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I have highlighted the role of TH in the hajj rites executed by fellow pilgrims, many of whom were the early Malay doctors. Many early doctors had perform the hajj and for many they traveled by ships before flights became available. The first flight was in 1974/75.
At the time my 2 books went to print I hadn't had time to request more information about TH activities. TH has compiled/published books/reports on its hajj trips. Some of the early Malay doctors served on board TH ships and also at Jeddah, Makkah and Madinah. It took very long to reach Jeddah and to return to Malaya.
We visited Tabung Haji again on 27 December 2012 after solat zohor. We met with a friendly Haji Amin on the 11th floor and he said to see the Timbalan Pengarah TH on the 9th floor. Down we went on the technicians' lift with plywood as wall cover. On the 9th floor, Affandi pressed the bell and we were allowed in. Once inside, we were warmly greeted and asked why we came and whom we wanted to see. Affandi said we got books to give to the Timbalan Pengarah TH and we were asked to be seated. I saw a young man in blue silk batik shirt talking to another senior man in yellow silk batik shirt some distance from where I was seated. It's Thursday and it is government general orders that men wear batik shirts to work. The man in yellow batik shirt was working on the computer and turned to look at me. He must think somebody came to the wrong place for the wrong reason. We waited less than 5 minutes and the young man in blue batik shirt called us in to meet his superior. The man in yellow batik shirt pushed himself away from his computer and stationed himself at his main desk as he welcomed us in. Then I knew he was THE BOSS!! I'm glad. Since he was busy Affandi said we would only take a few minutes of his time. We were asked to sit and Affandi quickly gave him my 2 books. As we sat, the boss asked "Dari mana?" Affandi replied "Dari USM." Then Affandi explained "Buku ini isteri saya tulis dan ada banyak maklumat dia ambil daripada TH lama dulu, agak-agak 2008 macam tu. Jadi kami nak bagi buku-buku ni sebagai tanda terima kasih." Gee, I could not have said that correctly and fluently. So it was nice to listen to him speak "Bahasa Melayu Standard". I was tickled but I enjoyed their conversation. I didn't say much because my BM is "tonggang-langgang", and very slow, and my Malay verbs go all over the place, and nobody seems to understand what I say in Malay, except Affandi! It is not even worth trying. Sometimes my kids fail to understand. My Malay text is usually very brief.
The boss's phone buzzed and we thought we had better leave. But he wanted to talk. He said TH supports research and has supported USM research on TH pilgrims. I said that was another group in USM. Affandi explained that many of the early Malay doctors also served as Hajj doctors. The boss said yes. We asked him whether TH had publications. The boss said yes. I said it would be good if TH can provided good report that we can use for our research at USM. In my present research on the early Malay doctors, we obtained information from the former Timbalam Pengarah TH. I said I had used information published in newspapers about hajj travels between 1900 and Merdeka (1957). He was happy to know that. I asked if TH had other reports that would have the details of the doctors who served as hajj doctors between 1900 up till Merdeka. I think TH should have that information. I said I didn't use any data on health statistics or other as we have an understanding that researchers cannot publish sensitive data about TH or the pilgrims' state of health. The boss said researchers can use statistical data (how may got sick of what particular disease, etc). We were happy that the boss had shed some light on the matter. The boss was happy that I had written those 2 books and he said it was a lot of work. He thanked us for the books and we left. I forgot to take photos of him.
|Affandi in front of the lifts on 11th floor, 27 December 2012
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The Spin View: UK kicks folk out but can't look within
Many people in this hallowed profession have secret vices.
Mine? "The Daily Show" and "The Colbert Report." Although some yawp, "Biased" and others claim "it's only one side of the story," the items Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert finds to spin in a dizzy rave is glorious.
And this "Spin View" is no exception.
We have an entire country creating a "Get the eff out" blacklist. People on this list aren't allowed in England for business, family or even high tea. Why? Basically for being an @$$. Classy.
Jon Stewart noted some hypocrisy by a skosh and took the UK to task. Olay-olay-olay-olay.
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Thursday, October 23, 2008
Beauty a Minor Stumbling Block for Anjelah Johnson
By William Loeffler
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
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Only in comedy would Anjelah Johnson's beauty be considered a drawback.
The former dancer and Oakland Raiderette was a reliable sketch performer on the 13th season of "Mad TV." Her controversial "Nail Salon" routine was a YouTube hit. She recently finished shooting a pilot with Valerie Bertinelli for TBS.
But Johnson, who plays the Pittsburgh Improv today through Sunday, still gets dismissed by audience members who focus on her Baywatch body, big brown eyes and cover-girl smile.
"As soon as you get onstage, people judge you immediately," she says. "I come onstage, and I'm not overweight and I'm not ugly, so they look at me and say, 'Oh she's not going to be funny.' The first few jokes that I tell, they're still judging me. They're not listening."
Tradition seems to be stacked against her. Comics from Imogene Coca, Lucille Ball, Joan Rivers and Kathy Griffin have mugged it up and tamped down their beauty in the service of comedy. Recently, however, female comics such as Lynne Koplitz and "Last Comic Standing" champion Iliza Shlesinger have brought the sexy as well as the funny.
Johnson was born in San Jose, Calif., to Mexican and American Indian parents. She says she still can't figure out where she got her surname.
"I've always wanted the sexy Latin name growing up," she says.
Her career in stand-up began in church. She was a member of the Oasis Christian Center in Hollywood in 2006.
"It's very entertainment-friendly," she says. "There's a lot of actors, producers, directors just starting out."
Members included comedian Lisa Alvarado, who appeared on "America's Funniest Mom." She taught a comedy class at the church. Johnson signed up.
"It was really a random thing to happen," she says. "'You want to take this class?' 'Sure.' At the end of the class, we had to perform at a real comedy club. I've been doing it ever since."
She was on "Mad TV" for only one season, when the writers' strike forced the show to cut its budget, she says. However, she used that show to create one of her most memorable characters, a lazy, rude fast-food worker named Bon Qui Qui.
In her "Nail Salon" routine, she recounts how she encountered a language barrier while getting her nails done by a Vietnamese manicurist. She says she got some flak for mimicking an Asian accent.
"The funny thing is that, when something is so true, it's hard to be mad at it," she says. "You can't argue with it. It's not really making fun. That's just me telling a story of what happened to me from the moment I walked in to the moment I walked out."


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I got a Kindle for Christmas! This is the first book I read on it.
This book was very interesting. I learned that Victorians loved love songs and playing them and Queen Victoria loved Albert, her husband - he was very young (42) when he died.
The book is not short but a bit too long, but it was not boring, it was actually FUNNY! There were nineteen chapters - about plays, songs also facts about Victoria, when she was on the throne, children's schools.
I loved this book, it was brilliant.
ps: This book had a quiz in it, for example:
When did Queen Victoria take the throne?
a) 1890
b) 1870
c) 1665
d) 1837
(The answer is d. And she was only 18 years old!)
In the chapter about Victorian Plays, there were some scary bits: about people dying. The Victorians found it amusing.
I would recommend this book because it tells you lots of facts and it's really interesting.


