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Read on for a trip back in time to when the only care in the world was what name to get on the back of your shirt- Would it be Ljungberg or Edu? Probably the latter as mum is a cheapo & it costs about £20 less…
Here's a few things we can all relate to as young football fans back in the day…
1. Never leaving the house without your trusty Astro Turf's
We've all turned up to that family party where your cousins are dressed smartly with nice shoes and combed hair while you're stood there donning Adidas pop up tracksuit bottoms, an England top with 'Beckham' on the back and a pair of Astros.
Many of us even bought black 'stros to try and fool the teacher that they were eligible footwear for school but to no avail.
2. Sports World £3 Mega Deal Umbro footballs that lasted a lifetime
Yeah… You remember these!
These Umbro Ceramica balls defined a generation of playing out the front and knocking for your mates, a more innocent time when there were no iPhones.
Mike Ashley has a lot of faults but you can never deny the fact that he sells great balls at even greater prices.
3. Disappointment on Christmas day
You've stayed up all night Christmas Eve because you're so excited to open your brand spanking new Adidas Predators. You run downstairs and know immediately what present the boots are (The one shaped like a box) so you save them until last.
When it finally comes to opening the boots you've waited so long for, you rip open the wrapping paper and…
You find yourself holding a pair of Sondicos!? The first thought that comes to your head is "How am I going to tell my mates?" After bragging to all your schoolmates that your getting the latest, top of the range boots, your mum has made you look like a fool by buying the cheapest, clumpiest boots that are guaranteed to make your new nickname "Shovel Foot."
Well played Mum (the Predators were too expensive anyway)
4. Having a stint as a Goalie
Whether you've volunteered to go in goal to pull off overdramatic saves and shout orders to your pretend back four, been roped in by your mates telling you how good you are at shot stopping, or you were just the fat kid; We've all had our fair share of goalkeeping, performing acrobatics we never knew we had whilst thinking we're the next Fabian Barthez.
5. Attempting to achieve at least one of David Beckham's haircuts.
I'd imagine the most common would be the 2002 World Cup Mohawk. When Becks scored that penalty against Argentina in the Group stages I believe half the population were blessed with this trim.
Is the Curtain the next to come back in fashion?
6. Knowing who's boss
When you've brought your new £3 Umbro ball to the playground, there's no doubt about it; You're the King for the next half an hour. Even if you haven't brought in a ball, you could suck up to someone who has and be part of the elite few that can play, whilst others sit on the outskirts hoping to get a call up.
There's always one brave soul, the maverick, that comes up to you and asks if he can play, when 9 out of 10 times your response is… "It's not my ball mate, sorry."
8. Wearing your full kit with pride
When you're a kid, there's nothing better than being head to toe in your full kit, shinnies on and everything (Even if your only going to the shop).
But when you're 40 with 2 kids and a mortgage…
I have no words – he's even gone for the shin pads. 10/10 for effort!


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|British Army
|Utility Helicopter
| 10 seats:
|Item capacity
| Max:
|Top speed
|293 km/h
|Service ceiling
|~ 6,000 m
|Fuel capacity
|Primary armament
| Main:
|Secondary armament
| Targeting:
The AH-11 Wildcat is a utility helicopter that is exclusively used by the British Army in ArmA 2. It was added with the release of the British Armed Forces DLC.
Overview Edit
- Roles:
- Observation
- Utility helicopter
- Laser targeting
- Troop transport
- Light gunship
| The Wildcat AH11 is a British multi-purpose military helicopter, designed to serve in battlefield utility, search and rescue and anti-submarine warfare roles.
The AH11 is armed with the CRV7 rocket system and with the M621 20mm automatic cannon.
Armoury Description
Design Edit
An upgraded model of the original Super Lynx helicopter, the Wildcat features more powerful engines, uses a wheeled undercarriage instead of skids, a composite tail and nose structure, and has improved avionics. Like its predecessor, the Wildcat is a multi-purpose transport helicopter, though it can also be utilised in search-and-rescue and forward observation roles.
It is fitted with two stub wings attached to both sides of the fuselage, and is armed with a single 70 mm rocket pod on the right stub wing while the left stub wing is fitted with a 20 mm autocannon.
The Wildcat's M621 autocannon feeds from a single belt that has 1,200 rounds worth of 20 mm shells linked together. The CRV7 rocket pod on the other hand, is pre-loaded with 12 laser-guided 70 mm rockets that have high-explosive anti-tank (HEAT) warheads.
The Wildcat served as the primary utility helicopter of British forces operating in Takistan at the height of Operation Crimson Lance. While transporting troops into combat was its main purpose, the Wildcat was well-equipped to be able provide fire support for ground troops as a light gunship.
In addition, the co-pilot/observer also has access to a laser designator integrated into a fully rotatable targeting pod that is located underneath the nose. It can be used to guide laser guided munitions from other aircraft (or its own rockets) and is also able to toggle between normal day, night, and black/white-hot thermal vision modes, making it perfectly suited for reconnaissance duties and tracking ground targets.
Although it cannot transport as many troops as the larger Merlin HC3, the Wildcat makes up for it by being armed and can adequately defend itself (and its cargo) from enemy ground forces. It is also more compact, and can land in areas such as building rooftops where the Merlin would otherwise be unable to fit.
However, it should be noted that Wildcat is still quite soft-skinned, so prolonged contact with ground forces; particularly those equipped with anti-air missiles, should be avoided unless necessary as the Wildcat will not last long under heavy fire.
Crew Capacity
The Wildcat can carry up to eight passengers in its rear cabin. The crew consists of both the pilot and the co-pilot, who also doubles as an observer and controls the nose-mounted targeting pod.
Trivia Edit
- The AW159 helicopter in real-life can be armed with a pintle-mounted machine gun that can be fitted to either side of the passenger cabin, though the in-game Wildcat lacks this capability.
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External links Edit
See also Edit
Aircraft of comparable role and configuration Edit
- UH-1Y (USMC counterpart)
- WY-55 Hellcat (AAF successor, ArmA 3 only)
|British Army - Vehicles (ArmA 2)
|ATV • Jackal 2 MWMIK • Military Offroad • MTVR
|FV510 Warrior
|Apache AH-1 • AH-11 Wildcat • Chinook HC4 • Merlin HC3
|(Parenthesis) denote variants. | Operation Arrowhead | British Armed Forces

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Celebrating the CIA
It has been a very good year for America's CIA. Not one but two Oscar-nominated films about their triumphs: extricating six American diplomats from Iran, as told by Affleck's Argo, and the tracking and assisinaton of Osama Bin Laden, in Bigelow's Zero Dark Thirty. On television, Showtime's Homeland has also received numerous accolades. Indeed, Hollywood seems to have fallen in love with and taken great pleasure in celebrating the work of, as Ben Affleck has so often remarked when at the podium, "the clandestine services."
