the pipeline. The folks over at n4bb.com got their hands on the PlayBook OS 2.0 beta recently, did some digging, and uncovered some interesting tidbits.
Apparently hidden in the OS are a bunch of icons showing 4G and 4G LTE connectivity. While this isn't concrete proof of a 4G LTE PlayBook in the works, we wouldn't put it past RIM, seeing how they've been hard at work catching up with the competition and as we all know 4G is pretty hot right now.
In addition to the 4G icons, there are references to screen resolutions of 1280 x 768. At the moment, the current PlayBook features a resolution of 1024 x 600, so this could signify a higher-resolution PlayBook in the future. Or perhaps it's a hint at the displays for the next generation BlackBerry 10 smartphones? We can't say for sure but if it turns out to be true, we're pretty excited.


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Wednesday, February 06, 2008
Hanging on
One of my favourite teaching tools, the Baltimore Catechism, states that no one can be saved except by being united to the Catholic Church. Now that's something we all know, and that is why we are Catholics. But it goes on to say, "The Catholic faith is like Noah's Ark which saved men from the flood. Only through Christ and His Mystical Body can men be saved. They must be either in the Ark of the Church or hanging on to the ropes which trail from the sides."
It goes on to explain that it is possible for non-Catholics to be saved if, through no fault of their own, they do not know the Catholic Church is the one true Church of Christ. By loving God and doing His will, they are united with the Catholic Church in desire, and receive grace through the Church. They are the ones hanging on to the ropes trailing over the sides of the Ship of Salvation.
It just seems so much better to inside the ship.
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- karyn said...
"It goes on to explain that it is possible for non-Catholics to be saved if, through no fault of their own, they do not know the Catholic Church is the one true Church of Christ"
hmm..i came across some articles/debates disputing this.
Does your statement refer to universal salvation or else the fact that even non-Catholics can have the "baptism of desire?"
Because my Baltimore Catechism #2 refers only to 3 instances where salvation is possible, and they refered only to the 3 types of baptisms.
I don't know what else the more detailed B. Catechism #3 said, but absolutely no one can be saved outside the holy R.C Church.
Please clarify and enlighten!
Have a fruitful Lent!
- February 6, 2008 at 11:59:00 PM PST
- paramedicgirl said...
Karyn, in no way am I referring to universal salvation. You are tight - no one can be saved outside the Church. Won't the non-Catholics who are hanging on to the ship by a rope be surprised, when at the moment of their death, at their judgment, they accept all the Catholic Church teaches and thus save their souls?
I have to rush off to work, but I will post the page # and which BC I got the quote from later tonight.
- February 7, 2008 at 6:53:00 AM PST
- paramedicgirl said...
Oops, typo! I mean you are right.
- February 7, 2008 at 6:54:00 AM PST
- Mark said...
clear. simple. concise.
Let the little children come to me
- February 7, 2008 at 8:49:00 AM PST
- Marilena said...
pope innocent iii stated, outside the Catholic Church, there is no salvation. that is true. but as you said, through no fault of their own they can be saved. the traditional Church recognizes that sometimes people who die and live a very good moral and clean and upright life do not have the opportunity to know about God, or the Church. these as one priest explained, can be saved.
- February 7, 2008 at 10:56:00 AM PST
- ignorant redneck said...
Thanks, really nice person whos job is saving people lives!
You don't "have to be Catholic" to go to heaven, but everyone in heaven is Catholic.
Or, as Aquinas put it--"God is not bound by sacrament."
We have the full relics of St. magnus the Centurian in our church--he was a roman Centurian who was ordered to kill a bunch of us--including St. Bonosa, who is also in our church. He refused, and was killed on the spot. he is revered by the church as a martyr, and we have his relics.
- February 7, 2008 at 7:41:00 PM PST
- karyn said...
ah yes, true.. we won't know what happens at the hour of death.
