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154 comments:
- art is jokken said...
I am sending you a very nice greetings. And than I go away. I am leaving, goodbye!
- 3/14/2011 4:05 pm
- persona non gratta said...
Or hate me !
- 3/14/2011 4:05 pm
- Janet Dibbydabby.com illustrator said...
I love your illustration
- 3/14/2011 4:16 pm
- Nicole said...
it's really touching me...
love it!
are you ok so far? :-)
- 3/14/2011 4:47 pm
- Ces said...
Poor John. Is he going to write a cheesy novel now and say you betrayed him? This illustration poetry is superb.
By the way, I wanted to say this:
Not only can substitute x without asking y
I can replace it with z
Refuse to q just to go p
I c to b me
Exclaim g instead of saying f
Be i because i am not j
Unlike k who rode the l
With m n exclaimed o
What the heck u and i
Let's sit down to t
Shall we? Oui!
- 3/14/2011 4:56 pm
- Nekocherry said...
it moves me so much....
- 3/14/2011 4:57 pm
- martinealison said...
Je suis là semblable à votre adorable petit bout de femme, dans ma tasse de thé, je me prélasse avant de me rendre à l'atelier... J'adore ce petit oiseau des îles, son pseudo prince charmant qui vient se pencher et ose lui susurrer, dire ou crier je t'aime!...
Les petits parachutes sont là et clament l'espoir...
Gros bisous
- 3/14/2011 5:35 pm
- Zlatica said...
Lovely :)
- 3/14/2011 5:51 pm
- Karen said...
- 3/14/2011 6:59 pm
- Kristin Hjellegjerde said...
Just beautiful!
- 3/14/2011 7:13 pm
- disco in moscow said...
love it, just beautiful.
- 3/14/2011 7:46 pm
- Horacio said...
Very cute bird, so kind Queen!
I wish I have a cup like that just to...
- 3/14/2011 8:08 pm
- Ilaria Benedetti said...
Little Devil, once again you surprise me! This is really great!
- 3/14/2011 8:45 pm
- C.B. said...
Adore the bird with crown. Lovely work!
- 3/14/2011 9:00 pm
- art is jokken said...
I see a little face...above the parachute
- 3/14/2011 9:52 pm
- Steve E said...
Stir if you must--but gently. I do not want to spill. And please drop a square of HERSHEY©
into the cup--I LOVE shocolaht!
WHY replace X with Y? Here is the correct equation X+Y=C (as in C? I told you so!!!)
If this doesn't cheer U--I have 'more' (like the radio guy who is describing the 78 different kinds of venereal diseases, and say, "Here's Chet,. who has MORE!"
Enjoy this day...Please! For the x, and y, Ces, and me!
Copying this to "Nurse Betty" aka Ces, so she can learn 'new' math.
- 3/14/2011 10:01 pm
- Steve E said...
In truth, Mita--I hate myself for making light of your distress, that pain in the depth of you. I believe even when y appears, it will be many moons before y could, if ever, replace x.
HEE-AW, HEE-AW, HEE-AW...don't know Y they call me Jackass.
PEACE, Dear One!
- 3/14/2011 10:07 pm
- Krystal said...
It's a beautiful beautiful piece :) smile, friend.
- 3/14/2011 10:20 pm
- Steve E said...
Oh yes the piece of art...Wow! This is Reeeal Illustration Poetry.
I love it, love it, the workmanship, the parachute(s) the crown of (x?)...but i have difficulty seeing anything but the pathos which hold me, entrance-like. Her countenance of hopelessness..helplessness.
Underneath though, she IS strong, "paddling her own canoe". The Peep in the boat--the artist--IS a true witch--grin! he just could not (yet) conjure her wish, could not discover the proper mix of crow's eyelash (just a dash!) to toenail of frog, sprinkled on top, just a few.
OK, as art is jokken wrote, above: I am leaveing. Goodbye! But we do part in......
- 3/14/2011 10:24 pm
- ruth said...
This is beautiful.
- 3/14/2011 10:29 pm
- Jack Foster said...
Hey Mita, Your words remind me of a song by 10 CCs called "I'm Not in Love". Great post! Love the insignificant significance of the size compared to the background. Very NICE! Wonderful work Mita! So lovely! I just stopped by before heading off to Santa Fe, for vacation. God bless and have a great week!
- 3/14/2011 11:00 pm
- Anthropomorphica said...
Beautiful! Both words and picture. Adrift in a tea cup both scary and exciting!
By the way, your "About Me" page left me giggling ;)
- 3/14/2011 11:29 pm
- Fedulab said...
It's beautiful!
Very good
- 3/15/2011 1:50 am
- ti-igra said...
Wow!!! Dearrr!!! So Beautiful! I am also swim in the boat! Feel aroma of freedom!
Love, Love, Love!
Hugs to you, dear! :-)
- 3/15/2011 2:10 am
- Ces said...
Steve is making me laugh. Hahahahaha!
- 3/15/2011 2:30 am
- Carolina said...
This is very beautiful.
- 3/15/2011 2:57 am
- Miss Rosette Brune said...
oh so lovely
well done again
the love letter is wonderful too
- 3/15/2011 3:07 am
- Juan said...
Fantastic, as always!
- 3/15/2011 3:32 am
- audrey said...
You are brilliant, Mita. You have a very special mind.
This illustration is wonderful - the background is beautiful! I don't know how you do it - you keep outdoing yourself!!
- 3/15/2011 4:12 am
- rossichka said...
We have a saying in Bulgaria: "A storm in a glass of water". We use it when someone's too much affected and his reactions are exaggerated. This outburst lasts for quite a short time and there's no effect after all...
Well, watching at this girl, swimming in a cup, I'm just thinking that her emotional storm is over - the sky is clear, full of balloons. And maybe she has to stir pretty well her feelings, passions and dreams, to look around and discover that she is a person who's been admired and valued - she must only break the spell...
I like the polysemy (I hope I'm using the right word!) of your words... The use of commas and the order of the words in the signature!!
I absolutely like this drawing, Mita! Your emotional world reflects in such an amazing way upon your at!
- 3/15/2011 4:48 am
- rossichka said...
- 3/15/2011 4:49 am
- Steve E said...
You are not going to fool me--I see your comments even when they are on another's pages.
HEY! Is Ces back "on"? Thought we lost her for a bit. Even if she is not 'accessible' her voice, using fluffy clouds is yet clear and saying, "HAHAHAHA!" as she and her broomstick (one of finest straw) travels 'neath the moonlit sky. No Mita, I did NOT 'copy' those words from a famous poet...they are mine...MINE, do ya hear? --Oh! you KNEW that? Hmmmmmmm!
Bye, sweet witches, I've got places to go and things to do--trying to sound 'busy'! CU all later.
- 3/15/2011 4:54 am
- Vilt og vakkert said...
I did both when I was 14, fell in love... and fell (embarrassing)!
I love your illustrations... Have I said that before??? ;:OD)
- 3/15/2011 5:02 am
- Steve E said...
Mita, I feel ESpecially blest today, this moment--I had to look up the Wiccan's Rede (I knew WHAT it was but had never read it)..Simply beautiful. If only we males could adopt / adapt a creed similar. Oh, what a world where we could live!
WARNING! Not QUITE so serious:
That little thingy right by her oar blade, is it 'just a' fish, or is it 'just "x"'? Is she scooping it up. When I played with the piece a bit, it almost looked like a violin (Ha! "played with"--grin!), which she is trying to hit with the oar. NO NEED TO RESPOND!!!
I gotta GO!
- 3/15/2011 5:16 am
- Bella Sinclair said...
Row row row, my dear. Sometimes I want to live in my coffee cup, just padding down an endless stream of caffeine and cream. Yet another beautiful and melancholy illustration and poem. I love the splatters. Please do not be shy with me. You will see, I am nothing but a giant goofball. Your visits always honor me!
- 3/15/2011 6:22 am
- Jhordyn Ashley said...
You have a gorgeous world here bird, I have only so far had a glance but you shall definitely be seeing more of me. Just lovely!
xx and hugs
- 3/15/2011 7:07 am
- lavender lullabye said...
oh, wow. how beautiful. love xoxo
- 3/15/2011 7:33 am
- Rick Forrestal said...
You are amazing. Thanks for your visit, your thought.
- 3/15/2011 8:09 am
- ellie said...
Very cool.
- 3/15/2011 8:49 am
- Ana said...
hello witch ♥
when are you gonna do a contest so I can have one of your wonderful works in my room???
Then I'll have a big problem to pick only one between all your illustrations XD
- 3/15/2011 9:35 am
- Ana said...
the texture makes it so romantic :)
I found really funny what you wrote on your personal info :D
- 3/15/2011 9:37 am
- Ana said...
I hope more people were interested in silent films, if one or two would become interested in see who this people were by visiting my blog, that would be great :)
where are you running to? hope you get there super fast...use your magic powerrrrss XD
Ok, I'll leave now. See you!
- 3/15/2011 9:42 am
- Ren- Lady Of The Arts said...
I just found your blog- love it- nice to 'meet' you! Ren
- 3/15/2011 10:06 am
- Ces said...
Hahahahah! This is why I love you so much!