I have seen both Argo and Zero Dark Thirty. Both are excellent films. Indeed, I wouldn't be surprised if either won the most coveted Oscar, Best Picture, when the time comes in early March. I'm also not as fussed as others about the way in which both films have dramatized history. It's Hollywood, after all. Moreover, I do not hold the view, as others do, that Zero Dark Thirty glorifies or endorses
torture enhanced interrogation.
What bothers me about these films, and about the positive attention Homeland has received, isn't so much that these shows and films have been made; it's the speed with which society seems to forgive, indeed celebrate the CIA and its brother and sister intelligence organizations around the world.
On Oscar night, if Affleck's film takes home the big trophy, I have no doubt he will again draw attention to real-life CIA operative Tony Mendez, and his fellow officers in "the clandestine services" for the heroic work they do. I doubt, however, the names Salvadore Allende, Patrice Lumumba, or Mohammad Mosaddeq will pass his lips.
They should. We should know their names. And the names of countless others, too, like Jacobo Árbenz, Kwame Nkrumah, and João Goulart.
Allende was the first Marxist to become president of a Latin American country through open elections. Lumumba was the first legally elected Prime Minister of the Republic of the Congo. Mosadeq was the democratically elected Prime Minister of Iran.
In every case, at every turn, these individuals, democratically elected by their people, were overthrown, undermined, outright assasinated to safeguard American interests. It is a travesty. The real history of the CIA isn't worth celebrating, but shaming: at every turn, with every opportunity to advance human security, they chose to secure American capital.
In the case of Chile, Allende was replaced with Augusto Pinochet, whose name is synonymous with iron-fisted military junta. And in Iran, Mosaddeq was overthrown in a coup d'État orchestrated by the British MI6 and the CIA, which cemented the autocracy of the Shah.
These people were intentionally subjugated by ruthless autocrats installed or supported by America—and today the American people are shocked when Egyptians, Iranians, and countless other nations don't greet them as liberators and friends.
Thanks but no thanks.
So, best of luck to Argo and Zero Dark Thirty, and to Homeland, and the myriad other shows and films that celebrate the work of the CIA. I suggest, however, if you're looking for a real thriller, you delve a little deeper for the real story of the clandestine services: it's horrific.


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My Current Mood:
The Ricketts/Breeze housewarming was wonderful. I wish I could've felt better, but the migraine came back in full force. I threw up immediately upon returning home and passed out until 9 am today... thank to Lindi , orange creamies, a personal cheese pizza and some Alka Seltzer, I am back to normal.
I thought I would post some pictures of the house project as it is coming along.
First, we'll start with some pics of Sarah's bedroom. Keep in mind the room as all white... very bland. We added two purple walls, white Levelors, purple curtains, a purple bead curtain and running lights along the top of the purple walls... and the hundreds of stars.
I will post the bathroom and others as the week goes on. Enjoy!


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^^ They weren't sisters. They played sisters in the movie, "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane."
^^ They weren't sisters. They played sisters in the movie, "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane."
Before you can judge a man, walk a mile in his shoes. After that, who cares? He's a mile away and you've got his shoes. - Billy Connolly
ah, okay.
i liked at the end when they were having dinner with hattie hoddy, or whatever her name was, and she wanted them to talk shit to each other so she could record it but joan and bette weren't hostile to each other at all and joan says in a syrupy sweet way, "what's for dessert?", and hattie goes, "we're skipping dessert. i'm already getting diabetes."
and ew, fish jelly? wtf
"The wild, cruel beast is not behind the bars of the cage. He is in front of it."...Axel Munthe
Just watched and I love it.
See, Whores, we are good for something. Love, Florida
I really enjoyed it too. Susan Sarandon is on my shitlist but damn is she good and I could watch Jessica Lange read the phonebook. Judy Davis was amazing as well. So much fun.
I am going to come and burn the fucking house down... but you will blow me first."
Why is Susan on your shit list? Am I forgetting something? I agree that I could watch Jessica read a phone book too.
See, Whores, we are good for something. Love, Florida
Her whole Bernie or Bust shit rubbed me the wrong way so I wouldn't piss on her if she were on fire but damn that bitch can act.
I am going to come and burn the fucking house down... but you will blow me first."
I've never seen Joan Crawford in anything and mostly (probably inaccurately) just think of her as she was portrayed in Mommie Dearest. I feel like she's the high riding bitch, but Lange is playing her softer and more insecure in this movie.
I'm trying to decide if I want to rewatch What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (it's been eons). I'm almost afraid it will ruin the TV show if I do, but now in the mood to see it. Hmmm.
One thing I thought was interesting in Feud was Joan getting on her high horse about Marilyn's tits and how women were just letting it all hang out, and she probably did say those things, but I thought there were some very risque pics of taken of Joan early in her career, but were those proven not to be her?
"The wild, cruel beast is not behind the bars of the cage. He is in front of it."...Axel Munthe
Susan is awesome as Bette Davis. I was watching one of the 'behind the scenes' interviews, and Catherine Zeta prounced Bette, as 'bet'. Which then had me wondering if that was an acceptable/correct way of pronouncing it at some point. .
Feud News, Opinion, and Analysis - The New Yorker. good article in the New Yorker. Sorry can't copy paste it on my iPad.
By Richard Brody
March 23, 2017
In the minseries Feud, Susan Sarandon plays Bette Davis and Jessica Lange plays Joan Crawford.PHOTOGRAPH BY KURT ISWARIENKO / FXIt takes a big emotional life to be even a passable actor, and an enormous one to be a great one. Actors go beyond ordinary experience to embody a vast range of possible lives; to play villains and lovers takes ruthlessness and lust. Actors tend to live stormy lives, which are the very stuff of their artboth its cause and its effect. Thats why their lives are often even more interesting than their work.
In classic Hollywood movies, theres an extra, and decisive, reason to pay attention to the lives of actresses in particular. The fullest and most self-revealing artists in movies are directors, but because there were few female directors at the time (the main ones were Dorothy Arzner and Ida Lupino), the inner lives of women were rarely put onscreen in the manner of John Ford, Alfred Hitchcock, Howard Hawks, Douglas Sirk, and other great male directors of Hollywoods golden age. In the absence of such self-revelation, the stories of actresses lives often provide our closest glimpse of the deepest substance of the art of women in the industry.