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We Got the POWER…For Better Or Worse!
June 23, 2017
This week we're on the red carpet with POWER creator and producer Courtney Kemp, the sexy Omari Hardwick 'Ghost' and our girl 'Tasha' Naturi Naughton.
Tasha Smith joins us to talk about 'For Better or Worse' final season and what happen to Angela. #MochamustseeTV #POWERTV #ForBetter #CafeMochaWknd


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Open Table of Christ was formed in 2006 as a merger of two congregations. We met with Pastor Duane Clinker, who is leading the church toward a new vision of a radically open, multi-cultural, multi-racial community church with its center of gravity among the poor. Duane envisions the church as building community, being community.
At the time of the merger, the church housed and ran the 3rd largest food pantry in
The food pantry, now called "New Horizons Community Pantry," forms the heart of Open Table of Christ's community
The day we helped out, the pantry operated like this:
- Guests arrived as early as 5:30 AM. Doors to the sanctuary opened around 7:30 when the floor manager arrived. Guests signed in, got a number, and waited in the sanctuary, where Jerry had quiet music playing and volunteers served coffee and snacks. Pantry food is extremely important to them. While most are eligible for SNAP (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program), many do not sign up due to language barriers, illiteracy, or fear based on their immigration status.
- Meanwhile a dozen or so caring and dedicated volunteers readied food to offer to guests. A large donation of bread arrived from Panera Bread and other local stores. We repacked some of the bread, such as bagels, into portions approximately equal to 1 loaf of bread. We also moved boxes of food from the storage area into the chapel and arranged it on long tables. All that food had come from food drives and the RI Community Food Bank, but due to a very large incidence of food that had arrived damaged by rodents, dirty, out of date, or opened, each can, jar, and package was carefully checked by volunteers. Anything that was not wholesome and clean was discarded. Pictured here is an example we found of a jar which not only had expired in 2005 but also was leaking.
- At about 9:30, the pantry was ready for guests. Jerry read a short Bible passage and said a prayer with the guests who had been waiting patiently in the sanctuary. His English message was translated into Spanish and Portuguese by bilingual guests or volunteers. Then each guest, assisted by a volunteer who could help translate food labels, came into the chapel and selected pasta, pasta sauce, tuna, beans, vegetables, a baking item (such as jello or a cake mix), a loaf of bread, a condiment item, and a fruit or soft drink (as long as the supply lasted).
- By 10:30 all the guests had received food, and the volunteers returned the remaining food to storage.
- Like many good community programs, Project Outreach partners with many other organizations. For example, a doctor comes every Tuesday to assist pantry guests. There are classes in ESL and in management of common health conditions such as asthma and diabetes. And the AS220 Broad Street Studio created a gallery in the chapel displaying photographs with moving quotes by guests.
This pantry faces tremendous obstacles every day. They have an aging building, substandard and decreasing food donations, and increasing need in their community. But through it all, Open Table of Christ is becoming a vibrant, multicultural, urban community center.


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To support, encourage, & promote interaction between Asian Men & Black Women.
Well hello and welcome to this group!
Since our american friends are having their "oh so wonderful meetup" (not bitter at all that I can't go) next week, I think it's time we BEER-DRINKING/HOCKEY-WATCHING/SNOW-SHOVELLING PROUD CANADIANS gather round for a pint or two. What do you say?
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I've been wanting to respond to this post since you first posted it but kept forgetting to :-p
I think it would be a fun idea to have a meet up! Since summer will be rolling around soon I think it would be a bit easier for people to meet up with each other and grab a drink or too. Unfortunately we all live in different parts of Canada and would most likely opt to have a meet up in our region of choice but we have to start somewhere. :-)
Personally, I would prefer to have one in Toronto but as I have stated above, not everyone lives in or even close to the GTA to attend. :-(
If anyone else is willing to try it as well (OP included), I'd be totally up for it and would be willing to work together to figure out a location and date that everyone willing to attend can agree upon. :-)
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Back home. Fortunately, things went extremely smoothly. Our friend Danielle joined us at the hospital and I think she's going to have to come with us each time because today...
- We made it through Roswell in record time.
- I only had to have two "sticks" in my arm instead of the usual three.
- I didn't need to sit through an extra set of scans during my bone scan; a "one-take wonder" I was this time.
- We even had two hours in between tests that we could actually leave the hospital and have a yummy lunch downtown!!! (Sugared strawberries in a salad are fabulous. Who knew?)
The only unfortunate part was that I was a little too efficient. Chad dropped me off at the entrance and then parked the car. By the time he parked and walked into the waiting room, I had already sucked down my barium smoothie so - much to the dismay of my competitive nature - we weren't able to time how long it took! I almost said that I had to wait until Chad showed up with his stop-watch, but decided getting it over with was top priority. (I did do a little bragging with the nurse about my mad skills; she was very impressed.)
So...I go back for the results of my scans/blood work on Wednesday at 9 AM. Those meetings are always a bit unsettling. Waiting for my doctor to come into the room and trying to read her face for what might come out of her mouth in the .2 seconds it takes for her to start speaking is crazy hard.
Thanks for your prayers and encouraging words today. They matter.
I'll be back in touch soon.
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Two of our long-term Service committees gave presentations at today's meeting to help all Montrose Altrusans understand more about their projects and the people served in our community.
Joyce Loss began sewing turbans for cancer patients (to keep their heads warm after losing hair) on her own, but soon found the demand was beyond what just one person could handle. The "Tender Touches" committee was created to continue making turbans and warm caps (often requested by male patients).
Joyce (assisted by her daughter, Linda) showed off a number of the stylish creations made by committee members. She estimates that Altrusa provides between 30 and 50 turbans each year to people in the Montrose area.
Alice Vest talked about the Lifeline units that Altrusa has purchased and installed in over 100 homes locally. There is a base unit which plugs into a phone jack, and a portable unit that is usually worn around the neck. These devices give people peace of mind, knowing that if they fall or have an emergency, they can call for help with a simple push of a button.
Lifeline committee members install and test each unit at a person's home. This year, Altrusa is replacing 18 obsolete units (which cost up to $750 apiece) with the help of grants from the City of Montrose and Altrusa International, as well as from funds within the local Altrusa budget.
Altrusa members applauded the work of these service committees, and appreciated the "show and tell" format of today's meeting.


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/Avant-garde, Experimentalism, Noise, Electro-acoustic, Drone, Ambient, Minimalism/
Comment: by listening to this17-track issue on can admit "New Weird" does not mean "folk music" at all in some cases. This time the listener can enjoy vowel based experiments from Australia. You can be sure it is as mystical as crooked folk music used to be. More profoundly, the issue is imbued with minimally designed digital drones, spaced-out echoes, buried noises, metallic reverberations and of course, with looped vocals and few words as instruments. I guess this miscellany would be a sweet cake for those protagonists who like such artists as Iris Garrelfs, Maja Ratkje, Jaap Blonk, Michael Schiefel, Roomet Jakapi. However, there are represented such artists as Juarez, Ronnu Panda, Scissor Lock, Furchick, Rabbit Island, Sky Needle, Mosaic Mosaic, Alice Hui-Cheng, Major Napier, Donna Hewitt, Kucka, Holy Balm, Mimic Bass, Kusum Normoyle, Paul Heslin, Amanda Stewart, The Deadly Nightshades. These compositions are well-crafted ones though I suspect for most of these artists such a sort of concept has not been the most substantial one. In a word, New Weird Compilations used to always surprise with truly cutting-edge approach and touch. It is a great series of music gathered together across the Green Continent. Life is noise is art. Something like that.


