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This is my first natural perfume from Providence Perfume Co. I have a pot of Chiffonade solid perfume for which their website lists the notes as:
Violet Leaf
What I get is mostly orris and basil with hints of other green-ness that I assume is the violet leaf or other herbs and some floral which must be the mimosa and iris. The herbal notes diminish first, but the orris does not and it gets sweeter as I wear it. It is very
I am participating in 30Roses sample program for roses. So, I am making notes for myself in case I feel a need to review scents.
Tea Rose: My standard is Fleur de The Rose Bulgare by Creed. Mainly because it is the oldest tea rose perfume in the collection. I already had a sample of this one in my collection.
Perfumer's Workshop Tea Rose: This one is a bit spicier than the Creed. I could tell it was from the 70's without looking at the date. It has a "potpourri"
I just got some vintage Emeraude. It smelled like moth balls for 5 minutes before I got the familiar scent I remember from the 70's.
Chanel No. 5. I finally get it. The aldehydes smell like bleached linen. If I hadn't read the Secret History of Chanel No. 5 I would never have understood that.
Tried Black Orchid at Bloomingdales. My boyfriend reacted very positively. He said, "that one is for night."
Another review, I just can't help blogging them, but this way I can get comments or discussion, which are welcome.
This is a review for the original parfum. It comes in a low, wide round bottle that is gold, glass, and black. There is a gold "cork" so you daub this scent on.
The scent is not too sweet, someone here described it as a white flower, leather chypre and I think that is apt. I can't help thinking that the earlier review was for the new Prada,
Ok, it really should be an old love. This is my review of Esperys (1903), which will appear in due time on basenotes directory.
I have a vintage sample of Esperys EDT by Piver, although I am not sure of the date of manufacture. I have done some online research and have discovered that the perfumer is husband of Piver heiress Berta Piver, M. Jacques Rouché along with chemist Georges Darzens.
Jacques Rouché besides being the head of Piver, and the creator of several
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by Carole Verona
"Detonator," a film written, directed and produced by Keir Politz, of Manayunk, and Damon Maulucci, of Brooklyn, tells the story of Sully, the former front man of a punk rock band who now lives in a respectable suburban community with his wife and their five-year-old son. Sully's ex-band mate Mick suddenly comes back into his life with a promise to repay money owed. After Mick places them both in danger, Sully chases Mick through the streets of Philadelphia in what can be described as one hellish night.
After a screening at the Brooklyn Film Festival on June 1 and 2 of this year, a review in the Village Voice said that "Detonator" was one of the strongest pictures shown. Locally, Geekadelphia nominated the film for the "Feature Length Indie Film of the Year Award." The winner was announced at a sold-out event last Saturday at the Academy of Natural Sciences. "We didn't come home with the trophy," Keir told us Monday morning, but as they say, 'it was an honor just to be nominated.'"
"Detonator" was also selected to be an entrant in the Bay City Film Festival, which will take place in Bay City, Michigan, from Sept. 26 to 29.
Politz, 38, said the film deals with the universal theme of "what it's like to go through a transitional phase of life, when a person is experiencing and coping with the loss of a version of a former self." The title of the film is also the name of the punk band Sully and Mick played in when they were younger. That period of Sully's life was a time of excitement, exhilaration and volatility.
"What I see of myself in the character of Sully is what I think many people see in themselves: learning how to be a parent, finding a creative outlet and channeling the things that excite and thrill you into the life of being a father or mother. I relate to that, but I'm very happy, and that's the difference. When we meet Sully, he is lost, drifting and lamenting the loss of former times, whereas I never really did that. Yeah, sure, sometimes you have regrets, but I've always been happy and fulfilled in the moment."
Politz was intrigued by Philadelphia's punk music scene. "When I taught at the University of the Arts, I had a student there from North Jersey named Tiny Ryan Hendriksen. I was kind of watching him grow up before my eyes. He discovered the punk scene and literally put on about 100 house shows in West Philly with nationally known bands. His band, Dead People Screaming, performs in our film."
Politz played the guitar when he was younger and today enjoys any kind of music with integrity. "I'll listen to anything that's not corporate garbage," he said. "I'll avoid anything that's being force-fed over TV."
"Detonator" was shot at various Philly locations, including Kensington, Kingsessing, Roxborough and Manayunk. One was a place called Danger Danger Gallery at 5013 Baltimore Ave. Politz describes it as an art gallery and performance space within a house. "I have this thing about movies shot in Philadelphia," he added. "They seem inauthentic. You'll see the same stock shots of Boathouse Row, the Liberty Bell and the Art Museum steps. People can't find out what this city is all about!"
Much of Politz's inspiration came from a 1976 film shot in Philly called "Mikey and Nicky," directed by Elaine May and starring Peter Falk and John Cassavetes. "There are no actual recognizable landmarks in the whole film. I don't know if they ever say it's in Philadelphia, but it can't be any other place. It's so vivid, so specifically Philadelphia. What I tried to capture in 'Detonator' was the experience of these two guys being shoved into this scary situation and having to work it out over one night on the streets of Philadelphia."
Politz and Maulucci met in 2003 while they were students at Columbia. "We spent a lot of time talking about our own stories and the projects we were working on. As the concept for 'Detonator' developed, we would spend hours on Skype talking things out. And every once in a while we'd get together in New York or Philly and have a chunk of time together working it out."
When asked if he received support from the Greater Philadelphia Film Office, he said it was good for obtaining parking permits, getting access if you wanted a police escort and dealing with the required paperwork. "But they're not going out of their way to help you realize your vision. They are basically part of the business of the city in that they want to bring production into Philadelphia for a week or two because it's bringing in money. I don't think they're motivated to cultivate a local indie film scene here."
On the local scene, Politz admires Eric Bresler, director and curator of PhilaMOCA, a gallery space that also contains a stage and screen. Located in a former showroom for mausoleums and tombstones, PhilaMOCA includes work by a variety of artists ranging from puppeteers and comedians to dancers and cinematographers. "He (Bresler) is offering more interesting indie films and celebrating that work."
Politz grew up in the city's Lawncrest section. He attended St. Joseph's Prep School and Holy Cross College in Massachusetts, where he majored in English and did a year abroad studying Italian literature in Florence. Politz always wanted to be a writer, but when he was in Italy, he also became interested in cinema. He received an M.F.A. from Columbia University, where he won the John and Jane Smith Fellowship for excellence in screenwriting and one of five film department fellowships. He has taught at Temple and Drexel Universities and the University of the Arts and currently teaches screenwriting at the University of Pennsylvania.
Politz and his wife Anne live in Manayunk with their three-year-old son Lorenzo and daughter Stella, 11 months old. "I love living, working and teaching in Philly. I'd like to keep making films here as long as I can. I'm actually now adapting a novel written by a friend I went to St. Joe's Prep with. That's the plan."
More information at www.english.upenn.edu/People/KeirPolitz or www.detonatormovie.com.


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Very nice book from 1916.
Title: Awakening - Journal of Art and literature, N. 23, 1916, Petrograd
Russian: Probuzhdeniye - Zhurnal izyaschih Isskusst i Literatury, vypusk N. 23, 1916
Issuer: Tipografia N. V. Koretskii
Printing year and place: 1916, Petrograd
Cover: Soft
Descprition: In Russian language. Measures are 22 x 31 cm. 687-718 pages, continuation. In good condition, cover embossed, covers few dirty and few broken .
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Gayracula: Tim Kramer appears as Count Gaylord (sigh), a blond haired vampire (with a noticeable tan line) who prowls the streets of L.A. searching for nubile young males with necks, and other bodily parts, that are just begging to be drained...
The Vampire of Budapest: Director Kristen Bjorn lines up a bevy of beautiful boys, one of them slips in a pair of fangs and PRESTO, you've got cinematic magic.
Thirst: Never saw this one, but it looks like a classic.
