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WAXAHACHIE — Mitchell Keith Anderson, 27, was sentenced by a jury to 10 years in prison and a fine of $10,000 on Thursday.
The Red Oak resident pleaded guilty to the felony offense of burglary of a habitation on Wednesday.
The jury then recommended that Anderson's prison sentence be suspended and that Anderson placed on community supervision. By law, the sentencing court must follow the jury's recommendation.
Judge Cindy Ermatinger, 443rd Judicial District Court, then imposed numerous conditions of probation on Anderson. The court's order set the term of probation for ten years. Anderson is also prohibited from having any contact with the victim. He must pay restitution to the victim, and he must spend 120 days in the Ellis County jail.
On Nov. 13, 2015, Anderson and two accomplices burglarized the victim's home and stole more than 20 firearms, along with ammunition and magazines. The stolen guns were subsequently recovered from Anderson's home.
During the punishment hearing, the State presented surveillance video from the victim's home, showing Anderson entering the house while wearing a mask and carrying what appeared to be a firearm concealed under a cloth. The jury also learned during the trial that, two years prior to committing the burglary, Anderson was placed on probation for the misdemeanor offenses of possession of a controlled substance and possession of a prohibited weapon.
The State alleged that Anderson used or exhibited a deadly weapon during the commission of the burglary. After jury selection, Anderson entered a plea of guilty to the burglary of a habitation charge and pleaded not true to the deadly weapon allegation. He elected for the jury to assess his punishment. Assistant County and District Attorney Jake Heffernan asked the jury to sentence Anderson to at least 10 years in prison and not consider probation.
In addition to recommending that Anderson's sentence be probated, the jury also returned a finding of not true on the deadly weapon allegation.
Anderson's accomplices in the burglary of a habitation were Aaron Perez, 28, of Red Oak, and Jordan Gail Caskey, 24 of Ennis.
The court sentenced Perez to seven years in prison and a fine of $2,000 after he pleaded guilty to the offense of burglary of a habitation on March 15. Caskey pleaded guilty to burglary of a habitation on April 11. The court sentenced him to four years in prison and a fine of $2,000.
"We were certainly surprised with the jury's decision to place Anderson on probation. In light of the evidence presented, we were also surprised that the jury didn't find the deadly weapon allegation to be true. But the system worked as designed, so we respect those decisions. A jury represents our community," Ellis County and District Attorney Patrick Wilson said. "My office will reflect on the community's decisions in this case as we evaluate similar cases in the future. I appreciate the time and effort that those citizens put into their jury service."


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OTA bookings still on the rise in Europe
Phocuswright Research says online travel agencies (OTAs) operating in the European market find themselves in an interesting position in 2018.
Phocuswright Research says OTA bookings continue to climb in Europe. They discovered that in 2018, the supplier-OTA channel reached €47.9 billion. They also found that as OTA bookings grow at roughly half the pace of the supplier-direct channel, modest growth is projected for the next several years. Their research also stated that in terms of OTA channel distribution, growth has become uneven; while desktop bookings are projected to be flat for the next few years, OTA mobile bookings are projected to skyrocket. Phocuswright predicted that by 2022, more than a third of European supplier-OTA bookings will be transacted via mobile websites and apps.
Historically, OTAs have focused more on technology than have travel suppliers.
Phocuswright stated that a range of factors contribute to the relative importance of OTAs in a particular category. Their research said that for traditional airline carriers, the supplier-OTA channel captures a significant amount of online bookings. Phocuswright went onto say that OTAs barely register a blip in terms of online low-cost carrier bookings, but said that in the fragmented hotel segment OTAs (led by market leader Booking.com) have been dominant.

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Korea University Since 1905
KU Insights
Korea University, a prestigious private institution which was proudly established by visionary people in civil society, does not receive a budget for operating expenses (annual costs and expenditures) from the government, unlike public universities. Even so, KU has achieved a ranking of 86th on the QS World University Rankings 2018 through its most valued assets, the intelligence and spirit of the KU family, and has also bolstered its contributions to industry, academia, and many fields of research, through constantly seeking breakthroughs in future knowledge industries. KU's focus on cutting edge research provides outstandingly talented people with new challenges via a virtuous circle of opportunities, investment and outcomes, which is motivated by the commitment to prepare talented people and humanity as a whole for the world of tomorrow. Moreover, recent increases in research funding are highly significant in that they underpin 'a new road to the independence of the university.'
Building a Research-friendly Environment
KU restructured its research capacity in 2015 to enhance its competitiveness. The position of Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, who oversees the Korea University Research and Business Foundation and other research institutes within KU, was newly created to ensure the comprehensive planning and coordination of the overall research efforts of KU. In addition, the Office of Research Planning was established to enhance university-level R&D planning activities in relation to large-scale national research projects and industry-academia-research cooperation. Moreover, the Research Planning Committee came into being in order to plan and promote large-scale tasks in each research field, and Research Coordinators were tasked with coordinating plans and making their expertise available to the heads of research groups. Additionally, KU analyzed the R&D trends in each field of technology research and held information-sharing sessions in each department on that basis. Furthermore, a comprehensive research information network system was established to connect researchers and to collate research information on a single platform so that researchers can access the big data which is most relevant to them. KU also recommitted itself to honoring outstanding researchers. For example, the Seoktap Research Award was newly established to reward faculty members who are in the top 3% in Korea in terms of the publication of research articles and books and in terms of gaining research funds.
Kwan Young Lee, the Executive Vice President for Research, stated that, "The improvement in the quality and quantity of research funding was achieved by intensively analyzing the focus of government investment, and by promoting our core work via the enhancement of our research structures, and by introducing Research Coordinators." He continued, "In the future, the evaluation standard for university competitiveness will center around how much high-quality intellectual property is produced." The Spirit of Challenge and Innovation Sweeping Through the General Biomedical Field
As a result of all these efforts, the vision of the last decade to put Science KU at the forefront of cutting edge research has borne fruit, with KU's engineering department now ranked in the top 50 in the QS World University Rankings. The Medical Center has also made great strides, and was selected as a participant in the Precision Medicine Project of the National Strategy Project, a contract which is worth 76.9 billion won. It has also had startling accomplishments in multiple areas including the production of research theses, R&D, intellectual property rights, technology transfer, and clinical trials, becoming the unparalleled leader in the biomedical field in Korea and beyond, which is often regarded as one of the fundamental keys to future progress.
The Precision Medicine Project is staffed by the first project team in Korea that conducts precision medical research in areas such as the development of cancer medications specific to Korean people, and a cloud hospital information system aimed at enhancing the efficiency of precision medicine.
The project team plans to lead the Precision Medicine Project by developing three new types of anticancer medicine and by collecting the medical data of 10,000 Korean cancer patients by 2021. Following their selection in 2017, the team has put great effort into expanding the horizon of anticancer-related clinical trial research, thereby bringing forward the day when cancer is conquered.
