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land where man has grown wine for more than a thousand years through his own sweat and callused hands. almatia, Land which in return gives life. Gives wine. As a gift from heavens and the trials of man, wine is born in the earth's womb and springs to life.
almatia, land where man has lived with wine through the centuries. Man lives for wine and of wine. The bonds that tie man to wine are indeed unbreakable. nd history goes on. Inevitably. Before the heavenly Star had announced the arrival of Christ, Greek boats set sails from the Island of Pares. They arrived in the land that will one day be Croatia. They built the islands of Issa and Pharos on the coast. They brought the culture of winegrowing and wine production. nd history goes on. Inevitably. Roman legions arrived 33 BC. Dalmatia as we know it today was a Roman province at the time. Part of the Roman Empire.
Winegrowing and wine production reached new horizons. Wine trade was blossoming.
Wine travelled by sea. In amphorae. By ships. nd history goes on. Inevitably. Christianity left the Catacombs in the year 313. New faces arrived from the North. The great migration of people. The Croatians arrived.
The Croatians accepted the vine. They filled their goblets with wine.
The kings were crowncd. Tomislav, Peter Krešimir. They raised their glasses.
They used golden goblets. nd history goes on. Inevitably. Middle Ages. The cities of Dalmatia were independent and proud.
The grapes and the wine were still the grounds upon which trade and commerce were based.
New regulations were created. New statutes. The source of life was protected. nd history goes on. Inevitably. The end of the 19 century. Dark clouds were gathering above Europe. Diseases arrived. French vineyards disappeared one after another. Dalmatia remained untouched. The journalist for the" New Age" newspaper writes about how Split was the center of attention. Split harbour was full of ships. Barrels filed with wine were being loaded. Steam boats did not dock but anchor i n the middle of the harbour. Barrels were lowered into the sea and raised to the ships. The export of Dalmatian wine lasted twenty years. French vineyards were being restored though. But Dalmatia was full of spite, strength and faith. The vineyards were restored.
Dalmatia was not to be defeated. Those who remained still live on wine and for wine. The part of Split called Baevice has had its name for many hundreds of years.
The barrels were washed in the sea.
Public beaches were built next to the vineyards. Huge hotels arose, like Imperial, Park, Hotel On The Beach, Matic, Mosor... nd history goes on. Inevitably. The winds of war come and go. They take their toll. Socialism brings collectivism. Private vineyards disappear.
But Dalmatia remains solid throughout.
Another war ends and leaves Croatia independent. Dalmatia, the cradle of Croatia, celebrates.
A new dawn avvakens in the horizon. The dawn of hope for man. The dawn of hope for the wine.
Small family businesses come to life. Croatia catches up to the western trends. nd history goes on. Inevitably. Dalmatia lasts and man remains. The ground that gives wine has very distinctive taste.
Why? Because Dalmatia is different. Distinctive. Unique.
Dalmatia IS the ground. A gift from heavens above.
LAVAC MALI The most important Croatian autochthonous variety.
Grape has thick skin and firm structure with high sugar ratio. Plavac Mali wine is of ruby colour with blue reflection, well-developed scent, vigorous and sharp tasting with a specific bouquet.
The best high quality Plavac wines originate from Dingac and Postup locations of the Pelješac peninsula, on the south side of the Hvar island, as well on the good terrains of the Brac and Vis island vineyards. They are named after the names of the location or bear some other names. Dingac was the first Croatian protected high quality red wine (in 1961) and Postup the second one (in 1967).
It is best served at 18oC with strong taste meals like pršut (Dalmatian smoked ham), matured cheese, pašticada (braised beef in red wine sauce), grilled oily fish etc.
By persistent endeavours of Croatian winemaker Miljenko Mike Grgich who lives and works in the Napa Valley in California, it has been proved that the grape variety Primitivo and Zinfandel have been the genetic cousins of the Plavac Mali variety.


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A year after its arrival on UK news-stands as a data-saturated, luxurious, silk paper guide to life in the digital age, Wired is already at risk from the technological revolution to which it is dedicated. As he sits in his office overlooking Old Bond Street, David Rowan, its editor, acknowledges a critical moment. "Any new technology creates an opportunity for a fast-moving, smart start-up that knows what the consumer wants," he says. "It's a threat to all sorts of media companies, games companies, and magazines like Wired. We'll be on the iPad in the second half of the year."
The entry into the market of Apple's tablet is clearly also a great opportunity for Rowan's title, with its obvious ties to a US edition founded by Chris Anderson way back in 1993 and set to launch on iPad as early as June. "We are talking closely to them but also working on our own product. There's an awful lot of beta-testing going on," says Rowan. "It means we are going to have to rethink how you make a magazine. When you are designing a beautiful spread – an infographic – you design a screen version and a second screen version that works when you turn the screen, and then you animate the infographic so that it looks fantastic when you touch it."
Such ambition costs money. According to Wired's publisher, Rupert Turnbull, the anticipated savings in distribution costs associated with the iPad will largely be soaked up by production spend. "It may seem like it will be more cost- effective to deliver on an iPad but the amount of multimedia skills you have to buy in offset not having to have a truck go round the country," he says. So don't expect the iPad edition of Wired to come cheap, warns Rowan. "Because it's going to be a high-quality experience [the cost might not be] that different from the magazine cover price."
The print version of Wired retails at £3.90 each month and is proving quite popular. Since publication of its debut ABC figure of 48,275, subscriptions have increased from 10,900 to 17,000 meaning the circulation has, after exactly a year, comfortably surpassed Condé Nast's target of 50,000 sales.
Extensive market research before the launch indicated that the audience would be 73 per cent male, an average reader being 33 with a household income of £44,000. But it turns out that men make up 89 per cent of readers, and the average household income is, at £79,050, much higher than expected.