Thats why the FX miniseries Feud, created by Ryan Murphy, is both irresistible and disappointing. (Ive seen the first five of its eight episodes; Murphy directed three of them.) Based on the real-life story of Bette Davis and Joan Crawfords tumultuous relationship on (and off) the set of What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, in which they co-starred, in 1962, the show offers a fascinating glimpse at the power plays, the fierce negotiations, the deceptive maneuvers, and the sheer and shameless determinationand gender discriminationthat went into the making of classic Hollywood movies, but it reduces the mighty playershigh-level creators of art, product, and legendto brightly lit personalities whose substance stays tucked behind their machinations.
The series angle, essentially, is that classic-era Hollywood was a hellhole, a place where vast amounts of money and fame were dangled in front of talented, shrewd, and shameless people at the price of their souls. It depicts people in a state of constant fear and desperation whose occasional best intentions are swamped in a mudslide of ego and greed. Personal loyalties are bought with favors and treachery, hearsay and gossip are magnified by repetition into something more powerful than truthnamely, a media-centered reality unto itself, where the fact that people are saying something takes precedence over whether what theyre saying is true or false. The ultimate standard of measure is, simply, moneythe success or failure of a movie at the box officeand the power that the players wield depends solely on their ability to affect the commercial fortunes of others.
The sexism endemic to Hollywood (and to American society at largehow many women were C.E.O.s or college professors in 1962?) is thrust to the fore of the drama, not least by the unchallenged reign of men in power at studios. When the director Robert Aldrich (Alfred Molina) pitches the idea for What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, he intends it from the beginning as a vehicle for Joan Crawford (Jessica Lange) and Bette Davis (Susan Sarandon). The studio head Jack Warner (Stanley Tucci) responds, Would you fuck em? (In the course of the series, the question gets its own ironic, practical answer.) Women in Hollywood at the time were either actresses (and therefore either objects of desire or bit players) or behind-the-scenes ancillaries, script supervisors or makeup artists or costume designers or even, sometimes, screenwriters. These womens work was essential to the making of movies, but only a part of another creators world view. Thats where another subplot, involving the efforts of Aldrichs right-hand woman, Pauline Jameson (Alison Wright), to become a directorworking with a script that she wrotecomes in. (That episode, the fourth, is directed by Liza Johnson, who made the excellent comedy Elvis & Nixon, but theres little distinction to the filming here.)
Then there was a third kind of work: the creative nonfiction of gossip columnists, whose connections with industry people and whose agendas made them not mere observers or gatherers of information but very much a part of the Hollywood story (all the more so because studios exerted powerful control over actual journalistic reporting on, and access to, movie stars). The standard-bearer of this group in the miniseries is Hedda Hopper (Judy Davis), who comes off as a major behind-the-scenes narrative engineer, shaping the public perceptions of Crawford and Davis, which count as capital in an industry that runs on subjectivity and unconscious affinity.
Still, one essential aspect of the story of Feud is that it dramatizes the process by which womens stories are told by men. Unfortunately, thats more or less the only story about Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, and the other women in Feud that Murphy tells. Its a series about stifled subjectivity that stifles subjectivity, about lives lived off camera that remain off Murphys camera. (For instance, I wrote here several years ago about the 1980 book Conversations with Joan Crawford, by Roy Newquist, and the insightful, knowledgeable, opinionated voice she displays there is not even hinted at in Feud.)
Another essential aspect of the series is more general, and its one that Murphy strikes with a bit more clarity: the weird and mysterious efforts of directors to make substantial and personal work within the confines of Hollywood studios. Feud doesnt even hint at the immense originality of Aldrich, one of Hollywoods most original creators. Instead, the series focusses only on his ambition, though Murphy nonetheless catches the peculiar pathos by which Aldrichs art is, if not entirely consumed, at least significantly eaten away by the life that being a Hollywood director requires him to leadand vice versa. What Aldrich has to do, in the course of Feud, to make the movie that will be his comeback, is to court, cultivate, and manage the mighty egos of his two stars. He gets pressure and insults from Jack Warner; he gets middle-of-the-night calls from Davis and Crawford, who demand middle-of-the-night visits (with distinctly different outcomes); hes got his own money in the production and wont be able to pay his mortgage if the movies a flop; he gets to work on another movie, an ambitious Western, in which the co-star Frank Sinatra (played by Toby Huss) treats him like a servant.
At the time of What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, Aldrichs career was in awful shape. But what Feud doesnt suggest is, so to speak, who Aldrich was. He had a run of movies in the mid-nineteen-fifties, including Kiss Me Deadly (simply one of the all-time film-noir classics, instantly recognized as such by young French critics) and Autumn Leaves (for which he won a directing prize at the Berlin Film Festival), that catapulted him to the forefront of directorial artistsat least in the history books. In mid-century Hollywood, he was considered a successful directorfor a little whilebut his movies werent respected (any more than, for instance, Alfred Hitchcocks were), and, when he had a few flops in a row, his commercial reputation vanished, too. Thats the backstory to FeudAldrich, an artist of the first order, was desperate for a hit.
What Feud doesnt get at, in any way, is the fact that What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? was something more than a box-office hit: its a wonderful movie that owes its success not merely to its directors diplomacy and determination but to his artistry. Aldrich was no sentimental dupe on the subject of the movie business (he had already made one furiously acerbic inside-Hollywood drama, The Big Knife, in 1955, and he would make another, The Legend of Lylah Clare, in 1968), and Baby Jane is a movie of post-Hollywood wreckage. Its the story of a child vaudeville star, Baby Jane Hudson, who was big on the stage in the nineteen-tens but a flop in nineteen-thirties Hollywood movies, and her older sister, Blanche, who had no vaudeville career but was a big star in talking picturesuntil she became a paraplegic in a car accident for which the drunk Jane was held responsible. Now, in 1962, Jane (Bette Davis), who has cared for Blanche (Joan Crawford) full-time in the intervening decades, cruelly mistreats her and harbors delusions of restarting her career. Knowing that Blanche is seeking to have her committed to a mental institution, Jane even goes so far as to commit murder to maintain her life as is.