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In the adjustment period between Finland and Hanoi with a couple days in Paris between I somehow missed this post by Megan McArdle calling all of our attention to this superb bit of rhetoric by Daniel Davies:
It's therefore an important point to be made, to our own population and to the world's watching media, that Nick Griffin isn't in fact a newly popular and influential political figure; he's a widely reviled creep who not only doesn't lead a phalanx of jackbooted supporters, but actually can't even set up for a TV interview without being pelted with eggs. The voice of the British populace does not shout "Hail Griffin!", it shouts, "Oi Fatty, cop this! [splat]".
Not only was I unaware that the head of the British National Party had been egged; had I been so aware, before reading this post, I probably would have found said egging a bit tedious and most likely counterproductive. After reading the post, I am a gung-ho member of the pro-egging faction. How often is it that one reads something that actually changes one's mind? What worries me however is that while Davies's argument may in itself be sound, the reason I changed my mind was rather because I was too busy laughing at the words "Cracking shot, sir!" and "Oi Fatty, cop this!" to disagree. I have a feeling that I might be persuaded to back the economic policies of Eva Peron or Ron Paul if they were expressed in the language of a really good Eric Idle skit.
Riding my dinky fifty-dollar bicycle out of the basement parking lot of the Hanoi Sheraton the other day, I stopped to admire a sleek roadster with a coke-bottle shape and a back seat so tiny you could just about squeeze into it, sideways, if you were unconscious and made of foam rubber. I haven't paid attention to cars since I was about 21, and had no idea what this thing was, so I took a look at the logo on the back. I didn't recognize it; you will no doubt sneer at my ignorance. It looked like this:
But for some reason it seems to me it was just the wings, it didn't have the words "Aston Martin" written on it.
An Aston Martin, I am told by my reliable friend Mr. Webnets, goes for a minimum of $113,600 in the United States. Vietnam has an auto import tax which unless I am mistaken was recently reduced to 80%. So we're looking at about $200,000 right there. Per capita GDP in Vietnam is $650 per year.
I have an initial reaction of baffled awe when I see something like this, just thinking about the capacity of the human mind to ignore such colossal inequality. My secondary reaction is: why is it any more obscene for a Vietnamese guy to be riding around in a car that costs more than the lifetime earnings of the average Vietnamese worker, than it is for an American to be doing so? We're all human beings; why is inequality within one country any more objectionable than inequality across the globe? My third reaction is: why is he spending his money on a sports car that barely even fits through most of the alleyways in Hanoi, that will spend most of its life crawling through swarms of motorbike traffic, and will never exceed 60 mph because there isn't a road in Vietnam on which you can?
Poor little Aston Martin. Maybe Angelina Jolie will adopt you and set you free to roam the autobahns of Germany. A car can always dream.
This is the first in what I hope will be a continuing series of photos dedicated to the much underrepresented issue of livestock in places where it simply, by all that we hold to be true and holy, does not belong. We begin with a bunch of cows in the landscaped median of the traffic circle at the end of Lang Ha St., catty-corner to the National Convention Center and the Big C.
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PHNOM PENH, Dec. 14 -- The China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) will start drilling the first well in the Block F offshore in Cambodia's Preah Sihanouk province later this month, Li Fanrong, the company's Chief Executive Officer, said Wednesday.
His disclosure was made during a meeting with Cambodia's Deputy Prime Minister Sok An, minister of the council of ministers, according to Ek Tha, spokesman and deputy director of the Council of Ministers' Press Department.
Li Fanrong said the start of the drilling showed the firm's commitment to investing in Cambodia's oil and gas sector and it resulted from good and long relationship between Cambodia and China, according to Ek Tha.
The first well drilling is expected to cost 20 million U.S. dollars.
Meanwhile, Sok An said it was a very good sign for Cambodia's oil and gas sector and added that Cambodia fully supported the firm for the drilling.
He also asked the CNOOC, which is China's biggest offshore oil and gas company, to help develop Cambodian petroleum officials to keep up with new techniques in oil and gas industry.
The government of Cambodia awarded the Block F in the total area of over 7,000 square kilometers to the CNOOC in 2007, according to the document of the Cambodian National Petroleum Authority.
The Block F is one of the six offshore Blocks that Cambodia awarded to companies to do the exploration.
The other five Blocks are Block A by the U.S. Chevron and Japan ' s Mitsui Oil Exploration, Block B to Thailand's PTT Exploration and Production and Singapore Petroleum, Block C to Polytec Petroleum Hong Kong, Block D to China Petrotech Holdings Limited, and Block E to Medco Energi and Kuwait Energy.
The impoverished Southeast Asian nation hopes that the first drop of its own-produced oil will be available from December, 2012 as now Cambodia's Petrochemical Company, a joint-venture with the China National Automation Control System Corporation, has been studying the feasibility to build an oil refinery with an annual capacity of 5 million tons per year in Preah Sihanouk province.


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So here are the two scenes put together, the first could stand to be trimmed a bit, but...eh , I'll leave it as is for now.
Monday, March 30, 2009
Friday, March 27, 2009
I did these for the March Modok Madness blog, was a lot of fun until I realized someone else did a 3 stooges idea. Anyway, check out the blog, lots of fun stuff there....www.marchmodokmadness.blogspot.com
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Thursday, March 26, 2009
Wednesday night Life Drawing
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Friday, March 20, 2009
Still working with this character in 3D, have another scene that follows this one. When I finish it I'll edit them together and post.
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October 24, 2016: Week 104
Area: Hirosaki
Companion: Livermore Choro
Well, the time is finally here! I can't believe that my mission is actually coming to an end this week! Its weird to describe the feelings you have as it comes to a close. But I just want to say how grateful I am that I had the opportunity to serve in the Japan Sendai mission these past two years. Its been a crazy ride which has pushed and challenged me, but it has helped me learn things that will stay with me for the rest of my life. I love the country of Japan and it makes me so sad that I will have to leave it for a while, but I hope I can come back someday and experience its amazing culture and its awesome people. Thank you for all of those who stuck with me and supported me my entire mission. It sure means a lot to me.
I'd type more but I will see you all on Friday so I will save it till then. I love you all and thanks so much. Look out because on Friday afternoon there will be an awkward and culture shocked returning missionary coming down the escalator! See you guys soon! Love you guys!
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Hi guys,
for those of you interested to join me (us) in the project some news. The sculptor charges me 130 $ for each master figure and at the moment we are already 10 persons to share the costs.
So if anybody wants to join in the production the costs for each will be cheaper. Mould-making is just 40 euros for 15 poses and the casting of the figures 25 cent each.
Everybody who joins me on this project will simply pay the 25 cent for a figure plus his share on the masters (7 figures so far).
On the other hand if somebody is interested in the figures later, he has to pay 80 cent. The profit goes at once in new masters.
Is this a deal? Together with a strong comunity we could produce everything we want. The same worked with the Sepoys too.
We are a group of Enthusiasts from all over the world, mostly Germany, who create historical battles in scale 1:72. As we do this since more than 10 years we thought it is time for our own blog. Being a historical enthusiast I wanted to fulfill my dream of producing my own figures in this scale too. So I started working with several sculptors to produce exotic figures in 1:72 which I fear nobody else would bring on the market.
Donnerstag, 16. Dezember 2010
Producing Mysore warriors
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- Meursault Santenots (December 2005): Not oxidized. Excellent, classic. [Frank Drew]
- Meursault Santenots (June 2008): Two bottles sampled. Not oxidized. Superb, fresh as a daisy. [David Honig]
- Meursault Santenots (October 2007): Cork bluish about 1/4 length from bottom, completely oxidized. [Stephen Dreher]
- Meursault Santenots (March 2007) : Not oxidized, not very good either. [Andrew Hall]
Meursault Santenots (March 2010): Not oxidized, advanced color, some oak apparent, not great, but OK. [Hillard Sharf]
- Meursault Santenots (Aug 2008): Advanced color, mildly oxidized. [Hillard Sharf)
- Meursault Santenots (Dec 2008): not oxidised but not great. [Peter Muto)
- Meursault Santenots (Aug 2010): not oxidised; good, but not great, probably not going to improve. [Ben Delancy)
- Meursault Santenots (Jan 2016) not oxidized and quite good (R DeAngelo)
- Meursault Santenots (Dec 2010): Mildly oxidized; drink up [David Honig]
- Meursault Santenots (Apr 2013): Worryingly oxidised. Sherry & brown apple aromas. Dark golden colour, almost like apple juice. Confirmed oxidised again following morning. The cork was in good condition and perfectly stored, so they are unlikely to be causes. I also tried a sample of a bottle a year earlier and was perfect then.
- Meursault Santenots (Jan 2014): Medium-gold, with over-ripe apple aromas. Initially merely "advanced," but within 30 minutes, clearly oxidized. {Ralph Earle]


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Hi All!! The brushes have been flying as I prepare for my Etsy Team's Fall Fun in the Farmhouse Promotion!
We have some awesome shops that are taking part in this fabulous Fall Extravaganza and you don't what to miss it!
This pineapple bowl was an estate sale find, and was perfect for this new Terrye French design!
I am not wishing away summer, but it was great fun painting for my favorite season. This breadboard is another repurposed estate sale find, and I just love the colors on this. Perfect addition for any Fall display!
Starting tomorrow July 1st through July 23rd you can type in FFOFG into the search bar on Etsy and see all the wonderful creations made by these talented artists.
This cutting board was done with a Marie Provost design.......love it!
I hope you all will join us in our Fun at the Farmhouse Celebration! All of the items you will see showcased are new creations that my team members have created especially for you!
Just click on the Fall Farmhouse Graphic at the top of the page to take you to see all the wonderful offerings!
Hope to see you there!
Till next time........God Bless


