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Alabama Moving Companies Quotes
Alabama with the meaning "Here we rest" or "we dare maintain our rights" has a proud history. If you're planning a relocation in this state, you have a lot of different options to choose from and things to think about. First and foremost, you will have to know what distance you'll be transporting your things – either staying local in AL or going a longer distance. Each has its own benefits, but more importantly its own applications. You wouldn't hire a local company if you were traveling out of state, for example. As long as you invest a little effort in researching your options, you will find the best professionals to fit your needs in no time at all.
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- They can make your transition hassle-free. They can pack and load your belongings, deliver them to your new home, and then unload them for you so that all you have to do is show up and supervise.
- Hiring professionals allows you to focus on other elements of the process. When your stuff is taken care of, you will be able to worry about other things like address changes and setting up utilities.
- It's more affordable than you think. Alabama residents don't have to spend a fortune to hire professionals. While renting a truck and doing it yourself might seem like the cheapest option, you really should consider hiring a crew because they probably cost less than you think.
- They are professionals. You don't have to worry about your brother's friends tossing your stuff in the back of their truck and breaking half of it in transit. You can guarantee that all of your items will be packed and transported carefully and delicately so that they arrive in tact and unharmed, giving you one less thing to stress over.
This can be a very stressful experience but having professional Alabama movers can make it that much easier for you. Take the time to figure out which company will best suit your needs and then hire them so that you don't have to worry. When it comes to relocating, professionals offer so many perks that it just doesn't make sense to do it yourself. If you want hassle-free, convenience option, and caution and care, professionals are definitely the way to go.
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Something for Mom Challenge
Hello, hello, hello everyone! Thank you for joining the Simply Betty DT again for our next challenge.
Mother's Day is just around the corner. It seems to me that each year it gets harder and harder for me to find my mom the perfect gift, so I have started making her a gift instead! She loves it, no returns, and I get just the right size for her!
Let's make something for Mom! All you have to do is create a card or project for Mom, a card, a page layout, a mini album, goodies bucket anything for Mom! Pretty easy challenge no?
The winner will receive any 2 Sweet Gothic Kids digis. Not bad eh?
I am the odd one in my family. What? That comes as no surprise to you? Why Thank You! I love being creative and a little bit "off". Luckily, my mom never tried to suppress that part of me, never tried to change me, and always accepted and enjoyed my quirky side. Here is the card I made for her:
Image: Simply Betty Stamps Zombie Lola
Cardstock: Copic X-press It
Digi Papers: Oscraps
Markers: Copic Sketch
Now go to the SBC blog to see what the DT has created for you.
~ Lady B ~

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What Are You Like In School?
Runshushu wrote:
aznbolobow wrote:
Runshushu wrote:
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Popular ;D more like the less talkative one.
popular but you don't talk umm hard to believe
haha I was being sarcastic which is pretty much impossible online, What I really meant was Popular! *sarcastically* ... More like the less talkative ones.
Sorry it's hard to feel the emotions reading on the computer
it's cool man
She leaves me the moonlight to burn me with the sun
I'm punk, weird, crazy all around girl!!!
OMO! Ji Hoo OPPA! I LOVE YOU! ♥
I am procrastinator in my major classes, yet I still manage to keep a all A grade. I'm in the art department at school, yet I don't attempt to dress any special then any one else. I talk to anyone I feel like it, even though our school is totally separated by little cliches depending on which department you are in. haha our schools totally segregated....stupid rich private boarding schools
i usually am the one that sleeps through class xD
and when i dont sleep, i get bored easily and i'll talk to whoever is next to me.
you'll prolly never get your work done it your sitting next to me.
hey you
quynhie wrote:
i usually am the one that sleeps through class xD
and when i dont sleep, i get bored easily and i'll talk to whoever is next to me.
you'll prolly never get your work done it your sitting next to me.
lol that sounds like me
- i'm the type of guy that sleeps in class
- walks out when i dont like the lesson..
- still get A's
thats pretty much it... but hell im bored going to school T__T
haven't been on CR for some time.. been busy with studies XD
I guess I'm the friendly one who gets alot with almost everyone.
Don't get me wrong, a lot of people dislike me for their own reasons.
I'm blunt so I guess people who can't handle it don't really get along with me.
I'm super talkative, I never seem to shut up.
You wouldn't be able to finish anything if you were beside me
(unless you were one of those smart kids trying to help me out.)
im the loner that goes from grup to grup staying in the back that some people fear because of the way that i look at them. hehehe
thats the truth
but i get along with most of the kids
***Conquering Others Is Strength, Conquring Your Self Is True Power.***
I'm regular student. i get straight A's @ visual art but other subject i don't get A's that much at least i try my hardest. i don't give up that easily. I'm kinda lazy becuz i sometimes slept late that's y i get tired and don't have energy. @ class, i'm shy and quiet cuz i don't really know how to get along wit people around me, also i tried focusing on work but won't work-.- i have few friends @ school and they're my bestfriend
KeKe, I'm back again :). It's been a long long time since I've been here.x
i bet half the people who say they get straight As is a lie
Lets See .... I'm just a regular Student... Who gets Straight A's (and thats not a Lie) and well I tend to be Quiet... and Shy... But at times I can be Talkative..... I'm Also Pretty Blunt... Or They Say "Mean" (Only to People Who Annoy Me) So people Don't really Bug (Which is a Good Thing and I Love it).
Runshushu wrote:
i bet half the people who say they get straight As is a lie
thats exactly what i was thinking
theres no way everyone here is a straight A student
me,the one who send's a homework a day later or never does and.......... well just your ordinary below average student
high school= geek, average
college= average, class clown


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Are you enjoying forex trading?
Topic: Are you enjoying forex trading?
Forex is the largest currency market around the world and itis offering virtual trading platform to millions of traders today and people are actively rushing towards this decentralized field due to various infrastructural benefits. I am enjoying forex trading since it is giving me investment and currency trading opportunities on a global platform as I can work with micro investment and I can trade at any suitable time, day or night.