"i'm not deep.
i'm not an intellectual.
i'm not an artist.
i'm not a critic.
i'm not a poet.
i just have internet access."
I wish I thought of that!
That is so funny.
I must think of something.
- 3/15/2011 10:25 am
- twchrist said...
Fantastic illustration, very delicate and pretty
- 3/15/2011 12:38 pm
- encaracolada said...
What a nice cup sailor!
- 3/15/2011 2:27 pm
- Micki Wilde said...
So beauitiful!!
- 3/15/2011 8:40 pm
- Fleur said...
whoa, i'm honoured that you left a comment on my blog! you have so much talent! these things you make......they're so.......
BEAUTIFUL! you have inspired me a lot, you know, and i'm just a few minutes looking around.
you are amazing! :)
- 3/16/2011 12:30 am
- Antonio Lorente said...
Is very, very, very, very, very beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!The colors, textures ... I love your artwork!!!!
- 3/16/2011 12:51 am
- Krystal said...
YOU are weird is the new cool ;) you are funny. I hope you are smiling a little!
- 3/16/2011 3:15 am
- TJ Lubrano said...
I looove the little poem that you wrote with your wonderful illustration!
Hope you're well! Busy busy days here and the sun is starting shine! So I'm happy :D
Big hugs to you!!!
PS.: Of course I don't hate you for liking your phone hahaha. Shall we do a disco dance? Hehe.
- 3/16/2011 3:16 am
- eileen moreno said...
:D your work is so magical.
- 3/16/2011 6:03 am
:-) cute.
- 3/16/2011 10:40 am
- Ana said...
can I go sailing on a little cup too?
- 3/16/2011 12:09 pm
- Tango Chow said...
share a bit room of the cup with me ok? :)
- 3/16/2011 2:43 pm
- Steve E said...
I know what is a 'rune'...
"Don't you go touching my yet wet painting. You're gonna rune it."
- 3/16/2011 6:06 pm
- Steve E said...
Did you visit Atiyanna?
She's nice. Fav witch....
Don't be jell-uhs.
- 3/16/2011 6:10 pm
- Steve E said...
I like your equation: modern art. You're good at math. Do you think Ces is asleep?
OMG! While the Grandewitch sleeps
Her children play
In the fields
Of mown hay
- 3/16/2011 6:16 pm
- Steve E said...
Is 'mown' a word?
I like to use non-words
All words one day were non-words.
- 3/16/2011 6:19 pm
- Steve E said...
I'm finished! How you say it? :D
Finished for the day is the evil thereof.....
- 3/16/2011 6:20 pm
- Richard Ewing said...
the textures and color choices rule the mood.
- 3/16/2011 9:42 pm
- Cécile said...
This is lovely!
- 3/16/2011 10:53 pm
- fine said...
I love the way you work on different layers, it's so subtle and sophisticated !
- 3/16/2011 11:14 pm
- Rrramone said...
Beautiful!!! As always. :-)
- 3/17/2011 12:20 am
- Deborah said...
You so lovely. How could I have stayed away from all this beauty for so long? Naughty me. Oh such melancholy stirring about...makes me sigh.
**kisskiss** Deb
- 3/17/2011 12:52 am
- Andrew Finnie said...
Hey, I was eating a sour plum when I saw this. Lucky me. :)
Tell you why later.
- 3/17/2011 8:40 am
- Tammie Lee said...
tenderly sad and yet I smile
textured background makes me look and look and see a wee face
such a wonderful piece
no, my unicorn does not have a diary, so sorry
perhaps it tells it's tales someday.... another way.
- 3/17/2011 11:32 am
- Glen Batoca said...
Hi Mita!
I'm fine!I am on vacation in the blog! I have only accessed the facebook, I'm only posting new jobs there. I stopped one time with the caricatures and I'm painting some canvas.
All the best to you!
- 3/17/2011 10:43 pm
- Renée said...
- 3/18/2011 1:23 am
- Simon Phan said...
Thanks for the compliment (:
what a honest liar you have here!
- 3/18/2011 8:08 am
- Ana said...
...but there's more dinner service around, right?guess you'll have to give me another cup then xD
...oh, don't forget I'm gonna need a spoon too.
- 3/18/2011 8:59 am
- Andrew Finnie said...
Just have internet access? What a crackup :)
- 3/18/2011 10:37 am
- deepazartz said...
Fantastic!!! Love it...so adorable...
- 3/18/2011 2:28 pm
I love your world and want to live there.
- 3/18/2011 3:46 pm
- Ana said...
you are completely right about weird.
- 3/18/2011 3:56 pm
- Laura V. said...
This is beautiful. Love it!
- 3/18/2011 10:41 pm
- Mr. Spoqui said...
:^D yeyy!
- 3/18/2011 10:53 pm
- art is jokken said...
Of course , pick of the week !! Congratulations!!
- 3/18/2011 11:14 pm
- art is jokken said...
And thank you for your SG key! (very appreciated)
- 3/18/2011 11:16 pm
- Isabelle said...
Mita! Pick of the week! Of course your wonderful poetic view of the world had to be noticed! Beautiful illustration, comme toujours ma chère!
- 3/18/2011 11:46 pm
- wonderland said...
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- 3/18/2011 11:47 pm
- wonderland said...
i love this. it's just the type of art i love
- 3/18/2011 11:48 pm
- Shirley said...
YAYYYYYYYYYY MITA!!!!!!! Your work is stunning and you so deserve the spotlight. Big hugs to you from me, the faeries and Monsieur!
- 3/19/2011 12:41 am
- Shirley said...
Simply beautiful, beautiful piece, Mita.
- 3/19/2011 12:41 am
- Alexiev said...
Beatiful image... I love... great emotion...
Hermosas ballenas... muy onírico...
Best wishes from Buenos Aires...
Proyectos - Illustrations
Alexiev Store - venta de originales
- 3/19/2011 1:13 am
- ArtSnark said...
- 3/19/2011 2:39 am
- Alina Chau said...
This is lovely!
- 3/19/2011 3:20 am
- Steve E said...
"since i'm not an artist/illustrator/whatever"
Do you play a violin? That is listed as 'whatever'
I went to Friday Illustrator URL and viewed your entry. Then I wanted to write Briana.
They only put up half of it.
- 3/19/2011 3:53 am
- Steve E said...
Glad you came over to visit
I am honored. Truly.
And I know why you cry...I can sense it. To stop suddenly would be like a fish stop swimming.
To say to Mita, Please don't cry
Like telling a bird: Please don't fly.
- 3/19/2011 3:58 am
- Ana said...
hey, did you see this?
I wanna know how that portrait came out :P
- 3/19/2011 5:48 am
Bravo! Bravo!
- 3/19/2011 6:04 am
- Steve E said...
Portrait does not look like the incomparable Audry Hepburn to me...there I am. Judgmental! WHEN is it going to stop? What do you mean I have to make a decision?
- 3/19/2011 9:12 am
- Steve E said...
MITA, since I answer comments on my own blog--figure you might miss these comments to one who is not an artist nor an illustrator:
hello :) im so glad you broomed in here today. Been busy--miss the bantering, I thrive on it. Don't cry now--grin!
I like that dimple- :')) Mine is on other side- :,))
Congratulations to you, a non-artist, non-illustrator and a non-whatever...for being chosen as "pic-of-the-week" on Illustration Friday. Or is that "Non-Illustration Friday"?
- 3/19/2011 9:21 am
- Steve E said...
If I keep commenting, I'll make the coveted Number "100"...
- 3/19/2011 9:22 am
- Steve E said...
Does #100 win a prize? :,))
- 3/19/2011 9:24 am
- tera said...
New visitor to your blog, so I have no reference for this work, but it is, simply put, quite lovely! I will be back... ❀
- 3/19/2011 9:30 am
- lilly said...
this is extraordinary - thank you x
- 3/19/2011 10:30 am
- Ann Marie DiVecchia said...
I love the ambiguity and surprise of your poem. It's wonderful as is your beautiful illustration! Congratulations on being pick of the week!!
- 3/19/2011 10:47 am
What a heart-achingly beautiful illustration! Congratulations for being chosen this week, it's much deserved. Now I'm compelled to explore the rest of your blog. : ) ~ Alisa
- 3/19/2011 10:55 am
- angels said...
Very beautiful stir post! Love the textures and romantic style. Nice reflection.
Good work in your blog!
And many thanks for your visit and nice comment! You'll be always welcome! Thanks!
- 3/19/2011 4:40 pm
un estilo impecable, un beso!
- 3/19/2011 6:14 pm
- Cuppykirsten said...
Thanks for leaving a comment on my blog!
I love yours, it is so inspiring, and I love the images.
Follwing you now, dear.
With love,
- 3/19/2011 8:29 pm
- Kerri-Jane Mitchell said...
This amazing :)
- 3/20/2011 12:04 am
- Elena said...
Very beautiful. Congrats on the weekly pick-well deserved
- 3/20/2011 3:32 am
- Andrew Finnie said...
Hurroh? Gee I just went to the IF blog and what did I spy? Something very soothing to the eye/
Yeah, I know, don't quit my day job to write advertising jingles :)
Heh, bloudyy splendiferous
- 3/20/2011 1:30 pm
- Signe said...