There were those who doubted the wisdom of using dead trees to document the progress of digital media, especially when the first UK edition of Wired – a joint venture with Guardian News & Media – crashed soon after take-off in 1995. "It was a very different era; not many of us owned mobile phones or had email addresses. It was fair to say the action was west coast, so it was harder to tell European stories," says Rowan, who was at The Guardian in 1995 and remembers tensions between the two partners. "In 2010, technology affects all of our lives. We all get digital because we live it and consume it."
Rowan says that the credo of his magazine is encapsulated in a quote from the sci-fi writer William Gibson: "The future is already here, it's just unevenly distributed." His other watchword is upbeat. "We are a magazine about optimism; we're the only uncynical journalists left," he says. "We want to tell success stories and give innovations that some companies have found that other people can use."
Isn't this sunny disposition out of step with the snarky and world-weary online tone of those who wish to be seen as early adopters? "Don't you think people still have a yearning for hope and excitement?" Rowan counters. "There's a fantastic creative buzz going through the UK at the moment."
In comments that reflect the breadth of the magazine's interests, he cites the work of designer Thomas Heatherwick for the UK pavilion at Shanghai Expo, the fashion-inspired artist Benjamin Shine's use of fabric in his artwork, and the "extraordinary success story" of Michael Acton Smith's Moshi Monsters, an online game with an audience of 15 million children. The epicentre of Wired's world and a symbol of the UK's relevance as a creative hub is Silicon Roundabout, the junction at London's Old Street around which are clustered at least 85 tech companies, design businesses and digital agencies. "It's the quirky English sense of humour," says Rowan. "The Americans have Baywatch, Pam Anderson and Silicon Valley, we have black cabs that won't go south of the river and we have Silicon Roundabout."
The new UK edition of Wired seems to have greater autonomy than the 1995 incarnation. "We are quite global in our interests. In the last couple of weeks we have sent reporters to tell stories in Brazil, Russia, Belgium, Italy, Kenya and the US," says Rowan.
When Wired featured luxury laptop bags it could not resist introducing a little extra data with a "Papadum Test" that involved placing a crispy Indian flatbread inside each bag and counting the pieces of shattered snack when the luggage was dropped from shoulder height. "The brief for journalists on Wired is to write about what they're excited by – they don't have to write about things that are convenient to advertisers."
Perhaps, but this magazine is not inexpensive to produce, not when it commissions 5,000-word articles and eschews publicity photographs. Rowan later admits he has been following the well-worn path of the Condé Nast editor meeting luxury ad clients. "Last week I was in Milan going to visit Armani and Prada. The week before I was at the Basel watch fair, learning about tourbillion and chronograph developments."
It must be tempting for someone at the cutting edge of technological invention to chase economic opportunities of his own, but Rowan says his entrepreneurial appetite is satisfied by building a successful business around Wired. The next stage of that strategy will involve branded conferences, building on a relationship that Wired has developed with the TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) movement.
Another annual event will be the Wired 100, an annual list of the UK's biggest digital players which debuts in the first anniversary issue of the magazine. The list is headed by Matt Brittin, the UK head of Google. "We all know Google, but I don't think many of our readers would have been able to name Matt Brittin," says Rowan.
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As Rowan prepares Wired for new technological opportunities – "and it's not just the iPad: I'm told there are about 50 equivalent devices being launched over the next year" – he is not holding out much hope that Rupert Murdoch's "over optimistic" online paywall experiment will transform the business model for print media.
"I think it will be tough to find enough people who will pay their £1 a day or £2 a week to make it viable," says Wired's editor, who as a former trainee on The Times says he wishes his old paper well with its great experiment. "There are a dozen examples of papers in the US that have started charging, and unless they offer a value proposition that can't be replicated by others, they have found it be potentially suicidal as a strategy."
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A recent federal court decision provides warning that companies should be balanced in drafting arbitration provisions and not include provisions that are "unfairly one-sided" at the expense of the consumer. Otherwise, courts may find the arbitration provision void despite the liberal policy favoring arbitration under the FAA.
On June 1, 2012, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California issued a decision in Trompeter v. Ally Financial, Inc., invalidating as "unconscionable" under California law an arbitration clause contained in a consumer contract for the purchase of a vehicle. Plaintiff filed a putative class action against Ally Financial, Inc. ("Ally") alleging that Ally violated California law by recording telephone calls of persons located in California without their consent. Ally moved to compel arbitration under the Federal Arbitration Act, (FAA), 9 U.S.C. § 1 et seq. based on the arbitration clause contained in the retail installment sales contract between plaintiff and the dealer, which contract was assigned to Ally. The court denied Ally's motion to compel arbitration on the grounds that the arbitration clause was procedurally and substantively unconscionable under California law, thereby rendering it void.
The court acknowledged that the "FAA reflects a 'liberal federal policy favoring arbitration agreements.'" (citation omitted). However, relying on limiting language contained in the Supreme Court's decision in AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion, 131 S. Ct. 1740, 1746 (2011), the court observed that "the FAA 'permits agreements to be invalidated by 'generally applicable contract defenses, such as fraud, duress, or unconscionability,' but not by defenses that apply only to arbitration or that derive their meaning from the fact that an agreement to arbitrate is at issue.'" Accordingly, the court engaged in an evaluation of whether the particular arbitration clause was "unconscionable" under California law.
The first prong on the analysis was whether the contract was procedurally unconscionable on the grounds that it was an oppressive contact of adhesion. Finding that the consumer contract had been presented to plaintiff by the dealer on a "take it or leave it basis," the court found that plaintiff had sufficiently established that the contract was procedurally unconscionable.