Its just that the twisted interpretation of 'baptism of desire' is widespread, which henceforth has been misinterpreted to mean that everyone is assured of salvation, be he in a different religion or a Roman Catholic or not, as long as he is good or something.
- February 8, 2008 at 6:20:00 PM PST
- Joe of St. Thérèse said...
Just as a side note, forget not our Eastern Catholics that are in Union with the Pope. They are just as much Catholics as we are.
- March 17, 2008 at 12:05:00 AM PDT


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Various school lunches from around the world. School lunch doesn't really represent the best a country has to offer, but we still love it, because we grew up on it.
USA School Lunch - Chicken Fried Steak and Mashed Potatoes
Country: USA (Oklahoma)
Contents: Chicken fried steak, mashed potatoes, gravy, green beans, two wheat rolls and apple bread pudding.
Source: Laura M.
Notes: I can remember many lunches like this. The gravy was the only thing that made it palatable. The rolls look delicious. Apple bread pudding? I bet it's awful.
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- Laura MMarch 20, 2010 at 12:30 PM
This is our "Made in Oklahoma" day in Oklahoma City Public Schools.ReplyDelete
The wheat rolls are an improvement, but the processed food is laden
with MSG. Our official state meal also includes chicken fried steak
and gravy. In the nation, we are ranked 2nd for heart disease deaths,
7th for diabetes, 8th for obesity and 49th for overall health.
- kristinaMarch 30, 2010 at 7:16 PM
how many calories in this meal alone?ReplyDelete
brown, brown, brown, brown, brown(again) goose..i mean green...it doesnt look THAT bad i guess, better than the cheese sanwich, which wouldnt keep my full even if i could get it down....at all. as a vetgetarian i really wouldnt want to eat those green beans....i cant imagine a kid would.ReplyDelete
This photo was taken by me and posted publicly on my blog: http://myschoollunchadventure.blogspot.com/2010/02/day-15.htmlReplyDelete
Thanks Laura M. for sharing the photo. Next time please share the credit.
- AnonymousSeptember 28, 2012 at 8:37 AM
I would tear that up!!ReplyDelete


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|09 Jan 2012
New install. Can't access partitioned files.
I had Windows XP operating system with users and saved my files on a partition. Just installed Windows 7 and now I can't access the partitioned files due to permissions. If I try to open a file, I get the message "You Don't Currently Have Permission To Access This Folder: Click continue to permanently get access to this folder". If I click continue, it tells me to go to the security tab. Once there, it tells me it's unable to display the current owner. I can still gain access to the specific folder (as an administrator) but not the sub-folders. There are thousands of folders and I would have to do them individually. Is there a way to blanket share all the files on my partitioned drive?
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This should sort you out.
Take Ownership Shortcut
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Hipster Doofus,
Thanks a million for the help. It worked like a charm. Thanks for the quick response. It would have taken me a year to do all of that manually.
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Good stuff Dan. :)
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That was the word I wrote underneath "This Week's Focus" in my Believe Journal. I just wanted to make it through and come out the other side mostly unscathed.
While most weeks can be crazy – kids, husband, job, kids – last week was going to be especially so. An instructor at the Y was sick, and I was asked to fill in for two Silver Sneakers classes. And that was after I had already agreed to sub a different class for a different instructor who had a work obligation. On top of my regular class load. Seven classes in four days – that would be the marathon week of teaching.
Oh, and then there's that whole training for a half marathon thing.
Had it been any other time, one when I wasn't actively training for a goal race, I might have said, "Screw running" and given myself a break. I would have taught my classes, put my energy into getting in the most out of those workouts and reminded myself that a week off wouldn't tank my fitness. However, albeit early in the plan, I am training and I wanted to build a strong base from which to work.
I would need to stick to the schedule.
I would need to get up early twice midweek to get in runs as the Silver Sneakers class cut into my golden hour of mid-morning, pre-work run time.
