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Look what I got my hands on! Lancome's limited (and largely sold out) Sparkling Cherub palette…technically an illuminator:
Inside is a gorgeous palette – it has a beige/light gold outer rim, a bronze in the centre and a small pink heart detail. There is a glitter overspray on the powder, which is just gorgeous but WILL wipe away after a few uses.
A closer look…just to admire….
Lancome releases some super pretty face palettes every year, no? Too pretty if you ask me – its that damn glittery overspray. It makes me want to keep my hands off.
Because you're special and its Christmas, I did indeed, soil the powder a little and got this swatch for you. This is the top layer to there is some of the chunkier silver glitter there, but this wont be there in future applications:
I'd say the powder is quite versatile and is more than just a face illuminator. The outer colour can be used to highlight and the centre colour is a nice bronze – mixed together it leaves the warm honey shade above.
You can even contour/highlight with this palette me thinks.
In terms of texture, its not a super soft powder, but I think this means you are less likely to over load the brush with product.
Do you like the look of the Cherub palette? Would you use this or save it?

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Drew Friedman is the son of the novelist and scriptwriter Bruce Jay Friedman. Drew, and his brother Josh Allan, grew up in the risqué heart of Manhattan in New York City during the golden age of pornography. Drew Friedman had a monthly cartoon in Spy magazine in the late seventies, and his work has widely appeared, including in MAD Magazine. His brother Josh Friedman wrote columns for Screw Magazine, which were collected as the 'Tales of Times Square' (1993).
Together with his brother Josh Allen, they published 'Any Similarity to Persons Living or Dead is Purely Coincidental (1997), 'Warts and All' (1990) and 'The Private Life of Public Figures' (1993). Drew Friedman won the Newspaper Illustration Award by the National Cartoonist Society for 2000, and recently released his caricatures of 'Old Jewish Comedians' (2006) and the comic art anthology 'The Fun Never Stops' (2007). Among his graphical influences are S. Clay Wilson and Robert Crumb.


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I thought that mathematicians strove to find the most elegant proofs, not the hardest ones!threewood14 wrote:Because that is the hardest way to prove it! Its so hard in fact, you haven't been able to prove it using the law of sines yet! Infact, none of us here have been able to!!!
Besides, if you can't prove it using easier methods, what makes you think you are going to be able to prove it using hard ones? Work your way up.


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No idea what your perfect suit fit is? Don't know your lapel from your elbow? Let Topman take care of your sartorial questions with its suit fitting guide. From discussing your body shape to best establish whether you're skinny fit, slim fit or heritage fit to teaching you how to fold a pocket square and accessorise a suit, we cover everything necessary to turn you into a proper gentleman.
Now then, let's find you a suit that fits properly. Shall we?
Determine your perfect Topman suit fit by answering our questions starting below or browse all Topman suits by clicking here.
A tie pin's purpose is to stop the tie itself from blowing around everywhere on those windy days. The one rule: never wear a tie pin that's bigger than your tie.
A good leather briefcase separates the boys from the men; it gives off the idea that you're going somewhere important – even if you just are off for a latte.
You don't have to, but try and show a bit of shirt cuff; it looks smart and gives you the opportunity to show off a nice watch. Your sleeves should never go past the point where the base of your thumb meets your wrist, as you'll look like a kid wearing an adult's jacket. Take it to a tailor if it is, it's less than you think to get a suit properly fitted…
Pants shouldn't trail on the floor, they should touch the shoes but with only an inch of cloth to spare.
Lapel pins are great for adding a bit more definition to a plain suit, but avoid one if you're already wearing a tie pin and pocket square as it can come off as a bit much.
Start off with your pocket square laid out flat.
Fold the pocket square in half bringing the corners together.
Fold one corner to the other to make a triangle.
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Town wants to buy out developer
BETHEL -- Town officials are negotiating with a Danbury developer to end his effort to build affordable housing on what they say is environmentally sensitive land.
Town Planner Steven Palmer has proposed a deal with Ellis Tarlton, whose company has applied to build a 70-unit apartment project on 14 acres at Hickok and Maple avenues. The Planning and Zoning Commission endorsed his effort May 13.
Tarlton is a principal of MH Development LLC of Danbury. Its project was proposed under the state's affordable housing law, which overrides local zoning regulations to allow higher density for lower-priced stock.
Tarlton's attorney, Neil Marcus, could not be reached Tuesday.