This murder is of vast symbolic import: the person whom Jane kills is the sisters housekeeper, Elvira (Maidie Norman, an actress who, in real life, was her own advocate and, at times, her own scriptwriter on Baby Jane, but who doesnt appear in Feud at all)the movies only main black character. In filming a nineteen-thirties star whose self-delusional status depends on killing a black woman, Aldrich provides a clear-eyed view of classic Hollywood: the artistic glories of that period in cinema arent merely incidentally racist; in fact, theyre defined by racism, defined by their exclusions. (Classic-era Hollywood and its performance styles also define that eras new styles of whiteness.) In Baby Jane, Aldrich also shows the judgment and command of men as debilitating and derangingwhether in vaudeville in 1917 or in Hollywood in 1935. His art is a homegrown American Expressionism that transmutes bile, violence, and a sense of permanent crisis into frenzied, distorted images and hectic moods. He dramatizes the mind-bending conflict between the sisters as a conflict of irrepressible desires and social forces, between self-image and the public image. This is the fundamental conflict on which most of his great movies run.
In addition to overlooking the artistry of Aldrich, Feud overlooks Crawfords artistry as well. Thats consistent with the long-standing critical view of the two performers, which reflects a fundamentally mistaken view of the cinema thats prevalent to this daya misconception of movies as a virtual fusion of literature and theatre. Intellectuals take pleasure in celebrating Davis, an actress defined by her theatre-based methods, artistic self-consciousness, and affinity for literary material. By contrast, Crawford started as a chorine and her range of performance wasnt large; her theatrical craft was modest but her onscreen presence and projection of character wasand, in the rewatching, iscolossal. Davis represents the sort of high-mindedness that critics take for a sort of civic-improvement program in Hollywood; Crawford was the kind of actress who, many thought, needed improving. Davis, who was at her best in movies in which she parodied her extraordinary theatrical style (All About Eve, Baby Jane), got an Oscar nomination for her showier performance opposite Crawford. But onscreen, Daviss performance is put together out of parts, with the seams and the decisions showing. Its far less resonant, substantive, and soulful than Crawfords more limited but unified one.
Yet Feud depicts Crawford largely as an actress whose art and insight are inferior to Daviss, as a celebrity who was, in her youth, carried through by beauty, and, in later years, by sheer audacity. (Susan Sarandon is far more successful in portraying Davis than Jessica Lange is at incarnating Crawford, because Davis, one of the screens great imitators, admits of imitation, whereas Crawford, who wasnt much of an imitator, is inimitable.) Feud fails to see that the pure, masklike totality of Crawfords performances was made not of pieces or interpretations but of a seemingly whole being who visually sings through the screen. Crawfords opaque fullness of presencea way of performing thats distinct from theatrical interpretationis the very essence of the art of the cinema. Its exactly what Feud misses.
Richard Brody began writing for The New Yorker in 1999, and has contributed articles about the directors François Truffaut, Jean-Luc Godard, and Samuel Fuller. He writes about movies in his blog for newyorker.com.
I love mamacita. she reminds me of one of the characters in ryan murphy's american horror stories.
i'm looking forward to seeing baby jane after this over. it looks so good.
"The wild, cruel beast is not behind the bars of the cage. He is in front of it."...Axel Munthe
It is a great movie.
See, Whores, we are good for something. Love, Florida
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Well, I can exclusively report that Snow Leopard seems to have gone on fine.
The only problem is that my old version of Parallels no longer works, but as I rarely use it it was just taking up a big chunk of disc space for an XP image so that's no big loss. If I ever find a reason to use it again I'll get the upgrade. No obvious differences, but everything seems just a little bit snappier and my reported free disc space has gone from 23Gb to 40Gb. Which is nice.
Less good was last night's eviction on Big Brother with Marcus, the only remotely interesting character in the house, getting the boot. I now have zero enthusiasm for the final week, and it just feels as if Channel 4 are trying their best to strangle the format so that it goes out with a whimper not a bang. Similarly, the format of X-Factor is also now broken - the public auditions in front of an audience are a huge mistake and they just make the mocking of the no-hopers even more cruel than it was before.
In x-box news, I had held out a vague hope that it might be delivered today after tracking its progress from Germany to the UK on the UPS website, but there have been no further updates since it left Tamworth at 4:24 this morning so it seems that it will just sit in a depot until after the bank holiday now, so no 1vs100 season finale for me. Bah.
Podcast of the day is episode 605 of Coverville, a Stranglers Cover Story. I usually find that I have to skip a couple of tracks in a typical Coverville show, but not so in this case. Standout highlights for me were a new Nouvelle Vague cover of 'Get a Grip', a delicious cover of 'Golden Brown' by Martina Topley Bird and the show closer with the Stranglers' version of 'Walk on By'. Excellent music.


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(with a nod to Richard Florida)
I have been working with leaders from my city, posing the same question during my conversations: how do we define this city? Personally, I'd like to think I live in the Creative Capital of Florida–a city characterized by working artists and creative industries–but that has yet to be determined.
On a recent trip to Scotland, my partner and I enjoyed a couple weeks in Edinburgh. A historic and ancient city, it also happens to be the capital of Scotland. The new parliament building sits at the foot of the Royal Mile, just steps from Holyrood Palace. So, one naturally concludes, this city is defined by it's role as capital of Scotland. Wrong.
Upon entering the city, you are greeted by official signs proclaiming "Edinburgh: The City of Festivals". Interesting, intriguing, compelling, right?
This city defines itself through its culture offerings to the world; it's a place where millions travel every year to enjoy festivals that celebrate reading, theatre, opera, music, comedy... I think by defining their city as such, Edinburgh plants a flag that continuously challenges residents and leaders to take actions that sustain, nurture and develop those festivals. Otherwise, it's just another old city with a collection of old buildings. But the people are what make it special, and those people throw one hell of a party (several, actually).
So, who are you, St. Petersburg?


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HAMPTON — Mrs. Corene R. Spratley, 80, a native of Isle of Wight County, died Sunday, July 15, 2001, at Sentara Hampton General Hospital.
She was the daughter of the late Osie and Maude Bailey Rowlett and widow of Bennie Spratley. She was a member of First Gravel Hill Baptist Church, Rushmere.


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Well I had some fun this morning! In order to understand this story, and the odds against it happening, you'll need a bit of context. You'll need to know that I'm the ultimate homebody. I really just love staying around my home. I do head into town once a week for groceries, but then I head right back home again – no hanging around in town for me.
Today I had to run some errands – things that absolutely had to happen today – and I didn't have a car. Our friend Kevin, of the Goodwin family of missionaries, was very gracious about driving out to pick me up and take me into town, and then driving me all the way back home a few hours later.
So, I was afoot in town, for really probably the first time since I started driving last year. It was nice. I think I'd forgotten how pleasant it is to walk about in town. I'm not likely to drive in just for that, but I did enjoy it today.
