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I've never been a fan of pumpkin anything, but my kids sure are so this time of year I find myself making lots of pumpkin pies! I decided to broaden my horizons and find a pancake recipe that incorporated canned pumpkin.
Around our house anything that saves us money is always a good idea so I normally have a big container full of DIY Bisquick (AKA all purpose mix) ready to go. I wanted to use my pre-made mix as my base for the pumpkin spice pancakes, so it was just a matter of adding the pumpkin & spices. You can find the recipe for the DIY Biquick here.
Just in case the ingredients/directions are too hard to read from the image above, here they are again.
- 2 cups DIY Bisquick mix
- 1 TBSP. brown sugar
- 1 tsp. cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp. ginger
- 1/2 tsp. nutmeg
- 1 small pinch of clove
- 1 1/4 c milk
- 1/3 cup canned pumpkin
- 1 egg
Tip: Don't toss your leftover canned pumpkin. I was able to freeze 5 individual bags that each contained a 1/3 cup of canned pumpkin for the next time I want to make these.
- Preheat griddle to 350 degrees.
- Combine all ingredients until just mixed; don't over stir.
- Cook both sides until golden brown.
- Serve with butter and warm maple syrup. Garnish with whipped cream or pecans.
Our kids devoured these! Thanks for stopping by and hope you try these out -- they are delish!

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Source: Making My Way From Mountains To Mud: Part 3
Month: May 2017
Cradle to Grave
Deep roots.
My breath is the warm onshore breeze hissing through sawgrass,
The rattling clatter of autumn rushing down through the gnarled mountain rhododendron,
The slow summer exhale over fields of soybean and corn.
Winter winds falling all the way from snow-frosted mountains to the pluff-mud marshes.
My bones trace through stands of pine, red oak, and live oak, ancient and gnarled.
Through granite boulders and cliffs, high in the clear air,
Through rich, red clays and coastal loam.
My blood is black-water rivers, twisting through field and forest,
Deep lakes over drowned homes,
Tidal marshes, home to crab and heron,
And the salty edge of the Atlantic, eternally crashing on the shore.
I am rooted in the generations that lived and died,
Built and planted,
And wept.
Where I go,
this land goes too.
When I finally rest,
This land will claim what remains.


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Sun-dried Tomato Soup with Cheese Panini
Grilled cheese and tomato soup is a classic American pairing. This particular recipe is a nice twist on the original, using sun-dried tomatoes in addition to fresh ones, and ciabatta panini in place of a plain grilled cheese sandwich. The result is a simple meal whose flavor is anything but.
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
- 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 small onion, chopped
- 1 garlic clove, sliced
- 1/2 cup oil-packed sun-dried tomatoes, drained and coarsely chopped
- 1 tomato, diced
- 3 cups chicken stock or low-sodium broth
- 2 sprigs thyme
- Salt
- Freshly ground pepper
- 1/4 cup heavy cream
- 4 ciabatta rolls
- 1/2 pound Italian Fontina cheese slices
- In a large saucepan, melt the butter in the olive oil. Add the onion and garlic, stirring over medium-high heat until softened (about 4 minutes). Add the fresh tomatoes, sun-dried tomatoes, stock and thyme, and then bring it to a boil. Cover the pan and simmer over low heat for about 20 minutes, or until the vegetables are soft. Take out the sprigs of thyme.
- Transfer the soup to a blender. Add the cream and puree until the mixture is smooth. Be sure to hold the top of the blender in place using a dish towel; blending hot liquids can literally blow the lid off your blender if left unattended.
- Once you're finished blending, pour the soup back into the saucepan and season it with salt and pepper to taste. Turn the burner to medium so your soup is still nice and hot when your sandwich finishes cooking.
- Add the sliced cheese to the ciabatta rolls. If you have a panini press, you're good to go; press until the bread is crispy and the cheese is melted. Otherwise, cook them on the stovetop as you would an ordinary grilled cheese sandwich.