The commission spent 30 minutes discussing the negotiations behind closed doors before voting unanimously in public to pay $7,500 from its open space fund to MH Development if the company agrees to several terms.
These include withdrawing the site plan and application, promising not to resubmit any land-use application for the property before Oct. 1, 2014, negotiating in good faith for the sale to the town of all or part of the land for open space, and, if a deal is struck, to credit the town with the $7,500 already paid. If no agreement is reached, the money would not be refundable.
First Selectman Matt Knickerbocker said he and Palmer have been talking with the developer about a deal. It's an environmentally sensitive area, Knickerbocker said. The project would be disruptive to the neighborhood and create traffic problems, he added.
"We are going to negotiate a mutually acceptable price and then it would be up to the voters if they want to approve it," Knickerbocker said. "We have a strong motivation to seek a solution to preserve that neighborhood."
Mapleview Village at Bethel, as the project was to be called, would have five four-story buildings with 1-, 2- and 3-bedroom apartments. The buildings would be grouped on four acres with the remainder left as open space.
The Planning and Zoning Commission accepted the application at its meeting March 25.
The proposal called for the hill on the lot to be leveled, which would require some blasting.
Connecticut's Affordable Housing law was adopted in 1989. For a project to qualify, it must dedicate 30 percent of all units be available for rent or purchase for people who meet the income criteria of the law. The project can then bypass local land-use regulations and local land-use commissions bear the burden of proof in denying them approval to continue.
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Recovery Act More Than Doubles Surety Bond Guarantee
Ceiling for Small Businesses 3-27-09
Move Could Help Spur Much Needed Construction Growth
WASHINGTON – Effective today, small businesses that need surety bonds to compete for construction and service contracts can qualify for U.S. Small Business Administration-backed surety bonds of up to $5 million. The higher amount, a result of the Recovery Act, is more than double the previous $2 million maximum surety bond guaranteed by SBA.
Through SBA's Surety Bond Guarantee program, SBA guarantees bid, payment and performance bonds. Surety bonds protect the project owner against financial loss if contractors default or fail to perform.
SBA partners with the surety industry to help small businesses that would otherwise be unable to obtain bonding in the traditional commercial marketplace. Under the partnership, SBA provides a guarantee to a participating surety company of between 70 and 90 percent of the bond amount.
"During these difficult economic times," said Acting SBA Administrator Darryl K. Hairston, "these changes are particularly helpful to small and emerging contractors who need access to surety bonds so they can bid on public construction and service projects. These changes will support small and emerging businesses nationwide, particularly construction contractors who have seen their markets hurt by a poor economy and lagging construction environment."
Additional program enhancements contained in the stimulus bill will be announced soon in the Federal Register. Among these changes is a provision that will allow SBA to guarantee a bond on a federal contract up to $10 million following certification by the contracting officer that the bond guarantee is required.
In recent years SBA has taken a number of steps to reinvigorate its Surety Bond Guarantee Program and make it easier for small businesses to obtain bonds. In 2007, SBA established a more flexible pricing structure, allowing Preferred Surety Bond Sureties to charge current state rates rather than being locked into rates that were established several years ago.
Industry associations have commended SBA for these new changes and SBA continues to encourage surety bond providers and agents to actively participate in the program.
In the past year, SBA also implemented a new electronic bond application process. Small businesses and surety companies participating in the SBA prior approval program are able to transmit application forms electronically to help expedite review and approval processes. The SBA also re-engineered the claims reimbursement process to shorten the cycle time between submission of a claim for reimbursement by a surety company and payment by the government.
SBA assistance in locating a participating surety company or agent and completing application forms is available online. For more information on SBA's Surety Bond Guarantee Program, go online to http://www.sba.gov/osg/ or call 1-800-U ASK SBA.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Recovery Act More Than Doubles Surety Bond Guarantee Ceiling for Small Businesses 3-27-09
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Ah, The Farm Cafe's Herb-Crusted Tofu Marsala. It's been a while, but I swear, I've been on more than one awkward date where this dish owns my attention over the person sitting across the table. It's Italian fine dining meets Northwest greatness meets home cooking meets a plate high in the running for my last meal request.
The dish is constructed as a multi-layered tower of wonder that's been impressing vegfolks and omnis alike for years. On The Farm's menu (which I understand has been sporadically featuring vegan specials the past couple of years), it's described as, "Breaded and herbed tofu cutlets with roasted garlic mashed potatoes and crimini mushroom Marsala". Yes, indeed.
