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I finally got back to playing online this week and my results have been up and down. I have played everything from Razz to NL and even some HORSE. I have been playing $100-200 and $200-400 NL, $200-$400 PLO, Limit Hold 'em, and HORSE. The Limit Hold 'em a few days ago was a roller coaster ride. My stack went from 20k to over 100k, back down to 20k and then up again.
I played earlier this week with the new rising star of Internet poker, 'KaiBuxxe'.
Last week in London I met 'KaiBuxxe', he really does exist. Contrary to what everyone has been telling me, he is beatable, at least in Chinese poker. I won 11k in a short session with Roland de Wolfe, Ilari aka 'Zigmund', and 'KaiBuxxe' playing $500 per point. Pretty impressive that he is only 19 and beating the online games for so much already. It will be fun battling him at PLO online.
David Benyamine has been doing well the past week and it's great to see. A lot of people were counting him out, but I have always believed he is a great player. When he is hot, there is no one better than David. He can play for 20 hours straight online; he has the best poker stamina of any poker player I know. When the games are good at the Bellagio, David can put in marathon sessions, sometimes lasting three days.
I started yoga this week to try and make my back more flexible. I have been in the gym a lot and got to play tennis twice. I want to get my back as healthy as possible before I leave for Europe on Sunday. I am really looking forward to Barcelona, it is a beautiful city and my room at the beautiful Hotel Arts has a spectacular view of the sea.
There is a million dollar cash game in London after the WSOPE. I will be playing alongside Phil Ivey, Gus Hansen, Mike Matusaw, etc. I really enjoy the cash games on TV and have had good results so far. Make sure to check out the videos on my website from previous cash games.
Good luck and I will write from Barcelona. I am scheduled to play on day two and will have updates on my website.
ps. In Denmark they have already set the betting lines on my tennis match with Gus Hansen. Right now we are trying to decide what surface to play on, my personal favorite is clay. But we would also like to play the match during the big ATP event here in Las Vegas in early March, which is on hard courts.


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"Kinky sex is a hobby like model train building — people labor for years in their basements to get good at it, and though most people don't want to hear about it, other aficionados happily visit to check out their work. Vanilla sex is like running — it doesn't take much equipment, it's supposed to come naturally, it gets harder as we age, and it's socially approved, but few people really work at it."
Holly has done it again. Just wow. And though it was not of her creation, I find so much about this quote to be amazing. Just thought I'd share that real quick. Here's s linkback for ya:

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(InStyle.com) -- She refuses to dwell on the past and accepts that she can't control the future.
Reese Witherspoon juggles her career, family and love life, yet still is able find time for herself
For Reese Witherspoon, it's all about living in the moment. And with a thriving career, two children, and a handsome boyfriend -- Jake Gyllenhaal -- who can blame her?
On her divorce from Ryan Phillippe ...
You have to keep it together for your kids and for yourself too. I'm trying to learn from the things that have happened in my life, live more in the moment, and have more fun.
Someone told me recently to live in the present but make plans and take pictures. And I am. I'm writing more, I'm reading more.
Going to more concerts. Jake and I went to Coachella this year.
On being confident ...
As you get older, you know what you like and what you don't like, and you're not apologetic about it...
I used to judge myself so harshly. I think women in their 20s do. You're hard on your body, you're hard on yourself. But you start to realize that none of it is really all that important.
As long as you're comfortable, the best parts of yourself come through no matter what. Your mother can tell you that a million times, but you don't understand it until you live it!
On if she likes to cook ...
I do. And Jake is a great cook, he does a lot. We spend the weekends outside L.A, in Ojai, where I have a farmhouse. We have chickens and we grow cucumbers and tomatoes.
I love it. It reminds me of where I grew up in Tennessee.
On working out ...
I try to exercise every day. I like to run for about an hour, and I'm big into working out with girlfriends. It's an acquired skill, being able to discuss your love life, children and friends, all while you're running! But we have mastered it.
On her new perfume ...
I have a lot of favorite smells from growing up in the South that I wanted to capture in this scent.
As a kid, I was always outside. There was a magnolia tree in the front yard that I think I spent most of first, second and third grade in. And there was the smell of honeysuckle from the creek that ran down by our house.
Gardenias were important too, because every Mother's Day or on my birthday my father would buy small bouquets or corsages for my mother and me. While we were working on the perfume, Avon asked me if I could explore other notes, but I kept going back to white flowers!
The packaging reminds me of my grandma's bureau, where she'd have little perfume bottles out. I love it.
On her girlfriends ...
There are three of us who wear pretty much the same size, so we'll get together on a Friday night and I'll bring clothes I want to trade and they'll bring theirs. We swap shoes and purses a lot. I wore my girlfriend's dress to a wedding recently. It's fun.
On raising her kids, Ava and Deacon, far from home ...
Sometimes it's really difficult for me, being far away from home.
L.A. is where my job is and I have to be close, but I never imagined that my children wouldn't grow up next door to my brother's children. Or my mom and dad wouldn't constantly be around.
You know, I had dinner every night with my grandparents as a kid, so I think missing out on that is a hard compromise. At least I have a lot of Southern friends in L.A. I gravitate toward them. I think of those people as a part of my family: They take care of me and I take care of them.
On being a mom and a career woman ...
I love my life without work and I love my life with work.
My mom, who's a nurse, called me the other day when I was really stressed out from working a 15-hour day. And she was like, "Yeah, but think of it as a part-time job." And I thought, that's actually right, it puts it in perspective.
I work incredibly hard for three months, but then I get a break. It's about really enjoying my time off.
Where do I relax the most? Where are my children happiest? My ideal scenario is to do one movie a year. But as an actor, I don't think you can do an awful lot of planning. In fact, my new philosophy in life is I'll cross that bridge when I come to it.
I used to spend a lot of time thinking about the future, as if I could magically predict it if I planned it enough. And then I realized, I can't.
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For the record, here are all the presents she got this year:
Sunday, 28 December 2014
Christmas 2014
For the record, here are all the presents she got this year:
6 comments:
- Stephanie said...
Great images and looks like fun was had by all. You meant 2014 not 2015?
- 28 December 2014 at 23:53
- Polly said...
Looks like you had a lovely Christmas! Mine was a lot quieter than yours but I got amazing presents. I love all the gifts Celestine got, and the tiny comb and miniature castle are beautiful! I have a charm bracelet but it doesn't have many charms on at the moment. I'd like to collect more. I think I might have to make marzipan fruits now.
- 29 December 2014 at 00:44
- Victoria Stitch said...
oh yes i did mean 2014 whoops! thank you!
- 29 December 2014 at 07:55
- miniacollection said...
It's always a pleasure to read your posts and see the amazing photos.
- 29 December 2014 at 16:52
- Plushpussycat said...
So many great images! I could just look at your photos over and over. Thanks for the visual feast! xo Jennifer
- 29 December 2014 at 17:17
- Jane Chérie said...
Your miniature world always fills me with wonder. Thank you so much for sharing your photos of Celestine and her room. It's amazing how good it looks with all the furniture and decoration fit for Celestine's tiny size! Congrats on getting the crystal castle! It's so beautiful!!! Happy new year to you and your family!
- 30 December 2014 at 15:25


