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Morning ... I was clearing some stack of papers and found this piece of notice ... from DBKK.
Oh boy ... the rush of emotion inside me, seeing this piece of 'old' paper which I still dearly keeping it.
The year was 2005 ... Christmas time, end of 2005 to be precise. I was married ... my wife is expecting a baby-boy ... and my pockets were empty!! Totally broke ... with debts all over. I have to survive with my mere salary of RM3k plus (was still with Inti Sabah ... but moved to Ins. Sinaran in 2006 for better salary and tuition purposes) ...
I started to goreng-keropok in 2005. I started as I got to know my Sabah's bro-in-law (my wife's sis hubby) who is a food-ingredients distributor. So ... he sells the raw keropok (from Kelantan) to me and I started to goreng to sell to shops and ... yes, pasar-malam. The 2005 Christmas Carnival ... at Gaya Street was a good experience ... full with sweat ... pain ... and tears.
I did not stop even a single day ... everyday will be goreng-goreng ... but I was NOT in stock-marker yet. I got myself a INTI colleague as partner. Another one joined me then ... 3 of us, trying to build the biz from stretch without ANY knowledge!! Sheer determination ... and looking back, it is kinda SILLY. Haha ... but, it is a very good painful experience, mind you.
Today ... if you are in KK, drop-by the popular Gaya Street. For me, I will be sure to go over ... buy items from these street-vendors. They put-up the stalls ... for few hours to earn a living. If you are one of them ... you will understand.
WHY am I going into goreng-keropok biz?
Look ... I was broke, zero knowledge in finances and zero knowledge in biz. I started to read about RDPD ... on moving out of Employee-quadrant(I was a teacher since I graduated ... nothing wrong with that ... just that I was financially-idiot) ... and giving more tuition to be in S-quadrant.
Business? What is that? Creating a system ... so that we could grow it and let others work for us!! How naïve I was ... so simple? Really?
It was tough ... really tough ... to start with. With zero capital, zero knowledge ... and NO ONE helping much, I braved myself to START. JUST DO IT mentality. Haha ... really shy to write more on my stupidity back then. I started to read about doing-biz ... and self-help to change my FINANCIAL MINDSET.
They said ... it is ALL in the mind. Partially true ... as without the right mindset, one will NOT start anyway.
But ... they did not tell us about EXTREME hardwork, failures ... insults by others ... they didn't put in real painful stories for many to FEEL how difficult and tough it is to be in biz ... and stock-markets too. More on the pain of stock-markets stories by me ... one day.
I will post those few pictures taken during those time ... I do have a simple digital-camera to record some of events ... and it is be 'emotional' for me to view them ...
I sat there ... recalling how I struggled, spent days preparing for the set-up of stalls. I bought generator, a large umbrella ... tables and containers. This small keropok-biz ended in 2008 when I was into market-crash ... and lost all my strength to carry-on by myself. The stock-market crash in 2008 punished a newbie like me... being in markets and lost 70% of my small capitals. My biz-partners left me in 2006, actually ... as I was too determined to work hard whereas ... well, they are not as hungry.
I was living to the quote "BE FOOLISH. BE HUNGRY" ... I did not stay hungry ... but I think I m still stay foolish. Thanks Steve Job for that quote. I was not aware of who Steve Job was back in 2006, ok? I knew NO ONE .. not even Warren Buffett ... only the few books I could afford to buy and read.
Bought a book during sales ... Steve Job's quotes ... for my collection (of books). I will look through these books when I retired.
Perhaps ... to listen to this clip again.
Anyway .. the year was 2005 ... so, it is 11 years since I started to JUST DO IT and taken steps to move into FINANCIAL FREEDOM. I am not financially free YET (waiting for that crash) .. but recalling back 2005, it is making me emotional.
I was full with emotions just now when I started this post ... the PAIN I went through in 2005 could never be able to describe in words or just a post here. It could be seen as FOOLISH to go into keropok-biz as I was still teaching MATHS in college ... but hey, at times ... when we are desperate, we will do whatever it takes to CHANGE ourselves, right?
Never look down on those pasar-malam stalls vendors ... they might be small, at least they earn a living to feed their kids. I was there ... I will always remember. I was different as I was so-called educated and still have a teaching-job!! If I do not have a full-time job, PERHAPS ... I could be more successful ... as I will have to push myself to be biz-man ... and learn the ups-downs of the culture, strategies and hard-work. My networks would be my platform to expand ... I will never know.
I QUIT my 2005 keropok-venture ... deep in pain. I cried, of coz. I failed to keep my partners and one of them, Daniel Tan no longer a friend. I lost a friend, indeed. I was too hungry back then.
I lost my capital ... and years of hardwork. I sold the umbrella, generators etc etc to recoup some losses. It was a total loss of everything ... EXCEPT experiences of hardwork, being foolish ... and determined.
From 2005 to 2008, I spent my waking hours to goreng-keropok. Packing ... drive my small kancil to sell to shops and bowling alleys(during nights til midnights!). I went to Institute Sinaran ... teaching A-level Math in 2006 ... and tuition classes picking-up, and I slowly reduced my hours in the failing biz ...
My aunt SK consoled me ... and said perhaps that is not the biz meant for me. I m good with my Math and pens ... not pans ... and I should move on to search for my strength!!
A wake up call in 2008 when ... against many who advised me in 2007, not to go into stock-market(too risky) ... I lost so much in 2008. My financial situation was so bad ... that the PAIN of surviving was really un-bearable!!
What makes me think I could pull myself up again ... I do not have the rights to talk about biz anymore to anyone as ... many will remind me of my failures and those critics will be glad to remind us of our pain.
If 2005 I struggled to start ... failed in 2006 ... started to be in stock-market in end-2007, failed in 2008 ... I do not see the light ... the days were very very heavy. End of month is a struggle to pay the bills (tho much smaller back then compared to my current, crazy!)
Today I could look back ... but the pain is still there, to be honest.
I am still struggling ... just on different level, different environment ... different situation. I will be patient now ... as I have used 10 years plus to build my foundation in FINANCIAL MINDSET. It is that loooong ... 10years ... and I could say that I just started to see some light ...
Thanks for reading ... I lost my plot as I m rushing out for my lunch.
coffee-date : 4pm today, I have another date with a very experienced trader. So glad he agreed to meet me to share experiences.
e-meeting tonight 9pm : book-sharing on Ho Kok Mun's book. Everyone is welcomed and the link will be sent to
Actually, I will prefer e-meeting to tell more of my "Gaya Street" stories. Haha.
Have a nice Sunday.


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A malincuore peró dico Bye bye Croazia..all'anno prossimo!
Kisses MB
The last day of the holidays has arrived .. how time flies. We illustrate my last moments in Croatia: Rovinj ferragoto in a room that had a terrace overlooking the sea, seafood dinner last night in Porec and the buoy (ie not in the Navy but moored to a buoy) with only around sea .. that show.
Reluctantly but I say Bye bye Croatia .. next year!
Kisses MB
I wear:
Per Ferragosto: long skirt of Zara
Cardigan of Northland
For the day: bikini of Golden Point
For the last evening: trasparent shirt of Zara
Trousers of Siviglia
Pochette of Zara
Shoes of Zara

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Celebrity Makeup News and Blogs:
Fall makeup to me is cool and edgy which is why a purple + green eye, courtesy of High Society Trio Eyeshadow from the NARS FAll 2012 Collection, is perfect for this. More after the jump!
Products Used
* Make Up For Ever HD Invisible Cover Foundation in #127
* Senna Form-A-Brow Eyebrow Stencil Kit in Neutral
* NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in Cottage Cheese – all over the lid as a base
* NARS High Society Trio Eyeshadow – lavender shade (left) on the eyelid and dark purple shade (right) on lower eye
* myface cosmetics Blingtone in Silver Screen topped with silver color (left) from NARS Vent Glace Duo Eyeshadow – inner corner of lower eye
* Army green shade (middle) from NARS High Society Trio Eyeshadow over Urban Decay 24/7 Liquid Eyeliner in Siren – dragged from outer corner of the eye to the crease for a graphic look
* MAC Fluidline in Blacktrack – upper lashline
* Estée Lauder Sumptuous Two Tone Eye-Opening Mascara in Bold Black/Rich Brown and Jealousness USA Diamond Beauty Fake Lashes in JS-507 – upper eye
* Jealousness USA Diamond Beauty Fake Lashes in Clear Touch JS-709 – lower eye
* NARS Outlaw Blush – lightly dusted on cheeks
* NARS Albatross Highlighting Blush – down the center of the nose and sparingly on the top of cheekbones
* Smashbox Step-by-step Contour Kit – contour shade (left) along the sides of nose
* NARS More Velvet Gloss Lip Pencil topped with NARS Born This Way Larger Than Life Lip Gloss
* NARS Storm Bird Nail Polish