Sons of Satan: This epic was released in 1973, it's a trippy, campy mess. Consider what Scott from Modesto said about it on IMDB:
"A man searches for his brother in the mansion of a vampire cult. He finds him, gets orally violated by his own brother and some other limpwrists, and then gets sodomized by the head vampire. All the while the cats who are trying to fellate him look like mama birds trying to pull a tenacious worm out of hard dirt. Woo hoo."


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Main Index
Latest News
Browse the site choosing a game from the menu, here you'll find Story, Screenshots, Arenas, Props and Fighters of the game, each fighter page includes: A complete Spritesheet, Biography, Animations, Props, Movelist, Fatality Videos, Ending, Renders, Cut-Out Pictures, Wallpapers and more!
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Mortal Kombat 11
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I know it's kinda delayed but here it is:
- Mortal Kombat 3
- Jax: Complete Spritesheet (275 Sprites have just completed it)
This is of course thanks to our staff member Maggo, also thanks to the_shirt_ninja who submitted the sprites that were already up.
During these days I've been planning to do a major facelift to the site during next month, that includes uploading every (minor) sprite we're missing from our completed spritesheets and maybe designing a new theme.
And before I forget: there's a MK:Armageddon for Wii Fatality Movelist on Mortal Kombat Online, you should definitely check it out.
I'd also like to take advantage of this space and salute my Dad because today is his 42th birthday, so happy birthday, Dad!
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murdoink,can you please get the gba sprites for mk:deadly alliance shang tsung???????
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who is hydro???????and is tremor a lin kuei?????
Well, tremor was part of the black dragon clan… and hydro, i think someone made him up. :/
ok,thanx,a friend of mine said that in mythologies,there is a guy named hydro
does acekombat hav a website?
Hey,Murdoink,do you have all the games of mortal kombat?
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Located in the centre of the Hibiya business district, Hibiya Central Building stands out distinctively from other buildings in the area. Surrounded by several branches of Japanese mega banks, public offices and Tokyo's first class hotels such as The Imperial Hotel and The Peninsula Tokyo, the Hibiya Central Building is a highly recognized and desirable location for both established companies and new businesses planning to start up in Japan.
Servcorp is located on the fourteenth floor, providing an excellent environment with various sized serviced offices, a luxurious boardroom with granite table, meeting rooms, spacious reception area and a coworking space with beautiful views of Tokyo Tower. Restaurants in the basement floor provide clients with a variety of dining choices. Hibiya Park, Tokyo's first western style park is just a 5 minute stroll from the building and a great option for a lunch-break walk or even a game of tennis.
From Narita International Airport: 60 min by Narita Express to Tokyo Station, 3 min by JR Line from Tokyo Station to Shimbashi Station 75 - 110 min by Airport Limousine bus to The Peninsula Tokyo, Imperial Hotel or Daiichi Hotel Tokyo. From Haneda Airport (Tokyo International Airport): 30 min by Keikyu Line to Shimbashi Station 30- 75 min by Airport Limousine bus to The Peninsula Tokyo, Imperial Hotel or Daiichi Hotel Tokyo.
Right on the left from Exit A8 or 1 min walk from Exit A4 of Uchisaiwaicho Station on Toei Mita Line. 5 min walk from Hibiya Exit of Shimbashi Station on JR Line, Tokyo Metro Ginza Line, Toei Asakusa Line and Yurikamome Line. 5 min walk from Exit C3 of Kasumigaseki Station on Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line, Hibiya Line and Chiyoda Line. 7 min walk from Exit 9 of Toranomon Station on Tokyo Metro Ginza Line.
TOEI BUS: Uchisaiwaicho Eki Bus Stop (1 min walk) : HIGASHI98/HASHI63 Nishi-Shimbashi 1 chome Bus Stop (1 min walk) : TO01/SHINYA01/SHIBU88.
Within 5 minutes walking distance:
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Location and reputation of the building. Hibiya Central Building is situated at the crossroads of the financial, governmental and logistics district, yet in the direct vicinity of Ginza.

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Easy access to transportation. Hibiya Central Building is only a minute's walk to Uchisaiwaicho station on the Toei Mita Line and a five minute walk to Shimbashi station on the JR Line. Tokyo station, Haneda Airport and Narita Airport are also conveniently accessible from this location, making it an excellent choice for business travellers.


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THURSDAY, June 13, 2013 (HealthDay News) -- Can women blame men for menopause?
They may have a case, according to new research that suggests it was men's interest in mating with younger females that gave evolutionary rise to menopause by sidelining older women from reproduction.
Menopause -- when a woman stops getting menstrual periods and can't become pregnant -- is unique to humans and its cause is still unknown, explained study author and evolutionary biologist Rama Singh. "We accept as a given the idea that older women tend to be unable to reproduce," but Singh said this is actually an "evolutionary puzzle."
It has long been thought that menopause is what causes women, primarily in their early 50s, to stop being able to get pregnant, but the researchers found evidence that things could actually have occurred the other way around. In other words, infertility may have been the cause, not the effect, of menopause in early humans.
There are at least 10 theories of why menopause occurs, according to the researchers, including ideas based on the fact that women are living longer and depleting the number of eggs in their ovaries, to what is called the "grandmother hypothesis." That idea holds that menopause allows older women to provide childcare that contributes to the survival of their grandchildren, making them more fit or valuable to the human tribe.
But Singh's research, published online June 13 in the journal PLOS Computational Biology, suggests something altogether new.
"This paper is saying that men have played the major or dominant part in choosing mates," said Singh, who is a professor of population genetics and evolution at McMaster University, in Canada. "Somewhere along the line in our evolutionary history, males did not mate randomly but preferred young women because they are more attractive."
Going way back in human history, people reproduced all their lives, explained Singh. While it's possible that some women may have experienced menopause 30,000 years ago, now 100 percent of women experience it. "Menopause is an evolutionary phenomenon," he said.
The scientists found that the development of menopause seems to have done nothing to improve the chances of human survival over time, but rather occurred because women of a certain age weren't finding mates, and thus reproductive ability was unnecessary for them.
Yet Singh pointed out that if women long ago had been the ones choosing younger mates, older men would have been the ones losing their fertility, not women.
The process of natural selection favors the most fit, so women who are most likely to reproduce are protected, explained Singh. Natural selection is the gradual, non-random process through which biological traits become either more or less common, due to the way reproduction occurs, Singh explained.
The researchers used computational models and computer simulations to show how male mating preference for younger females could increase the number of mutations that stopped women's reproductive ability, creating menopause.
Singh said his research suggests that it might be possible for women who delay childbearing to also postpone menopause, allowing them to have a longer window in which to conceive. "We might be able to extend the time period in which you can have children, rather than rush it," he said.
Lynnette Leidy Sievert, a biological anthropologist and a professor at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, raised questions about the study.
"The study showed that by the age of 50 or 60, 50 percent of the population was still living, but that just doesn't match what we know about human evolution," she said. "By the age of 50, the skeletal evidence shows that only 10 percent of Neanderthals lived beyond 50. Our own homo sapiens [humans] had about 17 percent living past the age of 40."
Sievert, a member of the board of trustees of the North American Menopause Society, also questioned whether the concept of men mating with younger women fully explains menopause.
"Because it's a human and mammalian pattern for men to die younger [than women], you have a younger female with an older male who is going to die," she explained. "I get mixed up about how that pulls a woman's lifespan across menopause."
Singh said he's planning to do more simulations based on a Canadian long-term study of aging that is following 50,000 men and women. He is interested in learning more about the relationship between menopause, reproduction and genetic markers. "I really want to see if you can do something to delay menopause," he explained.
More information
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Jose Canseco's predictably outrageous New Year's resolutions
Perhaps like most Americans, you ushered in the New Year with some resolutions. Lose some weight, spend more time with your family, start that novel you've always vowed to write – the usual ones. Well, former MLB slugger Jose Canseco did the same thing. And then some.
BOLD PREDICTIONS: What to expect in sports in 2013
Never one for understatement, the 48-year-old ex-major leaguer turned reality show actor turned independent league player-manager turned celebrity boxer turned Twitter eccentric has grand plans for 2013. Very grand plans. Especially now that a deal has been reached on the whole fiscal-cliff thing.