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Great family home with lots of potential to customize and make your own! This 4 bedroom 2 bath home is located on a cut-de-sac in a quiet neighborhood and sits on a good-sized lot that can easily accomodate a nice sized pool. The backyard has a covered patio with block walls surrounding the yard. When you enter the home you will notice the tiled floor which helps keep the house cool. The windows are dual pane with newer blinds. The living room, dining room, and family room create an open floor plan that is great for entertaining. The kitchen has granite counter tops and the laundry room is located inside. There is a master suite along with 3 additional bedrooms. Come and see all the possibilities this can offer to its new family!, Directions Between San Bernardino Ave and Valley Blvd off of Beech
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By George we've got it!
You know this travelling stuff is a great gig, we are ALL learning so much, the places we have visited, the people we have met, the information we have retained. Yet we still have to keep it in mind that we are still educating our children at the same time. We have been home edding for 4 years in October, in the last few years we have been 'unscooling' a little more the anything structured.
So during car journeys were we have usually 5 hours to kill we have been encouraging the ferals to write in their travel journals, read, complete some little maths booklets they have etc anything creative or any type of 'brain training'. OBVIOUSLY this works for short amount of time, before boredom sets in and I thought to myself, why?! So the god send that is technology, I downloaded several films and let them watch them. Back to back. Screw it they are learning lots, and sometimes folks you have to do anything for your own sanity because if i had to deal with one my fight with flying beanies and loom bands I would have lost my shit.
So with that being that (thank you Pirates of the Caribbean for being so long!) We were on our way to Coffee Creek! Most people have probably never heard of Coffee Creek, it was a random find, it was a gem! Nestled in the Trinity Alps, Maples Cabin had everything we needed including owning possibly the best pizza restaurant ever!. The ferals were very intrigued about Big foot who wanders this mountain range, they were getting out maps, reading articles and keeping a sharp eye out for that stinky, Neanderthal. Alas no sightings but it did get them working together and also looking for tracks whilst plying out in the forest.
Feral 2 needed to swim in a lake so we went looking for a secluded spot without boats, we drove around the trinity lake till I told Mike to swing down this dirt road that I could see on the map will lead to the lake. OH MY GOODNESS! This road, I kid you not was only slightly wider that the car itself. The dirt track had big cracks that jolted the car around and the fallen trees that mike had to maneuver around without falling down he sheer drop. There was no turning back so we had to keep going, we came to what seemed the end and could see the glistening lake ahead. We made it out alive and found a secluded part of the lake, forest surrounding it and perfect for a swim!
We found a smaller dirt track to exit which was a lot less dangerous, the rest of the trip was exploring the surroundings, scaling down steep hills to reach creeks, checking out the stars at night in the middle of nowhere makes you feel very vulnerable but the view (check the pic above ) was incredible unfortunately our phones didn't pick up any stars. Whilst the ferals and mike were playing basket ball mudwasps (we think) stung Feral1 and Mike, those things look evil, but that was the only mishap in this vast wilderness!
As we waved goodbye and drove over the top of the mountain range, I was still desperate to witness a bear, this has not happened yet and I think i'm driving the boys mad by keeping telling them to look out for one! Cottage Grove was up next, cool town with lot on. We stayed in a an eco cottage on a working small holding farm. This was the ferals best place and Katya and Marshall (check their airbnb here)were the kindest most accommodating people we have met so far.
Their little piece of paradise had a few cows, a few more goats, a beautiful dog (eyshelle) Rabbits, chickens etc. They welcomed us and the kids with open arms, and let the ferals get involved in the farm work, they milked the cows, fixed fencing, herded the cows and goats, payed with Eyshelle, petted rabbits, used a scythe to cut the grass, rake it and but it in the barrow and more! The ferals had safe freedom to roam with reason. We visited the local town fair and by the time we did all that over a few days it was time to move on again! Moo waddle waddle Farm was an awesome experience for the kids and for us, it was an organic farm, who do not use chemicals and recycle everything (something we should all aspire to do!) including the humanure toilet!
It was a bittersweet goodbye from this place made sweeter by the gifts we departed with (raw cow milk, yogurt and butter!) YUM! so good!
On to Aberdeen, we stayed here as it was the closest airbnb I could find to Olympic National park without paying an arm and leg to stay inside the forest of a million acres. Our place was clean and had a nice big garden, and the highlight unbeknownst to us was this was the town Kurt Cobain was born in. Mike ha still been running whilst being away and he was chuffed to be running around this area and finding the house Kurt Cobain grew up in and the tribute under the wishkah bridge. A trip to grays for a walk and climb up huge rocks! Lots to see including the incredible boulders, there habour were anemones, starfish, jellies, and crabs.
We ventured into Olympic National park, the main bit we wanted to experience was the Hoh Rainforest, we followed a couple of trails and were not disappointing in the views and knowledge acquired on the way! The Tree's were bloody huge (technical term) and the moss and nurse trees were incredible! We stopped off at the Lake for a paddle and a walk up the fresh stream (Feral2 almost caught a fish with his bare hands and feral3 fell in whilst climbing) Chilly!
Next up was a short car journey to Seattle!!! WOOO!! We have visited the Space Needle, there was a time slot and we had an hour and half to kill but Seattle being pretty awesome has a big playground in the center which the ferals enjoyed! After we went to the MOPOP Museum, highly recommend, there was retro and new computer games, tributes to Bowie, studios to play all instruments and record, hall of guitars, movie props in sci-fi and fantasy hall, and a Muppet exhibit (fyi you have to pay 5 dollars extra each for this it's not worth it unless you walk away and the lady give you entrance for 10 dollars for the lot of ya *wink*) The ferals put on a puppet show of their own for us, it was actually pretty funny!
We have spent today chilling out at the house, and Mike playing in the garden with kids, some video game play and a film (Twister, yes the ferals loved it). Tomorrow we are possibly going to Pike place market, and looking into maybe visiting a park before having to pack for Canada on the Amtrak on Monday.
We are finally caught up before we head to Vancouver Island and Calgary!
I think its safe to say we are thoroughly enjoying it but it will be nice to slow things down a bit and stay in places a little longer than a few days at a time!


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Team Sky have confirmed that Geraint Thomas and Owain Doull are set to be part of their line-up for the OVO Energy Tour of Britain, which finishes in their home city of Cardiff on Sunday 10 September.
Thomas, who won the opening stage of the Tour de France in Dusseldorf this July, will make his return from injury at the race, which gets underway in Edinburgh on Sunday 3 September, making his first appearance in Britain's national Tour since 2011, when he won the Points Classification.
Commenting on the news, Geraint Thomas said; "It's always great to be able to race in front of home fans, so I'm really looking forward to the Tour of Britain. I haven't had the chance to race at home much in recent years, but the atmosphere at London 2012, then at the home stages of the Tour de France and Commonwealth Games in 2014, has always stayed with me.
"The support from British fans is always fantastic when we race abroad - especially from the Welsh fans! There aren't many races now where I don't see the flag at the side of the road, and it just gives you such a boost.
"Obviously it was the first thing the Welsh guys spoke about when we saw that the finish was going to be in Cardiff. I'm sure the fans will do us proud – that's going to be a great day."
Owain Doull finished third overall and won the Points Classification in the 2015 Tour of Britain, and like Thomas is excited by the prospect of racing into his home city in Britain's biggest professional race.
"'I can't wait to be back racing in the UK, especially with the race finishing in my hometown of Cardiff.
"This will be my fifth time racing the Tour of Britain and my first time racing with Team Sky so it will be an even bigger event for me. The crowds just seem to get bigger every year, so it's a race I really look forward to."
Geraint added "Coming back to Cardiff is going to be special and it's something the Welsh guys have been talking about since the route was announced. I'm sure the fans will do us proud".
This year's OVO Energy Tour of Britain final will take place in Cardiff, as the first Welsh venue to host the overall finish of the race.
Stage Eight on Sunday 10 September will begin in the city of Worcester, and pass through Pershore in Worcestershire, Ledbury in Herefordshire and Newport in south Wales before riders tackle three laps of a city centre circuit in Cardiff, with the finish on King Edward VII Avenue by City Hall.
For all information on how to catch a glimpse of Geraint and Owain during stage eight of the tour, click here.


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Member for Maribyrnong (Vic) 1983-96
Australian Labor Party
Parliamentary Service
Elected to the House of Representatives for Maribyrnong, Victoria, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1990 and 1993.
Retired prior to general elections 1996.
Ministerial Appointments
Minister for Resources from 4.4.90 to 24.3.93.
Minister for Tourism from 27.12.91 to 24.3.93.
Minister for Industry, Technology and Regional Development from 24.3.93 to 23.1.94.
Committee Service
House of Representatives Standing: Privileges from 11.5.83 to 26.10.84; Legal and Constitutional Affairs from 8.10.87 (Chair from 8.10.87) to 19.2.90; Industry, Science and Technology from 10.5.94 (Chair from 10.5.94) to 29.1.96.
Joint Statutory: National Crime Authority from 11.10.84 (Chair from 22.3.85) to 5.6.87.
Joint Select: Electoral Reform from 12.5.83 to 26.10.84; Parliamentary Privilege from 12.5.83 to 3.10.84.
Conferences, Delegations and Visits
Member, Parliamentary Delegation to the European Parliamentary Institutions, Strasbourg, Brussels and the Federal Republic of Germany, September 1986.
Official visits to Indonesia, South Korea and Japan, December 1990; Bali, February 1991; Papua New Guinea, April 1991; Italy, France, Poland, USSR and UK, July 1991; Tahiti, Chile and USA, October-November 1991; Hong Kong and Japan, March-April 1992; New Zealand, April 1992; Brazil and USA, June 1992; Spain, UK and USA, July 1992; Indonesia and Singapore, September-October 1992; Taiwan and Hong Kong, October-November 1992; Indonesia, November 1992; Vietnam, December 1992; Japan, Malaysia and Hong Kong, June-July 1993; Indonesia, September 1993; Japan and China, October-November 1993.
Member, Parliamentary Delegation to USA and Canada, March-April 1995.
Party Positions
Various positions at branch level.
Born 4.9.52 at Melbourne, Vic.
Qualifications and Occupation before entering Federal Parliament
BEc, LLB (Monash).
Lawyer; trade union official; political adviser; scaffolder/rigger; taxi driver.
Description: Outer metropolitan.
Location: North-western outskirts of Melbourne; it includes the suburbs of Airport West, Avondale Heights, Essendon West, Keilor East, Keilor Park, Moonee Ponds, Niddrie and St Albans.
Area: 64 sq km (approx.)
Electors enrolled: 77 849 (at 28.2.95).
Industries: Small manufacturing and commercial businesses.
State electorates: Maribyrnong includes the Victorian Legislative Assembly electorate of Niddrie, and parts of Essendon, Keilor, Melton and Sunshine.