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Things are geting ready to go here at Goth Girl of the Week. We have a few people lined up for featurers and we are setting a start date of September 1st.
A member of the gothic / lolita model comunity is moving and needs to sell a lot of her costume bits and picese, as she puts it "ACCEPTING BEST OFFERS ON ABSOLUTELY EVERTHING YOU FIND IN HERE! check out la_chaton_noir.
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Submission: Josie Nutter
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Coming from Anonyous I can't take this as a submition, but I will get in touch with Josie soon.
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Carob & Fig Muffins
At the beginning of September I went on holiday to Carvoeiro in Portugal. One of my favourite things about Portugal, apart from the beautiful scenery, is the amazing fish dishes. Portugal is not particularly known for it's traditional deserts or cakes so I wasn't really expecting to get any baking inspiration while I was there. I suppose the only sweet treat would be the Portuguese custard tart or Pastel de Nata. However, there was one rainy day during the week so we decided to take a drive to a nearby town of Ferragudo where we found an amazing little bakery down a narrow side street. They made all their bread and cakes on site and had quite an amazing range of cakes. I chose to try a carob and fig cake and words cannot describe how amazing it was. It was very moist and sticky from the fig and dense – but in a good way. I am drooling just thinking about it now…If I had known how good it would taste I would have taken a picture before devouring it.
So as soon as I was able to get wifi I started to research fig and carob recipes so that I could try to recreate these amazing cakes. I had heard about carob but knew very little about it. Many people claim that it can be used in baking as a healthy alternative to chocolate because it's free from caffeine and other stimulants and contains half the fat of cocoa. Personally I don't think carob is really a substitute for chocolate because it doesn't taste all that similar but nevertheless it is still delicious in cakes! It is good timing as well since figs season is in full swing and there is a bit of a fig frenzy in food magazines and supermarkets at the moment.
Other than fig and carob I have no idea what the Portuguese lady used to make her dreamy cakes but this was the recipe I decided to try first –
200g ground rolled oats
1 tsp. bicarbonate of soda
1 tsp. baking powder
½ tsp. salt
25g carob powder
75g coconut sugar
zest of 1 orange
½ cup milk
½ cup unsweetened applesauce
1 tsp. vanilla extract
2 Tbsp. chia seeds + 6 Tbsp. water
1 cup chopped figs (about 5 figs, reserve 1 for garnish)
- Preheat the oven to 180°C.
- Soak the chia seeds in the water and leave to one side until they have formed a gel-like consistency.
- Combine the oats, coconut sugar, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda, carob powder and salt in a large bowl.
In a measuring jug combine the wet ingredients – milk, orange zest, applesauce and vanilla extract. Then stir in the chia seed gel.
- Pour the wet ingredients over the dry ingredients and mix just until combined. Then fold in the chopped figs.
- Spoon then mixture into paper muffin cases, filling each about 2/3 full. Add a slice of fig on top of each muffin to decorate before placing the muffins in the oven.
- Bake for 25-30 minutes (depending on size) until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean. Allow to cool on a rack completely before enjoying.
Now for the taste test. They were very pleasant but unfortunately they did not compare to the Portuguese version. I wish I could go back in time and ask the lady for her recipe. Darn it!
I wasn't entirely sure how to combine the figs into the mixture; how small to chop the figs, if I should leave the skin on or if I should only use the flesh. I opted for small chunks but I think I used too many as it made the batter quite wet resulting in a longer bake and dried out the tops of the muffins. Nobody likes a dry muffin top!
I'm sure this recipe is a more healthy version than the original as I can't imagine chia seeds and applesauce were used in the traditional Portuguese bakery . They were also more grainy, which I should have expected given I was using ground oats, and I suspect a regular flour was used.
Alas, my quest continues! If I master the fig & carob cake I will be sure to post the recipe on here. But I look forward to experimenting with carob in other recipes.


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Syrian authorities captured him and handed him over in a goodwill gesture.
The office of the prime minister, Ayad Allawi, gave no further details as to the circumstances of his capture.
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I've spent the better part of last month making all the arrangements (hotels, domestic air tickets, car rental, hotels) for our adventure.
T spent his time wisely and called old friends in Turkey so we could try and get together!!
|foggy sunrise a few days ago
I am SO excited.
We haven't been to visit for almost 15 years. It will be so nice revisiting old friends and familiar places!
We bought the house here on Corfu, just shortly before we moved from Izmir to Copenhagen. (we couldn't bear to leave the region and we had fallen in love with Corfu.
Still we would probably have never found Corfu if we hadn't lived in Turkey, so I have a special thankfulness in my heart for our time there.
Our house sitter is here and the dog and cats are happy. (as is our house sitter - he loves darts, so we put a regulation dart board downstairs in our guest apartment were he'll be staying!) This is a totally win-win situation as we have someone to keep the house running smoothly, the dog and cats have someone to annoy, and our house sitter will be able to play darts and watch sky tv to his hearts delight.
So this is what I did over the past month... I made all the arrangements for THIS! (except for C& S tickets from Seattle... they did that part!)
Our Itinerary:
Monday- February 21 brother-in-law and sister-in-law ( C & S) depart Seattle 1:30 PM
Monday- February 21 T and I depart CFU arrive IST 15:00 PM
Airport pick-up (by free hotel shuttle) Check-in Santa Ottoman Hotel Taksim Square (poor C & S will be stuck in an airplane, while we hopefully have dinner with old friend in Beyoglu.)
Tuesday- February 22 C & S arrive IST (via FRA) 4:40 PM (16:40)
Airport pick-up (by free hotel shuttle) Check in Santa Ottoman Hotel Taksim Square. After dropping off bags, we take a walk down the famous Istikal Street in Beyoglu and down into the Galata area.
Dinner at a nice "inexpensive" restaurant and early night.
Wednesday February 23 Breakfast at hotel then sightseeing.
[Choices include any or all: Dolmabache Palace (hrs 9:00-5:00); Galata Tower, (hrs 9:00- 8:00); Museum of Modern Art (hrs 10:00-6:00); Visit to the Mevlevi Monastery (hrs 9:30-4:30) lovely garden and cemetery (the rest of the monastery may be closed for renovation?); and, maybe a peek at the newly renovated to its former splendor, Pera Palace Hotel. Or maybe the Pera Museum (10-6) to see Maria Callas grand piano – (special exhibition is Frieda Kahlo and Diego Rivera!). Of course there are other things to see and do, checkout the links to Galata Area above!]
Thursday- February 24 Check out of Santa Ottoman Hotel around 8:30- 9:00.
Take private arranged (we pay) shuttle to Istanbul Sabiha Gocken International Airport (SAW) for our flight 12:50 departure to Izmir. (private shuttle for 4 people is cheaper, cleaner, safer and more comfortable than a taxi)
Arrive Izmir 13:50. Rental car reserved at airport. (hopefully.)
T will drive us to the Balcova Thermal Hotel in Izmir. (access to the hot spring "Baths of Agamemnon" to swim in!)
Spend rest of day scoping out our environment and maybe driving into Izmir for dinner (tho apparently dinner and breakfast comes with our hotel rooms- boy, did I make a good deal!) As the Archaeological Museum is close by, we might take the opportunity to drop in and see the loot from many of the sites we'll be visiting.
Friday- February 25 Drive to Priene, Miletus and Didyma to visit the ancient cities (may include Euromos, Iassos and Labranda).
Eat en route (either picnic or small restaurant) Return to hotel and do dinner and/or go into town and meet with Turkish friends (group will meet us at hotel - we may just stay there and catch up!)
As there are three parts to the city it will probably take the better part of the day to see. Dinner will either be at the hotel or in Izmir. Will meet with more Turkish friends.
Maryamana (house of the virgin Mary (yes, I know, the URL link SAYS "cappadoccia", but it's not)
If we have time we'll drive to the seaside town of Kusadasi (means "bird island") and have a bite to eat, hoping no birds are directly overhead.
Monday- February 28 HAPPY BIRTHDAY dear bro-in law!!
This is the day we drive to Sardis. It's a very nice archaeological site but not too big so it shouldn't take up the whole day.
Tuesday- March 1 HAPPY 42 ANNIVERSARY T& Me ! !
Check out of hotel 8:30 ish, and drive to airport in plenty of time to return the car and check in for return flight to Istanbul (dep 11:20)
Arrive Istanbul (SAW) 12:20 and take private shuttle service to Sultanahmet and check in to the AyaSofia Hotel. Ask where a good place to have dinner would be! Then take a little sightseeing walk. Maybe visit Hagia Sofia (open 9:00-4:30), and perhaps (around the corner) the Cistern, Yerebatan Sarayi (9:00-5:00).
Wednesday- March 2 Topkapi Palace (9- 7) and the Archaeological Museums. (9-7)
Thursday – March 3 Blue Mosque (9-7) cannot enter during prayer time, Sulemaniye Mosque (8-6:30), Grand Bazaar, Spice Bazaar (day to wear thick socks as must remove shoes)
Friday- March 4 Chora (9:30-6:30), Mosaic Museum (9:30-4:30), Old city walls
(no mosques cause it's the Muslim prayer day))
Saturday March 5 Catch up day to see (or re-see) anything missed. Do Turkish Bath?
Or for anything C & S particularly want to see or do.
Or anything needing a second look (also shopping)
Sunday March 6 Relax catch up and pack
(as C & S will be in a state of NON sleep for the bulk of the night.)
Monday March 7 C & S fly out of Istanbul 5:45 AM.
Hotel will arrange free shuttle to airport. (will include a wake up call for C & S…) am guessing departure from hotel around 3 AM. Gaa.
T and Me depart Istanbul for Athens, 15:50 (obviously a more civilized hour).
We return to Corfu 19:15. (sigh)
and All's well that ends well!