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Who knows what it takes to be at the top of their game? Two of Australia's premier sportspeople, Australian football's greatest ever goalscorer Tim Cahill and Olympic gold medallist and champion snowboarder Torah Bright, of course. And both of these athletes are already working towards raising the generation of champions.
"I'm trying to show them that if Tim Cahill can do it, then they have a chance," Tim tells Collective Hub of his program, the Tim Cahill Academy. "I take the elitism out of it and I get everyone involved—boys, girls—and I just concentrate on fun. I don't care if you want to plat AFL or cricket after this."
Opportunity, says Tim, is the first step in supporting a new generation of kids.
"When we do our Ambitions Tour and I get applicants from all over Australia, when it's narrowed down, I get maybe 300 and I read through them and I write a small reference on every single kid [to say] why I've picked them and the reasoning behind that direction."
"Sometimes I can only pick 20 kids boys and girls out of 200 from across Australia to come into my camp for five days to live like Tim Cahill and get the experience. Now, it has nothing to do with elitism; it has to do with giving kids an opportunity that I feel need it. It's that sort of stuff that takes a lot of time but also that's what I love doing."
With a sponsorship with Roxy since age 15, elite snowboarder Torah knows better than most that no matter the brand backing, it's the love of the sport that will see you through a long and successful career. It's one of the reasons she's part of the Torah Bright Mini Shread program at Threadbo, an annual event that encourages kids of all ages and abilities to learn new skills, make new friends and remember why they've taken to skiing and snowboarding in the first place.
"A lot of it is just to do with keeping it fun, because in this type of sport that's the reason why we do it," Torah tells Collective Hub. "I do see young kids coming up with parents who are giving them every opportunity to be the best, and I had that too, but the core reason as to why I started snowboarding stayed with me, and it's something I've always tried to nourish."
By continually instilling that sense of fun back into the sport, Torah hopes the kids she skis and snowboards alongside will take that beyond the day and into their future with the sport.
"I invite fellow riders and coaches just to be with the kids, give them tips; we've got music playing, we're all helping each other and learning from each other. If one kid progresses on with the sport and keeps that as their core essence, then I'm pumped."


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Last week we left my male staff as he flew from Gibraltar to London to take part in four professional soccer club trials. Three of the four rejected him but the fourth invited him back for another trial because they couldn't believe how bad he was the first time. In the end they too rejected him - for just one reason. He was crap. Sure he had a right foot shot that could burst the net from forty five yards out and plough into the crowd, killing several people and denting the crush barriers, but that isn't enough. Professional soccer teams expect you to have talent, skill, dedication and a low blood alcohol level and my male staff had none of these.
So now he was at a loose end, and not wanting to return to Gibraltar as a failure he found a job in an early skateboard factory in Staines. Staines is world famous. When you see TV adverts saying "GET RID OF UNSIGHTLY STAINES" This is the place they are talking about. A few months dragged by and my male staff's parents returned to the UK, probably to make sure that my male staff wasn't misbehaving. He was of course, but what they didn't know didn't hurt them. He soon became tired of the skateboard job and all the injuries he received from trying to ride them in the factory. He was crap at that too. Finally he got together with his friend Andy and they decided to go to Gibraltar together to make their fortune busking. Andy was shortsighted and wore round wire framed John Lennon glasses and and permanently had half a roll-up cigarette dangling from the corner of his mouth. Most of the time he was unshaven and was what my male staff's mum called "a scruffy little bugger." And yet he was lucky with women and I think my male staff was hoping some of that luck might rub off on him.
Andy could play the guitar. That is he could play the riff from Deep Purple's "Smoke on the Water" and he said he'd teach my male staff to play. Neither of them could sing a note. In fact they had about as much talent between them as Milli Vanilli. That didn't dampen their youthful optimism though. Neither did the fact that they had virtually no money. They'd get to Gibraltar by hitchhiking - once they reached France. That was the plan in any case. My male staff purchased a cheap and nasty guitar and he and Andy pooled their meagre funds to buy a tent. Then on mild dewy morning in June 1979 they boarded an early train for Victoria station in London. From there they boarded a bus to Newhaven, where they spent the rest of the day in pub while they waited for the night ferry to Dieppe in France.
They sat on the deck of the ferry as it forged across a calm English Channel on that balmy summer night. Andy tried to teach my male staff a few guitar chords much to the discomfort of the other passengers, some of whom dived overboard rather than have to listen to my male staff murdering "My Sweet Lord" over and over again. It was still dark when they arrived in Dieppe. They had intended to hitchhike south from there, but where to start? There was a train for Paris due to leave, so they boarded that and vowed to hitchhike from there instead. Once in Paris they looked at the traffic, looked each other and thought "How the hell do we find a way out of this place?" So much for hitchhiking. They piled onto a Metro train jabbing people with their guitars and apologising in French. At least they thought they were apologising. What they said having poked some poor commuter in the groin was "Merde Monsewer". A so called friend of Andy's had told him that "Merde" was the sincerest form of French apology. At Gare de Lyon they bought tickets for a train to
Hendaye on the Spanish border in the shadow of the "Pair 'o' knees Mountains". They crossed the border into Spain and caught a bus to Irun. "We'll hitchhike from there." they said, and to be fair they really did try this time. They found the road that lead south towards the town of Burgos.
So, they set off along the road up into the gloomy, oppressive "Pair 'o' knees Mountains" They walked, then stuck out their thumbs, and they walked some more, deeper and deeper into the mountains. Nobody stopped for them. In fact people glared at them with open hostility. It turns out that there were daily bombings and shootings being carried out in the area by Basque separatist gorillas. My male staff, never the sharpest knife in the drawer at the best of times was disappointed that he didn't see any of these gorillas. In fact the only primates he saw were humans until his emotional reunion with Angela (see part 1) when he finally reached Gibraltar. Anyway, these adverse security conditions were not conducive to successful hitchhiking and having walked several miles through the drizzly mountains they camped in low spirits near a river as night fell.
It rained all night and was still raining in the morning when my male staff crawled bleary-eyed on hands and knees from the tent and put his right hand in pancake of wet bush chocolate. The culprit - a cow, eyed him suspiciously with big brown eyes from a few yards away. Our heroes packed up the tent and trudged across the sodden grass back to the road where they stood in the drizzle and got glared at by several drivers before Andy said "Sod this! Let's go back to Irun and get a train."
It took them until midday to get back to Irun station where though bought two tickets on the night train to Madrid. They went into the depressing little town and purchased a bottle of red wine for something like four trillion pesetas (thirty pence) and some stale lemon biscuits which they scoffed on the platform while they waited for the train.
It was a bright, clear morning when they pulled into Madrid. My male staff was famished so while Andy was pointing Percy at the porcelain he ordered a whitebait roll at a food stall. The guy at the stall sliced the bread roll and his finger at the same time. Bright red blood pumped from the gash over my male staff's roll, but that didn't stop the Spaniard slathering it with butter, filling it with whitebait and handing it to my male staff who took it, not trusting the quality of his Spanish to complain. One end of the roll looked as though it had been generously dipped in tomato ketchup. He was so hungry that he ate it anyway, apart from the blood soaked bit. He gave that to Andy. My male staff always looks after his friends.
So, another big city. "Why don't we just get the train all the way to Alegeciras?" They suggested simultaneously, and that's how Andy and my male staff managed to hitchhike all the way from London to southern Spain without once getting into a car. That has to be some sort of record. Anyway, once in Algecrias our gallant duo could see Gibraltar just a few miles across the bay. But the border was still closed, so they had to get the ferry to Tangier. Once there they were immediately accosted by a nice man in a dirty djellaba who told them that his brother would change some money for them as they had to have Moroccan dirhams to purchase their ferry tickets to Gibraltar. Naturally the money changer also had a carpet shop and he and his three employees put the hard word on the two travellers to buy a rug each. Just what they needed. It was quite intimidating for two naive lads who were convinced that they were about to be robbed and murdered. They weren't of course, but my male staff was persuaded to swap his cheap and nasty guitar for a genuine camel leather passport wallet. This was no bad thing because he was more likely to produce a recognisable tune from the passport wallet.
So near and yet so far. Gibraltar from Algeciras.
Eventually they found a job in an armed forces supply store at the Royal Navy dockyard and they moved into a workers hostel. Things were looking up, but again my male staff got the idea into his head that he might be better off elsewhere - specifically Britain. Then on the same day that my male staff watched (with tears in his eyes) the great aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal steam from Gibraltar, banners flying, crew lined up smartly on deck and band playing on her final voyage to the scrap yard, there came news that the Royal Air Force owed my male staff three hundred pounds from his previous employment in Gibraltar. It was enough to fly them both back to London. Andy decided to stay as he'd by now got a taste for second hand cigarettes. Two days later my male staff was back in Britain, wondering if he would be better off elsewhere.
Hitchhiking all the way to Gibraltar without once stepping into a car. Quite a feet eh? Get it? Feet.....feat. Get it? Get it? Oh, please yourselves. You know what the best thing about "The Grass Is Greener Part 2" is? There's no part 3.