This recreation features local chanterelle mushrooms, the addition of smoked salt in the breading, the absence of roasted garlic in the potatoes, yet the incorporation of minced garlic scapes in the sauce, and a generous side of some green with steamed snow peas & shoots. All of the produce used was acquired locally from farmers markets, and the herbs were from a gift from a friend's garden (Thanks, Liz!).
You can find the original recipe here on Everyday Dish with the lovely Julie Hasson.
Why I don't make this more often is beyond me, but I'll say this much, it's time to restock on Marsala. Who's coming over for dinner next week?


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Tuesday, February 20, 2007
My Icon Franca Sozzani
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I"m not too familiar with her Sart. What is it about her that you admire?
I knew she was the editor of Vogue Italy, because i'm a journalist too… but i didn't know she was so chic so beauty…
so easy her Style, so brilliant
very minimal very fancy
can i say something sart? youre a bit of a sucker upper to all these editors. I know u want spreads and mention in their magazines, but you cross the line when it comes to buttering up to climb the social ladder. good site though, sicky comments.
Yes she is an inspiration
Italian Vogue is Inspirational
The blonde hair is perfect as a contrast to all the black! The glasses are also really cool, and the background.
I think my monitor isn't showing the detail so well.
She's got a friendly smile! I like the hem length too.
how cool that such a fashion icon "dares" to wear shoes that were fashionable a few years ago. that's what sets her apart from the perfectly-coiffed-and-packaged fashionista pack!!
I really don't know if this woman is Italian, but I must admit that the most elegant Italian women come from Rome; I do not appreciate the Milan look much, I rather like the roman elegance. sorry about my english
Nina Madrid
She has style!
Great shades, and I love the contrast of her light hair against the black dress. She has a wonderful smile, too.
If Amazon is to be believed, she is the editor of Italian Vogue.
Scott!! style.com photos — they are breathtaking. You're getting better and better.
Just had to tell you that
yay for the Sozzani sisters! they're both so cool.
To anon 4:34 am
So who am I sucking up to when i am posting photos of assistant editors and assistant to the assistant editors and people with standing room tickets?
I am honest when I say she is one of my icons, it is just that simple. I have not been in the "media" side of fashion for very long so any feelings i have for certain editors or personalities was developed when i was a fashion fan like everyone else so I feel very comfortable in admitting who i really look up to. I could just act cool and blase but I am just not that way.
I do admit that if i post a lot of nice photos of older people so I might get a nice spot at a retirement home of my choice when the time comes.
she is one of my style icons too! she looks amazing!
the fashion industry stands for something – doesn't it? I dont get this "real style doesn't apply at fashion week or w/ those assoc." mentality…OF COURSE it does – many of thosepeople suffer w/ low pay & raging bosses whilst trying to follow the dreams and plans that were laid when they were young and reading vogue and admiring the unusual/pretty/chic. You don't need to post this comment sart – I just really wanted you to know: I am with you – keep it up.
ex-fashionista who couldn't hack the druggy boss/low pay/crazy travel/insane demands and now is in finance and bored and wishes she were in fashion – just the one she dreamt of rather than what she encountered at 4 places along 7th.
oh, yes, she is totally and completely fabulous. i'm with you, sart. love your aesthetic.
Ah! Franca Sozzani has real vision. Her Italian Vogue beats out all other Vogues by a long shot.
A great, great shot of that intelligent, thoughtful face and whipped cream hair.
Is this a tiny purse in her hand or a wallet? Very cute.
Very, very cool that she's not lugging around a huge bag. I can't wait for the oversized purse to die.
It is so reassuring to know that GIRLS come in many ages.
Aww, the photo doesn't capture the full texture of the jacket.
While I frown at her shoes, I smile back to her lovely smile!
P.S. I love to be in a retirement home with you, Sart! :-)
Franca Sozzani has been one of my style icons for years. Her and her sister have the most amazing home in Marakech that was featured in W mag 12 yrs. ago (maybe more?) I keep it in my files for inspiration! Between Her and Carine Roitfield, they keep the concept of STYLE affiliated with Vogue.
Keep up the good work!
so nice to see long hair on a middle-age-ish woman. you don't have to cut your hair once you reach 40! i'd like to see more long hair on older women. i look forward to having long, salt and pepper braids when i'm 50. thanks, sart.
If you see Betty catroux or Lou Lou de la falaise, please snap them! They are two other of my style icons!
