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Friday, June 06, 2008
Le Parcours Saint Germain
Every year in the Saint Germain area (Saint Germain is a famous quarter of Paris known for its intellectual background) they have an exhibition called "Le parcours Saint Germain - the Saint Germain route). This year's theme is "once upon a time" and most pieces of art are inspired by childhood memories. Hence this huge statue, made by a group of artists of various nationalities called Le Collectif 6bis which is supposed to show how "the city can turn into a huge playground". OK, your turn to comment now ;~) - PS: sorry for the delay in publishing, it's entirely my fault, I made a mistake using the new post scheduling function of Blogger!
87 comments:
Hurry Bibi! It's all yours!ReplyDelete
Could be an interesting photo op to stand below her outstretched hand.ReplyDelete
First things first -- Eric, I am sure that the entire PDP community is breathing a collective sigh of relief that all is well! No apology needed -- What you have created here and what you do on a daily basis is amazing, and I thank you profusely.ReplyDelete
Next, I love this concept. A really charming photo. How long will the exhibition last?
Finally, Bibi -- Felicitations! You were right. ;)
The colors and lighting make it seem rather like a stage setting.ReplyDelete
I agree, Tall Gary. I just looked at the photo enlarged. I like the angle, and the colors are so striking. That blue sky is remarkably clear and gorgeous!ReplyDelete
Good to see you're up and running, Eric. Bibi was thinking about this while teaching her class! I like this large "little" girl.ReplyDelete
(Forgot---Bibi invites you to celebrate the happy "return" of PDP at her site, with a very large ice cream...)ReplyDelete
When I first looked at this photo, I thought it was a virtual statue. It looks so "digital"ReplyDelete
Hey Bibi
You were right...Can you give me some numbers to play in the Euromillions tonight? :)
'Just saw the answer to my question on the link. (I was so busy enjoying the photo and being glad that all was once again well in PDPland that I overlooked the link.) The exhibit only lasts until June 19th. I shall have to read further to satisfy my next point of curiosity: what becomes of these works once the event ends.ReplyDelete
This reminds me again how much life and appreciation for enjoying it exists in Paris.
Looking at some of the other artists I kinda like the giant bunny rabbit of Christian Gonzenbach à la chapelle des Beaux Arts and Lila Jang's work at Bonpoint. Both white. To go with my beard?ReplyDelete
Both somewhat prepositional art that one can imagine climbing on; or, in the rabbit's case, around, over; and if it is hungry, in.
Oh how we worry about our Eric! I was late coming here today and the first i knew of the 'drama' was a text from dear Guille asking me if there was news. I am sure you are touched, Eric. Had i known you were late, i would have naturally assumed you were holding forth at the table of a grateful host somewhere, delighted only that you graced their presence. LOL ! Eric, the guest of honour regaling his audience with anecdotes in his beautiful French accent. It's with some disappointment that i find it's just a Blogger Blunder... sigh...ReplyDelete
The huge statue is quite charming though i feel it should be placed in an espace vert rather than in front of an ancient building?ReplyDelete
Eric, what a great idea - fill the streets with art. Thanks for the link - being able to view some of the other pieces included in the exhibit was a real treat. How tall would you estimate your girl in blue to be? DavidReplyDelete
I am not going to lie, this thing is scary! Great picture, but scary 10 year old. Childzillaaaaaa! Run Eric RunReplyDelete
I like the way that child looks. Great shot Eric. I have a new for you. Trujillo Daily Photo will be shown in a nice exposition soon.ReplyDelete
A big hug from Barcelona
Barcelona Daily Photo
An odd statue for the background/setting. But, up-close, she has a pensive expression. What is the meaning, do you think, of her outstretched hand and her intent gaze? Is she trying to pat humanity on the head? Those are some huge shoes she has. They look like Dutch wooden shoes.ReplyDelete
So glad Eric wasn't having some kind of trouble -- I was worried.ReplyDelete
The little girl is kind of scary to me, too -- she's not little at all. I think what's wierd is that the statue puts an adult in the physical size of a child. I'd like to see a picture with an adult reaching up and holding her hand --just like you have to do when you're small -- what a big world kids live in.
In my quest to be quick I posted on the last commnets section...oops-glad all is well Eric. We love you, can you tell?ReplyDelete
Todays photo is amazing I can't wait to peruse it further when I have more time later today.
Have a great day everyone!
- AnonymousJune 6, 2008 at 3:15:00 PM GMT+2
I like this photo.ReplyDelete
The colours, lighting,the angle of shot and the background work so well.
I agree with an earlier comment by Rose that it has an unreal, digital, look - almost like a still from a movie (a slightly creepy fairy tale?)
Yay, a new photo! Glad it was just a technical problem in posting Eric. This is a very interesting statue. You say it's huge, but how huge? I assume that the outstretched hand is high enough to rest on top of a person's head. I bet there will be lots of funny photos taken with this statue by tourists. I'd sure pose with her!ReplyDelete
What a revief to see your new post Eric. We were worried last night, we got so used to you posting by midnight.ReplyDelete
I love to see the image of this church, since it is, like I've said before, my favourite neighborhood in Paris. It is so familiar and brings so many great memories!
Welcome back, Eric! I agree with Monica, this is one of my favorite neighborhoods in Paris, too, and holds wonderful memories of my first trip to the "huge playground"! As for the statue, the little girl has enormous shoes for growing feet (as most kids do). Being that she is in Paris, I think she'll be able to find at least one "pair" of decent shoes. BTW...to emphasize my point that Parisians are crazy about shoes, look at what they named the city...PARIS...a lot like "PAIRS" (of shoes) if you know what I mean. ;-)ReplyDelete
...and "no" I don't think this sweet child looks like Axel Rose's little sister.ReplyDelete
That's such a lovely concept for an exhibition. And since I love fairy tales, I like the theme too. But a lot of fairy tales are actually quite scary. I hope none of the artwork there are too creepy.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 6, 2008 at 5:22:00 PM GMT+2
A couple years ago I was there about this time, so there was another sculpture exhibit in Place St. Germain. I didn't know it was an annual event, so this is great. I love the colors of this photo--Place St. Germain really does have that almost artificial lighting glow because of the church illumination. The photo captures it well. Eric, I'm appreciating your photos more and more now. Merci.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 6, 2008 at 5:23:00 PM GMT+2
One more thing: I believe Notre Reine completed another week of tough exams this week. Well done, Guille!ReplyDelete
Eriiiiiiic (cri de groupie)! Voilà, ça y est, ma vie reprend son cours normal. :)ReplyDelete
I love the idea of an exhibition through Paris, or at least in some of its streets.
I'll have a look! Is it only big sculptures or is it various?
Jeff, thanks. Yeah, 9 exams left and 12 days more: almost the end. ;)
- AnonymousJune 6, 2008 at 5:54:00 PM GMT+2
Eric, THIS sculpture looks like it should be the one in front of the children's school, not that ogre bursting out of the building(Photo you posted a few months ago).ReplyDelete
Two days before MY Paris vacation!
lol Guille, cri de groupie!! Ok i'll join - Eriiiiiiic!ReplyDelete
To me it's an eerie photo. The sky is perfect. The lighting looks like a movie set. It's quite beautiful. And then (as misawa mama said): Childzilla! (da da da da....) RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!!!!ReplyDelete
At the cafe, I would insist on a chair facing this statue. I wouldn't turn my back to it. You never know.
Thank you so much for posting, Eric! Apparently we've come to depend on you!
Now I'm going to see what Bibi's cooked up.
Hey, that wasn't there before!!! I like it! :)ReplyDelete
How Surreal or what it has inspired today - Nouveau Surrealism. At first glance I thought, looks a little like Japanese Anime. Maybe there is a little dog or cat that goes with this little girl. BTW I like the little girls scarf -- the design on the fabric.ReplyDelete
Lynn, about the scarf. Look at the little girls blue dress' hemn -- there isn't any. That's what I do to my scarves. It's the latest thing in Paris. I bought a blouse there and it has a lot of ruffles and lace and nothing is hemned. After I wash them, there are a few lose threads that I just trim off.