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Vodafone New Zealand plans to launch its High Speed Data Packet Access (HSDPA) upgrade to its 3G network shortly, says spokeswoman Tracey Palmer.
Vodafone is currently trialling the upgrade to the network at 1.8Mbit/s download speeds in the main population centres. However, the network will launch with download speeds of up to 3.6Mbit/s, she says. The maximum upload speed is 384kbit/s.
The existing Vodafone 2.1GHz UMTS-WCDMA network provides 384kbit/s downloads and 64kbit/s uploads. In addition to the speed increase, the HSDPA upgrade will halve the latency of the current service to around 130 milliseconds.
New devices will be needed for HSDPA, says Palmer, but she would not say what Vodafone will offer here.
However, Vodafone UK has already launched HSDPA and Computerworld understands many of the devices being used in the UK will be available in New Zealand. Apart from new data cards, and Samsung phones with high-resolution cameras, a new USB modem that doesn't require hardware drivers will likely be introduced.
Only Category 6 UMTS devices are capable of reaching 3.6Mbit/s, but if customers want to take advantage of the 7.2Mbit/s upgrade Vodafone plans for the end of the year they will have to upgrade again.


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On May 14th, I flew with my husband to the Big Island of Hawaii, but my Green Bin had to stay home with the cat. I wondered how I would survive without it for nine days. But to my surprise and delight, a compost container, actually a crock with a ventilated cover, was sitting on the counter of the charming James Cottage on the Puakea Ranch http://www.puakearanch.com/ where I was staying. I was skeptical since it was white and not green but I was willing to put it to the test. I hoped to do a lot of feasting, cooking and composting Hawaiian-style on my vacation.
|White ceramic compost crock
|Maximum charm, minimum counter space in James Cottage
|Chard freshly picked from the garden
|Typical melange of Hawaiian Compost in Earth Work Bin
|Mangoes and Papayas at the fruit stand in Kawaihae
At the Saturday Farmers' market in the tiny town of Hawi only two miles from the ranch, I found these irresistible mango tarts, large and small. I bought a small one and devoured it on the spot. The market consisted mainly of pastry and craft stands but there was one farmer from four miles away who sold beautiful vegetables. I bought only broccoli. The carrots were tough and woody, and I had chard and beets in "my" garden. No carrot tops for the white crock. And certainly no leftovers from the mango tart pictured below.
|Fresh Mango pie at the Saturday Farmer's Market in Hawi
We were allowed to collect eggs freshly laid by hens in the chicken coop just a few yards from our cottage. We enjoyed these beautiful birds and visited often to scout for eggs which we boiled on our electric burner. Once, we made an omelet with basil, parsley, beet greens and chard from the garden. It was such a joy to harvest herbs and veggies to our heart's content.
|Freshly laid eggs
|Stoveless cooking made easy
(note white bin in background)
|Selecting garden herbs for an omelet
olive oil, soy sauce, lime juice, local ginger and just a bit of our Mai Tai cocktails. I coined the name Mai Tai Mahi Mahi for this recipe. Then we tried local Monchong and we were smitten. Mai Tai Monchong was equally delicious. We boiled local red potatoes on our burner and seasoned them with butter, parsley, oregano and salt. Great with fish, and simple!
|Our Favorite Fish Store where we bought Mahi Mahi and Monchong
|The Trusty Grill
|Beehive Ginger seen in the Botanical Gardenhttp://htbg.com
It turns out that Hawaii is a very green state. On the Big Island there are recycle bins everywhere, containers and cups are eco-friendly, and farmers' markets abound. Wind turbines generate electric energy, geothermal power is obtained from nearby volcanoes Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea, and locally grown biomass such as eucalyptus is also used to supply the island with electricity. There is a highly visible and exciting green consciousness here.
|Recycle bins at Mahu Kona - A favorite local swimming spot
|Takata Store, our local favorite
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What is remembered...lives.
Never forget.
And work for change.
We are the hope for the future
that someday things like the murder of those who are perceived to be different
will never happen again.
"I searched the heavens for the hidden sun, rolled winter on and slept beside the, earth. When light returns we sing for more than day."