"For most domestic hospitals, medical treatment is their focus, in terms of their business model and their activities. However, considering the current medical environment, the provision of medical treatment alone cannot create sufficient income for these institutions, and thus they must grow their research activities. The profit derived from research of Massachusetts General Hospital, part of the Harvard Medical School, or of Johns Hopkins Hospital is 12~25% annually. The KU Medical Center has had accomplishments such as the establishment of a medical technology holding company and nine other current subsidiary companies. And building on this, we intend strengthen our research activities in ways that would improve the profit model of hospitals that focus only on treatment, and enhance research into curing patients," said Kee Hyoung Lee, the Executive Vice President for Medical Affairs.
The process through which strides can be taken toward future medicine is also important. Currently, KU is fast-tracking a plan to establish 'a team to select the leading technology for future medicine' and to lead the Fourth Industrial Revolution in the field of medicine. Also, in order to systematically develop promising technologies in the biomedical field, KU has established KU-MAGIC (KU-Medical Applied R&D Global Initiative Center) and has built infrastructure for convergence research. Accordingly, the cutting edge Convergence Medical Center, in which the research capacities of KU will be integrated, has been under construction since September 2017.
From the Reproduction of Knowledge to the Pioneering of a New Research Ecosystem
KU has been developing a transformative new research ecosystem based on the conviction that creative and innovative ideas are rooted in a strong research environment. The KU-FRG (Future Research Grant) is the first research fund established by KU that is aimed at superseding research which merely reproduces knowledge, and at creating a new knowledge ecosystem. In 2016~2017, 252 areas were selected for future-oriented creative research, and a research fund of 4,005 million won was created to support pioneering work in uncharted academic territories.
Additionally, KU has been selected for various research projects such as the Leading Research Center Support Project (research fund of 43.1 billion won), the Nuclear Safety Research Project (research fund of 28.5 billion won), the SW Computing Industry Source Technology Development Project (research fund of 18 billion won), and the Specialized Research Center for National Code Technology, part of the Fundamental Research Project for Core Defense Technology (research fund of 14.3 billion won). These developments demonstrate not only the strides KU is making but also the fact that Research KU is in the vanguard of the innovation that will change the future of the country.
The changes that began in research labs are now forming the path which universities should pursue into the future.
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1.1 Definition
1.2 Brief Introduction by Major Type
1.2.1 Ordinary Level
1.2.2 Single-sided High Transmittance Level
1.2.3 Double-sided High Transmittance Level
1.3 Brief Introduction by Major Application
1.3.1 Electronics
1.3.2 Eyewear
1.3.3 Telecommunication
1.3.4 Automotive
1.3.5 Solar sectors
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2.1.1 2013-2018 Global Capacity, Production, Capacity Utilization Rate, Ex-Factory Price, Revenue, Cost, Gross and Gross Margin Analysis
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2.2 Regional Production Market Analysis
2.2.1 2013-2018 Regional Market Performance and Market Share
2.2.2 United States Market
2.2.3 Europe Market
2.2.4 China Market
2.2.5 Japan Market
2.2.6 India Market
2.2.7 Market
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11.1 Janos Technology LLC
11.1.1 Company Introduction
11.1.2 Product Specification and Major Types Analysis
11.1.3 2013-2018 Production Market Performance
11.1.4 2013-2018 Sales Market Performance
11.1.5 Contact Information
11.2 Honeywell International Inc
11.2.1 Company Introduction
11.2.2 Product Specification and Major Types Analysis
11.2.3 2013-2018 Production Market Performance
11.2.4 2013-2018 Sales Market Performance
11.2.5 Contact Information
11.3 Essilor International S.A
11.3.1 Company Introduction
11.3.2 Product Specification and Major Types Analysis
11.3.3 2013-2018 Production Market Performance
11.3.4 2013-2018 Sales Market Performance
11.3.5 Contact Information
11.4 Optical Coatings Japan
11.4.1 Company Introduction
11.4.2 Product Specification and Major Types Analysis
11.4.3 2013-2018 Production Market Performance
11.4.4 2013-2018 Sales Market Performance
11.4.5 Contact Information
11.5 iCoat Company LLC
11.5.1 Company Introduction
11.5.2 Product Specification and Major Types Analysis
11.5.3 2013-2018 Production Market Performance
11.5.4 2013-2018 Sales Market Performance
11.5.5 Contact Information
11.6 Carl Zeiss
11.6.1 Company Introduction
11.6.2 Product Specification and Major Types Analysis
11.6.3 2013-2018 Production Market Performance
11.6.4 2013-2018 Sales Market Performance
11.6.5 Contact Information
11.7 PPG Industries Inc
11.7.1 Company Introduction
11.7.2 Product Specification and Major Types Analysis
11.7.3 2013-2018 Production Market Performance
11.7.4 2013-2018 Sales Market Performance
11.7.5 Contact Information
11.8 Hoya Corporation
11.8.1 Company Introduction
11.8.2 Product Specification and Major Types Analysis
11.8.3 2013-2018 Production Market Performance
11.8.4 2013-2018 Sales Market Performance
11.8.5 Contact Information
11.9 Royal DSM
11.9.1 Company Introduction
11.9.2 Product Specification and Major Types Analysis
11.9.3 2013-2018 Production Market Performance
11.9.4 2013-2018 Sales Market Performance
11.9.5 Contact Information
11.10 Rodenstock
11.10.1 Company Introduction
11.10.2 Product Specification and Major Types Analysis
11.10.3 2013-2018 Production Market Performance
11.10.4 2013-2018 Sales Market Performance
11.10.5 Contact Information
11.11 JDS Uniphase Corporation
11.11.1 Company Introduction
11.11.2 Product Specification and Major Types Analysis
11.11.3 2013-2018 Production Market Performance
11.11.4 2013-2018 Sales Market Performance
11.11.5 Contact Information
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THE City of San Fernando and Mabalacat City led this year's awardees for Pampanga of the Seal of Good Local Governance (SGLG) for 2018 of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG).
Eight municipalities in Pampanga also received the award in ceremonies held in Manila on Wednesday, November 7. The Pampanga awardees were among the 263 local government units (LGUs) that made it through the more rigorous and stricter evaluation parameters this year.
In previous assessments, DILG evaluators use the method called "4+1" where LGUs need to pass four core areas and one essential area, but for this year, the DILG has required LGUs to pass seven areas in the latest assessment.
The municipal awardees for Pampanga include Bacolor, Floridablanca, Lubao, Macabebe, Mexico, San Simon, Santa Ana and Santo Tomas.
City of San Fernando Mayor Edwin Santiago and Mabalacat City Mayor Crisostomo Garbo received their awards from the DILG at the Manila Hotel. It is the two cities' fourth time to receive the award.
The City San Fernando received the same in 2014, 2015 and 2017 while Mabalacat City bagged the recognition in 2015, 2016 and 2017.