Guille, "Groupie", LOL -- Me too, me too -- I am an Eric groupie.
Very cool. I wonder where the pieces will end up after the exhibition.ReplyDelete
I know you don't know him, my X, Jean-Baptiste, is having his 40th birthday today. He really likes Eric's photography. He is a silent observer. Anyway, he is in Paris for the month visiting our relatives. He was in Asia the last two months. Japanese Anime and Asian art, film and photography have really influenced his film and photography. I think I mentioned before that he is having a love affair with Asia. And looking at this sculpture, it appears that Anime has affected other Paris artists.ReplyDelete
Bon anniversaire, Jean-Baptiste. Lois, ask him if he's familiar with a "classic" animé called "Tenchi." I used to voice one of the characters for the English dub.ReplyDelete
Somebody better call Nancy Archer and let her know her granddaughter is wandering alone in the streets of Paris…ReplyDelete
Seriously, I went to the site, Eric, and it looks like a marvelous exhibition! I love the theme. I can't imagine the looks on the faces of people that happen upon this big "little" girl! I think Petrea is correct; I would keep my eye on her also!
I'm with misawa mama and Petrea on this - SCARY!! Like a Twilight Zone episode where we are just dolls to be manipulated by the giant children - don't make her unhappy, be cute, smile....ReplyDelete
Maybe in different lighting it would be less threatening, but not nearly so interesting.
Petrea, Yes, Jean-Baptiste knows "Tenchi." You do voice for anime characters? Are you famous?ReplyDelete
Lois: Ha! Famous among animé fans, I guess. I was the first English voice of Ryoko the space pirate. But if you've never heard of Tenchi and Ryoko, no, I'm not famous.ReplyDelete
Bibi -- I left a message on your blog. Unfortunately, I went to bed before you came up with your brilliant solution. Woke up at 3 AM, and almost went online to check. Glad now that I didn't, because Eric still would not have been there, and I probably wouldn't have been able to go back to sleep.ReplyDelete
Eric, see what happens when you are unfailingly dependable? One little slip-up and we worry, worry, worry! I blame Blogger, not you. Just glad it wasn't one of the less pleasant possibilities my overactive imagination came up with late last night.
Meanwhile, I must agree that this not-so-little girl is indeed scary! Went to the link, and a lot of it is un peu creepy (perhaps some of these artists had a less than happy childhood?). But it's still accessible art for everyone, something Paris does so well. Thanks for showing us.
uselaine takes notes on Petrea to take over to Ming the Merciless...ReplyDelete
Why Ming? I'd better go find out.ReplyDelete
He's on a vetting setting, Petrea, so there's a little backlog of posts not yet seen. ;^)ReplyDelete
Gotcha. I posted, but it may seem out of synch with whatever's there.ReplyDelete
Petrea, So you are famous. Do you have autographed photos of yourself or the anime characters? Last night I saw Dustin Hoffman on TV promoting his animated character, Master Shifu, in the new release Kung Fu Panda. I think Dustin is more handsome now than he was when he was young. Funny how that works -- some people actually look better as they get older.ReplyDelete
The photo itself is lovely with the color contrasts.ReplyDelete
But as a subject, she scares me, too. All I can think is, "What if she came to life??" Clearly, I have Chucky issues.
Those of you who are in the scaredy-cat camp on this one, like me, should take a look at today's post on the d&t Athens CDP blog... even scarier.ReplyDelete
Eric! Great photo man! You know? I'm living in Paris too, and always I think: " Never one year will be enough to visit every corner and discover something new on our City of Ligths, and I think this is the great way to discover the city ...ReplyDelete
I have a little question to you: Why almost never you post a picture about inmigrants in Paris or places not to know like "Institut du Mexique" or "Cinema La Latina" or places who show us people from Senegal, Morocco, Tunisie, Australie, New Zeland, Perou, etc. etc ??
I think will be a great idea for show our friends how is changing Paris with a new cosmopolitan way ...
Gusi from Les Marais
- AnonymousJune 6, 2008 at 9:17:00 PM GMT+2
Gus: stay tuned, Eric posts all those. But wait! There's more!ReplyDelete
(re: groupies--I think I'm a groupie groupie.)
Jeff, I'm a groupie groupie and an Eric groupie, which I think makes me a PDP groupie.ReplyDelete
I'm a groupie too !!!! :)ReplyDelete
I just came home from a weeks work 24/7 and I'm beat, but I had to go to PDP first thing, but you guys have been so busy that I just gave up on reading all the comments.
But I love ALL the photos Eric, thank you !
he he Eric has groupies now.ReplyDelete
Lois thanks i'm going to do it. How much material do you need though? I wouldn't know, really and i'd end up with a handkerchief or a dress!
Petrea that made me laugh out loud about you facing the statue he he! Brr. You'd better not have nightmares tonight he he.
I'd have to face it, Lynn. Otherwise it wouldn't be good feng shui.ReplyDelete
I just have to comment on yesterdays photo ;ReplyDelete
Yves Saint Laurent was a star ! I'm not wearing his clothes (lack of money) but I'm wearing his scents. "Paris" and "Paris-roses des vergers-eau de printemps" are my favorites.
A huge farewell to
M.Saint Laurent :(
'it wouldn't be good feng shui' LOOOL Petrea!ReplyDelete
I would like to believe that I'm the instigator of the GB (Groupies Band). Oh wait! I am! Hehe.
Don't you think that this 'little' girl looks like a contemporary Alice in Wonderland? (Paris as Wonderland, of course). I really like her. She is so cute with her clogs and scarf! I think she's asleep by the way, look at her eyes.
Eric if you know the tittle of this at work, met me know!
Paris is indeed wonderland, Guille. And she could be Alice, after she ate some of the cake that made her grow too big!ReplyDelete
'Petite fille' is the title (Too obvious, it misses something).ReplyDelete
'this 'little' girl looks like a contemporary Alice in Wonderland' Guille, Guille, think before posting, the exhibition tittle is 'once upon a time', so it's obvious (too) that she could be Alice...You were so pride about your discovery. Tss tss.
Petrea, I want to taste this cake!! I'm so small. LOL
Collectif 6 bis mentions here that she is 3.5 meters tall. My 198 centimeters might just about fit under her hand; or, as Petrea has me fearing, if I don't keep my eyes on her from my table at Les Deux Magots across the street, my skull crushed within her iron fingers?ReplyDelete
I much prefer her as (as Jeff might say) Axl Rosette than her as a red-dressed Little Orphan Annie. Are the crows thinking "nest" as they check out her hair?
That Axl Rose likening was Coltrane's. Sorry.ReplyDelete
Gary...it was the head scarf that tipped the scales Axel's way. Erph!ReplyDelete
Wish I were having a coffee at Deux Magots or...what's the other cafe next door? Can't believe my brain can't come up with it? I do need un cafe!
Coltrane, taste this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFnvxOmm6tcReplyDelete
(sorry, I can't make a link, I don't know why!)
Gary, 198 centimeters...man! I can't see you from my 162 centimeters. LOL
Coltrane; I think you mean "Café Flore" don't you ?ReplyDelete
Lois said: Some people actually look better as they get older.ReplyDelete
Think this is mostly true of men and certain women who might be considered "handsome" or jolie-laide, like Diana Vreeland. Agree? Disagree?
I agree Alexa! For men, especially. ;)ReplyDelete
Okay I have to stop this kind of remarks before Lynn comes and continues, in a more daring way!
I think all people looks great when they get older. I like it when you can see that a person has lived a life. I don't think that youth is all that desirable.ReplyDelete
Look that was an old/tired woman talking;LOL :)ReplyDelete
Bettina -- it would be lovely if everyone felt as you do (well, maybe not so great for the plastic surgeons, who are doing such a booming business these days).ReplyDelete
Bettina you're totally right.ReplyDelete
The way you said it is so honest and nice...