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In June this year Eutelsat, the European satellite operator, is launching a satellite-based broadband service for consumers. This will mean areas in Europe unable to receive broadband through a fixed-line will be able to connect to the internet. Eutelsat have said that prices will be similar to current broadband providers but it will reach areas that current networks have yet to be extended to.
At present when launched the service will provide 'comprehensive coverage' of Europe and the Mediterranean Basin and will include Spain, Germany, Portugal and Switzerland. Expansion of the service is in the pipeline which will result in additional network coverage.
The system developed with Viasat (who provide the satellite broadband technology) and broadband operator Skylogic, will use Eutelsat's Hot Bird 6 satellite to transmit data. Skylogics central hub, based in Turin, will provide an access point to the satellite. This is excellent news for those unable to receive broadband, particularly in rural areas where network exchanges are too far to receive connection.
In North America where the service is already in use through WildBlue Communications, more than 100,000 customers have already signed up since its launch in 2005.


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Had a nice visit last week with Big Brother when he came in for an old friends funeral services. I think you call it an overnighter and then he went back home after the services. I did hint at him about Thanksgiving and he thought I was out an out crazy for even planning that far in advance. I had my reasons.
The weekend was for the most part quiet. I get a couple of visits from my cousin we were talking about food and cooking. I had a couple of things to do but other than that I slept or watched TV. It was definitely not enough but that's what this saturday is for.
The work week has been busy as far as I am concerned. Not enough time in the day for the last few days to get a lot done. The end of the week will be be scanning. I will finish the mail that's not done by next week.
The area union meeting was interesting. Approval of financial stuff, updates on different things that has been going on. They will have these again. Not sure when.
When I got home my two amazon items arrived. The grooming gloves came (and they do seem a little big for my hands) and I tried it on Sky..mixed reaction. Next will try tiger. If she ever comes up from the cellar. The other was a monthly Dayminder for 2018.
This past week on the You know you live….FB page there had been an alert for a missing dog. They asked for help by sharing updates, posting flyers, and almost daily updates. Well this afternoon it was posted that Geno was found dead. The owners sent heartbroken thanks and have been receiving many condolences. It may not have brought the entire city together but a large part of it shared, offered to help search for him and sent donations and prayers. I cried.
I also got emotional this evening as I was putting out the garbage. As I turned around to go back in the house I saw three rabbits. You are probably wondering what's the deal? Today or tomorrow is the anniversary of Bob's death. Also the day my Mom died three rabbits were out back. I feel it was Mom, Dad and Bob coming for a visit. Usually there are only 1 or 2 rabbits in the yard not three.
I ended up not going to the Trivia game at the restaurant. I am too tired and really need to go to bed.


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As I was preparing the presentation—and realized the craziness of what I had agreed to—I decided to write out the speech word-for-word (the only time I've ever done that) to make sure I really had something to say. Not only was the speech well-received, but I had an article for publication afterwards.
But I'm not going to write about that link again, because that's a one-trick pony I've already ridden.
No, what makes shopping important is its role as a reflection on the local culture. My aunt and uncle, who often traveled internationally before it became fashionable, commented that they liked to visit supermarkets in the cities they visited because they often learned more about the local culture there than they did in museums and other tourist attractions.
To be honest, one only need visit a few branches of the same supermarket chain to learn that lesson. When I lived in Atlanta, I frequented three Kroger stores, affectionately named the Kombat Kroger, Kruisy Kroger, and Kosher Kroger. The Kosher Kroger served a large Jewish population and had a complete Kosher meat section and an expansive kosher food selection. Because it also served families, the Kosher Kroger had huge selections of packaged breads, milk, and diapers.
The Kruisy Kroger was in the heart of Atlanta's mid-town area, with a large gay population. It earned its nickname because patrons would cruise one another. Serving a population of people who were primarily single or living in childless households, this Kroger had an expansive wine selection and prepared foods section, but a measly shelf of Manischewitz kosher products.
The Kombat Kroger was in the heart of a transitional neighborhood—half urban poor, half urban gentrification in process. Someone had been murdered at that Kroger, so they posted a full time security guard at the door to raise feelings of security. Because its target customer was less affluent than those of the other two Krogers, the merchandise selection was reduced, but instructions for using food stamps were more visible.
I re-learned the lesson of grocery stores when I was teaching at Bentley College. I sent students to different Shaw's markets, when it was in the process of rebranding itself from the Star Market name. One store was in relatively well-off Arlington, recently remodeled, and featured a sumptuous display of fresh and freshly prepared foods. The entire store had been rebranded as a Shaws.
After visiting that store, some of my students next went to the Star Market in Waltham. The only part of the rebranding that had been completed was in the plastic bags, which all bore the Shaw's name (and no sign of the Star name). That store was small with narrow aisles. The floors suffered not only from waxy yellow buildup that had been accumulating since the store was probably last remodeled in the late 1970s, but from an accumulation of dust that didn't seem to have been swept in the past 24 hours (always a reassuring sign in a supermarket). Merchandise selection was limited and the produce was downright unappetizing.
My students came back to class appalled. One refused to ever shop in Shaw's/Star again, concerned that the store had discriminated against its lower income clientele.
Given that, what cultural insights did we glean from the shopping experiences in Europe and South American? First, what's on offer at the stores reflects local tastes and preferences. If the insights gleaned from grocery stores didn't fully make the point, the absence of Chinese food stalls in the Turkish food court and the presence of Peruvian chains in the food courts of Peruvian malls did.
Second, shopping hours say a lot about what's important in a culture. In Europe—and here in Quebec—stores are only open two evenings a week (Thursday and Friday). In most European countries, stores are also closed Sundays. In contrast, stores in Lima are open until 10 or 11 at night, seven days a week, including Christmas (though they were closed on Boxing Day and New Year's Day). As a developing nation where a large percentage of the populace lives below the poverty line, I can certainly understand why retailers want to make effort to earn a living. But the hours are the same in most of Canada and the US, a trend explained by an interest in serving consumers when they want to be consumed. (The only difference is that stores close early on Sunday evenings, but even those hours have slowly and quietly expanded over the years, from a sharp closing at 5 pm to 7 pm for malls and 10 or 11 pm for some big box stores.)
Third, there's an aspirational quality to merchandising. Merchandising was probably strongest in the developing economy of Peru and the rising economy of Turkey. In both places, the provision of merchandise seems to communicate the message, "Announce to everyone that you've arrived." In contrast, the less meticulous merchandising observed in France suggests that they're past that aspirational phase.
Admittedly, this theory does not explain the superb merchandising in Germany—according to many, the wealthiest country in Europe—or the lax merchandising in Spain—which, until the worldwide recession, was a country on the rise.
Fourth, shopping helps us understand our boundaries. What are our spending limits? Do the limits we really observe match the ones we thought we would observe? For example, if we thought we would not spend over a certain amount for an item, and find ourselves buying that item for much more, why is that? Or is there something we did not think we needed, but when we see it at an attractive price, buy it anyway? Conversely, is there an item we thought we really wanted but when we saw it, we chose not to buy it? Was it the price? Did we reassess the need? Did emotions kick in?
Fifth, globalization is bridging some differences in shopping cultures. Certain stores are available all over, like Tommy Hilfiger, McDonald's, the Apple Store, Zara, and Hugo Boss. Certain brands are available all over, like Polo by Ralph Lauren, Samsonite, and Samsung.
Brands I had first noticed this winter in Europe seem to have arrived in North America, like Camper shoes and Desiqual fashions.
But last, differences continue to exist. More similarities exist within regions rather than across them. Stores like Ripley, Saga, and Casa y Ideas just operate in South America. Stores like el Corte Ingles and Monoprix only operate within one or two European countries. National and regional borders do preserve some elements of the economy.
Some brands have different reputations in different parts of the world. Some brands thatseem to have lost their lustre in the US still have some shine in Peru, like Jean Nate and Helena Rubinstein.
And each country seemed to have something unique about its shopping culture that other countries could not easily duplicate: el Mercado in Lima, the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul, and the Christmas market in Germany.
Next post: How Travel Has Changed.