The SGLG award is the "conferment of a seal to LGUs that adhere to performance criteria on any of the following areas: good financial housekeeping (GFH), disaster preparedness, social protection for the basic sector, business-friendliness and competitiveness, environmental management, and law and order and public safety."
Passing the seal entitles a local government unit to access the Performance Challenge Fund (PCF) for this year, allowing it to secure the GFH Certification for loan purposes and provides an opportunity to avail of other national program windows like Bottom-Up Budgeting Program.
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Remembering Paddy Fahey
Just getting around now to paying tribute to the East Galway fiddle player and tune composer Paddy Fahey, who died aged 102 years on Friday, 31 May. Fahey didn't give his compositions names, instead they are simply called "Paddy Fahey's Jig No.1", "Paddy Fahey's Reel No.2", "Paddy Fahey's Hornpipe No.3" and so on. He never made a commercial recording, nor did he publish a book of his compositions, but Paddy Fahey's music, with its beautiful yearning feel, lives on in the playing of Liz and Yvonne Kane.Tweet


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Mr.Archie Miyamoto served on active duty in the US Army for 29 years. He served two tours in the Korean War and two tours in the Vietnam War. He served two tours as a military advisor in Taiwan and also two tours in Japan, the first as a platoon leader in the 187th Airborne Regiment and once as the joint defense planning coordinator between US Forces Japan and the Japanese Self Defense Force. His military decorations include three Legion of Merit, the Distinguished Flying Cross, two Purple Hearts and the Bronze Star. He has already retired. Since he is indignant at "Comfort Women" propaganda of Chinese Communist Party and South Korean activists, he has written the letters to the mayors and city councils of relating cities to prevent the erection of Comfort Women statues as a former Japanese American veteran. His efforts contributed greatly to success in preventing the installation of some statues. His "Wartime Military Records on Comfort Women" is the Fact-based work that Journalist Mr. Michael Yon praised a lot. This article is Mr.Miyamoto's latest article.
Comfort Women Statues Shame, Not Help, Koreans
By Archie Miyamoto, Lt. Colonel, U.S Army, Retired
The comfort women statues that continue to proliferate in the United States, Europe, Asia, and elsewhere have an unseen consequence. Their tacit indictment of wartime populations is seen as cowardly and indicates the lack of concern with protecting vulnerable women.
As the world still waits for proof of activists' claims that 200,000 women — many, if not most, of them Koreans — were forcibly abducted by the Japanese military and made to work as comfort women, we should remember that there is another gaping evidentiary hole.
If hundreds of thousands of Korean women — and hundreds of thousands of women from other countries, as some activists like to contend — were systematically kidnapped from their homes, shouldn't there be evidence of massive resistance on the part of their fathers, grandfathers, brothers, and uncles?
While the silence of a population in the face of such alleged horrors may be understandable in a country under military occupation, Korea was not occupied. It was part of Japan during the annexation period.
Not Under Military Occupation
Koreans were well-integrated into Japanese society and work force during the annexation period. In addition to holding public offices and serving in the police force, hundreds of thousands of Korean men served in the Japanese military.
Many served as officers and a few as generals. Lt. Gen. Hong Sa Ik, head of PW Command of Japan's Southern Army, is an example of a Korean in command of Japanese troops.
Prince Yi Wu, grandson of the Korean Emperor Gojong, served as a colonel in the Japanese Army. When he was killed by the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, his aide — a Japanese officer — felt he had failed to properly protect Prince Yi and committed suicide. Is this the action of a man who saw Korea as a "brutalized slave colony"?
Passive Cowards, Opportunists?
Charges that earlier generations did nothing as hundreds of thousands of women were abducted are an indictment of the entire wartime generation of Koreans. A whole generation must have been exceptionally — and uncharacteristically — passive to allow such an injury to their wives, daughters, and granddaughters. (RELATED ARTICLE: Korea: Daddy Don't Leave Me!)
The allegations also fly in the face of the deep respect Koreans are known to have for their elders. Even former comfort women attesting to abductions make no mention of their parents (or anyone else) resisting or trying to prevent their alleged kidnappings.
One former comfort woman said she was reported as simply missing.
It is plausible to argue that one person simply vanished, but simply incredible to argue that 200,000 young women just disappeared.
The accusations of mass abductions in effect portray one's grandparents' generation as cowards and opportunists who sold out their daughters and granddaughters to the Japanese.
This is shameful, and it is a gut-wrenching insult to elderly Koreans.
Documents Tell A Different Story
Allegations are one thing, but facts are another.
World War II military documents provide overwhelming evidence on the true nature of the comfort women system. (See Wartime Military Records on Comfort Women by this author.). In addition to the oft-quoted "Japanese Prisoner of War Interrogation Report No. 49," there are additional documents, including the following:
- May 21, 1945, document "163LD-1 0223, a Combined Enemy Alien Preliminary Interrogation Report"
- "Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers Research Report, Amenities in the Japanese Armed Forces, Nov. 15, 1945, No. 120"
There are additional documents from Dutch, Australian, and Japanese sources, and even the diary of a Korean operator of a comfort station.
What Contemporaneous Reports Say
The many contemporaneous records of the allied forces at the end of the war clearly identify comfort women as contract prostitutes, not dragooned sex slaves.
Wartime reports of Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Japanese and Korean businesses in Chinese cities list comfort stations not as something special but as just another business. Comfort stations with Korean women were operated by Koreans and those operated by Japanese operators had only Japanese women. None were operated by the military.
Following the same pattern, in the Philippines, Japanese military records clearly stipulated that local brothels for use by Japanese soldiers would employ only licensed prostitutes.
War crimes involving the recruitment of prostitutes
While prostitution was legal at the time, recruiting involuntary women as prostitutes was a war crime – including under Japanese law.
There is only one case of involuntary recruitment found in the U.S. war crime records [HQ, Island Command, Guam, Serial No. 846, May 12, 1945]. It involved a Japanese civilian on Guam pressuring two women into prostitution.
The U.S. war crime records are consistent with the finding of authorities in other locales as well. In Indonesia, fewer than half a dozen cases were tried by Dutch authorities. The Bart von Poelgeest Report issued by the Dutch authorities clearly points out that forced prostitution was prohibited by Japanese military regulations.
Other than the incidents mentioned, there are no records of forced prostitution.
What Really Happened
The interrogation of three Korean civilians employed by the Japanese Navy describes what would have happened if the Japanese had abducted or conscripted Korean women as sex slaves. "MIS, Composite Report, List 78, 28 Mar 45" (page 3, item 18) states:
All Korean prostitutes that PoW have seen in the Pacific were volunteers or had been sold by their parents into prostitution. This is proper in the way of Korean thinking but direct conscription by the Japanese would be an outrage that old and young would not tolerate. They would rise up in anger killing Japanese no matter what consequences they might suffer.This more accurately describes how Koreans would react, especially the family members of the women being abducted.