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CARROLL COUNTY, Ga. - Cleanup is underway from a tornado that snapped trees and damaged buildings in Haralson County.
The National Weather Service determined that a weak tornado touched down in Haralson County on Wednesday. Shortly after 6 p.m. Thursday, they confirmed a second one had also touched down in Heard County on Wednesday.
Severe Weather Team 2 Meteorologist Karen Minton had live coverage of the Tornado Warnings in Carroll, Heard and Paulding counties on Wednesday morning.
Damage was reported in parts of Bremen in Haralson County.
Channel 2's Tom Regan was with the National Weather Service as they surveyed the damage Thursday.
"It wasn't on the ground consistently all the way," said meteorologist Keith Stellman with the Weather Service.
The NWS said the small tornado spawned from severe thunderstorms that hopscotched along a half-mile path snapping trees and damaging buildings.
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"Based on what we have seen so far, it's going into Bremen, we got to follow it into Bremen and find the end point," Stellman said.
Another tornado investigator told Regan the tree damage pattern left behind from the storms was unmistakable
"If we are seeing some twisting of these trees, that's a really good indicator that we had some good rotation in the wind field. If we see trees blown inward, that means they're blown toward the center of the tornado," NWS meteorologist Kyle Thiem told Regan.
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By examining type and the size of the trees snapped, and other damage, the tornado detectives can give a pretty good estimate on the strength of the twister.
"We are on the high end of an EF-0, which is in that 80 mph range, to a low Ef-1, which is around 85, so we're kind of zeroing in on that number," Stellman told Regan.
Morgan Bulter told Regan the tornado blew right past the medical office and spa where she works. It upended a detached garage across the street.
"We knew at that point it couldn't have been some wind, it had to be a tornado, right?" Butler said.
Butler told Regan she was worried her building was next.
"We looked out the window and saw these like spiral winds, and we just knew we had to get out of the path. We got our patients into the hallway and out of harm's way, waiting for it to be over," Butler said.
DEVELOPING: NWS investigators confirmed to me a tornado caused damage in Bremen yesterday morning. Estimated wind speed 80Mph. pic.twitter.com/urQkYY8QI5— Tom Regan (@tomreganWSB) February 8, 2018
NWS: Tornado that hit Bremen yesterday was EF-0 or low EF-1.— Tom Regan (@tomreganWSB) February 8, 2018
Half mile debris path. Hop Scotched through town. pic.twitter.com/4giSO2TQBi
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The busy time continued... Monday, I went from work to a movie and dinner with some of the ladies from Hubby's play. I had a great time, but got home so late there was no time for a blog shot!
Stinky tried his hand at a blog shot on Tuesday:
Not bad for an almost-ten-year-old! I will have to have him tell me when my chin lies back and multiplies, though....
Clothing issues this time: with the shrunken-up sleeves on the turtleneck were solved easily by cuffing then into 3/4 length. But it did rise up a little in the back occasionally. The hanger makes the black sweater shoulders poof up a little... I just need to pick a different hanger. I solved the floodwater pants problem with really low shoes... but my feet smell vile after I've been wearing them. Suggestions?
I really love these earrings, but the right one kept catching on the turtleneck. So now my ear is sore, and I saw a little blood. But they still look awesome:
Turtleneck: VanHuesen outlet
Sweater/Jacket: Limited via consignment shop
Pants: Lane Bryant
Shoes: Nine West via garage sale
I really love the beaded detail, except it is on net, and the seam scratches my chest. Fortunately, I have a top underneath that reduces the scratching so that I can endure this beauty:
The undershirt kept hiking up my abdomen... very irritating. At sometime I really need to get camis and cut them to just under the bra to avoid the distraction and/or the extra bulk. It also rides up a little in the back:
These earrings always irritate my right ear a little. Weird? Probably not the best choice, considering that's the one that bled yesterday! But they go well with the top:
Top: via Stein Mart
Earrings: gift from Big Daddy's mother
Pants: Lane Bryant
Shoes: Trotters
FYI: I was doing this entire blog from my Android phone, snatching moments out of my busy life for quick photos. But I hate auto-correct with a purple passion, so now I'm using the computer for most of the work. I am still using my phone for the photos, though. My photo sizes may be erratic, and the quality isn't stellar. I am not a professional blogger, and do not have time for lots of scenic poses with a great camera. I don't even own a great camera! However, I DO appreciate your continued feedback, even in the absence of photographic artistry.
DJ/Radio Producer-turned-Lawyer attempts to dress like a grown-up. Sometimes I comically fail. And I occasionally post fun stuff, like music videos, book-club reviews, or photos of beauty or oddity.
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
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The sweater is so cute! The black sparkly earrings are elegant, too. Sparkly things are so nice for nighttime.ReplyDelete
Hmmm, I kind of love the idea of cutting off some of my camis. You look great in these tops with extra-interest, and you *always* have the most fab earrings. Happy thanksgiving!ReplyDelete
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10 Tips to Increase Your Patient Flow/
The following are 10 tips to increase your patient flow:
- It is important to have strong referring relationships.
- The practices that are easy to work with will get more patients referred to them. In order to do this, your practice should have simple referral forms, prompt scheduling for referred patients, a direct phone number, and prompt feedback.
- Hire a physician liaison, who can promote your services and treatments to the community.
- Train your physician liaison to have clinical knowledge (to speak intelligently) and strategic direction (to understand strengths and weaknesses).
- If you are marketing your practice, it is important to have a return on investment (ROI) and examine if your practice grew.
- It is important to keep tabs on your competition and know how they are performing and operating.
- It is essential to have an online presence because patients frequently shop for new doctors online. Maybe consider investing in online advertising.
- Social media is also an ideal way to engage patients online and can serve as a marketing strategy.
- Remember to monitor your online reviews and respond quickly to negative remarks.
- Aim to standardize your brand to develop and increase trust in the medical community. Referring practices and patients are more likely to use your services if they can distinguish your brand and logos from others.
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Jun. 28, 2013 - As a reminder to the families of returning veterans, the VA has placed five additional defined illnesses to the list of conditions that may be eligible for compensation and healthcare for service connected issues related to traumatic brain injury(TBI).
Veterans who are diagnosed with Parkinsonism, unprovoked seizures, some forms of dementias, depression and hormone deficiency illness linked to the hypothalamus, pituitary or adrenal glands may now apply for VA benefits. read more>>>


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Day Three – Love is not Selfish January 20, 2010Posted by poetiscian in love, Selfishness.
Tags: love, relationships, Selfishness
Feeling very blah blah today, and thought about just hiding underneath the covers and having a big old pity party with myself as the guest of honor. Then realized that if I did that, I would miss blogging today and therefore self-renig on my commitment to see this 40-Day challenge to the end. Didn't get any comments on day 2, so I was thinking no one really cares, but then discovered that I've received positive feedback via email and the blog counter is increasing, so folks out there are reading and responding in their own fashion, so here I sit blogging.
Not too long ago, I was the selfish, inconsiderate, all about me person in just about all of my relationships. I've had husbands and partners who loved me unconditionally; however, I was too busy loving my own thinking that I could not, no — would not see their point of view. As the book indicates, selfishness is the opposite of love, it is a trait that we all have and express in one way or the other. Even if we do good acts just to manipulate our spouses or mates, it is still an act of selfishness. It is not done out of love, but out of the desire to get what we want!
A few critical thoughts:
Selfishness is a trait. True love looks for ways to say "yes." Self-less-ness means sacrificing our own rights in order to please others. Whatever you put your time, money and energy into will become more important to you.
Biblical Verse(s):
Philippians 2:3 – Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves.
James 3:16 – For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder and every evil thing.
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Q: Are you self-centered or are you the first one to demonstrate selfless acts of love?
Have a blessed day, I love you!
- 1. Shawn - January 20, 2010
Okay Blondie, I think Iam, no I know I am self centered. I think about myself alot and how I feel, but never think about the other person.
Example: Yesterday, I received flowers at work from this guy I have only been talking to for about a week. I was so upset…you might ask why? Cause I felt like he was moving to fast and I wasn't ready for the whole relationship thing, not even caring about how he felt or anything. I didn't even take the time to say thank you. Now how selfish is that??? Someone else had to break it down to me and said this to me today "Whenever someone appreciates you , pls say thank you because they are not only admiring you but also admiring your creator".
Needless to say I did call the guy and say thank you!
Love you Cuz!
- 2. Stephanie - January 20, 2010
I'm a person who thinks about every one else's happiness and needs first then me second. I wonder does that come from raising kids and putting thier needs above your own ???
- 3. Cat - January 20, 2010
Ok… Dawn I know I am selfish as well. I have been single forever. I have become happy with pleasing myself. Not wanting anything from anyone so that I wouldn't have to return any favors. Although I freely give, most of time, I do it to keep folk from asking for anything. Then, I became offended when new people in my life wanted to do for me. I would feel like I would have to return the favor. Great!!! Im learning to give because it is just the right thing to do. I am now ready to receive gifts/favors from others. Do I deserve it? Hecky ya!!! I have a very positive group of friends. What should I expect? Birds of the same feather right…
I wish I didn't omit some of those folks that I have offended from my life. Although… Good Luck to the others with malicious intentions.
- 4. Denene - January 20, 2010
Selflessness is a lifestyle. And on a good day, I'd say I'm giving and am very aware of doing for others. But I try to be intentional at working at being selfless. When I thank God for surrounding me with friends, family and people who love me, I am motivated to be kind to others because I want the people that I love to have thoughtful acts of kindness shown to them. When I find myself getting impatient or snapping off, I remember to "do unto others as you would have them do unto you." Sometimes I miss the mark, but I keep trying.
- 5. Darentiz - January 20, 2010
Well, my honest says I'm her dream weaver. I've learned self-less-ness. If only my old girlfriend could see me now…lol. Seriously, loving, truly loving another changes you. It makes you a better person. You want to be better person because of the love. In past relationships I cared about my career first, my child second, my friends third and somewhere maybe fourth was my lover. I was surprised when things got rocky..I'd say "if I didn't love you, I wouldn't be here". Now that I look back on it, I can't imagine why they stayed. In time they did leave and I was dumbfound. I'd make excuses for the failed relationship. It was always their fault, of course, and the cycle would continue in the next relationship. I was selfish to the tenth power. Then one day I was almost really in love. They left and I felt this pain in my chest. I didn't know what it was. I cried??? I couldn't imagine..a broken heart?? What?? What ever it was I didn't like this feeling and I decided then to reevaluate how I was treating others. And that was the beginning…Darentiz (dreamweaver) was born and Alveria (dream killer)died.
- 7. Cas - January 20, 2010
I like the quote in today's reading "But love does nto seek it's own". I realize that you cannot make a person love you by continuing to be good to them even when they are not returning it. Love is not fiving to it hurts. I must learn to unselfishly love myself first, Do something nice for ME! In the past I hve continously given with no regards for myself. I thought this was unselfish love. The reading says that love leads to inner joy. If you have no joy and peace there is no love present. I need to love myself first and then I will be equipped to love someone else.
- 8. California - January 21, 2010
Okay…you've sold me the blue sedan with the tan top!!! I would say that at a very young age selfishness was part of the game…but never really one to forget about the needs of others. Perhaps to a fault…in that I mean…taking care of the emotional needs of friends and family…always the cheerleader in the stands for the dreams and aspirations of anothers heart and well being…meanwhile I found myself @ the age of 30 lost as ever…who is Stephanie? What is my purpose? How do you begin to build your own cheerleading stand at such a late age…all in all, I was being selfish to my own dreams…As woman we sometimes fail to see how much we sarcrifice ourselves for many things. For me…it took grounding myself spiritually and truely taking a long hard look in the mirror each day I awoke…this proved to be the most telling moments. To stand there and look yourself in the eye… If you are ready for truth, then you will see ALL that u will need to see about YOU….anywho… it's time to go test drive this blue sedan Dawn just sold me! Live life well and blog on beautiful people. Oh and for my fellow readers… Hit up Proverbs and if you can find it read, The Wisdom Of James Allen…and As Man Thinketh…James Allen was a gift to the world of literature in the late 1800's and his wisdom is still a gift today… PEACE