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Popular tea brand Celestial Seasonings has wax creative again. They have launched single-serve ENERJI Green Tea Energy Shots.
These ENERJI Shots join Kombucha Energy Shots in Celestial Seasonings innovative Natural Shots product line.
The energy shots combine natural caffeine from green tea and green tea extract with a special blend of B-vitamins and ginseng for a natural energy boost. As the company points out, Enerji Green Tea Energy Shots
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NATURAL ENERGY? That's the only way to go!


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Richard Schippers
Training Manager/Engineering Services
Rick began his career with Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph (MST&T) gaining experience in the Outside Plant world of the Telecom industry. In 1983 he discovered his niche when he accepted a job as an Outside Plant Engineer doing field and design work. A decade later, with US West reorganization, Rick moved to Denver where he quickly became a subject matter expert in the usage of what is now known as OSP-FM.
Over the past 12 years, Rick has gained sales experience, first as a Sales Engineer and later as a Regional Sales Manager. "I love standing in front of a crowd and showing different aspects of telecom technology which has evolved over the years many times and continues to evolve and improve daily," he says.
Rick enjoys the many outdoor sports that Colorado has to offer. He has been married for 36 years to his high school sweetheart and now has three beautiful children and two grandchildren. Summer is his favorite time of year and he is often found at Colorado Rockies games. "The Broncos Football games are a close second, and with my season tickets I can spend quality time with my kids."
"I am excited to work with MOUNTAIN as the training manager, and can't wait to share what I have learned over the years with the MOUNTAIN team to make this the company of choice for all."


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Cross-border Intraday markets: Increasing flexibility
Furthermore on the German and Swiss Intraday market, 15-minute contracts offer trading participants a further increased level of flexibility. Since 2011, 15-minute contracts provide greater flexibility to handle intermittency and the daily ramping effects of renewable production, contributing to a more balanced market. Since their launch, over 3 TWh of 15-minute contracts have been traded, and represent on average around 20% of the German Intraday volumes.


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The Rutland Area Visiting Nurse Association & Hospice and Dorset Nursing, with support from the Coalition for Adult Immunization in the Rutland region, are hosting the following seasonal flu and pneumonia vaccination clinics:
Wednesday, Nov. 3 at the Godnick Adult Center in Rutland, 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 5 at the Wells Town Hall, 9 to 11 a.m.
The clinics are open to all adults age 18 years and over.
Individuals who have Medicare Part B or Managed Medicare need only bring their card. For all others, the cost for the flu immunization is $33, the cost of the high dose flu vaccine is $55 and the cost for the pneumonia vaccine is $65. Mastercard, Visa and American Express cards are accepted.
For more information, please call the Flu Hotline at 802-770-1574, RAVNAH at 775-0568 or visit www.ravnah.org.


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I am proud to share this project with you today! Spring is here, so why not celebrate.
I made a sweet gift set today. What do you think?
I used the patterns and the print and cut feature again on my Cameo, It's so fun to "color" on the computer!
I mounted her on an action wobble to give her more personality.
Isn't she cute? I love her.
I made a matching notebook. I just copied the snail and made her smaller. This in the background was actually from another project. I save the piece after using that heart cut out. I love the look of this.
I used my hot glue gun to add the ribbon to the covers and glued the top edge of the pink book mark to the back of the cover. So you can keep your place.
For the bookmark I used a felt popper from Pinque Peacock and some ribbon from my stash.
To make this book mark I used my high temp glue gun to put a deep glob on the back then layered in the ribbon and paper clip. To cover the mess, I found a circle punch that fit so I just placed it right over the warm glue.
Nice and clean and ready to go!


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Included is how Frank placated both of the gay journalists from the Boston Globe vying to break his self-outing, how he threatened a nuclear outing of GOP closet cases if Lee Atwater didn't stop his dirty tricks whispering campaign against Rep. Tom Foley, and how he decided that two prominent Democrats were fueling a whisper campaign against House majority leader Tom Foley.
But here's the part in which Frank paid Sen. Sam Nunn back for years of homophobic actions in the Senate:
...There is a postscript to the fight over Don't Ask, Don't Tell that I promised Clinton I'd keep secret. But I now feel free to reveal it because Clinton himself brought it up in a conversation with Taylor Branch that would be published with Clinton's consent in Branch's book The Clinton Tapes. Branch, whose work on Martin Luther King Jr. is brilliant journalism that I wish every activist would read, is a strong admirer of Sam Nunn and apparently asked Clinton why he had not appointed Nunn to a major national security post in his second term. Nunn had in fact hoped to become secretary of state. Clinton replied that it was my fault, referring to a memo I had sent him.
I am delighted to plead guilty as charged. After the 1996 election, one of Clinton's top aides called to warn me that the president was on the verge of making Nunn secretary of state. I started to complain, and the response I got was, "Don't complain to me. I agree with you, but I haven't been able to stop it and that's why I am calling you."
I immediately composed a memo to Clinton in which I said that Nunn had a consistent record of homophobia. He had fired two men from his staff because they were "security risks" back at a time when the anti-gay order was still in effect. He had vigorously led the fight against allowing us to serve in the military, and in 1996 when Ted Kennedy cleverly forced a vote on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act in the Senate, Nunn was one of only five Democrats to vote against us.
In other words, I wrote to Clinton, Nunn has been one of the most effective and dedicated opponents of fair treatment for LGBT people. I have defended you, I went on, against those who have unfairly, in my judgment, accused you of selling us out on the Don't Ask, Don't Tell issue. But if you appoint this man, who has done so much to harm us, to the most prestigious position you have to give, you will do more to validate those criticisms than I could do to rebut them. I passionately told Clinton that he should not do this to those of us who had been his strongest supporters.
I must acknowledge that I got some personal satisfaction from apparently frustrating Nunn's aspiration to be secretary of state. But I also thought that something crucial was at stake: Being a leading opponent of fair treatment for LGBT people should be considered a disqualification for high honor within the Democratic Party. No comparable opponent of fair treatment for African-Americans, women or any other group would have been considered for such a post. I am proud that I helped establish the principle that we should receive equal consideration.


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I honestly think I'm a little bipolar. I go from throwing myself a pity party to being filled with grand inspiration and happy feelings about the months ahead. I am currently leaning toward the latter option, but who knows how I'll feel in an hour. Or five minutes, for that matter.
My (current) realization is that I make my own happiness. And I'm allowed to have bad days and I'm allowed to feel sorry for myself sometimes. But all the time? Absolutely not. If I tell myself that I can't do this, there is no way in hell that I will be able to get through this. And even if sometimes I feel like I'm facing the impossible, I can do this. People before me have done it. Heck, Mark's doing it right now. Granted, Italy is a way better place to miss someone than Philadelphia in January. But he wakes up every morning and has fun. He is experiencing new and wonderful things and meeting amazing new people. Why shouldn't I do the same? Yeah, I'm in Philly. Yeah, it's not 60 degrees here, which makes it very easy to lay in bed all day. But damn it, I deserve to be happy. I can be happy, I will be happy. I will actually pay attention to my goals and I will attempt them, each and every week. I will exercise, I will socialize, I will smile. I will fake it until I make it.
So until my next meltdown, I promise to try.