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I've popped a new kit in my stores today called Paper Pretties. After the ugliness of this week with the SATC stuff, I needed something pretty and happy .... so here it is .... hope you like.
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The ultimate trade up
Scroll to the bottom of this post to track the progress in real time.
Ok so I am going to try something out.
I am attempting to trade up to a 52 Topps Mantle by years end.
I always watched that show and wanted to try it out, and after trading at the Hofstra show the other day it gave me this idea.
I am offering this beautiful T-205 WOJO graded SGC 40. Beautiful card.
I will take the best trade offered to me.
Obviously the WOJO is a easy sell, for whoever gets it. Let's make a deal and watch me get this MANTLE!
PM ME or even put offers here so people can follow along.
Started with a Walter Johnson T-205 SGC 4 ($424.00)
Turned it into......
T206 Bender, no trees, psa 4 HOF SOLD $150
T206 McGraw, at hip, psa 3 HOF SOLD $110
T206 McGraw, port w/cap psa 2 HOF SOLD $110
T206 Chase, pink, psa3 SOLD $110
T206 McGraw, finger air, psa2 HOF TRADED
T206 Kelly, psa3 HOF TRADED
T206 Pelty, vert, pas 4.5 SOLD $60
T206 McEvlveen, big 4 SOLD $25
1962 topps Mays AS card RAW NM SOLD $20
TRADED T206 Bender, no trees, psa 4 HOF
T-206 Rube Marquard SOLD $33
Honus Wagner Original Photo SOLD $55
$238 Total.
T206 McGraw, finger air, psa2 HOF TRADED
T206 Kelly, psa3 HOF TRADED
Plus $15.00
T206 Tenney Hindu Back SGC 10 TRADED
T206 Tenney Hindu Back SGC 10 TRADED
1964 Topps Mickey Mantle BVG 5 SOLD $120
1962 Topps Switch Hitter Mantle PSA 5 SOLD $30
1965 Topps Steve Carlton RC SGC 60 SOLD $88
So far shipping and fees have run me $54.58, leaving me with $842.42 and the following cards left for sale or trade.
After Phase one I am +$418.42
1933 Sport Kings Babe Ruth SGC 10 Purchased this card for $714.00 Still have $128.42 cash to play with.
Traded for:
T206 Burch Factory 42 PSA A SOLD $80
T206 Pfeister Factory 42 SGC A TRADED
T206 McIntyre Sweet Caporal SOLD $22
T206 Burch Piedmont 150 SOLD $30
T206 Bresnahan Piedmont 350 SOLD $60
T206 Donovan Sweet Caporal SOLD $22
T206 Jones Piedmont 350 SOLD $33
T206 Bush Piedmont 350 SOLD $22
T206 Schmidt Piedmont 150 SOLD $22
T206 Isbell Piedmont 150 DOUBLE NAME SOLD $27
T206 Collins Sweet Caporal SOLD $50
T206 Foster OLD MILL SOUTHERN LEAGUE SOLD $50
T206 Helm OLD MILL SOUTHERN LEAGUE SOLD $60
T206 Paige OLD MILL SOUTHERN LEAGUE SOLD $51
T206 Crawford El Principe De Gales TRADED/SOLD
T206 Shaughnessy Piedmont 350 TRADED/SOLD
T206 Gutheen Piedmont 350 TRADED/SOLD
T206 Mullin Sweet Caporal TRADED/SOLD
T206 Summers Piedmont 350 TRADED/SOLD
T206 O'Leary Piedmont 350 TRADED/SOLD
T206 Killian Piedmont 350 TRADED/SOLD
T206 Shaughnessy Piedmont 350 TRADED/SOLD
T206 Gutheen Piedmont 350 TRADED/SOLD
T206 Mullin Sweet Caporal TRADED/SOLD
T206 Summers Piedmont 350 TRADED/SOLD
T206 O'Leary Piedmont 350 TRADED/SOLD
T206 Killian Piedmont 350 TRADED/SOLD
T206 Crawford El Principe De Gales TRADED/SOLD
T206 Shaughnessy (lesser grade)SOLD $90
T206 Gutheen (lesser grade) SOLD $33
T206 Mullin (lesser grade) SOLD $33
T206 Summers (lesser grade) SOLD $33
T206 O'Leary (lesser grade) SOLD $14
T206 Killian (lesser grade) SOLD
T206 Pfeister Factory 42 SGC A
1952 Topps Sima PSA 7 NM SOLD $45
1952 Topps Bill Kennedy PSA 7 NM SOLD $50
So far shipping and fees have run me $74.58, leaving me with $1007 + 128.42 (money never spent)
After Phase two I am +$711.42
T206 Sweet Caporal 350-460/30 Ty Cobb Portrait $895 still have $240.42 (money never spent)
Traded For:
1954 Bowman Complete Set VG+/EX with PSA 4 Mantle (All Photos Can Be Seen On Posts #401-#404)
So far shipping and fees have run me $84.58, leaving me with $230.42 (money never spent) and the 1954 Bowman Set.
After Phase three I am +$701.42
1954 Bowman Complete Set VG+/EX with PSA 4 Mantle (All Photos Can Be Seen On Posts #401-#404) AND $230.42
$950 + $230.42 = $1180.42
Looking to buy the next card.
This thread would generally go in the BST section. Since it's kind of different let's let it be here this time. If anyone doesn't like it please contact management for a full refund of your membership dues :). Please though, this isn't an open invitation to sell on the front page. You will be beaten severely, above the neck, with a wet noodle if you do. Good luck in the Trade-Up!! (And if this thing gets out of hand it can easily be moved at any time.)
This requires other people to trade down and lose value. I don't like losing money. Maybe there are others that don't mind or don't have an eye on it.
I am curious to see where this goes.
Even if someone would rather have a Wojo than what they currently have and not want to spend the money to get one.
I am not picky so I will take basically anything worth more :)
This goal will be tough to achieve making trades with people on Net54.
Kind of thread that could lead to someone quitting the board forever. Just sayin'.
It would be easier if you did away with the 1:1 idea. You should trade one card for groups of cards and try to spread out some profit. Nobody is willing to take a hit on one card, but someone might not mind losing $ on a group of unimportant cards if they are getting one great card in return.
I remember a few years ago someone on the CU board did a similar thing. I don't recall exactly how far they got, but I believe they made a pretty good attempt. The key I think would be to not limit what you'll take and to be open to any type of offer. I think as you get further along it will get more difficult, but in the end, I think you might be surprised. Besides, that's a nice Johnson to start from!
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On September 11, 2001 two airliners loaded with passengers, terrorists and gallons of combustible fuel slammed into twin skyscrapers in New York City, suddenly flinging Puttur in southwestern Karnataka back on the map. The next year in August, as a correspondent for an Indian-American newspaper published from New York, I boarded a dust-caked red state transport bus at Mangalore for this one-horse town. Washed clean by an unexpected shower, the creaky bucket of bolts grunted along the potholed highway past groves of arecanut palms and fulvous fields of ripening paddy. Halfway between Mangalore and Coorg, the balmy countryside made way first for ramshackle hamlets with ruddy tiled roofs and then a thoroughfare crammed with cheek-by-jowl storefronts and concrete houses topped by tacky painted billboards for hosiery, cattle-feed
"Puttur," the conductor announced as he flung open the squeaky metal door. Hoisting my haversack — stuffed with a point-and-shoot camera, notebooks, an analog voice recorder and tapes — I stepped onto black macadam gleaming with newly fallen rain. Cloven in two by a state highway, this place was no more than a village trying hard to pass off as a town. A diminutive auburn cow brushed past, regarding me with endearing brown eyes before dropping a warm, steaming pat inches from my loafers. My grandmother had told me that stepping on cow-dung in the morning brought luck. Perhaps I'd just stepped clear of a blessing.
With me was Nakul Shenoy, my former junior at journalism school who lived in Udupi, 81 km north. Besides being an up-and-coming performing magician Nakul was a polyglot; he spoke Konkani, Tulu, Kannada and Hindi — talents that made him reasonably indispensable in my quest. For despite looking like a backpacker on an off-day I was really here to make selfish, troubling conversation, to unearth minefields of pain, to provoke a bereaved family into remembering what it really wanted to forget.
It took us no time to locate Anand Tailors, where Puttur S Anand supervised a team of seven understudies at work on a battery of clattering sewing machines. Measuring a length of cloth with a rule, Anand glanced at my tee and Levi's and knew instantly that I wasn't there to get them altered.
"It's about Hemant," Nakul began. The tailors looked up at us, then at their frail, graying boss in the white cotton shirt. Anand nodded, remembering a phone call he had with Nakul the previous day. "Let's go home," he said, and led the way to a salmon-pink double-storey house tucked into a cul-de-sac beside the main road.
The youngest of Anand's three children, 28-year-old Hemant Kumar Puttur was a database manager deployed at Marsh & McLennan, a client of Indian IT behemoth Wipro. His office was on the 97th floor of the north tower, I World Trade Center. "We were told the plane struck the floor where he worked," Anand said, his eyes suddenly glassy with tears.
Anand's wife Kusum, his son Prashant and daughter Seema were at home. I set up my recorder and opened my notebook to a fresh page. I apologized for troubling them, swallowed my guilt and gave in to the call of duty. Talking to this family was like picking at an old scab, peeling off the scar tissue to expose the festering sore underneath. They barely winced as I asked my uncomfortable questions, rifling through their chest of sorrows, unsettling the fragile peace they had cobbled together in the year gone by.
Clearly, watching television doesn't help. On September 11, 2001 Anand and his family watched the evening news just as New York City shuddered awake to a Tuesday of horror. Like so many others glued to the television in India, they watched the second hijacked plane — United Airlines Flight 175 — plow through the South Tower.
"At that time we did not know he worked there," Anand recounted to Nakul and me. As the family watched both towers crash down into drifting dust, it seemed just another tragedy; mercifully, it seemed, it was on the other side of the world.
"Watching that building come down is like watching our son die all over again," Kusum said, bravely steadying her voice as she recalled the indelible images from that day that have been broadcast on every anniversary since.
Our hands trembling with guilt, we thumbed through the family albums that Seema brought us. In them, the dark, lanky and mustachioed Hemant smiled the determined smile of a breadwinner who had elevated his family to respectability. He had last visited in July 2001 to attend his elder brother's engagement, leaving behind enough to finance his wedding.
In death, too, Hemant gifted prosperity to his family. Today, visitors to Puttur are welcomed by a 20-foot high arch inscribed with the legend "Hemant Puttur Memorial", built partly with Rs 30,000 that Anand donated to the village panchayat. Another recent landmark is Hemant Plaza, a shopping complex the family built with the compensation money. Anand also donated Rs 1.6 million to build a dining hall at the Sree Narayana Guruswamy Mandir in Puttur. Prashant, who had fallen on hard times after Hemant's salary stopped supporting the family, now operates a fleet of luxury taxis and minivans from an office in a building named after his late brother.
Although the US got even with 9/11 mastermind Osama Bin Laden after a ten-year manhunt, Anand feels neither relief nor pain at his death. "There is no point in blaming anybody," he shrugged. Yet, the family feels Hemant's absence every day. What gnaws most at Anand is that 9/11 left no material trace of his son, making closure difficult.
"We feel he may still be alive," he told me nine years ago, his eyes flickering with stray hope. "Who knows, he just might walk in that door."