Oh I love this one! The colors and adorable and so is the rest of it <3
Hugs and a wonderful Sunday to you :)
- 3/20/2011 5:20 pm
- Elizabeth Rose Stanton said...
Ethereal, beautiful. Keep doing!
PS I'm glad my "no hands and feet" post made you smile...Thx
- 3/21/2011 12:36 am
- laughingwolf said...
before you fall, ensure a soft landing... broken bones are almost as hard to mend as broken hearts....
- 3/21/2011 2:03 am
- Debbie Clandening said...
Congats on pic o the week. Lovely lovely illustration and poem.
- 3/21/2011 9:34 am
- whiteoctopus said...
I am late, so sorry...
But such a beautiful illo this week, and definitley deserved to be picked for last weeks topic! I am in awe of the beauty that you convey through your illustrations and your words.
- 3/21/2011 11:01 am
- De Wilde said...
Strange, I just had 2 posts you did in November last year appear in my RSS feed? Fearless? The fish!
I wish I was fearless!
I wish I could turn back time.
Your new illustration is beautiful by the way! The falling is infatuation, the lying lover I would like to set adrift in a teacup, but she is already lost.
- 3/21/2011 7:02 pm
- Linda Hensley said...
Lovely piece. Congrats on being pick of the week!
- 3/21/2011 10:32 pm
- William Cook said...
But I thought witches were old and ugly.
- 3/21/2011 10:41 pm
- Mary Sheehan Winn said...
I love this kind of art and writing. Your profile page is funny!
- 3/22/2011 1:04 am
- Ces said...
William Cook "But I thought witches were old and ugly."
He has not met the modern witches. Actually the witches of late were young and beautiful too. They just were afraid to be burnt at the stake as toddlers.
I am back!
- 3/22/2011 6:08 am
- Ces said...
What?!!! What is this "approval" thing for comments? Hehehe!
- 3/22/2011 6:21 am
- 3/22/2011 2:44 pm
- Malka Michaela said...
so much to look at and experience!
colors, textures, expression.
healing art.
congrats on the pic of week. glad to have stopped by!
- 3/22/2011 6:47 pm
- SKIZO said...
- 3/22/2011 11:35 pm
- genie espinosa said...
awesome winner! Mita your work is so inspiring as usual! great job!
- 3/23/2011 3:48 am
- ArtbyAndy said...
Beautiful work! Congrats!
- 3/23/2011 7:26 am
- Srta. Medusa said...
I really like what you do, poetry and illustration are so much better together!
- 3/23/2011 7:04 pm
really nice, is it photoshopped or did u actually paint onto the what i think is wallpaper? its a beeeauty
- 3/24/2011 12:37 am
- Ilaria Benedetti said...
Congratulations, my dear, for being the pick of the week ;)
- 3/24/2011 4:13 am
- Ces said...
Noooooooooo!!! You sure are stirring me crazy! Do not say that. Repeat: do not say what you said on my blog. Let's have coffee first. Okay?
Your Nine poem is fabulous. I love that. You are a mental ninja! Tsup!!!
- 3/24/2011 7:14 am
- Andrew Finnie said...
Well I couldn't think of a more talented person to steal a skull from :)
- 3/24/2011 7:27 am
- Ces said...
You know Mita, I also feel the same way. What you said earlier.
- 3/24/2011 9:25 am
- Andrew Finnie said...
Oh you are, you are. Denying a truth doesn't make it an untruth.
avagoodweegendyourself :)
from Oz :d
- 3/25/2011 10:21 am
- Andrew Finnie said...
Hmm should that be a :D ?
- 3/25/2011 10:22 am
- Steve E said...
(Another rune of your wrist bone, Mita--grin!)
Hey, what's going on? Or..." 'sup?" (NOT TSUP!) 'sup is Greek for "what's up?" As in "'sup, man?"
--Not really Greek, either...just U.S. slang.
Hey girl--each time I read (hello steve) I smile. It lets me realize how good it is to be remembered...and so tomorrow I will begin by 'remembering' some of my Peeps, and have YOOO to thank for it!
SEE? See how one Peep with two words in parentheses can have an effect on the doings of another Peep?
Have a wonderful weekend, maybe I'll see that (Hello Steve) somewhere.
I wish your sadness lessens by the day--but experience tells me "No"...
- 3/25/2011 10:26 am
- Us said...
- 3/25/2011 11:48 am
- Steve E said...
(hello, Mita...)
- 3/25/2011 12:47 pm
- De Wilde said...
Your fragile arch can be supported my broken shell cannot be mended.
I would like to visit inside your head, so I can escape my own.
- 3/25/2011 6:52 pm
- Steve E said...
"People in love never have to say they're sorry."
--Love Story (film)
And your work (drawings) are
N O T S T U P I D...but stupendous!
Can you hear me?
(hi, Mita...)
- 3/27/2011 12:34 pm
- Francisco Martins said...
OMG this one is so gorgeous! how do you come up with these images??!! the colours and that cool frame... ahhhhh, you're killing me! :D
The creative goblin within me is greeting the creative fairy within you :D
really really really old friend here.
- 3/27/2011 10:42 pm
- Steve E said...
(hi, Lakhsmita!) *LOVE that name!*
From half a world away
I try to stand...but sway
Chuckling, laughing smiling
At your words--beguiling
But then, remembering who are yooo
Recalling what you witches dooo
I'll just bet Cessi is reading tooo...
(Secret) Last night I dreamt
About this dancing elephant
Could not understand what it said
Though it was hanging by my head
And a little baby crying
Just knew then I was dying
"Breathe, breathe, keep trying"
Elephant "Flex" was whispering.
Mita, I appreciate your visit--that you can see
This way is exactly how things work for me...
Thank you, True lifter of Spirit
I believe, and with only that
I am satisfied.
- 3/27/2011 11:22 pm
- pop pop portraits said...
everything is perfect! xx
- 3/29/2011 8:36 am
- Miss Aoki said...
A little boy in a little cup! I fell in love it :)
- 3/29/2011 6:29 pm
- Té la mà Maria - Reus said...
I am a person considered offensive to society, nineteenth century tell a thousand views, I visited your blog and I love, a hug from Reus Catalonia and many thanks for visiting my blog, you are a very brave person.
- 3/29/2011 9:15 pm
- red-handed said...
O, that beautiful bird won't save anybody.
- 3/30/2011 1:48 am
- donny* said...
There are so many things to love here. The bird, of course. The expression. The tea cup. Patterns, oh my! But the thing I like the most is what it says. Very strong mind. I love it!
- 3/30/2011 4:46 am
- Andrew Finnie said...
I've always wanted to be a tap dancer... well just for the last few minutes anyway. :)
- 3/30/2011 5:27 am
- Andrew Finnie said...
Oh I forgot to say that your comment crackled me up :D But seriously. :)
- 3/30/2011 5:28 am
- Jack Foster said...
Hey Mita! You fooled me with your incognito avatar! I was like...."who is that ? " You are a riot. Thanks for the laugh. I just got an invitation from a fairy to an island that beyond the edges of the map. Maybe you heard of this place where sickness and death do not exist. It is a place of eternal youth and beauty. Music,strength, life and pleasure all come together in this one place. Happiness lasts forever and no one is ever thirsty or hungry. Do you know of such a place? :o)
- 3/30/2011 6:33 am
- Ana said...
but I would form a good opinion, the avatar makes me think about alice in wonderland ♥
I guess I need to look for some balinese paintings, it's not the first time someone tells me that...Maybe it is similar to some peruvian art. In some cultures in the past there was this fear of empty spaces so they were filled with different patterns...now I just think I do it for the fun of drawing as I don't make any previous research in art history, just doodle XD
- 3/30/2011 3:58 pm
- Ana said...
is that a naked bunny? Probably it's not the same version of Alice in wonderland I read.
- 3/30/2011 4:25 pm
- Ana said...
Ok,I won't judge you or the bunny.
- 3/30/2011 4:27 pm
- Miss Go Lightly said...
Hello my darling Mita! I've missed you dearly! I just happened to log in yesterday and saw your comment. It was sooo great to hear from you :) I hope all is well with you! As always your work is absolutely marvelous dahhling!
Hugs from Goobie and me,
- 3/31/2011 12:01 am
- Ted Blackman said...
Today I decided to just do it: I made up my mind to push my way right into this mass of comments and say a few words myself:
-Awesome... Memorable... Touching.
Comment #149 by Ted.
- 3/31/2011 1:33 pm
- Castro Smith said...
wow how much further you have comee!!,
i hope you are well , i just visited the philipines to see my family there it was beautifull
take care and
catch up when you canx
- 4/01/2011 3:10 am
- Julia said...
I am speechless. Your art and your words are amazing! I am glad I found you.
- 4/05/2011 4:09 pm
I really enjoyed this post. You write about this topic very well. There are many cherished moments in life, why not wear a beautiful dress! When looking back on special memories of your child wearing a gorgeous dress, it will make a fond memory.
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- 4/15/2011 3:52 pm
- lasalgasmesientanbien said...
Well, Lakhsmita, again, a beautiful work!
This is really a picture of your growth!