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Saturday, September 25, 2010
Been so effing sick lately. Hm, hopefully will get better soon... My vision's blurred a bit too, hope it's not something serious.
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sucks get well soon mateReplyDelete
Hope you get well soon, being sick is never fun. Especially the flu. The flu realllyyy sucks.ReplyDelete
thx for the commentReplyDelete
hope u get better
- AnonymousSeptember 26, 2010 at 10:19 AM
Very cool post bro !ReplyDelete
Hope you'll get better soon...ReplyDelete
I've been sick for about two years now. I just refuse to go to the doctor about it. I would suggest you see a doctor though. "Do as I say not as I do.", right?ReplyDelete
What do you think it is? Get better soon pal!ReplyDelete
drink some nyquil if anything ull fell gooderReplyDelete
hope ya feel better broReplyDelete
cool post dude, keep the work up!ReplyDelete
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Gay agenda activists are apparently not content to let the cardinal's remarks go unpunished, though. According to reports, a coalition of at least 12 pro-gay groups has now filed criminal complaints with two government agencies against Cdl. Sandoval. The coalition charges him with inciting violence toward homosexuals as well as unjust discrimination.
and the desire of chaplains who are really Christians to leave the army...
and the Ten Commandments going....in OK


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My workbench has been seeing lots of activity as I prepare for the upcoming
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Due to the impact of the Papal Visit on local/regional transportation, the location of the fair has been shifted from State Street in Media to the lovely downtown area of Swarthmore.
As I sit in the midst of what I hope will be the final heat wave of the year, it's hard to believe that I'm also preparing for the upcoming holiday season.
Inventory for one of the seasonal sales has to be delivered next month.
The previous necklaces that I made featuring roll printed cicada wings appeared to be warmly received,
so it was time to make more.
Wings went through my rolling mill, sandwiched between pieces of annealed copper.
After cutting, filing and sanding, the copper wings were riveted with sterling wire to bases of etched brass and silver nickel.
Holes were drilled for attaching my tornado wire wrapping connectors, allowing me to turn the wings into fanciful pendants.
All wings are now hanging from long chains, ready to be tagged.
I kind of got in the zone while wire wrapping the ends of my chains, joining the clasps and connectors and forgot to put one of the wings on.
Easy fix...
I cut the chain in two places, slipped on the wing, and reconnected the parts with wire wrapped, faceted amazonite beads.


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At MaxisIT the first step in the CDISC mapping specification document service employs the comparison of the study metadata on par with the SDTM domain metadata.
In complex studies where the CDM metadata was most suitable to the maximum extent possible with SDTM metadata, it is recommended to make use of automated mapping as a first step. Then If CDISC standard data sets and variable names were properly arranged in the CDM data sets, it is more suggested to use a data step or SQL select to verify for direct matches and document then so that the validity of the mappings can be mapped.
This procedure only serves as a first step of SDTM metadata mapping, but it can purposefully eliminate hours of manual mapping. If the CDM metadata is not mapping with the SDTM metadata or if SDTM specifications were improperly used, then auto mapping is suggested to be avoided as the best choice
The successive step at MaxisIT in this service area employs manual mapping of the study data sets to the actual domain data sets and then there by mapping each single variable to the appropriate domain. Varying on how the CDM data is structured, you may have a facility to map each CDM file to every suitable single domain, and ensure a split its variables among multiple domains, or a combination of variables from multiple CDM files into a single existing domain. There are many types of variable mapping possible.
Several basic types of mapping at MaxisIT are listed below:
Direct mapping
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I'm back for another edition of Messy Mom Monday...and my house is still messier than I'd like, which I think will probably sufficiently describe it for the next 16+ years. Anyway, today I thought I'd focus not so much on the actual messiness of our house, but another way that moms can be a little bit messy--emotionally and/or mentally:
1) J and I drove over to the city where my parents live on Saturday because I had a photo shoot of a banquet scheduled. So, I got all my stuff together, dragged out a pair of slacks that sort-of fit, and had Justin drop me off....only to realize that the banquet is next Saturday. All our communication clearly states the 28th, but for some reason, I had it in my head that it was the 21st. So that was awkward, showing up to the venue and talking to the front desk person, who clearly thought I was a dumb blonde idiot. And I felt like an idiot. I don't know what I was thinking, but I'm just SO GLAD that I was a week early instead of a week late. Still, at least we got to eat dinner and visit with my fam!
2) I'm still a little bit of a mess regarding the whole mystery bruise experience. Even though they clearly told me that they successfully removed all the skin cancer, any time I have a stomach ache, or get a bruise, or notice that a softball scar I've had since middle school has a bit of a purple-ish tint to it, I still have a hard time not thinking that it's cancer and that I'm going to die. I know it doesn't make sense, but it's just kind of weird and hard to go from months and months of worrying and being terrified, to one day being fine and not having to think about it anymore.
3) I've disabled anonymous comments on this blog. I had been allowing them because my parents, Justin, and a few other real-life friends who don't have blogs of their own comment every once in awhile, and I like hearing from them. However, after I was left a mean and snarky anonymous comment on my last post about Lizzy, I realized that the vast majority of anonymous comments I receive are either spam, or some sort of snarky/mean comment. All my friends and family should still be able to comment through Open ID, so I just see no reason for allowing the anonymous comments any more. ETA--The Open ID thing is a bit trickier than I thought, so I've just decided to enable comment moderation instead, for the time being. We'll see how that goes!
I wish I could say that the mean or negative comments are easy for me to brush off, but they aren't always, even though the support from my husband and others who know us in real life should easily trump one nasty comment. I KNOW it wasn't that big of a deal, but it still hurts a little.. It makes me sad, because I pride myself on being honest here, sharing the good and bad, the messy and otherwise.
It also makes me sad that as far as I can tell from the stats (because even when you post anonymously, it isn't completely anonymous), this wasn't a troll--this was someone who reads and visits fairly regularly. It makes me sad that that person, didn't just sign in and comment something like, 'Hey, when you tell stories about Lizzy talking, do you translate or paraphrase what she's saying? It sounds like she's saying a lot more than most 2 year old kids I know,'...because that's a question I'd be happy to answer.
You don't have to be nice to me, though it does hurt my feelings when you're not. You don't have to agree with me, or with everything that I write. But the messy truth is that I think that if you can't even stand behind the negative remarks you make, you probably already know that you're in the wrong. I really try avoid stooping to the level of the mean comments, but the messy truth is that in my opinion, if you resort to being an anonymous snark, that makes you a sucky person. Or maybe just someone who has some emotional messes yourself. I don't know. But, I do know that I'm willing to admit that I just don't want to deal with the anonymous snark anymore, so I'm not going to.
Thanks for letting me be real--messiness and all :) Have some messes of your own? Link up at Living in the Moment or Dude and Sweets!


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After several weeks of eating at a lot of restaurants, I'm trying to do a similar thing to Jess, and eat mostly at home for the next little while.
I started before Danni's parents even left, kneading the pizza dough as they loitered waiting for Danni to take them to the airport. But you have seen my standard pizzas before, so I don't really need to blog them!
Tuesday I slacked off, and we had scrambled tofu for dinner (but I made it!).
Wednesday I had the day off work, so I spent the afternoon experimenting with kaya, and then decided to cook a curry before I hurried out the door to my class. We have a lot of chillis growing on our balcony (it's awesome!), and the weather is growing colder, so I'm starting to cook a lot more curries.
mixed vegetable and lentil curry
This is sort of based on the Sindhi vegetable and lentil curry in The Asian Vegan Kitchen (pg 23). I took the basic idea and then modified it to suit what I had and what I wanted.
half cup yellow lentils
half cup red lentils
1 teaspoon ground cumin
half teaspoon turmeric
1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1 tablespoon ground coriander
1 clove garlic
a little bit of ginger
3 fresh red chillis from my garden! (these were quite hot)
1 brown onion (diced)
4 tomatoes (diced)
2 potatoes (peeled, washed and diced roughly)
1 carrot (peeled and diced)
quarter head of cauliflower (wash well! then chop into small florets)
1 bushell spinach (wash super well, and roughly shred)
2 cups water
2 cups stock
Rinse the lentils, then soak in a little hot water. Saute the onion (in some oil) with the cumin, turmeric, cayenne pepper and ground coriander, then add the ginger and garlic (both minced), as well as the chillis. Chillis should have been chopped, with their seeds.
After the onion starts to soften, drain the lentils and add them, as well as the tomatoes, potatoes, carrot, cauliflower and spinach, preferably in that order. I like to let the tomatoes, potatoes and carrot cook for a couple of minutes before I add the cauliflower and spinach, but you may not!
Add the stock and the water, and mix, then leave to simmer on medium to low, covered, for about 25 - 30 minutes.
This is a tiny bit spicy! Also very liquidy, perfect for rice and roti.
Friday, 12 March 2010
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|This is the entrance to the twin caves
|Closer shot of the Bolitas Cave entrance
|Another shot of the entrance to Bolitas Cave
|Another entrance shot of Bolitas Cave with people going down
Seeing the small entrance of Bolitas Cave, I passed on this one. Even the couples who joined us with the tour no longer visited this cave. So we just waited for my boyfriend as he wants to explore everything.
Based on the pictures he gathered, it seems that this cave is very small. He also has difficulty in going down and climbing up the cave. It was also hot and with very little ventilation down there.
|Inside the Bolitas Cave
|Creepy looking rock formations even on the ceiling
|My boyfriend coming out of the Bolitas Cave
This visit to Crystal Cave is part of the Bucas Grande Island tour which was explored during our Day 2 Surigao Adventure.