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New Bedford is a long way from the village of Barrouallie on the Caribbean island of St. Vincent.
New Bedford is a long way from the village of Barrouallie on the Caribbean island of St. Vincent.
But both places share a heritage in whaling as well as songs of the sea. And a group of four retired Caribbean whalers arrived this week for a series of concerts beginning with an AHA! performance at 7:15 tonight at the National Park Visitor Center.
The singers all come from Barrouallie (pronounced BEHR-a-lee), a fishing community of about 5,500 where whalers mostly hunted small pilot whales commercially until the early 1970s. They also hunted larger quarry, including killer whales and sperm whales.
Also known as blackfish, much of the oil was exported to the Nye Oil Company of Fairhaven, which still operates today, producing synthetic lubricants that replaced the whale oil.
The Barrouallie whalers used methods similar to 19th-century harpooning technology in small whaleboats like those that put out of the big ships in the age of sail. Highly skilled small-craft sailors and keen observers of marine life, the Barrouallie whalers have many interesting stories to relate of their whaling experiences.
This was shore-based (or longshore) whaling as opposed to the deep sea practices used by whalers in New Bedford and other whale oil centers.
This difference is also reflected in the content of the "shanties" the Barrouallie Whalers sing, which are distinct from deepwater sea chanteys. Several of the songs, however, based on old classic sailor songs like "Blow the Man Down" and "Shenandoah," may be familiar to listeners.
The songs are sung a capella and evolved from the tradition of announcing a successful catch as the boats approached the village.
"As a call-and-response genre, shanty performance prescribed roles of the shantyman (soloist) and the responding chorus, directed to audiences including the boat crew, other whalers and the shore community," according to a paper presented at a symposium last year at the Mystic Seaport Museum.
"These occupational shanties also served other communicative and social functions within the whaling community, often in the form of satire."
The paper was written by the group's manager, Vincent Reid, and Dan Lanier, an independent researcher and former staff member of Mystic's education department, who is organizing the group's current tour.
Lanier has taken the group abroad before, once to the Netherlands, to France and to the 2002 Mystic Seaport Sea Music Festival. The group will appear again at this year's festival after the New Bedford concert.
Lanier says audiences here are in for a treat. The men's Caribbean creole English may be somewhat difficult to understand, but their enthusiasm is infectious. The quartet's performance repertoire includes other local music, such as "ring play" songs, a lively entertainment form known throughout the Caribbean.
"Last time (they performed in the United States) they expressed puzzlement that Americans and Europeans would be interested in hearing their shanties compared with other Caribbean music such as reggae," Lanier says. "I had to explain that they were authentic in a way that others weren't, and represent a heritage others could only attempt to re-create."
The Whalers will appear tonight with the New Bedford Harbor Sea Chantey Chorus, whose members have been practicing the refrains of three of the Barrouallie shanties.
While the shore whaling songs may be slightly different from deep-sea chanteys the chorus normally sings, one of the shanties is similar to a longtime chorus favorite, "Good Bye Fare-Ye-Well," which the Caribbean visitors sing by placing different emphasis on some words.


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Today marked an important milestone in the slow march to spring; Elias and I enjoyed lunch outdoors. We sat on the dock, our backs against Pitchin' Woo, our tender, and scarfed mac-n-cheese loaf sandwiches and pickles.
We spent the half hour building our list of spring time projects, and I found myself excited for repairs in the coming weeks, and the eventual first weekend sail.
Hopefully we'll be hauling out for a paint job, installing a new stove, and working on a small deck repair*. The water at the yard will be back on soon, too, and when I'm not working on Mama Tried or Pitchin' Woo or writing, I'll be working on some varnish for a friend.
Today, the world is as light as it dark, but the first day of spring always seem more hopeful than that. It's starting, the new season is starting, and despite an easy winter, I'm feeling terribly ready.
*A few weeks ago we were quietly watching Trailer Park Boys as the wind howled around us, and awoke to the sound of crunching fiberglass. the wind on our plastic cover was too much for one of the forward stanchions, and drove it down into the deck.


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Have you ever noticed that sometimes the program guide on your digital television doesn't always match what is actually on the air?
If you are a Tivo or DVR owner, you may have seen a guide description that says "DTV Programming" without any information as to that programming was. Or worse, you may have scheduled a recording of one show, but it recorded something entirely different.
The reason this happens has to do with the electronic program guide on the digital television signal. If a change has to be made to the schedule for any reason, the guide doesn't reflect the change.
A new rule by the FCC hopes to correct this problem so that people can record their programs they way they expect them to.
I noticed this problem quite a lot with programming that followed a live sporting event. For example, sometimes, (quite a lot, actually) the NFL game that was on before The Amazing Race would run long and the show wouldn't actually start on time - sometimes the start would begin up to 30 minutes after it was scheduled, which meant that I had to fast forward through something I didn't want to watch, just to get to the start of the program. Only to find out that the recording would end long before the program hand finished. Tivo users try to get around that by setting up recording options where the show could start on time, but have the end time moved to several minutes past its scheduled end time. Even then, it's a gamble to see if you managed to record the entire episode.
The reason why this happens is because broadcasters like DIRECTV get the information for their electronic program guide (EPG - in TV speak) from services like Tribune Media Services, which provide not only the title, description of the show and scheduled time of the program, but also "meta data" such as V-chip ratings. This information is sent to the content distributor sometimes a week or more in advance. The data is then combined with the broadcast video and sent over the fiber (or cable, satellite, whatever) to the home. If the network decides to change its programming - such as when a football game runs long or when a particular episode of a program has to be removed from the schedule because an operator spills his Mountain Dew on the tape an hour before its supposed to air (just an example, not taken from actual experience or anything) the result is that there is no way to change the program information in the guide.
A new rule by the FCC, created as part of its "Program and System Information Protocol" that was incorporated into the requirements for broadcasters last year informs broadcasters that should there be any change to a program's scheduled time, the EPG must be changed to reflect it. This new rule is set to go into effect in May.
Under the new rule, all information used to generate the DTV EPG will have to be combined together to allow updated information to be sent out at the time the program airs.
This should make it easier for Tivo and other DVR users to catch their shows but it just made the broadcasters jobs a lot harder.
Why TV Sometimes Doesnt Match What the Guide Says
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There's been a review of Siege posted at Discordia. It's in Swedish so you might need to use your favourite translation software to read it.
Just a paragraph (courtesy of google translate).
Siege is super easy to get started and have four basic steps that, in principle, constitute the entire game. Select the type for each role person / player (police, hostages or hostage takers), give the role the person some skills and flesh, playing out scenes in the adventure that affect the role of persons to one another and drives the plot forward and finally - give each role person an epilogue.
To be such a superduperenkelt games is Siege surprisingly playable. I suspect it has with the limited premise to do.


