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Most people have heard that workers who sit for hours every day without getting up and moving around are at increased risk for cardiovascular and other health problems—especially if they aren't physically active off the job—but a new study has found that workers who sit may be up to 46 percent less productive than workers who use workstations that allow them to stand or sit.
The saying about some people thriving under pressure seems to be borne out by a survey of more than 400 advertising and marketing executives interviewed by The Creative Group, a marketing and creative staffing agency serving the United States and Canada.
Legalized marijuana is becoming increasingly prevalent, with 23 states and the District of Columbia having legalized marijuana for medical or recreational use. That means more than 150 million Americans now have legal access to marijuana.
A study by the Toronto-based Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) has found that more than 50 percent of workers who are experiencing depression symptoms do not perceive a need to seek treatment.
Every day across the United States, some 45 people die as a result of using prescription painkillers. Here are five things you should know about prescription painkiller abuse and workplace safety.
The direct and indirect costs of workplace eye injuries, and how to avoid them.
The direct and indirect costs of workplace eye injuries, and how to avoid them.
The NSC says abuse of narcotic prescription painkillers has reached epidemic proportions and its negative effects are reaching into the workplace.
A mental health services provider has reached a company-wide settlement with OSHA to better protect its workers against workplace violence, after one of its workers was abducted and murdered.
In January 2011, Stephanie Moulton, a 25-year-old residential counselor at a group home in Revere, MA, was …
Workplace stress is the harmful, physical and emotional response that occurs when there is a poor match between job demands and the capabilities, resources, or needs of the worker. There are four main physiological reactions to stress. Do you know what they are?


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Location: Princeton, NJ
Founded: 2007
Industry: Technology
PamTen, Inc.
Chaya Pamula
President and CEO
Prasad Tenjerla
COO and Co-founder
PamTen, Inc. provides IT staffing, strategic advisory services, custom solutions and product development. "We help our clients better understand the applicability of emerging technologies to their business and make informed decisions about their technology investments," says Chaya Pamula, president and CEO of PamTen. In the beginning, the company focused primarily on staffing services, but its model has since evolved to include broad, technology-based strategic business solutions. "We're still true to our tech roots, but now we offer significantly greater value to clients by [providing] a broader range of services," says Pamula.
Quick Tip: "A great leader is someone who knows their passion, and can instill such passion in others."
PamTen is also on a mission to improve the lives of poor children. The company is the primary supporter of SOFKIN (Support Organization For Kids In Need). "I founded SOFKIN to guide and nurture indigent and destitute children in India," says Pamula. "To date, we have taken in and raised over 100 children, providing medical care, a safe and secure home, healthy food, education, and the sense of being in a loving family. This is the heart of our mission, and our employees and clients are deeply engaged and strongly feel the purpose of being part of our company." Pamula's goal for the future is to build PamTen's base and core business, giving the company an opportunity to expand into other areas, including software development.

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Category Archives: Fresh baked love
One True Love
True love comes only once in a lifetime
yet it lasts an eternity
It has the power to crush someone so deeply
while at the same time they know
there's no one else in the world they'd rather be with
True love will knock down the walls of difficulty
to be with that special one
It will take your hand and fly over the world
into a place where there's no pain, no tears
True love will withstand the test of time,
forever waiting until its love is returned
It never fails, never dies, never lets go of the one they love,..
I don't need the compass to find you
your heart beat would lead my way.
I don't need the sun to find you
your smile would light my way.
I don't need the ocean to find you
my tears would wash my way.
I don't need the wind to find you
your voice would whisper my way.
I don't need the moon to find you
your eyes would shine my way.
my soul would find its way…
But, if I never find my way I would perish….
You Are In Love
You wake up and he's on your mind.
Another subject, you can't find.
You used to think it was just a bluff.
But now you realize, you're in love.
You see him and can't help but smile.
Think of him for miles and miles.
Weak in the knees when he comes through.
You know his eyes see right through you.
You don't care what people say.
You want to be with him all day.
Seeing him you can't get enough.
And you can see that you're in love.
Why Do I Love U
Sometimes at night, when I look to the sky,
I start thinking of you and then ask myself, why?