I would need to run twice on the weekend so that I could have one work morning to, you know, breathe.
I would need to put my head down and take it a day at a time. One run at a time.
Mid-long run at the park.And that's just what I did.
Highlight: Nailing my tempo run. Tempos are by far the scariest for me but as I was indoors, I was able to control my pace (I shoot for 10K pace) and finish feeling like I had more. It did help that my BRF was next to me and had volunteered to do my workout, too. You know, for solidarity sake.
Lowlight: I allowed myself to rely far too much on the treadmill. The one morning, it was too cold and windy. Another, I had already made plans with BRF Tami to meet at the Y thinking it might be too cold and windy. The final indoor run was inevitable as I was in Cincinnati and needed to use the child care.
My week, in running:
Tuesday: 5 miles, intervals
Thursday: 5 miles as 1.5-mile warmup; 2 x 1 mile at tempo pace w/0.25-mile recovery; cooldown
Saturday: 5.25 miles, easyish with strong finish
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Groups like the MCB and the HFB may not necessarily in themselves be anti racist but as some have said, the Government will align themselves with someone. The shocking revelations of the HFB raise serious question of Ruth Kelly and the integration commission itself. Let's just tick a box shall we? But that tick in the box won't help the police when WE deal with youths from marginalised communities.
Clearly in the case of the HFB there are some concerns of Fundamentalism. I would accept not all of the HFB may be bad just like the MCB but when we consult about racial equality there can be no compromise, there is no grey area for the police. Because when it goes wrong it is US that will be blamed. There is only racist or there is anti racist. Politicians won't be blamed.
Do such groups fundamentally want a separatist identity, which causes racism's or do they simply want integration and cohesion? This is a vicious circle but without integration we will continue to have racial incidents. The problem is it is the police that pick up the pieces and end up dealing with racial incidents. So it is important that we consult and take an anti racist stance.
It is important to recognise what occurred in relation to the issue of the Royal Mail and stamps where the HFB argued against the Royal Mail publishing a stamp of Lord Krishna in the arms of Mother Mary. The stamp was not meant to offend. Nor did the outcome offend. And the HFB have missed the point and in doing so implied, in my opinion, a backward stance. The HFB have missed an opportunity. Does it really matter if Krishna was in the arms of Mary or whether Jesus was in the arms of Krishna's mother? Are we not essentially the same? Why then focus on difference in a negative way. The stamp should have been a celebration for British Hindus. Sadly the issue was hijacked.
Then there are do good Liberals who think they are doing good when they object to the use of the word Christmas when mentioning Christmas lights because they feel it might offend other minority communities. This is absolutely ridiculous but Councils rubber-stamp such policies. Diwali is Diwali, why call it something else? In the same way Christmas is Christmas. Why should it be called something else?
Race and diversity being led by do good Liberals is a problem because when Councils get critical issues wrong then someone somewhere from the majority will be upset and the right wing can expose this weakness, and probably it is the vulnerable that get hurt, the elderly, or the young, or some young Black youth walking home in South London. And all because some do gooders don't have an understanding and are not prepared to admit this lack of understanding.


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Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Crafty Secrets Happy Halloween!!
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- Curlybear said...
Hi Cheryl
very pretty Halloween card I love the colours and the image is just too cute , thanks for joining us at SCSC101: Anything goes, Good luck, Hugs Bridget x. SCSC DT
- September 22, 2010 at 12:24 PM
- Grenouille Greetings said...
Spooktacular! And its great to see all that sewing too! Thank you for joining us this week at Sweet Stampin! Warmest wishes, Lesley
- September 22, 2010 at 5:08 PM
- HappyCrafter said...
Another gorgeous creation, love all the layers and the stitching!
- September 22, 2010 at 7:43 PM
- Ellis said...
Stunning card, looks spooky and cute! =)
Hugs, Elenor
- September 23, 2010 at 12:37 AM
- fi's cards and crafts said...
wow...stunning card as always. Thanks for joining us at Paper Sundaes this week.