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|This ^ is a snowflake.
1.) Snow! The first snow of winter always makes me happy... and it's not like it hasn't been hovering around 30F all week anyway - we might as well get some snow when it's this cold! :D
2.) Gorgeously beautiful lovely sky. It was just sooo pretty... kind of a blue-grey perfection with white accents... I definitely wished I had a camera. :) *happy sigh* Beauty is so amazing...
|not again!!!!!!
3.) I got the recurring physics problem back to work on some more! LOL Let's hope this time I can get it right... when I turn it in at the correct time on Friday. :) But had I not messed up and turned it in early, I would not have known I did it wrong and gotten the chance to fix it! So it really is something to be thankful for. :D
4.) I won't have 3 tests on Friday the 19th! *whew* One professor let me switch it to a day early... so I'm losing a whole day of studying, but I won't be going straight from a solid hour of physics testing into another solid hour of cell bio problem testing. Which would have killed me, I'm pretty sure. Now I just need to study like crazy!
5.) I found a perfect place to study! A big empty room with comfy chairs and a blackboard! It's a bit out of the way, but definitely closer to my classes than the library. We'll see how much I can use it before somebody kicks me out. ;)
|lol... doesn't it look weird from this angle?
computer cameras are such strange things... ;)
6.) I got my room clean! *deep breath* You don't want to know why I can home from school so upset I had to clean my entire room and organize my closet (which happens to be my room... there is no closet in my room... LOL), so let's just leave it my room is beautifully clean and I am delighted with it! Hooray for a solid weekend of studying in a clean room! (Well, minus Sunday, which is my fav day of the week, for obvious reasons! :D)
:) And at some point I'm going to do an entire post with just quotes, I know it. :D
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Friday, September 02, 2011
Sacramento's 12th Annual Gold Rush Days
Sacramento's heritage celebration-is scheduled for Labor Day Weekend. More than 200 tons of dirt will be dumped on the streets of Old Sacramento as the annual festival "turns back the clock," transforming Sacramento's historic district into a scene straight out of the 1850s. Costumed re-enactors, Wild West gun fights, musicians playing period instruments, and many aspects of life during the Gold Rush will be highlighted during the four-day event.
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Klemtu ferry port in Swindle Island is served by a number of ferry routes with crossings to Bella Bella, Port Hardy & Prince Rupert available. With a selection of up to 4 Sailings Weekly, the port of Klemtu connects Swindle Island with Campbell Island, Vancouver Island & Canada.
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Unsurprisingly, considering the size of the town, there is only one ferry company operating in the port, and they only offer one crossing per week. The port connects to one of Canada's largest and busiest cities, Vancouver; the crossing lasts up to 12 hours and is supplied by BC Ferries, a reliable and respected company in the area.
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I've just been making some pretty things with it - quotes and drawings and such. By the way, these were all created by hand - with a pencil, a compass, and lots of black pens and Sharpies. No computer stuff here.
That's all. Enjoy :)
soulpancake's time-lapse art video on fear. I tried to film the creation, but, having never done so before, failed miserably. But here's the picture. The Gallifreyan text says "This is fear" and it's supposed to represent my fear of losing myself. Hence the maze (which is actually solvable...that was hard), the city, and snowflake letters.
I'm also hoping to make a time-lapse type video of its creation. I'll post a link if I manage it.
UPDATE: Here's the link to the YouTube video of the creation of the mockingjay! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOCGJrBqBVY


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a little glimpse of Jenna.
Jenna is shy but happy most of the time. She will be very attached to us and want us to hold her and play with her. She especially likes the stuffed animal that she sleeps with. She likes to help other children, but fights for toys sometimes, too. She is close to all the nannies that care for her and can call her friends by name. Jenna likes to go to bed earlier and get up earlier, usually before 7:00 AM. She takes a nap after lunch and she sleeps in her own crib in a room with two other children, not liking to be left alone in the room. Although Jenna is usually pretty happy, when she does get upset, you need to hold her and give her snack for comfort. Jenna still wears diapers but can feed herself with a spoon. She likes to eat rice, bread, fruit and milk but does not like spicy food.
I was thrilled to read every word of this e-mail!!! And I truly laughed out loud when I read that she doesn't like spicy food...THAT IS MY DAUGHTER (the blander the better, in my opinion!) I had a strong feeling that she was shy, too, since she's not smiling and seems very timid in every single picture we've ever seen. I am thrilled to hear she wants to be held when upset, and I cannot wait for that moment when I get to be the one holding and comforting her. I love that she's mostly happy but also has some assertiveness to fight for what she wants! I'm so thankful that we got bunk beds for she and Shelby to have since it turns out she doesn't like to be alone in her room.
This little glimpse of my daughter was also evidence of God's faithfulness. He knew this week would be hard for me since the one year anniversary of my mom's death is in a few days. So to wake up to this good news was just one little way of Him showing His amazing love for me, love that I'll never fully understand!
I e-mailed Andrea back to say THANK YOU, and I proceeded to ask her if at all possible could we find out if the caregivers have been shaving and/or cutting Jenna's hair. We've been told that with the genetic skin condition she has, her hair may not grow "normally." And every picture we've seen of her shows different looking hair. Andrea said she'd be happy to ask.
Well this morning, I woke to another e-mail from Andrea stating "They have cut Jenna's hair." These five words were MUSIC TO MY EARS!!!!! To know that our precious girl's hair is growing enough to be cut (in order to prevent lice in the orphanage) is AWESOME!!!!! As much as I want to see her hair growing out, it still makes me thrilled to know it is in fact growing and at a rate that it needs to be cut. PRAISE THE LORD!!!!!
I also got an e-mail this morning stating that our Article 5 paperwork has been completed, which means we are officially now waiting for our TA (Travel Approval)!!!!! So hopefully in a couple of weeks, we'll get our TA and be able to apply for a CA (Consulate Appointment). Once we apply for CA, we can book flights and truly begin packing to head to China!!! We're still aiming to leave the first week of November, which isn't too far away. My head is spinning at all that needs to happen before that day comes, but GOD IS GOOD and in HIS perfect timing, it will all work out.
Lord, thank You for your faithfulness. My heart is heavy this week as I miss my mom so VERY much, but knowing she is healed and whole with you helps my heartache. And then you prove yourself faithful again by blessing us with the GOOD news about Jenna. Thank you, thank you, thank you. AMEN.