From an old woman?! (I saw your age, well, if YOU're old, where are we going?!).
Thank you Guille ;) I LOVE you !ReplyDelete
To be fair, I think there are men who have not aged so well too. But they have our permission to not age well. ;^)ReplyDelete
LOL Bettina.ReplyDelete
Coltrane, de rien, mais...pourquoi? :)
You've been so nice to me, worryingReplyDelete
Parisian Heart > "That blue sky is remarkably clear and gorgeous!" and 100% natural. I took this photo at dusk and did nothing "electronic" to it (Despite the digital look Rose! ~)).
Lynn "Oh how we worry about our Eric! " - "I am sure you are touched, Eric." I AM touched Lynn. Very.
Misawa Mama "I am not going to lie, this thing is scary! " LOOOOOL! Yes, a little bit I must say.
Irredento Urbanita "I have news for you. Trujillo Daily Photo will be shown in a nice exposition soon." Hey congratulations Valery, will show us pics of the exhibit? (BTW, it may also happen to PDP, but shusssh, nothing confirmed yet...)
M.K. "Those are some huge shoes she has. They look like Dutch wooden shoes." They are!
Carrie "So glad Eric wasn't having some kind of trouble -- I was worried." That's sweet. I'm touched.
Lily Hydrangea "We love you, can you tell?" Well, I have that feeling too and you know what? It feels goooood!
Katie "You say it's huge, but how huge? " Well, See below, Tall Gary found out for us: 3.5 meters (11.5 feet)
Monica "What a relief to see your new post Eric. We were worried last night, we got so used to you posting by midnight." I know, I know, it was some kind of a shock this morning when I saw the photo was not showing!!
Coltrane "PARIS...a lot like "PAIRS" (of shoes) if you know what I mean. ;-)" LOL I never thought of that. And some may argue that the word "Pairs" don't always refer to shoes...
Guille "Eriiiiiiic (cri de groupie)! Voilà, ça y est, ma vie reprend son cours normal. :)" LOOOOOOL! Poor Guille, stuck with her exams and STILL visiting PDP and commenting. How sweet of you.
PHX "Eric, THIS sculpture looks like it should be the one in front of the children's school, not that ogre bursting out of the building(Photo you posted a few months ago)." True, I thought of it when I was this one. You have a real good memory. So you'll be staying in Paris for a while?
Petrea "Bon anniversaire, Jean-Baptiste.". Yes! Bon anniversaire Mr Silent observer '(I guess Lois comments for two, doesn't she?! LOL !
Kelly "Seriously, I went to the site, Eric, and it looks like a marvelous exhibition!" It does, but I have not seen anything else "for real" yet.
Petrea "I was the first English voice of Ryoko the space pirate. " If we did not know you Petrea, this would really sound odd LOL!
ALexa "Eric, see what happens when you are unfailingly dependable? One little slip-up and we worry, worry, worry! you're all so nice.
Gus "I have a little question to you: Why almost never you post a picture about immigrants in Paris or places not to know like "Institut du Mexique" or "Cinema La Latina" or places who show us people from Senegal, Morocco, Tunisie, Australie, New Zealand, Perou, etc. etc ??" Well I have done it a little bit, but not that much, it's true. First of all I avoid to take photos of people (for image rights reason) then I try to come up with "interesting" photos - I'm not saying I succeed all the time! And a photo of Le Cinema Latina, for instance would not really make a good photo. The other day, for instance, I wanted to show "little India" near the Gare du Nord. I never managed to take a good photo so I gave up.
There are a couple about Africa (this one is my favorite), I like this one of the Institut du Monde Arabe (at that time nobody cared that I posted a photo @ 9:09 am!!) and several about China
Jeff, Petrea, Bettina "(re: groupies--I think I'm a groupie groupie.)" LOL
Welcome back Bettina.ReplyDelete
Guille and Bettina, In my profession, it is a plus if a woman looks her age. -- Once I was talking to a man in NYC about my artwork and my various shows. He said that he would not back a show of mine because I was too young -- I had not been around long enough. I was about 30 years old. I asked him how did he know my age, and he answered, you don't have any wrinkles around your eyes. I said that I could paint wrinkles around my eyes, I am an artist. He said, no that is cheating. He said, come back in 10 or 20 years. Another time I was at a publishers showing a man my pen and ink drawings. He went in the other room for a moment. I could hear a man in there asking him what he was doing. He said, oh, some kid out there is trying to sell us her artwork. I was about 27 years old. He thought I was about 12, or I was hoping at least 14 years old? My mother said that I would appreciate that some day.
Christie, I got the bracelet and Surfs Up pendant today in the mail. They are lovely. I think the surf board is really a unique idea. I am going to wear it on my lapel of my linen jacket -- the one that goes with my vintage Hawaiian shirt. They are in the same color scheme, muted reds, oranges, browns, blacks and greys. I think if you made more surf boards (different colors) that I would buy them. I'm a California girl and I go to the beach and Hawaii a lot -- I paint Hawaii.
Lois i had similar experiences with paintings as a younger woman. A few years ago i sold a lot now it's dropped off rather. What does that say? Do i look younger again? Am i over the hill well and truly now? Are there only a magic 3 years in which we can sell our art? It's a mystery, that's for sure.ReplyDelete
Older men, Guille...yes they do look very attractive and grey hair only improves their look. Though, younger men are also attractive....oh for goodness' sake, i like them all! It all depends on how they act, for me. That makes or breaks it for me. Tonight a man friend told me he couldn't ring me later tonight because it would be awkward as his mother would hear. For God's sake, he's not even a boyfriend anyway, he's a friend, but - he's 52! To say this is a turn-off is the understatement of the year. I will be busy washing my hair next time he rings. lol.
'it would be awkward as his mother would hear'?! Lynn, if he lives to his mother's, he's not 52, he's 20!!ReplyDelete
'I like them all' I have no doubt about it!
I can't agree for younger men since I'm 22 (hum, almost!) and less than 22 it is unthinkable. Even less than 30 so...LOOL Anyway, you know my point of view. ;)
Ah yes when i was your age, i thought the same way. Of course.ReplyDelete
I know, how incredible is that? He doesn't live with her, but she moves in for half the week with him and does his laundry etc. I can't tell you how far out the door i am! By the way don't mention all this at my blog - he looks in sometimes. More to the point, probably with his mother. LOL !!
LOOOOOL I love your conclusion!!ReplyDelete
I tell you here about 'bourse': balls. Hmhm. I hope nobody will come and read. :S
I'm a bad teacher for few days. Am really an awful teacher.
Yes, that's it! I am sure you have told me this before. lol.ReplyDelete
Some men are a complete mystery to me. He's shopping with her tomorrow. and on hols with her next week too. You might think it's really another woman he is hiding - yes a natural suspicion in the circumstances but no, it is truly his mother, i know this. Good God. Does it get any worse? he he. Probably.
Probably NOT Lynn. ;)ReplyDelete
Only child I assume...castrating mother (speaking about it!).
Nope not an only child. I've never met the mother. I wonder if anyone ever has dared to before? lol. Oh, oh, my phone's ringing now. Oh dear...i'm expecting a headache... !ReplyDelete
Eric, I like this very much.ReplyDelete
She's sort of scary! But I like the colors and perspective.ReplyDelete
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- AnonymousMay 1, 2009 at 5:05:00 AM GMT+2
It must seem strange to you to get a comment so long after the date of posting! But I have to thank you for this beautifully composed photo against the wonderful crépuscule sky. I was in Paris for the first time in 2008 and found them putting up this statue on my first walk down blvd. St. Germain. I was amazed and charmed but my photos were not very good what with people working on the statue, and I never thought of this view from a distance against the wall of ivy. I also didn't see the finished version which I like very much, I don't find her scary, just calmly thoughtful. Bravo, Eric!ReplyDelete


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First of all must thanks Wendy for providing and translating this recipe for me :D After cooking gulai ikan tongkol, I've left with half a portion of the fish in the freezer as I've planned to cook this sambal version ^.^ This dish really have to goes with the Nasi Lemak!! It is so appetizing when drenching the rice with the sour & spicy gravy!