Give me a reason to say that this can not be hung on the wall of an art gallery and then I'll tell you do not paint anymore. I do not think you find a single valid reason. Paint for more!
- 4/30/2011 3:42 am
- Romina Ortega Mella said...
your work is very beautiful and magic,
never stop to do it :)
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The New DJs: Fitness Gurus
Group Fitness Classes Use Music to Compete for Clients; Zumba to 'Ice Ice Baby'
Devin Murphy loves the new remix of the 1984 Bryan Adams hit "Summer of '69." She didn't hear it on the radio, notice on iTunes or see it on a friend's Spotify page. She fell for it while sweating it out at a fitness class at Barry's Bootcamp.
Ms. Murphy, 29, chooses the cross-training classes she takes four times a week in New York largely based on how much she likes the instructor's musical taste, she says. Top-40 songs get the management consultant moving, she says, while hip-hop leaves her uninspired....

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Greg Bond necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 60 diseños de 16 diseñadores freelance.
Those DAM Guys - http://www.thoseDAMguys.com
We are a small yet highly skilled video production and post-production company. Each member of our team's versatility keeps our budgets comparatively low while maximizing value for our clients and maintaining an incredibly high professional standard. We are not your father's production company. We specialize in new forms of content and media for the ever changing digital generation. We want clients to see us as highly skilled, talented, competent producers who don't take themselves too seriously but take our work very seriously. We feel like that is a tight line to walk without coming across cheesy and in all instances will error on the side of professionalism. So should this design.
Anyone looking for corporate and/or creative video content for the new generation. Someone who looks at what is already out there and says, "I want something different. Something new and fresh." A big part of our experience rests in the quick-cutting trailer editing styles and online viral content. We would like to feature that in your face, edgy, online prowess as part of the company identity. You can kind of think of it as a smart and highly professional CEO in a classy business suit who rolls up his sleeves and isn't afraid to get his hands dirty if need be with a tattoo sneaking out from under his sleeve. Somewhere in that neighborhood.
The DAM in Those DAM Guys stands for Digital Media Artists. We feel these three words conjure the right images in the minds of the types of people we want to work with the most. Each word alone doesn't tell the whole story, you need all three together to really understand who we are. This must be featured in the logo so people know what DAM stands for, and more importantly what it does not stand for. It can be subtle but it needs to be there. It needs to be classy and professional as well. Like I said before... it needs to walk a fine line. We have no particular color scheme in mind so have at it. I can tell you this though, if it resembles some other well known logo we won't like it. Just like the content we create we want our logo to be unique.
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Electroconvulsive therapy machine, 1940-1945
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a controversial psychiatric treatment. It was developed in Italy in 1938. ECT machines transmit electric currents to the brain in timed pulses. This causes a massive convulsion or seizure. It was thought possible to 'shock' a patient out of a severe mental disorder. This ECT machine may appear crude. However, it had a level of sophistication in that it was adjustable. It administered shocks ranging from 60-150 volts for a pre-set period of time, typically 0.2 seconds. The machine was produced in the 1940s. This was a few years before the first psychoactive drugs became available in 1953. Electroconvulsive therapy had always been controversial. Psychoactive drugs quickly became a competing therapy in psychiatric care. This ECT machine was used at Burden Neurological Institute until it was discontinued in the 1970s.
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2013 Bumblebee season begins/
It's all been rather quiet for the start of 2013 on our bumblebee project due to our new baby project! We were thrilled to introduce Edan to the world in February, and have been very busy since taking good care of him and feeding him every few hours night and day!
I have to admit that last year's lodge is still needing to be cleaned and I haven't fully decided whether to source a colony for study this year or just rely on trying to encourage natural nesting. The other complexity is that my CCTV monitoring room is now Edan's bedroom and I haven't figured out anywhere suitable for all the CCTV equipment, other than perhaps the garage.
Anyway, it's been a moot point, as the bees themselves have been very slow to emerge after all the cold snowy weather we've been having through February and March. I'm sure there were a few false starts for some of them, but we've only seen our first bufftailed queens in the last week.
This weekend was a turning point for the weather and I was able to get out into the garden to cut and shape the grass (more on that later) and also create some more potential nest sites. It's remarkable to think that this time last year we had 21 new queens itching to leave the nest and yet this year we are only just seeing hibernating queens coming out and looking to set up home.
The other remarkable thing is that today alone I saw 9 queens in the garden looking for a nest site. (At least two were there together, so granted it could be two bees who made 9 visit to the garden in total). This is unprecedented - we are used to seeing 1 every few days. It leads me to wonder whether a) their normal habitat has been destroyed or rendered less suitable or b) whether these are our own queens coming back to where they were born; indeed, most of them explored the area where the nest had been sited on the stones by the garage wall.
Anyway - a quick run down of what I've done to create additional nest environments - since all the bees I've seen are definitely looking at ground level and digging down, I figured I needed to do something different to my above-ground boxes - I.e some underground cavities.
First, the grass has been cut (or more correctly, left) in strips that lead to the existing boxes. The bumblebees love to search in the long grass for possible burrow holes and explore the linear edges as a guide - so the strips naturally lead the bumbles to the entrances for the existing boxes (which are tubes hidden in moss).
Next, I have created two underground nest sites, inspired by the buried teapot idea. First is a plastic tub, upside down (thus waterproof) with a tube running down into it. The turf on top can be removed for observation if necessary, and I packed some stones and bedding inside. Any bee that chooses to explore that tube is going to find a 5 star residence!
Whilst packing all my tools away after burying the tub I spotted the baby formula tubs we were sending for recycling. I immediately thought that these two would make great underground cavities, being moisture proof and with a handy clippable lid that would also serve well as an observation hatch. So, today I buried one of those, again running a tube into it and packing it with some stones and bedding and moss.
I tried to make the entrances look authentic with some grass cuttings, but will need to let the surrounding lawn grow to encourage searching.
Here's a picture of the two boxes together.
So, now with underground and on-ground sorted it was time to deal with above-ground. So, I have placed a blue-tit bird box on the fence about a metre above ground - again packing it with bedding material. I've heard numerous folk talk of their blue-tit bird boxes being chosen for bee nests, so I'm hopeful ours will too.
So, looking forward to the next week to see if we get more queens and if they discover what we've laid on for them! :-)


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The Seattle Seahawks' junior varsity squad is superior to the Jacksonville Jaguars' varsity.
On Sunday's 45-17 laugher that played according to script, that was the primary takeaway.
The Seahawks boast the deepest roster in the NFL while the Jaguars are stuck with the shallowest.
Russell Wilson became the fifth quarterback since the 1970 merger to win his first 10 home starts. After he staked the Seahawks to a 31-0 lead in the third quarter, coach Pete Carroll called off the dogs against his former defensive coordinator.
With Seattle's stars on the sidelines, backups Tarvaris Jackson and Doug Baldwin connected on a highlight-reel 35-yard touchdown. Jackson finished with a perfect 158.3 passer rating and 16.1 yards per on eight attempts, while rookies Christine Michael and Luke Willson showed flashes of impressive talent in garbage time.
All four of those players would start in Jacksonville.
Here's what else we learned in Sunday's game:
1. Sidney Rice was held to just 48 yards on three catches in the first two games combined after missing time in August for treatment on his knee. He looked like his old self in tallying 79 yards and two touchdowns on five catches versus the Jags.
2. Michael broke off an 11-yard run on his first career carry, making a defender miss with a sharp cut. It speaks to the Seahawks' depth that its most explosive offensive player was a healthy scratch the first two weeks.
3. The Jaguars fell in love with Stephen Burton's potential after claiming him off waivers from the Minnesota Vikings early this month, but he had trouble separating from coverage. Rookie Ace Sanders also has failed to live up to expectations. This offense desperately needs Marcedes Lewis (calf) and Justin Blackmon (suspension) back in the lineup.
4. Cecil Shorts was the garbage-time king, racking up 143 yards on eight receptions. He should have had an early-game touchdown, but Chad Henne's pass went through his hands and hit the receiver in the facemask.
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Tomb Raider Underworld
Tomb Raider: Underworld added to Core Online
Tomb Raider: Underworld, the final Crystal Dynamics Tomb Raider game prior to the this year's reboot, is now available free-to-play on Core Online, Square Enix's cloud gaming portal. Underworld is a curious beast as it was the most ambitious project of the second wave Tomb Raider games but fell remarkably flat, triggering a dramatic retooling […]
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Square announces microtransaction-based browser game service CoreOnline
CoreOnline, a microtransaction-based browser game service, has been announced by Square Enix.
Square holding Xbox Live Marketplace sale
Square Enix has discounted DLC and games as part of an ongoing sale on Xbox Live Marketplace. Offers include 25 percent off Battlestations: Pacific, Tomb Raider: Underworld and Just Cause 2 on Games on Demand, as well as half-off Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light on XBLA, Anniversary episodes for Tomb Raider: Legend and […]
Square announces Tomb Raider Trilogy pack for March release
Square Enix has just announced the Tomb Raider Trilogy pack for PS3 on Blu-ray.