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Well, I have been a busy bunny this month and have been remiss in reporting my observations from my trip across China!
So here's just a few more pictures from Kashgar.
Kashgar is home to one of the largest statues of Mao Zedong in the world. As you can imagine, in the heart of China's largest autonomous region of predominantly Uyghur people, this statue is not particularly well-loved.
|the massively awkward Chairman towers over Kashgar
I loved this couple! The man was all smiles, pointing to my camera and gesturing for me to take a picture of him and his wife. As soon as I was ready to shoot, he would stand straight, solemn, and stoic, refusing to smile . . . then he'd giggle like a little boy when I showed him the pictures!
|I know I already posted a picture of this little beauty earlier, but I was just so captivated by her sweet, shy smile!


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Any player who tells you home-ice advantage makes no difference is probably lying. No doubt the Blackhawks were thrilled Sunday's Game 7 of the Western Conference finals was in Chicago and not in the Kings' home arena.
"[Game 5 on Wednesday] was probably the loudest I've ever [heard the crowd] in the United Center," Hawks defenseman Niklas Hjalmarsson said Saturday. "It was unbelievable the way the crowd gave us energy."


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Thursday, May 20, 2010
Open Studio this Sunday
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Friday, May 14, 2010
Modish Market
Modish Market? Here is a quick snap of some of the Lyssy May display. It was so lovely to meet fellow stallholders and the many locals who were quick to snap up the recycled map wallets of their suburb - I will know to make more next time! Despite the day starting with a flat car battery and a mad dash to put everything in a cab to make it to set up on time the day turned out to be a special one. I do love a good craft market.
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Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Market Day in Malvern this Saturday
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Review Asus F1A75-I Deluxe FM1 Motherboard
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Computer Hardware & Software | Review Asus F1A75-I Deluxe FM1 Motherboard | AMD caused quite a stir when they released the Fusion set of APU's as it gave rival competition to Intel but with support for DirectX 11. Motherboard manufacturers were keen to jump on board producing Mini-ITX based boards around the E-350 APU. Shortly after the E-350 saga, AMD released the next in the APU line-up and this included the A8-3850, shortly followed by the slightly lower spec A6-3650 which differed by giving users a fully fledged socket, opposed to an all-in-one soldered APU like the E-350 had. This gave users a bit more flexibility in terms of upgrading the APU as and when they wanted or needed to.
With the Fusion platform as a whole doing really well in the market place, and many users finding that it's a better alternative to an Atom/ION solution, a lot of brands were keen to manufacturer boards that can harness the true potential of the socket and overall platform.
With this in mind, we saw the likes of the Asus F1A75-M Pro Micro ATX board, Gigabyte A75M-UD2H board and even some new contenders with the Sapphire Pure Platinum A75 motherboard and whilst these particular products offered exactly what was needed, it took up a lot of space in the process.
This is where Mini-ITX comes into play as the Fusion platform has been accepted extremely well into the HTPC community and with motherboard vendors realising the potential behind it, they have started to develop boards with exactly that in mind.
To me, Mini-ITX is a fantastic platform as I find it so fascinating when companies can implement all of these wonderful features into such a small form factor, and that's exactly what Asus have done with the board we're looking at today. We're taking a look at the F1A75-I Deluxe motherboard which is aimed directly at the home entertainment market with some unique features that will surely push them ahead in this segment of the market, right?