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(Reuters) - Having been down that agonizing road a year ago, San Antonio Spurs forward Tim Duncan understands that until the two-time defending champion Miami Heat are eliminated from the NBA Finals they still have a pulse.
"We know the caliber team they are, and we have a lot of respect for what they're able to do," said Duncan, the Spurs' 38-year-old spiritual leader and 14-time All-Star.
"They're able to throw it into another gear, and they're going to do just that. They don't want this to be done. They have already won on our homecourt, so they feel they can do it again.
"We don't want to give them any life."
The Heat may still be alive in the series but they're on life support, facing a 3-1 deficit in the best-of-seven NBA Finals heading into Sunday's Game Five in San Antonio.
But Miami has a knack for pulling off the impossible. It was in last year's finals that the Heat, facing elimination, erased a five-point deficit in the final 28 seconds of regulation in Game Six and beat the Spurs 103-100 in overtime.
The Heat won Game Seven to claim their second straight crown and leave the Spurs wondering what might have been.
Miami's LeBron James, who scored 28 points in Thursday's 107-86 drubbing by the Spurs, said the Heat cannot be thinking about becoming the first team to recover from a 3-1 deficit to win the NBA Finals.
"We've got to worry about Sunday first," he said. "Go up there in a hostile environment, where we were able to steal one in Game Two, and try to get another one and go on from there.
"Obviously, I do know the numbers. It's never been done before. But we're still a confident bunch, even though our heads are lowered down right now.
"Of course, being down 3‑1 and losing two straight games at home, that's just human nature. But we've still got to go out and play on Sunday."
San Antonio routed the Heat by 15 points in the opener at home, but lost the next game, 98-96. Hoping to win one of the next two in Miami to regain the homecourt advantage, the Spurs played flawlessly and crushed the Heat in both games.
"They're a high‑oil machine and they move the ball extremely well," said James. "They put you in so many difficult positions. If you're not right on time, right on target, they're going to make you pay for it."
Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said his focus was on beating the Spurs on Sunday and getting the series back to Miami for a Game Six. He said the path may be arduous but winning the championship is still possible.
"Our group has been through everything you possibly can be through except for this circumstance, so why not?," he said. "Why not test ourselves right now collectively?
"(We have a) championship resolve that we've proven time and time again. We'll have to do it in a different way."
San Antonio's pass-first offense has everyone playing well, especially Kawhi Leonard, who scored a career-high 29 points in Game Three and 20 on Thursday to help the Spurs become the first team to win two straight on the road by 15 or more points in a single finals.
The Spurs' Duncan has already won four titles and after being so close a year ago, is taking nothing for granted.
"Obviously, they're the champions, and they're going to come out and show a lot of fire and come with a lot of energy," he said of Sunday's game at the AT&T Center.
"We're going to use our homecourt and we're going to come with the same focus that we did in these last two games, and hopefully close it out at home."
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Your head may be spinning for a different reason than mine. With your digital mind teach23, you may under stand what this cloud is all about. For me, it is very confusing. I only hope that Michelle will be offered something very special at the Alibaba Group.
The pictures above are very interesting and Michelle is enjoying the Olympics but I think she is busy closing her own deals. I am for all of that. Go Michelle


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The first few days of marriage are quite tough for both the lady and the man. For the man, he needs to be politically correct when he gives her, his much sought out opinion on her clothes, food she has so lovingly prepared, etc. For the lady, the nervousness, cooking something for him and hoping it will be to his taste, and reading the man's reactions or lack of it, small gestures and non-verbal signs for his likes and dislikes, can be overwhelming.
It was with such apprehension, that I made this Cauliflower biryani during the first few months of marriage. I had looked up this recipe on Mallika Badrinath's "100 Vegetarian Rice Varieties". And I was so nervous about whether he would like it or not. He is not a major rice-eater, but he does not mind rice for lunch; that is his loving gesture to me. So I was very pleased when I noticed that he loved this preparation and had cleaned up the plate. Always a sign that the menu was upto the mark. It took me a couple of tries to get it perfect, but now this has become a much loved lunch dish at home. It is a breeze to make.
Cauliflower - 1 small or medium
Basmati rice - 1 cup (150 ml rice measuring cup)
Onions (medium) - 2, cut lengthwise in thin slices.
Green chillies - 2, slit lengthwise
Turmeric powder - 1 pinch
Asafoetida - 1 pinch
Chilli powder - 1/2 tbsp
Amti masala - 1/2 tsp
Salt - to taste
Yoghurt - 1/4 cup
Water - 2 cups
Oil - 1 tbsp
Coriander leaves - 1tbsp - chopped for garnishing
Ghee - 1 tbsp
1. Wash and clean the cauliflower. Heat water in a sauce pan to a little hotter than lukewarm, and add a pinch of salt. Cut the cauliflower into small flowerettes. Rinse the flowerettes in cold water and remove and then drop them into the warm water. Let the flowerettes stay in the warm water for 5-10 minutes. Rinse thoroughly, drain the water and keep the flowerettes aside.
2. Soak the Basmati rice in two cups of water for 15 minutes.
3. Heat oil in a heavy bottomed large cooking pan.
4. Fry the onions and the green chillies for about 30 seconds.
5. Add the Cauliflower flowerettes and fry for a few minutes.
6. Add the asafoetida, and a pinch of turmeric powder. and continue frying until the cauliflower is almost tender (5-8 minutes)
7. Drain the water and keep it aside. Add the rice grains, and fry until the raw smell is gone.
8. Boil the 2 cups of water that we drained in step 7, and add to the rice, cauliflower mixture.
9. When the water comes a boil again, add the curd.
10. Mix well, and add salt.
11. Add the chilli powder and amti masala and mix well. Please refer to this post for "Amti Masala".
12. Cover the vessel with a heavy lid, lower the flame to sim and allow the mixture to cook well for 5 minutes.
13. Keep watching, and ensure that the biryani is dry, but the bottom layer does not start crusting
14. Add the ghee, mix well and garnish with coriander leaves.
15. Serve hot with raita and papad.