Via @JoseCanseco:
"Here are my new years resolutions top ten what are yours"
"1. spend more time with my daughter"
"2. get stronger and fitter"
(He probably should have stopped after these first two)
"3. help people who are getting screwed wherever i can"
(This was actually the original slogan of the Red Cross)
"4. return to pro baseball as player or manager and have dinners with McGwire, La Russa, Bonds, and Selig."
(I interviewed Canseco last spring for a former publication. The latter part is definitely more likely)
"5. Fight Shaq in MMA cage match"
(Canseco didn't fare quite so well the last time he fought a 7-footer)
"5. develop and launch Ponce de CAnseco a real anti aging drink"
(Why are there two number five's?)
"6. Get elected to a important political office in the U.S. or canada to help all people and governments with there problems"
(This may conflict with his Twitter platform just a day earlier calling to "make all elected politician jobs volunteer with no pay. They get plenty of perks and book deals and power they should be paying us.")
"7. Become a world class entreprenur and found at least two great companies that make peoples lives better and funner"
(Or he could team up with another elite athlete/Tweeter to form the greatest business duo since those guys that founded Google. Imagine the genius possiblities that could come from Lochtseco Corp.?)
"8. Write a third book and do a move deal for Juiced!"
(Only if Jose gets to play himself)
"9. Do at least 100 promotional deals for good companies and products like Animal Rights, Human health, Environmental, and Beer companies"
(At least 100 deals? That's more than two deals a week. Even Peyton Manning doesn't get that many endorsements)
"10. Use position as A List entertainer doing reality, TV, movies, blogs, columns, appearances to be able to do more charity"
(Also the objective line of Canseco's LinkedIn profile)
"if anyone wants to make my new years resolutions true or can help me with any of these deals contact my manager email@example.com."
(Hopefully the manager had a relaxing holiday break, because he is likely to be insanely busy this week)
(h/t to Buzzfeed Sports)


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BOSTON, Mass. - If there was any doubt that this year's Yale men's swimming and diving team was a legitimate contender in the Ivy League, this weekend in Boston should lay it to rest. The Bulldogs stormed to the front of a highly-competitive field at Boston University's Terrier Invitational, beating the likes of the ACC's Boston College, storied BU and the University of Massacusetts in a three-day meet. As they have throughout the season's first two weekend's Yale's freshmen were invaluable components of the win, particularly Robby Harder and Alwin Firmansyah, who brought home multiple wins.
Harder got Sunday started with a win for the Bulldogs, taking first in the epic 1650-yard freestyle (15:52.31). Sophomore West Cuthbert also turned in a strong performance in that event, taking seventh in 16:26.84.
Harder was also a factor in the 200-yard backstroke - the day's next event - taking sixth (1:52.63) behind fifth-place finisher and classmate Mike Lazris (1:52.32). Freshman Dillion Thompson (1:52.84) and junior Jared Lovett (1:55.21) were the seventh and eighth-place finishers, respectively, in that event.
Elis were prevalent in the top ten of the 100-yard freestyle, as well. Paschall Davis was Yale's top finisher, taking sixth in 46.64. Sophomore Pat Killian and freshman Josh Ginsborg were next for the Bulldogs, tying for tenth with remarkable matching times of 47.34.
Freshman Andrew Heymann, sophomore Danny McDermott and freshman Ronald Tsui gave the Elis three in the top ten of the 200-yard breaststroke. Heymann finished seventh (2:06.83), McDermott eighth (2:07.49) and Tsui tenth (2:07.19).
Firmansyah's final individual win of the weekend came in the 200-yard butterfly. The freshman won that event in 1:49.82. Sophomore Ed Becker also swam a very strong race in the 200 fly, taking fourth, just two spots ahead of junior Mike Dominski. West Cuthbert's eighth-place finish gave Yale four swimmers in the event's top ten, and set up the Bulldogs to clinch the meet win in the 400-yard freestyle relay.
The Eli corps in that final race of the weekend was made up entirely of newcomers: Heymann, Davis, Harder and Firmansyah, who finished second in 3:04.08.
The finish clinched the victory for Yale, whose 800 points were a convincing 88 ahead of the second-place finisher Boston College. The showing is the best at the Terrier Invitational for any swimmer on the Elis' roster, and marks a big test passed for the young Bulldogs, whose next meet comes against one of the teams they beat out this weekend - the University of Massachusetts - on Dec. 3rd in New Haven.
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Of course it wouldn't be right if we didn't show you what
we had after our lunch.
I mean....really.
It would outright RUDE of us if we didn't tell you about
our ECLAIR.
Chocolate Eclair.
Filled with the most amazing soft whipped chocolate mousse.
There....do you feel better now....i mean...
i was only thinking of you.
We stepped out of the car and practically died.
Died and went to heaven.
We were thinking....when do we call our families and tell
them we are now French residents and they have no choice but
to move to St. Remy to be with us.
Bryan hung up on me.
Kim's husband didn't even answer the phone.
This rambling 19th-century farmhouse is surrounded by olive trees...
a pool...fountains...and the rooms have original stonework.
{history on the Mas for you}
So....when we walked into the place we were expecting to meet Pierre.
Not to be confused with Jean-Pierre.
Pierre was the "gentlemen" we were having our relations with
on and off for the last few months.
{alright...that sounded totally innapropriate...}
what i meant was.....Pierre was the guy we were chatting with
on and off about our stay.
Instead....me met Karin.
Now...don't get me wrong......Karin was fabulous.
She gave us a tour of the property...
she gave us directions to the brocante that we were heading to the next day...
she was our hostess at dinner...
she was our sommelier at dinner.
She was Karin.
She was not Pierre.
Kim and i had talked about Pierre the ENTIRE trip.
We knew what he was going to look like.....we knew how old he was...
we knew he didn't speak great English...but his French was perfection.
We were excited to meet the elusive Pierre....
but instead we met Karin.
Okay....maybe i never spoke with Pierre myself...
maybe Kim did all the talking...
but Pierre took my emails.
Yes he did.
The best part of our stay here in this Mas...was the food.
At 7:30 every evening the guests may have dinner in the
dining room of the mas.
On this night...we were having guineafowl.
We were fashionably late.
We even thought.....and i mean.. thought....
long and hard about ...
loading everything up from the dining room in the middle of the night
into our car and driving off into the night.
Except we had nowhere to go.
We would have gone right over to Vicki's...
but she was in Australia visiting her father.
So we asked Karin instead....for the name of the company
where they had ordered the linens....
and she was more then willing to share the info.
No need to steal in the middle of the night.
Kim and i spent our first evening fashionably late to our first dinner.
Karin seated us.....
Karis served us our first bottle of wine...
then we met Jaque.
Jaque was the sous chef....and also the server.
{we do not have a photo of Jaque because we did not bring our camera to dinner...
just think...Paul walker+george clooney}
Jaque made trying new things like sardines and raw scallops bearable.
The guineafowl was like free range chicken...
except it was French free range chicken.
I also didn't see them tooling around like i did the pigeon in Paris.
Not that i don't like seeing my birds run free....
but when i have the song from Mary Poppins in my head the entire week...
'feed the birds....
tuppins a bag.....tuppins....tuppins....tuppins a bag'
it doesn't make the dining experience much better.
Kim ordered more wine.
I obliged.
I'm a good friend.
After dessert of fromage....
and a trio of chocolate....
with perhaps....a bit more wine and a cafe creme...
we headed back up to our room.
We staked out our beds.....
Kim needing to be closest to el bain....
something to do with having a loose bladder.
oops....did i just give something away?
No...really....she just wanted to be near the bidet.
Trust me....we were the cleanest girls in France that weekend.
After a great nights sleep listening to the fountain in the courtyard all night..
we awoke to a farmhouse breakfast.
French style.
Oeufs with chocolate croissants...
and provencal tomatoes.
{let me wipe the saliva from my mouth....}
We needed a healthy breakfast because we were driving
to the brocante.
i mean Kim was driving us to the brocante..