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The Bathing Suit Pilgrimage
I have just been through the annual pilgrimage of torture and humiliation known as buying a bathing suit.
When I was a child in the 1950's, the bathing costume for a woman with a mature figure was designed for a woman with a mature figure - boned, trussed and reinforced, not so much sewn as engineered. They were built to hold back and uplift and they did a darn good job.
Today's stretch fabrics are designed for the prepubescent girl with a figure chipped from marble. The mature woman has a choice - she can either front up at the maternity department and try on a floral suit with a skirt, coming away looking like a hippopotamus who escaped from Disney's Fantasia - or she can wander around every run-of-the-mill department store trying to make a sensible choice from what amounts to a designer range of fluorescent rubber bands.
What choice did I have? I wandered around, made my sensible choice and entered the chamber of horrors known as the fitting room. The first thing I noticed was the extraordinary tensile strength of the stretch material. The Lycra used in bathing suits was developed, I believe, by NASA to launch small rockets from a slingshot, which give the added bonus that if you manage to actually lever yourself into one, you are protected from shark attacks. The reason for this is that a shark taking a swipe at your passing midriff would immediately suffer whiplash.
I fought my way into the bathing suit, but as I twanged the shoulder strap into place I gasped in horror ... my bosom had disappeared. Eventually I found one bosom cowering under my left armpit. It took awhile to find the other. At last I located it flattened beside my seventh rib. The problem is that modern bathing suits have no bra cups. The mature woman is meant to wear her bosom spread across her chest like a speed bump. I re-aligned my speed bump and lurched toward the mirror to take a full-view assessment.
The bathing suit fit all right, but unfortunately it only fit those bits of me willing to stay inside it. The rest of me oozed out rebelliously from top, bottom and sides. I looked like a lump of play-dough wearing undersize cling wrap. As I tried to work out where all those extra bits had come from, the prepubescent salesgirl popped her head through the curtains, "Oh, THERE you are!" she said, admiring the suit. I replied that I wasn't so sure and asked what else she had to show me.
I tried on a cream crinkled one that made me look like a lump of masking tape, and a floral two piece which gave the appearance of an oversize napkin in a serviette ring. I struggled into a pair of leopard skin bathers with a ragged frill and came out looking like Tarzan's Jane on a bad day. I tried a black number with a midriff and looked like a jellyfish in mourning. I tried on a bright pink one with such a high-cut leg I thought I would have to wax my eyebrows to wear it.
Finally I found a suit that fit ... a two-piece affair with shorts-style bottoms and a halter top. It was cheap, comfortable and bulge-friendly, so I bought it. When I got home, I read the label which said "Material may become transparent in water," but I'm determined to wear it anyway. I just have to learn to breaststroke in the sand.
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Sunday, April 22, 2012
Sunday Phunnies
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Oh what a journey! The news that our pair of Red-Shouldered Hawks had finally had success in incubating 3 eggs was received with joy! After weeks of monitoring the eggs (thanks to GSU's Networking and Telecommunications Office), we delighted at the sight of a hatchling! The following day provided more good news with the advent of a second young hawk.
The Wildlife Center staff was made aware of the interest being generated by the "Celebrity Hawks" as days passed and folks shared concerns for the third egg. Most likely infertile, the third egg failed to hatch and for many, this was a bit of an emotional setback. For our Grandparents, or for the few individuals today that maintain a yard-birds (chickens), experiencing eggs that don't hatch was commonplace, even natural.
After checking in with our resident Red-Shoulders yesterday we found that one of the chicks had perished, understandably upsetting to many vested with both time and emotions in the journey. We received one emotional message asking "is there anything I can do? I hate to see this happen". In truth, the loss of a chick while in the nest is not uncommon – in the birds of prey world, an older and larger sibling will eat the younger should there be not enough food being brought to the nest.
Pulling up the "NestCam" first thing this morning only to find that the remaining chick had disappeared was shocking to all and will be internalized by many as cruelty of nature. It is under just such a situation that we're awakened to the realities of the natural world around us and our desires to have it make sense. We are reminded, somewhat harshly, that nature should not be deemed good or bad but accepted as, well, nature.
Shortly after opening this morning we received a call from an individual inquiring if the activities at the nest were automatically being recorded and if we had anyway of reviewing the events that have unfolded? It was explained that it was a "live stream" without any recording capabilities. The individual then disclosed that while watching last night at around 8:00 pm a much larger bird made several flights at the nest. While the lighting was poor both the bird's size and telltale "horns" could easily be seen. The intruder was our resident Great Horned Owl, often referred to as the Tiger of the Sky!
We've all come to understand, and perhaps even used, an expression to describe human conduct in the world of business – "It's a dog eat dog world"! In the bird of prey world predation between species is routine. Dining on other birds of prey not only serve as a food source but can reduce competition between species. It is very possible that the young Red-Shouldered Chick was killed and taken back to a nearby nest to feed baby Great Horned Owls.
So in the end, the journey has been filled with ups and downs as the very literal circle of life has played out before our eyes! The journey was exemplary of the Wildlife Center's mission, an educational ride.


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There's an old joke where an economist walking down the street:
Friend: "Joe, how is your wife."
Joe: "Compared to what?"
LiNK raised a record $1.5 million last year, and since 2010 has spent $1.3 million on its "changing the narrative" campaign.
$724 million: South Korean government loans to NK government, 2000-07, unpaid
$257 million: South Korean government assistance to North Korea during Lee Myung-bak's administration, 2008-13
$199 million: World Food Programme budget for food aid to North Korea, 2013
$150 million: U.N. appeal in 2013
$29.4 million: U.N. appeal for emergency situation in DPRK, 2013
$15.1 million: U.N. humanitarian fund, 2013
$13.3 million: South Korean humanitarian aid to NK in 2014
$12 million: South Korean humanitarian aid to NK in 2013
$6.8 million: humanitarian aid from South Korean private aid groups, Feb-Dec 2013.
$6.5 million: Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF), 2014
$5.6 million: International Red Cross budget, 2014
$3.2 million: WFP emergency aid to North Korea, 2014
$2.1 million: Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF), 2014
$1.5 million: Liberty in North Korea budget, 2013
$1 million: World Vision (USA), 2014
If LiNK spent $1.5 million a year until 2037, it still wouldn't spend as much as the international organizations spend on North Korea.
I love the conclusion of one article: "South Korea says the North is required to pay back a total of $961.53 million by 2037."