- September 23, 2010 at 4:28 AM
- September 24, 2010 at 1:42 AM
- Ingrid said...
What a lovely card you've made. Love all the stitching.
Thanks for joining the sugar girls this week.
Hugs Ingrid
- September 24, 2010 at 2:37 AM
- alicaz said...
wonderful! Great image and superb stitching! Love the ghost on top of the ribbons too!
Thanks for joining us at Paper Sundaes this week!
- September 24, 2010 at 10:12 AM
- Zoechaos said...
Very sweet little witch so much work and detail a very special card. Thank you for choosing to share this with us at TT this week. xx zoe
- September 24, 2010 at 1:25 PM
- Helen said...
Gorgeous card!
Thanks for joining us at the SCSC!
Helen x
- September 24, 2010 at 2:33 PM
- paola said...
Positively delightful, colored beautifully and i love your layout, thanks for joining us at ASFOS
- September 25, 2010 at 3:20 AM
- Karolyn at Paper Therapy said...
So freakin' cute, Cheryl!! I adore this sweet little witch image, and you've showcased her beautifully! Great job, chickie!
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Warren Moon and Pro Athlete Pals Party at Surrender Nightclub
October 18, 2011 by VegasNews.com
Pro football Hall of Famer Warren Moon hosted his Sports Dream Foundation event for the second consecutive year Saturday evening at Surrender Nightclub at Encore Las Vegas (Pictured above: Robert Horry, Marcellus Wiley, Derrick McKey).
Moon and his celebrity athlete buddies partied with and jammed to the sounds of DJ R3hab from Amsterdam. Those in attendance included Matt Barnes (Los Angeles Lakers), Robert Horry (retired, NBA), Tracy McGrady (Detroit Pistons), Derrick McKey (retired, NBA), Jalen Rose (retired, NBA), Javon Walker (retired, NFL), and Marcellus Wiley (ESPN NFL analyst), among others.
Javon Walker, who was celebrating his birthday, was surprised when six lovely Surrender cocktail waitresses brought him an assortment of confectionary delights.
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But I can say beyond a shadow of a doubt that
2 years ago today (March 29, 2011)
Love Without Boundaries made a decision to move forward and rescue a little baby girl.
She was six weeks old at the time
She had a severe pneumonia
Found to have ASD, VSD, and PS which required open heart surgery once stable enough from pneumonia
She was severely malnourished and dehydrated, weighing only 6 lbs even after discharge (nearly 3 months old)
those little legs still bring tears to my eyes...
I don't know exactly how LWB found her. The orphanage director said a group was doing research in their area (she is from the poorest province in China we have been told), and that is when LWB took over her care.
If they had not - she would have surely died...
Love Without Boundaries (LWB) lives up to their name.
She had such a rough start and many times in those first few months they weren't sure she'd make it...but they didn't give up...they didn't quit loving her, they didn't quit providing food or medical care or shelter, her supporters didn't quit sending money or prayers... Had they given up, her life would not have been saved. She would not have been rescued. Thank you Jesus for love...Never stopping. Never giving up. Unbreaking love.. "Faith, Hope and Love, but the greatest of these is love." 1 Corinthians 13:13
LWB saw her beauty and rightly gave her the identifier, "Delyth" which means "pretty" in Welsh.
"Delyth" spend time back and forth in the hospital for her malnourishment and recurrent pneumonia. She was cared for at Anhui Healing Home for a time in between hospital stays. At one point LWB hired, yes hired nurses to take care of her while she was in the hospital. The hospital was really crowded and they had already sent her back to AHH once even though still very sick. We visited AHH while in China and you can feel the love when you enter the doors...
In June she was admitted to Heartbridge Healing Home located in New Hope Foundation in Beijing. This is where more fragile LWB babies are taken. There LWB staff continued to love on her and care for her. New Hope and Heartbridge is truly an amazing place.