Why do I love you? I think and smile,
because I know the list could run on for miles.
The whisper of your voice, the warmth of your touch,
so many little things that make me love you so much.
The way you support me, and help with my emotions,
the way that you care and show such devotion.
The way that your kiss, fills me with desire,
and how you hold me with the warmth of a blazing fire.
lost with you forever is were I want to be.
The way that I feel when you're by my side,
a sense of completion and overflowing pride.
The dreams that I dream, that all involve you,
the possibilities I see and the things we can do.
How you finish the puzzle that lies inside my heart,
how that deep in my soul, you are the most important part.
I could go on for days, telling of what I feel,
but all you really must know is my love for you is real.
Like a star you came into my life
You filled my heart with joy
You took my pain as if it was yours
You provided me with love that no one could give me
You gave me a shoulder to cry on
You were my pillar when I was falling
You were my strength when I was weak
With your smile you made my living on earth worthwhile
With the soft words you whispered in my ear
Made me realize that I was in Love indeed
Without you next to me my life is meaningless
Every day I sit and pray that you will remain as sweet as you are
And that is why I will always Love you as long as you let me
Power Of Love
Love can change everything you have known
Everything you believe with this feeling shown
A heart beating faster can make two people fly
Make you walk on water in the twinkle of an eye
It takes control of the heart, mind, body and soul
They fit that place deep inside to make you whole
The elements together fire, earth, water and air
Are nothing without love, in it they all share
Without the one you love there is nothing it seems
Together the strength can make hopes and dreams
A feeling so breathtakingly gentle lifts you up above
This natural passion comes with the power of love
Lose Myself
What am i supposed to to?
after all that i have been through
when everything else had been banished
like a fog, it slowly creeped inside me once again!
can't find the reason to keep holding on
don't know how long i can keep going on
like this, hiding everything neatly tucked inside
smiling falsely and proving nothing.
change is inevitable,
thoughts of you now
crawling inside me
like never before.
right when i thought
there's nothing else left
seeds of love were
sown deep inside me!
once a barren land
your presence, your thoughts
transformed it into a garden
now teeming with life
now teeming with thoughts of you,
i try to find a reason to hold on,
to delay the inevitable!
when love has won the war,
i have lost the battle to you!
i am lost under your spell
and i am losing myself everyday!
Need U To Need Me
Don't know how to explain it
Can't really put it into words
You've touched my life in so many ways
You never cease to amaze me.
I don't know what the future holds
I can't pretend that I do
I just know beyond a doubt
I always want you around.
Whether we stay the closest of friends
Or I become the love of your life
Or maybe even both occurs
As long as your in my life I can smile.
Something about you makes me smile
Not just with my mouth
And not just with my eyes
But all the way to my soul.
Thank you for what you are to me
For being who you are
And adding happiness to this life
And giving me a reason to smile.
Why Do I Love U
Sometimes at night, when I look to the sky,
I start thinking of you and then ask myself, why?
Why do I love you? I think and smile,
because I know the list could run on for miles.
The whisper of your voice, the warmth of your touch,
so many little things that make me love you so much.
The way you support me, and help with my emotions,
the way that you care and show such devotion.
The way that your kiss, fills me with desire,
and how you hold me with the warmth of a blazing fire.
lost with you forever is were I want to be.
The way that I feel when you're by my side,
a sense of completion and overflowing pride.
The dreams that I dream, that all involve you,
the possibilities I see and the things we can do.
How you finish the puzzle that lies inside my heart,
how that deep in my soul, you are the most important part.
I could go on for days, telling of what I feel,
but all you really must know is my love for you is real.
If I Could Turn Back Time
If I could be young once again
I would have sooner met you
and all that would have remained
is the love I have for you
If I could have just shown you
how much you mean to me
then I could have died happily
with the tears of joy in me
If I could have been your knight
brave and donned in shining armour
then I would have been your princess
and not as your friend anymore
If I could have been a stranger
and not as myself to you
then I might have had the courage
to say wholeheartedly I love you
If I could have lived my life
then you could have seen me through
because all that I had ever did
was for you to love me too
If I could have just seen tomorrow
I would have jumped ahead of time
because today it might have not ended
and today you might have been mine
An Angel Without Wings
You must be an angel without wings
To put up with all of my bothersome things
My anger, my love, my sometimes weary heart
What others hated about me you love those parts
I look at you and see a creation so divine
To think you have captured this heart of mine
How could I not love you with all that I am
You are the steady I need for my trembling hand
So honest, true and caring you are
My night in shining armour or my shooting star
You simply must be an angel without wings!