The second prong of the analysis was whether the arbitration provision was substantively unconscionable on the grounds that it was "unfairly one-sided." Here, the court focused on the specific provisions in the contract that imposed certain mandates to determine whether those mandates favored the consumer, the creditor or were neutral. Specifically, the terms of the arbitration clause provided: 1) a party does not waive the right to arbitrate by engaging in "self-help" remedies (such as repossession); 2) if an arbitration award exceeds $100,000 against a party, that party may request a new arbitration; 3) if the arbitration award included injunctive relief, the enjoined party may demand re-arbitration; and 4) the party requesting a new arbitration would be responsible for all filing and other arbitration costs, subject to a fair apportionment by the arbitrators. In evaluating each of these provisions, the court found as a practical matter that each of the provisions favored Ally at the expense of the plaintiff and, therefore, the arbitration agreement was substantively unconscionable.
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Communal ecstasy, the sort that dance concerts are after, comes and goes, and at Madison Square Garden on Saturday night for a show of Caribbean music, ecstasy arrived and disappeared, sometimes in the middle of an act. There was a different type of ecstasy floating around as well, one of national pride; Puerto Rican flags were in evidence onstage and in the audience. And when the singer Stevie Wonder came out unannounced to sing a duet of ''I Like It Like That,'' unaccompanied and impromptu with the old tune's newest singer, Tito Nieves, there was a sense that the outside world was paying attention. The entire place was on its feet and cheering.
For the rest of he show, professionalism reigned until the end when Tito Rojas, a middle-aged, eccentric singer known as El Gallo, came out and huffed and puffed and bellowed the show into its final moments of transcendence. But until then, the concert had been a variety show, with singers coming out to do battle backed by a good if corporate orchestra.
Miles Pena, a young Cuban-born singer, did some of the best improvising of the night, swinging deeply after dispensing with the almost insufferable schlock of his romantic material. He's known among musicians as a gifted improviser, and he was quickly off, repeating words, keeping his phrases clipped, the melodies for his bursts regularly changing.
Each singer had his niche, and Michael Stuart, another gifted young performer, this time from Puerto Rico, was more attached to a hip-hop style; the young women in the audience sang along with him. Then Johnny Rivera came out for his two numbers, ballads in the by now old-school style of romantic salsa. It was underwhelming.
When Ray Sepulveda and Mr. Nieves did a piece in praise of Puerto Rico, trading improvisations about the joys of the island back and forth, the Garden erupted.
Before Mr. Rojas closed the show, Grupo Mania, a merengue group from Puerto Rico, appeared: four singers with a slightly experimental bent; they improvised some and sang harmonies and broke down the pieces.
Merengue, usually known as a music from the Dominican Republic, has swept salsa away as the main dancing music for Hispanic youths in the city, and the group had the crowd up and dancing, security guards and cool industry types included.
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All Ears, acrylic 8 by 10 inches on canvas board |
Saturday, April 23, 2011
All Ears
A work in progress, acrylic size 8 by 10 inches.
Not the Easter Bunny, but he does have very long ears!?
Hoping you have a very Happy Easter with your family!
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3rd Person controller / Sync animation for use with Multiplayer TNet Server C# UNITY3D
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5. Movement prediction of networked players ( as I want the LOWEST network traffic possible )
6. Player controls as follows
w = forward
a = rotate left
s = backwards
d = rotate right
left control down = run
left shift down = mouselook camera around ( left shift up = smooth move center behind player)
mouse left and right = turn left and right
mouse scroll wheel = camera zoom in - out
crosshair in center of screen
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This fall, SPACE and SPACE HD are runnin' with the devil when Season 2 of the original scripted series TODD & THE BOOK OF PURE EVIL unleashes its awesome power on Sunday, Oct. 30 at 10 p.m. ET.
Hot off a Gemini Award win for Best Ensemble Cast in a Comedy Series, the horror comedy is back with 13 killer new episodes.
With more than 55 gallons of fake blood spilled during production, the second season promises to be dark, deadly and oh-so-badass.
Before bedlam ensues, INNERSPACE dives into chaos with an exclusive TODD & THE BOOK OF PURE EVIL Season 2 special on Monday, Oct. 10 at 8:30 p.m. ET.
Hosted by Teddy Wilson, this special features a behind-the-scenes look at the series during production in Winnipeg. Viewers can relive or catch up on the bloody good first season at spacecast.com.
TODD & THE BOOK OF PURE EVIL debuted as one of the highest-rated premieres for a SPACE original series and continues to gain momentum. Following an amazing run on SPACE, Season 1 was the most-watched Canadian program on The Comedy Network this summer among all key adult and male adult demos. The first season's gory goodness can also be found on MuchMusic, Tuesdays at 9:30 p.m. ET. Viewers in the U.S. made a pact with the devil when the first season of TODD began airing on the horror channel FEARnet in August. With an upcoming DVD release (Oct. 11) and an online video game on the way later this fall, Canadians can soon take in TODD whenever they bloody well choose.
Ending Season 1 with an epic cliff-hanger, Todd Smith and the gang return from the depths of hell for another round of gruesome adventures. In the season premiere, "Redierment Home", Todd, Curtis and Hannah break into the retirement home to rescue Jenny from the clutches of the evil Satanic Society – now run by Atticus.
TODD & THE BOOK OF PURE EVIL stars Alex House (DARK ORACLE) as pot-smokin', heavy-metal-rock-god-wannabe Todd Smith; Maggie Castle (The Time Traveler's Wife) as righteous babe Jenny Kolinsky; Bill Turnbull (BEING ERICA) as Todd's best bud Curtis Weaver; Melanie Leishman (TRUE CONFESSIONS OF A HOLLYWOOD STARLET) as big-brained Hannah B. Williams; Chris Leavins (SLINGS AND ARROWS) as Crowley High's sub-par guidance counsellor Atticus Murphy Jr.; and Jason Mewes (Clerks, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back) as the foul-mouthed, sex-obsessed custodian, Jimmy.
