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Wow, I have enjoyed lots of things Whitlock has written, but apparently he has turned into another leftist hate monger.
WHITLOCK: Sports gets so much attention, and people tune out the real world, that I try to take advantage of the opportunity to talk about the real world when sports lends itself to that and try to open people's eyes. You know, I did not go as far as I'd like to go because my thoughts on the NRA and America's gun culture – I believe the NRA is the new KKK. And that the arming of so many black youths, uh, and loading up our community with drugs, and then just having an open shooting gallery, is the work of people who obviously don't have our best interests [at heart].
So, is this buffoon actually accusing the NRA of arming black youth and loading up Black communities with drugs? Good Grief he has lost his marbles. I wonder what his agenda is. Greater publicity? Is he just pimping this tragedy to stay in the spotlight?
I think it's obvious if you've traveled abroad, and traveled to countries where they have legitimate gun laws, that we don't have to have what we have in America, where people somehow think a gun enhances their liberty, and that people somehow think a gun makes them safer. It just doesn't. A gun turns some kids listening to music into a murder scene. And uh, you know, if you don't have a gun, you drive home. You know, kids listening to some loud music, you don't like it, you go home and complain to your wife. But when you have a gun, you open fire, potentially, and take the life of a child.
So, gun owners are just gunning down kids because their music is too loud now? Good Grief!
Of course, the Founders thought guns enhanced our liberties, and tens of thousands of Americans HAVE enhanced their safety with handguns, but fact are null and void to the bag of elephant dung.
By the way Whitlock, Chicago has extremely strict gun laws, how is that working out?
Chicago, a city plagued by gangs, murder and a failing public education system, is the most American of cities, says Mayor Rahm Emanuel.
In Chicago, on average, more than one person is murdered per day. According to the Chicago Police Department, the city has recorded 462 murders as of November 18th, an 18 percent increase from 2011 and a 16 percent increase from 2010.
See how well gun laws work? About as well as laws against gunning down your girlfriend worked this past weekend in KC!


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In "No Country for Old Men," Javier Bardem might have had to wear a haircut that was alternately described as Prince Valiant and Dorothy Hamill, but he was head-to-toe handsome at the Academy Awards. In a navy blue Prada four-button tuxedo and navy silk tie, Bardem also sported the perfect facial stubble and yes, good hair.
Also cutting fine figures at the Oscars were Patrick Dempsey in Versace , Duane "The Rock" Johnson in a shawl-colloard Versace tuxedo and George Clooney in Giorgio Armani.
Viggo Mortensen can always be counted on for something different, and his long coat was both fashion forward and beautifully cut. Ditto for Spike Lee, in his white coat and trilby.
We weren't as impressed with Daniel Day-Lewis. His shawl-collared tux was cool, but did he really wear gold hoop earrings?


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That first night was epic, California cuisine at its finest: root vegetable mash; green salad with sautéed vegetables and garlic-lime dressing; fish baked in parchment with garlic confit and heirloom tomatoes.
For dessert: baked pears.
We pick a theme. Typically, it has been a type of cuisine. I can remember Italian (more than once), Persian, Indian, Japanese, Southern, Laotian, and traditional American Thanksgiving. Once we did an Iron Chef-style night where the ingredient(s) of choice were mangoes and strawberries – of course, at the height of strawberry season. This meant fish tacos with mango salsa, a green salad with mangoes and strawberries, and strawberry shortcake. What's coming up? Maybe it will be Mexican or Chinese or all-American – grilled steaks and baked potatoes.
Cooking together is important. This is not some quick, forgettable meal. We usually get together on weekdays and the evenings involve everyone converging at the host's house around 5 or 6 p.m. People trickle in and open wine and start cooking, crowding the kitchen with gossip and updates and talking shop and politics. We eventually get around to the full meal at 8 or so – though depending on what we're making, it could be much later, which is why appetizers are so very important.
The location. We rotate houses, and there are pros and cons to each. Robin has a small kitchen, but his Berkeley hills house offers amazing sunset views of the San Francisco Bay. My house is close to public transportation, Bria's has a large dining table in kitchen, and Nupur has a huge deck and backyard. I love that we're comfortable in each others' houses. We know who has vanilla in their cupboard or who has that big wok we might need.
The scheduling. Well, this is the crazy part. You take four ultra-busy people who work and go to school and teach or take classes and have girlfriends or boyfriends and travel a lot for work and play and march for peace and fairness, and finding four hours where everyone can make it…well, sometimes it's a wonder we ever get together at all. Somehow we manage a dinner once or twice a month, not on a regular day of the week or day of the month because we want all of the four of us to be able to make it. Yes, sometimes that's a challenge. If we were smart, we'd plan the dates two or three at a time, but we're just not there yet.
The friends. Right from the start, we realized that cooking for 20 people is a lot different than cooking for 10. We often end up with 5 or 8 people, and the core group makes all the dishes. At first you might think it's a good idea for everyone who comes to make food, but really, it's not. The peak for us was the Indian dinner, which involved five main dishes and two kinds of pakoras and dessert – it was just too much, and everyone was crazed instead of relaxed – not to mention, Robin's kitchen was a disaster. The goal, we've come to realize, is not to be exhausted at the end of dinner, but to be relaxed and full (well, maybe stuffed is more like it). So, we invite three or four people, and it changes every time. The guests just bring beverages, and people really like coming to a dinner (as opposed to a potluck) where they don't have to worry about making something ahead of time and they can just enjoy fancy food – it's a treat, and a welcome one at the end of a long work day.
The Food. The "gourmet" description does not come from expensive ingredients. It comes from dishes made by hand, with care, from fresh, in-season, and often local ingredients. It's an opportunity to try new recipes or create dishes that seem too involved for an average dinner. This means that for the Persian dinner, which consisted of lamb with pomegranate glaze with grilled vegetables (Robin's contribution), rice seasoned with nuts and raisins (Bria), and two salads – zucchini and mushroom with a dill yogurt dressing and a tomato cucumber salad (Nupur), I made something not Persian at all. I was in Berkeley Bowl and saw fresh sour cherries – which I have only ever seen in a can – and knew that the dessert would have to be sour cherry pie. And because blackberries were also in season, the dessert became small, individual cherry pies and blackberry pies.
The patterns. And of course, there are the patterns that emerge. There's the flurry of emails the days before the dinner where we go back and forth about the menu. And I always make dessert. Robin always makes something epic, like hand-made ravioli from scratch, or malfatti, which you need to start at least a day in advance. When we end up eating at 10 p.m., we usually blame it on him. And then there are the meals that don't fit the pattern. The post-hike dinner with fresh pesto and beers and guacamole, because that's what looked good at the store. Or the beach picnic of fancy cheese, concord grapes, and fresh bread. Or the dinner when my mom was visiting from Ohio that involved a turkey roulade and an equally as yummy vegan tofu roulade.
OK. So, we all love food. But really, it's about friends, and having something that we share together that is not ephemeral and temporary, that is not about passively consuming entertainment that someone else has created for us. It's about creating connection shared culture in the midst of lives that pull us apart and despite disappearing opportunities to interact outside of families and workplaces.
And all of this talk about locavore and slow food and all that – the Gourmet Dinner has instilled in me that good food is something not just for special occasions. Cooking for the group can take hours when you want it to, but it can also be simple and fast and delicious. The dinners have helped me more consciously enjoy what I am eating, and not waste any more meals on things that don't taste amazing.