PS3 Tomb Raider: Underworld getting Trophies this month
The PS3 version of Tomb Raider: Underworld is finally getting its Trophy patch, Eidos confirmed today. The rewards update will be added on May 28. "Sorry for the delay and thank you very much to those who were able to wait patiently," said a rep. "It's really appreciated and I hope you get some great […]
Tomb Raider: Underworld is now Classic and Platinum
Eidos just confirmed that Tomb Raider: Underworld is now part of 360's Classis and PS3's Platinum Hits ranges. It's yours now for £20, which isn't very much. Give it a waz. Press release after the break.
Lara's Shadow gameplay shown in new trailer
CVG's posted what it's claiming to be an exclusive trailer of the second piece of Tomb Raider: Underworld DLC, Lara's Shadow. We don't know for sure because the site's video player constantly crashes Firefox for us. You may have more luck.
Lara's Shadow DLC shown in video
After the break. It talks about a new playable character in the second piece of Underworld DLC and shows plenty of in-game stuff. The doppelganger has the ability to speed up and slow time, as well as amplify the power of any weapon she's carrying, according to Joystiq. We tried to sort this video out […]
Tomb Raider: Underworld sales are picking up
Launch sales for Tomb Raider: Underworld may not have been so hot, but the title is quickly picking up steam. Eidos's slow-starter has currently outsold the last two additions to the franchise over the same time period, and the publisher expects the game to move beyond Tomb Raider: Legend 's 4.5 million sales. The two […]
Underworld: Beneath the Ashes DLC now on XBL
Tomb Raider: Underworld DLC Beneath the Ashes is now available on XBL. The first of two packs to be released, Beneath the Ashes sends Lara back to Croft Manor, where she discovers crypts used by her father to hide a deadly power source. It'll run you 800 MS Points ($10), and includes six new costumes […]
Tomb Raider: Underworld -Beneath the Ashes DLC dated for Xbox 360
Tomb Raider: Underworld DLC Beneath the Ashes – delayed earlier in the month – has been scheduled for a February 24 release. Lara's Shadow, the next batch of content, will arrive on March 10 as a 1.07Gb download. Bug fixes will be included in a patch about the same time, and are listed after the […]
Tomb Raider: Underworld Trophy patch on the way
Eidos has confirmed that a Trophy patch is in the works for the PS3 version of Tomb Raider: Underworld. Community manager Keir Edmonds dropped the news on the Tomb Raider forums. "Lots of people have been asking about trophy support for the PS3," he said. "The guys at Crystal have been looking into this for […]
Tomb Raider DLC delayed thanks to "technical issue"
Eidos just confirmed that tomorrow's planned Tomb Raider Underworld DLC has been delayed. "An unexpected technical issue means that Beneath the Ashes will not be available to download on 10th February as planned," said a spokesperson. "We apologize for this delay and we are doing everything we can to bring you this exciting new content […]
Tomb Raider: Underworld DLC shown in movie
Eidos has released a showcase video of Beneath the Ashes, the soon-to-be-released DLC for Tomb Raider: Underworld, and very swish it looks to. The featurette takes a look at environments and gameplay elements in the content. Watch it on Shacknews. It's out on February 10. A second episode releases on March 10.
Tomb Raider: Underworld DLC date confirmed
The first part of Xbox 360's exclusive Tomb Raider: Underworld DLC – titled Beneath the Ashes – will ship on February 10, Eidos said today. The second installment, Lara's Shadow, will follow on March 10. According to the press release, "Beneath the Ashes sends Lara back to the remains of Croft Manor where she uncovers […]
Tomb Raider Underworld DLC to hit next week?
Joystiq has noticed that a Gamestop listing showing that the 360 exclusive downloadable content will be released on January 21. The listing shows a 'Tomb Raider Expansion Pack' for $19.99 and states, "This is not a disk. It includes 2 XBox Live Market Place Cards." We're checking with Eidos now. By Mike Bowden
"I absolutely wish we could have spent more time polishing Underworld," says Tomb Raider dev
Posting on the Tomb Raider forums, TR: Underworld creative director Eric Lindstrom has confirmed that he was one of the 30 laid off last week, and has said that he wished Crystal Dynamics could have spent more time working on the game. "I absolutely wish we could have spent more time polishing Underworld," said Lindstrom. […]
...and we're back - Christmas news round up
Happy New Year. We're glad we shut down over Christmas. You didn't miss a whole lot. By far the most important story over the break was news that Free Radical cut its workforce by 140 to just 40. The developer was confirmed as being in administration just before the Christmas holiday. Speaking to 1UP, Cameron […]
World at War celebrates month at top of UK charts
Call of Duty: World at War is celebrating a month at the top of the UK charts, MCV writes. The Activision shooter's looking good for Christmas number one, although FIFA refuses to drop off, taking third place this week. Last week's chart here. Data below for the week ending December 6. Call of Duty: World […]
51% of Tomb Raider: Underworld sales go to PS3
According to this MCV report, Chart-Track's confirmed that 51 percent of all UK Tomb Raider: Underworld sales in Britain last week. The title entered this week's GFK-ChartTrack/ELSPA All Formats Top 40 at No.9, outselling the launch of last year's original Tomb Raider remake (Tomb Raider: Anniversary) by 6,700 units.
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Tomb Raider: Underworld launch period has been "crazy," says Carroll
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I am wondering how you would implement the following hook.
do_action( 'woocommerce_process_product_meta_' . $product_type, $post_id );
What is the correct way to call a call the action from a plugin file. Bellow is the code that I am currently using but its not working.
global $post, $thepostid, $woocommerce;
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If the Bible is written by fallible human beings, how can its words convey divine revelation? Perhaps the greatest challenge of Warfield's lifetime was the modernist skepticism of biblical inspiration and authority. Modern biblical scholars showed that textual and linguistic analysis proved the human authorship of the Bible, and from there proceeded to strip miracles of their power, texts of their authenticity, and God of his historical intervention in the lives of individuals. Warfield responded to modernist and higher biblical critics by showing that intellect of the biblical authors not only remained fully operational and engaged, but that God also worked through human words and texts to convey divine revelation.
B. B. Warfield's volume on divine revelation and biblical inspiration defined the parameters of the twentieth century understanding of biblical infallibility, inerrancy, and the trustworthiness and authority of Scripture. He pioneered a view of biblical inspiration and authority which remains widely held today by many Reformed and evangelical Christians. Revelation and Inspiration contains ten of Warfield's most influential articles on the subject, as well as two appendices—one on the divine origin of the Bible and the other on the canonicity of the New Testament.
Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield was born in 1851 in Lexington, Kentucky. He studied mathematics and science at Princeton University and graduated in 1871. In 1873, he decided to enroll at Princeton Theological Seminary, where he was taught by Charles Hodge. He graduated from seminary in 1876, and was married shortly thereafter. He traveled to Germany later that year to study under Franz Delitzsch.
After returning to America, Warfield taught at Western Theological Seminary (now Pittsburgh Theological Seminary). In 1881, Warfield co-wrote an article with A. A. Hodge on the inspiration of Scripture—a subject which dominated his scholarly pursuits throughout the remainder of his lifetime. When A. A. Hodge died in 1887, Warfield became professor of Theology at Princeton, where he taught from 1887–1921. History remembers Warfield as one of the last great Princeton Theologians prior to the seminary's re-organization and the split in the Presbyterian Church. B. B. Warfield died in 1921.


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The smooth voice of Jarad Miles rolled back into the public ear recently with the release of his third studio album, Ancient Wave. For the past few years, Miles has been a semi-regular fixture on Portland's folk scene, and his latest work warrants more attention around town.
From the optimistic opening of We're Reborn I, to the uplifting rise of the album's title track, Ancient Wave, Miles' songs captures the optimism of the American West. Listening to the album, you can easily imagine yourself driving around the open spaces of Miles' native South Dakota and through the urban landscape of, Portland, Oregon, his adopted hometown. Not everything is sunny, though, and Miles' pulsing vocal style adds an unsettling tension in more than a few places.
(Watch the video of Ooh Child, a single from the album released in 2013, below.)
A little bit folk, a little bit pop, and a little bit country, Ancient Wave is easy to listen to. Most artists would be loathe to bring together diverse sounds like the steel guitar or a driving synth bass drum, but Miles pulls it off gracefully. He has created a well-done album that people should hear, in this writer's humble opinion.
Q&A with the artist
To give me a closer look at Ancient Wave, Miles agreed to answer a few questions about the album and what is happening with him these days:
CPDX: How does the new album compare to its previous ones?
JM: This album was much more collaborative in its nature because I was playing all the songs live with a band. In the past, the songs were much more folk-centric and mostly about capturing my solo performance. This time around it was each band member finding their place in the song and making it their own. I suppose in that way the arrangements were more thoughtful and involved. Also, I would say this album more accessible in that the songs are not just lyrics with acoustic guitar strumming. There is more of a rhythmic element driving each song with little grooves and hooks glued in along the way. It's not lo-fi sounding in terms of its production style like my previous albums, but it still sounds like real people playing real instruments (which it was, well... 98.6% of it).
CPDX: What kind of music did you listen to growing up?
JM: Mostly church hymns and country songs. It did seem that country radio was playing in the background wherever I went there for awhile. I remember Randy Travis' deep voice, and something about John Anderson's songs and one in particular by Mel McDaniel. And Dwight Yoakum. I still love Dwight Yoakum. His song "A Thousand Miles From Nowhere" is still great to me.