She finally turned a corner. This is a monthly progression from June 2011 through December 2011. Prepare yourself for an amazing transformation...
The pictures go on and on with improvements, growth, chubbier cheeks, big open mouth laughs...
On August 22, 2012 "Delyth's" file had finally been completed and was released to GWCA for adoption (she was in one of their partnership orphanages).
That same day, GW called us to tell us they had a file they thought was a perfect match for us. Kimberly at GW could not have been more right. We had been praying for her to have discernment and wisdom when looking at files for us. We had been praying for God to let us know without question that when we open a file, whether or not that was our child, whether we were his or her family.
We knew she was ours... and we were hers... from the moment we saw her picture.
Can't explain it, but loved her and longed for her from that moment...
Never NEVER dreamt that 6 months later we'd have the easiest, sweetest, most beautiful, precious little girl ever. She is definitely ours - eats anything, laughs often, loves lots, makes silly faces, enjoys just hanging out, dances all the time (even when music isn't playing), loves singing songs with motions in the sweetest little voice.. WE love her more than words can explain. We all do. Aili and Ian ADORE her... Her smile - lights up a room - and even brings joy to others. Hard to not smile when you see her smile.. Her laughter melts my heart... But her kisses - she just turns around and gives hugs and kisses now without anyone asking... no words to describe these..
As for her health now- pediatrician says all looks good...we are going to start some allergy testing for a rash, but so far all labs have come back great!
Cardiologist said, "She looks great, her repair was done beautifully and will only need follow-up every 1-2 years." :) Isn't God amazing?? This was Meisi's thought on the matter (taken right after cardio visit). Smiling just looking at her sweet smile. :)
Love Without Boundaries - we are forever and eternally grateful.
We are so thankful that we followed that still small voice to adopt - just as He adopted us into His family...
It wasn't easy and did require sacrifices - personal, social and emotional....but the joy we have now...
There couldn't be a more perfect day (Good Friday) to look back on this amazing gift of love.....love without end....love for the sake of love... a love that required more than sacrificing financially, required more than just not getting a new car, new house, new clothes or not eating out...
2000 years ago... (taken without permission from my favorite children's book, "the Jesus Storybook Bible"):
They nailed Jesus to a cross.
"Father, forgive them." Jesus gasped. "They don't understand what they're doing."
"You say you've come to rescue us!" people shouted. "But you can't even rescue yourself!"
But they were wrong. Jesus could have rescued himself. A legion of angels would have flown to his side - IF he'd called.
"If you are really the Son of God, you could just climb down off that cross!" they said.
And of course, they were right. Jesus could have just climbed down. Actually, he could have just said a word and made it all stop. Like when he healed that little girl. And stilled the storm. And fed 5,000 people.
But Jesus stayed.
You see, they didn't understand. It wasn't the nails that kept Jesus there. It was love.
"Papa?" Jesus cried, frantically searching the sky, "Papa? Where are you? Don't leave me!"
And for the first time - and the last - when he spoke, nothing happened. Just a horrible, endless silence. God didn't answer. He turned away from his Boy.
Tears rolled down Jeuss' face. The face of the One who would wipe away every tear from every eye.
Even though it was middday, a dreadful darkness covered the face of the world. The sun could not shine. The earth trembled and quaked. The great mountains shook. Rocks split in two. Until it seemed that the whole world would break. That creation itself would tear apart.
The full force of the storm of God's fierce anger at sin was coming down. On his own Son. Instead of his people. It was the only way God could destroy sin, and not destroy his children whose hearts were filled with sin.
Then Jesus shouted in a loud voice, "it is finished!"
And it was. He had done it. Jesus had rescued the whole world.
"Father!" Jesus cried. "I give you my life." And with a great sigh he let himself die.
Strange clouds and shadows filled the sky. Purple, orange, black. Like a bruise.