Even involuntary conscription by means other than direct abduction would have resulted in riots.
Question of Practicality
The Japanese military was deployed on many different fronts and in many different campaigns. It had neither the leisure nor the capacity to round up and guard 200,000 women who were allegedly sex slaves from among hostile populations speaking foreign languages.
In some cases, critics have carelessly lumped the official recruitment of women for the factory labor force together with the private comfort women industry.
The Women's Volunteer Labor Force, known as the Teishintai or Chongsindae in Korean, was used to mobilize unmarried young women for factory work in late 1944. It had nothing to do with the comfort women system.
By this stage of WWII, Japan was undergoing aerial bombardment and fighting for survival. To be blunt, sex was the last thing on anyone's mind as cities burned and millions of people began to go hungry.
Over the course of more than seven decades of postwar history, many have lost sight of these wartime realities and complexities.
Humans in general tend to side with victims of injustice, and today World War II in the Pacific is often presented as a one-sided conflict in which everything that Japan did, from the battlefield to the bureaucracy, is somehow fraught with evil intentions.
But as is evident from the many original military documents, the sex slave narrative can be seen for what it is — a hate campaign to demonize Japan today, which has nothing to do with Japan's WWII past.
Comfort women statues are part of that strategy to demonize and delegitimize Japan in the eyes of the international community.
But, let us remember that these statues also tacitly indict Koreans as cowards who did nothing as a generation of young women was stolen from their midst.
Today's anti-Japan monument is also tomorrow's insult to those populations under Japan's wartime administration.
Archie Miyamoto served on active duty in the US Army for 29 years. He served two tours in the Korean War and two tours in the Vietnam War. He served two tours as a military advisor in Taiwan and also two tours in Japan, the first as a platoon leader in the 187th Airborne Regiment and once as the joint defense planning coordinator between US Forces Japan and the Japanese Self Defense Force. His military decorations include three Legion of Merit, the Distinguished Flying Cross, two Purple Hearts and the Bronze Star. After retirement from the military, he served as project manager of a subcontract on an Israeli military airfield construction project to the Negev Desert. After that he joined a Japanese corporation (Maruzen of America) in Los Angeles and became its President/Chairman. He is currently retired.
Original article : JAPAN Forward "Comfort Women Statues Shame, Not Help, Koreans"


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Hey Girl..
Have you seen these hilarious "Hey Girl" pics? They crack me up - pretty hot! Thanks to my friend Christine for sharing them on FB :)
I'm sure you're busy, but here are some fun links for your entertainment.
+ Come on! We're going to get the Christmas Tree!
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+ a great paper ornament diy idea
+ I tried this Mushroom Pasta Sauce the other day and it was incredible.
+ I loved this whole Friday Faves list.
+ Did you check out the guide to gift guides yet?
+ NPR's top 100 songs of the New Year
+ Cute post on vintage by color
+ An amazing apartment
Hilarious! And I love Ryan Gosling. That apartment in your link is amazing.
Merry Christmas!!
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Merry Christmas!!
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Those Goslings pics are so hilarious! The one about how he has a bath for you? LOVE IT!
Happy Holidays!
- December 23, 2011 at 8:13 PM
- ellie said...
I love the hey girl with Ryan. They always make me smile! Very cool list of links, too.
- December 23, 2011 at 8:44 PM
- ivy's closet said...
So much to smile about when I see this series of HEY GIRL!
Happy Holidays!!
- December 23, 2011 at 8:52 PM
- Dancing Branflake said...
The Hey Girls on Pinterest are hilarious! I love this one also. Never liked him before but I do now!
- December 23, 2011 at 9:38 PM
- mazzy may said...
Totally adorable!
Merry Christmas!
- December 23, 2011 at 9:43 PM
- Bad Taste Toast said...
Omg these pictures are so cute! :D
- December 23, 2011 at 10:27 PM
- Christianna said...
"Hey Girl", Merry Christmas!
- December 24, 2011 at 12:30 AM
- M said...
he's dreammmmyyyyyyy :P
i'll take him under the tree!
how was ur birthday!?
- December 24, 2011 at 12:38 AM
- Olga said...
Visiting your blog has been a bright spot this past year - always a delight. Have a wonderful Christmas and a wonderful start to the New Year!
- December 24, 2011 at 3:00 AM
- Stacey said...
Ryan Gosling is my new crush, especially after recently seeing him in Crazy, Stupid Love!! Hey Girl is pretty cool. Merry Christmas Krystal to you and the family! XX
- December 24, 2011 at 5:30 AM
- iris said...
Oh man, Ryan Gosling. The internet is now full of all sorts of Ryan Gosling meme blogs (Ryan Gosling, the feminist, Ryan Gosling the ecoscientist, etc). It's all sorta silly.
- December 24, 2011 at 6:00 AM
- Tracey said...
Haha, I love those Ryan Gosling 'Hey Girl' pics ... they always crack me up (and they're not too hard on the eyes either!). ;)
Have a wonderful Christmas my dear ... I hope to drop by a bit more often from now on. xx
- December 24, 2011 at 8:01 AM
- Fashion Cappuccino said...
Wow! Thank you for sharing these links! Definitely trying the pasta sauce! Merry Christmas Krystal! xoxoxo
- December 24, 2011 at 10:20 AM
- urban muser said...
those hey girl things are really fun. a colleague sent me one at work the other day.
- December 24, 2011 at 2:42 PM
- Lady Grey said...
Hee hee, love it!
Merry Christmas darling!
- December 24, 2011 at 3:22 PM
- sherri said...
Merry Christmas! Ryan G rocks my world.
- December 24, 2011 at 4:38 PM
OH MY GOSH!!! This is freakin HILARIOUS! Juts made my day btw :D
- December 24, 2011 at 5:07 PM
- Kelle Dame said...
He's dream-eeeee!
- December 24, 2011 at 8:04 PM
- Lynn {hearted girl} said...
oh man, checkerboard floors and gettin' busy with the tree plus those absolutely hilarious Ry-Ry pics....kill me harder why don'tcha. totally laughed out loud... HUGEST of smiles lives on my face whenever i visit! and it's been sometime since i last did, swamped about describes the status of things but still i don't know how time seems to get shorter as i get older - most days whoosh by with accelerated speed.
i hope santa is good to you, Krystal :) wishing you a lovely Christmas filled with lots of love, health and happiness! xo ♥
- December 24, 2011 at 10:13 PM
- Sabrina said...
So cute! Merry Christmas!
- December 24, 2011 at 10:33 PM
- aniamaria said...
great! :)
Merry Christmas! :* :)
- December 24, 2011 at 10:46 PM
- mienkintoshfairie said...
These are all great "Hey Girl" series, it's funny! That mushroom pasta sauce sounds good
- December 24, 2011 at 11:06 PM
- Mumbles said...
hi, how are you?