When I was around eleven or twelve I remember finding a cassette tape of 50s and 60s rock-n-roll hits. I don't know where it came from or where I found it but I popped it in the player and it really shook me up. Songs like "All I Have To Do Is Dream" by The Everly Brothers, "House Of The Rising Sun" by The Animals, and "La Bamba" by Richie Valens really killed me. I was obsessed with Richie Valens for many years after I learned that he had died so young in a plane crash like he did.
By the time I hit junior high and high school I was hearing all kinds of new stuff- rap, grunge rock, Emo and skater punk, death metal and pop stuff. It wasn't long before I was introduced to bands like Modest Mouse, Radiohead and Wilco that would stay with me through the years. I remember finding Elliot Smith's album XO and some Mark Kozelek's Red House Painters stuff at a Goodwill store in Brookings, South Dakota and to hear that music at that time in that place was like discovering best friends I never knew I could have. It wasn't until my early twenties that I really became aware of Hank Williams, Woody Guthrie and Bob Dylan. Especially Dylan who I would later emulate as I learned to write my own songs.
CPDX: What was the goal for the new album?
JM: I don't know that I had any goals. Well, I must've wanted people to hear the songs. I sorta felt like the songs had their own will to be born. Maybe I felt a responsibility to the songs in some way- to feed them and clean up after them and take them to school.
CPDX: Which song on the album is your favorite? Why?
JM: I should probably say I don't have a favorite. But, I'm not going to fall into that trap. My favorite song on the album is the last song, Ancient Wave, because it gets right to the point and in not too many words. I really thought the outro of the song came out so nice and sweet. It seemed like an appropriate way to end the album.
CPDX: Please describe your creative process (i.e., where you get your inspirations, etc.)
JM: Basically, I like to write and sing wherever I am but it usually ends up working best when I'm alone at my desk. It can be nice to write from a moving vehicle also. Many times I will play a melody on piano or guitar and words will seem to naturally fall right in. Sometimes the words mean something and other times it's just the emotive sound they have that is the meaning. Songwriting can be a lot like putting a puzzle together. If ever the pieces don't fit I know it's time to go take a walk or eat a sandwich.
CPDX: Where can people get your music?
JM: People can find the music at jaradmiles.com, iTunes, Gumroad, Bandcamp, etc. I also have some new videos up on the tubes.
CPDX: Any live shows coming up?
JM: No live shows planned right now. But, I am preparing a live set of new material called Ancient Wave. It will be more visual and conceptual. I will no doubt debut it before the year 2014 is through. You might look for it on CNN's "breaking news".
CPDX: We'll do just that. Best of luck to you.
(Check out this video for another example of Miles' music.)


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It comes as little surprise that following the Probation Department trial, House Republicans are calling for an ethics investigation into Massachusetts House Speaker Robert DeLeo. While Democrats are sure to block such a probe, DeLeo himself may want to consider it.
Last week, a federal jury found former commissioner of the Probation Department, John O'Brien, and two of his aides guilty of racketeering. The months-long trial saw testimony from numerous legislative and judicial insiders who testified that the Probation Department's hiring process was rigged so that qualified applicants were bypassed in favor of politically well-connected candidates.
In presenting their evidence, federal prosecutors accused DeLeo in open court of using his power as then-chair of the House Ways and Means Committee to protect O'Brien's Probation Department budget in exchange for jobs. Prosecutors alleged DeLeo then doled out those jobs to fellow legislators in exchange for their voting him in as Speaker of the House, a position he currently holds. Like many others, DeLeo was named by prosecutors as an unindicted co-conspirator.
Federal prosecutors also said Senate President Therese Murray helped steer probation jobs as part of O'Brien's patronage system, though no quid pro quo was alleged.
Both DeLeo and Murray deny any wrongdoing, and in fact no legislator or member of the judiciary has been charged with any crime related to the probation scandal. And yet DeLeo specifically suffers from a tarnished reputation.
Deemed an unindicted co-conspirator by prosecutors means DeLeo couldn't defend himself against the charges in court. His only recourse was to do so in the media and he has made the rounds.
In an interview with our news partner, WCVB-TV, DeLeo said he is one of 34 unindicted co-conspirators identified in the probation trial by US Attorney General Carmen Ortiz's office. DeLeo told WCVB he never personally called any legislators about offering jobs to their constituents, but when pressed, admitted members of his staff did. Asked if his getting jobs for fellow constituents endeared him to them, he said, "I'm sure, obviously, that they would obviously feel grateful that I called." No doubt.
As was mentioned ad nauseum throughout the trial, patronage isn't a crime in Massachusetts, not technically anyway. What is a crime, however, is having one's name sullied in federal court without benefit of defending it. There are 34 people associated with a case, including the current Speaker of the House, whom federal prosecutors have indicated – or in the case of DeLeo, flat out accused – of criminal activity.
Both the public and the accused deserve a full and completely transparent airing of this case. The people of Massachusetts deserve to know who among the 34, if any, are also guilty of crimes related to the probation scandal.
The innocent deserve to have their names cleared, and the people of Massachusetts deserve to hold accountable those who have betrayed the law and the people.
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COMPUTEX, TAIPEI, Taiwan, June 5, 2012-SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK), a global leader in flash memory storage solutions, today introduced Lightning® PCI Express (PCIe) Solid State Accelerator (SSA) cards designed to boost the performance of workstations and servers used in data centers, server farms and cloud computing environments.
The new SanDisk® Lightning PCIe SSA products can be added to workstations and servers to provide balanced, predictable performance for enterprise applications, delivering the ideal combination of speed, reliability and cost-savings. The cards provide rapid access to the most frequently used data and applications in order to more effectively manage heavy workloads. They are part of SanDisk's growing portfolio of solid state drive (SSD) solutions for the enterprise.
The new PCIe products from SanDisk address a wide variety of uses - from financial institutions analyzing and processing massive amounts of information around the clock; to social media and website providers whose customers demand a nearly instant response with every click of a mouse; to media content creators editing high-definition videos.
"SanDisk PCIe SSAs deliver balanced performance, speeding access to critical data in a simple and cost-effective way," said Greg Goelz, vice president and general manager, Enterprise Storage Solutions, SanDisk. "Enterprise businesses can now leverage a PCIe acceleration solution that combines SanDisk's leading NAND flash memory technology and its innovative controller design to offer the enterprise-grade reliability and scalability that our customers depend on."
Lightning PCIe SSAs offer SanDisk's proven enterprise SSD technology and feature an advanced controller using a parallel processing architecture to manage essential data protection and input/output (I/O) functions. This results in balanced performance as data is accessed, with little impact on central processor (CPU) loading and no need for additional, costly DRAM memory.
In addition to their enterprise-class reliability, the Lightning PCIe SSAs feature low power requirements and include an industry-standard driver that requires no additional software or system modification. The cards can easily be added to almost any computing system to deliver a simple, quick solution for performance acceleration. Several innovative companies have already sampled SanDisk's PCIe cards and experienced the benefits they can deliver. "The new Lightning Enterprise PCIe solid state accelerators from SanDisk provide us with the application acceleration we need to create more efficient workflows for a fraction of the cost of previously deployed solutions," said Ramy Katrib, Founder and CEO of DigitalFilm Tree. DigitalFilm Tree is an industry leader in defining and applying emerging "data centric" technologies to creative workflows.
A caching option is available for Windows operating systems by using SanDisk FlashSoft™ data caching software, which can be purchased separately. Data centers can support large server workloads by combining the Lightning PCIe SSA as an additional storage tier in conjunction with SanDisk FlashSoft data caching software.
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The class of 2012 is graduating from community colleges, four-year colleges and universities all across America this month. When they toss their caps in the air, I suggest you duck — because this graduating class has a lot to protest.
While overall U.S. unemployment has dropped to about 8 percent — in part because many Americans have simply given up looking for work — recent college grads face a much more dismal reality: one out of every two was either jobless or underemployed in 2011.
To combat this epidemic, the Young Entrepreneur Council recently launched the national #FixYoungAmerica campaign. In April, we held a #FixYoungAmerica rally on 300+ college campuses in all 50 states, in which tens of thousands of students participated, and next week, we'll release #FixYoungAmerica: How to Rebuild Our Economy and Put Young Americans Back to Work (for Good), a book of essays written by nonprofit founders, educators, politicians and entrepreneurs who shared their own entrepreneurial solutions for ending the youth unemployment crisis in America.
Unfortunately, throughout the campaign, what we've really uncovered is just how bad chronic unemployment is for our young people, including college grads. The fact is, young Americans need all the help they can get, and they need it now.
What's the class of 2012 up against? Take a look for yourself:
1. 1 out of 2 college grads — about 1.5 million, or about 53.6 percent, of all bachelor's degree holders age 25 or younger — were unemployed or underemployed in 2011.
2. 3 in 5 young college grads are unemployed or underemployed in the Mountain West region of the United States. The next-worst regions for being a young college grad looking for work? The Southeast and Pacific regions.
3. The share of employed young adults (aged 18-24) is at a 60-year low. It has dropped to 54.3 percent -- the lowest level since government began tracking it in 1948.