I made a stop at a little restaurant that sells rotissarie chicken, to pick up a rare treat to take home with me, and I ran into a visiting couple, Sonny and Kay, from Texas. We started into the regular conversation we tend to have with visitors (it's almost always interesting to find out how and why someone has wandered into this out-of-the-way corner of the world), when they asked me my name. After I told them my name, they excitedly explained that they'd been trying to contact me. Turns out they're regular readers of this blog! I'm not sure why I haven't received their emails, and they didn't have my phone number, but I just happened by where they were having lunch, and so we met!
We had such fun, exchanging stories! I immediately abandoned Christopher (he was at home, expecting me to come straight back with bread, so he could make sandwiches for the guys who work for us on our property – I told him to make up some boxed mac and cheese instead), and I settled in for some serious chatting! Sonny and Kay are actually living on a sailboat, and right now their boat is docked in La Ceiba while they jaunt about in the mountains for a bit. We used to meet up with sailboaters when we lived on Guanaja, but it's pretty uncommon to bump into them up here in Gracias! They have a blog of their own, which I've just had a chance to check out a bit – it looks like a fun read, with lots of lovely pictures. They keep it updated, so they already have pictures up from Gracias and the surrounding area. This page has the most recent entries. I'll be keeping an eye on it, to see if they write something about me, LOL.
Eventually I did have to finish my errands and head home, but I'm thinking we'll have to make sure to spend some more time with these folks before they return to the ocean – they're great people.
Oh, and did we have cameras there? Yes I'm pretty sure we did. Did we think to take pictures of our fun encounter? Ummmm, well, ummmmm. Maybe we'll do better next time we meet up.


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On November 18, 2006, Morocco celebrated the 50th anniversary of its independence. Morocco recovered its political independence from France on March 2, 1956, and on April 7, France officially relinquished its protectorate. Through agreements with Spain in 1956 and 1958, Moroccan control over certain Spanish-ruled areas was restored, though attempts to claim other Spanish colonial possessions through military action were less successful. The internationalized city of Tangier was reintegrated with the signing of the Tangier Protocol on October 29, 1956 (see Tangier Crisis). Hassan II became King of Morocco on March 3, 1961. His early years of rule would be marked by political unrest. The Spanish enclave of Ifni in the south was reintegrated to the country in 1969. Morocco annexed the Western Sahara during the 1970s after demanding its reintegration from Spain since independence, but final resolution on the status of the territory remains unresolved. (See History of Western Sahara). Political reforms in the 1990s resulted in the establishment of a bicameral legislature in 1997. Morocco was granted Major non-NATO ally status by the United States in June 2004 and has signed free trade agreements with the United States and the European Union.
Morocco is an ethnically diverse country with a rich culture and civilization. Through Moroccan history, Morocco hosted many people coming from East (Phoenicians, Carthaginians, Jews and Arabs), South (Sub-Saharan Africans) and North (Romans, Vandals, Andalusia's (including Moors and Jews)). All those civilizations have had an impact on the social structure of Morocco. It conceived various forms of beliefs, from paganism, Judaism, and Christianity to Islam. Each region possesses its own specificities, thus contributing to the national culture and to the legacy of civilization. Morocco has set among its top priorities the protection of its diverse legacy and the preservation of its cultural heritage. Culturally speaking, Morocco has always been successful in combining its Berber, Jewish and Arabic cultural heritage with external influences such as the French and the Spanish and, during the last decades, the Anglo-American The country of Morocco enjoys a strong sense of culture and a long and ancient history. From the cool blue waters of the north Atlantic sandy beaches to the hot white sands of the Sahara desert this country is full of wondrous culture and scenery. The greens of the fertile farmlands and valleys contrast with the browns and whites of the snow-capped mountain range. Morocco is a romantic and mysterious country it is little wonder that it is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Africa.
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Festival of the Roses, Kelaa M'Gouna: in the valley of roses, festivals are held each May for 3 days by the end of the harvest of the roses, live music Berber. Early May.
Gnawa Festival in Essaouira: African tribal music festival and Morocco. In mid-June.
Festival of Gnawa in Khamlia: meeting the people of the desert towns where the tribes of Gnawas invite you to eat and perform dances and rituals of protection. Mid-July.
National Festival of Popular Arts in Marrakech: recognized since 2005 by UNESCO as World Cultural Heritage Site. Takes place in the best areas of the city, including the Menara Gardens, Palm, Palacio El Badi ... Mid-July.
Art and Music Festival of Asilah: where you can enjoy the colorful mural with the artists decorate the white houses of the medina. At the end of July.
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There's a good news for fans of Namrata Shrestha again. She is Coming up with a movie again. Here's what Latshering Glan writes for cybersansar.Model actress Namrata Shrestha is working on a movie project on the life story of Ekta Mahat, a former drug addict. Ekta Mahat had become a drug addict at a tender age of 14; she was reformed after many years of addiction. Ekta is now actively involved with organizations working for drug and HIV/AIDS awareness.
The movie project has been initiated by a NGO Trend Nepal; it is being planned to be made as a feature length commercial movie. Prachanda Shrestha is currently working on its script; the highs and lows of Ekta Mahat's life makes a very compelling movie story. It won't be made as a serious biographical movie, but will have a stylish edgy presentation with many twists and turns.
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There have been a couple of times since DJ has been diagnosed with peanut allergy that I get the feeling that certain friends just don't get it. They don't get how difficult it is to find safe restaurants to eat at and why we just don't take his own food with him to ones where we can't safely order something for him. I don't know how other people deal with this, but I don't want DJ to feel excluded. And to me, sitting in a restaurant eating food he couldn't possibly even touch doesn't seem fair. So when a 'friend' recently suggested I 'think about' bringing DJ to eat at an unsafe restaurant because that's his preference, I sort of felt like telling him to shove it.
Frankly, there's not a lot to think about for us. DJ's safety comes first - always. And for friends that don't understand that, I think we'll probably see less and less of them.
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Feeling Pissy
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- AnonymousMay 20, 2010 at 4:40 PM
I certainly understand how you feel. Fortunately or unfortunately, having an anaphylactic child helps you figure out who you really want to have in your inner circle. If someone is unkind about this, they're probably unkind about a lot of other things.ReplyDelete
I understand your frustration too. Thank you for this blog. It has helped me so much. I am starting my own blog to try and help others as well. Take a peak when you have a chance :)ReplyDelete
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ARMONK, N.Y. – North Castle's Zero Waste Day will be held Saturday, April 20 rain or shine.