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Seriously. This kid is just the cutest and sweetest and easiest baby to work with. He gives the biggest smiles with the least amount of work and he's almost always happy. Unless he's pooping. And then he's totally focussed on the task at hand. But aren't we all?
Luckily this handsome little man made it through a whole session {and a few outfit changes} on the back porch. Typically I travel to clients homes, to make it easier on them. This time however, I asked if they would be willing to come my way so I could capture the amazing light from our sunroom in his eyes. I think it was worth it, don't you? Plus, I made them cookies! You can't beat that.
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
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We did crepes. Sweet fillings and savory fillings. Followed the recipe to the letter, and when I added 3 TB of liquid too much, it stopped working! Sometimes it pays to trust in what other people have already tested. In the sweet crepes with cashew cream cheese, we actually used leftover cranberry sauce I found in the freezer from Thanksgiving, which I really liked because it wasn't very sweet.
And the same cookbook has a brilliant little recipe for individual baked hash browns in a muffin tin. These actually turned out better than when I've made them on the stove--really nice and crispy on the outside without being burned, and fully cooked on the inside! I added extra oil because the headnote talked about how much healthier these were than usual, but don't do it! Mine were actually a bit too greasy. A really well-tested recipe, once again.
And one more brunch with pancakes from Vegan Brunch, roasted mushrooms, pan-fried potatoes, and fresh-squeezed juice.


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This was done for my friends grandson's 8th bday. His favorite game is Halo so the mom wanted to give him a halo game. She had lego halo toys which she added at the party. The cake was a quarter sheet, iced in buttercream. The trees are sugar cones covered with green BC and the gravel path is crushed sugar cone. Hopefully one day I will get a picture of the cake with the toys for my album.
Tags: birthday boy halo lego trees quarter sheet
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She was just so sure she knew what was best for them. Knew how to handle every situation. She fretted about her brother when they sat at their little table with coloring books open and he took crayons and scribbled all over the page, and about her sister because she liked doing her own drawings--even on the pages where the lines were clear and black. And she told them exactly how they were supposed to be acting in every situation. Yep, I spent half her childhood telling her, "Let me be the mother!"
I thought of this before I got out of be this morning because I was
"Let me be God,"
I heard these words very clearly. As clearly as the words I used to say to E. I was the mother and knew what was best. With her 4 or 6 year old mind, she couldn't possibly see or know or understand. And it wasn't her job. Her place. It was above her pay-grade, so to speak. But it wasn't above mine. It was my job.
"Let me be God."
He is God. Obviously. So I must let Him BE God in my life and in the lives of those for whom I pray. So I can ask Him, but it's His job to act. It's above my pay-grade to tell Him how to do so. Yes, it's His job to BE God. It's His BEing God that means I can trust Him when I pray, trust that He will act for the best. In any and every situation. Whatever my worries, or my hopes and dreams, it's up to Him. There is not only safety but joy in that.
Amazingly, my year's verse has been Psalm 131: 1-2 (which was in my devotional again yesterday by no fluke at all!!!), which reminds me of exactly the same thing.
My heart is not proud, Lord,
my eyes are not haughty;
I do not concern myself with great matters
or things too wonderful for me
But I have calmed myself
and quieted my ambitions.
I am like a weaned child with its mother;
like a weaned child I am content.


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My OH's favourite new phrase, which for the uninitiated (or those of us who don't work with 20-something's straight out of Uni!) it stands for Too Long; Didn't Read. I have a sneaking suspicion this is only supposed to be used when I am telling a long and arduous account of my day, where he has switched off – but given where it has originated from, I guess it is used wherever the conversation doesn't involve computer games or drinking(!)
Now, this got me thinking whether or not it just applied to online articles, replies to forum threads, the good old 'Ts & Cs' ( let's face it, who doesn't just click that 'Accept & Proceed' button!?), or whether it applies to blog posts too?
I'm reading more & more of other peoples blogs as I try and learn the craft of blogging, and I understand that the idea is not to waffle on and on and on, but don't you think that some people's blogs are just a teeny bit too short?
I am very much reminded of my primary school 'creative writing' classes when I'm planning my blog posts (my teachers name escapes me, but it was quite a long time ago now!) and try to ensure, no matter how long or short, they have a beginning, a middle and an end. I also think they should have a bit of content, a pretty picture or two, maybe teach you something, and tell a story.
Short and sweet is good, but "I did this, it was good" or "ohhh, look at these 20 pictures of pretty handbags" just doesn't cut it for me, and certainly doesn't engage me enough to carry on following to find out what happens next.
So before this gets 'TL' and you 'DR' the rest of it, I'll get on with it!!!
I've started a memory quilt this week
I've done PLENTY of memory cushions over the last few years, but have had a couple of requests for quilts so I thought I should practice first with my own stash of clothes (of my late husbands) and make any mistakes there if I'm going to make any. The hardest part of this will be deciding how many blocks to use/what size to make – I think this will involve some quilting research! I'm pretty sure the correct way to do it is make a block of 4 squares, then sew these together, which will then dictate the size(s)….any input from more experience quilters is very much appreciated!
I'll keep you posted as I go along, and share any tips or tricks I find out about.
Paramount on the top of my to do list this week is to find a company that sells Fimo polymer clay wholesale in the UK. After a couple of false starts, I think I've found somewhere and have placed an order – always handy to have a back up plan though, so shout up if you know anywhere!
The 'Pint of Socks' Father's Day presents that I blogged about the other week are selling really well! only a few days left to order if you want them posted out, a couple more if you buy from my shop http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=161032907324&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT


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There is one problem though...
The View!!!
Today, I tried to journal a bit differently.
I will keep you posted.
I hope that you all are enjoying your day.
Until mext time,
It would certainly take a much stronger woman than I to resist all those goodies!
OH MY my fav place to shop on line, can't imagine what it would be like to actually be 'in' the store :-) I'd want to see, examine everything!
Great post! Oh; all those visual enticements! xo
So much temptation!