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In Season: Dried Beans
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Okay, dried beans aren't "in season"—they're always available and always the same. But this is really the season for them. As the winter months drag on, I just want to curl up on a couch with a bowl of chili that's filled with a lot of beans—not beans that come out of a can, but beans that were soaked overnight. Dried beans are best when we're hibernating. The beans swell and swell and swell as they stay submerged in water, and then they become soft after they're cooked.
Beans are planted in the spring and harvested in the fall through early winter, depending on the location. The legumes are available from storage for the rest of the year. Use dried beans in chili, cassoulet, baked beans, soups and spreads.
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i]This may be the church of St Jacob. St Jacob is the Catholic Church in Rakacza, Borsod, Hungary where for over one hundred years the Gulybans and their descendants were baptized, married, and buried. It is a small rural village in the Northeast part of Hungary.
|Borsod within Hungary
|Rakacza within Borsod upper edge
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Rakacza is in the county of Borsod, one of the oldest counties of the Kingdom of Hungary. After the mongol invasion of Hungary, in the mid-thirteenth century, stone castles were built and the county formed around the castle.
|typical of a Hungarian Castle
The castle was named after it's original steward Bors. The county name Borsod means belonging to Bors. The name Bors is Turkish in origin and means "black pepper" or "peppercorn" in both the old and new Hungarian although it is no longer used as a personal name.[ii]
[iii] Grandiose plans were made for magnificent buildings to celebrate the Millennium in 1896 (the one thousandth anniversary of Hungarians settling down in the Carpathian Basin.) In spite of the façade of flourishing plans there were some serious problems in Hungary. Small land owners went bankrupt due to lack of money and this caused thousands of workers to leave Hungary to find work and a better life.[iv]
This may have been the reason that Augustinus Gulyban left Rokacza and set forth to the United States. He was seventeen years old when he arrived in New York on 16 Mar 1907 via the ship Patricia sailing from Hamburg, Germany. Arriving in New York, Gustav said he was going to Pricedale, Pa, that he had a ticket to get there and that he had $10.00. Immigration records show that his race was Magyar, he was 5 ft 4 in with fair complexion, brown hair, and grey eyes.
In the 1920 census, Gust was working at the Gaylord Mine in Martins Ferry, Belmont, Ohio. Gus remained working in the mines for the rest of his life supporting his wife Mary and their three surviving children. Every night Gus knelt on the floor beside his bed and said his prayers. He kept the faith.


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Blood Cleansing Would Raise Need for Donors
Treating donated blood to kill HIV and other dangerous organisms damages the blood enough to require blood centers to increase their drives for donations. This is but one consequence of a new procedure being introduced to clean blood products of bacteria and other pathogens.
Officials with the Food and Drug Administration and the nation's blood banks are in agreement on making America's already safe blood supply even safer. However, many are concerned about the effects of the new pathogen reduction procedure, and some think the tradeoff will create more problems than it solves.
"It will be up to the blood banks to tell us if it's worth the tradeoff," said Dr. Jaro Vostal, an FDA medical officer and chair of this week's conference at the National Institutes of Health on experimental blood-cleansing procedures. Dr. James AuBuchon, head of pathology at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, put the question of risks in a more scientific light: "If the risk of HIV or [hepatitis C] is one in 2 million units, what risks should be acceptable? And how can we prove they are this small?"
While FDA officials and blood researchers say they aren't particularly concerned about HIV and hepatitis C because tests since 1999 have cut the risk of infection to one in 2 million, they are concerned about a range of bacteria present in about one in every 2,000 units of blood that may sicken or even kill an estimated one in 100,000 transfusion recipients.
Pathogen reduction works by adding a chemical to platelets to make pathogens more sensitive to light, then zapping them with ultraviolet light. Other systems use chemicals to destroy the pathogens. In both cases, the chemicals are then washed from the blood. However, while pathogens are destroyed, so is the survival time of platelets, with a 25 to 30 percent loss of them in the process.
Although the platelets that survive the process work fine, the reduction is significant and will require blood centers to collect more blood -- perhaps 100,000 more units of whole blood a year. Already, blood banks barely collect enough blood.
Finally, there is the question of what the unintended effects on patients will be by the chemicals used to cleanse the blood. Most experts agree that these will not be evident for years.


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Around Town: Black cinema, Sidney Lumet, monster movies and more
Halloween is coming early to the American Cinematheque's Egyptian Theatre and Cinefamily's Silent Movie Theater.
Director John Landis looks at monsters in the movies Thursday, Saturday and Sunday at the Egyptian. The director of 1978's "Animal House," the influential 1981 horror film "An American Werewolf in London" and Michael Jackson's 1983 music video "Thriller" has written a book, "Monsters in the Movies." Landis opens the monster mash with two pre-code classics: 1933's "Island of Lost Souls," based on H.G. Wells' "The Island of Dr. Moreau," starring Charles Laughton and Bela Lugosi, and Rouben Mamoulian's visually striking 1931 version of " Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," for which Fredric March won his first lead actor Oscar in the dual role. Landis will appear in person at the screening. On tap for Saturday is a Frankenstein triple bill: 1931's "Frankenstein," 1935's superior sequel "Bride of Frankenstein" and the underrated 1939 "Son of Frankenstein." The retrospective concludes Sunday evening with two black-and-white ghost chillers: Jack Clayton's 1961 "The Innocents," based on Henry James' "The Turn of the Screw," and Robert Wise's "The Haunting." http://www.americancinematheque.com
Cinefamily celebrates the sequels to famous horror films Thursday night with a triple bill of 1981's "Halloween II," 1987's "A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors" and 1984's "Friday the 13th Part IV: The Final Chapter." http://www.cinefamily.org
The UCLA Film & Television Archive launches its ambitious two-month-long retrospective "L.A. Rebellion: Creating a New Black Cinema" Friday evening at the Billy Wilder Theatre. The festival looks at some 50 African-American filmmakers who attended UCLA from the mid-1960s through the late 1980s. Julie Dash's 1991 drama, "Daughters of the Dust," and her 1975 short, "Four Women," open "L.A. Rebellion" Friday evening. Dash will attend. Scheduled for the late afternoon Saturday is Zeinabu Irene Davis' 2011 documentary, "Spirits of Rebellion: Black Film at UCLA." On tap for Saturday evening is Haile Gerima's 1975-79 drama "Bush Mama" and Bernard Nicolas' 1977 short, "Daydream Therapy." Nicolas will attend. A panel of the "L.A. Rebellion" filmmakers, including Dash, Davis, Ben Caldwell and Larry Clark, is scheduled for late Sunday afternoon, followed by several experimental shorts, including Barbara McCullough's 1979 "Water Ritual #1: An Urban Rite of Purification."
The archive's screening series at the Million Dollar Theatre in downtown Los Angeles continues Wednesday with a David Cronenberg double bill: 1986's "The Fly" with Jeff Goldblum and 1983's "Videodrome," starring James Woods. http://www.cinema.ucla.edu
John Leguizamo, appearing at the Ricardo Montalban in "Ghetto Klown," will be stopping by the Egyptian on Friday evening after his performance for the 10th-anniversary screening of Baz Lurhmann's revisionist musical "Moulin Rouge!," in which he costars with Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman as painter Toulouse-Lautrec.


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On Wednesday, May 1, eight participants completed the third session of the Financial Skills Academy offered by We Care of Grundy County, Inc.
The goal of the Financial Skills Academy is to teach financial literacy to We Care clients interested in learning how to improve their financial status. Once a month since October 2012, a sponsoring bank taught a unit of the FDIC's Money Smart curriculum to a group that started with 11 families.
Units covered such topics as budgeting, proper use of credit, and home ownership.
During the last class, one participant shared that as a result of the class discussion about budgeting, she created a personal budget and realized that her one-pack-per-day smoking habit was something she could no longer afford. She decided after 55 years of smoking to quit the habit cold turkey and she has been smoke free for one month.
"This type of outcome is priceless," said Denise Gaska of We Care. "We may never know the full impact that the class had on this one participant's life. Obviously, she will be able to better manage her fixed income now that this large expense eliminated.