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Posted: May 7, 2013 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: ACCOUNTABILITY, Debates, Farm loan waver, food security, scams, Sonia Gandhi Leave a comment
Don't you think food security bill hyped as biggest welfare scheme is illogical/cheating people (420) for the following reasons?
Don't you think it is illogical or cheating; make people believe that one time waver of farm loans and sustaining food security bill for ever are similar and they are welfare activities? – Debates on TV's!
The debates give us a feeling that; they are meant to fool the people to generate vote banks or people have lost ability to understand the difference between bad money which has gone down the drain and money to be earned to spend it?
Farm loan waiver is a one time activity; bad debts accumulated over a period; and acknowledged by banks as not recoverable? It is; mustering courage to forget bad money (memories)?
No funds were needed to implement this scheme as funds are already consumed by borrowers; existed in books of lenders as non-performing assets?
No cash was needed to implement; farm loan waivers; as they are only book adjustments and at the best affected balance sheets of banks? It was one time activity to accept bad money; boldness/accept as bad loans or inability to recover them and write them off? Yet lot of corruption took place as many; who are not eligible and capable of bribing were the beneficiaries?
Food security bill hyped as biggest welfare scheme is illogical/cheating people (420); a few reasons and you can contribute a few more reasons?
1, a. Government has to find real cash year after year to dole out subsidies to support 67% of population on sustainable basis.
Everyone with basic economic knowledge of state economics; know; funds cannot be generate on sustainable basis to support 67% of population?
Possible options available to generate funds: Like diesel and petrol subsidies; (a joke) of taxing the products heavily and transferring the taxes as subsidies to consumers; shifting money of consumers' right pocket to left pocket in the guise of subsidies?
Don't you think this process of collecting taxing and transferring them back in another form of subsidies is an inefficient way? taxing the product low; to mach the end subsidized cost will be more effective; scope for less corruption etc. and may be a sensible way to keep prices low and worth considering?
b. earn money from natural resources to spend – not available as they are not sufficient for greedy to loot ( through scams).
c. foreign debt can't be a solution as it leads to debt trap.
d. tax 33% heavily; to generate funds to sustain subsidy bill – not possible as present rate of taxes and fiscal policies has driven the country into the clutches of black economy.
The only alternative left is to tax majority of the beneficiaries of food security bill heavily in one form or other; make them paupers; build vote banks; to accept; food subsidy doles with gratitude – 420 and deception to lure the people to believe that they live in a welfare state; when it is not.
2. Food security bill and lack of infrastructure only leads to more corruption and loot as our experience of over 50 years of cong rule shows; help rich become richer and poor poorer and looters more bold?
Don't you think; the bill makes one wonder; how India survived so long with such poor economists who don't know the difference between bad money and real income generation?
vote bank politics is encouraging looters and driving Indian economy to shambles?
Sonia EICo – Scam in brewing?
Sonia Gandhi: Annexation through Technicalities- Arun Shourie
it sheds light on how Sonia Gandhi has lied, broken laws and looted the country? – Moderator
Don't you think all people can be fooled for some time; and some for all the time and not all for all the time?
It is a wakeup-call to all nation loving MPs belonging to all parties? For once they should come together; think logically; and help Indians to be proud of them!
Accountability at all levels makes a nation safe and prosperous.


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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appointed a French judge to lead an international panel tasked with gathering evidence of war crimes in Syria's six-year war. Catherine Marchi-Uhel, who has served as an international judge in Kosovo, Cambodia and at the war crimes court for the former Yugoslavia, was named to head the Geneva-based panel yesterday. She currently works as the ombudsperson for a Security Council committee that deals with the Islamic State group and Al-Qaeda.
The UN General Assembly in December set up the international panel to help collect evidence to be used in future cases of war crimes prosecution. More than 320,000 people have been killed in Syria where a UN Commission of Inquiry has documented cases of torture, summary killings and other atrocities by all sides in the conflict.


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WIP: Tomb Kings, Settra the Imperishable
This is just a quick WIP of my current/next model, Settra the Imperishable from the Tomb Kings army. I will complete this in two stages, first the chariot and horses followed by Settra himself. The horses are pretty boring but the rest of the model is really nice and I am enjoying the turquoise, red and brass look.
He will be pitted against the winner of the Durthu and Golgfag match. You can listen to that match now on episode 9 of The Dimensional Cascade Podcast.


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Muddy Buddies with Peanut Butter M&Ms for an Easter treat. Super easy, tasty and cute!
Recipe adapted from: Life, Love and Sugar
1 box Rice Chex cereal
10 oz chocolate chips
1/4 cup butter
1/2 cup peanut butter
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar (I used less)
1 bag Peanut Butter M&Ms (or preferred Easter candy)
1. Put chex cereal into a large bowl.
2. Microwave chocolate chips, butter and peanut butter in a microwave safe bowl for about 1 minute. Stir.
3. Heat 30 seconds to a minute longer until mixture is fully melted and smooth.
4. Add chocolate mixture to cereal and stir to coat evenly.
5. Add powdered sugar and stir until evenly coated. Have patience and stir carefully to not break up the chex cereal too much.
6. Add the bag of M&Ms and stir gently.


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This content is part of a series.CORE VALUES OF SUGAR CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH
PART I - SIMPLICITY, August 20, 1995
By Pastor Fenton Moorhead
... begin a new series today dealing with the core values of our church, asking the question, What Is Important, what is most important? Why do we do things the way we do? What is it based upon? What is our passion for what is important in being the church of Jesus Christ?
We have an acrostic, and on some Sundays we'll deal with one point, and on some Sundays we'll deal with several. This morning we begin with "S" for Simplicity. And the scripture tells us in 2nd Corinthians 11:3, "But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through is subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ."
The warning is obvious, we can be moved from the simplicity of Christ, to something that is not clear, that is not easily understood, to something that has more to do with appearances than reality. And so, the Apostle warns, and he says, "Remember the simplicity that is in Christ. Don't let your mind be corrupted from that into something else."
You see, there were people that would follow the apostle Paul around, and where he would do the hard work of beginning a church, and the gospel would blossom in the hearts of people, and they would understand the grace of God, the simplicity there is in Christ, in the pure gospel. Folks would follow Him around, and then they would come in and say, "Well, you not only need Christ and the gospel, but you also need to follow all the dietary requirements in the old covenant." And they would bring the old covenant back, and make it binding on the people. Instead of baptism, they still wanted all the men to be circumcised, which was the sign of the old covenant.
And so they didn't truly understand, and they actually believed that in order to be a follower of Christ you had to become a Jew, and follow all the old Jewish traditions. The ap ...
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Acting and Writing
with Academy and Golden Globe award winner
Alexander Dinelaris
Saturday, February 11, 2017
1-9pm at
manhattanmovement&artscenter (mmac)
248 West 60th Street
(between Amsterdam and West End avenues),
New York, NY 10023
1-9pm at
manhattanmovement&artscenter (mmac)
(between Amsterdam and West End avenues),
New York, NY 10023
ALEXANDER DINELARIS is an Academy Award and Golden Globe winner for the screenplay of Birdman (or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance). He is the co-creator and executive producer of the series "The One Percent" for Starz. He is currently adapting the novel Entering Hades into a feature film with Michael Fassbender. His film The Year of the Monarchs is currently in development with Mandalay Entertainment. He is also the bookwriter of the stage musical adaptation of the film The Bodyguard (which premiered at The West End in London) and of Gloria and Emilio Estefan's Broadway musical On Your Feet! Other recent work includes his plays Red Dog Howls (New York Theater Workshop), Still Life (Manhattan Class Company), The Chaos Theories (Shotgun Theater) and In This, Our Time (59E59). He received the HOLA-R.Evolución Latina Dare To Go Beyond Award in 2015 and is a proud member of the Writer's Guild and the Dramatists Guild.
All proceeds will benefit the Hispanic Organization of Latin Actors (HOLA) and R.Evolución Latina. You can bring your work. There will be a very special guest or two from the biz. You'll work together for a day. There will be a dinner break. Click HERE to secure your seats. More information will be available shortly. Tickets are $200.
About the Hispanic Organization
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HOLA is an arts service and advocacy organization dedicated to expanding the presence of Latino/Hispanic artists in entertainment and media through the cultivation, education and recognition of emerging artists. In expanding job opportunities for Latino/Hispanic actors, HOLA strengthens and supports the available talent pool through its professional educational services and awards for excellence in theater. Ultimately, HOLA strives for an accurate, informed and non-stereotyped portrayal of Latino/Hispanic culture, people and heritage in theatre, film, television, radio and commercials.
About R.Evolución Latina
R.Evolución Latina (RL) is an organization that utilizes the arts through educational and collaborative programming to empower the Latino community to discover their full potential. RL is committed to making a difference through the arts.
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All proceeds will benefit HOLA and RL.
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After I had breakfast with David Shuster the day after the Rally to Restore Sanity, I did a quick post about it with the intention of giving a full account at some point. But after thinking about it, I decided against it:
"I've decided not to elaborate any further on my lunch with David, except to say that I told him that MSNBC really screwed him over and MSNBC President, Phil Griffin, is a real piece of work. Griffin took one of the few actual journalists that worked as an MSNBC host and walked all over him. David is remarkably at peace with everything and will be fine, great in fact, and what MSNBC is losing will be someone else's gain."The truth is, I didn't feel like sharing our private conversation, even though David said I could blog about anything we discussed. It just didn't feel right. We talked about a lot of personal things; our families, our dads, in addition to some issues I have with MSNBC, the reasons David felt unsettled there, his decision to talk to CNN, and David's situation now.
It was a great couple of hours and decided to leave it at that...
Then, MSNBC President, Phil Griffin, suspended Keith Olbermann after it was reported Keith had been donated to three Democrats at the end of October
Despite the fact that NBC said that "MSNBC 'Doesn't Answer' to NBC News Standards," and it was clear Phil Griffin didn't mind Joe Scarborough donating to Republicans (or that even Pat Buckkkanan has given 5 political contributions over the past few years), Griffin removed Keith from the air "until further notice."
Well, I just had to see what David thought about all this.
I spoke with him little while ago & tried my best to pry some juicy thoughts from him regarding Olbermann's suspension -- anything that I could blog that is -- but sad to say, I wasn't very successful.
Considering he's still under contract with MSNBC until December, and anything he would say could jeopardize him financially -- and that there was really no upside to him speaking out on Keith or his situation until then -- this was the best I could do on-the-record:
Joshua: David, thanks for taking my questions.At least is was something. ;-)
David Shuster: You are welcome. You may not be thankful when you see how little I can say about most things. You are the only person in the media/politics/blogosphere world I've even responded to. I have kept my phones turned off and haven't answered any e-mails just to avoid the questions from reporters and etc. But for you, I'll consider anything.
Joshua: Any reaction to the Keith Olbermann situation?
David Shuster: Joshua, I love you man. But it's not my place to talk about any of that. So, I'm not going to comment. I'm sorry.
Me: Any news on your suspension or your future plans?
David Shuster: As MSNBC has stated publicly, my contract ends in December. I'm sure that we will have an amicable discussion about my future and theirs.
Joshua: Any thoughts on how MSNBC handled your situation?
David Shuster: I harbor no ill will or negative feelings towards MSNBC.
Joshua: So, what have you been up too since we last saw each other?
David Shuster: I just participated with a bunch of friends in a 5k walk for an organization called the "Lungevity foundation." They are dedicated to finding a cure for lung cancer. It was a spectacular day today in DC and it was nice to be outside with friends, trying to help with a good cause.