- 4 pieces ikan tongkol
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- 2 cloves garlic
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- 2 tsp salt, or to taste
- 1/2 onion sliced
- 2.5 cup fish broth
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- Meanwhile, process garlic, shallots & onion till smooth.
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In a few moments, we will see the fruits of the Palm team's many months of labor, and the Palm fan's answer to what the Post-Treo revolution looks like. Updates.
It's a lot for them to live up to, but we're resetting our expectations and approaching the lagging company's new model line with an open mind.
We're guessing we'll see a brand new phone, perhaps running the new OS, but who knows. What we do know so far is that Palm is rumored to announce a touchscreen slider running the Nova operating system, that according to descriptions, is squarish in appearance.
Palm first announced plans to release a new operating system back in May 2007, but they've delayed it so many times, I'm halfway convinced this event is just to announce they're delaying it again.
10:40 AM: This event has a more epic feel than the average CES press conference. I've already seen a lot of recognizable faces around here, including the omnipresent Robert Scoble. As someone said nearby, "it feels Apple-y."
10:45 AM: I'm getting the feeling that Palm is trying to seduce us with the romantic mood lighting, mellow music, and abundance of Vitamin Water. Is this their attempt at a reality distortion field?
10:55 AM: Not a lot going on right now, but Palm's product marketing manager is talking big game about the upcoming announcements (in vague terms, of course). She says we should be pleased.
11:01 AM: Event starting. Jon Rubenstein is talking about how he used to work at Apple. Then he packed up and moved to Mexico.
11:04 AM: Rubenstein says that mobile devices are the next wave of technology. This might be the obvious statement of the day.
11:06 AM: Jon Rubenstein has just brought Palm CEO Ed Colligan up to the stage.
11:07 AM: Colligan says lifestyle and usability is more important to Palm than raw features and "buttons". Talking about the instant on capability of the original Palm Pilot as an example. He wants to try and make the technology "invisible".
"Mobile is in our DNA. We don't do computers, we don't do refrigerators or set top boxes. We do mobile."
11:08 AM: It's interesting how Palm has to resell itself today, but is reaching back to its roots. In contrast, Jobs believes that looking back means being crushed.
11:10 AM: Colligan says he has a new twist on the same product. Talking about how we use so many websites and our data is all over the place. Smartphones let you browse that information, but they don't make it easy to access it. Simplicity seems to be the overarching theme here.
Colligan suggests it would be cool if we could seamlessly have our images from Facebook show up in the same place as our email and calendars.
11:14 AM: The whole new Palm OS is built with developers in mind. Developing apps, Colligan claims, is so easy.
New device coming now!! It's called the Palm Pre.
Palm Pre "will help you live your life more effectively." The design looks like an oblong rounded rectangle.
It has a 3.1 inch 480x320 multitouch screen that slides vertically to reveal a keyboard. The slider action is curved, sort of like the SE Xperia X1. It also has 3MP Camera, LED Flash, EVDO rev.A, WiFi, bluetooth, a gesture area on the screen for navigation and use, a removable battery, micro USB, USB mass storage support,and a 3.5mm Headphone Jack.
There's a gesture zone between the screen and button that lets you carry out pre-programmed actions with a few finger movements.
11:21 AM: The new UI is called Web OS, and it's designed to be so simple, you only need to focus on the information and content you want, not the OS itself.
They're demoing the Web OS UI right now. It looks a really responsive, aesthetically appealing design. It has alot of the same flick navigation as the iPhone and it looks really polished. The UI has a quick view that organizes data into "Cards" that can be rotated with your finger and it shuffles from card to card.
The phone itself reminds me of the Treo 680 in shape, except all there is on the front is a screen and a button. The main UI has a gesture zone, that lets you perform certain
One of the big new features is something called Synergy, which can pull contacts from all your sites (Facebook, Gmail, AIM, etc...), gather and organize them into one coherent list on the Palm Pre. It has dupe checking so you don't have the same contacts listed multiple times. It does the same thing for calendar events.
Web OS has been designed to work with your finger. All the demos are being done without a keyboard and stylus. Synergy can easily go from checking email, to scheduling meetings in a calendar, to IMing someone in your contact list.
Threaded SMS is still in Web OS, and you can even send IMs from the same window.
You can use the keyboard to do more than send texts and emails. The Pre has a predictive text feature that will bring up menus and apps based on what you type. It will cross reference your input with what you have on your phone, and it presents the info almost like search results. You can even take your input string and look for google results. They call it Universal search.
The web browser has a big URL bar at the top that can also be used to enter a search query. It renders full pages. While demoing the web browser with SF Gate, the presenter became fixated with a link that read "The Joy of Vole Sex." The crowd got a rise from that.
In other news, web pages render pretty quick, and navigation doesn't seem choppy at all.
The music UI is now on display. he just went from one "card" to the music UI, selected a song, then quickly switched back to his email screen. The app switching looks really really fluid, and lets you keep all your data in front of you, so you don't lose track of what you're doing.
When you're working in an app, the apps adapt when notifications (texts, emails, missed calls, etc.) pop on on the screen, so you dont get completely sidetracked. When writing a sticky note, for example, the sticky takes up the whole screen, but when you get a notification, the sticky morphs into half size, and the notification takes up the bottom half.
Rubenstein is back on stage, to introduce a wireless, inductive charger for the Palm Pre. It's called Touchstone. It looks like a hockey puck.
Colligan is back on stage now and says its the "one phone you can use for your entire life and really enjoy it."
Dan Hesse, CEO of Sprint is now on stage. He says Sprint will carry the Pre, and says it will feel comfortable for first time users, and really likes how easily you can move between apps.
Hesse just gave us a shout out on stage! He's talking about our big 3G Coast to Coast test. He was also sure to mention how well Sprint fared in that test. He then talked business nonsense for a few minutes and disappeared. But he did mention that the Pre will be a good fit on the Sprint network.
The Palm Pre will be available first half 2009, and will have partners such as Facebook, Pandora, Google and others providing content and apps for the phone.
They're touting how easy app development for Web OS is. You basically just need to know JavaScript, HTML and CSS.
And that's the end of the event. To recap, we saw the Palm Pre, Web OS, and a movement to integrate the internet seamlessly with these two new products.


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The Wild's late comeback ended a three-game losing streak and cost the Panthers a point in their battle to secure the Southeast Division title.
The Panthers took a 2-1 lead on Thomas Fleischmann's power-play goal with 6:44 to go in regulation, but the Wild then got to Jose Theodore twice in the span of 46 seconds to turn a what looked like a sure loss into a win.
By taking one point from the game, Florida reached 90 for the season. Washington, a shootout winner over Boston earlier in the evening, climbed to 86 points in the division race.
Florida has five games remaining and Washington has four.
Niklas Backstrom, who had been out since March 1 with a lower body injury, stopped 25 shots to collect the victory. Theodore made 22 saves.


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Upper Antelope Canyon. The slot canyon walls offer a dazzling variety of shapes that remind us of man-made structures, animals or even people
Journey to the center of the earth
Upper Antelope Canyon
Center Stage
The heart
One of the famous spots in Upper Antelope Canyon
The arch
Rattlesnake Canyon
The mummy
Or the scream... canyon textures in Rattlesnake Canyon
The fiery prophet
At the end of Lower Antelope Canyon you can see the head of a figure which could have been carved by an 11th-century Romanesque sculptor for some abbey in France or Italy, depicting the prophet Jeremiah or some other Old Testament character. His long hair and beard form fiery waves... Or maybe I'm just seeing things. In short, nature at its most virtuosic.
Lower Antelope Canyon
On quite a few occasions meandering through these Arizona slot canyons images from the movie "127 Hours" kept popping up.
Towards the flame
Lower Antelope Canyon at the right time of the day and the season, produces a riot of color
Flaming canyon
Smoke from wildfires in western Utah darkened the evening skies in neighboring Arizona, yet offered on some days spectacular colors at sunset.