I love Ryan Gosling too, and the DIY ideas and the apartment too, the last one is amazing
Merry Christmas
- December 25, 2011 at 2:10 AM
- Imogen said...
Very sweet. Merry Christmas and happy holidays.
- December 26, 2011 at 2:04 PM
- LifestyleBohemia said...
Merry Christmas Krystal & cheers to an amazing 2012!
- December 26, 2011 at 4:39 PM
- :: Lavender's Green :: said...
I'm pretty much obsessed with the 'Hey Girl' meme. Ryan Gosling knows about it too, haha. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YB9lfm5l5w
x Jasmine
- December 27, 2011 at 9:26 AM
- Paislea Elyse said...
this is pretty funny!!!!!
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- December 27, 2011 at 5:50 PM
- jaclyn @ thelateafternoon said...
ryan gosling!! swooonnn. love this.
- December 28, 2011 at 9:40 AM
- Galit said...
oh my! this is so good!!!!
I'm bookmarking it for rainy days :)
thanks lovely! it put a huge smile on my face!
- December 29, 2011 at 1:42 AM
- Mrs. Parker said...
those "hey girl" posts are hilarious! love seeing them all over pinterest!
- December 29, 2011 at 8:53 PM
- Brissa said...
it's kind of ridiculous how much i love that man.
- December 29, 2011 at 9:29 PM
- Poppies and Sunshine said...
Hahaha this photo is hilarious. I love him :) I hope you had an amazing Christmas!! Have a happy new year!!
- December 30, 2011 at 9:41 PM
- navy and orange said...
this is TOO funny!
xoxo navy & orange
- December 30, 2011 at 9:43 PM
- Wander.Lust said...
i love the Hey Girl pics... so hilarious and Gosling is just too dreamy :)
- January 5, 2012 at 6:39 AM
- mapleandvine said...
omg YES you should see the interview where they totally call him out on it. HILAR
- January 6, 2012 at 7:01 AM
- the Thrifty Gypsies said...
all of the Ryan Gosling "hey girl" photos kill me! someone did a very techy "start up" version of it which, being a nerd, I find hilarious!
- January 11, 2012 at 1:56 AM
- Krissy :: Miss B and Hustle said...
Um, this is amazing!
- January 13, 2012 at 10:38 PM
- Crystle said...
I've seen these on pinterest! Too funny!
- January 22, 2012 at 5:02 PM
- Herryponting said...
Ryan Gosling.are you nice person.
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I can't believe the stupidity of God believers, they simply ignore science and fail to investigate what God really is and what are the psychological and environmental factors process that led humans to create it. Well, this blog is not about that. Not to educate God believers that God does not exist, they are too stupid to understand that. But to tell this (well this blog is for stupid God believers):
Lets say that you are working in a office in a diligent fashion, yet you get fired. The reason – your boss does not believe in you. No matter how much you loved the company you worked, if some one at the top believes that you don't deserve to be there, you will be smoked out.
Now lets take God and you. Do you really think is important to believe in God? Or is it important that God believes in you? Well you are a guy / gal with clean conscience, never think of God, and there is another one who does all wrong things, believes in God intensely and prays for forgiveness all the time. Who do you think God should believe and cast blessings?
Millions of people who go to temple are those who have committed sin, and they wish to think of God just to ask for forgiveness. Another bunch want to think of God to have a better life. Another bunch don't believe the universe created by God has totally let them down and seek him to lift them up. These people seek God, what the heck they think? God is a moron or something? And there is a big bunch of people that preaches about God and fools people by telling that God helps those who have faith in him. Babe / Dude, NO, NEVER. God if he exists never helps those whom has faith in him, but will help those he has faith upon. Simple.
Why doesn't the pope, Hindu and Muslim and other leaders preach this. Well, if they did so thy won't have a following and hence no business. Well, how do I know this? Just now God commanded me to write this blog. Promise! He was really white like a white washed house, he had not seen the sun for long and hasn't tanned and looks like ghost. and he told me that the readers of the blog will deposit $1000 in my bank account if they truly believed him 😉


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Many chain restaurant owners are unprepared for what they experience when they first start managing employees. In fact, this was a common issue highlighted by panelists at the recent International Franchise Expo in New York City, as reported by QSRweb.com. Said one franchise owner,
Multiple franchise owners shared this sentiment, highlighting issues including finding and hiring dependable people, dealing with managing them on a daily basis, and even occasionally having to jump in and take over when an employee calls out or simply does not show up. Echoed another franchise-owning panelist who otherwise felt well-equipped to run her own business, "Staffing is always an issue, and I would have been more mentally prepared for it."
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A couple of summers ago, I noticed some red dust on the windowsill. Puzzled, I cleaned it off, but it had reappeared a day or two later. I took a closer look, and it was moving! Tiny red mites, that had found their way through the cracks in the window sill. And they kept coming back. in their droves. Until I hit on the idea of sticking sellotape right across all the cracks. Ha! That foiled them! Job done. Except that sellotape rots and gets yucky round the edges after a while. When the room was decorated, the guy did the job properly, and sealed the sills over before painting them. now they look lovely, and the mites don't stand a chance.
The instruction to paint the door frames of their houses with the blood of their chosen Passover lamb in Exodus 12:21-23 worked a bit like that. It made a seal to keep out the destroyer. Actually, it was when the Lord saw the blood that the protection was applied, and he would not permit the destroyer to enter a house that had been thus painted.
Looking back from our New Testament perspective, we can see this as a picture of the sacrifice of Jesus as our Passover Lamb; how his blood covers and protects us. When we choose to enter into his house, relationship with him, we can know we are in a safe place. His death on the cross bought us life, and we no longer need to live in fear. While we still may have to endure difficulties, we know that nothing can separate us from his love.
The mites don't give up of course, and neither does the destroyer. Often it's the small things, little worries and insecurities, that sneak up on us, to try and nibble away at our peace. Especially when you get a lot of issues all going on at once. Then there's the bigger things of illness, finances, relationship problems… which can be so destructive, and it's hard to keep trusting that God is truly on our side.
Take hold. In faith, remember the shed blood of Jesus. Ask God to cover you afresh. Ask him to cover your home. Act it out if you find that helpful. Jesus died that you might have life, and life in abundance. Don't let anything, even the little things, rob you of it.


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Arkisha / Arkesha
The Sanskrit origin feminine name has been created by combining the words Ark, which means Sun or Fire and Isha, which means the goddess who rules. So, the literal meaning of the name is Goddess of Sun.
Arunika is a positive madeup female Indian name which signifies the bright light of the early morning or someone who gives life or is passionate about something.
It's a Sanskrit name which means Goddess Durga or Parvati. It is a Hindu baby name belonging to Krithika nakshatra.
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It's a beautiful name with Hebrew origin, meaning magic or tall like a palm tree. The word Tamara means palm tree.