Residents can drop off their recyclable and reusable items from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. behind Town Hall.
The event, sponsored by the North Castle Recycling Committee, allows town residents to drop off items such as clothing, furniture, bicycles, computers, printers, pet supplies, scrap metals and oil. Paper shredding is also available.
The following items will not be accepted: bulk items, compact fluorescent light bulbs, Alkaline and button cell batteries, paint cans, tires, hazardous household chemicals and medications.
Town hall is located at 15 Bedford Road, Armonk.
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Cell phone upgrade time again. Oh what torture.
Sue and I always seem to get attached to our phones and then delay the renewal of our contracts. Our renewal dates were about a year apart, a while back but this year we went in together.
Contrast the two of us.
I spend two weeks researching phones, I want to know about internet connectivity, what features does it have – useful and useless, colours, contract options and prices. I eventually narrowed my search down to the Nokia N95. I like the idea of a phone with a GPS – I am a true blue male who hates asking directions and likes big boy's toys.
But then the price? Is it worth an extra R110 per month? I then agonize for hours over this problem and eventually decide my ego is not worth it. Ok, the N80 will do.
Sue on the other hand says, "I like my phone. I just want one that is simple and that I can make calls with. Nothing fancy".
In we go. Oh the cell phone world is so wicked! My resistance starts to crumble, so much technology, so many gadgets and so much temptation.
I start vacillating between the N80 and the N95 again. The wait in the queue was just long enough to bring me back to my senses.
Sue was still intent on getting the same phone again.
Reality check! This is cell phone world – evolution, or is it engineered obsolescence that dictates what you take or what you get.
"I'll take an N80", I say, "A silver one."
"Sorry we only have black", comes the reply.
"I am so disappointed" I say. They never seem to have the colour I want.
"Don't be so difficult", says Sue. Always the reasonable one.
"But I like silver".
"What's the problem? Your camera is black".
"Yes, I like black camera's and silver phones", comes my reply with all the sincerity I can muster.
"Let me check the stock", says the salesman thumping away at the key board. "Sorry, we have no stock.
"Now, I am really disappointed", I say hamming it up. Maybe I am meant to have the N95 I think.
"Don't worry" he says, "I will call one of the retail outlets".
A few phone calls later and the announcement is made. "It is the end of the range there are none in stock".
"Ok", I reply "I will stick with what I have got".
He now turns his attention to Sue. A quick discussion on packages and she stays with the one she has.
Her old phone is now obsolete. The ever helpful young man assures her that he has just the phone for her. The Nokia E65, She will have to pay in R119 once off, but it will be worth it. Off he goes, returns with a dummy slide phone and explains it is a mocha colour.
Sue is won over and pays the extra.
While he is checking the phone from the box he looks up and says with great conviction and sincerity, "I love to see a woman using a slide phone". At the same time opening and closing the phone with a slick one handed motion. "It is so useful when you are doing the dishes or the laundry".
Sue smiles and I guffaw.
This is the woman who responded to a meme question, "What is your favourite kitchen appliance?" with the answer, "The dustbin, when I throw away the take-away packaging". And laundry – he reminded us to get ours from the Laundromat on the way home.
By now I can't stand it anymore. I can't go home without a new 'toy'. "What phone do you recommend?" I ask with a note of desperation.
"Without hesitation he says, "The N70 Music Edition".
I need that one like I need a hole in the head, I think.
But being the ever the reasonable man, I start with the questions. You see, it was the one phone I did not check out. A quick run down on the spec's revealed: connectivity ok; it has two cameras - one for video conferencing; a 1 GB memory card – even better; and I can load a lot of music onto it – not that I ever listen to music on my cell phone; no GPS – ok I can live without that; price – cheaper than what I am paying on the same package. Perfect - just the right mix of useful and useless features.
"Sounds good", I say. "Give me a silver one".
"Sorry we only have black in stock."
16 September 2007
Choosing a new cell phone - who says its easy
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World Net Daily asks an important question:
Alleged Army terrorist counseled 48 Muslims in chaplain's absence
The suspected Fort Hood terrorist served as a lay Muslim leader running Islamic services on the base in the absence of the Muslim chaplain, WND has learned. He also mentored at least one young convert to Islam whose parents worked at the sprawling Texas post.
Hasan's religious activities raise the specter that others may have been radicalized, investigators worry. There are nearly 50 Muslim soldiers serving on the base.
Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan allegedly shot 46 fellow soldiers and security guards and murdered 13 in the worst act of terrorism on U.S. soil since 9/11.
Witnesses say the devout Muslim officer jumped up on a desk and shouted, "Allahu akbar!" – Allah is greatest – before opening fire and spraying more than 100 bullets inside a crowded building where troops were preparing to deploy to Afghanistan and Iraq.
"He was preparing for a martyrdom operation," a U.S. Army intelligence official said. "There is no evidence that this was an issue of an emotional aberration. It was well planned."
Not long after Hasan transferred to the base earlier this year, he sat down with Muslim chaplain Maj. Khalid Shabazz to discuss carrying out Shabazz's "vision" at the Fort Hood chapel when Shabazz was away. Shabazz helped lead Islamic services at the base's Ironhorse Chapel, which serves 48 Muslim soldiers.
"I found him to be very pleasant," Shabazz said of Hasan.
Shabazz, who recently left the base, met privately with Hasan several times.
Before his posting at Fort Hood, Shabazz ministered to Muslim inmates at the military detention camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where he was known as a "sympathizer" among military police. Shabazz scolded MPs for making noise while al-Qaida detainees were praying.
"I would have to go down and chastise those guys," he recalled in a 2008 interview with NPR, "telling them, 'Hey man, those guys are praying. Have the decency not to play the national anthem and agitate them while they're praying.'"
The NPR interview was posted last year on the website of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, which the FBI says is a front group for Hamas terrorists. (Following CAIR's blacklisting by the Justice Department as an unindicted terrorist co-conspirator, the FBI last year cut off formal ties to the group.)
Shabazz, who says it's tough trying to be a good Muslim and a good U.S. soldier, serves as a member of a chaplaincy steering committee for the Islamic Society of North America, or ISNA.
Federal prosecutors recently named ISNA – a sister organization to CAIR – as an unindicted terrorist co-conspirator in the largest terror finance case in U.S. history. ISNA, they say, like CAIR is a front group for the Muslim Brotherhood, parent of Hamas and al-Qaida.... (read more)


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On Saturday April 30th George S. Zimbel will be giving a special lecture at the McMichael Art gallery (in Kleinburg) about his documentary photography career and his iconic images of Marilyn Monroe. Zimbel was one of the 7 photographers who captured the iconic image of Monroe in her white billowing dress from the film The Seven Year Itch.