An Angel To Me
The moment I opened my heart and let you in
I saw this great love starting to begin.
I opened my eyes to a vision of you
I hope, I pray your feelings are true.
I have loved and I have paid the cost
And I have felt the pain of the love I lost.
But, now, I think I have truly found
An Angel who walks upon the ground.
You go beyond all limits for me
Just to show your love endlessly.
I could search my whole life through
And never find another 'you'.
You are so special that I wanted you to know
I truly, completely love you so.
All I Have To Give
You're the first thing I think of
Each morning when I rise.
You're the last thing I think of
Each night when I close my eyes.
You're in each thought I have
And every breath I take.
My feelings are growing stronger
With every move I make.
I want to prove I love you
But that's the hardest part.
So, I'm giving all I have to give
To you… I give my heart.
All Because Of U
Dark days become sunny
Frigid days become warm,
Rainy days become cloudless
And lightning got wiped away from the storm.
Oceans sing,
Rocks cry out,
Mountains roar,
And tree branches shout.
The stars fall
Right out of the sky.
The moon winks
And the sun went dry.
All because you said one thing
All because you said it true
All because you made me smile
All because you said I love you.
A Dream Worth Dreaming
Somewhere in my dreams I hear your voice
Whispering gently….into thin air
At the edge of the mountain I close my eyes
Sensing your breathing…feeling you appear there
On the edge of my dreams I see your face
A twin soul……when we share eyes
At the edge of the mountain I catch my breath
Touching our finger tips…mouth goes dry
In the shadows of my dreams I taste your lips
So soft against mine like a warm rain
At the edge of the mountain my heart slows
Sharing our every breath….two hearts don't refrain
In the deepest part of my dreams I feel your touch
Breathless….from the warmth of your skin
At the edge of the mountain I open my eyes
Seeing only clouds….feeling…. within
On the edge of my dreams is where I want to stay
It's there…I'm forever in your arms…safe…sound
At the edge of the mountain I'll remain breathless
For me…..no greater love will ever be found
Will you always be there on the edge of my dreams?
Will you always meet me to the edge of the mountain?
I will wait for you…be there for you….always.
Brand New Day
Rest your head and close your eyes
Everything will be okay
For when you wake with the sweet sunrise
It will be a brand new day
Turn down the lights and pull me close
Feel only the beating of our hearts as we lay
For when you wake with the soft morning breeze
It will be a brand new day
Relax your body and caress my soft hair
Let all of life's worries melt away
For when you wake with the warm summer scent
It will be a brand new day
Fall fast asleep and dream with me
Whisper "I love you, I'm here to stay"
For when we wake in each other's arms
It will be a brand new day
A Better Tomorrow
I never knew there would be a better tomorrow
But you've come into my life and taken away all my sorrow
My days of sadness are a thing of the past
Because I have found true love at last
My days of emptiness are gone for good
Because you fill a void in my heart that you should
You've opened a window
You've shown me the light
And my love for you will continue to burn bright.
When It Rains
Rain drops falling in my head,
and never knowing when it will end.
Should I run for cover,
or let another rain drop fall in my head again?
I would love to dance in the rain,
and knowing somehow it'll help erase the pain.
Sometimes when I'm all alone,
and I see rain drops are falling outside again.
There's happiness that I feel because rain is here once again.
Some may feels gloomy when it rains
and some just want to feel it in their hand.
But me I just love it when rain drops falls into my face.
Oh the magic that rain brings, it makes you feel unique.
It may bring you sadness, wet feeling in toes and clothes
but I just see happiness when it rains.
If Every Time
I'll never forget the way you looked
When I saw you there that night;
The way that you just seemed to glow
In the warm and gentle light.
If every time you crossed my mind
A drop of rain should fall,
We could swim on forever
In the greatest ocean of them all.