"But the more important result is that she can reasonably expect to live a longer, healthier life."
Clients who completed 6 out of 7 classes received a certificate of completion and were entered in a drawing to receive up to $700 of one month's rent. Other incentives, which included gift cards for $75 in groceries and $75 in gas, were given to the remainder of the class participants. (The total amount of the gift cards was determined by the number of participants who completed 6 out of 7 classes.)
Bank volunteers not only taught the class, but also helped to provide child care for class attendees who needed that assistance.
"We tried to remove all possible barriers to regular attendance for the clients," said Gaska. "Thanks to the bank sponsorships, we were able to provide dinner to the attendees."
The final meal was a Mexican fiesta, provided with help from Habenero Grill in Morris.
Banks that participated in this session of the Financial Skills Academy include Centrue Bank, First Midwest Bank, Grundy Bank, Mazon State Bank and Standard Bank. In January, Paul Zabel, a local CPA, shared information about filing income taxes and tax incentives for low-income families.
"We Care is pleased to have the opportunity to not only provide for our clients' basic needs such as food, but through this class be able to provide for their basic needs of information that can help rectify their household financial concerns," Gaska added. "We could not have provided this class without our bank partners and we are extremely grateful for their expertise and cooperation."
The next semester of the Financial Skills Academy will start in the fall of 2013 and will end in May 2014. We Care is now taking names of those who would like to participate in this program.
They must be willing to commit to one class in the evening, once a month, for seven months. Dinner and child care will be provided.
If you would like to participate in the next semester of the Financial Skills Academy, or you would like to be a sponsor, please contact We Care at (815) 942-6389.
We Care is a local nonprofit agency that provides emergency assistance to Grundy County residents in the form of food, rent, utility and prescription assistance.
We Care is a United Way partner agency and is funded primarily by private donations.
We Care is located at 520 W. Illinois Ave., in CanalPort Community Center, Morris.
For more information visit the web site at www.wecareofgrundy.com.


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London's high streets are packed with fantastic shops where you can get the latest fashions without a designer price tag.
This low-budget brand is massively popular with dedicated followers of fashion. Stock changes constantly and you'll often find designer-inspired pieces appearing on the rails just weeks after their catwalk debut. The two biggest Primark stores in London are both on Oxford Street, one at the Marble Arch end, and the new flagship near to Tottenham Court Road.
A favourite with celebrities and their stylists, Topshop has a huge selection of cheap clothes and accessories. Fashion icon and model Kate Moss is such a big fan that she's even designed several ranges for the store. The flagship store at Oxford Circus is the ultimate shopping experience. Spread over four floors, you'll find a vintage section, designer collections, tall and petite ranges, accessories, shoes, menswear and more.
Blending designer looks with low prices, Zara's clothes are well-cut and stylish. Its understated pieces have become a favourite in the fashion world, with the Duchess of Cambridge, Selena Gomez and Coleen Rooney among its fans. The Spanish chain is at the higher end of the budget market, but it is still a great place to pick up a bargain, particularly smarter clothes and suits.
Forever 21
American retailer Forever 21 has two London stores, on Oxford Street and at Westfield Stratford. The brightly-lit shops are packed with clothing, offering everything from basic T-shirts, to dresses, to high fashion looks straight off the catwalk – all at low prices.
New Look
For high street trends at low prices, head to New Look. It's great for wardrobe essentials like jeans and tops, and you'll find some of the best-priced shoes and boots on the high street. New Look also stocks its own range of jewellery, offering on-trend pieces at great prices.
TK Maxx
A determined hunt through the endless rails at TK Maxx is sure to bag you some bargains. Their philosophy is to offer big labels at small prices on everything from fashion to homeware. The flagship branch at Charing Cross offers four floors of bargains to search through, and an estimated 5,500 pairs of shoes for sale! There are daily deliveries of new stock, so one visit is never enough.
For high fashion on a budget, head to H&M. You'll find good quality essentials at great prices, plus plenty of colourful, on-trend pieces. H&M has also proved its fashion credentials by collaborating with international designers and style icons, including Beyoncé, Isabel Marant and Alexander Wang, who have created capsule collections. Stock varies from branch to branch, but menswear, maternity, childrenswear and plus size collections are available. H&M's Oxford Street flagship store was relaunched in March 2013 with a shoe zone, chill out lounge and 80 changing rooms.
Japanese clothing company Uniqlo is great for chic casuals, like a cheap Gap. Stock up on funky tops, trousers, knitwear and outerwear in the latest colours. Uniqlo has a rapidly changing range of designer T-shirts, most recently working with French fashion designer Ines de la Fressange. If your style is casual but funky, check it out.
River Island
To get an edgy look that won't break the bank, head to River Island. The clothes range from studded jackets, to jumpsuits, to tribal prints. You'll also find plenty of funky accessories and shoes. Pop star Rihanna even designed three collections for the chain.
Dorothy Perkins and Burton
If you're looking for stylish wardrobe staples at reasonable prices, try Dorothy Perkins. The store offers basics such as jeans, cardigans and smart workwear. You'll also find a great range of pretty dresses, as well as a tall, petite and maternity range. Accompanying most branches is the menswear arm, Burton, which offers a good range of affordable trousers, shirts, t-shirts and suits.
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RAM CPU Taskbar is a system monitoring tool which uses your taskbar as a memory and CPU meter.
If you need to keep an eye on your RAM or CPU usage, then, there's no need to peer at some tiny indicator in the system tray, or make space for a desktop gadget. Run RAM CPU Taskbar and the program displays memory and processor bars directly on your taskbar, so you'll always see what's happening immediately.
To get a feel for how the program works, just download and run it. RAM CPU Taskbar adds an icon to your system tray, and a couple of bars then appear to the right of your taskbar. The top one highlights CPU usage, starts green, moving to amber and red as the figure approaches 100%; the lower bar alerts you to RAM use and works in much the same way.
If some aspect of this doesn't suit your needs, right-click the RAM CPU Taskbar icon and click Settings. You'll be able to adjust the bar colours, position, alignment, refresh rates and more.
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Pacific Asia, including the nation states on the Asian shores of the Pacific Rim Korea, Japan, China, Taiwan, the Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Burma, Laos, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei Darussalam, and Indonesia is a region of great economic, political and strategic importance. Possessing immense natural and human resources, Pacific Asia is developing as the most dynamic region of the world.
The major is designed to provide students with a coherent introduction to the language, history, and culture of Asian societies. The major offers four concentrations: 1) Chinese Studies, 2) Korean Studies, 3) Japanese Studies, and 3) South and Southeast Asian Studies. Each concentration provides an interdisciplinary understanding of the major social and historical forces at work in the region, supported by appropriate language training, with Asian-related courses in art, art history, anthropology, Chinese, ethnic studies, history, humanities and religious studies, government, Japanese, Korean, music, philosophy, politics, and sociology.
The minor offers a student a framework to explore one or more Asian societies from an interdisciplinary perspective. The minor is an appropriate and timely course of study for any student wishing to better understand an increasingly important region of our world. It is particularly relevant for students in various academic or applied disciplines who have a regional interest in Asia.
Although we emphasize the transnational forces that connect Asia and the Pacific historically and culturally, catrgorically we distinguish the political geography of the region as follows:
East Asia: China, Japan, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, Taiwan
Southeast Asia: Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar/Burma, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam
Central Asia: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
South Asia: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Pacific Islands: Aoteroa/New Zealand, Fiji, Papua New Guines, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu, etc.


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The historic old town of Lijiang is a UNESCO Heritage Site. Lijiang is located in Yunnan Province and known for its location close to the Tiger Leaping Gorge.
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Cuba's Independent
Journalists struggle to Establish a Free Press
by Suzanne Bilello
The following is an excerpt from the testimony of CPJ Americas program coordinator Suzanne Bilello before the U.N. Human Rights Commission on Aug. 27. She offered similar testimony at a joint hearing of the Congressional Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights and the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere on June 27.