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Spectacular Billion Pixel Panorama from NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover
This is a cropped, reduced version of panorama from NASA's Mars rover Curiosity with 1.3 billion pixels in the full-resolution version. See full panorama below. It shows Curiosity at the "Rocknest" site where the rover scooped up samples of windblown dust and sand. Curiosity used three cameras to take the component images on several different days between Oct. 5 and Nov. 16, 2012. Viewers can explore this image with pan and zoom controls at http://mars.nasa.gov/bp1/. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
Updated with link to interactive Gigapan version
NASA's newly produced and absolutely spectacular panorama from the Curiosity mega rover offers armchair explorers back on Earth a mammoth 1.3 billion pixels worth of Mars in all its colorful glory.
And everyone can move back and forth around the interactive panorama and zoom in – with special embedded tools- to your hearts delight in exquisite detail at the 'Rocknest' site where the rover spent her first extended science stay in late 2012.
This extra special Rocknest panorama is the first NASA- produced view comprising more than a billion pixels from the surface of the Red Planet.
It offers a full 360 degree panoramic view around the rover encompassing breathtaking vistas of Mount Sharp and the eerie rim of Gale Crater, some 20 miles distant.
Mount Sharp rises 3.4 miles (5.5 km) high and is the target destination. The team hopes Curiosity will arrive at the base of Mount Sharp perhaps late this year or early in 2014.
The 'Rocknest' scene was assembled from nearly 900 raw images snapped by three different cameras among the 17 total that Curiosity uses as she trundles across the crater floor in search of the ingredients of life.
The panorama was created by Bob Deen of the Multi-Mission Image Processing Laboratory at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif, where the mission is managed on a daily basis.
"It gives a sense of place and really shows off the cameras' capabilities," said Deen in a statement. "You can see the context and also zoom in to see very fine details."
Check here for the full, billion pixel interactive cylindrical and panoramic viewers
Download the full image –here.
"Rocknest" was a windblown ripple of sand dunes that Curiosity drove to after departing from the touchdown site at 'Bradbury Landing' and thoroughly investigated in October and November 2012.
It was at 'Rocknest' where the six wheeled rover famously deployed her robotic arm to scoop into the Martian dirt for the very first time and then delivered those first grains to the duo of analytical chemistry labs inside her belly that lie at the heart of Curiosity's science mission.
Deen assembled the color product using 850 raw images from the 100 mm telephoto camera of Curiosity's Mast Camera instrument, supplemented with 21 more from the Mastcam's wider-angle 34 mm camera.
In order to take in the rover itself, the view also included 25 black-and-white raw images from the Navigation Camera on the Mast.
All the images were taken between Oct. 5 and Nov. 16, 2012 while the rover was stationary at Rocknest.
Link to the interactive GigaPan version – here
And check this link to a new NASA JPL Curiosity gallery on the GigaPan website – here
Because the images were captured over many days and at different times of day, the lighting and atmospheric clarity varies – especially in distant views to the crater rim.
Since landing on August 6, 2012, Curiosity has already accomplished her primary goal of finding a habitable zone at Gale Crater with an environment that could once of supported Martian microbial life – at the current worksite at 'Yellowknife Bay.'
The 1 ton robot is equipped with 10 state-of-the-art science instruments with research capabilities that far surpass any prior landed mission and is in the middle of the 2-year primary mission to the Red Planet.
Meanwhile, Curiosity's older sister rover Opportunity has also discovered clay minerals and a habitable zone on the opposite side of the Red Planet – details here.
And don't forget to "Send Your Name to Mars" aboard NASA's MAVEN orbiter- details here. Deadline: July 1, 2013
Learn more about Mars, Curiosity, Opportunity, MAVEN, LADEE and NASA missions at Ken's upcoming lecture presentations
June 23: "Send your Name to Mars on MAVEN" and "CIBER Astro Sat, LADEE Lunar & Antares Rocket Launches from Virginia"; Rodeway Inn, Chincoteague, VA, 8 PM
Curiosity, Curiosity Rover, Gale crater, Mars, Mars Rovers, Mars Science Laboratory (MSL), Mount Sharp, MSL, NASA, Search for Life
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Is there a downloadable version of the image?
look here- and above
Thank you!
Yes, you can go to NASA.com…the main home site. From there you'll be able to hook-up w/links. That is how I do it anyways. 🙂 😉
It is so amazing. I like it so much
OT, but these news may interest martian connoseurs:
Martian astrobiology just got a lot harder, as Mars may had an oxygen atmosphere before 3.7 billion years ago.
"'What we have shown is that both meteorites and surface volcanic rocks are consistent with similar origins in the deep interior of Mars but that the surface rocks come from a more oxygen-rich environment, probably caused by recycling of oxygen-rich materials into the interior,' said Professor Bernard Wood, of Oxford University's Department of Earth Sciences, who led the research reported in this week's Nature."
Whether the high oxygen fugacity involved necessitates an oxygenated atmosphere seems arguable. (I have already seen a self proclaimed planetary scientist in the comment fields at Guardian call it "clutching at straws".)
This is not necessarily the bad news for early Mars habitability it at first blush looks as, knowing that oxygen quenches organic production and destroys organics.
Oxygen liberation would have been a gradual process, and if sufficiently complex cells had arose early they could, as they did here much later, eventually evolve to handle the poison.
Even if not, our own early life were homologous to alkaline hydrothermal vent chemistry in their metabolism, and such environments when situated in deep seas can be low in oxygen. Some predictions make an early northern Mars ocean with hundreds of meters of water depth.
All in all it is too early to tell if this is a stumble block for a martian biosphere. It could be a stumble block for astrobiology, since now indications of early oxygen would likely be predicted solely from crustal recycling.
Just daydreaming about the great meteorite hunting grounds in this photo. How cool would that be.


text: Do you want to try something new and exciting? Fulfill your partner's fantasy and give your partner an equal opportunity to satisfy your sultry fantasy. Seriously, think about what is your wildest fantasy you would like to have fulfilled and your mate can do the same. Then you can write a letter or send an email to one another describing in detail what your fantasy is. Make it secretive, plan everything through emails and letters. Don't discuss your fantasy with one another. You can even meet each other in seperate cars, like you are complete strangers. Don't be conservative, this is your lifetime partner. If you can't share your dreams and fantasies with your significant other, then who can you share them with. By this point, you have probably shared illnesses, childbirth and many other personal circumstances. Why not share your fantasies? Many couples are uncomfortable with opening up in the bedroom because they are afraid of how their partner will react to them. In most circumstances, they will be pleased to know what you like and how to please you without playing a guessing game. Boost your intimate moments and make them more pleasurable by letting them know what you like. Couples who are more comfortable with open communication are more satisfied with their sex life. Go ahead, book that room at the hotel down the street or send the kids to a family members' house for the night and let your imagination run wild.