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Thursday, February 4, 2016
The very real faces behind the supporters of opposing views
These harsh and angry statements often generate a salvo of personal insults in reprise and the thread of the discussion then is totally lost in a hostile back-and-forth. Whatever happened to a civil discussion of issues? I wrote a blog about the topic of what constitutes a civil discourse, but of course my blog has no power to change the course of our society or the posts offered on social media. I've seen examples where people make their strongly-held opinions known and then proceed to deny virtually anyone with a different viewpoint the capability to make a meaningful comment in response through the tactic of defining who is "qualified" to comment in such a way that only the person posting the statement (or those who completely agree with it) is qualified to respond. This is not a basis for a discussion. It's simply a "club" where like-minded folks can pat one another on the back and agree that theirs is the only legitimate opinion. You might as well have a discussion with slogans printed on a political banner nailed to a wall for all the good it will accomplish! If we unilaterally exclude opposing viewpoints, or drive those who differ with us away from the discussion, then the entire exercise becomes utterly pointless. It's simply "preaching to the choir" rather than testing your ideas in the intellectual marketplace. Of course, some may feel they are so certainly correct, they need no discussion at all - that is, their minds are closed with regard to that topic!
Now, shift gears to politics and we see that our government mirrors this tendency in our society to demonize and discredit those with whom we disagree. The gridlock we have experienced so often for the past several years of the Obama administration in our Federal government has come about by a stubborn unwillingness to compromise in order that the legitimate needs of the people can be served. In fact, of course, there are vastly different viewpoints in the political parties about what the people need, so the ugly, disrespectful clash of ideologies is directly related to the inability to serve the people. You might think there should be many points where surely everyone would agree that a particular need is present that should be served, but if you think so, you're going to be frustrated in today's world where even the most basic human needs have become a point of departure, not a source of agreement. Many on both sides see the "other" side as wrong-minded fools being duped by the opposing politicians to do harm to our society rather than to do good things for everyone. And the politicians have observed that this works in their favor, although it's far from what this nation needs.
In fact, our political "leaders" have been complicit in this process, using the divisions in our society as a means by which to serve their personal political ends, rather that serving the interests of the people. And many people have become blindly loyal to one side or the other of these divisions, despite the best interests of the very people who vote these politicians into office. The demonization of the "other side" has become a pandemic. I feel the frustration and perhaps sometimes am led by my emotions to participate in it to some extent, even though I prefer not to wallow in the political quagmire of insult and counter-insult. I try to remember that the people who are saying things with which I disagree strongly have a right to think what they wish and may indeed have an opinion that contains elements of substance. If we allow ourselves the luxury of insulting and de-valuing the opinions of anyone with whom we disagree, we forfeit the opportunity for a potentially useful discourse. It is via the reconciliation of conflicting viewpoints through compromise that our nation was built, and the current situation is heading in a very different direction than intended by our national founders.
I've tried to have discussions with some of my acquaintances from the "other side" that have failed utterly to get past the "talking points". They refuse to see the value of my views and getting any sort of a compromise has proven to be futile. At this stage, I'm reluctantly declining further "discourse" with those whose viewpoints include a complete contempt for my viewpoint. I'm pretty certain I've done nothing to merit that disrespect, but of course, opinions on that might vary. I make no claim to be a saint, but I'm pretty sure I've not resorted to ad hominem insults. If I have and I'm deluding myself in that regard, then I apologize. To those with whom I can engage in civil discourse despite our disagreements, I thank you for your spirit of cooperation in trying to work out our differences and at least understand why we disagree so strongly.
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Demonizing and politics, I believe, have long been bedfellows. It is not enough to say a candidate or office holder promotes the wrong policies for America (or your particular state or district), we must turn him/her into someone not human, not capable of caring, kindness, or even sanity. This is the same method used to deny rights to a group of people whom you don;t like, something I saw personally a few weeks ago by, who else, politicians. (South Dakota is actually making some political news I'm not proud of these days).
Hopefully my objective status as a certified baseball umpire affects other parts of my life. I don't like demonizing even when I otherwise agree on policy with or even admire the person or candidate throwing the mud. I certainly don't disown friends who do the throwing; often I know they are saying what they feel they have to say, but it doesn't mean I make myself like what they are saying. Maybe candidates for public office are supposed to be fair game, but I try to look at them as real people. Somebody please tell me if I am wrong to do that.
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Expatriate's debut memoir, in which Italian culture postures, disappoints, and still makes life more exciting than anywhere else.
Sound familiar? This belongs to the venerable genre featuring a protagonist who goes to live in a foreign land, learns the language, delves into society's seamy underside, and exposes the machinations of a corrupt power structure while maintaining a parallel discourse on the physical and cultural charms that make the country, in the end, simply irresistible. Just as fellow Brit Peter Robb does in A Death in Brazil (p. 262), Jones performs a literary autopsy on Italy while bringing it back to life. To hear him tell it, while half of all Italians are in its shops and streets, the other half are queued at the post office to apply for one of the endless list of permits the country's "clerical class" has imposed on its citizenry. Italian courts, working from a base of more law than anywhere in Europe, but without habeas corpus, tend to produce paperwork in the absence of clear convictions or acquittals, as those atop the power pyramids (including the Mafia) inevitably tamper with magistrates, juries, and whatever witnesses remain alive. Italians complain about it and suffer (insert here a mighty shrug in which the arms may resemble bat's wings) but, Jones explains, this is a country where patriotism goes first to one's city-state or district; decades of shocking factional terror following WWII were, in effect, a civil war that, like a lot of other things in Italy, never quite got finished. Enter the oligarchs, cut from the same pattern as current PM Silvio Berlusconi: owners of industries, soccer teams, newspapers or TV stations, and criminal records who are nonetheless able to vault in and out of government at will. "Here," Jones notes, "conflict of interest is a positive thing."
Engaging scenes from a country trapped in a rather nice brothel.


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Saturday, April 6, 2013
87: Steve Hoelscher's Picturing Indians
Photographs of Native Americans exploded at the turn of the last century due to the rise of commercial photography, mass tourism, and the final conquest and colonization of Native Americans. While the most famous photographer of Native Americans was Edward Curtis, who wanted to record a vanishing way of life, H.H. Bennett had the far less noble goal of profiting by selling images of Ho-Chunk people to white tourists visiting the Wisconsin Dells. Yet while Bennett worked to stage photos that communicated white nostalgia for a vanishing way of life, his Ho-Chunk models actively worked to resist becoming tourist objects: they wore certain items, posed in certain ways, and used the money Bennett gave them for their own economic and cultural survival. And in real life, the Ho-Chunk have managed not just to survive but to retain and buy back their homelands in a very real repudiation of American cultural and political imperialism.
Throughout, Hoelscher works from a wide range of primary sources, including five years of interactions with Ho-Chunk people and close connections with Tom Jones, a contemporary Ho-Chunk photographer. He is careful to contextualize Bennett's photography in the cultural, political, and economic milieu in which it was created, and to balance Ho-Chunk and white perspectives. The result is a profoundly interconnected relationship between Native and white cultures that uses Bennett's tourist photos as a nodal point.
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Hey there ! I am Hardik Amraniya, a part time traveller, adventurer and travel blogger.
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"The mandate of Threadworks is to mount, every three years, a juried exhibition of exceptional creative needlework stitched by artists from across Canada. Since its inception in 1987, Threadworks is sponsored by the Wellington County Museum and Archives. After an inaugural exhibition at the WCMA, the show travels the Province of Ontario for up to three years and is exhibited in many museums and galleries."
I'm in!
I did a silent scream and a highly contained happy dance after I read this. lol Woohoo! They already have the piece. The reception is 2pm on Sunday April 17th at the Wellington County Museum and Archives in Ontario (Fergus I think?). I entered a new yarn embroidery to this show. It's a large version of the hill at Bridget's acreage, where my friend Nicki and I were snapping photos for inspiration. I can't stop going back to that magical place at the bottom of the Aspens... where it was dark, but there were plants scattered throughout that seemed to glow. This was my memory of that moment in time.
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As a memory, I added my feelings to it. I added stitches deep into the grove, colours and shine, and sitting with it in person, there is lots to go into. There are so many sweet spots in there. I loved stitching it. It's one that I definitely think looks better in person. The photo can't capture the texture. And so, it will spend up to three years in Ontario! That's incredible. I hope to see the show - I know there will be a catalogue, but I want to see all the pieces! I'm sure it will be incredible.
This was hand stitched with my Noro yarn and hand dyed silk from Margot Lindsay. There trees are needle felted and stitched. The frame is 18" x 9" / 46cm x 23cm and the piece is not under glass.
I'm still in shock I think. So many good things happened this weekend and this was the whipped cream on the black forest cake! : ) Alrighty, off to enjoy the sunshine.