The well-known Horseshoe Bend near Page, AZ is one of the striking features created by the Colorado River before it carved its masterpiece the Grand Canyon. The canyon is about as deep here as the Eiffel Tower is tall
Marble Canyon reflections
The Colorado River seen from Navajo Bridge
Lightplay in Marble Canyon
The setting sun displays its magic on Marble Canyon and the surrounding Vermillion Cliffs
Balanced Rock
A big boulder rolled down from the nearby cliff to a stop on this pedestal made of softer rock. Since the pedestal is eroding away at a faster pace, the boulder will topple again before it, too, will be broken down by weathering
Desert sunset
A dramatic sunset enhanced by smoke from distant wildfires
Rebirth in the Bonito Lava Flow
The Sunset Crater Volcano north of Flagstaff erupted around 1085 incinerating the soil which remained barren and devoid of life for more than 400 years. Plant and animal life are now however in full return


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Chen never sought to be a rabble-rouser, says law professor
An eye infection left him blind as a child; his parents were farmers
Chen became an advocate for farmers and the disabled in Shandong
The case that brought him to international prominence began in 2005
Long before Chen Guangcheng became internationally known as a human rights crusader, villagers near his home knew him as the man to go to when they had trouble with local authorities.
Despite having little formal legal education, Chen began advocating on behalf of villagers in 1996 at the age of 25, according to China Human Rights Defenders, a China-based human rights group.
Chen has been at the center of a burgeoning international impasse since his dramatic escape last week from the guards who kept him under house arrest in a small village in eastern China. He was confined to his home after serving four years in prison, apparently over his legal advocacy for what he called victims of abusive practices such as forced abortions by China's family planning officials.
Fellow activists say he made his way to the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, where he remains as the United States and China try to sort out the future for Chen, who has sought to call attention to the practice of forced abortions and sterilizations in China.
Yet he never sought out to be a rabble-rouser, said New York University law professor Jerome Cohen, who first met Chen when the activist traveled to the United States as part of a State Department program in 2004.
"You got the feeling you were in the presence of some Chinese equivalent of Gandhi or something," Cohen said. "He had this gentle but steely moral force."
Chen was born in 1971 in Dongshigu, a small farming village in eastern Shandong province, more than 400 kilometers (248 miles) from Beijing.
After an eye infection left him blind as a child, Chen seemed destined to a farmer's life, just like his parents.
But at the age of 17, Chen's fortune turned when he learned of a school for the blind in a nearby city.
Chen learned the law from television and radio broadcasts, newspapers and books. He also took a few constitutional law classes at the college for the blind – where the primary course of study was massage therapy.
"When he came back to his village, he didn't want to spend his time giving massages," Cohen said. "He wanted to help people who weren't getting help elsewhere."
He quickly became known locally as an advocate for farmers and the disabled in Shandong, where he offered free advice on taxes and corruption and stood up for the disabled.
"Someone has to fight for people with no voice," Time magazine quoted him as saying. "I guess that person is me."
He also helped his village obtain a system to pump well water, making clean water easily accessible to villagers for the first time and helping cement his local reputation, Cohen said.
His desire to continue helping the disabled and voiceless led Chen and his wife, Yuan Weijing, to take on concerns that officials in Linyi, a city in Shandong, were using violence and coercion in a campaign to enforce China's policy limiting many couples to one child.
The investigation carried him to Beijing, where he pressed national officials to take action against the local authorities. It also carried him to prison, where he spent four years behind bars on what supporters called trumped-up charges before authorities confined him to house arrest in 2010.
What Chen was fighting: forced abortions
In a video released after his escape last week, Chen said he and his family were beaten and cut off from the outside world during their detention.
The case that brought him to international prominence began in 2005.
That's when he learned of claims that local officials were requiring parents with two children to be sterilized and forcing abortions in women pregnant with their third child, according to human rights groups.
The officials were trying to meet birth quotas set by the national government, according to Amnesty International.
In June 2005, three months after beginning his investigation, Chen organized a lawsuit against local officials and traveled to Beijing to meet with legal experts and tell international journalists about his findings.
Hours after meeting with journalists from Time, he was taken into custody by government agents and sent back to his home, where he was placed under house arrest.
Authorities also refused to allow his lawsuit to proceed.
Chen escaped from house arrest at that time as well and ventured to Beijing, where he met with supporters – including Cohen.
Chen was pale, anxious, with little appetite, Cohen said.
But it was apparent even then that the people he was trying to help with his legal efforts was what concerned him, not his own welfare, Cohen said.
"One day, when he was especially frustrated by the county court's refusal to accept the lawsuits he brought on behalf of impoverished pro bono 'clients,' he asked me: 'What do the authorities want me to do? Lead a protest in the streets? I don't want to do that,'" Cohen said in testimony to the Congressional-Executive Committee in November.
Ironically, that's what authorities soon accused Chen of doing.
His August 2006 conviction on charges of "intentionally damaging property and gathering crowds to disturb transport order" led to a four-year prison sentence. Human rights groups roundly called the charges trumped-up and demanded his release.
Instead, Chen went to prison where, according to Amnesty International, fellow prisoners beat Chen on orders of guards, authorities refused him medical treatment and limited visits with his wife and lawyers to no more than 30 minutes a month.
By this time, the detained activist had turned into an international cause celebre. Time selected him as one of 2006's "Top 100 People Who Shape Our World," along with Premier Wen Jiabao.
The following year, the Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation, which grants prizes to Asians who excel in their fields, named Chen among its honorees for his "irrepressible passion for justice in leading ordinary Chinese citizens to assert their legitimate rights under the law."
After serving his sentence in September 2009, Chen was released to house arrest, but he and his family continued to endure abuse, according to human rights groups and Chen himself.
In a video released April 27, Chen said guards repeatedly beat him and his wife and prevented visitors from reaching their home.
"All the stories online about the brutal treatment I received from the Linyi authorities, I can personally testify they are true," he said in the video posted to YouTube. "The reality is even harsher than the stories that have been circulating."
In the video released after Chen's escape, he called on Chinese authorities to leave his family alone and punish the officials who he says illegally detained him and engaged in abuses against him and his family.
The man whose ever-present dark sunglasses have become a symbol for supporters worldwide also posed a question to Chinese officials who have taken great steps to keep his name and likeness out of the national media and discussions.
"If you continue to ignore me," he said, "what would the public think?"
CNN's Beijing bureau chief Jaime FlorCruz contributed to this report.


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October 4, 2010
cookie swallow #2
That's what you all wanted to know, but now I'm going to make you read through a long post to get all the details.
I have been praying so much, requesting over and over again that God will heal James and that today's cookie swallow would go well. Over the past two and a half weeks my prayers have morphed from a small, scared "please God, help him," to a confident, "In the Name of Christ Jesus, heal my son." I spent some time after that praying, "what is You will what is Your will what is Your will WHAT IS YOUR WILL?!" That turned into, "Oh my God oh my God I'm so scared Oh my God please heal him my God I'm so scared so please heal him oh my God heal him heal him heal him my God just do this just do this just do this please!" And today, exhausted, scared, overwhelmed, and distraught, I said, "I come to you in the Name of Christ and I confess that I am scared. I have doubts. I have doubted. But I am giving You my doubts and fears and I am asking You to fill that space with trust. I believe. Help my disbelief."
On the way to the hospital and during the cookie swallow I prayed a rosary. I asked St. James, St. Linus, Mother Mary, St. Francis (it is his feast day, ya know) and Archbishop Sheen to pray with me, and I pictured them sitting around me, praying with me. Sheen in his cape and skull cap. Mary in her blue mantle. Francis in his brown robe... I asked Mary to beg her son to save mine. And then I prayed the Joyful Mysteries, thinking about how Trav and I said, "Let it be done unto me according to thy word," when we agreed to NFP. (Annunciation) I thought about all the people who told me that Trav and I were crazy to have 3 kids so close together but how we felt like God wanted each of our children to be. And I thought about all the people who have been supporting us during this difficult time. (Visitation) I thought about giving birth to my son, how beautiful, difficult, and then terrifying it was. (Nativity) I thought about James' baptism and confirmation and the beauty of the Church. (Presentation) I thought about finding out who James will be - finding him. (Finding in the Temple)
I felt better.