4. Only 56 percent of American teenagers believe they'll be as well off as their parents financially-- a 37 percent drop since 2011.
5. Only 18 percent of American teens say they'll be financially independent when they turn 20 -- compared to 44 percent in 2011.
6. The 15-percentage-point gap between young and working-age adults right now is the widest in recorded history.
7. While overall unemployment is around 8 percent, 29.1 percent of young male veterans and 36.1 percent of young female veterans age 18-24 were unemployed 2011—compared to 17.6 and 14.5 percent, respectively, of non-veteran young men and women.
8. Young American women still earn less than young American men, regardless of their educational background.
9. According to some researchers, up to 95 percent of job positions lost occurred in low-tech, middle-income jobs like bank tellers. Gains in jobs are going to workers at the top or the bottom, not in the middle.
10. More college graduates are getting low-level jobs, period. U.S. bachelor's degree holders are more likely to wait tables, tend bar or become food-service helpers than to be employed as engineers, physicists, chemists or mathematicians combined -- 100,000 versus 90,000.
11. More recent grads are working in administrative jobs than in all professional computer jobs out there -- 163,000 versus 100,000.
12. More college grads are cashiers, retail clerks or customer representatives than engineers -- 125,000 versus 80,000, to be exact.
13. Of young Americans aged 18-34, half have taken a job they didn't want in order to pay bills.
14. 24 percent of young Americans aged 18 to 34 said they took an unpaid job for work experience.
15. According to new U.S. government projections, only three of the 30 occupations with the largest projected number of job openings in the next eight years will require a bachelor's degree or higher. Most job openings by 2012 will be in low-wage professions like retail sales, fast food and truck driving.
16. More than 35 percent of young Americans went back to school because of the economy.
17. 31 percent of young Americans postponed getting married or having a baby due to their financial situation.
18. One in four young Americans moved back in with their parents AFTER living on their own.
19. Median earnings for young African Americans are only 75 percent of the earnings of whites. For young Latinos, the number is even lower -- 68 percent.
20. Almost half -- 41.3 percent -- of 25 to 34-year-old young Americans spend more than 30 percent of their income on rent every month.
21. Credit card debt has risen 81 percent among young Americans aged 25-34 since 1989.
22. The student loan default rate rose 31 percent over just two years.
23. Student loan debt is reaching debt-bubble proportions -- it recently topped $1 trillion (and exceeds total credit card debt in the United States).
24. Two out of three college students now graduate with student loan debt. Average tuition is three times higher today than in 1980.
25. Average student loan debt is now more than $25,000.
26. African American students are more likely to take out student loans and graduate, on average, with higher levels of debt.
27. Federal student loan default rate is 8.8 percent and projected to rise.
28. Although 92 percent of young Americans aged 21-24 said they felt entrepreneurship education was vital given the realities of the new economy and job market, more than half (56 percent) were never offered entrepreneurship classes at all.*
29. Most -- 62 percent -- students who were offered entrepreneurship classes said they didn't feel the classes prepared them enough to start a business.*
30. Of employed young Americans aged 18-34, less than half think they have the education and training they need to get ahead in their jobs today.
31. More than 53 percent of U.S. companies say they're having trouble finding skilled non-managerial employees, in spite of the high number of unemployed Americans.
32. 72 percent of youth said they do not feel they have enough support from banks, up from 65 percent in 2010.*
33. 86 percent of recent grads feel they do not have enough support from the government (YEC/Buzz 2011).*
34. Finally, 52 percent of young Americans 18-29 feel the U.S. is headed in the wrong direction.


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Editorial board member Steve Moore on Republican options in the fiscal cliff negotiations. Photo credit: Associated Press.
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... I ... you were all ... been ... in discussions and watch ... the catastrophe that ... in August two thousand le ... saw some of the very clear message to people here ... we are not born to play the game action ... I ... welcome to Opinion Journal Live by Mary Kissel ... well that was present Obama just hours ago talking to the business roundtable ... about his unwillingness to have a debate over the debt ceiling again ... the president also making comments about raising taxes on the rich and I quote ... when I insisting on rates to seven spite or out of partisan bickering ... editorial board member Steve Moore joins me now to talk about the status of negotiations ... Steve where are we ... then ... they marry another so many moving parts here outside a consolidate this is a ... much as I kept ... the first of August issue of the tax question whether the SEC tax rates are going up ... you're right the president this morning basically said what we wanna raise those rates use the word rates which is you know is ... poison to the Republicans at this point when I talk to the Republicans who are in the wrong doing some of the stronger negotiating ... they say they're getting nowhere with President that there are no ... hot spots of any spending cuts coming out of the White House and at this point what ... were some Republicans are talking about Mary is what they're calling the doomsday Sanaa Rio which is that basically all of the president to bring to our boat ... his plan to allow the expiration of all the Bush ... I mean of the Bush tax cuts for those who make over to under fifty thousand ... I had that they believe that that would probably pass the House and Senate but they wanna do it and a waste of the present state the blame for that and that's basically head and then they would essentially it adjourned for the rest of the year there wouldn't be this grand deal under that kind of a range that the Republicans are so frustrated now they don't see any other way out ... Stevie is there a split going on with in the GOP I know that Ohio representative Jim Jordan said ... he will not support speaker painters call for a hundred billion dollars in tax revenues this is the last ... offer and it was out on the table right from the speaker's office ... so what are these two chances in the GOP and ITC this play now ... the other is a big splat of the GOP right now on some people like John and I look I think John Binner said about the caddies does have the best candies Why ... are trying to reach some kind of buyout agreement that every can live with on with the promise that ... the prom is right now the everybody is so frustrated with the White House but they don't wanna cut spending it's that simple Mary the lack of reform entitlements they'll like it spending the president heard read only one of the one thing they wanna raise those tax rates so the thinking of the Republicans this maybe give the press in his way of those tax increases this year cuz there's no other way to avoid it says take a class play some automatically adjusts her first and then start anew in January that the presence or to raise tax on the rich Mary is you know he still has a trillion dollar Duff said now the question is what does he do next is the second at ... what is that he doesn't wanna cuts but he doesn't wanna re form entitlements he doesn't wanna raise tax on the middle class ... that puts them on a little bit of box so I think the Republicans are taking now that they can get past this year and get in the next year or during a much stronger bargaining position that Steve you're talking about going fully over the fiscal cliff Oklahoma representative Tom Cole had another idea ... he said Republicans ... take the president's offer to to to retain the Bush tax rates ... for the middle class ... and then just like everything else happening at least we get some spending cuts with the sequester ... and the president gets to raise taxes on the top two percent right ... I actually get ... yet notice the club but that's actually what I would say the radiologist is that so that's where I'd I think the consensus is headed is you know we're in a box right now that we may have to give the president those tax increases on the rich but we wanna while the other tax of up on the other hundred million Americans and then yelled at them the big question here ... that's why this isn't a complicated picture that of course you have this issue of the automatic across the board sequester cuts ... and there's also disagreement on the outside of the Alanna Republicans ... of like Jim Jordan of Bob O'Connor said why don't we just go along with the spending cuts is is the only opportunity when a cut spending for a long time ... Steven glad theres that we've just got a bounce in the short time left ... we ran an editorial today titled the budget baseline on ... how I tiny soft about the fact that we talk about spending cuts ... were not talking necessarily about real spending cuts ... are any of these offers that the GOP has Nativity Israel meaningful cuts ... that they want well the ... now they are meaningful the sense that they would very much slow the growth rate of government but it's also true when we define the cars were really saying is that caught off of the wish list of how much present Obama wants to spend so ... the government would not shrink under almost any of these plans ah but you know it is true that the sequester does shop about eight percent of spending off of the wish list of what the Liberals want us to Spokane editorial board member Steve Moore ... thank you so much for being with us ...


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The difference between "religion" and "cult" can often seem slight.
These days, many are apt to describe believers as one big community of faith, but the fact remains that there are very important differences among various belief systems, says Richard E. Kelly, a self-described "survivor" of Jehovah's Witnesses.
"On the spectrum of faiths, I put the Watchtower Society – Jehovah's Witnesses – closer to the (Charles) Manson Family cult than I do, say, the Lutheran Church,"
says Kelly, www.richardekelly.com, author of "Growing Up in Mama's Club – A Childhood Perspective of Jehovah's Witnesses" and "The Ghosts from Mama's Club." The books detail his experiences growing up in a Jehovah's Witnesses household, the ensuing family disharmony and how the cultish legacy contributed to his sister's murder.
The following beliefs should be considered cult constructs, he says.
• Certainty that the world will end in one's lifetime: This is a crucial pill to swallow for a subsequent list of cult beliefs, which keep followers in a perpetual state of fear. If only one holds true enough to a strict set of rules – like avoiding pledges of allegiance at school, for example – then they may be spared at Armageddon.
• Social manipulation: For Jehovah's Witnesses who are not observant of all rules, ostracism and shunning is used. How to handle someone who questions policy? Make sure their family ignores them!
• Cripple half of the members (women): For Jehovah's Witnesses, women are seen as creatures trapped somewhere between men and animals in God's hierarchy. No woman can have a position of authority, which means it's men only for preaching, teaching and praying. If there's an official meeting and a woman prays she must cover her head out of respect for the angels who might be there.