You really don't need to defend yourself from anonymous people's posts that will always find something meaningless to criticize you… Some people are just like that…
Everyone here knows you're doing great stuff…
just look at that beautiful building behind her!
I love Carla Sozzani and I really don't like Anna Wintour. Carla is a real woman of flesh and blood, very emotional. Anna is only…plastic,sorry.
adore franca-such personal style!!!
I saw her wearing that black "Derercuny" coat several times. It loos so good with her blonde… Truly simple and chic!
I really don't know what I like the most, her blond hair as a contrast to the black, the shades, the shoes, her small but very chic wallet or her smile! Most of all I think I like her attitude! she's one of my most important style icons, along with her sister Carla.
My favorite coat style for not jeans. I finally had to make one because I couldn't find one.
Franca is also my icon… She's divine and has style coming out her pores!!!


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David T writes
Would there be an easy way to set up a sort of glossary, Pat, with SNOT and other local jargon or catch-phrases (pail, silicism, Annie Lehmann, etc.) explained and linked, for easy reference for those new to the forum and for those of us who sometimes forget?
I been thinking about something a bit broader. Perhaps we could set up a thread that would serve as a FAQ for this list and, in order to keep the FAQ thread clean, another thread to hold discussions about the FAQ. Each post would begin with a question (first one: What is an eggcorn?) and continue with a response. Some of the housekeeping posts we have formulated in response to earlier questions could be copied over to the FAQ and edited. We could parcel out the various FAQ questions to the regulars for the initial writeup, posted on the discussion thread for comments, then moved over to the FAQ when the discussion dies down.
Some other questions that might be covered:
Has my eggcorn been discussed here before [stuff about search engines]
How do I post an eggcorn? [different categories, starting threads]
Are there standards for posts to this forum?[stress documentation, explain diff between eggcorn and slip]
Is it an eggcorn if only one person says it?
How do I search for eggcorns [stuff on Google reliability, etc]
Why do I have to register to post an eggcorn?
When will my eggcorn appear in the database?
What are the best eggcorns? [pointers to end of year lists, stats, etc]
What makes one eggcorn better than another?
Are there categories of eggcorns? [some of the terminology here that David mentions]
What web resources are available to help search for eggcorns?
How do I format my posts?
What is an Eggcornista?
The obvious advantage of such a list would be that we could point the newcomers to this thread without having issue the same explanations for each person working their way up the involvement ladder.
Hatching new language, one eggcorn at a time.
We've occasionally talked about this before, but I agree that our inventory of shibboleths is getting to the point that we may now need more urgently to deopaque them for the cheechakos.
One of the things I like about the psychology of FAQ lists is that they often catalogue the questions oldtimers WISH the newcomers would ask more frequently, rather than the ones they do ask. But Kem's list does a good job of splitting the difference between those two categories.
The questions newcomers ask on the forum tend to be rather polite—we have their email addresses, after all. But if you look at the comments to the articles in the Database (where registration wasn't required), you see a lot of ruder comments/questions that might also be worth heading off at the past.
Some other possibilities:
Aren't "eggcorns" just misspellings or typos?
Are you guys really doing anyone a favor by acting like ignorant misuse of the language is worth taking note of?
Isn't there already a name for these—"mondegreens"?
Aren't most eggcorns just puns?
What's the difference between a malapropism and an eggcorn? (Which may be our most frequently asked question.)
I already tried to search for that word in the search engine—why didn't it come up? (We need to bring together all the answers regulars have written up for that, and then piece together the best comprehensive answer.)
I followed the directions for posting an eggcorn in the Database—why didn't it publish?
Is there a way I can send someone on the forum an email? (Maybe not all of you want that one answered….)
How do you show where you live?
Do you have to show quotations when you post?
As for David's original question—if you're asking about setting up another page (parallel to the Contribute, Slips, etc. pages), yes, that is possible—I've run across the directions for doing it. I'm not sure whether there are any scary interactions; I'd prefer to have Chris do any restructuring since I really don't have a clue about such stuff. I think a good discussion to have right now would be whether we need any new pages, and if so what. It might be good to be able to separate malaprops from the other kinds of things that show up on "Slips." Maybe "Wordplay" or something like that deserves its own page.