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Epic has announced that the Gears of War 3 'RAAM's Shadow' DLC will be out on December 13th. Taking place before the first Gears of War, it features the events of Sera post-Emergence Day, as Zeta Squad is enlisted to evacuate Ilima City and protect the citizens against a Locust Kryll storm. You'll also get to play as RAAM and "storm the human stronghold". It should last about three hours.
In addition the DLC will include six new multiplayer characters, the Chocolate Weapon Set and 250 Gamerscore. It'll set you back 1200 MSP, unless you have the Season Pass, in which case it'll be free.
Source: Press Release
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Whilst this sounds awesome, I'd much rather they poured their efforts into fixing the freezing issue that is locking out people's profiles.
Then again, they already have our money.Comment posted on 20/10/2011 at 17:40.
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the fuck is RAAM?Comment posted on 20/10/2011 at 22:15.
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Final boss and major antagonist on the first game.Comment posted on 21/10/2011 at 00:02.
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Not much need for the profanity, but as YD said, he's the main bad guy from Gears 1.Comment posted on 21/10/2011 at 01:45.
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Does "RAAM" actually stand for anything or is it in caps-lock just 'cause of a typo?Comment posted on 21/10/2011 at 09:47.
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at least this one is priced a bit more reasonably…Comment posted on 21/10/2011 at 16:26.


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Original Recipe by Joe the Bartender, Passage to India restaurant, Salem, MA.
It would have been easy to say that substituting spearmint for the mint in this week's drink was yet another stroke of genius on our resident alchemist, Joe's part, or that we, the entire Greatest Drink team sat around a darkened table in a smokey room trying to decide exactly how to improve upon this American classic.
But the truth must be told. It was an accident. A lucky accident borne of a busy night, multiple people multi-tasking and an uncommon breakdown in communication. As Joe was preparing to create this concoction, he delegated the preparation of the syrup and mint mixture to his trusted Sancho Panza-type sidekick and beloved Passage to India fixture, Dilip.
Somehow, Dilip's end result contained fresh spearmint in the place where fresh mint was expected.
Upon the discovery of this departure from the norm, it was unanimously decided to go ahead and try the mix in the cocktail recipe.
The finished result was nothing short of amazing. The spearmint created an even cooler feel to the drink, taking the fire out of the bourbon without masking the taste. Delicious. A real winner!
Joe's Notes: I have been excited about the upcoming Kentucky Derby for some time now. Not because I am a gambling man, but so that I can introduce the Mint Julep into the Greatest Drink library. The Mint Julep is a classic American cocktail, and I think our Spearmint Julep is a refreshing alternative to the original.
As with many of the cocktails that have a herbal ingredient, it was first introduced as a medicinal tonic. A couple of years ago I had the pleasure of serving a real Kentuckian a Mint Julep. The lady in question sat at my bar and as the conversation developed, I was informed that "I am a thoroughbred Kentuckian, honey, bluegrass through and through."
Coming from the U.K., I had always had an image of this breed sitting on their veranda wearing a light floral printed dress and fanning themselves cool from the midday heat. My guest was wearing a mickey mouse sweatshirt and a baseball cap. Not exactly my naïve image, nonetheless, she did insist upon calling me "honey," which delighted me to no end. I asked her if I could make her a Mint Julep as I had never had the opportunity of getting a true opinion straight from the horses mouth as it where. After clearing up that I was not actually calling her a horse, she agreed.
With bated breath I waited for her to take the first sip. " Not bad, Honey" she replied.
"Not bad," I said "is not good."
"Well, Honey, two things. Firstly, cook the mint," she then explained the process of infusing the sugar syrup with mint." And cut the straws short, you want to be able to smell the fresh mint leaves. Also, add more ice, we Kentuckians like our Juleps icy cold"
Grateful for her advice, and with the whole "horse reference" thing hanging over me, I thought better of pointing out that that was three things, and not two.
So I hope you enjoy this weeks drink, it is a collaboration from both myself, Dilip, and a real live Kentuckian.
One final note, knowing that my son had recently done a report on the state of Kentucky for school, I asked him what information he could give me. This is what he said. "Abraham Lincoln was born in Kentucky, 50 percent of the people that get married for the first time are teenagers, and it is against the law in Kentucky for women to swallow live frogs."
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Mariners manager Lloyd McClendon is right, you know. Things are going get better for his club. They can only get better — can't they? — after Tuesday's 5-2 loss to the Houston Astros at Safeco Field
Because if this isn't the bottom…oh, boy.
It isn't just that the Mariners lost for a second straight night to Houston, which had lost seven in row before arriving in SoDo. (Bad enough.) Or that this makes eight straight True to the Blue losses. (Still worse.)
No, it was watching Collin McHugh so overmatch the Mariners' whispering attack that he supplanted Roger Clemens in the Astros' record book.
"He was a little different than the scouting report that we got," McClendon said. "He was 94 (mph) with a pretty good cut slider and cut fastball. He commanded the strike zone pretty good.
"He (pitched) exceptionally well tonight."
Look, McHugh, 26, might yet evolve, in his seventh professional season into one of the game's better pitchers. Things happen. And if that thing happens, he'll be able to point to Tuesday as the fulcrum.
Because prior to Tuesday, when recalled and pressed into service due to an injury to Scott Feldman, McHugh possessed an 0-8 record in 15 career big-league games for the Mets and Rockies over the last two years.
With an 8.94 ERA over those 15 games (47 earned runs in 47 1/3 innings).
But here was McHugh, 1-0, limiting the Mariners to three hits, all singles, in 6 2/3 innings before Astros manager Bo Porter decided 89 pitches were sufficient and went to the bullpen.
"That's what you call seizing the opportunity," Porter said. "He did a real good job of plus-and-minus-ing his fastball."
McHugh handed off a 4-0 lead to Raul Valdes after striking out 12 and walking none. Those 12 strikeouts were the most by a pitcher in an Astros debut since Clemens in 2004.
Valdes promptly threw the Mariners a lifeline by walking Kyle Seager before surrendering a two-run homer to Justin Smoak before Anthony Bass retired pinch-hitter Nick Franklin on a grounder to short.
Mariners starter Erasmo Ramirez, 1-3, put himself in an early 3-0 hole by surrendering homers on Jason Castro and Chris Carter on 0-2 pitches. But Ramirez allowed nothing more in his six innings.
"He did not make quality strikes when he needed to," McClendon said, "particularly ahead in the count. It cost him tonight. For me, I think he's got to pitch better than he pitched."
Even so, it was Ramirez's best start in his last four, but three runs were too much when fronting an attack that has now scored fewer than three runs in nine of its last 13 games.
"It's time for all of us to make a little bit of an adjustment," Smoak said. "Go up there with the mind-set that we're going to get the job done. Have that mentality and a little bit of the cockiness and swag that we had early on."
The Astros stretched their lead to 4-0 on Matt Dominguez's one-out homer in the seventh against Dominic Leone before Smoak went deep later in the inning against Valdes.
Any comeback chance dimmed when Houston nicked Danny Farquhar for a run in the eighth. Bass worked a scoreless eighth before Josh Fields closed out a victory against his former club for the second straight game.
Ramirez got the game's first out on one pitch before walking Dexter Fowler, who lugged a .206 average into the game.
Next, Ramirez jumped ahead 0-2 on Castro, who was batting .193, before Castro flicked an 0-2 fastball to left — and the ball kept carrying for an opposite-field homer.
"What can I say?" Ramirez asked. "A power hitter. I was a little bit high with my fastball, and he made good contact. I saw the video. It wasn't a bad pitch.
"Maybe a little bit down would have been better, but it wasn't that bad."
Houston extended its lead to 3-0 when Carter, batting .123, crushed an 0-2 curveball for a one-out homer in the second inning.
Throwing hittable pitches when ahead in the count is a recurring problem for Ramirez, and McClendon signaled his patience might be ebbing — and that he planned to discuss matters with general manager Jack Zduriencik.
"The fact is, the club is struggling," McClendon said. "You need to go out and throw strikes and put up zeroes. We didn't do that early."