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Yesterday, Lu threw her first big temper tantrum.
For a week she snuffled along with a cold, then pneumonia. Thankfully, we caught it early, so I didn't have to worry about her lethargy and sadness for longer than a night. (That night when she coughed every two minutes and cried in between seemed three weeks long, however.) As I've been saying to everyone, antibiotics are the bomb. Within an hour of her first dose, Lu did her loopy little bow-legged dance around the room again. By day two, she seemed her jubilant self.
However, yesterday, she wasn't quite herself again. She didn't sleep that well the night before. I went in to console her after bad dreams so many times that I ended up falling asleep on her bed, her big teddy bear my pillow. I woke up with the imprint of its button eyes on my cheek. Danny tenderly said to me, "Happy Mother's Day!" Lu arose and clutched at my neck. In that moment, all was well.
Still, I couldn't help wishing that I had been able to wake up in my own bed, give them both kisses, nudge the pillow into a new coolness, then fallen asleep until 10:30. And then be awoken by breakfast in bed: waffles with warm maple syrup, scrambled eggs, slices of bacon, and hot coffee. The three of us would sit in bed until noon, Danny and I reading the Sunday paper, Lu alternately reading her books and bouncing on the bed. All the while, warm sunshine would spill through the windows of our bedroom.
It didn't quite work out like that.
My parents came over early, to see us, but mostly to see Lu. I only had 1/2 a cup of coffee in me when they arrived. My mother brought me a Mother's Day present: a pair of slippers with dust mops on the bottom, so I could walk through the house and clean at the same time. Um, thanks? We talked and laughed, and they played London Bridges with Lu. Within a few moments, however, she was inconsolably sobbing. "My bat!" The whiffle bat we had bought her the day before sat alone outside, in wet grass. She wanted to play baseball. It was raining. Again.
(It has rained approximately 3276 times in Seattle this spring.)
Nothing consoled her. Nothing. She sobbed, not saying anything that could help me figure out what to do. I walked her around the house.
And then I remembered. Hungry.
We shoveled yogurt and maple syrup into her. Five minutes later, she revived to bounce on her bed.
I was exhausted.
The whole day went that way. She fought her nap because she knew we were going to a play her 8-year-old cousin was performing in. She fell asleep, a rumpled mess, half an hour before we had to leave. I woke her, regretting already, to put her in the car. Only 10 minutes into the play with music by my brother, who is the music teacher for the elementary school, and his students Lu sat in the darkness, tensed. Clutches of children danced onstage with colored swaths of cloth, masks to represent animals, and jangly dark music. After her beloved cousin left the stage, wearing jungle makeup and a strange costume, Lu screamed in the darkness: "MAMA! GO HOME NOW!" We fled.
Friends came over just after we returned home. She loves these boys we jokingly refer to his parents as our future in-laws but for half an hour, she wanted nothing to do with them. She huddled into me, whimpering whenever they came near. She begged for a banana, then squished it between her fingers. When she saw the mess on her hands, she screamed. She didn't want the boys near her bike but she didn't want to ride it herself. At one point, she ran toward the boys near her bike clutching her wet bat and a whiffle ball in one hand, a bowl of cut-up kiwi and the remnants of squished banana in the other hand, screaming. She climbed onto her bike, then looked at me accusingly and said, "Hold me, Mama. Hold me!"
Of course, I did. And all the while, I wondered: what did you do with my child?
I also kept thinking, "Happy Mother's Day."
She calmed, eventually. Later, she and the boys set to digging clods of dark dirt in the garden with her new shovel and a couple of spades. I had a bit of a chance to talk with my friend, Christi, who has just realized she needs to be gluten-free. I felt like I could help her. The sun even broke through the clouds for a few moments.
However, later in the evening, when it was time for bed, Lu shoved all her beloved books off the bed and shouted, "No books! No books!" A moment later, she burst into tears: "My books! My books! Where are my books?"
After I had kissed her, consoled her, and closed the door to her room, I collapsed on the couch. Danny was at work, battling maddening crowds for the holiday. There was no food in the house. I couldn't put two coherent thoughts together.
I will admit to this: I had a pouty moment. A little churlish, a smidge petulant, and a lot ridiculous, I wished that Mother's Day had been the way I had hoped.
And then I looked at my wrist and remembered to breathe.
Expectations are premature disappointments.
I thought, immediately, of Gretchen Holt Witt, the founder of Cookies for Kids' Cancer. Her 2-year-old son, Liam, battled cancer for 4 years. He died this year. He was six.
Gretchen and Larry Witt turned their grief into energy for other kids. Did you know there are 13,000 new cases of childhood cancer every year? And that roughly 25% of the kids who do not survive those cancers do not because there is not proper funding for their treatments? These beautiful people are urging us to have bake sales to raise money for kids who are deathly ill, right this moment.
And I was feeling bad because I had battled a sobbing child all day.
I am certain, to the bone, that Gretchen would give anything to have a sobbing, temper-tantrum-throwing son to hold in her arms.
Then, as happens in constant waves these days, I remembered the loss of our friend Kim.
Danny and I attended her memorial on Wednesday. It was the most inspiring, sad, and hilarious memorial I have ever attended. I won't even attempt to tell you about it.
However, I will share this.
Tucked into the program for her memorial was a single sheet of paper:
Read These Books
The Bunny Planet by Rosemary Wells
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard
My Antonia by Willa Cather
The Shipping News by E. Annie Proulx
Birds of America by Lorrie Moore
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers
The Silver Palate Cookbook by Julee Rosso & Sheila Lukins
I pulled down my copy of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, one of the most important books of my life. Grateful and determined to be in that moment, I settled into the couch stained with squished banana and the memory of Kim sitting next to me. And I read.
By the time Danny came home, exhausted after a long day, I was back to myself again. It had been an imperfect Mother's Day. We three are alive.
Danny and I sat eating rhubarb buckle he brought home from the restaurant, talking late into the night.
Today, I made another batch of quinoa cookies, for Lucy (who woke up delightful again after a long night's sleep), for Liam who can no longer eat them, for Kim who will inspire me to the end of my days, and for you.
Thanks for being here.
Kim's list inspired us to talk about books we love, the great consolers we want with us to the end of our days. What are yours? We'd love to see your list.
QUINOA COOKIES, adapted from Good to the Grain: Baking with Whole-Grain Flours
These are the gluten-free version of Kim Boyce's brilliant creations. As I have written about before, I love Good to the Grain: Baking with Whole-Grain Flours. (I'm not the only one. It just won a James Beard award!) Its inventive flavors, baked goods created with whole grains, and its introduction to gluten-free flours to pastry chefs and home cooks who don't have to avoid gluten? Oh yeah.
These cookies are barely sweet. If you are still a fan of grocery store powdered sugar sweetness, these may not be the cookies for you. I've been gradually losing more and more of my sweet tooth every year. These cookies have a low hum of sweetness, along with the faint echo of the grassiness of quinoa, and a healthy taste that makes you feel good for eating them. When our friend Becky tried them, she said, "You know, these are the like the cookies I should bake, because 1 of them really satisfies me, instead of wanting to eat 50." And then she ate three more.
I find I crave treats like this more than gloppy sweetness. Whole grains, unrefined sugar, good eggs, molasses these satisfy and make me feel like I could live a long time.
350 grams gluten-free all-purpose flour
60 grams quinoa flour
2 teaspoons kosher salt
1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons grated nutmeg
195 grams (1 ½ cups) gluten-free rolled oats
1 ¾ cup quinoa flakes
228 grams (1 cup or 2 US sticks) cold unsalted butter, cut into pieces
1 cup lightly packed dark brown sugar
1 cup sucanat
2 large eggs, at room temperature
2 tablespoons unsulphured molasses
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
Preparing to bake. Preheat the oven to 350°. Cover a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Mixing the dry ingredients. In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, quinoa flour, salt, baking powder, soda, and nutmeg. Whisk until the ingredients are well-combined and aerated. Set aside.
Combine the oats and 1 cup of the quinoa flakes and set aside.
Creaming the butter and sugar. Add the butter, brown sugar, and sucanat to the bowl of a stand mixer. On low speed with the paddle attachment, run the mixer until the butter and sugars are blended, about 2 minutes. Scrape down the sides of the bowl. Add the eggs, one at a time, allowing the mixer to run for 1 full minute between eggs. Scrape down the sides. Pour in the molasses and vanilla extract and mix for a moment.
Finishing the dough. With the stand mixer running, add the flour mixture 1/3 at a time, allowing the dough to mix in between each addition. Add the oats-quinoa flake mixture and run the mixer for 1 minute. Scrape down the sides.
The dough will be crumbly. Dont worry. They come together when you form them into balls. Scrape the dough onto the counter and let any remaining flour or dry ingredients tumble on top. Gently, work any remaining flour into the dough.
Baking the cookies. Form cookie balls of about 50 grams each. Roll each cookie ball in the remaining quinoa flakes. Put the cookie balls onto the baking sheet, leaving about 3 inches between them.
(Youll need to bake the full dough in 2 batches.)
Slide the baking sheet into the oven. Bake until the cookies are golden brown, about 15 to 18 minutes, turning the baking sheet in the oven halfway through. Pull the baking sheet out of the oven. Allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes, then transfer them to a cooling rack and bake the remaining cookies.
Makes about 20 cookies.