I guess we'll have to have some bouts of consensus building about what terminology gets highlighted in a forum lexicon. The publishing of an "official" list might seem to set some things in stone—and maybe not everyone wants to see them all made permanent and pushed into wider circulation. While I'm terribly honored to have been nominated for the 2009 Snot Award, I find the name—how do I say this?—kinda gross. (And I don't mean that as any kind of smear on Nottingham's eponym—a wise man, indeed.) I've never been fully persuaded by Kem's "Annie Lehmann," which I consider problematic in its conflation of useful categories (I much prefer "Lehmann's term"). And Arnold Zwicky's "pail" has always seemed to me kinda pallid and unfortunate. It gets a little use around here, but little enough that it usually gets re-explained when it does appear. (I think his "flounder" is pure nomenclatural genius, however.)
In any case, maybe we should thrash out what we would like to see in such a lexicon.
Okay, I haven't posted my 2009 Best Of yet because I've got two pressing back-to-back deadlines to beat. I'm being bad in posting this much. Bye….
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The multiplicity of non-self-explanatory search engines has been a headache for a while, so in response to the recent comments on this I've put together a quick intro to the engines.
But there are many ways of doing this, and I'm not sure the discursive approach I've used below is the best one. We could also break the intro into 2 parts, with a quick overview and then the discursive, more thorough discussion. Or we could do something else altogether. In any case, I've posted my rough draft below, and why don't you guys point out omissions, unfortunate inclusions, errors, or alternate ways of approaching the problem—including your own rough drafts, if you're so inclined.
The search engine FAQ
We have three search engines on this site. Two are in the upper part of the right-hand column on the Eggcorn Database homepage ( http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/ ). The third one is at the top of all Eggcorn Forum pages ( http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/forum/search.php ).
The Eggcorn Database Search Engine
The first search engine in the upper right-hand corner of the Eggcorn Database homepage is simply labeled "Search," and it supposedly searches for all articles that have already been entered into the Eggcorn Database itself. It's quirky, however, and while you usually get what you're looking for, sometimes you don't, and sometimes your target article comes up in the company of a bunch of other ones you have to scroll through. To find Database articles, I usually just jump to the "Browse eggcorns" link which is just a short ways above the homepage "Search" button.
The Google Search Engine
This is directly beneath the "Search" button in the upper right-hand corner of the Eggcorn Database homepage, and it's labeled "Google Search."
It searches the entire site, including everything associated with both the Database and the Forum. It's the most comprehensive and least buggy of our three search engines. If you want to do a multi-word search for something like "part for the course," this is the search engine to use. And since it's a Google-powered engine, you can use Google syntax—such as putting double quotes around those multi-word phrases, or putting a minus sign in front of terms you wish to exclude. This engine also offers the easiest way to search the earlier version of the Forum, which was supplanted by this forum in October, 2005; the posts are still up, but you can't get to them through the Search button on the Forum pages.
The Forum Search Engine
If you go to the top of the Eggcorn Forum homepage ( http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/forum/ ) – or to the top of any of the pages associated with the forum – you'll see a list of 8 links, starting with "Eggcorn Database." The fifth link in the row is "Search" (also here: http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/forum/search.php ), and that is the search engine for the Forum. It searches all the pages associated with the Forum, including "News and announcements," "Contribute," "Eggcornology," "Slips, etc.," and "Soapbox." It's very useful for finding Forum posts, but it doesn't search the Database or the other pages associated with it. Be aware that it's also quirky, and doesn't like long, multi-word queries; it'll usually give you what you want, but your target posts will often be buried in many "false positives" that you have to sift through. On the other hand, it has a bunch of other features the other engines don't have; for instance, you can search for a post by author, or you can restrict the search to a certain forum page.
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Well roared, lion.
The only addition I might suggest is to point out that the Google search box is the equivalent of adding "site:eggcorns.lascribe.net" to any general Google search, so all the Google search syntax (such as using quotes for exact searches and using the minus sign to exclude entries with certain words) applies.
Hatching new language, one eggcorn at a time.
Looks great, Pat. I learned something myself: what the upper search bar on the Database page is for. I think the writeup indicates sufficiently that there are ghosts and unreachable passageways on this site. Take "overton window". If this phrase is entered on the Google search bar on the Database page, it suggests that somewhere on certain pages the overton window can be found, next to viggo mortenson. Danged if I can actually find that pair on any of the links that come up.
All of the regulars have experienced the vagaries of the search engine—returning hits that won't display is the main one. But FAQ info should focus, shouldn't it, to the kind of questions a newcomer might ask in working his/her way up the Eggcornista ladder?