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At least six people are dead after a huge fire raged through the night at a west London tower block, and police expect that number to rise, according to the BBC.
More than 200 firefighters are still tackling the blaze at Grenfell Tower in north Kensington, where hundreds of people are thought to live, the BBC reported.
London Ambulance said 30 people are receiving hospital treatment.
The BBC's Andy Moore said the whole 24-storey block had been alight and there were fears the building might collapse.
BBC correspondent Simon Lederman said he understood "a significant number of people" were unaccounted for.
At 06:15 BST, London Ambulance Service said 20 ambulance crews had been at the scene, 30 people had been taken to hospital, but the nature and level of their injuries was not yet clear.
At 06:15 BST, London Ambulance Service said 20 ambulance crews had been at the scene, 30 people had been taken to hospital, but the nature and level of their injuries was not yet clear.
At about 04:00 BST police said: "Residents continue to be evacuated from the tower block."
Eyewitnesses said they have seen lights – thought to be mobile phones or torches – flashing at the top of the block of flats.
Others say residents – thought to be trapped inside – were seen coming to their windows.
An unmanned hydraulic platform has been shooting water at the side of the building at about the 10th floor.
Simon Lederman said firefighters had not been able to tackle the flames on higher storeys.
He said the tower could be seen burning "from miles away", adding that the building had been "burning out of control", from the tenth floor onwards.
Andy Moore added: "We've seen debris falling from the building, we've heard explosions, we've heard the sound of glass breaking.
"The police keep pushing back their cordons, pushing back members of the public for fear the building might collapse."
London Fire Brigade assistant commissioner Dan Daly said firefighters were "working extremely hard in very difficult conditions to tackle this fire".
"This is a large and very serious incident and we have deployed numerous resources and specialist appliances." London Ambulance Service medics specially trained in life-saving medical care in hazardous environments have also been sent to the fire.
According to Kensington and Chelsea Council, the tower block contains 120 flats and is 24 storeys high. It is managed by the Kensington and Chelsea Tenant Management Organisation (KCTMO) on behalf of the council and had undergone a two-year, GBP 10m refurbishment that was completed last year.
The work included new exterior cladding and a communal heating system. The local Grenfell Action Group had claimed, before and during the refurbishment, the block constituted a fire risk and residents had warned that access to the site for emergency vehicles was "severely restricted".
The BBC has been unable to contact the property's management company in the hours since the fire.
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308,000 (2001 census), decreasing. 789,000 all Magar in Nepal (2011 census). Census statistics likely include non-ethnic Magars and many that do not speak Magar. Ethnic population: 1,620,000 (2001 census). Includes Eastern and Western Magar.
Lumbini Zone, Palpa district; Gandaki Zone, Syangja and Tanahu districts; isolated in Bheri Zone, Surkhet, Jajarkot, and Dailekh districts. Small area in Dhawalagiri Zone, Parbat district.
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Palpa, Syangja. Some differences between dialects, yet reportedly high intellligibility.
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Fewer people becoming fluent in Nepali [npi] than before, i.e. the older generation speaks better Nepali. Magar language continues to thrive. Mixed use: Home, friends, work. Elderly. Some use among children, adolescents, young and older adults. Mixed attitudes. Rhetoric is positive but language conservation is generally not implemented. Almost all also use at least some Nepali [npi].
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Dear Dad,
You were the one I looked up to as a child. I defend you when she would say otherwise.
You took me to work with you and let me drive Bulldozers, Caterpillars, and Backhoes.
You bought me camo coveralls and took me hunting. You taught me how to fish on the banks of red clay with chicken livers and earth worms.
You let me live with you when you lived on a mountain. We hunted deer, turkeys, and rattle snakes together. I helped you build our first house and I was still in diapers.
I would love a lizard to death and you'd bring him back to life, by going outside our house and catching me another one but never telling me till I was older.
You took me mud boggin before it was cool.
You are the only person I've ever seen climb safely all the way to to the top of a tree and then make it back down in one piece.
You spoiled me rotten, especially when you saved up and bought me a ferret, who until his life was done you took care of.
You're the only person I know who would buy a ferret three different kinds of food cause he only liked certain parts of each, or who would take all the chocolate off a reeses cup just so the ferret could have the peanut butter inside.
Until last year I thought you had disappeared forever.
When I found out you were in jail, I was just glad you were alive.
I know I haven't made the greatest effort in staying in touch with you over these last few months and I'm sorry. I will do better. I just wanted you to know things were never shitty when I was with you. You were the best dad I could have ever asked for.
I will be in touch soon and I will always keep you in my heart.
With much love, Your daughter.


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Nearly forty percent of Americans feel an increased amount of stress during the holiday season. That's according to the American Psychological Association.
Christmas is just days away, and for many, it's a time for joy and cheer. But it can also the demands of work, home, shopping, cooking and travel can be difficult.
Doctor Susan Buttross is with the University of Mississippi Medical Center. She says stress can come from a number of sources, but a lack of time is number one.
"Probably the major one is not feeling like you have enough time is one big one," Buttross says, "which means often a loss of sleep and not taking good care of yourself while you're trying to add all these extra time-consuming things."
While the stress of the holidays can be difficult to manage, Doctor Buttross says there are some simple ways people can manage the stress.
"Sit down and write down what needs to be done," Buttross advises. "The other thing that you can do is do something special for yourself that might make you feel good. Go for a message. Go for a run if you want, or go for a bike ride when you want to let yourself take the time for that."
While stress during the holidays can affect anyone, health experts say women are disproportionately affected by the time crunch.
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Dabo Swinney fires back at NC State coach Dave Doeren
Dabo Swinney came back at NC State coach Dave Doeren on Tuesday.
After Swinney's Clemson Tigers beat Doeren's Wolfpack over the weekend, Doeren, unprompted, called for an investigation into a laptop that was spotted on Clemson's sideline during the game.
Swinney didn't take kindly to Doeren's intimation that Clemson, which said the laptop was being used by its social media team, may have been cheating. Swinney said Tuesday he was able to confirm the laptop "had nothing to do with football" before goofing on Doeren's paranoia and NC State defensive lineman Bradley Chubb stealing Clemson QB Kelly Bryant's towel multiple times during the game.
"Someone asked me about that the other night after the game. I had no clue. I knew it wasn't anything to do with football. I did investigate. I did. I followed instructions to do some investigation," Swinney said. "Turns out there was just a major crisis going on. There was a young guy trying to help a team in need. Trying to be helpful in the situation. Trying to get in touch with Amazon. We were in a crisis. We were in dire need of towels.
"We were trying to get one of them drones to come in and drop some towels on the sideline. Just didn't work out. I want to launch an investigation, too. What do they do with those towels? Is it a towel wall of fame?"
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Swinney, who said he hasn't heard from Doeren since Saturday, then got a bit more serious.
"It's disappointing because that was kind of a challenge to our integrity," he said.
NCAA rules do not allow computers to be used "by coaches for coaching purposes any time during the game or between periods." That prompted these comments from Doeren on Saturday:
"I'd like to know why there was a laptop on Clemson's sideline that people were looking at," Doeren said after the game. "I'd like that to be investigated. Maybe they weren't doing anything, but I was told it's illegal to have technology on the sideline. So I'd like to know that as well."
Clemson told the Raleigh News & Observer that the team's video staff has used a laptop on the sideline for the past two years in order to quickly get content onto Clemson's various social media channels. The ACC said Sunday it was satisfied with Clemson's explanation for the laptop's presence on the sideline. After it was spotted, Clemson said it was removed from the sideline.
Swinney also noted other issues his team has had with NC State in recent years. In 2015, it appeared that NC State assistant Des Kitchings (who later apologized) shoved Deshaun Watson after he ran out of bounds.
NC State coach apologizes for sideline incident with Clemson QB Deshaun Watson. https://t.co/nLqbpvDhse pic.twitter.com/krgXdjapA0
— Dr. Saturday (@YahooDrSaturday) November 1, 2015
And after Clemson's K'Von Wallace sealed the win with an interception, another NC State assistant (in the black shirt) appeared to take a swipe at Wallace at the conclusion of his interception return.
"Two years ago we go up there and one of their coaches pushes Deshaun Watson. This year we have some guy take a swipe at K'Von (Wallace). What if he breaks a finger?" Swinney said.
"I think the investigation needs to be managing his sideline and not worrying about ours."
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Enjoying a morning of freedom from having to go anywhere or pack to go anywhere, I sat down to hammer out some more work for a project that was taking longer than I ever thought it would.
Email notifications started going off on my phone, this isn't unusual but when I looked to see who they were from, my heart began to race and that old familiar friend began to creep into my mind.
Fear likes me. He likes to control me because I've been easy to control. When he enters, I bow down and serve him whatever he wants. Condemning thoughts or destructive self talk, whatever fear wants, I hand control over to him. He can have my self confidence, my thought life, my intelligence, my responses, my future, he gets it all, I give it all up to him.
But today was different. Today I went to war with fear. Instead of trying to brush past fear and pretend he wasn't the elephant in the room, I stood up to him. Today, I took my Bible, flipped it open and began to read Hebrews 4:16 out loud. And I prayed.
My next go-to passage is in Daniel and like an old friend who knew just what to say, my Bible flopped open to Daniel 9:17 where I began to read Daniel's prayer out loud. This is a powerful passage in Daniel where he prays for God to hear him, answer him and to act! Strength and hope jumped off the pages when I read this passage. Daniel says, "We do not make requests of you because we are righteous but because of your great mercy." And that is exactly how I feel. I needed God's mercy and strength. I needed him to take the fear and replace it with His perfect love. I needed a courage transplant and that's exactly what He gave me as tears began to fall onto the pages of His word.
How did Daniel know I would need these words today? How did God know to tell Daniel to write this passage so that thousands of years later, on August, 28th, 2015, Melissa would need to read it and transform her thinking? How?
I don't know how God orchestrates all of the answers to our prayers, but I do know that He is my rock, my strong tower and when I run to Him, he opens his arms wide to take me in, squeeze me tight, love me wholly, only to release me, to spread his goodness and faithfulness here on this page.
Don't let fear control you, grab God's word and go to war. You will be the winner. Every. Single. Time.