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Tuesday, August 21, 2012
The nation is in grief today after confirmation of the death of DILG Secretary Jesse Robredo came this morning together with the retrieval of the Secretary's body off the coast of Masbate City. Robredo, together with aide-de-camp P/Insp Jun Abrasado, and two pilots, Capt. Jessup Bahinting and Nepalese flight student Kshitiz Chand, crashed in the afternoon of August 18, 2012 in the waters of Ticao Strait, some 500 meters from the Masbate Airport while trying to make an emergency landing.
Robredo was on his way to Naga City, Camarines Sur after making a speech at the National Summit of the Community Investigative Support and the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIS-CIDG) held in Cebu City. He was supposed to take a commercial flight back to Manila and then travel by bus to Naga but then opted to take a chartered flight straight to Naga to be with his daughter who won a medal in a swimming competition.
According to the lone survivor of the crash, P/Insp Jun Abrasado, one of the engines of the Piper Seneca plane had a problem which prompted Capt. Jessup Bahinting to call Masbate Airport for an emergency landing. The plane, however, did not make it.
Upon hearing of the news of the crash, President Benigno Aquino III rushed to Masbate to personally oversee the search and rescue operation for his long-time friend and fellow reformist. The government, as well as the family of the Secretary, were initially hopeful that Robredo might still be alive as he was a good swimmer. There were even reports circulating via text and Twitter that the Secretary has been rescued at sea by local fishermen, none of which were confirmed.
Such was the hope and anticipation of the Filipino people over Robredo's safety due to the late Secretary's legacy of clean governance. Prior to his death, he was in government for over 20 years, which started when he won as Mayor of Naga City in 1988. He was the youngest elected mayor in the country back then, at age 29. His election followed six terms of reformist leadership in the city which got rid of local corruption, illegal gambling, and turned Naga City into a model of local governance.
Robredo received various awards for his reformist leadership, including the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Government Service in 2000, and the Philippines' Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the World Award for Government Service in 1996. Such brand of reformist leadership is what inspired newly-elected President Benigno S. Aquino III to appoint him as Secretary of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) in 2010.
As DILG Secretary, he sought to make local governance more oriented to serving the people's needs. Despite the rampant corruption and mismanagement of his predecessors in DILG, he was able to unite all units of local government towards making public service more efficient, transparent, and accessible. His leadership style was that of a loving father—never that of a dictator. His employees at the DILG remarked that the late Secretary never shouted at anyone when he gets mad but rather just bites into his fist to control his emotions.
It was this brand of reformist leadership that made Robredo very dear, not just to Bicolanos but throughout the country. Such was weight of his loss to many Filipinos because it reflects a society's renewed aspiration to be led in such a way. It shows that Filipino society has had enough of traditional politics which has marred local governance for decades and wants reformist leadership such as that of Robredo's to flourish. If it were a government official from the previous administration who died, it would've met a different (perhaps even spiteful) reaction. Take the case of former Department of Energy Secretary Angelo Reyes, who took his own life in 2011.
Just as reformist leadership is beginning to take shape and grow in a once corrupted nation, news of Robredo's death came. The last time a national figure figured in a plane crash like this was 55 years ago, after the death of President Ramon Magsaysay when his plane crashed in Cebu on Marcy 17, 1957. Like Robredo, his governance was that of a reformer and sought to make government become closer to people and responsive to their needs.
Hence, it's only fitting that Sec. Jesse Robredo be hailed as the "Magsaysay of Our Time". TSS
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Hello Everyone!
Here we are back in the studio again. I apologize for falling off the blog-o-sphere last week with the studio post, just one of those weeks.
Well I'm back and ready to take you on another studio adventure …..this time we are venturing into the CLOSETS where there are semi-organizational skills at play.
That's right, it might LOOK chaotic but believe me, there are LABELS! Oh my, thanks to a Dymo labelmaker that is the coolest thing going….keeps me on track and able to FIND my stuff!
A few years ago I took it upon myself to build shelves in the closets, note ladies: minimal skills required here thanks to the guys in Lowe's that will make the big cuts of wood for you at a minimal price. Basically I measured the closet height and width and determined how many shelves I could get if I started with the large rubber tubs in the bottom of the closet. You can't see them but they are down below the canvas boxes. They contain large pieces of fabric and one is filled with fabric strips. Crazy huh? Also stored in the bottom of the closet are two sewing machines!
Taking into consideration the amount of projects to store, I found these cute canvasboxes and totes/baskets at Lowe's.Love the canvas totes, they are so handy to pull out and put back! The heavy duty snaps allow a peek inside too!
The canvas boxes are great with lids to keep things neatly corralled and dust free.
I found these lovely graduated sizes of cardboard boxes at Tuesday Mornings to hold sewing projects. The black and white checker pattern is really cute, right?
One of the best tips I know is to store sewing thread in a plastic Matchbox Car box! They are double-sided and clear enough to see the colored threads. Store your boxes on their sides to save space! You can find them HERE, they are now called Creative Options Thread Organizers.
A variety of plastic shoe boxes also works well for storing threads and can be found at the Dollar Store.
OK, let's venture over to the other side of the closet where the BEADS live!
This is Bead-world. Don't ask. Another hobby. The two gray storage units are actual found in the hardware section, used for nuts and bolts and whatnots in the realm of Hubby. Mine are used for storing beads, all sorted by color and sizes.
Recently I found these boxes at Hobby Lobby, called CraftMates Lockables, they stack and lock so beads can't escape.
And I found plastic bead storage with stacking jars at Joann's, they work great for smaller seed beads.
Trust me, there are beads in other places too, but for now, most of them live here. The closet also has a filing cabinet which houses patterns. There are bolts of fabric in here, and a collection of magazines and bags of stuffing and batting on the top shelf. Yes, it is a mishmash of supplies just waiting their turn to come out and play!
Please come back and join me as we continue to look around the studio, there's more to see....
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Wow, time flies. 10 years ago, I went to work as a contractor for the company I'm with. In a way, it seems like I've been there forever, but in a way, it seems like yesterday. That's what happens when you go where God sends you, instead of going your own direction.
I had done some odd jobs, but nothing with any real substance. No one wanted to hire anyone full time, so I went 2 years without work. Hubby & I talked about it, & we decided that since I couldn't find a job, I'd make one. I filed all the paperwork, printed business cards & brochures, & went from one business to another handing them out. I told everyone I knew that I started a new business, & a few people I didn't know so well. I gave a business card to a friend at a health club swimming pool. He gave it to his son, who works at the local electric company.
I got one offer, but it lasted a few days. After that contract fell through, I told God that since one door closed, He could open another one. Next day, I got a phone call. It was from a guy who worked at an electric company, & got my name & number from a business card given to a guy in a different department, across town.
So much had to fall into place for that card to land in the hands of the man who is now my boss. October 1, 1999 was my first day. I've seen quite a few changes, but I love working with the people in our office. I'm truly blessed.
Thursday, October 01, 2009
10 years, already?
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Wow! Has it been 10 years already?? Seems like you just told me about it a small time back! It seems like we haven't gotten together in 100 years however! I miss you! Come out and stay awhile! Congratulations on the 10 years and may you have 10 wonderful years more! blessings, Kathy
- Jane Smith said...
Thanks, Kathy. It's been fun. In a way, it seems like I started a few days ago, & in a way, it feels like I've been there forever.
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Those who remember Tom Maxwell as the Squirrel Nut Zipper with the irritating, Kermit-the-Frog-in-a-horror-movie voice will be pleased to know that nothing's changed. But those who remember him as the author of the Zippers' most ebullient and immediately memorable songs will be nothing short of ecstatic when they hear this, his debut solo record.
Samsara takes its name after a Buddhist term for an endless cycle of desire and dissatisfaction, a possible reference to Maxwell's near-manic ingesting and regurgitation of old musical styles. The record reflects that, embarking on a thrilling odyssey that dabbles in Chinese opera ("Some Born Singing"), old-school country (George Jones' "Flame in my Heart"), Raymond Scott-style cartoon themes ("Caveat Emptor"), and Ellington standards ("The Mooche"), as well as the hot jazz ("Sixes and Sevens to Me") one might expect. The miracle is that it makes any sense at all.
If some of the record reminds you of the Zippers, which Maxwell quit in 1999, that's because it is the Zippers. Bassist Stu Cole, drummer Chris Phillips and multi-reed player Ken Mosher essentially function as the house band throughout. The high point--and, in a just world, a million-selling single the minute it hits the streets--is "Can't Sleep," a Maxwell-penned dirty blues that features the "Remember" vocal quartet. On gloriously dragged-out lines like "Oh loooord, I've lost the thing that I can't keep," the baritone-heavy doo-wop group acts as a perfect foil for Maxwell's high-register delivery.
Samsara's sonic qualities are worth noting. The album was made at Daniel Lanois' fancy Kingsway Studio in New Orleans, the same place where the Zippers have worked in the past. It sounds like Maxwell and engineer Mike Napolitano went to great lengths to rough things up a bit, to make it recall one of the vintage pre-1950s recordings that Maxwell loves so much. And it works, as the hot jazz seems comfortable shaking hands with a little indie-rock lo-fi.
Tom Maxwell plays Cat's Cradle on May 27.


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On Monday afternoon Shellie Zimmerman called the police, because of an alleged confrontation between George Zimmerman and her father.
During the 5-minute call, Shellie Zimmerman tells the 911 dispatcher George Zimmerman punched her father in the nose, and he that he threatened her family with his hand on his gun.
All through the call, Shellie Zimmerman sounds unnerved, and tells the dispatcher she's scared and uncertain what her estranged husband is capable of doing. However, we all know what her estranged husband is capable of when angry. Because he has done it once and got away with it. (murder)


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"Roppongi Crossing" until 14.01.08 Tokyo
"Roppongi Crossing" is a series of exhibitions produced by the Mori Art Museum to introduce Japanese creative talent working in a wide range of genres. The first in the series was held in 2004 – and is to this day used as a reference point for contemporary Japanese visual culture. For "Roppongi Crossing 2007" four curators focused on the idea of 'intersection,' selecting 36 artists whose work has an energy and sphere of influence that spreads beyond the confines of conventional artistic categories.
Their art takes a variety of forms, including painting, sculpture, photography, design, video, manga, games, and even unlikely genres such as dollmaking and bathhouse mural painting. In addition to artists who are emerging on the scene right now, the list also includes others who drove the scene in its formative period in the 1960s and 1970s, and whose feverish output continues unabated today. Surprising juxtapositions provide an opportunity to discover unexpected similarities and also to trace some of the unseen webs of influence and homage that connect the artists of the last three decades.
Delicate handwork, carefully thought-out concepts and a tendency for interactive mechanisms are just some of the other characteristics that unite the works in the exhibition, many of which are new works produced especially for the show.
Surveying this interlocking web of art, linking genres and generations in the present, a faint but common beat can be detected – a beat like a pulse that reverberates throughout the Japanese contemporary art scene and provides a clue as to where it is headed in the future.
Curatorial Team
Amano Kazuo (Art Critic; Professor, Kyoto University of Art and Design),
Araki Natsumi (Curator, Mori Art Museum), Sato Naoki (Art Director, ASYL),
Sawaragi Noi (Art Critic)