TODD & THE BOOK OF PURE EVIL is co-created by Craig David Wallace, Charles Picco and Anthony Leo. Executive Producers are Anthony Leo and Andrew Rosen (Aircraft Pictures), Craig David Wallace (Corvid Pictures), and Jamie S. Brown (Frantic Films). Producers are Leo, Rosen, Sarah Timmins (Corvid Pictures), Shaun Johnson (Frantic Films) and Shawn Watson (Frantic Films). Rebecca DiPasquale is Production Executive for Bell Media. Corrie Coe is Senior Vice-President, Independent Production, Bell Media.


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Michael Phelps enters two events at Charlotte Grand Prix
Michael Phelps will take another step in his comeback at a Grand Prix meet in Charlotte, North Carolina on May 16.
His coach, Bob Bowman, tells The Associated Press on Monday night that Phelps has entered the 100-meter butterfly and 200 freestyle at the Charlotte Grand Prix, though he's not sure the swimmer will compete in both.
Phelps returned to competition at a meet in Arizona less than two weeks ago, his first since retiring after the 2012 London Games as the most decorated athlete in Olympic history.
He competed in two events at the Mesa Grand Prix, finishing second to longtime rival Ryan Loche in the 100 fly. He also competed in the 50 freestyle, but used his preliminary heat to work on his butterfly stroke.


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Apple Activates Assistive Touch in iOS 5 Beta 3
The new settings allow users to activate a menu overlay on the iPad with by pressing on a designated corner. The menu allows one-tap access to all of the iPad's functions including rotation, shaking, volume changes and even gestures. Known gestures such as pinch and swipe can be recalled by a tap, and custom gestures can even be recorded and played back on command.
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Physical buttons? Whatever do you mean?
Oh you mean the home button that stops working about 9 months after getting your iPhone 4? :mad:
Well, that would suck. But my Touch 1G button never stopped working, had it for over 3 years.
Also: 12 month warranty.
Will the iPhone have similar features?
Why on earth does anyone need this functionality? How many Apple users would ever actually use this? I think Apple's losing its way with junk like this.
I guess you don't have a disability and are not able to empathize with anyone who does. Also, perhaps you should take some time to read some of the previous posts.
Physical buttons? Whatever do you mean?
Oh you mean the home button that stops working about 9 months after getting your iPhone 4? :mad:
That's exactly what I mean. My 4's home button stopped for no reason at about 12 months. To apple's credit it was replaced.
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Well written as usual Brian. I think this country has a hard time thinking beyond their classic winners and tend to almost diefy those that break down or are injured during a classic race. Therefore, while you make a great argument (which I agree with completely) emotion will frequently win out over logic and statistics in a comparison like this.
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German Black Forest Cake Part 2 - Filling And Toping
Eggs | 3 | |
Milk | 10 Tablespoon | |
Sugar | 150 Gram | |
Flour | 250 Gram, sieved | |
Baking powder | 2 1⁄2 Teaspoon, sieved | |
Water | 200 Milliliter | |
Cocoa powder | 3 Tablespoon, sieved | |
Melted butter | 2 Tablespoon |
separte egg yolks from egg white
beat egg white add some salt till stiff
beat egg yolks and milk,add sugar time to time in till creamy,
pour in flour and baking powder into dough add half of the carbonated water mix together then pour the rest water in,
add cocoa powder and the egg white mix well
28cm round baking tin, put baking paper on and some butter to grease the tin, pour dough in.
before baking heat oven for 10 minutes 180°C, mosty when I bake I use the second stages from bottom
bake 35 - 40 minutes use the tooth pick stick in middle of the cake, when come out clean , it is done, allow to cool completely.
1. one glass of sour cherries
2. 100 gramm sugar
3. 7 soup spoons corn starch mix with some water
4. 1 soup spoon kirsch
5. 200 gramm fresh cream
6. 8 gramm vanilla sugar
7. 1 soup spoon sugar
8. 2 soup spoons egg nogg
take away 8 cherries for topping,
cherries water add 100 gramm sugar and boiled, pour in corn starch when it is boiling, take out from heat add all the cherries in ,and 1 soup spoon kirsch mix well, let it cool down,
200 gramm fresh cream add 8 gramm vanilla sugar and 1 soup spoon sugar beat stiff
cake sliced into 3 pieces put cake rack ,
first layer : cake
second layer: cherries
third layer: cake spread 2 soup spoons egg nogg and fresh cream
fourth layer: cake
for my experience the cake tastes better when it stays over night in the frigde.
next morning
400 gramm fresh cream add 16 gramm vanilla sugar and 2 soup spoons sugar beat stiff
coat the side and top all over with fresh cream,
put 8 cherries on top
sprinkle chocolate shaving on the cake
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Calories 424 Calories from Fat 93
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 11 g16.2%
Saturated Fat 5.4 g26.9%
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 142.8 mg47.6%
Sodium 254.9 mg10.6%
Total Carbohydrates 76 g25.3%
Dietary Fiber 4.3 g17.4%
Sugars 32.1 g
Protein 12 g23.4%
Vitamin A 6.5% Vitamin C
Calcium 25.5% Iron 24.5%
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World Bulletin / News Desk
France said it would temporarily close its embassies and schools in 20 countries on Friday after a French magazine published cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad, a move it fears will further inflame tensions over a film mocking the prophet.
"We have indeed decided as a precautionary measure to close our premises, embassies, consulates, cultural centres and schools," a Foreign Ministry spokesman said of the shut-down on Friday, prayer day across the Muslim world.