- Fidel Castro Presents Greatest Obstacle to Free Press in Cuba
- U.S. Policy Inadvertently Limits Growth of Free Press in Cuba
- Reexamine Section 114 of the Cuba Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act of 1996 (Libertad Act)
- Ensure Editorial Independence of Radio and TV Martí
- Forego U.S. Aid to Independent Journalists
AN INDEPENDENT PRESS IS STRUGGLING to establish itself in Cuba. Dozens of independent journalists who were fired from their official jobs because of irreverent thinking about the revolution and its future are behind Cuba's struggling free press movement.
In just over a year, five upstart news agencies have been formed in Cuba. These agencies market stories about Cuba to news outlets in the United States and Europe. Since their founding, many of the agencies' journalists have endured waves of harassment. Several have been detained on charges ranging from "dangerousness" and "disrespect" to spreading "enemy propaganda." These are journalists whose sole aim is to carve out a livelihood that is independent of state-controlled media yet a comfortable distance from organized factions at home and abroad.
The catalyst for Cuba's fledgling independent press movement was the release of Yndamiro Restano from prison in June of 1995. A decade earlier, in 1985, Restano had challenged the concept of state-controlled media and was banished from official journalism, forcing him to work in menial jobs. He went on to found Cuba's first non-official journalism organization in 1987. He later founded a human rights movement seeking peaceful political change and was sentenced to prison for distributing information about it. A campaign by the Committee to Protect Journalists and other press freedom organizations, and the direct intercession of Danielle Mitterrand, wife of France's former president, led to Restano's release. At the annual meeting of the Inter American Press Association (IAPA) on Oct. 15, 1995, leading Latin American and U.S. publishers accepted the journalists' application for membership.
Those in Cuba who are trying to establish a free press face significant internal obstacles, including a lack of rudimentary supplies, such as pens and notebooks, inadequate financial resources and virtually no exposure to the workings of independent media. In addition, fax machines and modems are illegal unless authorized by the state. And most important, independent journalists face the absolute opposition of Fidel Castro.
Since the beginning of this year, the Castro government has intensified its campaign of harassment and intimidation of these independent journalists. We have repeatedly expressed our outrage at these incidents. Mr. Castro's stepped-up anti-press campaign coincided with a crackdown on the dissident group Concilio Cubano and the shooting down of two planes piloted by the Miami-based, anti-Castro organization Brothers to the Rescue. In a visit to Cuba in June, I was able to learn more about these problems firsthand in discussions with the independent journalists there, and in my own encounter with Cuban authorities.
I traveled to Cuba on June 16 to speak with representatives of all five news agencies. Four days after I arrived, however, I was arrested in my hotel room by Interior Ministry and immigration officials and taken in for interrogation. During the eight hours I was detained, I got a taste of the Kafkaesque ordeal that many independent Cuban journalists have experienced. It was chilling. One of my captors said, "We will never allow to happen here what happened in Eastern Europe when groups of a so-called civil society brought down those regimes."
CPJ is also very troubled by what is emerging as a pattern of forcing independent journalists into exile. The Cuban government earlier this year issued verbal ultimatums to Rafael Solano of Havana Press and Roxana Valdivia of Patria, to leave Cuba or face jail sentences for their activities as independent journalists. This Solzhenitsyn-style solution for silencing independent journalists by effectively expelling them from the country resulted in Solano's exile to Spain and Valdivia's departure for the United States.
One of the most formidable barriers facing the Cuban journalists currently struggling to establish an independent press is that they have been labeled dissidents by political forces in both the United States and Cuba. And their effort has become a tool in the arsenal of both political sides. It is important to keep in mind that most of Cuba's independent journalists do not think of themselves as dissidents. The willingness of these men and women to sacrifice so much stems from their desire to establish a free, objective, independent, uncensored press in their island-nation.
Fidel Castro Presents Greatest Obstacle to Free Press in Cuba
Castro remains the chief obstacle to freedom in Cuba for local and foreign journalists alike. Today, Cuba stands alone in the hemisphere as the only country that tolerates no independent newspapers, magazines or news broadcasts. That brings frequent criticism in international human rights forums, and it has earned Castro a spot on the Committee to Protect Journalists' enemies list of world leaders who pose the gravest threat to press freedom.
Under increased international scrutiny and sorely in need of economic partners, Cuba is poised for historic change. Whether the transition is to democracy hinges largely on whether Cuba has a free press that gives it citizens the basis for informed decisions about how they want to be governed.
CPJ works to support the efforts of Cuba's independent journalists and news operations. In addition to our letters of protest regarding individual cases of censorship, harassment, imprisonment or expulsion, we continue to appeal to the Cuban government to reform its policies toward journalists. We have called on President Castro to allow:
- Independent journalists to receive funds from overseas news organizations;
- Independent journalists to own fax machines, computers and other tools of their trade;
- Independent journalists to operate freely without the threat of harassment or imprisonment;
- Cuba to open its doors to American news bureaus; and
- Foreign news organizations to employ and pay Cuban employees directly.
U.S. Policy Inadvertently Limits Growth of Free Press in Cuba
Ironically, the United States has become an unlikely ally in Castro's efforts to justify keeping independent journalists isolated and vulnerable, subject to the whims of the state and cut off from potential foreign patrons. Essentially, independent journalism and its practitioners in Cuba are being held hostage to the political conflicts between the United States and Cuba. CPJ is concerned that America's policies are doing more harm than good in the fight to establish the most fundamental democratic institution of all-a free press.
In our efforts to promote the spirit of Article 19 we have been vigilant of all parties in the Cuba debate. In July CPJ reproached the U.S. State Department for its decision to deny travel visas to two members of the state-owned Cuban media who were invited to participate in a conference in Puerto Rico.
U.S. policy should support independent Cuban journalists in their struggle to be autonomous, unfettered by the political demands of any government. To this end, in an appeal to the U.S. Congress in June, CPJ urged policy-makers to ensure that U.S. policy:
Makes it easier for Western journalists and news organizations to work in Havana and employ Cuban citizens;
Recognizes that Cuba's independent journalists are not dissidents and should not be supported by U.S. aid.; and
Ensures that Radio and TV Martí's editorial content not compromise Cuban journalists' credibility and independence.
Reexamine Section 114 of the Cuba Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act of 1996 (Libertad Act)
In October of 1995, following a major campaign by CPJ and other news organizations and press freedom groups, the Clinton Administration rescinded the 26-year-old ban on Cuban news bureaus in the United States and lifted Treasury Department restrictions on expenditures in Cuba by U.S. news-gathering organizations. CPJ urged President Castro to follow suit and permit U.S. news organizations to reopen bureaus in Cuba.
We urged President Clinton to take this action because, in the words of CPJ Honorary Chairman Walter Cronkite, "It could lead to huge dividends in the most valuable of all commodities-information, in this case about a neighbor on the brink of fast and far-reaching changes."
Unfortunately, a little-noticed provision in The Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act of 1996 overrides President Clinton's executive order.
Section 114 of the law authorizes the president to establish and implement an exchange of news bureaus between the U.S. and Cuba, if certain conditions are met:
The exchange is fully reciprocal;
The Cuban government agrees not to interfere with the establishment of news bureaus or with the movement in Cuba of journalists of any U.S.-based news organization, including Radio Martí or TV Martí;
The U.S. Department of Treasury is able to ensure that only accredited journalists regularly employed by a news-gathering organization travel to Cuba; and
The Cuban government agrees not to interfere with the transmission of telecommunications signals of news bureaus or with the distribution of publications of any U.S.-based news organization that has a news bureau in Cuba.
Under the rubric of "reciprocity," The Cuba Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act of 1996 allows President Clinton to authorize a mutual reopening of news bureaus only if Cuba permits "distribution" on the island of all print or broadcast reports by news organizations stationed there. Since President Castro will not likely allow the distribution of all these materials as long as he is in power, the ultimate impact of this condition will be to prohibit the operation of U.S. news bureaus in Cuba.