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On the face of it, the changes to SDLT in yesterdays Autumn Statement will be good news for all buyers of property under £925k and this should have benefits for clients looking to invest in Oxford. Sadly, however in such a hot market, it is likely that sellers will simply add the differential to the asking price and the money will end up with the vendor feeding house price inflation. If the vendor is an investment landlord of course, some of the money will end up back with the treasury as CGT.
So what will be the outcome of these changes? There can be little doubt that transaction volumes will increase (at least for the next six months or so) especially in the North and in areas where property values are close to average. House price inflation will be fueled, and this may lead to "feelgood spending" in the run-up to the election. If I was being totally cynical, I might propose that the increased tax on property over £2m is targeted at the mainly overseas buyers who are hoovering up Prime Central London and that this will sit well with the more xenophobic voters who might otherwise have jumped on the UKIP bandwagon. All in all then a very clever move in the run up to the election; heading off as it does the pack calling for a mansion tax. Below is a quick guide to the changes.........for a more detailed "ready reckoner" HMRC have a tool.
At a glance:
The old 'slab' system:
0% on properties up to £125,000
1% on properties from £125,001 to £250,000
3% on values between £250,001 and £500,000
4% on properties between £500,001 and £1m
5% on properties between £1m and £2m
7% on properties above £2m
The new system:
No SDLT payable at all on properties up to £125,000
The first £125,000 on properties to be free of SDLT
Then payable at 2% payable on the portion up to £250,000
Payable at 5% on the portion up to £925,000
Payable at 10% on the portion up to £1.5m
Then payable at 12% on the portion over that amount.


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Reindeer Romp 5k
I've been officially discharged and my hamstring muscles are almost fully healed. Hallelujah! My chiropractor was really happy with my progress and said that my leg and glutes were already stronger and more flexible. She told me she'd discharge me so long as I promised to keep strengthening my entire body.
Um ya, like I'd ever make that mistake again.
The good news is that I never had to take a complete break from running. Walking in between miles was agonizingly annoying and sometimes it felt like I was jogging so slowly that turtles were passing me, but I'm fortunate in that I was never hurt bad enough to have sit on the bench. For that I'm incredibly thankful.
And the even better news is that my muscles are getting stronger because like I said several weeks ago when this all started, hearing that parts of my body were weak didn't sit well with me. I hated that feeling. I hated knowing that the intense ache in my legs while I ran the Monumental Half Marathon was because they were weak.
To celebrate my healing body, I ran a 5k last weekend. I know, I know—Too much too soon? Nah. Trust me, I was told it was okay. And I went into the race knowing it wasn't going to be my best and that taking it easy was okay. Just being present at the starting line was gift enough.
(I just used present and gift in the same sentence. #Christmas)
I signed up for the 16th Annual Reindeer Romp 5k and 8k about a week before the Monumental Marathon, before I knew that the reason why I was sore all the time was because I was actually hurt. When I was told to slow down and decrease my mileage, I gave myself the goal to be better by the weekend of this race and it would be a benchmark for my improvement.
I've ran the Reindeer Romp before and I chose to do this race again because 1.) the shirts are always adorable and yes, the shirt is important to me and 2.) the course runs through Brown County State Park in Nashville, Indiana. Winding roads lead to the top of large, rolling hills and you cannot beat the view!
Race day was fairly warm with 50° temperatures and heavy fog made the course somewhat eerie and moody. It was a fairly decent turnout with most runners opting for the 5k instead of the 8k, and I was feeling marvelous. I was really excited to just run and wasn't feeling any kind of pressure or typical pre-race stress. "Don't go overboard and hurt yourself again, just have fun," Clayton cautioned. I enthusiastically agreed.
The race course is a quick down-and-back with gradual inclines and lots of curves. It's so scenic, you don't really get too hung up on the changes in elevation, and half the time you're so busy staring off into the distance that you don't really notice that you've been huffing it up a hill for the last 2 minutes.
I'm happy to report that I didn't feel any pain during the race (though I definitely felt stiff right after the following day). I didn't experience any aches or shooting pains and honest-to-goodness just enjoyed myself. I didn't bring my Garmin, I didn't worry about my pace—I just ran steady and focused on my breathing and surroundings.
An added bonus is that I passed everyone I wanted to pass. I wasn't looking to smoke anyone, but I always pick a few people ahead of me to chase. The only person I didn't manage to catch was a girl who was easily 75 yards ahead of me for the first 2 miles of the race. She had an awesome pace and was the one runner I fantasized about flat-out beating. She began to fade in mile 3 and I came alive. The race wasn't long enough for me to pass her, but I closed the gap and she was mere feet in front of me when we got to the finish line. She beat me by only 4 seconds.
I felt awesome. I had a really good race. Probably one of my Top 5 most solid 5ks.
Double bonus? I placed 2nd in my age group! When I turned 30, I was positive that my days of placing were done. I now share an age group with our area's fastest female runners but lucky for me, most of them weren't there on Saturday. I was also the 7th female finisher overall.
Plus I won a basket of salsa in a raffle, so it was a big day for me.


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The Florent Collection. The elegant pedestal base table serves as the focal point of this stunning dining room. With details such as shell and acanthus leaf scrolling which graces the table's apron to the eye-catching jewel tufting of the accompanying chairs which reflect with a brilliance intended to accentuate the dusky taupe coloring of the faux silk and the rich silver with gold undertone finish of the wood veneer


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OMG!!! This IS the most amazing city EVER!!!!!!!!! Words can not even describe how much I LOVE this city. We went to NYC for like four days, and it was AN INCREDIBLE FOUR DAYS TO SAY THE LEAST. Andy and I have not taken a vacation with out our kids... Well.. EVER!! We stayed in the heart of Manhattan right next to Central park and 5th Ave. While we were there I did the Anderson Cooper show and got to feel like a celebrity for an hour. We rode in a white stretch limo, met Howie Mendel, Anderson Cooper and the list goes on and on... When I say this was a trip of a lifetime I am not even kidding!
This was the roof top of our hotel!
Time Square AT NIGHT!
We rode the SUBWAY every where!
We got to CBS studios at 7:00am. They had me all set up in my own room.
Hair and makeup!
Say what? Say What?
Time Square during the day.
THE Empire State Building!!!!!!11
The top of the Empire State Building. This is where you can really get a good perspective of how big this city is!! It is absolutely breath taking!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
I LOVE street food! I am a huge foodie, so I ate as much street food as I possibly could. LOL I think Andy got sick of stopping for falaffle.
Yes, another street food vendor. This was Andy's favorite. It was right next to Central Park. They served THE most amazing Waffles I have ever had. Seriously, this is my idea of "breakfast of champions". I could have eaten this every morning.
Go Yankees!
This was one of the many fountains in the park.. I love fountains.
This particular fountain is where they filmed the beginning of friends... You know, where they are all playing in the fountain? This is THAT fountain.. OK, maybe I am a little excited by that. LOL!
We were pretending to be in a romantic picture/movie. I think we pulled it off.. No?
The building behind Andy's head is where they filmed Ghost Busters! I ain't afraid of no ghost...
This bridge is in a ton of movies.
This is a memorial called "Strawberry Fields" dedicated to John Lennon.
This is John Lennon's Home where he was assassinated.
The Natural History Museum.
Dumb, Dumb From Night at the museum!
China Town
Little Italy
Ground Zero
These are dedicated to those who passed during the 911 attacks.
This is the new Freedom Tower! They are almost finished. IT IS HUGE!
Frog Legs from a cute little Pho restaurant in China Town.
Andy and I eating a cupcake from the famous "crumbs bakery" in the middle of time square.
5th Avenue!!!!!!
I have been watching "The apprentice" for ever. So this was so cool to see in real life. TRUMP TOWERS!
Andy and I having Breakfast in TRUMPS building! This place is so beautiful. It's covered in marble and Gold!
This is the church filmed in Sex and The City where she almost marries BIG!
Rockefeller Center
The Window displays on 5th Avenue are sooooooo amazing.
F.A.O Schwartz! This pic is so funny. I was taking a picture of the building as Andy hi fives the door man on the way in. I can not believe I captured such a magical moment. LOL
LOOK... It's the BIG piano! From BIG!!!
New York Cities Finest!! NYCFD!
This was the chandelier hanging in in the lobby of our Hotel Room. I loved it!
It's so hard to say goodbye. Not to hard when your doing it in style. They got us a stretch LIMO for the ride home. Again, this was a trip of a lifetime!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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3. Give her an out. Be sure to allow your colleague a way to gracefully say no - for any reason. You aren't likely to get a glowing review from someone who feels forced to write one."
- Today's Management Tip was adapted from "How to Ask for a Reference Letter" by Jodi Glickman Brown.