If every time was proud of you
A flower bloomed anew,
I could walk on eternally
In a garden next to you.
If every time I craved your lips
A Star was placed in sight,
Darkness would never fall upon
Our love of endless light.
If every time you touched my heart
A bell would somewhere chime,
We could listen 'till the end of days
To the music that's yours and mine.
My love and heart are yours…
Every time.
Silent Love
The word Love, Love is something we all can enjoy, It is something we all can share, Only with that special someone, Who we all care about. But why are we scared of it? I don't know why, But if I wasn't, I would tell you every time, Rain or shine, Every time we're apart I nearly cry, Because this love inside of me is strong, There are no boundaries that it can hide, I want to scream it out, But I'm too shy, So I wait and watch wishing, That I had the courage to tell you, How much I feel inside. MY LOVE FOR YOU WILL NEVER DIE. This is to that special someone. I Love You.


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My Blue Horizon
At 41 metres, blue Horizon is a superior diving vessel with all the luxuries expected from a modern Red Sea liveaboard.
- Top deck - The Top Deck creates a small sundeck area. Perfect for catching a few rays in between dives, or hiding away with your favourite book.
- Upper deck - The upper deck holds the unique sky lounge on board M/Y blue Horizon. An indoor saloon area with comfy sofas, bar and a second 42" plasma screen create and ambient area for relaxing, watching movies and sharing a drink after an exciting days diving. This saloon can also double up as a 2nd teaching area.
- Middle deck - The middle deck forms the main saloon and dining area, along with 4 of the master king-size suites - boasting a king-size bed, A/C, en-suite, mini bar, 21" TV, AV In/Out and DVD player. These rooms are fully user friendly for disabled divers. In the saloon, a large dining table and a 42" Plasma Screen provide a luxurious dining and entertainment area.
- Below deck - The Lower Deck is the main cabin area, holding 9 twin cabins and 1 single cabin, all well equipped with A/C, en-suite, mini bar and a personal entertainment system including LCD Screen, AV In/Out & DVD Player.
Trip Includes
- Airfare from London to Egypt
- transfers,entry visa,park fees
- 7 nights on board
- meals, drinks (non alcoholic)
- tanks and weights
- $2,099
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If you're reading this page, you probably relate to the struggle with depression. It's one of the most difficult things you could go through, and you have my deepest sympathy and love. I want to help you in the midst of this struggle, so here are 3 steps to overcome depression!
I like to think that depression is one of the most relatable struggles. I know many different people who live with it every day. Rich people, poor people, broke people, people in debt. The young, the old, the old and young at heart. Depression spans all races, all classes, and every social group.
I've sat across from wildly successful businesspeople and shared my struggles. They immediately soften and nod gently. "I know exactly what you mean." Then, they tell me of anxiety attacks and days spent entirely in bed, unable to get up.
I've spoken to young, wild middle schoolers who seem to have no cares in the world. They lean forward and, darting their eyes up and down nervously, confide that they wake up with a sense of despair every morning.
I've met young people just starting their own lives. After moving out and gaining a sense of independence, they also gain a sense of hopelessness. Everything seems meaningless, and they don't know where to turn.
If you're not sure if you are depressed, one of the best things you can ever do is see a doctor, counselor, or therapist. I wrote an article about some of the common symptoms of depression. Feel free to check it out and see how many of them match.
The most important thing to know is that you're not alone. Chances are, many people around you can relate to what you're going through.
Depression is impossibly hard, but you can pull through it. Here are 3 helpful tips to fight back against depression.
1. Return to Doing What You Love
Most people who become depressed stop doing things that make them happy. I recently interviewed several people who face depression on a regular basis. They reported that depression makes them stay in more often, have more difficulty getting out of bed, and ignore phone calls/texts.
One of the first steps to battling depression is to return to doing what you love. If you love painting, paint more. If you love spending time outdoors, go outside. If you love scuba diving, renew your dive membership. If you love watching wrestling with your brother, call your brother and set a date.
When struggling with depression, I've found it helpful to plan my weeks in advance. I'm not a planner by nature. In fact, I'm a very spontaneous person. But spontaneity can become a silent killer, because it is based on your emotions. And depression is an emotion that makes you want to stay home, in bed.