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Schools as a nesting place for sparrows
DHARMAPURI : If the first step taken by the district education department becomes a success, government schools in Dharmapuri would have the unique distinction of being a sanctuary for birds.
Monday was World House Sparrow day - a day meant to raise awareness of house sparrows and other birds. The district education department took the onus a step ahead and launched project Palli Saranalaya (School sanctuary), wherein students of all 1,450 schools in the district would be encouraged to create abodes for house sparrows and birds.
World House Sparrow day has been observed since 2010 and conservators take various steps towards creating a safe space for the birds.
Speaking to Express, District Chief Education Officer (CEO), K P Maheshwari, said. "I learnt of this day a few months ago and wondered what we could do about this. It seemed like a good idea to educate and encourage our children about issues concerning the environment."
On Monday, the CEO inaugurated a facility at the middle school in Gettupatti. Students, with the help of teachers, had set up a sanctuary of sorts. "This will be a continuous process. We have already informed the headmasters about the plan. We are very excited about the idea." she said.
On Monday itself, similar saranalayas were set up at middle school in Kamaraj Nagar and Primary school in P Kuttur. Education officials said that children would be taught about bird conservation.


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There's Nowhere to Run From the Culture Wars
I was speaking to a customer at my office last week about our nation's growing culture wars. He is as conservative as anyone and fairly well read. He comes by to pick up supplies every once in a while and invariably our conversation turns to politics.
That day, we discussed everything from incandescent light bulbs to Obamacare. He began to turn the conversation into a complainathon.
He bemoaned the bond buying scheme by the Federal Reserve, saying that the $85 billion a month money flood can't possibly be sustained. It was then that I told him the great news – that the Fed was paring back to a mere $75 billion a month.
It was as if a great weight was lifted off him. Not really. His reaction was, "Whoop-de-do"! Well said.
He lamented the condition of our country and asked, "If this keeps up, is there anywhere to escape to"? Where could he go to escape the coming oppression? He fears a crash that will send the country into a tailspin toward third-world status.
We didn't get a chance to continue the conversation, but it did get me thinking. Is there a place to escape the coming oppression?
The answer is no, not really.
Like this high-information customer, it's easy to concentrate on the negative.
After I jettisoned my customer imposed depression over our country's probable dire circumstance, I thought some more.
This is the only truly free society ever devised by humankind. We are history's one and only truly representative republic. We are the planet's only inhabitants not to suffer oppression and in the one instance some of us did – slavery – we actually fixed it.
Now many, including me at times, have complained of our oppressive government. We hear complaints that the government is forcing us into alternative fuels, government healthcare, buying the dopey curlicue light bulbs.
This is not oppression. No one is going to be sent to a gulag, line you up against a wall and execute you or bury you up to your neck and stone you to death if you don't comply.
Many of us conservatives, me included, throw the "oppression" term around rather liberally. But we know nothing of oppression, just as we know nothing of poverty.
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Colleges Universities
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Technology has revolutionized the way people do business. Initially, the concept of having a virtual office seemed far-fetched. This is no longer an idea but a reality that facilitates close collaboration with colleagues from all occupations. As such, businesses can now talent and connect globally. This has transformed how we think about business and the office space. Regardless of where you are, establishing a virtual office comes with numerous benefits some of which will be discussed in this write-up.
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Enhanced productivity among your employees leads to more profits. There are many ways to boost the productivity levels of your employees establishing and establishing a virtual office is one of them. Ideally, with a virtual office, production metrics are computed based on what an employee does and not on logged on hours. This gives the employer an opportunity to set higher production goals for their employees considering that they can work from their comfort.
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Commuting to and from work takes lots of time. If you sit down and do the math, you will be shocked to realize that most people waste a whopping 260 hours for a 30-minute commute, which does not care of other road incidences and traffic jams. With a virtual office, you can do a lot more with that time, be it in your private office or your living room.
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On the occasion of the 700th issue of Cahiers du Cinema, FIAF and Cahiers du Cinema have collaborated for a special curated series of underrated gems and a special "Carte Blanche" to more recent films strongly supported by the magazine. Florence Almozini, Program Officer for Cinema at the French Embassy, had a few questions for the curators of the show, Delphine Selles – film curator at FIAF - Nicholas Elliott - the New York correspondent for Cahiers du Cinéma - and Jean-Philippe Tessé - Associate Editor in Chief of Les Cahiers.
Florence Almozini: Can you talk about the selection of French Cinema's Secret Trove which included some early and rarely screened Jean Gremillon, LE BONHEUR by Agnès Varda, RUE DE L'ESTRAPADE by Jacques Becker, FLAMMES by Adolfo Arrietas, MAINE-OCEAN by Jacques Rosier and the 1934 version of LES MISERABLES BY Raymond Bernard?
Nicholas Elliott : For me, the starting point of French Cinema's Secret Trove was the "Eleven Stations for a Poetic History of French Cinema" published in Cahiers du Cinéma in October 2012. This was a kind of alternate history of French cinema inspired by the release of Leos Carax's landmark Holy Motors. Eventually, we picked only two films from the "Eleven Stations" (La Petite Lise and Flammes), but the idea of an alternative, slightly hidden approach to the riches of French cinema came from there. We were looking for films that privileged strong directorial statements and poetic atmospheres. We also focused on films that are too infrequently shown on the big screen as we really wanted to offer to the New York audience the opportunity to see these masterpieces the way their makers made them to be seen.
Jean-Philippe Tessé: The feature « Poetic History of French Cinema » was really exciting to make, because it was a way to combine our preoccupations about contemporary French cinema and the endless necessity of revisiting the history of French cinema. Contemporary French cinema is strongly shaped by its complicated relation to naturalism. Many films descend directly from the works of three great directors: Renoir-Truffaut-Pialat, a kind of vertebral column; sometimes for the good, but often in a bad way. Carax's Holy Motors is a landmark because it woke up another historical line, more poetic, passing through the works of mavericks: Epstein, Grémillon, Cocteau, Arrietta, Guiguet, Rozier, Garrel, Carax and so forth, including the more secret part of the work of well-established directors like Renoir, Duras, Franju or Bresson. We picked eleven films for this feature, but we could have had more. By the way, we wanted to continue this exploration by showing to the New York audience films that matter to us, and which might be unknown for some of them. To curate a selection of films is a way to continue the work of film-criticism in a magazine. It's the same thing. By picking two films by Jean Grémillon, one of the greatest French directors ever, we want to insist on the greatness of this unsung work. We had a long feature about him in our columns some months ago, and we noticed a renewal of interest about him. Arrieta's Flammes is a beloved film in France for the few who know it. Becker's Rue de l'estrapade is a very rare film, including in France, where Becker is really famous for his masterpieces Casque d'or and Le Trou; but it demonstrates the variety of his inspiration: it's a kind of comedy with a very peculiar tone, sometimes reminding the American screwball comedy, sometimes forecasting the French New Wave. Maine Océan is also a beloved film in France, made by a real maverick in the history of French Cinema, Jacques Rozier. And I'm curious about the New York audience's reaction to his very unique atmosphere and humor. Raymond Bernard's work is inexplicably unknown in France, yet it should be fully part of our heritage. His adaptation of Les Misérables is a remarkably inventive piece, in terms of aesthetic, and is the best creation by the great actor Harry Baur). Finally, Le Bonheur is an absolute masterpiece, one of the greatest French films ever made – but curiously not as famous as it should be.