The name has Russian origin. Vikesha signifies triumph or winning.
Ziana is a short and trendy name having Urdu and Arabic origin. The name means bold.
The name 'Nushka' is an Russian origin name which means a valuable possession. FYI, Anushka though sounds a Sanskrit/Hindi name is actually a Russian Name.
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Larisa is a trendy and beautiful name belonging to Russian culture. The name signifies a cheerful or light-hearted person.
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The name has English origin and it means a beautiful or royal life like a dream. The name also signifies clear water.
The name must be familiar to the global people for the recent years. Ivaanka Trump is a popular face today. The name has Bulgarian origin which means the almighty god is gracious.
Arika is an Australian origin name which means beautiful or someone who is praised for her looks.
Before your daughter makes her own identity in the world through her achievements, her name remains her only identity and as a parent you may wish to give her a unique, inspiring and positive name. The above names belong to different origins and signify some quality and spirituality. So, if you are not sure about choosing an unusual or foreign origin name for your angel, the list can help you out.


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CVPR Daily News from CVPR 2018 in Salt Lake City
Once again, CVPR has been a great success: CVPR 2018, held a few days ago in Salt Lake City (Utah) was attended by no less than 6,500 registered participants from all over the world, which makes it the largest CVPR conference ever. In the words of General Chair Michael Brown: "We have a hug...Read More
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Now that the restrictions that come with a vegan diet fail to faze him, Jeremy Lake, in his second cocktail menu since Crossroads has opened, made efforts to advance the drinks even further and towards a healthful mindset. And if any restaurant in Los Angeles has been successful at reframing how a diet with no animal by-products is viewed, it's Crossroads. Everything here is delicious – without mention of the usual apologetics – and the new fall cocktail menu is no exception.
Fall and Full Bar Descend Upon Pitfire Pizza on Fairfax
The place known for its consistently great, tasty and reasonable Neopolitan crust with the sides and pasta to match has stepped it up in the booze department – at least at their location on Fairfax. Formerly confined to wine and beer, Pitfire Pizza now has a full liquor license with a fall cocktail menu to debut with the return of a few fall food favorites.
The great thing about their new cocktail menu is that they've streamlined it to just a trio of pretty phenomenal seasonals but also Moscow Mules made with Tito's on tap, a few classics like the Old Fashioned and Negroni, and another trio of customizable sours with your choice of spirit. And they all go for a wallet-happy $8 per cocktail.
New Fall Cocktails Hit M.B. Post on Thanksgiving Eve
If you ever needed a reason to hang out in Manhattan Beach the day before Thanksgiving, I've got three liquid reasons right here. Known in the food and beverage industry as the "biggest drinking night of the year," Thanksgiving Eve will see some new, fall-appropriate cocktails at the destination restaurant, M.B. Post. Think of these cocktails as autumn-tinged takes on some classics.
Don't forget to try some bites to to line your stomach. After all, I can't see myself ever visiting M.B. Post without having a taste of Chef David LeFevre's small plates…make that many tastes…all Los Angeles "seasons" of the year. Or, if you've got the home bar with the capacity, I've included the recipes to the Jerry Garbus' team's cocktails below. Score!
All cocktails cost $12 each – whether fall-inspired or not.
New Fall Cocktails Debut at Sadie Restaurant
Since the weather, yet again, is doing nothing to evoke anything the least bit autumn, there are four new cocktails at Sadie in Hollywood that will do it, themselves. Forget that we've yet another heatwave (alas, in November) and let Giovanni Martinez's new creations take you to a place where the leaves turn colors and the air smells crisp. And your taste buds find a new appreciation for cognac…
Favorite Dish: Rein Fall in with Mo-Chica's Quinotto
I was loving the weather this past weekend in Los Angeles. At one time, I may have been one of those annoying Midwest ex-pats that complained about "missing the seasons," but let's be honest: Heat wave after heat wave into October does not a City of Angels make. We finally get to bring out the boots and maybe even sweaters. Late October is better than never, as they say.
Inspired by the grey clouds as well as the feeling that we Southern Californians will always have one foot in the sunshine, I recalled Mo-Chica's Quinotto – a quinoa-mushroom dish that invokes the consistency and tastes of a mushroom risotto. Drizzled with parsley-infused oil, this savory dish is perfect for the grey clouds that have been finally adorning our skies.
Pumpkin-palooza at Blue Palms Brewhouse: Saturday, October 29, 2011
LA Beer Week(s) may be over, but Halloween's not – and neither is your thirst for beer, I hear. When is it, ever? Why not combine the two by making a stop at my favorite neighborhood pub, Blue Palms Brewhouse, tomorrow starting 2 PM?
You'll get to quench your thirst and craving for pumpkin with these special brews:
- Dogfish Head Punkin'
- Midnight Sun TREAT
- The Bruery Barrel Aged Autumn Maple (bottle)
- The Bruery Autumn Maple
- 2010 Beer Valley Jackalope Imperial Pumpkin Porter
- Sam Adams Double Pumpkin
- Bootleggers Pumpkin Ale
- New Belgium Kick (Sour Pumpkin Cranberry Ale)
- Kern River Brewing Pumpkin AleShipyard Smashed Pumpkin
And the food menu will be embellished with these autumn goodies:
- Pumpkin Salad: Spiced Pumpkin, Lentils, & Goat Cheese
- Pumpkin Quesadilla: Pumpkin, Feta, & cilantro
Who needs to turn into a pumpkin at the end of the night when you can drink them at the duration, instead? See you at Pumpkin-palooza!
Oh, right: Happy Halloween, too!
Saturday, October 29, 2011
Pumpkin-palooza: 2 PM
Kitchen: Closes 12 AM
Bar: Closes 2 AM
Blue Palms Brewhouse
6124 Hollywood Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90028
Giveaway: Port of Los Angeles Lobster Festival – September 16-18, 2011
Who loves seafood? Or more specifically, lobster?
Time to celebrate that lobster love at the 13th annual Port of Los Angeles Lobster Festival happening next Friday through Sunday, September 16 – 18th, 2011. And while festivals come and go, this particular event takes the crustacean as it currently holds the Guiness Book World Record for most seafood served at an outdoor event. Impressive.
So, what's the deal before and when you get there? You can buy a First Class (VIP) ticket in advance for $41 per person, whereby you secure your lobster feast, one beverage, a poster by artists in The Uprising Creative and priority in the food and bar lines. There's even a special dining area for First Class ticket-holders and 1/3rd of these ticket proceeds benefit the Harbor Interfaith Services.
Feeling more like a pay-as-you-go program? Admission to the festival is $10 (be sure to print out the $2 off coupon) and Maine lobster meals are $19 each. Thinking you'll want more than one lobster? You can "double up" and add an extra lobster to your plate for a total 2.50 lbs for $33. Every meal comes with cole slaw, potatoes, sweet bread, lemon wedges and a buttery dipping sauce.