And then during the swallow James slept. No amount of tickling, cold, jostling, or talking would wake him. He was napping and would not be disturbed. So did he do well? No. He aspirated once on the honey milk and only took 10ml. He wouldn't take any of the rice cereal formula. And so the test was inconclusive.
I felt a peace when the feeding therapist spoke with me about how she couldn't make any conclusions based on how he ate while sleeping. And when I told Trav about the test he said he felt the same peace. It seems that God answered our prayers, just not how we thought he would.
And so James will most likely have another swallow later this week. This gives us more time to pray, and him more time to heal. 30ml of rice cereal and no aspirations = bottle feedings.
Thank you for your prayers!
Side note - I realize this isn't the best written blog post ever. But I'm sure you'll excuse the lack of transitions and what not because I'm physically and emotionally spent and it's 10:30pm. Thank you.
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Dear sweet, beautiful Bonnie, Every night I read your updates and am in awe of your ability to write so eloquently and from your heart with such faith, hope, and love. You are an inspiration. You and your family, especially sweet baby James, are surrounded by so much love and many prayers, it is comforting. Sweet dreams to all, with love and hugs, Michelle and Joe BurnsReplyDelete
Your reflections on the rosary are beautiful. Your blog readers are learning so much from you and James.ReplyDelete
Praying and hoping for you all. Praising God today for more "time" for us all to pray for James. God BlessReplyDelete
Love the insights about the stages on this journey. God is here, isn't He? Still praying.ReplyDelete
Suzanne Tietjen
Bishop Sheen,please intercede for baby James that his ability to eat will be fully restored so he will be able to receive our Lord in the Eucharist.ReplyDelete
Thank you for the update. It seems God, in His infinite wisdom, has moved beyond the pass/fail of the test and presented option C. Could this mean that He's giving time for healing? I am certainly still praying for that! Or alternatively, perhaps this was ordained so that you have more time to come to peace re a feeding tube. ...Or, option C, God? Regardless, I see God's hand all over this nap James stubbornly insisted upon. He (God) alone knows his purpose, and I pray that it is for healing, but I trust that it is for good. God bless you! I'll be praying!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 5, 2010 at 11:02 AM
Ditto what Michelle said. Your posts leave me speechless and inspired by your faith, hope, and vulnerability.ReplyDelete
This is so beautiful. Your faith is beautiful. Your hope is beautiful. Hang in there. God answers all prayers said by Mothers in the NICU-- not on the time table that we'd like, but all prayers are answered with abundant grace. My whole family is praying for your little guy.ReplyDelete
Keep taking things one day at a time. God gave you James because you can handle whatever challenges he brings you. Your family is still in our prayers and thoughts.ReplyDelete
I was going to tell you, Bonnie, that from what I have learned God will answer prayers but He will do so in ways that are unexpected. My Spiritual Director told me "when Gabriel appeared to Mary the first thing she said was 'how?'" She didn't doubt, she just wanted to know the details. The torture you will experience will be in wondering "how." It is the process, though, that miracles will occur. Make sure you offer up your pain!! Ask God for what/whom you should offer it up. And it is when you are most exhausted that you finally can say the words "your will be done." It is like the story of Jacob wrestling with the angel. We want the ending. God wants us through the entire process.ReplyDelete
Hang in there! God's peace be with you!


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When we look back at 2010, it will be remembered as a year in which we continued to lose our privacy at an astonishing rate. Facebook notoriously released its members' private information for anyone to see and permitted advertisers to access information that it promised to would be private.
It was the year that Google collected our personal information, including e-mail, passwords, and files, using their cars that roam neighborhoods photographing our homes for its Street View application. Google's CEO, Eric Schmidt, dismissed these complaints, saying if you don't like Google Street View photographing your houses you "can just move," and "if you have something that you don't want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn't be doing it in the first place."
Yet, in comparison to other companies that amass and market our personal data, these two are more responsive to public criticism. They both have public images to maintain and both claim to have taken corrective action to prevent these events from recurring. The problem is that no company can ensure it won't happen again, not when a single employee or a computer hacker anywhere in the world can create havoc. Or when unscrupulous companies comb all of this public information and resell it to others.
So today, if you go onto the Internet, write e-mail, sign up on various sites, get a shopper's card, or even use a smartphone, expect the information to become public and to be sold to unscrupulous sites with no codes of ethics. They'll know what you eat, what websites you visit, what books and movies you consume and what medications you buy.
Apps on your smartphone can access your contacts, track your movements, and might even check your daily calendar. Others can learn when you travel out of town, what hotels you stay at and what companies you are meeting with. In fact, I spoke with one person who runs a successful business that offers a service that mines public information on Facebook and LinkedIn to track the sales personnel of her clients' competitors so they can compete more effectively.
We can't blame these companies alone. We're all guilty of sharing this information to get something in return. We post information on social sites to make business contacts and promote ourselves. We use Google Maps on our cellphones to get traffic information in return for letting Google to track us. We use supermarket loyalty cards to get discounts, allowing them to know what we buy.
Is there any relief in site? Several government agencies, including the FCC, are investigating and proposing a Do Not Track Registry, much like the Do Not Call Registry. And we know how effective that's been!
But I wouldn't look to the government for help, since government agencies are committing some of the most egregious invasive activities in the name of protecting us from terrorists. As we all know by now, a local resident, John Tyner, made national news for refusing to submit to TSA's new "privacy-invading, genital-picture-taking, radiation-delivering back-scatter imaging machines," as Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic aptly describes it.
Tyner refused the alternative, a personal full-body pat down that including touching his personal parts, saying, "If you touch my junk, I'm gonna have you arrested."
So his choice was either to subject himself to revealing X-rays or be groped. Tyner decided to leave the airport, unable to board his flight. He then posted a cell phone audio recording of his half-hour encounter in Terminal 2. That recording has become viral and has aroused a huge protest among travelers and airline employees.
And in what can only be described as a really dumb move, San Diego TSA director Michael Aguilar called a press conference to threaten Tyner with an $11, 000 fine for leaving the airport without completing the screening. Yes, this is the way to demonstrate TSA's competency.
TSA's defense of these machines has been simplistic without any serious discussion: that body scans and pat-downs make flying safer. But there's significant evidence from other governments and security experts that these scanners are not as effective, nor as save, as they claim. And while they say the images are immediately destroyed, the U.S. Marshals operating a similar scanner in the Orlando, Fla., courthouse saved images of full-body scans that have recently appeared on the web. The TSA has also failed to anticipate and address the intrusive pat downs of breast-cancer survivors with mastectomies, and toddlers that have been taught not to allow anyone to touch them.
TSA has gone too far. They're just putting on a display to make us feel safer by displaying more of us. They're using expensive technology while ignoring simpler, safer, and more common sense approaches. That really questions their claims about keeping us as safe as possible. This is not an agency that's earned our confidence.
It still doesn't inspect all of the cargo that's carried by passenger aircraft. It has refused for nine years to implement a trusted traveler plan that would provide frequent travelers with a secure ID after performing a thorough background check. It's something that U.S. Customs offers to frequent travelers when they enter the country. And by doing so they'd be able to do a better job by screening those that really pose a threat. After all, our Congress members are all exempt from these screenings.
Until a few days ago, in response to huge pressure, TSA insisted on screening pilots, the very people to whom we entrust our lives every time we fly. A pilot could certainly take a plane down even without a penknife or liquids that they were searched for. This is just another example of the flawed logic that further undermines our confidence in the TSA.
So perhaps the solution is to have Facebook and Google perform airport security. They really understand technology and don't need to pat us down to know all about us. They know where we've been and where we're going, and whom we associate with. They can even do it online. And they have a lot more information about each of us than the TSA ever will!