Delphine Selles : Like it is in many parts of the world, Cahiers du Cinema is a hugely important magazine in the US. The New Wave remains an important point of reference for American cinephiles and Cahiers is inextricably tied to the New Wave in this country. It would have been easy in a way to show films that people love here (Breathless, Les 400 Coups, etc.), but these are easily accessible and often shown on the big screen, especially here in New York. It was important to get off the beaten track and explore other paths, a kind of cinema that Cahiers critics have championed over the years, focusing on rarely-screened films that will be a real discovery for the public. The idea of exploring poetic cinema, such a rich tradition in France's film history, was a great idea and gave us a starting point to build the program.
F.A. : Did you each pick your own favorite? I am curious to know how you managed to narrow down the selection while keeping a certain coherence in the lineup.
N.E. : I had been dying to see Flammes for years, so I insisted that it'd be included. I'm not sure you can call a film you've never seen "one of your favorites," but yes, we each had our say. Luckily, we all have similar tastes, so it wasn't difficult to be coherent. We also knew that the films we chose would be ones that have been championed by Cahiers. It's comforting to see that that method alone ensures a degree of coherence. We also tried to strike the right balance of obscurity (i.e. the excitement of the unknown) and accessibility (i.e. the comfort of the familiar)—everyone knows Victor Hugo's Les Misérables, but relatively few people have seen Raymond Bernard's beautiful film version; Agnès Varda is hardly an overlooked director but I'm not sure many people know Le Bonheur, undoubtedly Varda's most controlled masterpiece; Maine Océan is a cult classic because it feels eccentric and all-over-the-place, but it's also a straightforward comedy that displays its director Jacques Rozier's warmth and endless fascination for people of all stripes. And now that I've seen Flammes, I can tell you that it is shockingly weird, but in the most open and intelligent way. It is a film that makes you believe anything is possible, in life and in cinema, and that might be something all these miraculous masterpieces have in common.
J-P. T.: We picked the films through a full consultation between Delphine Selles-Alvarez, Nicholas Elliott, Stéphane Delorme, Cahier's editor in chief, and myself. All of us made suggestions, so we mixed all the wishes. For a film-lover, it's a great pleasure to show films you love to people who don't know them. So, in my case, I really wanted to show Le Bonheur, because it's a film I frequently show to my lucky friends who don't know it yet. But it was easy to keep a coherence because in Cahiers we strongly cling to a certain idea of cinema, and when we started to talk about the program with Delphine, we immediately felt that she shared this sensitivity, and she was curious and benevolent regarding our suggestions. So the selection was easy to make, in spite of the unavoidable difficulties to obtain some films, for material reasons.
D.S. : Indeed, it wasn't difficult to be coherent and it was fun coming up with films together. I personally got a lot out of programming the series. Just like Nicholas, I had heard so much about Flammes, but unlike him, I have yet to see it ! I'm very much tempted not to see it on DVD and wait to discover it in the theater with the audience. Similarly to Agnès varda, some of Jean Grémillon's films are better known in the US, but La Petite Lise, and especially Daïnah, are rarely shown. Having Jean Grémillon and Jacques Rozier book-end the series works well too. Many of Rozier's films beg to be discovered here (FIAF has been working on a series for some time now) and Maine-Océan was really on top of my list. Since we have a broad audience who come see films at FIAF it was indeed important to keep a balance between the more well-known and the more obscure, and in the end it turned into a somewhat eclectic yet coherent program I think.
F.A.: For the contemporary French films which include THE RENDEZ-VOUS OF DEJA VU, STEAK, SPORT DE FILLES and GOODBYE FIRST LOVE, how did you define the focus?
N.E. : We wanted to show that contemporary French "auteur" cinema is a lot more varied than people imagine. It was important to us to display the different roads cinema can take today, to provide an echo to the broad spectrum of older films we programmed. So the focus is diversity, with political picaresque in New Wave colors (Rendez-Vous of Déja-Vu), futuristic oddball comedy (Steak), and an update on the French specialty of heartbreak and renewal told by the young master Mia Hansen-Løve (Goodbye, First Love).
J-P. T: The idea of this program is to give to the New York audience some recent films we love, and which have not been well exploited in United States. Each film is very different and shows the variety of French "auteur" cinema. Sport de filles is a film made by another beloved "maverick" in the French industry, Patricia Mazuy. The Rendez-Vous of Déjà-Vu is a first feature film by a director we had championed before he made it among a bunch of young directors we revealed before their selection in Cannes Film Festival last year. Steak is a pure anomaly: it's one of the craziest French film ever made, featuring Eric & Ramzy, a pair of comedians very popular especially in the eyes of kids. The film released in France as a kind of blockbuster of comedy, but it was so strange and disturbing that it has been totally rejected and was an enormous commercial fail. We were alone to defend it in Cahiers at this time, in spite of his reputation of dumbness. But gradually, year after year, the film has been reconsidered and now has earned a status of cult-film. And his director, Quentin Dupieux (aka Mr.Oizo, the musician), has now a lot of fans conquered by his sense of absurdity (proved in his following films: Rubber, Wrong, Wrong Cops), including in the US, where he lives. To show comedies in a foreign language is always a risk, but we are happy to take this risk. We are equally happy and proud to screen a film made by a former film-critic in Cahiers du Cinema, Mia Hansen-Løve, who is now considered as a truly brilliant director.
D.S. : This was a bit tricky to program because how do you really show the variety of contemporary French cinema in such a small program? Each film we selected stands a bit on its own in the end. All of Quentin Dupieux' s subsequent films have been distributed here and it looks like he has a bit of a cult following. Although they all have their own unique voice, there seems to be a new generation of French filmmakers (such as Axelle Ropert, Sébastien Betbeder) on the rise and Antonin Peretjatko's Rendez-Vous of Déjà-Vu is one such example. Patricia Mazuy's film, Sport de Filles, championned by Cahiers, was shown only a handful of times here in the US, and Mia Hansen-Løve's Goodbye, First Love felt like the perfect way to end the entire series.
F.A. : Do you have any regrets on films that you were not able to include for lack of space, missing prints or other reasons?
N.E. : I would assume that any film programmer would answer that for every film screened there are five he tearfully surrendered. In my case, I was especially sorry that we could not show Jacques Nolot's Before I Forget or Philippe Garrel's Jealousy, which are two of the most beautiful French films of the last decade, both carrying on the tradition of French autobiographical filmmaking. But Goodbye, First Love is an equally powerful example of that tradition, and I am happy that we are ending the series with a film by our youngest director, serving as a reminder that the best films are still ahead. (And Jealousy will have a commercial release in NYC this summer.)
J-P. T: Of course, a selection is always too short, we would have loved to show other films with the same criterions than the ones we are going to screen. Films belonging to the same mood of poetic atmosphere, and equally or even more rare than the films we finally picked. Very unknown titles like Jacques Davila's La Campagne de Cicéron, Jean-Claude Guiguet's Le Mirage, Vincent Dietschy's Julie est amoureuse or Gérard Blain's films. Films by Philippe Garrel and Jean Eustache, for sure. In contemporary French cinema that might be unknown outside France, I could quote Pierre Trividic's Dancing, Serge Bozon's Mods or Valérie Donzelli's La guerre est déclarée, among many others. I would also quote La Maison des Bois by Maurice Pialat, a TV-series he made in the early 70's. Pialat is famous, of course, but La Maison des Bois is very rare on screen because of its length, and it's very dear to my heart.
D.S. : On my side I would have loved to show Gérard Blain's Le Pélican and Jean-François Stévenin's Double messieurs, two films that are rarely shown here and would have fit well in the series. Next time !