Hatching new language, one eggcorn at a time.
I've rewritten the FAQ a bit to make it easier to jump right to the most likely-sounding search engine without reading through everything. And I've tried to incorporate Kem's comment about Google syntax.
I didn't say anything more about the ghosts and dead alleys in the search engines—I'm already mentioning so many problems that I'm afraid I'll scare off the newbies.
That "overton window" thing is darn freaky—I noticed that offsite Google returns plenty of hits for the combo of "overton window," "Viggo Mortensen," and those Flogging Molly lyrics. I don't have a clue what's going on there.
I'll keep the rough draft of the FAQ up for a few more days to see if there are any more comments.
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I think what would be most useful to me would be to have a gizmo calling the Google search available on every forum page (if not every page on the whole site). It's the one I use almost exclusively. It seems that would (a) make possible a simpler answer on the FAQ page, and more importantly (b) lessen the hassles of searching (meaning that people would need to check the FAQ on this topic less often).
*If the human mind were simple enough for us to understand,
we would be too simple-minded to understand it* .
David T—I agree completely that an overhaul of the search engines would be the ideal solution. But since I doubt that's going to happen soon, I'm hoping an FAQ will help out the newcomers in the meantime.
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The orphanage of Taddert-ou-Fella, which owes its name to the nearby village, was founded between 1882 and 1884. At this same time, the first schools in Greater Kabylia were opened, one in Beni-Yenni, with M. Verdy in charge, one in Tamazirth, under M. Gorde, and one in Tizi-Rached under M. Maille.
M. and Mme Malaval ran the Fort-National school. The then Administrator, M. Sabatier, wanted to start a school for girls and Mme Malaval agreed to take charge of this.
He summoned all the kaïds, cavalrymen and rural police in his area and asked them to ride through the douars (villages) and collect as many girls as possible. The kaïds and the horsemen set off, with the rural police, who set the example by bringing their own daughters. There were girls of all ages: some already adolescents and some still toddlers. Soon the premises at the Fort were inadequate, so the commune built the school at Taddert-ou-Fella.
There was a turning on the road to Mekla, just over a mile from Fort-National; above this turning there was a stretch of ground in the shape of a basin, surrounded by hills and with streams running down to the right and left, bounded to the south by the road and to the north by a hill, on the top of which stood a mined house. The Kabyle village was perched on the hillside about half a mile further on.
In 1890 a sign could still be seen at the side of the road, on which was written, Orphanage of Taddert-ou-Fella. No admission without authorization. Since then, the post on which this notice was fixed has fallen down and it has never been replaced.
When I arrived at the school I was still very young and I cannot remember much of my first two years there. I was very impressed when I was taken to the headmistress. My mother had first gone to see the Adminstrator to put me in his care. This wasnt M. Sabatier, who had been elected Deputy, but his successor, M. Demonque. The commune was still responsible for the school expenses. I saw a tall woman, dressed all in black; she seemed terribly sad to me. She had recently lost her only son from typhoid and her husband had died some little time before. They came from Aveyron where they had been ruined when phylloxera destroyed all the vines. Since the death of her husband and son, Mme Malaval had devoted herself wholeheartedly to her school.
I can remember an immense room with a wooden roof where you could see the beams, like in a stable; there were wide, high windows on three sides and the headmistresss quarters were built up against the fourth side. This room contained three rows of beds made of three planks on trestles; there were two grey blankets for sleeping, no pillow or sheets either.
When I arrived the dormitory was full. There were some really big girls who were put in charge of the smaller ones. My memories are vague up to 1888. In October of that year, I was put up into the big girls class: there were four of us little ones: Alice, Inès, Blanche and myself, Marguerite. We had all been given French names, as there were too many Fadhmas, Tassâdits and Dabhias. Up till then I had been in Mlle Soulés class where we had learnt such pretty songs like The Bengali and Dame Tartine. After M. Sabatier left, the Kaïds and the local police stopped their propaganda. The big girls, who were really too old for school, went home to get married and were never replaced. Soon the dormitory was too big and had to be divided into two, with one part to be used as a refectory and classroom. In fact, some classrooms which had been built on the hill when the school had its maximum complement, later had to be closed. In any case, it was not very convenient in the cold weather to have to climb up and down the steep paths to go to lessons or meals.