Jesus' friends gently carried Jesus. They laid Jesus in a new tomb carved out of rock....
Of course, Jesus didn't stay dead - He is alive! He rose from the dead! Praise the Lord! Sunday is coming!
God's love is wonderful, Never Stopping, Never Giving Up, Unbreaking, Always and Forever Love.
Do you know His love? Have you been adopted into God's family?
If not, I pray you seek Him...
Open up His word, the Bible, and get to know Him.
Talk to Him through prayer - just like you'd talk to anyone else...then stop and listen....
As a follower of Christ - have you heard that same still small voice we heard to adopt?
Trust Him, Move forward, "Lean not on your own understanding."
I have lists and lists with pictures of children waiting for their family...
I've cried over them,
I've prayed over them,
Prayed for their families to move forward...
Are you the family they are waiting for?
I pray you are seeking Him,
Open up His word and see what He says about adoption,
how He will provide the way if you will just take that step of faith,
Present all your requests and concern to Him in prayer - He WILL give you peace.


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"There Are No Bad Assets Just Bad Prices." Exploiting Market Anomalies with Neglected Data
3 Deep Value Oversold Ideas each for less than 50M
6 comments:
- Chris said...
Another nice thing about Phoscan is that there are virtually no employees other than the ceo, so no severance packages. Also, I think the cash is north of .32 per share, so it is almost meets the definition of a Net net.
- September 9, 2013 at 7:02 PM
- Jack Huddleston said...
One problem with Phoscan is they have no revenues.
- September 10, 2013 at 5:33 PM
- cacarory said...
One issue with Phoscan is that they have no revenues.
- September 10, 2013 at 5:34 PM
- cacarory said...
One issue with Phoscan is they have no revenues.
- September 10, 2013 at 5:34 PM
- ShadowStock said...
Hello ,
I understand but "There Are No Bad Assets Just Bad Prices".
So what does an investor get for a .26 per share price?
They get cash per share of .37, NCAV of .26, mining property in Ontario with phosphate and niobium potential , aggressive share buybacks make this very shareholder friendly,2013 CEO insider buying, reduction of outstanding sharecount, potential outside acquisition just for mining properties, total assets of .93 per share, mgmt is buying back shares below or at NCAV. that's a smart allocation of shareholder capital.
I purchased a few shares today and will add if the price drops but expect to hold long term.
Kinds regards
- September 10, 2013 at 6:02 PM
- AEBlinston said...
Also, Potash prices have collapsed after a Ukranian company pulled out of a pricing cartel.
There is a chance they are just throwing their weight around and will end up doing another deal because tbh it isn't really in their interests to break it up.
Great find, can't much go wrong with a company selling below net cash.
- September 11, 2013 at 7:51 AM


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Cuba hit back Thursday at 60 prominent U.S. black leaders who challenged its race record, with island writers, artists and official journalists calling the criticism an attack on their country's national identity.
The five-page signed statement, distributed by Cuban government press officials in an e-mail, defended Cuba's progress in providing social and personal opportunities for blacks and people of mixed race.
But it focused more on Cuba's past than the racial inequalities of contemporary Cuban society that came under criticism from Americans such as Princeton University professor Cornel West; Jeremiah Wright, former pastor of President Barack Obama's Chicago church; and Susan Taylor, former editor of Essence magazine.
Cuba's response said the country has proven its racial credentials by sending troops to Angola and Ethiopia during the 1970s and offering free education through exchange programs and medical schooling to youngsters from Africa. It also recycled past Fidel Castro comments on race and noted that the 1959 revolution his bearded rebels "dismantled the institutional and judicial bases of a racist society."
It also accused the signers of the U.S. statement, which was released Tuesday, of being unaware that Cuba offered to send medical assistance after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans _ a gesture the U.S. State Department turned down.