As a further assurance that an exchange of reporters would be "fully reciprocal," the law sets as a precondition the opening of a Cuban office of the U.S. government's Radio and TV Martí. For Mr. Castro, this is unthinkable, given that he believes the ultimate goal of Radio and TV Martí is to destabilize his government. The law's supporters contend that Radio and TV Martí are the only functional equivalents of Prensa Latina, Cuba's official international news agency. But in the U.S. system, as a matter of principle as well as law, it is the private media, not state-run information services, on which we rely for news.
Another facet of Section 114 that hinders the advance of press freedom in Cuba is the requirement that U.S. Treasury officials determine which bona fide "accredited" journalists will be allowed to work in the island-nation. Only people "regularly employed with a news-gathering operation" need apply. This provision excludes free-lancers, including the distinguished writer Tad Szulc, Castro's biographer. This sets a dangerous international precedent. In Latin America and elsewhere, leftist media unions backed by Cuba have fought for years for similar state licensing procedures, failing only because of the effective resistance of private journalism organizations backed strongly by the U.S. government.
Whatever the broader merits or demerits of The Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act of 1996, the inadvertent impact of Section 114 is to hinder the exposure of Cubans (journalists and non-journalists) to the peaceful workings of a free and independent media, and to limit the information about Cuba available to Americans.
Many of the Cuban journalists I spoke with in June agreed with CPJ's position that the establishment of U.S. news bureaus in Cuba would bring about a radical improvement for the island's independent journalists. The creation of job opportunities-for stringers, reporters, editors, cameramen, and other newsroom positions-would give Cuba's independent journalists much-needed training in how to operate as effective and objective professionals.
CPJ has urged the U.S. Congress to reevaluate Section 114 of The Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act of 1996 in light of our analysis of its impact on the establishment of a free press in Cuba.
Ensure Editorial Independence of Radio and TV Martí
The Committee to Protect Journalists does not take a position on the political content of Radio and TV Martí. We recognize that Radio Martí fills a void in providing news and information to citizens of Cuba. Our fundamental concern is for the independent journalists in Cuba who work as stringers for Radio Martí.
In my meetings in Cuba, journalists raised several concerns about Radio Martí. It should be noted that the station does not pay any of these independent journalists for news reports. Several complained to me that Radio Martí is almost exclusively interested in news about detention of dissidents. In fact, they said they experienced outright censorship from the station's editors. Others remarked that they felt the tone of some of the broadcasters was patronizing, making fun of the daily plight of Cubans.
Anthony DePalma of The New York Times correctly characterized the political dangers for Cuban stringers for Radio Martí in an article published on April 17, 1996. DePalma writes, "The Cuban Government considers Radio Martí an American attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro. Cuban officials said men like Mr. Solano (one of Cuba's leading journalists who formed Havana Press, an independent news agency, in May of 1995) are subversives, not journalists, and their association with Radio Martí constitutes a crime against the state."
The journalists I met with expressed fear that, in its pending move from Washington, D.C., to Miami, Radio and TV Martí could become more overtly political. If so, Cuba's independent journalists who provide stories for the news organization can expect even greater vilification by Castro's government.
From CPJ's perspective and that of many of the independent journalists I met with in Cuba, Radio and TV Martí will be a more effective agent of democratization if its editorial content remains balanced. We urge Congress to closely examine the current editorial control policy of Radio and TV Martí to ensure that, following the move to Miami, the station continues to provide credible, professional information to the citizens of Cuba. This is more important than ever since Radio Martí is virtually the only source of information for Cubans about events in Cuba as well as the world.
Forego U.S. Aid to Independent Journalists
Section 109 of The Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act of 1996 authorizes the U.S. government to furnish assistance, financial and other support, for individuals and independent nongovernmental organizations to support democracy-building efforts for Cuba. The intention of this provision is to support the dissemination of information in Cuba on democracy, human rights, and market economies, and to support the individual dissidents and their families, and dissident groups, which circulate this information.
CPJ is concerned that this provision will be broadly interpreted to include Cuba's independent journalists. It would be a serious mistake-and one with significant consequences-to consider these men and women dissidents and therefore eligible for U.S. aid. CPJ urges the United States to refrain from offering this type of assistance to independent journalists.
As I learned firsthand on my recent visit, Cuba's independent journalists do not consider themselves dissidents. Their aim is to carve out a livelihood that is independent of state-controlled media yet a comfortable distance from organized factions at home and abroad.
Financial assistance from the United States government to Cuba's independent journalists will endanger their safety and discredit their effort to establish an independent press. Moreover, these payments would compromise the small press freedom gains already attained.
I personally learned how grave a matter this is. I carried with me a modest amount of cash, raised exclusively from private funds, as well as reporters' notebooks, pens and medicine, to distribute to the journalists I met with. After my arrest, however, my Cuban interrogators seized on the donations. Again and again, I was asked about their source and purpose. Despite what I told them, they were of the unshakable belief that these donations came from U.S. government funds, and that the recipients of those funds are clients of U.S. interests. Some critics of CPJ's position may argue that Cuba's independent journalists do not have to accept these private donations if offered. But given the state of Cuba's economy and the difficulty people face in trying to make a living as independent journalists, the offer of financial assistance is hard to turn down.
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So why is Sony still making noise about keeping their system "open?" The PS2 had lackluster online support overall, with developers and publishers making up their own online strategy as they went. No friend lists, spotty online support in games, and very little voice chat. With more and more people being willing to hook their console up to their home network Sony has everything to lose by not offering a simple, unified solution to the online problem. Every game for itself doesn't inspire hope for a good online experience with the PS3.
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Saturday, January 28, 2012
My Memories Winner, CHA, Secret Sister....
So did you guys get a chance to look at My Memories? They sure have a lot of awesome digital papers and elements, right? If you missed it, check it out and if you would like to give it a try, grab the code on my sidebar and save $10 to your software!
Ready to find out who is the lucky winner of My Memories Suite giveaway? Well, wait no more! hehe The random winner is KRISTINE! Kristine, please send me an email at email@example.com and I will get you info on how to claim your software! Also, for being such a great sport, please email me your snail mail addy so I can send you a little surprise prize!
You all know how much I procrastinate! LOL Well, it's almost the end of the month and I am finally sending my secret sister her card! I decided to play along this week's Monday Fun Day #17 at TGF, which is to use a doily and/or lace.
Does anyone remember this little adorable girl's name? I totally forgot!
CHA starts this weekend. Are you going? If you are, stop by Sparkle Creations' booth! I will be there on Sunday and Wednesday! I would love to meet you guys! I want to go all four days but with the baby coming soon, I need to save as much time as I can for maternity leave. With the County, we use our own time when we take off. If we don't have time on the book, we would be AWOPed (absent without pay).
I FINALLY added more items to my Etsy store. I hope to add more soon! I made a bunch of things already but just keep procrastinating! LOL
Other challenges for this card:
City Crafty: Sketch
Crafty Cardmakers: Use beads
Cute Card Thursday: You are a Gem
Card Makin' Mamas: Use Something Old
Stamping With The Dragon: Anything Goes
20 comments:
- Elena said...
This stamp is from Hope and Grace line. :)
Your card is so cute, Kim! Your secret sister will love it!
Congratulations on wonderful news about your baby! :)
- January 28, 2012 at 3:59 AM
- Berenice R. said...
Such a lovely card! Congratulations on the great news about your baby! Big hugs :)
- January 28, 2012 at 4:03 AM
- Meggymay said...
An adorable card, thankyou for joining us ar Crafty Cardmakers this time.
- January 28, 2012 at 7:18 AM
- Rachel Parys said...
This is toooo cute! I love your color combo of papers, and your layout. Fantastic coloring, as always!
- January 28, 2012 at 7:49 AM
- Creations by Shirl said...
Cute card and I'm sure your ss is going to enjoy it too.... Congrats on the winner of the memorie.
Have a super rested weekend....
- January 28, 2012 at 8:53 AM
- Shirley N said...
She's just adorable! Hope you're doing well Kim!
- January 28, 2012 at 10:36 AM
What a cutie. Love the pins. Thanks for joining us at Crafty Cardmakers.
- January 28, 2012 at 10:49 AM
- Deb said...
absolutely gorgeous, have fun at CHA!