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Okay so...maybe I'm exaggerating. Just a bit...
I just can't seem to shake this bookish/blogging funk.
If you've been around here on a Sunday and seen some of my weekly hauls then you've probably chuckled at me as well and shook your head as I, yet again, week after week, load myself up with ARCs. Most especially from Entangled.
It's like this lack of impulse control. I see the pretty shiny object and I want to get my hands on it.
Sure every month I complain, mostly to myself, about how I "request too many ARCs" "my pile is too huge" "I'm never gonna read any me books" and so on. But does that stop me?
The thing is though, I know that I always have something to read. The choice is out of my hands. Those books need to get done in a timely manner. My decision is made for me.
See recently I've put myself on this ban, well unless it's a series I'm already into or an author that I already adore and love their work...I've banned myself from requesting ARCs. I've actually been following through and I've had this massive freedom and weight lifted off my shoulders.
Or so I thought...
I've discovered when I have the free time to read whatever the hell I want...I'm overwhelmed with all the decisions I could make.
My shelves are filled with unread books. My Kindle is filled with unread books for that matter. And I'd say 80% of them I desperately want to read. The rest are just "I'll read them when I get to them" types of books.
So the past couple of weeks, when I should've been enjoying my freedom and going crazy, I've found myself, instead of turning to any of those books I've been wanting to read for months, years even, I go to an easy and comfortable decision. I pick up one of the 8 books I have left in my ARC pile that aren't even releasing until the end of October and the 2nd week in November.
Or I don't even pick up a book at all. I'll binge watch a show or play apps on my Kindle or anything but read.
So I don't have to choose? Is it that I've been waiting for the majority of these for so long that I fear I'll end up being disappointed?
And don't even get me started on blogging.
Half of the time I feel as if it's ruined books for me the other half I'm not sure what to do with myself without it.
I put more pressure on myself to finish a book, even when I'm clearly not enjoying it, ever since I started blogging.
Or you know that feeling after you've finished a really great book? That bubble of bliss that surrounds you and you want to wallow in? It quickly gets dashed with the pressure of "Oh crap now I need to come up with a review." Like this feeling of obligation that fills me with dread and has been giving me a huge block lately.
And then I feel as if all I'm ever doing is saying the same exact thing when I both love a book or hate it. My reviews are all starting to meld together.
But I love blogging and I don't want to stop.
I guess sometimes I want to read a book and then just not give a fuck about anything else. No pressure. Self imposed or otherwise.
Like right now. I had sat here at the computer because I was suddenly like, "Oh hey it's officially October. Maybe I should do my September wrap up post! Yeah!" and then I actually opened blogger and just started feeling blah about the whole process.
And then this post started happening.
Nothing like a little freak out among friends. Am I right?
So maybe my monthly recap post will go up tomorrow. Or the next day.
Maybe, hopefully, soon I'll pull my head out of my overwhelmed, bookishly-existential ass and reach for something that's been on my TBR for way too long.
It sucks being overwhelmed. It sucks being in a funk. But I guess we all go through them at times. I guess I just feel like every time I climb my way out of one I get knocked back in a couple months later. Sigh.
How do you handle these times of funk and pressure? I'm not necessarily looking for advice. I guess truly I just wanted to share my current struggle and the thoughts swarming around in my head in case anyone else is feeling it so they're not feeling so alone in their tiny freak out.
Well I'm gonna go make my way to the end of my ARC pile so that I have no more procrastination or safety net and then execute my plan to defunk my funk! Thanks for putting up with my rambly ranty post if you've made it this far. I adore you!
Happy October lovelies!!