I shall say nothing of all the girls who passed through the school while I was there, for I have little to tell. I lived for years among them, without feeling affection or dislike for any of them: we did our lessons, we ate, we slept. As far as the food was concerned, it was the same as in all poor boarding-schools: black coffee for breakfast, with a piece of bread; for our midday meal, lentils full of grit, haricot beans, rice or split peas, with very little in the way of green vegetables, except for the wild salads that we picked when we went for walks in the fields. Later, however, I can remember winter evenings, by the fire in the semi-darkness, and the big girls who knew wonderful tales: we huddled round these story-tellers after our evening soup, until the teacher came to send us to bed.
There were also games that we played, running around wildly to get warm, while we sang Auprès de ma blonde, and Anne of Brittany in her clogs. And there were walks when we had been good: every afternoon, if it was fine, we went as far as the red turning until it was time for lessons to begin again.


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AT&T is the wireless provider that catches the most grief over its 3G network. This is particularly true with iPhone users who complain about a high percentage of dropped calls and slow data speeds. AT&T's network quality angered some iPhone users to the point that some were calling for a mass assault dubbed Operation Chokehold where users would all go online at the same time in an attempt to crash the AT&T network. This operation was a response to AT&T's threat to charge iPhone users more for using their unlimited data plans.
AT&T is working hard to fix its network issues and has pledged to spend huge sums of money in 2010 to improve its infrastructure with faster HSPA 7.2 speeds and preparations for the roll out of the AT&T LTE network late this year and in 2011. AT&T today announced that it has chosen the LTE equipment suppliers that will provide it with equipment to power its LTE network.
AT&T named Alcatel-Lucent and Ericsson as the equipment suppliers for the LTE network deployment. Both of the suppliers are currently providing gear to AT&T for its 3G networks. AT&T reports that it tested equipment from many manufacturers in the field and in the lab and ultimately chose to extend the current relationships with Alcatel-Lucent and Ericsson already in place.
One key to the decision was that both network hardware providers would provide AT&T with 3G equipment for its network today that can easily be upgraded for use with the faster HSPA 7.2 speeds coming soon and future LTE networks. This will prevent AT&T from needing to install new equipment in towers that it adds this year.
"The selection of Alcatel-Lucent and Ericsson is an important step forward in our ongoing mobile broadband strategy, which is focused on delivering the best possible combination of speed, performance and available devices for customers at every level of technology deployment," said John Stankey, president and CEO, AT&T Operations. "AT&T has a key advantage in that LTE is an evolution of the existing GSM family of technologies that powers our network and the vast majority of the world's global wireless infrastructure today. As some competitors move away from their existing investment in niche 3G platforms, we are able to efficiently and quickly move toward LTE while enhancing our existing 3G performance and providing access to a strong ecosystem of customer devices."
Part of the agreement also names Alcatel-Lucent and Ericsson as the domain suppliers for the AT&T Radio Access Network Domain covering the equipment needed to deliver LTE service to customers. No financial terms for the deal with either provider were offered. AT&T claims that it has twice the number of smartphone users as its closest competitor and that its mobile broadband traffic has grown 5000% in the last three years, which goes right along with the introduction of the iPhone.
Verizon is also set to introduce LTE networks late in 2010 and in 2011 to its customers after originally stating LTE networks could debut in 2009.


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AMS Friday Night Drags to Debut Christmas Tree Starting Light
Atlanta Motor Speedway's Friday Night Drags will be bringing several changes to the competition for the 2013 season, with one major addition highlighting the racing action on the pit lane drag strip.
In addition to a new 250-foot concrete launch pad, racers will be launching from the starting line at the command of a brand-new starter tree. Atlanta Motor Speedway has added the starting light after six complete seasons of hand-flagged starts that were reminiscent of drag racing's early days in the 1960s.
The success of the weekly street drag racing program has led to competitors and fans alike to ask for a way to make the action more competitive, and AMS officials have responded with this newest wrinkle to the competition.
The tree is a Race America 2650 Dual Lane XL Advanced Pro Drag Race Starter Tree. The starting line beams will set competitors in pre-start and staging lights.
If a car interrupts the beam before the green light is displayed, a red light will appear and the driver will be disqualified. This move eliminates the starter official's decisions on jumping penalties. The starter tree will operate in the "Pro" format, with random intervals for the yellow lights prior to the green. The "Pro" format will have all three yellow lights illuminate prior to the green, while the random interval will range between two-tenths of a second and five-tenths of a second. All divisions will compete using the "Pro" format.