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Using an IReportRunnable Object To Access a Design Handle
You can also open a report design from an IReportRunnable object by using the getDesignHandle( ) method. The ReportDesignHandle object provides access to the design opened by the report engine. Changes to the report design do not affect the IReportRunnable object. To generate a report from the changed report design, you must reopen the design as an IReportRunnable object.
How To Open a Report Design for Editing
The code sample in Listing 1 creates a DesignEngine object that it uses to create a SessionHandle object. The code then uses the SessionHandle object to open a report design.
Using a Report Item in a Report Design
A report item is a visual element in the report design. Typically, a report developer adds a report item to the design in the BIRT Report Designer by dragging an item from the palette to the layout editor. Sometimes you have to change the properties of certain report items in the design before running the report. An application uses methods on the ReportDesignHandle class to access a report item either by name or from a list of items in a slot in a container report item.
A slot is a logical component of a report item. For example, a table element has five slots: Header, Detail, Footer, Groups, and Columns. In turn, each of these slots can have further slots. Each slot has zero or more members of the appropriate report item type. For example, the Header, Detail, and Footer slots all contain elements of the RowHandle type. RowHandle has a Cell slot that contains all the cells in the row. For a visual representation of the slots in an individual report item, see the Outline view in BIRT Report Designer.
Accessing a Report Item by Name
To make a report item accessible by name, the item must have a name. A report developer can set the name in BIRT Report Designer or programmatically by using the item's setName( ) method. To find a report item by name, use the findElement( ) method. This method returns a DesignElementHandle object. All report items derive from this class.
Accessing a Report Item by Iterating through a Slot
To access a report item through the report design's structure, the application first gets the slot handle of the report body by calling the getBody( ) method. This slot handle holds the top-level report items in the report design. For example, consider a simple report structure that has three top-level items: a grid containing header information, a table containing data, and a label that displays a report footer. Figure 1 shows its outline view in BIRT Report Designer.
To access the top-level items in this report design, you iterate over the contents of the body slot handle. These contents all derive from DesignElementHandle. To access the iterator for a slot handle, call SlotHandle.iterator. Each call to Iterator.getNext( ) returns a report item. Alternatively, to access a report item at a known slot index, call SlotHandle.get(). The slot index number is zero-based. The ReportDesignHandle class also provides finder methods, which can access an item or other report element by name.


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Nang Chong Stories : Cow Legs Stew for Family and Neighbours
When my maternal grandfather completed his new house which was designed with four apartments, for 4 families (He planned for his four sons) in Lower South Village (Ah Nang Chong), he had already planted 200 acres of rubber and had enough saved to move out his young family from his elder brother's big mansion in Ensurai.
Though my mother and some of her siblings were born in one of the rubber garden houses, my grandfather had moved his family into the big mansion called the Lau Mansion which was completed in 1924. There my mother grew up with her siblings and cousins and even went to primary school set up by the uncle, Lau Kah Tii. Thus the younger brother of Lau Kah Tii and his family lived in the big mansion for about 10 years.
When my mother was 12 years old my maternal grandfather completed his own house and moved his family from Ensurai. Around this house was a big padi field which my mother and her eldest brother and sister in law planted rice during the Japanese Occupation. In later years the land was also used for growing of tangerines and other vegetables. Pigs and chickens and ducks were reared nearer the house. It was a good house surrounded by good neigbhours . There was a road which even went as far as Nasit and Sg. Tulai.
My grandfather's signature dish was cow leg stew. Each leg cost around 50 cents which he would boil for almost the whole day. Neigbhours from as far as 10 houses away came to enjoy the stew. My grandfather enjoyed fellowship with his neigbhours and friends. No one would be turned away from the house if they missed the boat to Sibu, or came back too late to go home to the Au San or the villages behind Ah nang Chong.
Mum told us that they were not wealthy but they had enough to share food with their fellowmen.
My grandfather was a man who sincerely shared bread with others.
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The Italians certainly love their pasta. They also love their Panzanella. Variations of this dish are known throughout the boot of Italy, but, there is nothing quite like savoring the flavors of this dish – especially in the Summer. Tomatoes are ripe and plentiful, and gatherings with friends are many. The preparation for Panzanella is easy for the novice cook, and the freshness in flavor is bound to impress anyone. Paired with a crisp bottle of Roero Arneis, the fresh fruit forward notes provide a subtle balance, yet still offers a bit of a bite. To really impress, jazz up your Panzanella with an older vintage of Roero Arneis: say an '08 or '10. The richness, and creaminess will surprise your taste buds and substitute for the omittance of mozzarella. Raise a glass and send off Summer in grand taste! #RealRoero
1 (12- to 16-ounce) loaf sourdough bread
2 to 3 large heirloom tomatoes
1/2 large cucumber
1 medium red or yellow bell pepper
1/2 medium red onion
1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil
1/4 cup red wine vinegar
1/2 teaspoon salt
Pepper, to taste
1/2 cup thinly sliced fresh basil
- Slice or tear the bread into roughly 1-inch cubes. I usually leave the crusts on, but you can remove them if you prefer. Tear your bread for a more rustic presentation.
- Spread the bread cubes over a baking sheet. Bake in a 300°F oven until hardened on the outside but still slightly soft in the middle, 15 to 20 minutes, stirring once or twice during baking.
- Chop the tomatoes, cucumber, and bell pepper into bite-sized pieces. Peel, and deseed the cucumber. Slice the onion into thin slices and soak in a bowl of cold water for 10 to 15 minutes while assembling the rest of the salad.
- Combine the olive oil, red wine vinegar, salt, and a few grinds of fresh pepper in a small bowl and whisk together.
- Combine the bread and chopped vegetables in a large mixing bowl. Pour the vinaigrette over top and thoroughly combine.
- Let the salad sit for 1/2 hour to 4 hours: Let the salad sit at least half an hour before serving, or up to 4 hours. Stir occasionally so the juices and vinaigrette are evenly distributed.
- Add fresh basil just before serving. This salad is best eaten the day it's made.
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In this fun bike game your task is to do as many backflips as possible. So, jump up on your BMX bike and do a backward somersault done in the air with the arms and legs stretched out straight, it is a lot easier to do this on a computer than in real life. Have Fun!
Your screen is to small to play this free flash game.
Move forward with Up arrow key, and Tilt back/forward with Left/right arrow keys respectively.
A backward somersault done in the air with the arms and legs stretched out straight. This one of the many air tricks you can do on a BMX bike. When performing backflips both rider and bike do a backward flip while in the air, usually from one ramp to another.
First of all there are a lot more places you can ride your BMX, and the tricks you can perform on your BMX is usally bigger. You can also get places a lot faster on a bike than a skateboard. The initial cost of BMX bike is a lot higher than for a skateboard but you don't have to replace them as often, so its probably about equal there. But overall some people both skate and bike, and others don't really have preference about which one is the best.


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2 2/3 cup of shredded coconut (only white part)
1/2 cup of sugar
1/2 cup of evaporated milk
1/2 cup of condensed milk
2 tbsp ghee/butter
2 tsp of rose extract
Few drops of red/pink food coloring
A pinch of salt
In a non-stick pan, melt ghee/butter and add coconut fry for a couple of minutes over medium flame, now add sugar, evaporated milk, condensed milk, rose extract, red coloring and salt. Stir everything continuously, do not leave the mixture without stirring constantly because it will be easily burnt. Stir until the mixture clumps together and almost dry.
Pour the mixture on a square cake mould and let it cool down, now cut into small squares and place it in the fridge overnight. The next day, remove from fridge and place the squares in air-tight containers in the fridge, it can be kept up to a month (if you don't finished it immediately :) ) Now our Coconut Candy is ready to be served.
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Here are a few images of the Christmas preparations and such. This time of year can be so much fun for my little family if I am careful not to overdo it with ideas and agendas that are too grand (one year in college I made beaded initial ornaments for the tops of all the presents...it was quite an undertaking even then, before I had a job or was a wife and mother).
This year I am trying hard to find a nice balance between store-bought and hand-made and choosing projects that are just the right size for the time allotted. Here's hoping!
Choosing just the right tree (and she's wearing her scarf--yay!):
Oopsie! At least it wasn't a family favorite:
Taking pictures for the family Christmas card:
And the beginnings of a quick craft project that I started tonight and will be ready tomorrow:
Wishing you peace, love, and joy!
Monday, December 7, 2009
Christmas Decorations Preparations
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