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Hi everybody,
Isn't July turning out to be an inspirational month here on the Wee Stamps blog? Today is no exception. This gorgeous creation is by our lovely Guest Designer Judy Corner who did her magic using Wee Stamps' Spring Bringer (available as a digi, a rubber stamp and as part of a set of card toppers).
Have a great day everybody!!!


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Tracking malware with honeyclients
Today, I support honeypots because they are a must have early warning tool in any organization.
If you can't stop the hacker or malware it's hard to be perfect all the time the next best thing is early warning. Placing a honeypot within your enterprise network, next to other valuable assets, assures that any rogue outsiders or insiders will be discovered quickly. If the hacker or malware touches the fake asset, they are done. Low cost and low noise equals high value.
Unfortunately, in order for most honeypots to work, you have to wait for the attacker to assault the honeypot head on from a remote location. This set of circumstances ignores the fact that most malicious hacking occurs from client side attacks. Tracking malware with honeyclients | InfoWorld | Column | 2006-04-14 | By Roger A. Grimes
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Grove Rugby Football Club Limited ("the Club") Rules
These rules of the Club are made pursuant to Article 86 and Article 87 of the Club's Articles of Association. The terms used shall have the same meaning as in the Articles of Association which are available in the Clubhouse or from the Secretary. Where there is any inconsistency between these Rules and the Articles of Association, the provisions of the Articles of Association shall prevail. Where references to the Articles of Association are made in these Rules, these references are purely to assist the Members of the Club.
Club Colours
1. The Club colours shall be a combination of red, white and blue shirts, navy blue shorts and red socks. The Board shall be empowered to organise a Club badge and to make such amendments to its design from time to time as are necessary.
2. Members must at all time have proof of membership when on the Club premises.
3. There will be the following types of membership with voting (V) or non-voting (NV) rights:
i. Playing Members over nineteen years of age on 1st September of each year (V)
ii. Junior Members under nineteen years of age on 1st September of each year (NV)
iii. Mini Members under twelve years of age on 1st September of each year (NV)
iv. Patrons (V)
v. Life Members (V)
vi. Social Members (NV)
vii. Visiting Sports Club Members (NV)
viii Temporary Members (NV)
ix Spouse/Partner Members (NV)
x Vice President (V)
xi Coach (V)
4. Voting Members are entitled (under the Articles of Association) to receive notice of, attend and vote at general meetings of the Club; propose and second candidates for election; receive all Club publications; and to such other membership rights as the Club in general meeting shall from time to time determine.
5. Non-Voting Members are entitled to receive all Club publications and such other membership rights as the Club in general meeting shall from time to time determine. They are not entitled to receive notice of, attend or vote at general meetings of the Club or propose or second candidates for election.
6. The subscription year runs from 1st September until 31st August (inclusive) of the following year. Subscriptions for each year shall be set by the Board from time to time in accordance with the Articles of Association. Failure to pay by 1st October of each year may mean re-application for membership for each non-payment of subscriptions. Members joining after 1st January of each year are only liable for one-half of the annual subscription.
7. Any member may introduce guests to the Club and any player, coach, other team representative, match official or spectator attending the Club's premises (by invitation of the Club) who is not a member shall be a guest of the Board, provided that no one whose membership has been declined or who has been expelled from the Club may be introduced as a guest. The names and addresses of all guests and the name of the member signing them in shall be entered into a book maintained for the purpose, such book to be kept on the premises.
8. Members of visiting opposition teams and their supporters shall be collectively entitled to use the Club's facilities on the day of the prescribed fixtures providing the Grove host captains enter the visiting club's name and team designation into the Visitors Book.
9. Visiting club membership is only open to named "User Clubs" as defined in the lease. The membership fee shall be decided on after negotiation with the interested parties.
Termination of Membership
10. The Board has power under the Articles of Association (Articles 8 and 9) to expel any member.
11. The purchase of intoxicating liquor for the supply by the Club shall be at the absolute discretion of a Bar Sub-Committee of not less than three members being members over the age of 18 and elected by the members.
12. If any member of the Bar Sub-Committee for any reason ceases to be a member, he automatically ceases to be a member of the Sub-Committee and another member must be elected by the members in his place.
13. The Board shall appoint a member to the Clubhouse Liaison Committee.
14. There shall be, inter alia, the following Sub-Committees
15. The members of the Board shall ratify if possible the appointment of the Captains of each playing team. These playing Captains will be elected at a meeting of the Playing Members of the Club to be held at least seven days before the annual general meeting. The Club Captain shall be responsible for the arranging of this meeting.
Role Descriptions
16. Role Descriptions for each officer and Board member of the Club shall be kept by the Secretary and shall be available for members on request. These shall be amended from time to time by the Board as it sees fit.
Financial Year
17. The Club's financial year shall end on 31st March each year.
18. The permitted hours for supply of intoxicating liquor will at all times comply with the Licensing Act 2003, and will be as agreed with the applicable Licensing Authority.
19. Actual opening hours, conforming to the limits stated above, will be at the discretion of the Board.
20. No one may directly or indirectly derive any pecuniary benefit from the supply of intoxicating liquor, tobacco and other refreshments by on behalf of the Club to members or guests apart from any benefit accruing to the Club as a whole and apart also from any benefit which a person derives indirectly by reason of the supply giving rise to or contributing to a general gain from the carrying on of the Club.
21. No person shall be paid, at the expense of the Club, any commission, percentage or similar payment on or with reference to purchases of intoxicating liquor, tobacco or refreshments by the Club.
Date: 14 May 2009.


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13F Insights: Stan Druckenmiller The Great Tech Investor?
Stanley Druckenmiller is one of the greats, but he's had his troubles in tech. Nonetheless, per his 3Q15 13F he's back in the space, big time.
He doubled his Facebook (FB) position, which is now 30% of his family office fund's portfolio. Meanwhile, he took a new stake in Amazon (AMZN) - sixth largest holding. Other notable moves includes dumping 29% of his Wells Fargo (WFC) position, adding 81% to his JD.com position (JD), adding 138% to his C-trip (CTRP) position - as well as a few small new position, including Under Armour (UA), Expedia (EXPE), Carnival Cruise (CCL), Priceline (PCLN), Royal Caribbean (RCL) and PayPal (PYPL).
Notable sells - sold off all his Haliburton (HAL) was 5th largest position, sold all Freeport (FCX) was 6th) and all Citigroup (C) was 8th. Also sold all of Dow Chemcial and Alcoa.
Stan Druck DUQUESNE shows the new $AMZN pos. 6h largest holding; more than doubles $FB pos. now makes up 30% portfolio— Activist Stocks (@activiststocks) November 13, 2015


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John Gruber on Microsoft's insistence on using a floppy disk as a save icon in Microsoft Office 2011 as show in these leaked screenshots.
Icon for the Save button is still a floppy disk, despite the fact that Apple hasn't sold a machine with a floppy drive for a decade.
I wondered how Apple does this. How does Apple show the meaning of save for saving to a hard drive?
They don't.
You want to save? Go up to File, or hit Command+S.
Microsoft could've solved this problem by choosing not to solve it.