"To say that among us exists a 'callus disregard' for black Cubans, that their civil liberties are restricted 'for reasons of race,' and to demand an end to 'the unwarranted and brutal harassment of black citizens in Cuba who are defending their civil rights' would seem a delusional farce," Cuba's response read.
It accused the U.S. black leaders of being part of a campaign "that is attempting to suffocate our sovereignty and national identity."
The reponse was signed by, among others, Miguel Barnet, a renowned author on race who heads the Union of Cuban Writers and Artists.
Many artists and leaders in the U.S. black community have traditionally supported Castro's government, but this week's statement said that "racism in Cuba ... must be confronted."
It also called for the release of Darsi Ferrer, a black physician and political opposition leader who is celebrated in the U.S. but virtually unknown on the island.
Ferrer was arrested in July for obtaining black-market building materials to repair his home in a country where the state controls nearly all construction. Human rights activists say officials prosecuted Ferrer for a crime they often overlook in order to silence him.
Government statistics put the island's black or mixed-race population at about 35 percent, though some U.S. academics believe it is far higher.
While blacks hold many seats in Cuba's rubber-stamp parliament, there is virtually no Afro-Cuban representation at the highest levels of the communist government.
The Cuban statement said the island is not a racist society, saying blacks have opportunities "like never before in our country."


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TIME has named the Silence Breakers as its 2017 Person of the Year. The Magazine's editor-in-chief revealed the selection Wednesday on NBC's "Today" show.
The Silence Breakers are TIME's Person of the Year 2017 #TIMEPOY https://t.co/mLgNTveY9z pic.twitter.com/GBo9z57RVG— TIME (@TIME) December 6, 2017
The title honors the individuals who set off a national reckoning over the prevalence of sexual harassment. The cover features a group photo that includes singer Taylor Swift, actress Ashley Judd, and former Uber engineer Susan Fowler.
The Silence Breakers emerged after allegations of sexual harassment by producer Harvey Weinstein were reported. As dozens of women accused Weinstein of sexual misconduct, more individuals spoke up to expose dozens of other powerful men in Hollywood, journalism, and politics as sexual predators.
Actor Kevin Spacey, comedian Louis CK, CBS' Charlie Rose and NBC's Matt Lauer were among high-profile names accused of sexual harassment.
"The galvanizing actions of the women on our cover…along with those of hundreds of others, and of many men as well, have unleashed one of the highest-velocity shifts in our culture since the 1960s," Felsenthal said in a statement.
The men and women who broke their silence to share their stories of sexual assault and harassment led to online #MeToo campaign, fueling a worldwide discussion on how prevalent sexual harassment is. The hashtag has been used millions of times in at least 85 countries, according to Felsenthal.
TIME's Person of the Year issue will be on newsstands on Friday.


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We are so excited about our latest fund-raising effort for our adoption!!
Let's be honest...who doesn't love a good t-shirt?! It's always fun to wear a t-shirt that's an original and catches the attention of on-lookers! We have designed a t-shirt that does just that! And the best part of all...when you buy a shirt, you will be helping to make one less orphan in this world!!
Every single penny that is made from the sale of the shirts will go directly towards bringing Sam home - hence the back of the shirt!
We ask that you please consider buying a shirt...or two...or three!! We would LOVE for you to share this with anyone and everyone you know!
Now that we have seen the face of our sweet baby boy, we cannot wait to bring him home...and we need your help!!
*The shirts are navy blue with white writing.
*We will be delighted to mail shirts to all of you out-of-towners!!
*Sizes range from Adult XXXL - Youth XS! Make sure you scroll down to see all the sizes available.
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*The Stone Heart is the second book in Hicks' Nameless City trilogy which begins with The Nameless City. This review contains spoilers for book one.*
Kaidu and Rat are still recovering after stopping the assassination of the General of All Blades. In the wake of the assassination, the Nameless City seems peaceful and there is reason to hope things will stay that way.