Where: McMichael Art Gallery (10365 Islington Avenue, Kleinburg, Ontario)
When: Saturday, April 30th at 11:00 am
How much: $30.00 admission fee ($15.00 for McMichael members)
There will also be a 15% restaurant discount on April 30th, 2011.
To register for this event please call (905) 893-1121 ext. 2209
McMichael homepage: www.mcmichael.com
George S. Zimbel Artist Page: www.bulgergallery.com/dynamic/fr_artist.asp?ArtistID=2
Saturday, April 2, 2011
Gallery Artist George S. Zimbel lecturing at the McMichael Art Gallery
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To get instant relief from the pain of paper cuts, and to heal them: Rub the paper cut/s with ChapStick. This will stop the pain and heal the cut speedily.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Household Hints & Tips #59: To Heal Paper Cuts
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Monday, May 28, 2007
Pictures of Jackson's First Beach Trip
Today we went to the beach with our good friends the Trauxs. It was our first beach trip with Jackson, and we had such a good time. We went to the end of Folly's Beach and it was beautiful! It only took us an hour and a half to get down there. We first went to a children's clothing shop "Once Upon a Child" that I highly recommend (they just opened one up in Columbia at Harbison). Enjoy!
This beach is also special because it was the FIRST beach that my grandmother, Molly, took me when to when I was 4 years olds. This area is where my dad is from so it was a very special trip!
Posted by Emily Wallace at 10:57 PM
Labels: 7 months old, 8 months, friends, Jackson
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- Leah said...
Emily-It looks like y'all had a great Memorial Day weekend! I look forward to taking Georgia to the beach in July and having her play in the pool sometime this summer. It looks like Jackson is a water baby!
- Tuesday, May 29, 2007 8:07:00 PM
- Emily Wallace said...
Yes, it is so much fun!
- Wednesday, May 30, 2007 8:10:00 PM
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Pedestrians and motorcycle drivers or passengers involved in accidents comprised 83% of traffic fatalities in 2010, according to the who only 10% of the estimated half a million motorcyclists are licensed, according to government statistics. 34602 applicability of chapter 34603 applicability of rules of the road to authorized emergency vehicles 34604 obedience to traffic officers, signs and signals. Why the highway liquor ban will only make a small dent in curbing road accidents a policy that seeks to reduce road accidents must recognise that this is primarily a behavioural problem and that there is a need to inculcate civic sense and respect for the law among people. Do tougher teen driving laws help improve safety or are they too strict oct 31, 2012 just got your driver's license were you looking forward to piling your friends in the car for a ride to the mall. Yesterday was world remembrance day the day is a moment for collective consideration for persons who died in road accidents over the years the day was celebrated in trinidad and tobago at an event coordinated by arrive alive at the queens park savannah while awareness and education is good for the fight.
Virginia's highway safety ranked among the worst if you would like more information, please contact virginia personal injury. New initiatives for curbing traffic accidents and fatalities in the tampa bay area 02 jul 2012 perenich auto accidents, news & brief, personal injury-liability 0. "the corps has injected lots of strategies that will help in curbing the menace of crashes on the road "we have put in place public outreach and enlightenment programmes to caution motorists and check them against dangerous driving,'' he said. Look for traffic situations where you will need to steer before you get to them this way, you have time to steer smoothly and safely when turning corners, turn the. Holders of a driving licence from any other country must pass a driving test before an irish licence can be granted before undergoing this test a provisional licence may be obtained from the appropriate regional licensing authority.
The relationship between age and driving behavior has interested highway safety researchers and administrators for many years it is generally acknowledged that the greatest risk of traffic crashes is among teenage drivers traffic crashes are the leading cause of death for teenagers across the. Traffic accidents essay examples 228 total results the differences between the way thais deal with traffic accidents and the american way 405 words 1 page the us. Texting and driving statistics - how badly does cell phone use affect drivers accidents become 23 times more likely when driving distracted. The province of ontario will introduce a new set of traffic laws on tuesday as part of its efforts to make driving safer in the province the "making ontario roads safer act", or bill 31, was approved unanimously in june and will come into effect sept 1—meaning some new rules for drivers and, in many cases, heavier penalties for breaking them.
Malawi launches the national alcohol policy on 18 august 2017 lilongwe: on 18 august the malawi government launched the national alcohol policy. Texting, accessing the internet and hand-held cell phone use while driving are illegal in nevada (nrs 484b165 the fines are $50 for the first offense in seven years, $100 for the second and $250 for the third and subsequent offenses fines are subject to doubling if the offense occurs in a work zone courts may assess additional administrative fees. The number of fatal traffic accidents in japan has been dropping for several years but those caused by drivers 75 and older is actually going up, accounting for nearly 13% last year authorities are urging older drivers to surrender their licenses drivers over 75 are required to renew their. Free online library: surviving driving: immaturity and inexperience add up to disaster for many teen drivers some 6,000 are killed each year and 300,000 injured but state laws can reduce the risks by state legislatures government teenage automobile drivers psychological aspects social aspects teenage drivers traffic accidents causes of.
Drivers licensing laws the laws and rules regarding the licensing of drivers can be important as they relate to the type of person permitted to drive as well as possible sanctions that can be imposed against the driving license. The effectiveness of traffic calming measures in reducing road carnage in masvingo urban ndhlovu pardon and chigwenya average lecturers national university of. Enforce traffic laws to curb road accidents by the standard | published thu, april 27th 2017 at 08:11, updated april 27th 2017 at 08:18 gmt +3 share this article.
Causes of road accidents the high socio-economic cost of the injuries and fatalities, occurring due to road accidents, and the need for effective policies for curbing road accidents make it imperative to study the causes of road accidentsthe analysis of road accidents in terms of causal factors reveals that drivers' fault is the single most important factor responsible for accidents.
2 obey traffic rulestraffic rules have been designed with safety foremost in mind it takes into account safety for all, including pedestrians. Also check if any traffic citations were issued to the other driver a traffic citation is perhaps the best evidence you can have for winning your auto accident insurance settlement using traffic tickets in settlement negotiations police officers receive continuing legal education to stay up to date with many police procedures those. Traffic reduction putting public needs before private consumption reducing private car use not only requires improvements in public transit, cycling, and walking. 2014 report on effectiveness of connecticut's teen driving laws commissioner andres ayala, jr the dmv center for teen safe driving. Raleigh – as distracted driving has become one of the top factors in traffic accidents and fatalities on roadways across the country, lawmakers at north carolina general assembly are looking to join a growing list of states to ban hand-held communication while behind the wheel last week, senator. Amman — traffic experts and motorists on saturday welcomed the traffic point system recently published in the official gazette, saying they are hopeful it will curb traffic accidents and violations in the kingdom the new system stipulates that motorists who commit certain traffic violations will have a file at the traffic department that includes.