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Leaves basal or cauline, alternate to whorled, simple to compound
Inflorescence: 1° inflorescence a head, each resembling a flower, 1many, generally arrayed in cymes, generally subtended by ± calyx-like involucre; flowers 1many per head
Flowers bisexual, unisexual, or sterile, ± small, of several types; calyx 0 or modified into pappus of bristles, scales, or awns, which is generally persistent in fruit; corolla radial or bilateral (rarely 0), lobes generally (0)45; stamens 45, anthers generally fused into cylinder around style, often appendaged at tips, bases, or both, filaments generally free, generally attached to corolla near throat; pistil 1, ovary inferior, 1-chambered, 1-seeded, style 1, branches 2, generally hair-tufted at tip, stigmas 2, generally on inside of style branches
Fruit: achene, cylindric to ovoid, generally deciduous with pappus attached
Genera in family: ± 1300 genera, 21,000 species (largest family of dicots): worldwide. Largest family in CA. Also see tribal key to CA genera: Strother 1997 Madroño 44(1):128. See glossary p. 25 for illustrations of general family characteristics.
Perennial from woody caudex or rhizome, branched above
Leaves alternate, resinous, often sessile
Inflorescence: heads radiate, fewmany, in ± flat-topped to panicle-like, often ± 1-sided clusters; involucre cylindric to bell-shaped (wider when dry); phyllaries in 35 graduated, overlapping series, midrib generally ± swollen, translucent
Ray flowers fewmany; ligules yellow
Disk flowers fewmany; corollas yellow, generally glabrous; style branches finely papillate, appendage triangular
Fruit obconic, compressed; pappus of 2545 long-barbed bristles in 1 series
Species in genus: ± 150 species: especially North America (South America, Eurasia)
Etymology: (Greek: make-well, from purported medicinal value)
Reference: [Semple et al. 1990 Can J Bot 68:20702082]
Herbage generally ± densely short-soft-hairy
Stems 215 dm, short-rhizomed
Leaves: lower < 14 cm, oblanceolate to obovate, serrate, sometimes 3-veined, base tapered; upper much reduced
Inflorescence long, 1-sided, pyramid- or wand-shaped, many-headed (or short, raceme-like, few-headed); involucre 35 mm; phyllaries generally narrow, acute, strigose, outer 1/41/3 length inner
Ray flowers 611; ligules 35 mm
Disk flowers 617; corollas 35 mm
Fruit 0.71.5 mm, ± densely strigose
Chromosomes: 2n=18,36
Ecology: Woodland margins, grassland, disturbed soils
Elevation: < 2300 m.
Bioregional distribution: California Floristic Province, Modoc Plateau, White and Inyo Mountains
Distribution outside California: Oregon, Baja California
Flowering time: JulOct
Horticultural information: SUN: 4, 5, 6 &IRR: 1, 2, 3, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 &SHD: 7, 8, 9, 14.