Reprinted with permission for the San Diego Transcript (www.sddt.com)


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Recently I met up with my friend Victoria Thomasch who was over from New York to audition in London. We had a great time afterward as I showed her some of the sites around London. Of course, we had to call in at the Opera House and as she is a keen Harry Potter fan we managed to get a few pictures for her scrapbook at Platform 9 ¾, Kings Cross station. I finished the week with a performance for Surrey Opera in their Gala Christmas Fund Raiser which I believe was a great success for them.
Tonight, I will be sat in the living room of my family home, the winter fire dancing, and flickering whilst I'm snuggled under my blanket ready for some cosy restful days ahead over the Christmas break. We have always loved to celebrate Christmas as a time for family in our home, my parents go to such a lot of trouble to dress the house and plan fun activities for the whole family to enjoy. I love this time of year, as I get to see my family and friends, play games, and create crafty designs with my Mum.
My older brother Matt has brought home some of his favourite board games to play. A family favourite is Telestrations, a drawing game that is similar to Chinese whispers, each player has a booklet, you have to draw a miscellaneous object from a mystery card, then pass it on around the other players, the next player has to say what they think the object is from your image. This pattern continues around the group and you have to hope that by the end of the game, the object is the same as the beginning. It's always funny to see how a word can evolve into something entirely different, and in our family, the drawings can be quite hilarious! I really recommend it!
This afternoon my Mum and I played some Christmas songs to set a festive atmosphere. Then we created some Christmas cards ready to send to our friends next year. I love this activity as you can always use glitter and sparkle this time of year!
How do you spend your Christmas holiday?
I want to wish everyone a fabulous festive break where ever you are in the world and I hope that you have a fantastic time, filled with love, relaxation, and delicious food.


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The rapid rise of the Chief Sustainability Officer
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Is the Chief Sustainability Officer about to become the most crucial member of the C-suite guiding a transition toward a new economic reality?
Corporate sustainability is no longer the domain of generalists, marketing experts or individuals entering the twilight years of their career. Now, it's striking at the strategic and operational core of some of the most well-regarded global companies.
More and more chief executives and founders, such as Virgin Group's Richard Branson and Procter & Gamble CEO David Taylor, are proactively championing sustainability.
More than that, an increasing number of top firms are investing in senior C-suite level leaders who can drive the formulation and execution of a corporate sustainability strategy.
Enter the Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO)
Typically, a CSO has a title and seniority on a par with C-level finance, operational, and technical heads and reports directly to the CEO.
But Marie-Claire Daveu, Chief Sustainability Officer at global luxury giant Kering and one of France's most celebrated champions for sustainable development, goes even further.
She believes that in a world beset with unprecedented environmental and social challenges, the CSO's deep know-how actual makes him or her the ideal CEO.
"Traditionally, being the CFO or Chief of Strategy was seen as a gateway to being a CEO," says Daveu, adding "but as more investors see sustainability as a necessary strategy for both survival and differentiation, the CSO is advantageously placed to serve as a company's CEO and guide its transition toward a new economic reality, where competitiveness and sustainability are inseparable."
The first known CSO appointments were at DuPont and Nike in 2004.
In just three years, the number of companies appointing a CSO for the very first time has sharply risen. Major players such as Diageo, P&G, Mastercard, Nissan, Ralph Lauren, Tyson Foods and others have all created this new position within their C-suites.
No more 'greenwashing', please
The increase in demand for CSOs reflects a significant evolution in corporate sustainability. By and large, this is no longer about 'greenwashing', but about being a good corporate citizen. Sustainability is now incorporated into two-thirds of companies' core missions and signatories of the UN's Principles for Responsible Investment represent over half of the world's institutional assets.
"The corporate sustainability function currently plays an important sensing and monitoring role," explains Jason Jay, a Senior Lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management and Director of the Sustainability Initiative at MIT Sloan. According to Jay, CSOs today are constantly listening to scientists, regulators, customers and investors. Plus, they are monitoring the company's performance on key sustainability indicators and delegating material issues to the relevant business unit.
"The biggest change evident to me in the last five years is the increasing business relevance accorded to sustainability," says Annemarie Meisling, Head of Sustainability at Danish bioscience corporation Chr. Hansen. Billed as the world's most sustainable company in the 2019 Corporate Knights Global 100 Index. Chr Hansen produces natural beneficial bacteria. These can enhance 'naturality' in a wide range of foods as well as lower the use of chemicals in agriculture and the overuse of antibiotics for both humans and in livestock.
At the World Economic Forum earlier this year, Chr. Hansen was lauded for scoring 100 on the 'clean revenue' indicator.
Sustainability driving innovation
Kering, ranked second in the composite Global 100 Index and first within the luxury and fashion sector, is a pioneer in the future of sustainable fashion. Their sustainability mission is driven by Chairman François-Henri Pinault's ethos that "luxury and sustainability are one and the same". "It's not simply an ethical necessity," says Daveu, their CFO, "although that is important in and of itself, but we see sustainability as a driver of innovation, creativity and value creation."
In 2013, the group founded the Materials Innovation Lab, which provides all its fashion houses with more than 3,000 sustainable fabric and textile samples. The lab also devotes a major effort to promoting sustainability among suppliers. Daveu stresses its growing importance to Kering in meetings and formal training sessions and highlights the value of certifications.
In the second part of this Insight about the rise of the CSO, we look at roles and responsibilities, how to succeed, and what the future holds for Chief Sustainability Officers.


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January 28, 2011
Gmail Tests Image Ads
Gmail's image ads are contextually targeted, but it's unlikely that users will tolerate them well. After all, one of Gmail's selling points was that it only used relevant text ads. Here's Google's answer from 2005 to the question "What makes Gmail different?": "There are other differences in the way Gmail provides access to your email. For example, Gmail automatically groups an email and the replies to it as a conversation. That means you always see a message in its proper context. And there are no pop-ups or banner ads in Gmail, just relevant text ads and links to related pages". Google's explanation continues: "[Gmail ads] are small and unobtrusive. They don't fill half your screen and we don't make you read them just to get to your inbox. Ads are never inserted into the body text of either incoming or outgoing Gmail messages and you won't see any pop-ups or untargeted banner ads in Gmail."
It's interesting to see that a Gmail page about privacy explains that "showing relevant advertising offers more value to users than displaying random pop-ups or untargeted banner ads". The key words are "random" and "untargeted".
{ Thanks, Greg. }
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- AnonymousJanuary 28, 2011 at 8:22 AM
Google Doesn't Have Enough Money So Its Tried For Ads For Personal Session Also Which Might Reflect On PrivacyReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 28, 2011 at 8:33 AM
I've tended to agree that 'relevant' advertising is good for me as a user: if I have to see ads they might as well be suited to me.ReplyDelete
However, this new system where they focus a particular ad on me for a period - with that ads seemingly following me around - crosses the line. It is spooky and annoying. I'm going to have to find some way to stop it even if it means no longer using Google.
- AnonymousJanuary 28, 2011 at 8:34 AM
The fact Facebook addicts put up with pict. ads does not translate to Gmail users tolerating it.ReplyDelete
Google - Although tempting, do not go this route. It's going to push far too many users to consider/adopt other email options (myself included... and I am a Google freak!).
- AnonymousJanuary 28, 2011 at 8:40 AM
one of the reason i like gmail is they do not display annoying image adv like hotmail / yahoo.ReplyDelete
I'm ok with text adv but not image adv, please.
- AnonymousJanuary 28, 2011 at 8:52 AM
Wonderful. Gmail is great but this is a step in the wrong direction.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 28, 2011 at 8:54 AM
Being a paid Google Apps user you can turn off ALL ads with just one click....ReplyDelete
Ahem, you seem to forget that in 2005, web services that served images were kind of ... non-existing/just getting started.ReplyDelete
They're keeping up with the time. If they weren't you'd be saying: Google's stuck in the past, unwilling to evolve.