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I must say that I am glad that I was super excited after this weigh-in and I was like Boo YA!!! to the scale!
Take that, you ain't got nothing on me! I was so proud of myself for losing 2.4 lbs!!
1-30-13 weigh-in
It gave me the motivation for this coming week and to track everything that goes into my mouth! I am a little nervous about Super Bowl food but am going to save all my extra points for WW for that.
It makes me more determined and that I know that I can do this! I am getting closer to the 140s. There are so many women out there going through this battle with their weight and confidence!
I actually like this picture of myself!
On another note, there are two blogs that I read daily and have been commenting more (still feel like a stalker to post everytime but getting better and not so worried about it now. They are just going to have like me and become my new BBF!! LOL!!
One of them is Brandi at http://www.mamalaughlin.com/ who I just happened to come across her blog on Pinterest and was instantly hooked. She is hilarious, down to earth, joker, says what she wants and doesn't care, and lost 60 lbs. the old fashioned weight (she was an inspiration to me and I was in the same place she was when she started her journey.) Then there is Megan at http://missmadisonscharmedlife.blogspot.com/ who recently changed the blog title to Skinny Meg!! She has lost over 110 lbs the old fashioned way. She is a working mom like Brandi and her house is gorgeous!! I would love for her to come decorate mine. She is sassy, loves to sweat at the gym! Check out their blogs for inspiration, motivation and workout tips and routines!!
These two women and their blogs (plus other blogs) have helped my continue back on my weight loss journey and since I started reading them in September of 2012, I got back on WW and exercising more and have lost 13 lbs. for a total of 26 lbs since September 2011.
These two girls are friends, work out buddies in real life and live close to each other. You can find them on Instagram and they are together a lot which I think is awesome!! I wish I had a workout buddy and helped push me. But anyway, let me get to my point here.....
These two ladies, who let us into their lives daily and do not have to, have been scrutinized and people have been just down right rude to them and it got me thinking about what this world is coming to and how different it is going to be for my boys to grow up in this day of age compared to just 20 -30 years ago to be a child.
Kids watch the adults they are around and they do what they see. If those adults are hateful or disrespectful, the child will most likely be the same way. I am saying this and I know that I am not perfect and have made mistakes but I also try to change what I have done or pretty much not do it again.
I want my boys to grow up being respectful but at the same time stand up for themselves and not to let people run over them. Our 5 year old is having a hard time right now listening to us, doing what we ask, he is more whining and we get after him and then he says we are mean. But I as I explained to him this morning I would rather him think that I am mean and him grow up to be respectful and listen to adults then for him to run all over us and be a trouble maker and someone people do not want to be around. I know he does not get it but hopefully someday he will.
I just don't understand why people are so opinionated and instead of politely stating an opinion, they seem to think that their opinion is the correct one then rudely have to announce it. It makes things harder for the rest of us. I will say that Mama Laughlin and Skinny Meg have done blog post standing up for themselves but they have done it politely and I would say with grace. I am glad that they do their blogs and are going to continue to!
On a completely different note, Monkey is now sleeping with his brother every night. So I am thinking that I am going to take the crib down this weekend and be on the look out for a bed for him. Even though I don't think he will sleep in it cause sleeping with big bro will be way cooler, I am sure!
The only bad thing is he was up at 2:30 and came to our room!! He slept with us for about an hour and then I put him back in his bro's room!
He is just getting so big.
Monkey in big Brother's bed!
Jacer snacking like always!
January Cara Box
I got to meet two great people through this again this month the awesome Stephanie at mrssnyderesquire.blogspot.com (go to her blog and check out what I sent her) and equally awesome Tiffany at Make it Cute sent me an awesome box!! I work as a legal secretary and Stephanie is a lawyer, I loved this! It was great to talk to her about work and she knew where I was coming from. Tiffany is a single mother of two boys and loves crafts! I love crafts but she can actually do them!! I absolutely love doing the Cara Box, I get to meet new people that love blogging and also get some snail mail. My son loves getting the mail and when there is a package, he gets so excited! He had my box opened from Ms. Tiffany before we even got up the lane to our house.
She got me the cutest socks to wear to the gym, some awesome bath and body spray that is already in my gym bag, some sugar free candy (love Werther's), a new makeup bag and a gift card!! I think I am going to find me some new workout clothes!!!
Love it all!!! If you have not done a Cara Box, you need to check it over at Wifessionals!!!