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Here was my Earth Day FOTD, using Ben Nye's "Chartreuse", Pure Luxe's "Venom", MAC "Humid" eyeshadow, and of course "Bio Green". I also used a little bit of Ben Nye's "Sun Yellow" and "Aztec Gold" washed over the inner corners...
I will be doing a look using the Ben Nye Palette, so stay tuned!
What I used:
- MAC Fix+ Spray
- Monistat Chafing Gel as primer
- MAC StudioFinish Concealer NC30
- Pure Luxe Foundation in "Warm Honey"
- MAC Sculpt & Shape Powder in Accentuate and Sculpt on cheek bones to contour
- MAC "Hipness" Blush
- EDM "Waffle Cone"
Eyes: (all applied DRY)
- Urban Decay Primer Potion
- Ben Nye (BN) e/s in "Aztec Gold" and a little "Sun Yellow" applied on the inner corners of the eyes
- BN's e/s in "Chartreuse" on inner half of the lid
- MAC "Bio Green" on the middle of the lid blended with "Chartreuse"
- Pure Luxe's e/s in "Venom" 3/4 of the lid (near outer half)
- MAC "Humid" e/s applied on outer-V and contour
- ULTA "Gold Leaf" as highlight
- Milani Color Brilliance Eye Pencil in Green on lower lashline
- MAC Fluidline in "Nightfish"
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Tuesday, April 22, 2008
FOTD: Earth Day!
Here was my Earth Day FOTD, using Ben Nye's "Chartreuse", Pure Luxe's "Venom", MAC "Humid" eyeshadow, and of course "Bio Green". I also used a little bit of Ben Nye's "Sun Yellow" and "Aztec Gold" washed over the inner corners...
25 comments
- christy. said...
I LOVE IT :D I love green green greennnn. This reminds me sort of like an Adam & Eve -ish thing. Wonderful job :D
- April 23, 2008 at 3:25 AM
- Tahn said...
Great site :)
- April 23, 2008 at 3:29 AM
- Cruelty-Free Beauty Maven said...
do you know if ben nye products are cruelty-free? it might say on the packaging itself maybe. it's proven kinda hard to find info on this brand (and a ton of others!) online. thanks!
- April 23, 2008 at 3:53 AM
- Emilee @ GMM said...
Shoot, I totally did not realize today was Earth Day! Gorgeous look, as always. Greens look so good on you!
- April 23, 2008 at 3:56 AM
- Nic Nic said...
The greens are just beautiful!! and i love lips as well.. so glad to see your using bonus beat, thats the only l/g i got from that collection haha.
- April 23, 2008 at 5:02 AM
- xppinkx said...
love the look its money baby....think green!
- April 23, 2008 at 6:08 AM
- MakeupByRenRen said...
gorgeous! i love the nude lip paired with it...you're definitely going "green" for earth day ;)
- April 23, 2008 at 6:20 AM
- Hessah said...
that is so beautiful!
Can't wait till your BN FOTD :)
- April 23, 2008 at 7:12 AM
- BeautyTalk said...
I love green too. Pretty! :)
- April 23, 2008 at 8:20 AM
- mandilicious said...
i love green!..it always brings out brown eyes!..Happy Earth Day!
- April 23, 2008 at 9:14 AM
- ladystarr said...
wow! so pretty I love it! venom and humid are on my wishlist now!
- April 23, 2008 at 12:06 PM
- ilurvemakeup said...
Hey did you color your hair??? It looks different in these pics :o I'm starting to like green, but with purple lol I've done a few BN looks already, they are so fab, I lurve them :)
- April 23, 2008 at 12:08 PM
- Anonymous said...
wow the green really suits you!
I have to confess I came across your site accidentally a few days ago, and I've been back every day!
I love your colour combinations, very inspiring!
- April 23, 2008 at 3:04 PM
- MeaganMonster said...
Wow great look!
- April 23, 2008 at 3:36 PM
- yummy411 said...
great green fotd per usual ;)
- April 23, 2008 at 6:26 PM
- MeaganMonster said...
Jessica Rabbit for the win!
- April 23, 2008 at 6:28 PM
- Tiffany said...
Green looks amaaaazing with your eyes...they look so bright! Have you tried any of the new Sally Hansen Carmindy makeup yet? It looks promising...although I can't find it around here yet.
- April 23, 2008 at 10:01 PM
- b said...
in your picture close-up of the (mainly pure luxe) pigments that you use frequently, what are the names of the two next to fantasy which aren't from pureluxe? they look soo pretty! thanks!
- April 23, 2008 at 10:04 PM
- Vanessa said...
thanks ladies!
Tiffany- thanks! Green is just a gorgeous color isn't it? I have seen the sally hansen new line and the packaging is cute but havent tried them yet...
B- they are from T123 minerals (adorned with grace) "black raspberry" and "blue indigo" she doesn't have a store yet she is at the testing phase of her minerals and I was a tester...
- April 23, 2008 at 11:10 PM
- Anonymous said...
i love your site! it's so informative and very thorough with each product you review! keep it up! and you look lovely with those vibrant green eyes! Do you use any primer for your eyeshadows? no matter what i do, my eyelids end up greasy and creasing my eyeshadows. im hopeless!
- April 23, 2008 at 11:29 PM
- Anonymous said...
ugh I love it! Green is my fave color and you rock it so hard! Keep doing what you do vanessa! :D
- April 24, 2008 at 8:55 AM
- Anonymous said...
Hey the green looks fantastic!! i use the monistat stuff as a primer too and i LOVE it!!
- April 24, 2008 at 10:04 AM
- Bliss said...
Oooo Gorgeous in Green , you look fabulous and your eyes simply pop :D
- April 25, 2008 at 6:20 AM
- brittni said...
thank you vanessa and that "b" was me, btw, lol finger/mouse slipped and deleted my name i guess
PLEASE share with us when she opens! They look gorgeous!
- April 25, 2008 at 8:00 PM
- (g)ezebel said...
woah. i LOOOOOVE this green look. love love love!!!
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Ah, Burning Man, the annual weeklong rave that draws thousands of free-thinkers to a remote spot in the Nevada desert. It's a festival so remote and bizarre that the only limit to free expression is imagination ... and that dust that always gets into the electronics.
Except when it rains.
That's when the "Burners" end up in the parking lot of the Reno Wal-Mart.
Turned back at the gate to the Black Rock Desert after rare showers on Monday turned the ancient lake bottom to a muddy quagmire, hundreds of "Burners'' were forced to overnight on the Wal-Mart blacktop. Nearly a hundred other RVs pulled into the parking lot of the Grand Sierra Resort casino, across the street.
"We're just trying to stay positive," said a woman from Oakland, California, who identified herself only as "Driftwood," and was hanging out with some first-timers from Texas. "Positivity can raise everything up."
Organizers announced after midnight that they could roll onto the lake. By midmorning Tuesday all but a few dozen of the RVs were back on the road again, and by most accounts, no worse for the wear.
"We'll make the best of things," said Aviva Mohilner, a former public relations specialist from Los Angeles making her third trip. "It always works out. Burners make it good."
One New York City man loading coolers into a U-Haul on his first voyage to the desert wilderness said he was in too much of a hurry to make it to the desert Tuesday to talk. But another New Yorker, Ben Zion, asked a reporter to take a picture of him and his eight friends from Israel, all anxious first-timers. The rain delay was actually good for them, he said: "We got to get some rest and a shower."
Cuong Huynh, a four-time Burner and IT specialist from San Diego, California, said he's usually more concerned about dusty wind storms than rain, which is why he keeps his cellphone in a plastic bag.
Last year, it rained just before the festival, packing all the dirt and keeping the dust down, he said.
"Rain is really good for us, just not while you're out there," he said.
Destin Gerek, an 11-year veteran, thinks the delay will add a spark to the gathering.
"All this pent-up energy," said Gerek, 36, who teaches Burning Man workshops on the "intersection of sexuality and pirituality."
Gerek grew up in New York City, lives in California and has toured 25 different countries. "In all my travels, Burning Man is utterly unique," he said. "Absolutely nothing compares."
That was the general consensus among Burners Monday night as many of the RVs, VW buses and truck's pulling trailers gathered at a makeshift staging area under the blinking pink casino lights twinkling through the night.
It wasn't entirely unlike the contraptions that light up the weeklong desert gathering, which began at San Francisco's Baker Beach in 1986 and now culminates in the Black Rock with the burning of a towering wooden effigy Labor Day weekend. A record 68,000 people attended last year.
Still, the Wal-Mart wasn't exactly what seekers of "paradise on the playa" had in mind while driving hundreds of miles to the counter-culture festival, which offers theme camps, art exhibits, all-night music and guerrilla theater, along with a decent dose of nudity and a bunch of other stuff that's just plain weird.
One camp this year is "Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust," where participants are invited to be photographed as they "strip naked, cover in Playa dust, paint cracks on the body and finalize with red hands to simulate a connection between oneself and the desert environment."
The journey's final hours, across a dry, perfectly flat lake bed that seems to stretch on forever, is usually part of the fun.
Unless, again, it rains, covering the clay-like surface with standing water that turns to mush under the wheels of a well-equipped "Burner" crew.
Barbara Quintanilla and Bill Sanchez, who drove up from Houston in an RV, said the delay was the least of their worries.
"We made a 2,000-mile trip and none of us had ever driven an RV before. It would only go 35 mph up hills,'' Sanchez said.
Jeff Cross of Orange County, California, said the brief detour hadn't deterred his group's enthusiasm.
"It's the best festival in the world," he said. "There's no cellphones, no internet, no money or corporate sponsors."
True enough, once they reach the desert.
But while they were stuck in Reno, the rain delay provided for one last consumer capitalist opportunity.
"We have a list of 27 things we need to get at Wal-Mart," Quintanilla said.