• Scorning education: Who needs advanced learning when the world is sure to end in a few short years? Kelly's sister, Marilyn, had very little education, so when she was finally able to leave home, she had few coping skills. She ultimately met an abusive third husband, who later murdered her.
• Sexually repressive: Jehovah's Witnesses are thoroughly indoctrinated in how to harness the power of the sex drive to please God. It's obsessive compulsive when it comes to creating rules about sexual do's and don'ts, from masturbation to the role of women; from conception to sexual pleasure. Sex before marriage is an onerous crime, punishable by shunning and death at Armageddon.
Richard E. Kelly grew up as a member of Jehovah's Witnesses. At 20, while working at the religion's headquarters, he left the group to live with his wife, Helen, in New York City.


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Hubs had seriously set his hopes on Kung Pao for New Year's Eve. I had suggested keeping it low-key and inviting a few friends over to play board games (and sip a few cocktails) and to keep it super easy by picking up take-out. That was the plan, but someone...Mother Nature? Old Man Winter? the meteorologist at the local television station?...had other plans. Snow blew and temperatures dropped. The wind was icy with chills well below zero. As I repeatedly shoveled the ever drifting snow on the patio so the pups could find their way outside, I knew that all plans for the evening were off.
At that point, I should have defrosted some shrimp and made Kung Pao Shrimp for our quiet night at home alone, but I didn't. I had been clearing FoodNetwork programming off of my DVR and had just seen Anne Burrell make a lamb stew. That was seriously tempting me, and a blizzardy, cold day seemed perfect for it.
I browned the cubes of lamb and sauteed the onion, celery, carrots, and turnips. Added a mixture of stout and broth to the pot and simmered it all slowly with some tomato paste and herbs. The house felt warm, and comfy, and safe, as the aromas wafted from the kitchen and the snow drifted outside. But, ladling the stew over plates of egg noodles and dipping crusty bread into the sauce wasn't as satisfying as I had hoped. Hubs' craving for Chinese food had left us unsettled and even the Pear and Pecan Tart that I served drizzled with caramel sauce and topped with a scoop of vanilla ice cream didn't really please us...although it is very good and I wish that someone would take the leftovers away. NOW. Please. Thank you.
So...tonight I made Steamed Dumplings...and Egg Rolls...and Crab Rangoon. I hadn't intended to make the egg rolls and crab rangoon, but was trying to ease Hubs' sad, puppy dog face because he still wasn't getting Kung Pao. (We will have to go out for that soon...probably the first night that he doesn't have a meeting which requires him to rush home from the farm with just enough time to shower, gobble dinner in one gulp, and leave again....maybe Wednesday?) Of course, we both love.love.love egg rolls and the sweetness of cream cheese and crab fried inside crisp wontons. Tonight's dinner additions were not a chore.
And, it won't be a chore tomorrow when I drop a few of the extra dumplings into steaming broth with some fresh, green veggies and make a dumpling soup to savor for lunch. I am hoping that it will be as good as the Samurai Soup that I made last winter. That recipe was from Rachael Ray and was so super easy that it couldn't be considered a chore, either. The hardest part for me was forming the wonton wrappers around the meatballs. Mine weren't the half-moons that the recipe suggested, but were instead little bundles. Aesthetics aside, the soup was delicious. I may not have Kung Pao On My Plate, but I would love some Samurai Soup in my bowl.
(adapted from Everyday with Rachael Ray)
1/2 pound baby bok choy
1/2 pound ground pork (I used a pork sausage blend because that is what I had on hand.)
1/4 cup soy sauce
1 1/2 tablespoons oyster sauce
1 tablespoon grated fresh ginger (BEST TIP EVER: Keep your ginger root in the freezer; pull out & grate with microplane as you need it; no need to peel and it keeps almost forever.)
2 teaspoons honey
1 teaspoon sesame oil
40 wonton wrappers
4 cups chicken broth
1 cup water
1/4 pound snow peas, trimmed and cut into 1/2-inch pieces
Halve the bok choy lengthwise and then again crosswise. Separate the white and green portions.
In a saucepan of boiling water, cook the white bok choy portions for 1 minute; add the green portions and cook until wilted.
Drain; rinse with cold water; squeeze dry with some (sturdy) paper toweling or a clean dish towel.
Finely chop the bok choy and place in a mixing bowl.
Stir in the pork, 1 tablespoon soy sauce, oyster sauce, ginger, honey, and sesame oil.
Mix well to combine.
Arrange 10 wonton wrappers on a work surface and top each with a teaspoon of the pork mixture.
Moisten the edges and pull the wrappers up over the pork mixture.
Make half-moon, if you can; otherwise, just pull the wrappers into a bundle and press to seal the edges.
Repeat with the remaining wrappers and filling.
In a medium saucepan, bring the chicken broth, water, and remaining soy sauce to a boil.
Cover and lower heat to keep warm.
In a large pot of boiling water, cook the dumplings, stirring occasionally, until tender, about 5 minutes.
Transfer to bowls.
Add the snow peas to the hot broth; cook for 1 minute.
Ladle over the dumplings.
Drizzle with a few drops of sesame oil or add garlic chili paste, if desired. (Serves 8)


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How to Use Microsoft Works for Your Laptop
Microsoft Works is a suite of multiple programs that often comes installed on Windows-based laptops. If your laptop includes MS Works, then you have a simple word processor, spreadsheet, database, and calendar program you can use to create reports, work with numbers, organize data, and track appointments and meetings.
If MS Works is not installed on your laptop, the program is relatively inexpensive (anywhere from $30 to $40, depending on where you shop), so it's a good entry-level program you might want to have on your laptop.
If you don't have Works and want an entirely free word-processing program to try, many of these tasks will work similarly with Google Docs, which you can use for free online. You can also access online versions of Microsoft Office applications if you want.
With the word processor included in Microsoft Works 9, you can create anything from simple letters to posters or brochures. You can use both text and graphics to add style to your documents. You can even use a word processor to print envelopes or labels, so you can send those holiday newsletters or fund-raising letters for the local food bank on their way.
Microsoft Works 9 also includes a spreadsheet program that provides some pretty sophisticated tools for working with numbers and charts.
A spreadsheet program allows you to organize data and automate both simple and complex calculations. You enter numbers and then perform actions on them such as calculating an average or generating a sum for a range of numbers. You can format the data in a spreadsheet and also generate charts based on the numbers you enter.


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We offer amazing cruise experiences in Fiji's Islands. With more than 60 years experience cruising the Yasawa Islands, we've figured out the winning formula for taking guests to the most beautiful places in Fiji.At Blue Lagoon Cruises, we pride ourselves on giving visitors to Fiji the best possible insight into this wonderful pacific island nation.
We believe that to experience the true essence of Fiji, you need to step ashore onto uninhabited islands, luxuriate in the warm tropical sea and discover the colourful world below. Meet local Yasawan villagers, savor traditional Fijian food, enjoy island walks, marvel at the most sacred of caves and of course, bask on the palm-fringed beaches!
Blue Lagoon itineraries have a maximum of four hours cruising time per day, meaning you'll have plenty of time for all these activities and more!
Due to the nature of cruising, the scenic vista changes daily, and you'll spend many mornings waking up to a new view, even more spectacular than the last.
We offer three unique and popular itineraries:
Explorer Cruise - 3 nights
Wanderer Cruise - 4 nights
Escape to Paradise Cruise - 7 nights
Inclusions On Every CruiseAll scheduled cruise excursions and activities
Cruise accommodation with private ensuite facilities
Use of on-board facilities
All meals including tea, barista coffee, morning and afternoon tea, filtered water and juice
Traditional Fijian entertainment
Snorkelling equipment
Use of all gear at Nanuya Lailai, including paddle boards and kayaks (4 and 7 night cruise)
Ship to shore transfers
Entrance fees for all activities and village visits
Captain's complimentary champagne cocktail
Blue Lagoon Cruise souvenir
All port charges and taxes
All Orchid Deck cabins include a welcome fruit platter, complimentary daily stocked mini bar, a Pure Fiji sun care pack, Nespresso coffee and tea making facilities.
Optional Activities and Extras (additional cost)Diving - opportunities to dive offered at Drawaqa and Blue Lagoon stops
Sports fishing trips
Alcoholic beverages
Senikai Spa treatments
Village purchases
A donation is added to your final account for the Vinaka Fiji Trust. This can be reduced or removed at the discretion of the passenger. For information visit www.vinakafiji.org.fj
All-year bonusesIf you book 6-months in advance, you qualify for our Early Bird discount of 25%.
No single surcharges apply for bookings between November and March. Why not join us?
Visit www.bluelagooncruises.com or email email@example.com
ContactCruises depart every Monday and Friday from Port Denarau.
We also offer transfer services from Mamanuca Island Resorts to Fiji Princess. The pick up and connections for this transfer service are run by local operators exclusively for Blue Lagoon Cruises guests.
The 3 and 7 night guests will join Fiji Princess at Mana or Modriki Islands and the 4 night guests will connect with South Sea Cruises transfer vessel enroute to meeting Fiji Princess in the Sacred Islands.
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