- AnonymousJanuary 28, 2011 at 9:47 AM
OH NOOO. PLEASE DO NOTReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 28, 2011 at 9:48 AM
The whole point that everyone praised about google ads was that it was TEXT ads and NOT annoying image ads. This is BS.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 28, 2011 at 10:04 AM
I have already seen oneReplyDelete
image ads sucks... please keep with the text-only!!!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 28, 2011 at 4:25 PM
image ads pay more than text ads looks like lol. Google is just responding to the times.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 28, 2011 at 7:38 PM
Just a few weeks ago they added ads at bottom of messages..ReplyDelete
and now this....
It's time for me to start using some addons to remove every ads...
Doesn't bother me. As long as I have Adblock Plus who cares if its an image ad or just a text ad?ReplyDelete
Everyone, I think Mushaf hits the nail on the head.ReplyDelete
If the images bother you, get AdBlock or ABP to block banner ads all together.
I personally prefer AdBlock, on Chrome, because I feel like I have an easier time writing specific blocks than I did on ABP.
Heck, I feel like I'm eating nails when I use my Cr-48's guest mode, thanks to the sea of display ads out there!
So, by all means, make a stink; I think I agree. In the meantime, get an ad blocker, and start breathing the non-banner ad fresh air.
I don't see anything wrong with what Google is doing. I use gmail daily and I haven't even noticed their ads, they are very small and not in your face at all. And with programs mentioned above, there shouldn't be an issue with their tiny little ads.ReplyDelete
Well it's ok with me, so far as they don't serve image ads with text-only emails. Image ads next to image-heavy emails don't distract.ReplyDelete
Even if I have images in my email I still don't want visual adds.ReplyDelete
I had one of these unpleasant encounters, it was very surprising even disturbing. #I felt betrayed#
Google please don't go there!
Google tests a brand new ad block below messages. It's not available to each one, so Google most likely tests its effectiveness.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 1, 2011 at 11:08 AM
I have images blocked in the emails (because I'm often reading on dialup), so I only see the ad picture. This is incredibly annoying.ReplyDelete
Also, their "targeting" is whacked. I understand that "Fat Dragon Games" is not necessarily obviously an RPG company, but it doesn't need to be accompanied by a weight loss ad.
The first reason why I came to Google from yahoo is because they don't use image adds, But if they changed there mind then I think I'll have to change my mind too.ReplyDelete
In Google AdWords, when you compare a text ad and an image ad of the same size, you would notice that images grabs your attention more than text. I still love using text though I prefer images because they grab more attention than text. Here is how you can create image ads or banner ads that grab attention.ReplyDelete


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YouTube today introduced a new content filter that helps users screen out offensive content, such as news videos with graphic violence, or sexually suggestive clips that don't exceed the service's Community Guidelines. The optional filter, named Safety Mode, also hides all text comments by default.
Google's YouTube has long banned family-unfriendly content, including pornography and videos that show gratuitous violence, animal abuse, underage drinking, and the like. But Safety Mode adds another layer of protection to keep kids and sensitive adults away from more provocative material.
"An example of this type of content might be a newsworthy video that contains graphic violence such as a political protest or war coverage," writes Associate Product Manager Jamie Davidson on The Official YouTube Blog.
The setting is being rolled out Tuesday. To opt in, you scroll to the bottom of any YouTube page and click "Safety Mode is off" on the bottom left. Click "On" and "Save" to activate the filter.
For some keywords, Safety Mode returns no results at all. One example is the word "naked." The filter displays a message informing you that it blocked the results.
Other keywords, such as "violence," may return filtered results with less offensive videos. For an unfiltered experience, you'll have to turn off Safety Mode.
You must log into your account to lock your preference. Once you log out, your setting can't be changed without your password.
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Safety Mode also blocks offensive language by hiding all comments by default. It's easy enough to view them, however; simply click "Text Comments." But objectionable words will be replaced by asterisks.
Safety Mode works with other YouTube sections too, including Related Videos, Featured Videos, Most Viewed, and Videos Being Watched Now.
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There's little doubt a Net-savvy teen could easily defeat Safety Mode. Example: If Mom and/or Dad enable the YouTube filter in Internet Explorer, Junior could fire up competing browsers such as Chrome, Firefox, Opera, or Safari, to view verboten content. (Nobody's heard of Opera, Junior, so try that one.) Then again, Safety Mode could prevent little kids from stumbling upon gruesome war videos or other edgy fare.
YouTube acknowledges that Safety Mode has its shortcomings. "While no filter is 100-percent perfect, Safety Mode is another step in our ongoing desire to give you greater control over the content you see on the site," Davidson writes.
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text: August 22, 2021Rob TaylorRomans 11:1–36 Romans 11:1–36 [1] I say then, has God cast away His people? Certainly not! For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. [2] God has not cast away His people whom He foreknew. Or do you not know what the Scripture says of Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel, saying, [3] "LORD, they have killed Your prophets and torn down Your altars, and I alone am left, and they seek my life"? [4] But what does the divine response say to him? "I have reserved for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal." [5] Even so then, at this present time there is a remnant according to the election of grace. [6] And if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace. But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work. [7] What then? Israel has not obtained what it seeks; but the elect have obtained it, and the rest were blinded. [8] Just as it is written: "God has given them a spirit of stupor, Eyes that they should not see And ears that they should not hear, To this very day." [9] And David says: "Let their table become a snare and a trap, A stumbling block and a recompense to them. [10] Let their eyes be darkened, so that they do not see, And bow down their back always." [11] I say then, have they stumbled that they should fall? Certainly not! But through their fall, to provoke them to jealousy, salvation has come to the Gentiles. [12] Now if their fall is riches for the world, and their failure riches for the Gentiles, how much more their fullness! [13] For I speak to you Gentiles; inasmuch as I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry, [14] if by any means I may provoke to jealousy those who are my flesh and save some of them. [15] For if their being cast away is the reconciling of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead? [16] For if the firstfruit is holy, the lump is also holy; and if the root is holy, so are the branches. [17] And if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them, and with them became a partaker of the root and fatness of the olive tree, [18] do not boast against the branches. But if you do boast, remember that you do not support the root, but the root supports you. [19] You will say then, "Branches were broken off that I might be grafted in." [20] Well said. Because of unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by faith. Do not be haughty, but fear. [21] For if God did not spare the natural branches, He may not spare you either. [22] Therefore consider the goodness and severity of God: on those who fell, severity; but toward you, goodness, if you continue in His goodness. Otherwise you also will be cut off. [23] And they also, if they do not continue in unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again. [24] For if you were cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and were grafted contrary to nature into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these, who are natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree? [25] For I do not desire, brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be wise in your own opinion, that blindness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in. [26] And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: "The Deliverer will come out of Zion, And He will turn away ungodliness from Jacob; [27] For this is My covenant with them, When I take away their sins." [28] Concerning the gospel they are enemies for your sake, but concerning the election they are beloved for the sake of the fathers. [29] For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable. [30] For as you were once disobedient to God, yet have now obtained mercy through their disobedience, [31] even so these also have now been disobedient, that through the mercy shown you they also may obtain mercy. [32] For God has committed them all to disobedience, that He might have mercy on all. [33] Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and His ways past finding out! [34] "For who has known the mind of the LORD? Or who has become His counselor?" [35] "Or who has first given to Him And it shall be repaid to him?" [36] For of Him and through Him and to Him are all things, to whom be glory forever. Amen. https://media.blubrry.com/ccbtn/calvarybrentwood.org/library/45-rom-011-011.mp3Podcast: Download In This Series Obvious ObedienceNovember 14, 2021Rob TaylorRomans 16:17–27 Having A Good NameNovember 7, 2021Rob TaylorRomans 16:1–16 Submitting To God's PlanOctober 31, 2021Rob TaylorRomans 15:23–33 You Have A Place In God's PlanOctober 24, 2021Rob TaylorRomans 15:14–21 Living In HarmonyOctober 17, 2021Rob TaylorRomans 15:1–13