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I am wondering whether I am doing something wrong:
- I imported 20k pictures using PSu Server Edition 3.3.0 on a windows 10 machine, postgreSQL running on a QNAP NAS.
- Next I wanted to access these pictures from a macbook OS X El Capitain again PSu Server ed. 3.3.0.
- I connect to postgreSQL, folder view shows red icon
- I click on the top most folder, select Map to correct physical Folder,
- I open the corresponding folder and get an access violation (0) and PSu dies.
What am i doing wrong?
Of course I do see the folder in Finder, it is mounted via AFP, I can read/write files to it.
Reopening PSu going to folder view, I see a second folder identical to the former toplevel folder??? In addition a strange TEST.JPG, which does not show any image, and does not exist on the NAS appears also at the toplevel just below the former toplevel directory.
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The continuation of Verizon's Droid line bears a striking resemblance to the new Moto X, at least on paper. Even so, the Droid Maxx and Moto X couldn't feel more different.
Motorola's press conference for the Moto X was filled with confusion, as everyone in the room had heard a lot of the information already. It seemed as if the presentation was an extended version of the Droid event that had happened just weeks before. Motorola's X8 computing system, Active Notifications, and a 10MP "clear pixel" camera all sounded very familiar. As it turns out, a lot of what rests under the glass and carbon fiber of the Droid line is very similar to the Moto X.
If you pick the two phones up and use them side-by-side, however, there are some pretty significant differences. For Verizon Wireless customers, choosing between the Moto X and one of the Droid phones, specifically the Droid Maxx in this case, is going to boil down to personal comfort in a few key areas.
Despite packing a huge 3500mAh battery, the Droid Maxx is not a thick phone. In fact, the flat design of the Droid Maxx makes the Moto X the thicker device in the middle by almost 2mm (though the X slims down quite a bit at the sides thanks to that curved back and stepped battery). Stacked on top of one another, you can see how each phone is thinner at points, but one doesn't really feel thicker than the other when you hold them and use them. The 5-inch 720p display on the Maxx is a bit larger than the X, and combined with that flat slab design it's slightly more challenging to reach the whole phone with just one hand, but overall the Maxx is a huge improvement over its predecessor, the Razr Maxx HD.
Where you will most notice a difference in using these two phones is the weight, as the Droid Maxx is more than 30 grams heavier than the Moto X.
Verizon has loaded the Droid Maxx with the usual bloat, complete with a new line of chirps, laser blasts, and robotic voices to compliment Verizon's exclusive branding. Verizon's apps, along with the Amazon app suite, are all over the home screens and app drawer when you first start using the phone. They are fairly easy to remove or disable, if you decide you have no need for those apps.
Motorola has included the same suite of apps and features that are available with the Moto X, including the Motorola Assist tools and the built in X8 based features that remain unique and unable to be replicated. Motorola has included two new apps with the Droid Maxx, Ingress, and Droid Zap. Ingress is Google's augmented reality game, and the Droid phones are the first to have the game pre-loaded. If you play the game, when you sign in with a new Droid you get a huge list of weapons and accessories to use in game.
Droid Zap is an all new app, but not really a new idea. It's a file sharing service, designed to be made easy by allowing you to just swipe two fingers on the screen to throw or catch a file. There's some useful tools, like the ability to secure the file in case it is intercepted "accidentally" but ultimately it's a new way to shoot small files between phones. Droid Zap can be installed on any phone, but the feature is integrated in the Droid line so you can summon the fling or catch gesture anywhere.
Motorola's Rings Widget, which was unfortunately not included with the Moto X, is now Droid themed and likely only for these phones. The same features are there, allowing you to flick the individual rings for quick access to features and settings. This update allows for quick access to wireless display and Droid Zap under the clock, and while those probably aren't the first choices for most people it's a great addition to the widget.
Ultimately, the differences between the Moto X and the Droid Maxx are all about perspective. One one hand, the Droid Maxx could be seen as the Moto X+. It has a larger screen, a bigger battery, and comes pre-loaded with a lot of things that you may never have found to use on your own. The Droid Maxx is more than capable of delivering a great experience. On the other hand, the Moto X has a greater pixel density and is significantly better designed for single hand use. Text looks a little better on the One, and the smaller size display means it consumes less power. The "24 hour battery" on the X is more than enough to get most people through a whole day of use.
Choosing between these two phones, unless you're an Android power user who can't stand carrier bloatware, will ultimately come down to whether or not battery life is the most important thing to your day to day use.


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Mick Jagger is getting Grammy love this year, but it's not for his music — it's for his film producing.
The icon is nominated for best music film for producing the documentary "Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown," directed by Oscar winner Alex Gibney and aired on HBO in 2014.
"Well, it's great. Actually, I didn't even know they gave Grammys (for this)," a laughing Jagger told The Associated Press in an interview Thursday. "I kind of missed that category."
Monday's Grammy Awards air a day after the Jagger-produced series about the music industry in the 1970s, "Vinyl," debuts on HBO. The rock veteran has earned two Grammys in his career, both with The Rolling Stones in 1995.
This year, his competition for best music film includes critically acclaimed documentaries on Nina Simone ("What Happened, Miss Simone?") and Amy Winehouse ("Amy."), both of which also are nominated for best documentary Oscars.
"Yeah, I thought the Amy one was really good. I imagine that's going to win because everybody loved that so much," Jagger said.
"I haven't seen Nina Simone and I love Nina Simone and I met her quite a few times. She was an interesting character," he added. "But I must check it out."
Jagger shares his Grammy nomination with Gibney and co-producers Victoria Pearman, Peter Afterman and Blair Foster.
"From a musical point of view, that documentary is really interesting 'cause all the musicians talk about what it was like working with him — good and bad," Jagger said of the Godfather of Soul, who died in 2006 at 73 (Jagger also produced the 2014 biopic on Brown called "Get On Up.") "Musicians say to me, 'I found it really fascinating,' so ... I'm really pleased with that film. I think it's really good."
Roger Waters' "The Wall" and Foo Fighters' "Sonic Highways" are also up for best music film at the Grammys, to be held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Jagger won't attend the show since the Stones are on a tour in Latin America.
"It's a good category and there's really good films in that category, so let the best man or woman win," he said.
The Grammys air on Monday at 8 p.m. EST on CBS.