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|Position ID:
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|Position Title:
|Faculty Position in Soft Matter Physics
|Position Type:
|Tenured/Tenure-track faculty
|Position Location:
|Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States [map]
|Subject Area:
|Physics / Soft Condensed Matter Theory
|Appl Deadline:
|finished (2015/09/10, finished 2016/09/11, listed until 2016/03/10)
|Position Description:
The School of Physics of the Georgia Institute of Technology invites applications for a faculty position in Soft Matter Physics beginning Fall 2016. The appointment is expected to be at the level of Assistant Professor, but Associate Professor or Full Professor appointments can be considered for qualified applicants. We are interested in candidates in theory or experiment who will enhance existing Soft Matter Physics efforts in the School. The new faculty member will also benefit from strong Condensed Matter Physics, Nonlinear Dynamics, and Physics of Living Systems research in the School, as well as broad Soft Matter research across the Institute. Successful applicants are expected to direct an active program of funded research and to teach effectively at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.
Georgia Tech is a unit of the University System of Georgia and is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action institution, with a commitment to cultural, racial, and ethnic communities. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. Application materials are accepted electronically at https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/GaTech/School%20of%20Physics/GT_SMP
Applicants must upload 1) a cover letter, 2) curriculum vitae, including a full list of publications, 3) a research plan, and 4) a one-page teaching plan. In addition, applicants should arrange for three letters of recommendation (submission instructions are provided in the application). Review of complete applications will begin December 1, 2015. Inquiries may be addressed by email to firstname.lastname@example.com.


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This year's Silent Auction goes downtown and gets funky like Bruno Mars on Friday, March 23rd, 2018. This is our PTO's largest fundraiser. Proceeds from this event go toward many programs at Claxton such as the Playground project, LEAF in Schools and Streets, Claxton's Storytelling Festival, teacher mini grants, field trip scholarships, books and supplies for classrooms and more. Profits from the auction greatly enhance the school's Arts and Humanities magnet theme and generous donations from businesses, groups and individuals in our community enable us to continue these wonderful programs at our school.
Do you know of a business, group or individual that would like to participate in this incredible event? Would you like to volunteer to assist in managing this fun party with a purpose? Email the PTO Auction Chair Julie Porter Shirley at firstname.lastname@example.com any questions or suggestions!


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Collaboration and a call to focus on growth priorities are two of the key findings which will be announced to industry today as tourism leaders address over 500 delegates at the Scottish Tourism Alliance (STA) Annual Conference at the EICC in Edinburgh.
The national tourism conference, a two-day industry event marks the end of Scottish Tourism Week 2016 which has seen the STA team travel circa 3,500 miles across the length and breadth of the country to support over 25 locally organised destination events, with the aim of engaging over 2020 businesses in the tourism conversation.
The findings announced today come from a mid-term review of the national tourism strategy, Tourism Scotland 2020, and the outcome will be announced at a special conference session at 3pm today 'TS2020 – Staying on Track' led by Stephen Leckie, Chair of the STA and the Tourism Leadership Group.
Launched in 2012, Tourism Scotland 2020 aims to increase visitor spend by £1bn by 2020 by targeting specific markets that would offer the industry the greatest growth potential. Focussing on collaboration within and across Scotland's tourism destinations, the vision of the Strategy is 'to make Scotland a destination of first choice for a high quality, value for money and memorable customer experience, delivered by skilled and passionate people.'
Since its launch, hundreds of tourism businesses, associations, organisations and individuals have been involved with projects and initiatives to drive the change needed to achieve the TS2020 vision, with full support from all key public agencies and the Scottish Government.
The mid term review has highlighted:
Based on existing activities, the sector may fall short of the 2020 £5.5bn visitor spend target by £0.3bn, however with focus on specific four key priorities the sector will be able to close the gap to 2020 and lay the foundations for sustained growth beyond 2020 to 2030
Four new key growth priorities have been announced as:
Strengthen Digital Capability
Strengthen Industry Leadership
Enhance the Quality of Visitor Experience
Influence Investment (specifically flight access and transport connectivity, built infrastructure, digital connectivity and business growth finance)
Collaboration has been one of the main achievements to date and needs to continue. There has been real partnership by the industry to get behind the strategy and also by the public agencies to support it
Speaking about the results of the TS2020 Mid-Term Review, Chair of Scottish Tourism Alliance and Strategy Leadership Group Stephen Leckie commented, "Our findings have reinforced what we already knew; that despite Scotland's high profile over the last two years, the industry cannot rest on its laurels. Growth will not come to us, we need to go out and find it and localising the strategy to ensure that industry understands and responds to key messages at a local level through their own destination and sector strategy is going to be key to the delivery of our ambitious but achievable growth ambition. Collaboration with industry working as one will be the glue which bonds businesses in Scotland together to leverage tourism as the most important driver to Scotland's economy.
Marc Crothall, CEO of the STA said; "The influence and reach of the STA continues to grow; membership has increased and as the voice of tourism in Scotland, we are frequently asked to represent industry at Scotland and UK levels. We submitted our Policy Agenda for the 2016-2020 Scottish Government – 'A Tourism Industry Manifesto for Growth & Competitiveness Towards 2020' and we're delighted to have received such strong support from the Scottish Government in response to some of our key asks for industry. We welcome the planned future discussions around VAT at UK government level and the announcement of the Scottish Government 12-week consultation period with the industry around the proposed reductions to APD."
He continued; "The STA will focus our strengthened position on raising awareness and understanding that 'tourism is everyone's business', linking all parts of the Scottish economy to maintain the competitiveness of Scottish tourism and Scottish businesses internationally. Building on our already strong partnerships and collaboration within the tourism industry across public, private and third sectors will allow us greater focus, efficiency and impact and we are calling on industry today to get behind the refreshed strategic framework for growth."
Tourism Minister Fergus Ewing said, "This industry-owned strategy has already delivered significant progress in growing Scotland's tourist industry, with overnight and day visitor expenditure up to around £9.7 billion in 2014 and attracting 104 conferences across the country. The successful completion of the mid-term review will allow us all to renew our focus on the key priorities – increasing our digital presence, influencing investment decisions and enhancing the quality of our visitor experience – that will only accelerate this growth."
Malcolm Roughead, Chief Executive of VisitScotland, said: "Tourism is the heartbeat of the Scottish economy and remains strong in the face of a difficult economic backdrop and uncertainty in travel. In the last 12 months there has been a 7% increase in visitors and an 8% increase in spend, while new direct air routes are strengthening connectivity, but we cannot be complacent. Last month saw the launch of our first ever global marketing campaign and social movement – the Spirit of Scotland. Collaboration within the industry will be key to its success, and we look forward to continuing to work with our tourism partners to further enhance the visitor experience and create an attractive, innovative and inspirational destination for visitors."
Click here for full details of the Mid-term review.
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Press Contacts:
Please contact Mhairi Clarke, PR Manager at the Scottish Tourism Alliance at firstname.lastname@example.com 07809 558 375
Notes to Editors:
- The Scottish Tourism Alliance (STA) was formed in 2012, an evolution of the Scottish Tourism Forum which was established in 1998 to act as the Industry Leadership Group for tourism and the leading voice for the tourism sector in Scotland.
- The role of the STA is also to 'lead on industry matters', collaborating with and representing industry views to government and agencies, bringing public and private players together to encourage the voicing of opinion about problems and priorities to find solutions.
- The organisation also leads the facilitation and co-ordination of the ongoing development and delivery of the National Strategy: Tourism Scotland 2020, industry wide, the strategy ambition being to make Scotland a destination of first choice for a high quality, value for money and memorable customer experience.
- One of the Scottish Tourism Alliance's key objectives is to help support individual businesses, marketing services, trade associations, local area tourism groups and any organisation with an active interest in tourism to realise their potential by maximising and building on opportunities to ensure future growth of our industry.
- The STA also acts as the united voice of the Scottish tourism industry to represent the key issues which act as barriers to growth and bring about the changes needed at all levels to ensure future growth of the tourism industry and the economy.
- The STA has circa 70% -75% of the tourism sector as Members either directly and indirectly through association with and Membership has trebled in three years and continues to grow.
- Scottish Tourism Week 2016 will see over 25 events held across the length and breadth of Scotland before the tourism industry gathers at Edinburgh's EICC for the Scottish Tourism Alliance Signature Conference on the 17th and 18th March.
- This year's event has been designed to connect over 2020 businesses across Scotland into the tourism conversation over the course of the week. The STA will take the key messages linked to the national strategy mid-term review out to industry across Scotland with the aim being not only to achieve the aspirational growth target of £5.5 billion but to inspire all to achieve the Tourism 2020 vision, that 'Scotland will be a destination of first choice for a high quality, value for money and memorable customer experience, delivered by skilled and passionate people.
For more information on the STA and the National Strategy: Tourism Scotland 2020 please visit scottishtourismalliance.co.uk or call 01786 459 235
For more information about STW, please visit www.scottishtourismweek.scot