If you're vegetarian, the Lobster Festival has a great deal going on with the adjacent Ports O' Call Restaurant, where you can dine on their 50 item salad bar. Take your receipt to the front desk for free admission to the festival.
And, while you're there, you might as well stay for the fun. There will be bands (flashback to the '80s, anyone? Berlin!) and even Taiko drummers to keep you entertained once you've devoured your lobster dinner. And as the L.A. festival tradition goes, there will also be food trucks there like The Lobstatruck (of course), Rajun Cajun, Coolhaus and Barbie's Q.
And if you'd like to enjoy lobster for free and think you've got good luck, I've got a giveaway for tickets to the Lobsterfest. On the giveaway block are one pair of First Class (VIP) tickets and one pair of General Admission tickets. The winner and runner-up must have a mailing address to give me in order to receive your tickets. To enter, you must do all of the following:
- "Like" e*starLA on Facebook (yes, friends, I've given in to the beast)
- Leave a comment below (with email address field complete; this will not be shared with anyone) detailing your favorite lobster dish in memory. Make me salivate. Include your Twitter handle if you'd like to be announced as the winner on Twitter (and can be notified in a timely manner).
- Tweet this: "I want to win tickets to @PoLALobsterfest, @estarLA! http://estar.la/e/br"
- Be ready to give me your mailing address when I announce the winner at noon on Monday, September 12th and email you. If you don't respond by 2:30 PM I will be forced to choose another winner and/or runner-up!
I'll be checking all entries to make sure you've done #1, #2 and #3 before I put you in the drawing bucket, so make sure you're thorough. 😉 Good luck, everyone! And see you next weekend at the Lobsterfest!!
Friday – Sunday, September 16 – 18, 2011
Friday: 5 – 11 PM
Saturday: 11 AM – 11 PM
Sunday: 11 AM – 7 PM
Free Parking – Cruise Ship Parking Lot
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The Tuscan Fried Chicken at Cube LA
If "November" and "turkey" have become a little too synonymous for you, you're lucky to have the option of some good ol' fried chicken at Cube. It's available only until Wednesday, November 24 – and if you don't catch it now, you can expect to see it again in about a year.
The recipe is of the Tuscan variety and for $23 you get a a half-chicken chock with lemon wedge, Maple Roasted windrose Farm White Acorn Squash and sauteed McGrath Pea Tendrils. This isn't your usual, butter-filled entree but rather a zesty, juicy bird that packs a punch; red pepper flakes are in the batter. The fluffy breading crumbles beautifully under the weight of your knife (should you feel like sharing) and between your jowls to reveal an extremely tender, semi-boneless masterpiece by Executive Chef Erin Eastland.
While you're at Cube, don't forget a custom cheese-salumi plate of your choosing and glass of wine to start. It's always a delightful experience whenever I've dined there; trying the limited edition fried chicken plate was no exception. To finish it off, go seasonal and try their Warm Hachiya Persimmon Pudding or satisfy your chocolate craving with Dark Chocolate Espresso Cheesecake.
All food and wine were hosted.
LA Loves Alex's Lemonade Ushers In Fall Flavors
There were a lot of events going on over the weekend, but the inaugural LA Loves Alex's Lemonade at Culver Studios was a culinary extravaganza to hit it out of the park. The backdrop? The famous Gone With the Wind mansion on a beautiful autumn day. Our hosts were Chefs Suzanne Goin and Caroline Styne (Lucques, AOC, Tavern) along with Chef David Lentz (Hungry Cat) – and there was a solid showing of chefs from across the country who all offered their live talents to an event whose goal was to fight childhood cancer.
The standouts? Chris Bianco's Antipasto dish, featuring beautifully seasoned fall vegetables and almost making us forget that it was his pizza we were looking forward to. Celebrity chef Giada of The Food Network was personally on-hand to serve up her Pasta Ponza, topped with a fried prosciutto. Paul Kahan, of The Publican in Chicago, brought forth a delicious house-made chorizo coupled with cured ham and dressed with arugula and apples. Hailing from New Orleans was a dish from Susan Spicer's Bayona – a delicious grilled rosemary shrimp with artichoke bread pudding. Local Neal Fraser (Grace) had pig on the brain, or "Pig in a Box," as he called it. We caught him reloading charcoal into his smoking apparatus and appreciated the pork he prepared, dressed with a side of mustard potatoes and brussel sprouts.
With all the dishes at the event making it ever apparent that it was autumn in Los Angeles, the cocktails and beer did not pale in comparison. VIP had access to Craftsman Beer, offering up their Triple Sage, Lavender Sour, Poppy Fields and Firestone brews. Hungry Cat cocktails were also in VIP and out in the common area and were delicious as ever. Of course, we can't forget the epic dessert table from Tavern and Lucques. S'mores, caramel chocolate macarons, carrot cake – I didn't even have room for a bite of everything on the table, though I wanted to. Fortunately, I was able to stuff in almost a half-scoop of Mozza's Meyer Lemon Gelato. Its lemon zest packed punch in the midst of a goat cheese-like flavor and consistency.
If Caroline on Crack, Lindsay of LAist and I didn't have somewhere else to be later that day, we would have surely enjoyed basking in the Culver City sun with our perfect cocktails, food, beer and desserts the rest of the afternoon. Overall, it was such a stand-out showing that I do hope the event moves from inaugural to annual.
Held last Sunday, November 7, 2010
Culver Studios
9336 Washington Boulevard
Culver City, CA 90232-2600
Dominick's Introduces New Fall Cocktail Menu
Sometimes, it's not enough that you get a strong pour from the bar. You want that bar to be worth your time as you enjoy your drink. Fortunately, Dominick's has not one but a couple beautiful bars (a smaller one is just outside on their newly re-done patio) at which you can sip – and it's a perfect setting within which to try their new fall cocktail menu. Much of what was there in 1948 is still at Dominick's now, and the place has the charm and hospitality to match.
Is West Hollywood not your speed? No problem – just hop on over to Little Dom's in Los Feliz, where for the first time, they'll also be featuring the same cocktail menu as Dominick's. I was a latecomer to a preview first started off by Caroline on Crack, Daniel of Thirsty in LA and Aaron, the Savory Hunter, but got some pretty tasty sips in and deemed the Scotch Leaf my favorite original cocktail of theirs.
Find the menu below with their explanations. My notes (if any) follow each cocktail.
- Scotch Leaf ($12)Â with Famous Grouse Scotch, Maple Bitters, Maple, Egg White, Lemon and Orange PeelÂ
It was probably the maple bitters that really did it for me. The egg white wasn't too obvious and I love how everything just really worked with the Scotch.
- Dom's Manhattan ($13) with Rittenhouse 100 Proof Rye, Carpano Antica, Angostura Bitters and Amarena Cherry
Not the best executed Manhattan I've had (pretty watery) but it paled so much in comparison to the others that I'll call it a fluke.