You may feel like you don't enjoy your favorite activities as much as you used to. You may even feel guilt surrounding these activities. You might feel like you shouldn't be doing fun things, because you should be doing something else. If you plan to do something and then forget or avoid it, you may feel guilt over not doing what you planned to do.
Push through the guilt, and push through the emotions. They're all lies. The important thing is that you do more of what you love this week than you did last week. That's all.
Having someone else to keep you accountable can be a great help.
2. Get Back on a Regular Sleep Schedule
When you're depressed, a regular sleep schedule can go out the window. I recently asked a question on Facebook: "For those who struggle with depression: what is the biggest challenge you face?" So many people replied that getting out of bed is an incredible struggle:
It's so hard to get up when you feel like the weight of the world is against you.
I had the opposite experience… I am a "high functioning" depressed person. This means that it's very hard to tell from the outside when I am struggling. I am able to go through a day very "normally". So depression usually gives me insomnia. I think there is some anxiety in there, too. I lie awake, worrying and wondering, too upset to sleep.
Even if you don't feel like it, a regular sleep schedule can work wonders to help with depression. Forcing yourself to go to bed early (without any technology—the light will keep you awake) helps reset your body.
Avoiding naps during the day can also help a lot. That will make sure your body is tired enough to go to sleep the next night.
Unfortunately, it can take some time to reset your sleep schedule. But the effects will absolutely be worth it.
3. Fight Back Against Depressive Ruminations
If you're struggling with depression, you will experience behavioral, physical, and cognitive symptoms. The cognitive symptoms include what psychologists refer to as "ruminations"—thoughts that run through your mind over and over again without ever being resolved. Here are a few common depressive ruminations. See if you recognize these patterns of thought.
- Black and White Thinking: You see things in two categories, when there are actually other options. For example, something must be perfect or it's a failure.
- Catastrophising: You think of something as being a disaster, when it isn't. Making a mountain out of a molehill.
- Fortune Telling: You anticipate that events will turn out badly, and you consider this prediction to be an already-established fact.
- Disqualifying the Positive: You reject positive experiences by insisting they "don't count" for some reason or another.
- Personalisation: You see yourself as the cause of some negative external event, which in fact you were not primarily responsible for.
- Harsh Judgment (of self): You are much quicker to judge (and condemn) yourself than you would anyone else. You are highly self critical – you lack compassion and fairness towards yourself.
Dealing with depressive ruminations can help you get your mind out of the depressive cycle. When you feel yourself sinking into a rumination, fight back. These thoughts are not true, and they don't have to control you.
For me, it's been helpful to actually write down these ruminations. Taking a journal with me, using my phone, or even drawing a picture of the thought has made a huge difference.
During a particularly difficult time in my life, I would write down the depressive ruminations I was experiencing every single night before I went to bed. My little gray journal became my confidant. And slowly, I began to fight the thoughts in my head.
You're Worth the Fight
You're worth so much more than your depression whispers in your ear. You have one life, and it is a beautiful gift. When depression rears its head, fight back!
If you're struggling with depression, anxiety, or other mental health issues, I believe these three tips will help. If you're not sure if you're struggling with depression, check out your symptoms here.
It's scary to admit that you have depression. But taking the time to get the help you need is the best thing you can do.
Talk to a doctor or counselor soon. Or, you can call one of these hotlines:
The U.S. National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255
If you're having suicidal thoughts, call this number immediately. They will help!
Kristin Brooks Hope Center Hopeline: 1-800-784-2433
These are kind people who can help you cope with depressed feelings.
Also, always feel free to contact me if you have any questions! With love,


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Painting Technique - Reference Library
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It contains all the principles and techniques taught in the Apprentice Program lessons.
The result of a fifteen-year research project by professional artist Barry John Raybould, the Virtual Art Academy® Reference Library contains 58 eBooks with over 1500 pages of with information on how to paint in oils, acrylics, and watercolors that you will not find anywhere else.
The information applies to all media, whether your interest is in oils, watercolors, acrylics, pastels, photography, or digital media.