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- Digital Papers: 9
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- Monogram Characters: 54/li>
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Acid colors for this kit, perfect for Girl theme, or Urban pages. Including : - 9 textures and/or patterned papers - 1 complete grunge alpha of 54 pieces - 1 metal arrow - 1 fancy photo frame - 2 geometrical flowers - 2 acrylic brackets - 1 journaling - 1 paper leaf - 1 fancy note page - 1 bow - 1 slide - 1 tab - 1 paintchip.
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Said Wassily Kandinsky. Born in Odessa and gaining recognition around WW1 as the first modern abstract artist, Kandinsky was the first to note that colors could evoke specific emotions in a person. He even claimed he could see the colors music made. Who am I to doubt him, maybe he did!
I've been thinking all day long of polka dots and their recent surge in popularity.I admit, I was also looking for ways to gently encourage post readers to enter my first giveaway, details here. Then I found Jacqui's quilt, Callie's Polka Dot Quilt on her blog,Treadle Quilts.


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Designed by Brett Gurewitz in 1980.
"SCROOGE: Bah, humbug, every body.
CHORUS: Good morning, Mr. Scrooge!
SCROOGE: Well, the meeting will come to order, if you please. Are all the advertising people represented here?
CHORUS: Everyone except Amalgamated Cheese!
SCROOGE: Well, if they're not here for the Christmas pitch, I can't help them find new ways of tying their product in to Christmas. That's why I'm chairman of this board! Let's hear it for me!
CHORUS: Hear, hear!
SCROOGE: All right, Abercrombie, what are your people up to?
ABERCROMBIE: Ahhh, same thing as every year. Fifty thousand billboards showing Santa Claus pausing to refresh himself with our product.
SCROOGE: Mmm-hmmm, well, I think the public has come to expect that and...
ABERCROMBIE: That's right. It's become tradition!
SCROOGE: You there, Crass, uhh, I suppose your company's running the usual magazine ads showing cartons of your cigarettes peeking out of the top of Santa's sack?
CRASS: Better than that! This year we have him smoking one.
SCROOGE: Um-hmmm...
CRASS: Yes. We've got Santa a little more rugged, too. Both sleeves rolled up and a tattoo on each arm. One of 'em says "Merry Christmas."
SCROOGE: What does the other one say?
CRASS: "Less tar"!
SCROOGE: Great stuff!
CRATCHIT: But Mr. Scrooge...
SCROOGE: What? Who are you?
CRATCHIT: Bob Cratchit, sir. I've got a little spice company over in East Orange, New Jersey. Do I have to tie my product in to Christmas?
SCROOGE: What do you mean?
CRATCHIT: Well, I was just going to send cards out showing the Three Wise Men following the Star of Bethlehem...
SCROOGE: I get it! And they're bearing your spices. Now that's perfect.
CRATCHIT: No, no... no product in it. I was just going to say, "Peace on Earth...Good Will Toward Men."
MAN: Well, that's a peculiar slogan!
SCROOGE: Old hat, Cratchit! That went out with button shoes! You're a businessman... Christmas is something to take advantage of!
SCROOGE: A red-and-green bandwagon to jump on!
SCROOGE: A sentimental shot-in-the-arm for sales! Listen!"
-Daws Butler and Stan Freberg, "Green Chri$tma$" (1958)
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
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This week, two popular streaming services went full Cady Heron vs. Regina George on Twitter. Netflix deflected a shot from Hulu by referencing a new meme from its own teen series "13 Reasons Why."
Hulu started the mini feud with this April 14 tweet mentioning all the content they carry that Netflix does not have:
Streaming only on Hulu. Not on Netflix. Try your free trial today! https://t.co/zSLJeqPY6epic.twitter.com/4Edc7TqoaQ
— hulu (@hulu) April 14, 2017
It took Netflix a few days to respond, but when they did, they went meta:
Welcome to your tape https://t.co/juAMcd0jjU
— Netflix US (@netflix) April 18, 2017
At least 316,000 people got that reference, and liked the tweet. If you're stumped, "Welcome to your tape" is repeated in Netflix's "13 Reasons Why" by the character Hannah Baker, in reference to the tapes she recorded and left for various recipients, to explain why she killed herself, and each recipient's role in her decision.
Refinery29 explained how "Welcome to your tape" has become a meme, whether that's a good thing or not:
"So, what is being memed? Mostly they're mocking her character's tendency to get upset over what seems like nothing to some people. Each meme makes light of the experience of being depressed, isolated, and hopeless. Yes, it seems foolish, without context, for Hannah to place blame on a boy who stole doodles of bunnies out of her compliment bag. But we're all adults here and know that it meant a lot more than that to the 17-year-old in the show.
The most popular meme is to use the phrase "Welcome to your tape," which Hannah's voice-over repeats on each episode, marking the exact moment she felt betrayed by or disconnected from the subject of the tape."
What was Netflix trying to say with its meta tweet? As Entertainment Weekly interpreted it, "So Netflix is basically saying Hulu's ad is so depressed, isolated, and hopeless that it's making them feel suicidal (or perhaps that their ad plays a like suicide tape, depending on how you interpret it)."
Hulu has yet to reply back, and they probably won't -- they also probably won't try to take another shot at Netflix. It would be fun to see Amazon jump in with its own meta sass (surely they could find a way to squeeze in a "Bosch" or "The Man in the High Castle" reference), but this is probably the end of the high school streaming spat.
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On Friday I had my first day at the Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital. Thankfully, Amanda, another Connect volunteer who has been working in the Child Life department for the past week, was there to guide me. We left our apartments at 7am and got on a bus and got onto a bus a ten-minute walk from us. As we drove through the city to get to the other side of the mountain I noticed the bus barely stopped to let its passengers off-and I thought riding the T was bad!