Many thanks for joining in the Cute Card Thursday Challenge this week!
- January 28, 2012 at 12:07 PM
- Penny said...
This is special, lovely colouring. Thanks for playing at CMM.
- January 28, 2012 at 8:10 PM
- Kirsty Vittetoe said...
This is super cute, thanks for playing along with us at CCCB!
- January 29, 2012 at 12:14 AM
- Ros said...
This is so gorgeous!! I love it ... many thanks for playing along at CCCB
- January 29, 2012 at 4:00 AM
- Annette said...
Beautiful card . The coloring is amazing .
Thanks for joining us at Crafty Cardmakers this time.
- January 29, 2012 at 5:58 AM
- Sally said...
Such a sweet image & a very pretty card. Thanx for joining us at Crafty Cardmakers this week.
- January 29, 2012 at 6:03 AM
- Katie Butler said...
I love your card. Great colors great image. All perfect. Thanks for joining us at stamping with dragon.
- January 29, 2012 at 7:25 PM
- Brenda said...
such a beautiful card! love the vibrant colors!
- January 29, 2012 at 9:36 PM
- Cyndi said...
so beautiful!
- January 30, 2012 at 11:51 AM
- Linda R said...
This is so Cute.. I just love this! Thanks so much for playing along with us at CCCB!
- January 30, 2012 at 3:35 PM
- cnelson said...
Just as cute and sweet as can be! Thanks for playing along at CCCB!
- January 30, 2012 at 6:50 PM
- Kristine said...
AAACK, I WON??!! How cool is that?!! THANK YOU, THANK YOU Kim!! I'm sorry it's taken me so long to get over here and check this out. I was crossing fingers, ha! *Ü* If it's not too late, I gladly accept!
- February 5, 2012 at 11:06 AM
- Kristine said...
Your card is A♥D♥O♥R♥A♥B♥L♥E!!! Love your colors and those stick pins are so pretty!! Great job *Ü*
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Tom Sullivan's '51 Henry J Shakes It With Nostalgic Edge
For Tom Sullivan of Allendale, New Jersey, growing up in Hagerstown, Pennsylvania, sure had its perks when it came time to heading to the drags. Attending his first races at the age of 13 in Allentown, he was immediately consumed by the heavy scent of race fuel as cars launched from the lights to scorch the quarter-mile. Sullivan has fond memories of his dad's '51 Henry J, which he spent plenty of time daydreaming of when he was a teen on how he could modify it into a contender at the track. He was even fortunate enough to get his driver's license driving the Henry J on his road test, which forever burned a deep fondness for the model into his mind.
Flash forward through the decades with time spent working as a production supervisor at the Ford plant in Mahwah, New Jersey, racing a '63 Falcon and '68 Roadrunner at the drags, and raising a family, which he always spent Saturday nights with at the local stock car track. Through all the years Tom kept active in the hobby, never losing touch with his race cars or venturing to the tracks with his family.
The Henry J has an aggressive stance thanks to a Rocky's Rod Shop chassis and wheels from Rocket and ET; the razor-sharp body is the work of Six Deuces Speed Shop.
There was, however, the one longing desire to someday resurrect his boyhood dreams by finally building the Henry J he never forgot about. Beginning a search for a workable car over a decade ago was like searching for a diamond in a pile of sand, seeing there were so few available. A chance meeting at a local car show led him to an owner who had a project in the works for sale due to a storage issue with the car. Tom wasted no time in checking out the '51 Henry J and found it somewhat complete and in the early stages of its build, and a deal was made.
After doing his research for a chassis builder all paths led him to Rocky's Rod Shop in High Bridge, New Jersey, to get the project rolling. Wanting a stout base to anchor the car, Tom had the team at Rocky's start from scratch designing a frame constructed from 2×4-inch box steel tubing accented by both tubular and boxed crossmembers. The wheelbase length was also increased from the stock 100 to 103 inches. To plant the power to the pavement, a 9-inch Ford rear filled with Strange 35-spline axles spinning through 3.89 gears is anchored in place by custom fabbed ladder bars and QA1 coilover shocks. Wanting a low-slung stance and solid handling, a Mustang II–style IFS with custom fabbed upper and lower control arms packed with QA1 coilover shocks and 2-inch Mustang II dropped spindles steers through a manual rack-and-pinion unit.
To bring everything safely to a stop, brake fluid moves through steel lines to a Corvette dual-reservoir master feeding Wilwood 12-inch rotors wearing matching four-piston calipers out back and 11-inch GM metric rotors and calipers up front. Dialing in the stance with period-perfect rims and rubber Tom opted for classic 15×12 ET Fueler wheels shod with P390/45R15 M&H drag radials and 15×4.5 Rocket Launcher wheels capped with BFGoodrich P155/80R15 rubber (rear to front).
The core of any Street Shaker resides under the hood and for this task Tom went straight to the head of the class by contacting Tony Feil Competition Engines in Raritan, New Jersey. Feil designed a wicked V-8 starting with a 540ci Dart Machinery Big M block machined to 565 ci, which was balanced, blueprinted, and filled with a speed shop full of go-fast goods. An Eagle crank links to matching Eagle rods topped by Keith Black 9.8:1 pistons while a Lunati solid lifter roller tappet cam sets the thump. The block is capped by a pair of Dart Machinery aluminum heads wearing Jesel Pro Series shaft rockers. For plenty of deep breathing, a Dart single-plane aluminum high-rise intake wears a Holley 1,150-cfm Dominator carb crowned by a K&N filter. Dyno'd at 776 hp, the engine sparks to life through an MSD ignition while spent gases exit through Rocky's Rod Shop headers to a custom 3-inch exhaust by Six Deuces Speed Shop of Milford, Delaware, complete with oval electric cutouts and Spin Tech performance mufflers. A Ford AOD trans with a full manual valvebody by F&B Performance of Long Island, New York, moves the power rearward through a custom driveshaft by Denny's Driveshaft of Kenmore, New York.
To give the car a low-slung appearance the body was channeled 3 inches over the chassis and treated to wedge-styled rockers while the A&A Fiberglass tilt nose section was stretched 3 inches and a custom tube-style rear bumper was set in place all by the team at Rocky's. With the rolling chassis and driveline in order Tom brought the project to Corry Hunter at Six Deuces Speed Shop to complete the car, which included mounting all mechanical systems in place, fabricating a custom lower front valance, and designing the drag chute mounts and wheelie bars. Once all the body revisions were in order the vintage panels were blocked to perfection for Gary Hunter to lay down a vibe of Martin Senour two-tone green polished suede to complete the look. The Six Deuces team then focused on the interior by first filling a modified-stock dash with Auto Meter American Muscle series gauges then wiring the car utilizing an American Autowire kit.
Tom wanted to go fast and keep cool so a Vintage Air system was worked into the mix while a Mullins column topped with a Bell-style steering wheel helps navigate the course and a Hurst shifter pulls the gears. For comfort, a pair of Toyota bucket seats were recovered in black vinyl diamond pleats with matching door panels by Kevin Stayton of Milford, Delaware. To anchor numerous controls a Six Deuces–designed console does the trick while the floors were treated to Dynamat Dynaliner for added insulation and durability. When it came to safety a full rollcage combined with Simpson five-point harnesses completes the interior in perfect style. This is one Henry J that will never gather dust!
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Clean Lifters Correctly
Properly clean lifters by soaking them in a parts cleaner or mineral spirits, then blow air in both the pushrod seat hole and the oil feed hole on the side of the lifter to completely clean any remaining checking fluid. Do not pre-soak hydraulic flat tappet or hydraulic roller lifters either, this will cause them to be pumped up and you'll not be able to properly pre-load.
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Can You Build a Gingerbread House Saturday?
The Quincy Public Library will sponsor the 13th Annual Gingerbread House Competition for teens ages 12 through 18 on Saturday, December 1, from 1-3 p.m. The contest will be held in the Library's Large Meeting Room.
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Admission is free but reservations are requested to ensure sufficient supplies. Reservations can be made by calling 223-1309, or online at quincylibrary.org.