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I have returned to Venice, and so has a Tornado that last visited my home neighborhood of Sant'Elena 42 years ago, when my sister Barbara had just turned one and I was 9 years old.
Fortunately, yesterday nobody was really hurt though there was a lot of damage along the same exact route as its predecessor of September 11, 1970, which -- tragically -- killed 36 people in S.Elena, many of whom were in a public transportation boat about to dock here.
Together with the earthquake tremors from Modena that my mother Wilma (who is turning 75 this weekend) and I myself felt a few nights ago, this was another sobering reminder of the power of nature over our short lifespans, as I watch Cino (my father) and Wilma live the sunset of theirs...
But "ape-descended life forms" as we are, we are still "so amazingly primitive that we think [cellular phones] are a pretty neat idea". And so we go on, here at the Venice Project Center, developing the latest app for the Venice Office of UNESCO, who has sponsored the two summer interns who will be here until July 16. One couldn't ask for better help: Ben Licthner, who just graduated from Brown U. in Physics and Creative Writing, was here in the summer of 2010 producing the ubiquitous ButOne Widget, which was the precursor of InptApp that the other Venice intern, Neil Pomerleau (a senior at WPI next fall), co-authored with Wesley Ripley after they had created the world-famous VeniceNoise app for their Venice IQP last fall.
This weekend, my son Nick will be joining us and he too will assist in the UNESCO project with his translation skills, as we clean up Venipedia and launch the Public Art app that I presented at the annual meeting of the American Institute for Conservation, in Albuquerque, shortly after the six Santa Fe Project Center projects were completed this past May.
Everything is connected in the circus of life in these "uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the [milky way] galaxy". We are just a small part of the universal network, despite the importance we may attribute to our lives and ourselves. Cycles and re-cycles occur and re-occur, and we are often but passive spectators to forces of nature beyond our control.
Our lives are too insignificant (in the bigger scheme of things) to be lived timidly. What's the point of that? Might as well be bold, lest a wayward tornado or an earthquake take us out of commission before we leave our mark (however tiny) on this, "mostly harmless", and "utterly insignificant little blue-green planet" of ours.
We plan to do just that this summer, by launching our City Knowledge platform, upon which the Public Art app as well as the PreserVenice web site will be based, in connection to the thousands of Venipedia pages dedicated to the material culture of Venice.
It promises to be a majorly disruptive technology in local Government, one of the four areas that web futurist Marc Andressen has identified as ripe for revolution.
Steve and I have put in our 10,000 hours, as Malcom Gladwell points out in Outliers, and we are poised on the brink of something important, which will allow me to scratch off one item from my life-bucket of Big Projects. Another "baretta" on my (Facebook) wall.
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
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- June 13, 2012 at 11:20 PM
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mi piace molto quello che scrivi,, ci sono divagazioni interessanti, ma poi il pensiero si chiude in un cerchio semplice.
- June 14, 2012 at 1:40 AM
- Kenny said...
Glad everything's ok, say hey to Cino, Wilma and Barbara!
- June 14, 2012 at 4:35 AM
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New Books in Public Policy
Max Singer, "The History of the Future: The Shape of the World to Come Is Visible Today"
In his new book, History of the Future: The Shape of the World to Come Is Visible Today (Lexington Books, 2011), Max Singer, Senior Fellow and co-founder of the Hudson Institute, argues that the human race is undergoing an enormous transition, from an agrarian, violent past to a wealthy and peaceful future. Singer believes that all countries are on parallel paths to becoming modern states, albeit at different points in the process. As such, he tries to predict the future of the majority of countries that are still making this transitioning by examining the experiences of countries that have already completed the transition. In our interview, we talked about the rise of China, why Churchill thought that scuttling the British Navy would immediately end the British Empire, and how freedom is the key element to creating economic powerhouses. Read all about it, and more, in Singer's wide-ranging new book
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New Books in South Asian Studies
Vinayak Chaturvedi, "Peasant Pasts: History and Memory in Western India"
The odds are that if you don't figure in an administration's records, you won't figure in the historical record. But what do you do to get into those records? Raising a ruckus is one way. But that works only if someone else hasn't managed to raise more of a ruckus than you can ever hope to – and this, as Vinayak Chaturvedi tells us in Peasant Pasts: History and Memory in Western India (University of California Press, 2007) was exactly the situation the peasants of Gujarat faced during the last century of British rule in India. The Dharala peasants lived and worked in the Kheda district, the stomping ground of the powerful Patidar community, who formed a support base for Mahatma Gandhi's satyagraha campaigns. The Mahatma's nationalism did not, however, attract the Dharalas, given that the Patidars had co-opted it for themselves. The Dharalas felt they stood nothing to gain by joining forces with groups that locally exercised economic power over them. But that is not to say they didn't have their own ideas about the way they wished to live, as Chaturvedi shows. Peasant Pasts skillfully traces how the Dharalas, through many demonstrations employing traditional as well as more recent forms of protest, managed to form a distinct political identity of their own, one that is current and excites much debate in the region. And yes, they did manage to get themselves into the administrative records of the Indian state as well.
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BBC History magazine
BBC History Magazine - 12th August 2011
Susan Doran describes the reign of Elizabeth I, Dan Snow talks about his new TV series and Richard Noakes highlights the Victorian telegraph. To find out more, visit www.historyextra.com
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The pitch arrived with an iconic image of the American Dream: A neat house with a white picket fence.
But behind that picture of a $2.95 million home in Manhattan Beach, Calif., were hints of something darker: liar loans, those toxic mortgages of the subprime era.
Years after the great American housing bust, mortgages akin to the so-called liar loans — which were made without verifying people's finances — are creeping back into the market. And, like last time, they're spreading risks far and wide via Wall Street.
Today's versions bear only passing resemblance to the ones that proliferated in the mid-2000s, and they're by no means as widespread. Still, they reflect how the business is starting to join in the frenzy that's been creating booms in everything from subprime car loans to junk-rated company bonds.
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The Manhattan Beach story — how the mortgage on that house was made and subsequently packaged into securities with top-flight credit ratings — recalls a time when borrowers, lenders and investors all misjudged the potential danger.
The story begins earlier this year, when a TV producer bought the cream-colored home. His lender, Velocity Mortgage Capital LLC, says it writes mortgages for people buying homes only for business purposes, such as renting them out, and requires all customers to sign documents stating their intentions.
Soon Velocity was bundling the $1.92 million mortgage and hundreds of other loans into securities through Wall Street's securitization machine. Kroll Bond Rating Agency featured a picture of the house in a report on the $313 million deal, most of which was rated AAA.
Marketing documents for the offering, which was managed by Citigroup Inc. and Nomura Holdings Inc., characterized the buyer as an "investor."
But when a reporter recently knocked on the door in Manhattan Beach, the buyer answered and said he never planned to rent out the place. Nor, he said, had he signed documents stating he would. He was living in the house with his family.
The apparent discrepancy isn't nearly as worrisome as the kind that first brought liar loans to widespread attention. During the housing bubble, countless borrowers fibbed about their income, often with lenders' encouragement. For lenders and investors — let alone knavish borrowers who might get in over their heads — the potential for trouble is real this time, too.
That's because federal regulations put in place after the crash effectively outlawed liar loans. Under so-called ability-to-pay requirements, lenders must take specific steps to ensure homebuyers actually can afford the mortgages. If they don't, homeowners can sue and potentially win damages that can dwarf the value of the homes.
But in a throwback to subprime times, Velocity and other specialty lenders routinely offer certain mortgages with limited reviews, if any, of borrowers' finances. That's because the rules exempt mortgages made for "business purposes." The setup lets borrowers avoid typical paperwork, in return for paying higher mortgage rates.
Chris Farrar, Velocity's chief executive officer, says his company takes steps to ensure customers really are buying homes for business purposes. These include having every borrower hand write and sign letters testifying to their plans.
As Velocity and others hunt for profits, the question is also how carefully these lenders are vetting customers and loan brokers.
In Velocity's recent bond deal, an outside due-diligence company reviewed about 30 percent of the loans. The post-crisis standard in residential transactions has been at least 90 percent. The review revealed at least one other questionable loan, and Velocity removed it from the deal.
In assigning AAA grades, Kroll partly relied on Velocity's promise to buy back any loans that fell short of the standards, said Nitin Bhasin, a Kroll managing director.
Other players in this game include Citadel Servicing Corp. and Athas Capital Group Inc., both based in California.
It's difficult to say how far the problems might go, but industry experts agree that mortgage lending is nowhere near as sloppy as it was during the last go-round, which created a bust that produced about 6 million foreclosures.
Even so, the costs could be significant. If a homeowner sues and wins, claiming lenders violated ability-to-pay rules, lenders might have to pay three years of finance changes, legal costs and "actual damages," which could include down payments and myriad other costs, according to Jeffrey Naimon, a partner at BuckleySandler LLP.


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Sunday, April 21, 2013
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text: At a time when it was Australian government policy to train aboriginal children as domestic workers and integrate them into white society, young Molly Craig decides to lead her little sister and cousin in a daring escape from their internment camp. Molly and the girls must then elude the authorities on a dangerous 1,500-mile adventure along the rabbit-proof fence that bisects the continent and will lead them home. Rabbit-Proof Fence captures their universally touching plight and unparalleled courage in a beautiful testament to the undying strength of the human spirit.


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According to various reports, the I-T department has conducted searches at the residences of two bank managers of Axis Bank.
Cracking down on banking staff who are allegedly helping people convert their black money into white, the Income Tax Department has conducted a survey at the Kashmere Gate branch of Axis Bank in Delhi. According to various reports, the I-T department has conducted searches at the residences of two bank managers of Axis Bank. The searches happened after two people were caught with Rs 3.5 crore in new currency notes. These people admitted that they converted money with the help of two of the bank managers, whose residences are now being searched. According to Axis Bank, it is fully cooperating with the I-T department and is also investigating the matter in detail. The deposits were reportedly made in existing accounts of our customer at the Kashmere Gate Branch.
The government has warned that those who are using other people's bank accounts to convert their black money will be severely punished. Not only that, those who allow their accounts to be misused for this purpose will also face prosecution. The Finance Ministry said has said, "Tax evasion activities by some people using other persons' Bank A/Cs to convert their black money can be subjected to income tax & penalty. Also the person who allows his or her bank account to be misused for this purpose can be prosecuted for abetment under Income Tax Act." The Finance Ministry's warnings come in wake of reports that people are misusing JanDhan accounts to deposit their black money, paying a premium to the poor person who is allowing his/her bank account to be used. "However, the genuine persons having their own household savings in cash and depositing the same in the bank would not be questioned. People are requested NOT to come in the lure of black money converters & be a partner in this crime of converting black money into white," the Finance Ministry said.
Meanwhile, the Cabinet tonight is believed to have discussed amending laws to levy around to 60% income tax on unaccounted deposits in banks above a threshold post demonetisation of high-denomination currency notes. The move comes amid banks reporting over Rs 21,000 crore being deposited in zero-balance Jan Dhan accounts in two weeks after the 500 and 1,000 rupee notes were banned, which authorities apprehend may be the laundered blackmoney.
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text: We're pretty happy that a 392 MW solar concentrating plant is currently under construction in the Mojave Desert to supply enough juice to power 140,000 homes by 2013. But we're even more excited to learn that BrightSource put out a request for proposals to architects and designers to come up with a better, lighter, stronger, faster (ok, not faster), power tower for their three solar energy plants. Our friends at RAFAA Architecture & Design in Zurich sent us their proposal for two options that make use of prefabricated modular parts and have a strong focus on the total lifecycle impact. Not only does RAFAA want to build a better and more sustainable solar energy tower, but their designs are very easy on the eyes too!