French weekly Charlie Hebdo published cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad on Wednesday and the French authorities sent riot police to protect the magazine's offices.
Issues of the magazine hit newsstands with a front cover showing an Orthodox Jew pushing a turbaned figure in a wheelchair with several caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad on its inside pages, including some of him naked.
The front page cartoon had the wheelchair-bound figure saying "You mustn't mock" under the headline "Untouchable 2", a reference to a hugely popular French movie about a paralysed rich white man and his black assistant.
The publication came amid widespread outrage over a short film, made in the United States, that mocks the Prophet and has ignited days of sometimes deadly protests in the Arab world, Africa, Asia and some Western countries.
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius criticised the move as a provocation and said he had ordered security beefed up at French diplomatic offices in the Muslim world.
Charlie Hebdo's Paris offices were fire bombed last November after it published a mocking caricature of Prophet Mohammad. In 2005, Danish cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad sparked a wave of protests across the Muslim world that killed at least 50 people.
Ban on protests
"Is it relevant and intelligent in this environment to add fuel to the fire? The answer is no," Fabius told France Info radio. "I'm very worried... and when I saw this I immediately issued instructions for special security precautions to be taken in all the countries where it could be a problem."
The government has called for restraint over the cartoons, arguing "the principles of free speech" in France and urging those shocked by the images to take action through the courts.
As outrage over the anti-Muslim film continues to fuel protests across the Islamic world, French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said the authorities had rejected a request to hold a march against the film in Paris.
"There is no reason for us to allow conflicts that do not concern France to enter our country," Ayrault told RTL radio.
Social media had circulated calls for a protest on Saturday against the film, after police arrested about 150 people who tried to take part in a protest near the U.S. Embassy in Paris last week.


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NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- After a year with the Peace Corps in Kenya, husband and wife team Kevin Ward and Renice Jones returned to the U.S. with a business idea: import Kenyan crafts and provide artisans with an affluent new market for their wares.
The idea that launched Global Crafts was simple. Building a profitable business around it wasn't. Less than 50% of new ventures make it to year five, and fewer still grow big enough to cross a key milestone: $1 million in annual sales.
Global Crafts made it -- but it took eight years and a few false starts to get there.
In 2002, the couple launched Global Crafts as a 650-square-foot retail store in New Smyrna Beach, Fla. The sleepy beach town had few buyers interested in gifts and crafts from overseas.
"We didn't sell many items. No one cared about eliminating poverty," Ward says. The store managed only $50,000 in sales, forcing the couple to scrape by on minimal salary.
Instead of carrying on with a flawed business plan, Ward took a step back and started over.
In 2003, Global Crafts shuttered its retail store and started selling wholesale on the Web, targeting the 100 stores in the U.S. that specialized in handmade overseas items. Ward and Jones invested $40,000, opened a 1,100 square-foot-warehouse, and gained Fair Trade Federation accreditation, boosting their credibility with retailers. Following Fair Trade's principles, Global Crafts pays craftspeople 50% upfront and 50% when the item is shipped.
Suddenly, it was a whole new ballgame -- and much more successful. "Wholesale brings volume," Ward says. "Fair trade is a niche market, and it's easier to sell to a limited number of buyers if you know who they are."
Global Crafts targeted retailers through direct marketing and by sending them free samples, attracting 50 accounts. By keeping its wholesale prices low -- $8 to $12 for wire bangles, bracelets, and napkin rings -- the company grew sales to $200,000 in 2004.
Revenue rose 40% a year from 2005 to 2007, as Ward and Jones learned how to boost sales by customizing products and offer incentives. Despite its growing business, Global Crafts continued with a very lean staff of just four people besides the founders: a brand manager plus one employee to process orders and two workers to fulfill them.
But in 2008, the recession hit and business faltered. Ward went back to the drawing board a second time.
Global Crafts launched a second website that year, Gifts with Humanity, to target retail customers. It formed partnerships with Amazon (AMZN, Fortune 500), World of Good, and Overstock.com's Worldstock, which carry its items in return for a cut of the sales.
In 2009 -- with the economic downturn peaking -- Global Crafts had its best year ever and crossed the seven-figure mark. Its annual sales were $1.3 million, with 65% of the revenue coming from the wholesale and the rest from the new retail brand. This year, Global Crafts is on track for sales of $2 million.
Ward says there's two secrets to Global Crafts' success: customer service and search optimization.
"We get orders out the next day. If it's on the website, it's in stock," he says. The company invests $40,000 a year in Google ads, so Global Crafts shows up prominently when potential customers search for "fair trade jewelry."
Carmen Iezzi, executive director of the Fair Trade Federation, attributes Global Craft's success to having "great products, and working directly with its artisan partners to develop products. It eliminates the middlemen who might distort prices."
Now that it's nearing $2 million dollar in sales, Ward is toying again with a once-abandoned strategy.
"We're considering opening several retail stores," he says. With access to a $300,000 credit line, Global Crafts would go after a highly trafficked site this time around. If the first store succeeds, Ward says he would consider franchising.
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Saturday, July 16, 2011
This is Not Me Anymore
The doctor I was seeing prescribed me 150 mg venlafaxine pills. And they were working. As far as the mood swings go. After a while I started feeling like a zombie. No mood swings, just the same emptiness with no energy and no real life sparkle in me. Every single day was/is the same. Wake up, eat to live, live to eat, blog a little and go to bed. And those terrible headaches if I accidentally forgot to take my meds... I miss my ups and downs. I miss being able to cry. I miss not being a zombie. And most of all I miss being genuinely happy.
Not having any energy isn't fun. I couldn't tell when the tachycardia came back. But it's here. My heart rate is always above 90 beats per minute. And that's when I'm sitting down. Any action can pump it up to 180 beats per minute in no time.