- Southside ($12) with Damrak Gin, Cucumber Slices, Basil Leaves, Simple Syrup and Lemon served up with a skewer of Cucumber and Basil (Didn't get to try, so here are Dominick's notes:)
This drink was created in the early 1920s by the Mob on the south side of Chicago. The gin at the time was not as palatable due to prohibition, so mint and/or basil and lemon were used to cover up the flavor. Dominick's version uses basil and cucumber and a very floral gin, Damrak, from Amsterdam.
- Pink Elephant ($12) with Plymouth Gin, Lime, Simple Syrup, Triple Sec and Raspberry served on the rocks with a skewer of Lime and a pink elephant Tiki garnish
Basing my assumption on the color (a bright pink), I thought this would be a sweet drink but I was pleasantly surprised at how nuanced it really was. It had just enough Triple Sec and Raspberry to compliment the juniper in the gin. Delicious. Apparently, it's meant to replace the Raspberry Lemonade from summertime, and I'd say it's a great adaptation.
- Italian 75 ($11) with Plymouth Gin, Dimmi (winter wheat spirit w/Nebbiolo grappa infused w/peach & apricot blossoms), Lemon and Simple Syrup topped with Prosecco and a Grapefruit Peel
This would easily be my mimosa replacement at any brunch time. So much more complex and even refreshing, with the absence of weighty orange juice.
- El Matador ($12) with Crème Yvette, Ginger, Simple, Lemon, El Jimador Silver Tequila and Orange Bitters, served on the rocks with a flamed Orange Zest garnish
The solid tequila cocktail stalwart of the bunch. Very delicious and a great introduction – you'll be hard-pressed to find another tequila cocktail that goes down smoother.
So head on over to Dominick's or Little Dom's and taste the new fall cocktails we were lucky to enjoy. They're really good and with the charming atmosphere and neighborhood vibe, you just can't lose.
8715 Beverly Boulevard
West Hollywood, California 90048
Little Dom's
2128 Hillhurst Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90027


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More than 30 years have passed since the United States ended its military involvement in Vietnam, but for those who fought in the war, the memories will never end. Vietnam veteran and novelist Tim O'Brien captures the figurative weight of this emotional burden in his award-winning novel "The Things They Carried," a fictionalized account of a foot soldier's experiences during the Vietnam War.
In 1989, Marilyn Shaw of Cedar Falls wanted to preserve these memories through the oral tradition, which she adapted into an oral-interpretive play, "Iowa Stories: The Vietnam Experience." The play will be brought to life for the fourth time, the latest run scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday at the Theater Cedar Rapids. Performances begin at 7:30 p.m.
Shaw, a 57-year-old professor of communication studies at the University of Northern Iowa, was first drawn to the notion of capturing the stories of Iowans who served in Vietnam from her daughter.
"When my daughter, a sophomore in high school at the time (1989), came home and asked me what I knew about the Vietnam War, I didn't really know what to tell her," Shaw told the Iowa Independent in a phone interview. "All I remember was watching the body counts on the television with my parents every night and being afraid, but not knowing why I was afraid."
In light of this experience, Shaw asked her students in an oral interpretation class at the UNI what they knew about the Vietnam War, and most of them could only recount a few paragraphs they read in their high school textbooks. This sense of historic amnesia inspired Shaw to interview 28 people, and she interwove their stories into nine character archetypes for her play. Through her experiences during the interview process, Shaw confides that she learned three valuable lessons. "Although each person I interviewed had different personal experiences with the war, a number of universal themes did manifest," Shaw said. "The one motif that kept resurfacing in my mind is that it's b to hate the war, but you shouldn't hate the warrior."
Something else that Shaw learned was that each and every one of the men and women she interviewed, despite being reluctant to speak at first, was very much dedicated to the concept of service. "I think this may have to do with their Midwest upbringing. Either way they saw serving in Vietnam as their job and duty to their country," Shaw said. "They were aware of the tensions stateside while serving, but didn't feel they weren't appreciated. What really surprised me was that all but one of those interviewed said they would go back and do it all over again if they had to."
When they were asked why, they said: "So their children and their children's children, or anybody else for that matter, wouldn't have to do it."
The initial run of the play in 1990 toured for about 10 months, traversing 25 locations in Iowa, Illinois, and Missouri and culminating with a July 3 performance on a grassy knoll by the memorial wall in Washington, D.C. "It was amazing to see the play performed in a public arena and to see the reflection of the play off the Vietnam Memorial Wall," Shaw said.
Four years later, the cast was asked to perform at the rededication of the Iowa Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Des Moines over Memorial Day weekend. Matthew Ford, one of the cast members of the '94 play, will direct the play in Cedar Rapids. The show's 10th-anniversary cast performed it over Memorial Day weekend in 2000 while the traveling wall was displayed in Cedar Falls.
Shaw is pleased that her play goes on and attributes its 18-year lifespan to weathering the test of time. "Whenever dealing with oral history in stories, one of two things make it historical in my mind: whether it's educational or a form of therapeutic value," Shaw said. "'Iowa Stories' does both. It not only helps educate the public, but it served a therapeutic value for the veterans I interviewed, giving them a chance to share and unburden their stories."
Proceeds from the play will go to Vietnam Veterans of America #568 in Cedar Rapids, who in turn are passing on at least $4,500 to Vets Helping Vets, the Iowa City group grappling with veteran homelessness. Tom Kelly and Len McClellan, co-founders of Vets Helping Vets, will be introduced at Thursday's performance and will be presented with the donation.
Originally posted on "Iowa Independent"
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
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After the arrest of the prime accused in the lynching of two youths in Assam's Karbi Anglong last week, parents of the victims have demanded exemplary punishment to "criminals" who killed their sons. The parents of the two youths urged the government to take immediate steps to ensure justice, "so that no parent need to go through the pain and suffering that we are experiencing".
The suspect, Joz Timung alias 'Alpha', was arrested from Belurghat area on Wednesday morning. The number of people arrested in the case has risen to 64.
Superintendent of Police S P Ganjala said that the accused was one of the men who had asked the villagers to stop the vehicle of the youths and was spreading rumours that they were child lifters.
Last week, Nilotpal Das (29) and Abhijeet Nath (30) were pulled out of their black SUV at Panjuri in Karbi Anglong district and beaten to death by around 500 angry villagers, suspecting them to be child-lifters.
"When Nilotpal told me around 10 am that he is leaving for an interior area in Karbi Anglong with only one more friend, I told him it is advisable that he goes with a group of five or six friends," recounts Nilpotal's father Gopal Chandra Das.
A grainy video recorded on a cellphone showed about 500 people beating them suspecting them as "child abductors".
"I have not watched the video and will never be able to watch it," said Radhika Das, Nilotpal's mother and a teacher at a government primary school. Radhika had left home for school before Nilotpal left that day.
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