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Chicago Fire coach Carlos de los Cobos is rebuilding the team's defense. He made that decision clear on Monday, when the team decided to waive veteran goalkeeper Jon Busch in favor of former backup Andrew Dykstra, who has seen no MLS action.
Last week, the team signed rookie defender Kwame Watson-Siriboe, who is likely to spend some time on the back line in front of Dykstra.
The former University of Connecticut star says he has worked hard in camp to earn a position with the team.
"We're still as a team trying to get to know each other, and I think the coach as well is trying to figure out players and what multiple positions they can play in," said the Southern California native. "Just trying to be a total soccer player right now."
Although a star in college (he was the Big East co-Defensive Player of the Year last year), Watson-Siriboe sees big differences in training with an MLS team.
"The big difference? You still have to think," he said." College, as soon as you get there it's fast, but you get used to it. Now you have to think -- before you get to the ball you have two or three options."
Watson-Siriboe said he worked during the preseason on his quickness and fitness, two things that are important during a long, grueling MLS season.
"Everybody is very fit at this level," he said, noting it was something that was stressed at UConn.
"The challenging thing for me is to play with confidence, so that If you make a mistake, its not the end of the world, so you end up bouncing back from that on the next play."
Watson-Siriboe says he has received mentoring and help from a number of the veteran players. "A lot of the veterans have mentored me well. They just give you the insight in order to help you to help your game improve every time you step on the field."
The team is also pretty high on his abilities.
"He's good in the air," said Fire Technical Director Frank Klopas. "With players like that, they obviously have to adjust to speed in the league. We are looking for players who can also build out of the back and be good with the ball. He's a strong guy, but he needs work, just like a lot of guys you get in the draft. That's the one thing that you have to understand. You've got to keep guys in the right environment and give them an opportunity to develop and grow."
With a new untested goalkeeper in between the pipes on Saturday, the Fire may have to figure out how quickly a guy like Watson-Siriboe can develop.


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They start dreaming early so let them do it in complete comfort with a pair of Hawthorn Hawks cotton pyjamas, the perfect sleepwear essential for any growing AFL player or fan. The set includes a little crew tee with comfortable fabric pants all in the team's colours. These toddler pyjamas have the Hawks logo embroidered on both the tee and shorts so you'll know where their loyalties lie at night. The functional combo is sure to help the little one watch the evening AFL games in complete comfort as they cheer on the Hawthorn Hawks players.


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Copy and paste the pattern in Word and print it. Enlarge it on a copier till it is as large as the piece of plywood. Use carbon paper to bring the pattern on the wood. Saw the six cats. Take sand paper for the edges. You may paint the work if you like. Draw eyes, nose and whiskers with a fine black marker.


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WASHINGTON, May 20 (UPI) -- U.S. President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu pledged to work for Middle East peace despite differences about the discussion's parameters.
Netanyahu began a multiday trip to Washington Friday by meeting with Obama, discussing recent events in the region, the threat from Iran and Obama's comments Thursday about his vision for Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.
"The ultimate goal has to be a secure Israeli state living side by side with a contiguous, functioning Palestinian state," Obama told reporters during a media opportunity with Netanyahu. "Obviously there are some differences ... that's going to happen between friends."
Netanyahu flatly rejected Obama's call for the pre-1967 Middle East War border as a starting point, telling Obama such a border was "indefensible."
Both acknowledged, however, that they must work together to pursue a comprehensive, lasting Israeli-Palestinian peace accord, with Obama noting differences concerning "precise formulation" and Netanyahu said there would be differences "here and there."
"We don't have a lot of margin for error," Netanyahu said, adding, he intends to work with Obama to seek a peace that addresses Israel's security concerns, secures recognition from "our Palestinian neighbors" and provides for a better future for the region.
"What we're in complete accord about, is that true peace can only occur if Israel to secure itself," Obama said. "It is possible for us to shape a deal that allows Israel to secure itself, not to be vulnerable, but also allows it to resolve what has obviously been a wrenching issue for both peoples for decades now."
Both also agreed meaningful negotiations cannot exist if one of the parties "refuses to acknowledge [Israel's] right to exist," speaking of Hamas and its accord with ruling Fatah Party.
"It is not a partner for a significant realistic peace process," Obama said.
Calling Hamas the "Palestinian version of al-Qaida," Netanyahu said Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas must chose whether to kept his pact with Hamas or pursue peace with Israel.
Netanyahu also said a resolution of Palestinian refugees would not be resolved within Israel's border.
"It's not going to happen," he said.
"Peace based on illusions crash eventually on the rocks of Middle East reality," Netanyahu said. "I think for there to be peace, Palestinians will have to accept some basic realities."
White House press secretary Jay Carney told reporters some media coverage of Obama's Thursday speech has been misleading and that Obama's language was not a departure from longstanding U.S. policy.
"The president said the borders of Israel and Palestine should be based on the 1967 lines, with mutually agreed swaps, so that secure and recognized borders are established for both states," Carney said. "That is a formulation that has been understood by parties to these negotiations and by anybody who's been a close observer of these negotiations in this region for years.
"And I think that, again, anybody who knows this issue knows that this has been an understood starting point for resolving one of the four major issues between these two peoples, which is territory, for a long time."
Carney said "nothing [Obama said Thursday] contradicts the 2004 letters that were exchanged between President Bush and Prime Minister Sharon, or what Prime Minister Netanyahu said today in the Oval Office."


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Rockstar Games has released a new patch for Grand Theft Auto V to fix the problems ailing its multiplayer, Grand Theft Auto Online. The patch went live for PS3 early Friday and was released for Xbox 360 overnight.
GTA Online allows up to 16-players to run amuck in Los Santos together and perform all manners of criminal activity. For example, they can perform heists together or challenge each other to races. Along the way, players earn money to spend on apartments, weapons and more. Players also have the option to spend real-world money to get this cash quicker.
That was what GTA Online was supposed to be in theory, anyway. The game simply wasn't working when it launched this week. Many players were unable to connect to the game. On the off-chance they logged onto the game servers, they'd get stuck in the tutorial. On the even more remote possibility that they got past the tutorial, their progress was abruptly wiped out from time to time.
To make matters worse, the title update to GTA 5 that unlocked GTA Online was causing issues with the single-player campaign. After trying to connect to GTAO and failing, some players found that the character swap wheel was missing in the single-player. Others found that their single-player saves were now corrupted.
The latest patch aims to fix all of these problems, though. Here's the full list of fixes from from Rockstar:


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O'Reilly and Trayvon cry for help, Mr. President
Mr. President, it's your move.
The heat of public reaction from the George Zimmerman-Trayvon Martin murder trial is starting to cool.
Now the first black president has a chance to use his unique standing in black America to move beyond the racial static. He can help future Trayvon Martins – poor, young, black American men – avoid falling into more trouble and off America's ladder of upward mobility.
Bill O'Reilly passionately made the point on his show this week when he said it is time for "straight talk and I hope the president is listening because we need him to lead on this issue."
And the issue O'Reilly loudly nailed to the presidential wall for priority action is the high number of young black men who are victims of violent crime, who are convicted of violent crime and end up in jail for breaking the law.
"The statistics are overwhelming," O'Reilly said. "Here is the headline: Young black men commit homicides at a rate ten times greater than whites and Hispanics combined." And the root cause of the problem, O'Reilly said, is "the disintegration of the African-American family."
It is hard for O'Reilly to make this point and get young black men or civil rights leaders to listen.
When a white conservative raises the issue of black men and crime, especially after the overwhelming white Republican support for a verdict that gave no justice to the black family of a murdered teen, a lot of people are going to see it as trying to shift the focus to problems in the black community. They also dismiss it as an attempt to distract black people from their outrage over recent events.
That is why it is time for people who care about black America to act.
That is why O'Reilly is exactly right to point to the black man with the highest level of credibility in black America since Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. – President Obama – and challenge that man to deliver the message to black America that it is time to focus on fixing the black family and helping young black men get on the road to success.
Bill Cosby, the famous comic entertainer, has a lot of credibility in black America. He has tried to deliver the message that there is map for young black men to find success. I wrote a book about Cosby's epic effort, it's called 'ENOUGH: The Phony Leaders, Dead-End Movements, and Culture of Failure That Are Undermining Black America – and What We Can Do About It."
But no one has the chance to deliver that message as powerfully as President Obama can right now. He is in a unique historical position, with a singular pulpit from which to speak and act to do something incredible to help young black men benefit from the opportunities in our great country.
Here is what he should say clearly. The road to success is plain as day.
1. Stay in school and graduate from the highest level of school – but absolutely, no excuses, graduate from high school.
2. Take a job and hold it, no matter what job, no matter if your friends put you down for 'flipping burgers.' Use the job to get experience, make contacts with business people, and build a resume.
3. Marry after you have finished your education and while you have a job.
And the final step is important for you and for the future of your family and your community:
4. Don't have children until you are 21-years-old and married.
Imagine if President Obama repeated that message over and over, ignoring the phonies who want to focus only on "systemic" racism as the reason for high rates of poverty, involvement with crime, and incarceration among black men.
Imagine if the president delivered that message despite attempted to intimidate him by civil rights leaders like Rev. Jesse Jackson who said the president deserved to be castrated for calling for black men to be good fathers.
Imagine if he decided to deliver that message and by-passed the so-called 'racial experts' and academics who prefer to look at America's troubled racial history – slavery and legal segregation.
The answer is the president could make a difference in millions of lives and build a legacy on par with Dr. King.
And that message is a proven solution. Here is the track record for that solution as I wrote about it in my book, "ENOUGH: The Phony Leaders, Dead-End Movements, and Culture of Failure That Are Undermining Black America--and What We Can Do About It." "The poverty rate for any black man or woman who follows that formula is a mere 6.4 percent…in other words by meeting those basic requirements black American can cut their chances of being poor by two-thirds…even white American families have a higher poverty rate than black people who finished high school, got married, had children after 21 and worked for at least one week a year."
The key for black women is also in the formula – do not have a baby outside of a strong marriage. Over a third [35 percent] of the black women who have children out of wedlock – now tragically more than 70 percent – live in poverty.
By comparison, only 17 percent of black women who are married live in poverty. And black children with both parents at home have a better chance for success, fewer dealings with the police, higher graduation rates and are more likely to marry before they have children.
Marriage and the presence of adults as role models and loving disciplinarians is absolutely critical helping young black men build the self-esteem that puts them in position to make good decisions that lead to the road to success.
As usual, my pal O'Reilly puts it more bluntly: "Right now 73 percent of all black babies are born out of wedlock. That drives poverty and the lack of involved fathers leads to young boys growing up resentful and unsupervised. When was the last time you saw a public service ad telling young black girls to avoid [out-of-wedlock pregnancies]? Has President Obama done such an ad?"
There's nothing that could be done for young black men that's more powerful, that would help them more, than strong fathers who are present in strong families.
Mr. President, it is your move.


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The takeaway moment from On The Water is a woeful Samuel T. Herring bemoaning, "Do you believe in love?" He does—and he doesn't. The Future Islands frontman spends much of the group's third album waxing nostalgic over dead-end romances and the swollen heartaches that come with them. It's a bit manic-depressive, to be sure, like the obsessive friend who just can't comprehend why things didn't work out. But the album seems to be less about keeping those feelings in than it is about finally letting them go. On The Water is a cryptic confessional, Herring's own song-by-song exorcism of haunted thoughts and occupied memories.
There are, of course, two other guys in the Baltimore-based band. Much credit is owed to bassist William Cashion and keyboardist Gerrit Welmers for smartly building the album around hooky, post-wave basslines and heady synth beats that exalt—rather than condemn—the affairs of the heart. The record is sweetly evocative, swathed in meditative rhythms and lighthearted melodies. Tracks like "The Great Fire" (with elegant guest vocals from Wye Oak's Jenn Wasner) and "Balance" teem with youthful exuberance and a John Hughes-like wonder at all the cinematic moments that make uncompromised love seem, well, believable.