I knew it all along this isn't the right solution. I changed my doctor and I visited the new one on Monday. She cut my meds down to 75 mg. I can already feel the difference. My heart is slowing down, which is really good, but there's also this horrible nausea... I know that it will pass and that keeps me going.
This new doctor I'm seeing is so nice. She's fresh out of school and she's the first doctor I can actually talk to. And the best news: she said that I'm not depressed anymore. I knew that myself, but it's nice to hear it from a specialist. :) My way of thinking is actually quite optimistic. The downside is that I can't stop taking the meds yet. But there's progress ...
Depression sounds horrible and it mostly is. In my case I think it's been harder on my family than on me. I wouldn't change a thing though. It made me stronger and it changed me. And I have scars to prove it. =D There's no way I would be who I am today if it wasn't for this illness. It made my family stronger as well. I like to say - everything happens for a reason.
To those of you who are struggling with depression - been there, done that. It WILL get better. Take your meds, talk to someone you trust and most important of all: don't stop, keep going, don't give up! You owe it to yourself.
Yours truly
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I feel for you, I really do! I've taken pills for depression, I hated taking them and felt like they didn't help, only my mother noticed me getting much stronger and happier.
I took them for about 2½ years plus 1 year to get off them.
I'm happy you went to another doctor, but I'm not happy with her "letting" you go from 150 mg to 75 mg in a heart beat!
That is not the way to do it, that's when you notice those the side affects from hell plus mentally instability! Even tho you might feel better before, the side effects can fool you into feeling like crap all over again.
I remember every step I took, from 100 to 75, to 50 to 25 per day and then 25 every other day, it was bad, every step and it took me a year to do so! When I tried doing it faster, everything got bad, really bad. Just as if I was back where I started before the pills.
I feel 150 to 75 is too big of a step..
It would have made me get really mentally unstable and feel sick from the withdrawal, just like real drugs.
I'm hoping the side effects won't get aggressive, but if they do, PLEASE talk to your doctor so you can work out a slower pace.
Oh, and btw, I'm not saying you did anything wrong. On the contrary, just looking out for you, girl! ^_^
Getting another doctor and telling them what you think is right, is a big step into getting rehabilitated. Both getting better and proving it to yourself that you believe in it!
//MontickaI took effexor (venlafaxine) for 7 or 8 years. sorry for my language, but I fucking hate the drug. The last 3 years I took it were not because I needed it for my depression anymore, but because it would make me so sick to even be 30 minutes late taking it. I was taking 300 mg at one point. Way way way too much. So I know where you're coming from with the nausea. there was nothing that would help and I was sick of being enslaved to that srug so eventually I had to quit my job and although it's not advisable, quit the meds completely from one day to the next. I was sick throwing up for 2 months but I gradually got better. Although I still feel the side effects from the meds. My heart rate is still high, like yours, and my blood pressure in general is high. My hands still shake for no reason. and I've been off if it for 3 years now. I'm so glad that I've gotten to a point in my life where I can control and cope with my depression tendencies myself, without the need for meds. I'm afraid to have kids because i don't want them to go through the same shit that I have.
So, I know what you're going through. The whole numb zombie thing. I really hope you get/stay better because feeling like a zombie isn't even better than feeling depressed. I got to the point where I would almost rather be depressed just so I could feel SOMETHING. Depression is a nasty illness. :-/
Sorry for the super long comment!Reading this made my day! I have struggled with depressed for about three years now, and am finally stable with the help of meds. I am so glad to hear you are doing well :) Good luck with everything, and congrats on finding a great doctor! Also, feel free to send me a message any time you want to talk! - Aly
ReplyDeleteBeen there done that? Serioulsy? There are 27 different kinds of depression and the truth is some of us will never be free from of it. That's life. I've known people who have been on antidepressants for 10-15 years, so don't tell them it will get better cos that's a lie. They know better.
ReplyDeletethank you for this post...not something i expected to see in my steam but i am impressed that you are open about your struggles.
"There's no way I would be who I am today if it wasn't for this illness."
i admire you for being able to learn from your struggles and be grateful for where they have taken you in life.I'm so very happy that you've found a new doctor. You need to take care of your heart problem. That's really scary. I had been taking Effexor XR for about 11 years. I finally decided on my own to get off this medication. I'm completely off my medication for 3 months now and it's wonderful. It was rough for awhile but it's nice to feel things. I'm really glad your not depressed now. You'll be doing better and better. (((hugs)))
ReplyDeleteOh honey. I cried reading this - I feel your pain because I've been there. I am on Paroxetine for depression and an anxiety disorder. I've been on I for years and I can't see myself ever going off it because it works. Eight years ago when my marriage ended I was at absolute bottom, suicidal and incapable of leaving the house. Gradually I've come out of that, but I realised that I've suffered from depression in some form for most of my adult life, and I still hover round the edges of it occasionally but mostly I'm on a fairly even keel these days. I love life, I guess that's what matters. Anyway, thank you for such a thoughtful and well written post. And, well, just great big hugs to you! xx
ReplyDeleteThank you for writing this. I too have struggled with depression, and I went through a terrible time with feeling like a zombie on one of the medications I was on too. I hated it. I couldn't cry either, and in a way that was worse than crying all the time. New medications and a LOT of work on myself have really turned things around for me. I also feel like I'm changed from my experiences with depression, and that it made me a better and stronger person.