The General of All Blades and Kaidu's father are working to create a council of all the nations that claim the City as their home to stop the constant fighting to claim the City as territory. But not everyone supports the idea of a council and its promise to change the Dao way of life in the city forever.
As conflict begins to fracture the Dao nation from within, Kaidu discovers a formula for a powerful weapon–a secret that has been protected for generations and something Rat might be able to decipher. Sharing the formula with the Dao could mean giving the City's current conquerors a dangerous edge. Hiding it could make peace even harder to achieve. Kai and Rat already did the unthinkable by becoming friends and saving the General of All Blades. Will they be able to do it again to bring peace to the City before its too late? in The Stone Heart (2016) by Faith Erin Hicks.
The Stone Heart is the second book in Hicks' Nameless City trilogy which begins with The Nameless City. This review contains spoilers for book one.
The Stone Heart picks up a few weeks after the conclusion of The Nameless City bringing readers back to the City that Rat calls home and the place Kai is coming to care about.
Hicks uses the relative calm at the beginning of this installment to expand the world of the City as Rat shows Kai more of her world and introduces her to several new characters. This expanded view helps to bring the City into clearer focus and situates the story within the larger context of the world Hicks has created based on thirteenth century China (as mentioned in an author's note which talks a bit about her research process). Hicks' full-color artwork is as stunning as ever and once again brings Kai and Rat's story vividly to life.
When the uneasy truce that Kai and Rat helped bring to fruition falls apart spectacularly, the story moves in an unexpected direction and new villains emerge. Will Kai and Rat be able to save the City? Will the mysterious formula Kai and Rat found fall into the wrong hands? Readers will have to wait for trilogy's exciting conclusion to see how everything comes together. Recommended for readers looking for a new comic adventure and those who enjoy their adventure served with a side of strong-but-unlikely friendships.
*An advance copy of this review was provided by the publisher for review consideration*


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Friday, November 19, 2010
Firsthand Experience
It's been a while since any updates but I've got a pretty good excuse. For the past few weeks I've been gearing up to sail from Easter Island to Puerto Montt, Chile aboard the Alaska Eagle. I will be unable to blog for the store while at sea, but we will be making daily log entries from the boat. If you're interested in following us across the Pacific, click here and select "Leg 2."
See you all December 17th!
- Josh
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The above awesome video was made by Arthur Woo. Very, very awesome. :D Also, very interesting counter-point to the mood listening to what my father was talking about there. The Thanksgiving potluck that I mentioned in the video has its own blog entry here.
For our moving-away celebration, we predictably held a rawvegan potluck. Brain, Arthur, Veronika, Nora, Marie (and her new baby!), my Dad, my Husband, Jordan (young lovely woman), and Jordan (older knowledgeable man) attended. A couple others who planned to come, didn't make it -- such is the way of things. We especially missed Marisela, Olga, Jillian and Jonathan.
My Dad was here for the potluck, and is here as I write this, because he flew out here last week. He's going to alternate driving the truck with my husband as we drive across the country.
We'll miss it here in the Bay area, but we will return for visiting in the future. If for no other reason, we'll definitely be visiting for the purposes of filming our documentary.
This lovely sampling plate had a grain-pudding salad, a mango-slathered fruit salad, an avocado dip on a leaf of kale, a carrot-currant salad, an apple-kale salad and a bok-choy-pomegranate salad.
Mango-Covered Fruit Salad (made by female Jordan)
Parsley-Celery-Avocado on Kale (made by Brain Honeycutt)
Kale-Apple Salad (made by Raederle Phoenix)
Bok-Choy-Pomegranate Salad (made by Raederle Phoenix)
Carrot-Currant Salad (made by Veronika)
Guacamole (made by Brian and female Jordan)
Spicy Pomegranate Pie (made by Raederle Phoenix)
Also, thanks to Marie for the gift of apples and female Jordan for the mango.
To see the rest of the lovely photos, including two wonderful desserts, check out my facebook album for this event.