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Chaos rocked City Hall on Friday morning as county executives and county assembly members fought over office space.
The two sides clashed over the ownership of offices located on the fourth floor of the Northern Wing of City Hall.
This was after the county assembly allegedly erected a wall to block workers from Governor Evan Kidero's office from accessing the disputed space.
County Secretary Robert Ayisi on Friday said the barrier was put up last year after the House laid claim to the office.
The disputed office block houses the county's Valuation Department.
"The office houses over 600 files, which the executives rely on to carry out their day-to-day business," Dr Ayisi told the Nation.
He pointed an accusing finger at a top county assembly official, who he claimed has been working to frustrate the county executive.
The executive had taken control of the contested space and workers were tearing down the wall by the time we went to press.
Police were called in to restore order and the officers were guarding the premises as the work went on.
This is the second time the county executive and the legislature are clashing over office space at the county headquarters.
On November 29, 2016, a sergeant-at-arms drew his gun and threatened to shoot Kenya County Government Workers Union members who were fighting members of the county assembly for office space.
The fight broke out when the workers decided to bring down a wall put up to deny county staff access to offices claimed by MCAs.
For months now, members of the county assembly and the executive staff have been fighting over office space in what seems to be a supremacy battle pitting the county executive against the legislature.
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Resort Rentals of Hilton Head Island has worked hard to have wide variety of properties that cover the island and fit every vacationers needs. With the strategic plan in place to provide quality accommodations they have combined the companies of Lancaster Resort Rentals, Properties in Paradise, The Villa Rental Company and now HiltonHeadRentals.com they have positioned themselves to deliver island wide property management. Visit their updated website Hilton Head Rentals to see all of their properties. This website is extremely user friendly and allows you to search by date; number of rooms, location and even if the vacation home is pet friendly.
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Looking forward to seeing my family, plus Darcy! Who I hear has again taken to peeing on the floor when she sees you. She's just so happy, she literally overflows. Poor traumatized dog.
One way or another the S thing will be resolved(?). Every time I see C at work, I am disappointed. I can only shake my head at myself. It's unreasonable. At work I was maybe invited to a Mandarin speaking lunch b/c I picked up enough watching TW dramas. Lol. I'm just a fangirl people. Let me have my unreasonable love for Joe Cheng; wo hen xihuan ta.
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C: Mommy!?! Is the water ready? Is it hot yet!?!
K: Just a second, put your clothes in the dirty clothes...
C: Mommy!?! Is it hot yet!?!
K: Hold on Carolyn
C: Mommy!?! Is it hot!?!
K: Alright, it's ready, it's hot
C: Oh Mommy!?! I don't want it hot!!!
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The cultural challenges of doing business
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Top of the league Wapping men's 1st travelled to Havering, who sat 8 points from safety at the bottom of the league, on Saturday, 13th February. Wapping were in confident mood on the back of six straight wins but knew that Havering would offer a very different challenge.
Essex based Havering are renowned for their robust competitive play, and have pulled off upsets against top teams this season. The primary focus of Wapping preparation for this fixture was on discipline and not allowing the game plan to be disrupted.
Wapping controlled the game throughout. However, due to some poor passing in the final third it wasn't until fifteen minutes in that Dutchman, Michiel Marck, pounced on a rebound off the cross-bar to drill an upright reverse stick shot into the net. The floodgates then opened, Felix Styles drag flicked a quick fire brace to put Wapping 3-0 up before Phil Messent unleashed an unstoppable reverse stick shot into the rigging to provide the East Londoners with a comfortable 4-0 half time lead.
With result effectively confirmed, the priority for the second half was to put a lid on the game, preserving players for tough upcoming fixtures. This tactic may have fed the home side's frustration who picked up two yellow cards, whilst Wapping added two further goals vis Grant Aidoo-Nash and a second for Marck. A late consolation goal from a counter attack wasn't enough to derail Wapping's control and they add another 3 points to their title challenge.
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Sunday, February 12, 2017
*Recipe* Homemade Valentine Pop Tarts
I have to be honest, I don't like boughten Pop Tarts. At all. I think they are really gross actually. But, I have been lucky enough to have some really yummy homemade ones with real filling and soft flaky crust. Like little baby pies with frosting. I decided I would give them a try and what better time than right before Valentine's Day to have fun with the decorating? I chose to make raspberry flavor ones, with strawberry icing. Mixed berry flavor right? They turned out so yummy, and pretty much the cutest ever!
(makes 8-10 pop tarts)
Pop Tarts
1 package refrigerated pie dough
1/2 cup jam of your choice (I used raspberry this time but any would be delicious)
1 egg
I have to be honest, I used a tub of strawberry frosting, because I wanted it to be strawberry flavored!
For the homemade glaze:
2 cups confectioners sugar, sifted
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
2-3 tbsp whole milk
pink food coloring gel
(you could probably add in some strawberry extract for more flavor)
-Pre-heat oven to 400F and line baking sheet with parchment paper or silicon baking mat.
-Unroll the pie crusts. Lightly flour your countertop.
-Use a rolling pin to roll out the cookie dough just a little bit (not too thin or it will break apart)
-Use a heart cookie cutter (mine was about 4" across) to punch out the hearts.
-Put a scoop of jam in the middle of half the hearts (you can experiment with how much will fit properly, I used about a tablespoon and a half I think).
- Put a second heart on top and push the edges together and use a fork to crimp the edges to seal them even better.
-Crack an egg into a bowl and whip with a fork. Use a pastry brush to paint the top with the egg wash.
-Use a knife to make two small slits in the top of the heart so that the pressure can be released and it doesn't crack open.
-Bake 10-11 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool on tray for 5 minutes and then transfer to cooling rack.
-While the pop tarts are cooling, make the glaze.
-Sift confectioners sugar into a bowl, add milk, vanilla, and food coloring and mix until combined.
-Spoon a small amount of glaze onto the top and spread out.
-Add sprinkles and decorations and let set for 15 minutes then enjoy.
thanks to Wandering Whisk Bake Shop for the recipe help!
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