Well, this turned out longer than I wanted it to be, but from my little corner of the web... thank you. =)I just wanted to take a moment and tell you how touched I was by your simple and honest letter. While I have never battled depression myself and don't fully understand what you've gone through, your bravery and determination is something to be applauded and hopefully your message, as one who's been there, will reach the right ears.....and help someone else. I totally agree with you on one thing, which has been my motto for many, many years: everything really does happen for a reason. Welcome back!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for posting about something so personal and with such passion. This post is an amazingly inspirational read for everyone out there with depression. I understand that 'Zombie' feeling completely and It's amazing that your new doctor is already trying to fix the problem. Congratulations on where you've come from where you've been,
Your dedicated reader, Lauren.I'm really glad this is not you anymore. :-* And I just hope you will be free of depression for the rest of your life or at least most of it!
It's brave to openly talk about suffering from depression (or similar things), at least I think so because I hardly ever do. Unfortunately I've made the experience that my fear of degradation and loss of respect from others when it's noticed has a good reason oftentimes.
Some people though are not at all ignorant and understand&respect depressed people still, as seen from all these nice comments here. :)
My heart goes out to all of you, and I'm sure we -will- keep fighting, it's not like we had any other choice anyway ;)
xoxI don't want to take meds, just because I'm afraid of all those side effects (I'm not all healthy aside from depression), and also because I think that IF I wouldn't be able to take a pill, or give it a break, it will all come back, and I guess it would be worse than now.
My father visited a psychotherapist, and she prescribed him something, and that's it, she didn't even talk to him (only the first time when he came), so that's him and his meds, and not talking/solving real problems. So I'm afraid it would be the same with me. But I also don't think I could talk sincerely about everything that bothers me and makes me cry, makes me sad, and I'm not sure that therapist's words would convince me to change my mind in order to change myself. And I feel too weak to make an effort myself, and most time I don't even want to, it's apathy.. So I'm kind of stuck with it.I would reply properly, in terms of express myself properly, I mean... I'm through similar things for years, a mixed disease with a bit of depression, a bit of anxiety, a bit of panic attacks, a bit of phobias, a bit of pain in the ass... -__-
I take meds, too, of course, but me and my doctor decided for a minimun dose of anxiolytic and antidepressant, just as support staff, not more, never. For this reason I didn't have collateral effects like nausea or reduced sensitivity. Long therapy but light. But, for me (in my specific case) the most indispensable therapy is psychotherapy: this is very useful, this is very very very very important to improve myself, my life, my everything...
I can't know your reasons, of course, this reply is only my personal experience: I know my childhood, my family, my traumas, not yours, of course, and any single person is a unique case to fix. I hate when people pretend to understand you because they passed the "same" thing: doesn't exist another you, another life of yours, simply doesn't.
And, of course, nail polish helps a lot: we need to learn pampering ourselves, this is a underrated thing. ^____^
If you need something, please, I live in Friuli, next to you, make a sign! ;)Wow, I've never read anything about depression that's related to so much to how I feel! I've been struggling with depression since I was 10, so that's 9 years now. And like you, there's been ups and downs and there still is. And the worst part of it all is actually taking your meds and then getting that zombie feeling! I'd rather be able to cry and be happy and go up and down than just feeling like a zombie all the time. My boyfriend has noticed it a few times too where he's like "why are just.. so quiet and not in any sort of a mood at all?" and it just sucks! I'm so glad that you're feeling better and I mean that from the bottom of my heart! Depression is a horrible thing to be struggling with and it can take over your life and ruin it within no time if you're not careful. I'm glad you have found a nice doctor that you can really talk to, this makes all the difference in the world :) And I really hope (once the awful nausea that I know way too well!) is gone that you'll feel better :) Keep being optimistic and pamper yourself :)
Tons of love and support from Denmark!<3Tako lušno se je zjutraj vsesti za računalnik in si prebrat tvoj nov post, zato res upam da ti je bolje.
Ob branju tvojega bloga se ti res počutim blizu, ker pišeš tudi o zelo osebnih stvareh, spoštujem te, ker ne skrivaš svojih težav ampak odkrito govoriš o njih.
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:)I have been reading your blog for a while now; I'm generally too shy to leave comments but this post was beautiful and I'm so happy you're feeling better. I can't say that I know what it's like to have depression but I know it's not something anyone would ask to go through, and I'm sure that hearing how you've come through it is great for many people who have battled the same demons you have.
LauraPoznam depresijo, saj je dolgoletna spremljevalka moje družine. In poznam tudi napredek, ko ga vidim. Zato ti iz srca čestitam, da si našla novo zdravnico, da na račun svoje zasebnosti pomagaš drugim v stiski, ki boječe preživljajo temačne dni, da se počutiš bolje in da si nadvse optimistična. Enostavno ti čestitam, da si tako krasna oseba. <3 Iskreno ti želim vse najboljše.
P.s: Res si lepo napisala post, da sem ga v solzah prebrala do konca.Hey,
I kept the page of your blog opened all day yesterday, but was so busy I couldn't sit down ten minutes to write. I'm very glad to read what you posted. I just know you through this blog but somehow, of late, the fact that you weren't yourself could be felt and it's great that this is over. And now I see in today's post that some gal had to pollute your comments by saying you were a liar. This really makes me mad. Yes, some people spend their lives in depression because we're not equal in front of this disease but the fact that you overcome it say a lot about you, and you can be proud. You're right to say that there's a way out of it (I'm another example), keep up the good fight!!I'm so glad you finally got better!
I have borderline personality disorder and I've been struggling with depression for about 10 years. Of all the meds I've tried, venlafaxine and seroquel were the only ones that really helped. I'm currently taking 225mg of venlafaxine and I totally have this zombie feeling, but it's way better than how I feel without meds.
I really appreciate your courage to talk about something this painful and personal so openly. I feel much better after reading this post and I'm sure I'm not the only one. Thank you so much for sharing this!
To xsbluebearxs: it's true you can't be sure that things will get better, but neither can you be sure that things will NOT get better. (No, you cant! Doctors can be wrong, as we all know, and no statistic proof is a 100% proof.) And it's far more likely things will actually get better if you're willing to believe so.So happy to read this! So glad you're feeling better.