When it comes to actually describing the hospital and my role there it's hard to know where to begin. I guess I'll start off by telling you that it is very, very, very different from hospitals in the states. The beds are in wards, so there are always at least 4 children in a room together. There is nothing but a chair for parents and visitors, and Purell dispensers are nowhere to be seen! There are hand wash stations on each ward, but it seems that nurses (who are called "sisters") and the doctors (or "profs" if they are the head of department) use these hand wash stations at their own discretion. Because of the ward set-up privacy guidelines like HIPPA are far more relaxed than in the US, the sisters talk about patients out in the open, mostly because there are few private areas. And as far as my role goes, I'm pretty much considered a full on child life specialist. It's pretty interesting, since everything is still pretty separated from Apartheid, most of the sisters are black or colored, and most of the doctors and profs are white. So it's pretty interesting because most of the sisters seem to assume that because I'm white I have some sort of authority, even on my first day when I knew pretty much nothing about the hospital! As an intern, I will be working with the pain management team who will refer high priority patients to the child life team, which consists of Amanda, myself, and Kate who is an occupational therapist that is acting as coordinator of the child life program through Connect, so I believe she spends a few hours in the morning at the hospital and the rest of her day in the Connect office.
The first patient I met is named Cassidy. She is just a year and a half old and pretty much the most adorable, little girl you could imagine. She was on the burn ward and had burns covering her left arm and leg. She also has major separation anxiety. According to the sisters, her mother has schizophrenia and her father's mental state does not appear completely stable. Cassidy pretty much just wants to be held and snuggled! Amanda had been working with her all week trying to get her engaged in some play and utilizing her arm, but told me that progress had been slow. We sat on the floor, with Cassidy in Amanda's lap, and played with a couple of toys and read an interactive peek-a-boo book, and after a while we got her to use her hand to push the sliding parts of the book in and out! This was very exciting; she even gave us a little smile! Although it was sad when we had to leave her to see other patients because she just cried and cried, we were lucky enough to have a "friend" (or a volunteer) take over. The sister (who I believe is a medical student) suggested that next week we bring in some bubbles for her to try and pop to get her arm stretching.
One patient that I saw had been in a car accident and serious injuries to her hips and legs, another had rare disease that causes temporary paralysis called Gullien's Disease, another had a failing kidney. She experienced 3 surgeries in the past week including a kidney transplant from her father, that unfortunately was rejected by her body. I also saw a patient in the PICU who had a serious lung infection. The PICU was the only place in the whole hospital that smelled like a hospital from home. Each bed space had almost as much equipment that might be seen in a regular hospital room in the States, but no where near the amount that is seen in our ICU's.
I'm really excited to actually get started on Monday. We have a meeting with the pain management team and I will be given some of my very own patients! I'm a little nervous about understanding the medical side of some diagnoses, as I'm not sure that I have internet acess at the hospital, but I guess I'll just have to wing it on the first day of meeting patients, and then do research on their particular diagnoses when I get back to my apartment. I'm also a little concerned because I will be expected to write chart notes, which I've never actually done, and there will be no one there to tell me if I am doing them correctly or not. Hopefully I'll get the hang of it though, the other notes from the doctors and sisters seem pretty casual.
Ok, I think that's it for now! Oh and tomorrow I'm going to hike Table Mountain! That should be amazing!!!!
See you all in 3 months,
<3 Cammy


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May 22, 2015 | celebrity | matt-ralston | 0 Comments
JWoww, also known as patient zero, recently had a baby and was photographed by some paparazzi looking like a baby just came out of her moments earlier. Some tabloids made snarky jabs at her for being a not toned grease monkey with puke in her hair or something, just spitballing. JWoww hit back by posting the same photos to Instagram along with an inspirational ode to herself:
"At the end of the day I am not perfect and neither is my body. And to make it worse someone decided to sell even more awkward photos of me on vacation with my family. So the tabloids can get a nice laugh and write mean things… I will never try to follow the trend and of being stick thin, I follow the trend of what I love in life… And what I love is me."
It's unclear if JWoww was actually hurt by the photos or was just glad anyone still cares and knows body shaming is a trending topic on Jezebel along with #stuffedcrust. I don't recommend antiquated practices such as having your feet bound, wearing corsets or getting pregnant but all things considered she doesn't look half bad. Loving yourself unconditionally is a slippery slope. It's really only the approval of others which leads up to wipe our ass in the morning. That's the luckiest silicon on the face of the earth.
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This was my second visit here but first time on a weekday and very early 6.00pm. We had tried to get into Hawksmoor's bar (50% off deal), but it was already busy. At 6 we were the first ones there, but we needn't have worried the place was packed by the time we left. I love the concept of English tapas, I prefer lots of different dishes rather than a starter and main and with the seasonal nature of the menu means there are usually things you haven't tried. The sourdough bread made on the premises was brought over and we devoured it. It was great with the crab we started with, a staple at this and the Smithfield restaurant. It is always amazing tasty, especially with their own take on the aioli, if a little bit fiddly but the meat is worth it. After the healthy crab came the most indulgent and naughty dish of crispy pork skin.
It is probably the most moreish and delicious dish I have ever eaten, but you could only do it once a year for fear of a heart attack. The third dish was the artichoke heart with hollandaise, I used to eat this in the 80's and I love the theatre and patience of eating each leaf until you get to the centre. The fourth dish was cuttle fish, they really do cook it very well so soft no chewiness at all. My favourite dish last time was their razor clams. Service was pretty prompt; their house named wine was not cheap but very tasty. The only downside is the acoustics, there is no music, but when the place is full it is hard to hear anyone more than a foot away. Nothing they can do to rectify it but stops me coming here with large groups, which is a shame as it is so great to share all the dishes.
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