"After considerable discussion, we have determined that adding the Christmas Tree starting light will guarantee an equal and competitive level of competition for all who compete when our 2013 Friday Night Drags season opens on April 26," said AMS President and General Manager Ed Clark.
While the fans will see even starts for the drivers, it is the competitors themselves that are most excited.
"I think it's a great idea," said defending Super Pro champion Mike Herring. "It eliminates human error and it'll help resolve a lot of conflict. Nobody thinks they left early when they get caught, so I think it's going to be a good thing. And with the new concrete, we can leave with a little more power, so the cars will pick up a bit more speed. I'm looking forward to this year."
The new surface and starting light system will debut on the opening night of the seventh full season of Friday Night Drags & Show-N-Shine at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Friday, April 26. The weekly series will feature street-style drag racing for all makes and models of cars, trucks and motorcycles. Similar vehicles will be placed within divisions competing in a nightly, single elimination tournament for trophies and bragging rights.
Each week's drag racing show also includes a Show-N-Shine open competition car, truck and motorcycle show, featuring a number of class awards, speedway cruise and fan showcase.
Events are set for April 26, May 3 and May 17 with the 2013 points season opening on May 31 and continuing through Aug. 16. The speedway will also once again host the Friday Night Drags Fall Stampede on Sept. 13 and 20.
For more Friday Night Drags information, divisional rules and Show-N-Shine specifications, visit www.atlantamotorspeedway.com/drags or call the Atlanta Motor Speedway Ticket Office at (877) 9-AMS-TIX or (770) 946-4211.


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- 68% rayon, 27%, 5% spandex.
- Center back to hem: 32" (81 cm).
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Author Notes: Ah, tiramisu - the iconic boozy dolce of the Italian Restaurant. I spent a year studying the art of food, ahem I mean semiotics, in Bologna, in the food-famous region of Emilia-Romagna. There, tiramisu was but an after-thought, overshadowed by dishes made with the syrupy balsamic vinegar of Modena, the succulent prosciutto from Parma, the homemade tortellini from Bologna proper and the dense, dark chocolate that found its way in to most desserts and beverages. That is, except in the eyes of my Sardinian 'compagna di stanza', who made us tiramisu...almost every day. She was scared silly of raw eggs (some grandmother's effective and unnecessary campaign in a land of truly farm-fresh eggs!) and refused to make hers with the customary 3-4. Instead, she would lighten hers with some cream and a vigorous hand beating (no electric things in our kitchen that year). You'd never know your silky dessert was missing an otherwise key ingredient. This is a simple dessert that depends on the strength of its ingredients - an excellent espresso, an excellent rum (steer away from Vanilla-ish rums, it will start to taste too vanilla-y and slightly fake) and an excellent cocoa powder and you have an excellent dessert. In my opinion, tiramisu tastes best when it's very cold, and has had time to develop. I try to make mine the day before I'm serving, or at least that morning, to give the flavors enough time in the fridge. —yclaraquesi
Serves: a 9x12 baking dish, enough for a big dinner party and leftovers
ounces mascarpone cheese
cup half-and-half
tablespoons confectioners sugar
tablespoon vanilla extract
grams (standard package size) savoiardi biscuits
2 to 3
cups strong, freshly brewed espresso
unwseetened cocoa powder
- Brew your coffee. Add rum and sugar to taste.
- Whip your mascarpone, half-and-half and vanilla, either by hand or by electric hand-held mixer, until the liquids are well incorporated and the mixture is light and creamy. Add tablespoons of confectioners sugar one by one, incorporating well after each addition, until it's sweetened to your taste (I generally add 8 - 10 tablespoons).
- Soak the savoiardi biscuits in the coffee mixture, until fairly saturated, and lay down a first layer in your baking dish. If your cream is not too runny, and your ladyfingers not too wet, you can also construct your tiramisu on a serving plate without sides. I prefer fairly saturated savoiardi biscuits, however, giving you a smooth and delicious forkful, so baking dish it is.
- Spoon half the mascarpone mixture over this first layer of ladyfingers, and top with a generous sprinkling of cocoa powder.
- Repeat, adding a second layer of ladyfingers, mascarpone and cocoa. And voila! Cover with plastic wrap and allow to mellow in the fridge until you're ready to enjoy.
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Growing old disgracefully
curiosity killed the cat or someone did!
A fox didn't kill it, a car didn't hit it... I am pretty certain some sick fuck killed this cat. It was beheaded and cleanly...
Growing old disgracefully