As for the naysayers who say it doesn't get better, you all just keep holding on to that depression, let it define you.
I've been there, done that too, and I teeter on the edge at times, but I've learned to acknowledge and feel the sadness before it hides and becomes the monster. I hope you will too.
<3Dear, lovely Sasha,
I've always deemed it unfair that someone who can bring me (and probably many with me) so much pleasure with her blog, personality and talents, can't feel the same joy herself. So I'm very happy that things -finally- seem to be working out for you.
Take care, sweetheart.
xoxoWow! XSBlueBearXS is an energy-sucking pessimist! What a lame thing to comment...
I love your blog! This post made me happy! I also struggled with deression until I sought medical help. I now take Citalopram which is a generic form of Celexa and I love it - although I would love to not be dependent on medication at all!Hi Sasha, I don't comment much but I love your blog, so much style and in such a fun/cool presentation. That was a positive post, I know you are coming up on a sad anniversary, me too. Lost my best cat the same week you did, since then I have been depressed. You have a friend in Colorado, USA who cares and thinks about you often, stay strong girlie! I'll try to too...
ReplyDeleteThank you for this post. Posts (and comments) from you have helped me to gain perspective before, and this is especially relevant to me because I too became tired of my antidepressants turning me into an unfeeling zombie with no downs, but no ups either. Although I've just been through several months when chemical assistance would definitely have helped me, I survived without it, and I guess I can feel proud of that.
I'm so glad to hear your brighter tone, and I hope for only the best for you. Thank you :)Hi,
I'm happy that you're feeling better. I also fought with depression with drugs ( but unfortunatelly they didn't help much)and with drugs i had zombie feelings all day that was terrible. Now I'm without drugs finally happy after so many changes in my life.
I admire you for your courage share this with us and I keep my fingers crossed i hope you continue getting better and better
I'm looking forward for next blog postsThank you for posting this, I am glad to hear that you are feeling better. I have struggled with depression and anxiety for my whole life as well and just now found a med that works for me. I went through years of counseling and two other medications before I got to where I am today. It does get better, and with the right doctor; a person who understands you and your specific case, you really can feel like a normal person again. :) Wishing you only good things in the future.
ReplyDeleteWe ALL are so proud of you! ♥ and it takes BIIIGG effort to put this on your blog, so we also admired you, I have been depressed over the last 2 years (I think more or less 2 years) I have never get any treatment, because the depression is only some times, I mean I'm not ALL DAY down., and I guess I'm a little ashamed of telling my mom that I feel this way, she is really the GREATEST woman on earth, and she would be sooo worried, we have lots of financial and family issues (I think all is because of the lack of money, but that's just my thought!) and I REEEALLLY don't want to become another charge in her life!
Every day I try to feel happy about everything I have and everything I am, but sometimes it's hard! haha (:
Thank you Nihrida for posting this it really make me feel like everything would be all right!
God bless you! And keep it up! You're truly an inspiration! You're so gorgeous! please never forget that in our hearts (at least in mine) you are TRULY important and I love you (:♥ Greetings, hugs and kisses, from your FRIEND in México Viri ♥yeah ... depression is a fucking bitch. we'll keep fighting the bitch though and come out as winners!
about the meds ... I decided to stop taking them. as much as they've done for me (the initial progress was overwhelming), I feel they can't help me anymore, I need to really start dealing with my issues now which is something meds can never do. however, I just keep taking them cause shit happens when I stop and the depression is back in no time which is no way to live a life. I just heard about a good therapist yesterday (making an appointment ASAP) and I started reading a great book by dr. David Servan-Schreiber about healing depression without meds (in Slovene, it's called "Ozdravimo depresijo, tesnobo in stres brez zdravil in psihoanalize"), so I'm feeling pretty hyped and hopeful right now. I never really believed one can get rid of depression for good, but now I'm starting to think it can be done. I'm sending positive thoughts to everyone fighting with depression & co.; keep fighting!A beautiful post from a beautiful person. Sasa, you stick out from the crowd with your uniques, braveness and big heartedness. I saw the light shining from you even when you didn't see it yourself. You were put on this planet to follow your story, learn from it and share it with others. Your beautiful soul and compassion towards our innocent furry friends are making the world a better place. Step by step. Day by day. You are a true inspiration!! Love from across the globe. xoxo
ReplyDeleteI want to thank you for being brave enough to talk about your depression so openly because I have never been able to. I have struggled with depression, anxiety, OCD and panic attacks since I was 8 years old and have been on meds since then. I've been on all the antidepressants there are and Prozac (fluoxetine) has worked the best for me. I have been battling the numb, zombie feeling for a few years now and its awful. I have no motivation to do anything, just like you described. I have horrible migraines and am tired all the time as well. I am seeing so many doctors and am on so many meds for everything. All I want to do is just pause my life and hide and sleep for a very long time. Depression is something that you have to be very strong to live with and I have a very hard time talking openly about it. I am okay with leaving this comment telling you and anyone else who reads it all about my personal struggle because this post really spoke to me and I wanted to share what I've been through as well. Here's to all of us out there in the hopes that someday we can all be happy and whole. Thank you for being brave and courageous.
ReplyDeleteHmm I'm on the same meds and same dose as you were.. And I've been zombie-like for the last 3-4 months! I thought it was just me, but maybe it's a side effect of the meds.. I might have to check with my doctor.. 'cause it's so damn annoying being so xtremely tired all the time..
Thanks so much for sharing this :) I'm glad you are feeling better and are taking this as a positive thing!
So far I've been able to keep going (but just barely) and now that I've met a wonderful guy it'll probably get easier!
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