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Wednesday, July 17, 2013
Self reflection on the menu
When they first moved to Chicago (a town the Mr and I both LOVE) we were quite honestly, too fat to be able to visit them. I can't remember exactly when they moved but we were at or close to maximum density. She begged me to come to visit and I would put her off not because I didn't want to go but because I was too embarrassed to admit that we couldn't "do" that town. That is a walking city and even short distances would've had me huffing and puffing at 450-494 pounds. Not to mention many of the restaurants there are short on space and try to cram as many tables in as they can. So not a lot of room for a big ass to be trying to suck it in between full chairs while dealing with the disgusted looks of people having to scoot out of the way and being humiliated in front of our friends. The whole potential of the situation was enough to send me in a fetal position sucking my thumb.
When they came to visit in February 2010, I was 380 lbs so I was 114 lbs down from my highest but we were still not at that place where we could go to any restaurant we wanted. Invitations to things were still being turned down if we didn't know the restaurant or they had chairs we couldn't fit in or booths only. I was very insistent that we go to this one ethnic restaurant because 1) I thought they'd like it and 2) I knew for sure we'd fit there. I think she might have suggested someplace initially and I internally freaked out and said "oh, we can go there but I was really hoping we could go here because I think you guys would love it and it's one of our favorite restaurants" and really built it up like it was the best place ever. Thankfully she agreed to go there, we got a nice table with chairs with no arms and we were able to enjoy our time with our friends without a social anxiety pit in our stomachs.
When we got together with him last weekend, we suggested one of our favorite hipster pizza places not because we knew we would fit but because it was good. Of course there is a wrench thrown into it. They have chairs with no arms on all of the tables but then they have like 4-5 bar stool tables along the wall. I HATE bar stool tables and they've tried to seat us there before and I've asked for the low (normal height) tables. This ass is still not ready for every bar stool chair out there since we had to actually leave a restaurant once because that was all they had. Baby still got back. Wouldn't you know, those bastards stuck us at the bar stool table!? Internally I was freaking out and just praying to God we didn't have to say "excuse me Miss? Only one butt cheek sits on this stool, we need a short table." But thankfully we didn't have to. I now know I can fit at the table and be fine. Granted, I'm still not wild about them because I'm tall and my knees either knock against the table or my legs are almost long enough to hit the floor but then I'd be sitting weird with my back arched like I'm trying to get people to look at my boobs. This was yet another step into feeling somewhat normal at a restaurant and for anyone who has been morbidly obese, knows that restaurants can be a big source of emotional stress before ever stepping foot in them.
I'm grateful to my friend for suggesting I look back to remind me of how far I've/we've come given my current state of stuckitude. I'm glad I can actually go into a restaurant without feeling that sense of dread, anxiety and impending public humiliation that was my reality for a good seven years of my life.
Has your weight ever stopped you from being able to go to certain restaurants because you couldn't fit? Do you look back to help yourself move forward?
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It's always a good thing to reflect back a bit and remind ourselves how bad things were so that we can appreciate where we are now even if we may not be where we ultimately want to end up yet. It was a great dinner and he is as inspiring as ever. So glad we got a chance to see him.ReplyDeleteReplies
Yes it is. The past 2 months have been excruciatingly frustrating and very bad thoughts have been running through my head. Sometimes perspective is all you need to hopefully help you remember it could always be worse. Yes, always good to see him.Delete
I'm so glad to hear that someone else had/has to consider restaurant choices based solely on seating. There are several that I just won't go to because they are booths only or they are SO crowded. I'll be SO glad one day when I don't have to say to the hostess, "Table, please - NOT a booth".ReplyDelete
Thank you for going back and remembering how it used to be. I just found your blog, and although you are stuck right now, I am very encouraged.Replies
Welcome aboard Carol! That day will come for you and it will be a victory that will make you smile. I still have a pic of the first booth I was able to fit in a few years ago. Seems stupid to others but only people who have gone through the frustration can understand what a milestone it is.Delete
What a great and relevant blog Anele. I can so relate to being extremely limited in where you go and what you can do, when you are obese. There was a local bar/restaurant that hubby liked, and I could NOT go there. All they had were tall tables with barstools, or extremely tight booths. At my heaviest (328 lbs.) I could still fit in most booths (although not these), but they were very uncomfortable, and my belly rubbed against the table. Bar stools were extremely uncomfortable too--I have short legs and bad knees and unless there's someplace to put my feet, my legs fall asleep and everything hurts. I'm better now, although still not a huge fan of bar stools. I remember once at the bowling alley, I wanted to sit at a table behind the lane where my husband was bowling and someone else had already "claimed" the table with the regular chairs. I went ahead and sat down at one end of that table anyway, and was told to "GET OUT!" It became an embarrassing screaming fight between me and this person. And this was all because I simply did NOT fit in the other place available to sit--the bar stools at the counter right behind the lanes. I also could not STAND the entire time, (or even for a short time!), it just hurt too much.ReplyDelete
Walking? I had given that up, which pretty much eliminated all vacationing. It is such a sense of freedom today to be able to walk for long distances and no longer be limited in where I can go!! In the last year we took vacations to NYC and DC and walked all over both cities! GLORIOUS!
Sorry for the length of this response, but I had forgotten too, all the inconveniences and humiliations I used to endure. We have gained so much, Anele, even if everyday continues to be a struggle, we realize it is all well worth it!!! Thanks for the reminder, I needed it today.Replies
Bar stools are just plain irritating. You either have ones that are about the same size as a normal seat which was be fine but the other half are much smaller and are made for people with teeny, tiny bums. It's a shame that jerk at the bowling alley couldn't just share ONE freakin' chair. What does it hurt them even if they say when their party comes, they'll need it back. People are just jerks. Same with us on vacations. Many a time in Hawaii was spent watching others from the balcony or a car window having a good ol' time while we were too embarrassed to go out. Hmm, that might light another blog for next week.Delete
I'm not a fan of bar stool tables either which leads me to wonder - if no-one likes them, why do restaurants have them? I'm fortunate that my weight has not yet prevented me from going places that I want to go, but there are certainly some places that are more comfortable than others. One of the worst things for me is having to ride in the back seat of a car. Once in a while I will ride with other people to "stuff" and if there are several of us I generally let someone else have the front seat (my mom, a co-worker...) and I sit in the back.ReplyDeleteReplies
I know, right? Keep bar stools AT THE BAR. This one restaurant we went to had ridiculously small stools and that's all they had in the whole place. Of course thin girls and metrosexual hipsters in their skinny jeans were fine but no one over 200 lbs could eat there. Maybe by design, the chef IS pretty high on herself. (Though now that I think about it, I don't think even SHE could sit comfortably on them since she's got a little meat on her bones) I think I've only had to be in the backseat once or twice in the past 10 years but for me, it's more height because my legs are long. My knees jam into the back of the seat in front of me no matter how far up they scootch the seat.Delete
Thanks for writing about this. I often avoid going out because of this problem, or I suggest the place to go like you mentioned. I cannot wait until I know this won't be a problem anymore. Many of my good friends know now where I need to sit, and it's great that they accomidate me, but it's still embarassing. I went to a movie with a guy I like the other night and was so nervous about sitting next to him. If I sit by myself it's ok but to sit right next to someone (someone I'm trying to get to know better but don't want to sit on top of) was difficult. It was ok but I left wishing I was more comfortable. I'm down almost 45lbs which is great but I have more to go. Getting to the 'sitting wherever I want' stage is a goal and I can't wait to be there. Thanks.ReplyDeleteReplies
It's a good feeling when you are fairly confident you can fit most places. It's good your friends are accommodating but I know what you mean, it's not the ideal situation. Just be glad you had people who are willing to do that or even THINK about it. I don't think anyone around us ever even thought of that when we were at our heaviest especially thin people. If they've never been through it themselves, they would never know it could be an issue. I try to make sure when go out for birthday dinners and such that I pick restaurants I know have comfortable seats for all since I've walked a few miles in those shoes. You'll get there girl, keep it up!Delete
I'm almost 5 years into maintenance and I still think about the booth size. (I also always choose the larger, "handicap" stall in the ladies' room, but that's another topic entirely. :) )ReplyDeleteReplies
I'm pretty sure this will always be a knee jerk reaction for me (and many of us who have been there). I could be 130 lbs and still freak out on many of my former "triggers" like booths, chairs with arms or the worst...those cheap plastic chairs so many restaurants like to use now.Delete
I've been doing a lot of looking back lately too. I have to remind myself that I have come a long way in not only size, but also in mentality. Before a lot of what I do now was a "Did hell freeze over?" moment, but I don't even bat an eyelash now.ReplyDelete
Thanks for the reminder that we may not be where we WANT to be, but we sure as hell aren't where we USED to be either!! That's a good reminder fo sho!!!Replies
It can be a good thing to look back on occasion and when you're in a holding pattern, maybe a little more. So glad we're not where we used to be!Delete
Looking back at where I came from is what helped me keep going when my weight loss slowed down or stalled completely. My weight didn't stop me from going to certain restaurants completely, but it sure affected my choice of where to sit in some. And it definitely affected what I did and where I went in other ways (no horseback riding, too heavy for most; avoid amusement park rides; choose the handicap stalls in bathrooms because the toilet was too close to the door in the regular ones; avoid places that required a lot of walking). We've come a long way, and it's good to remember that periodically.ReplyDeleteReplies
Yeah there are still a lot of things I can't do (roller coasters, ziplining, things with certain weight limits, etc) and I have about 50-60 lbs before I can be rid of those chains. My body is making me completely break for it too. So enjoy that for me until I get there!Delete
I freaking hate bar stools. I fit on them just fine now, but the rungs on the stool are never in the right place. My legs either dangle like a little kid (which means they fall asleep), or my knees are way too high. I'm not tall either, 5'6", so it's irritating that I can't seem to rest my feet properly.ReplyDelete
We've been re-visiting a lot of places that gave me issues 1-2 years ago. It's been a delight to see how much better I fit, and I want to shriek with happiness when I can actually, finally sit in a seat that I couldn't fit into AT ALL. (Example: the dentist's waiting room. I've never been able to sit in their chairs, not even on the edge, and always had to stand. Now I fit just fine.)Replies
Yeah, bar stools are just plain uncomfortable...restaurants ...take note! So glad you're able to fit in places that were difficult in the past! WOO HOO!Delete
I still can't fit in most booths/armed chairs at restaurants. I don't go out that much to them, but once a month I meet up with a group of friends and we go to a different place every time. It's a HUGE source of anxiety for me because I'm the only one at the table who's overweight. I've had it where I'm so physically uncomfortable that I can barely eat my food because I'm being squeezed to death. Not surprisingly, those are moments when I most want to go on a private binge (but refrain) because of that feeling of hopelessness. As for high stools, I've never liked them because I feel like I'm pitching forward all the time.ReplyDeleteReplies
I know that anxiety and it's especially bad when you're the only one who would need "accommodating." I would be petrified to go to work functions because inevitably it was always someplace that wasn't friendly to the fluffies. Sigh. You will get there girl! Let that continue to fuel you forward!Delete
I have a wide butt so bar stools dont go well and then I remember in grad school, getting drunk on my bday...and imagine trying tos it on a bar stool when tipsy..not a fun picture...:(ReplyDelete
Great post! You hit a topic I know all about...I'm almost 100 lbs lighter now, but when i was knocking on 400 lb's door a reality that I had outgrown booths smacked me in the face...I remember being seated at a Denny's booth and my middle fat roll had no choice but to hang onto the table. ... I once went to a birthday party at Hooters and stood the whole time because the seating was those tall round seats and I didn't feel like I could even hoist myself up into it...let alone stay on it...another time I had a work function and I got there to find the seating was out on the patio, in metal chairs with decorative arms, and when I sat down my leg fat dug into the decorative metalwork...It pinched my thighs so badly I had bruises later and felt the soreness for DAYS. Great post, thanks for sharing.ReplyDelete
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