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Microsoft Backtracks on Xbox
Following loud consumer complaints, Microsoft backtracked on some unpopular new policies for its Xbox One. George Stahl reports on MoneyBeat. Photo: Getty Images.
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She received a B.S. in physics from the University of Arizona, an M.S. in radiology (medical physics) from the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, and a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She joined the Wittenberg faculty in 1998.
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Monday's Supreme Court decisions in Hobby Lobby and Harris v. Quinn threaten women's right to participate equally in the workplace
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It's probably fair to speculate that the vast majority of the 60,000 SCOTUSblog readers Monday morning were there to see what happened in Hobby Lobby—the Affordable Care Act contraception case—and that most casual Supreme Court observers have at most a passing awareness that the Court also decided a major union case, Harris v. Quinn. There are many reasons why we all should pay attention to Harris v. Quinn, but here I will focus on just one that is at the heart of both Hobby Lobby and Harris: In both cases, a majority of five men led by Justice Alito put at risk women's ability to participate fully and equally in the modern American workforce.
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LEXINGTON, Va. -- The Washington and Lee defense forced four turnovers and came up with a key stop on a two-point conversion attempt with 29 seconds remaining to preserve a 14-13 victory over Franklin & Marshall in the opening football game for both schools.
The Generals (1-0) broke a 7-7 tie with 4:16 left in the game when junior running back Austin Eisenhofer (Mooresville, N.C./Lake Norman) scored on a 23-yard touchdown run. Eisenhofer's run came three plays after an interception by W&L senior cornerback Mitchell Thompson (Memphis, Tenn./Memphis University School) that set the offense up on the F&M 29-yardline.
W&L received an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty following the PAT attempt and kicked off from its own 20-yardline. During a 10-yard return by the Diplomats (0-1), the Generals were whistled for a 15-yard facemask penalty and F&M began the drive on the W&L 46-yardline. Eight plays later, F&M senior quarterback E.J. Schneider (Barry Lakes, N.J./Delbarton) found junior wide receiver Paul McGann (Havertown, Pa./St. Joseph's Prep) with a 12-yard scoring strike on a fourth-and-six play to make it a 14-13 game with 29 seconds left. Following a time out, the Diplomats decided to go for two points. Schneider rolled to his right and passed back to his left but pressure by the Generals forced his pass to fall short of the goal line and his intended receiver.
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W&L limited the Diplomats to just 247 yards of total offense, including just 128 yards passing. Offensively, the Generals gained 301 total yards, 282 of which came on the ground.
Senior quarterback Nick Lombardo (Duluth, Ga./Peachtree Ridge) rushed for a team-high 86 yards on 23 carries and completed 3-of-8 passes for 19 yards and one interception. Terna rushed for 85 yards and a touchdown on 12 carries, while Eisenhofer tallied 61 yards a touchdown on 11 rushes. Defensively, senior safety Walter Ramsey (Atlanta, Ga./Westminster) led the way with nine tackles and an interception. Taylor posted eight tackles and one pick.
Schneider completed 20-of-30 passes for 128 yards and two touchdowns, but was intercepted three times. He also rushed five times for 21 yards. Junior running back Lamont Jackson (Philadelphia, Pa./Germantown Academy) totaled 78 yards on 16 carries, while senior wide receiver Tim Muller (Pound Ridge, N.Y./Fox Lane) caught five passes for 33 yards. McGann snared two passes for 14 yards and two scores. Senior linebacker Brendan Wengerter (Cresskill, N.J./Cresskill) paced the F&M defense with 13 tackles and one sack.
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World number two Maria Sharapova saved her best performance of the week for last when she successfully defended her Stuttgart Grand Prix title with a 6-4 6-3 victory over second seed Li Na of China to kick off her clay-court season in style.
Sharapova, who had needed three sets in all her previous rounds in Stuttgart, found it easier against Li, with her serve setting her up for her second consecutive victory in the indoor arena.
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Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Springtime mancrushes: Jason Lane
So in the haze of optimism with which we surround ourselves these days, we're in full-on bromance mode with the Jays indomitable non-roster invitee Jason Lane. We're not actually watching the fake games, but when scoping out the boxscores, we can't help but get the impression that the team's fortunes will rise and fall depending on Lane's bat.
Okay, so maybe that's an overstatement. But at the same time, it's not out of the realm of possibility that he could actually contribute this year. We shouldn't forget that in spite of having more outfielders that places to play them last Spring, we still got to enjoy more than half a season of Mencherson. And we use the term "enjoy" loosely.
Also worth noting: Lane's also played a handful of games at first in his career. Just sayin'. In case someone who usually mans that position has got the hernias, or the ricketts, or the boogie-woogie influenza.
We're not kidding ourselves here, and no one needs to be reminded of the heroes of past preseasons, like Simon Pond or Gabe Gross. But when you're scraping the bottom of the barrel to find reasons to believe, you've got to hope that Lane could hit 26 homers again. (Right?)
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- Torgen said...
Jason Lane is one of those natural lefties who hits righty, so if he platooned with Overbay, they'd still always have a lefty fielder, which I guess has some slight positive value for bunts down the line and starting the 3-6-X double play.
- March 4, 2009 at 1:23 PM
- Tao of Stieb said...
We noticed that about Lane...it's kinda weird, isn't it?
Should we toss him into Lake Ontario to see if he is a witch?
- March 4, 2009 at 1:26 PM
- Torgen said...
Would you have tossed Rickey Henderson in the lake?
- March 4, 2009 at 1:32 PM
- Tao of Stieb said...
We already knew that Rickey is a witch.
- March 4, 2009 at 1:37 PM
Yeah, Lane is going to save the day. Dream on! What the Jays need is proven pitching: someone who can eat up a lot of innings, like the late great Al Nipper, circa 84-87. Without, they're doomed.
- March 4, 2009 at 2:10 PM
Blair seems to think Lane could start in Centre Field if Wells if on the DL by opening day...
- March 4, 2009 at 2:18 PM
Anyone paying attention to today's game against Team USA? Clement is ripping through their lineup!
- March 4, 2009 at 2:22 PM
- Ian H. said...
I don't want to get my hopes up too high either, Tao. But so far so good when it comes to Lane.
- March 4, 2009 at 2:23 PM
- Lloyd the Barber said...
It's long way down from the lofty height of Buck Coats. Your buckskin jacket photo inspired a nation!
- March 4, 2009 at 3:42 PM
- Tao of Stieb said...
Ahh, Buck Coats. We get misty just thinking of our brief mancrush on him.
- March 4, 2009 at 4:55 PM
- Darren Priest said...
So Barry Bonds is supposedly still begging for a contract. Am I crazy for wishing he could be signed? My rationale:
A) He can DH and probably still mash a few. He should be reasonably cheap.
B) The Jays go from a kinda boring team that rarely makes the news to the Macho Man Randy Savage of the MLB
C) the youngsters still get their ABs etc. since the old man needs a lot of days off -- PS don't talk to Barry and for fuck's sake don't sit in his shiatsu chair
- March 4, 2009 at 5:01 PM
- Torgen said...
I have a feeling we could wait to sign Bonds until we know that Snider needs to spend more than a week in AAA instead of assuming that he does.
- March 4, 2009 at 6:43 PM
- Darren Priest said...
That is true. I wasn't really factoring ABs for Snider into the equation. Mainly because Bonds will not be approached by the Jays, but if he were, I wouldn't have a problem with letting Snider mature in AAA rather than use up his eligibility in a year where the Jays are, in the words of the esteemed Jeff Blair, rebuilding.
- March 4, 2009 at 8:13 PM
That is true. I wasn't really factoring ABs for Snider into the equation. Mainly because Bonds will not be approached by the Jays, but if he were, I wouldn't have a problem with letting Snider mature in AAA rather than use up his eligibility in a year where the Jays are, in the words of the esteemed Jeff Blair, rebuilding.Quote from Darren the Wise
Darren as usual you come up with great points. Just having Barroid in the lineup will scare teams. This team is so perplexing. If they had Barroid last year with that pitching who knows what would have happened? NOw the team will be in the basement. For those who don't think so, ANON @ 2:10 pm is on to something. They couldn't hit NOW they have lost three starters. Their 4th and 5th starters are your second and third pitchers.....it will be a mess. I never believed in curses BUT there is a curse with this team. Is there something with Arnsberg's pitching instruction that is hurting all these guys?
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- March 5, 2009 at 10:42 AM
Odds of Bonds getting a major league contract:
I'm sure he can still hit, but he's going to spend a lot of time in court.
- March 5, 2009 at 10:47 AM
- Torgen said...
Are we so sure that Marcum's 80 extra career innings of being worse in front of the same defense make him that much better than Litsch?
- March 5, 2009 at 1:14 PM
- Darren Priest said...
Yeah, it's true that Barry is not getting a contract. I'm less Darren the wise than Darren the wishful thinker. In fact, Barry could be prohibited from leaving the US in the near future.
- March 5, 2009 at 4:47 PM
Jason Lane: Man crush.
Discuss amongst yourselves.
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WBCHSE Results 2012 for 12th Class (XII) will be published on Monday, June 4, 2012 at 11:00 am in the morning. The West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education (WBCHSE) has confirmed the date and time for publishing WBCHSE results 2012 for those who appeared in the 12th Class exam.
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West Bengal Higher Secondary Council (WBCHSE) has proposed for introducing a percentile system for its students from the next academic session. The council will implement the system from 2013 after getting approval from the government.
The academics of the WBCHSE realized that their students have to suffer during college admissions due to lesser marks specifically in social sciences and literature subjects as compared to the other board students. Even colleges could not set high cut off marks for other board students as the Supreme Court has banned the old system recently which was practiced in West Bengal few years back.
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"Larry Moss is probably the most knowledgeable, articulate, creative, compassionate teacher of acting in America today. He is solely responsible for transforming me from a talented person into an artist."
–Jason Alexander
"Larry has an uncompromising dedication to the art and craft of acting. I wouldn't take on another role without working with him."
–Hilary Swank
"Larry is pure genius. He opened my heart and allowed me to feel again. I would not have been able to be John Coffey without him."
–Michael Clarke Duncan