To get the same amount of information you would have to buy scores, if not hundreds, of traditional how-to paints books. You would have to watch hundreds of hours of YouTube videos, read painting blogs for days or weeks, and attend months of courses on painting. And even then you would not know if the knowledge you were reading was written by a professional or by an amateur. If you start learning best painting practices from the beginning, you will learn much faster.
With your Virtual Art Academy Apprentice Membership you get access to all of this quality information in a highly organized form, without duplication, and all in one place. You will never need to buy another art book. It will save you hours of frustrating effort searching for information on how to paint.
You can view the complete library on your iPad, Android device, computer, or smartphone.
Easy To Understand
Most other online course just give you a video script to read. When you need an answer to your questions on painting techniques, you have to search through pages and pages of video transcripts. Traditional art how to books are just as difficult to find information in. On top of that, most of the information is duplicated in many places.
Our Reference Library was designed in a completely different and unique way to help you find the information you need instantly.
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It will be the easiest to read information on painting you have found anywhere.
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One of the most common reasons for people to surrender their pets to shelters is because of the need for veterinary care and the costs associated with it. We also get a lot of folks who bring their pets to us thinking we can provide medical care, which unfortunately is not the case. Our veterinary services are limited to spay/neuter and vaccine clinics.One of the things we discuss with potential adopters is their ability to afford regular care, such as vaccines and parasite treatments; this alone can cost a few hundred dollars a year. These things are expected and can be planned for, but what happens when your pet becomes ill or is injured? This can result in hundreds or even thousands of dollars in vet bills, and most veterinary clinics require payment at the time services are rendered.
When our beloved pets are suffering, we tend to be emotional and even a little panicky. Their inability to communicate their distress to us makes it even worse. For this reason, we tend not to think clearly when we get into the exam room with the vet. I made this mistake just last winter when, on a Friday morning, I realized my favorite cat was in some sort of pain. She had not come running for breakfast, and was sitting with her back arched in an odd position. My regular vet was not in, so I was even more thrown off by having to deal with one that I wasn't really familiar with. Instead of discussing all of the options, I agreed to a bunch of tests – and $634 later, walked out with medicine for an upset stomach. After relaying the incident to my regular vet a few weeks later, she told me she would have tried the simple remedy first before subjecting the cat to X-rays and blood tests.Live and learn. The moral of the story here is to discuss all methods of treatment with your vet before deciding on anything, just as you would if you were seeking treatment for yourself.
If you are unable to avoid a big bill, many veterinarians work with credit agencies that can qualify you for credit right at the time of service. If you need to do that, just make sure that you completely understand the terms of the loan and know the interest rate. You may be better served by using your credit card, even if you have to call and ask for an increase in your available credit.You also may want consider investing in pet insurance. This is a growing industry, and there are some good companies out there. You can find websites that compare the benefits of the different entities, but I would first inquire at your veterinary office to see which ones they accept and if they would recommend one in particular.Finally, feed your pets with quality food. Give them filtered or bottled water. Do not use chemicals on grass and gardens that they can access. Keep them safely confined in the house or yard. Keep them up-to-date on vaccines and parasite treatments, and take them for their regular veterinary check-ups. That's about the best we can do for our fuzzy best friends.


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Kumbalanga Pulissery, is a delicious curry cooked in coconut curd mix, is a simple and common side dish in Kerala. It is a traditional dish of Kerala and Tamilnadu. A very simple yogurt based curry that can be made with coconut, curd and with different vegetables and fruits. Today I am posting the recipe of pulissery with Kumbalanga/ ashguard, you can substituted with pineapple, ripe mango, cucumber, tomatoes etc. It is a must curry in almost all our feasts along with Kerala's traditional red rice/ chamba choru. The detailed recipe with step by step cooking pictures follows.
There are so many versions of moru curry like moru kachiyathu, pulissery, kalan etc. Sour curd is used for making pulissery and vegetables or fruits are often added to pulissery to balance the sourness. I have always loved the mambazha pulissery which my Amma used to make with Kerala sweet mangoes during summer season. Last year onam I made pulissery using ethapazham/ ripe plantain and all my family and friends loved that wonderful dish. This onam also I am waiting to make ethapazham pulisery and my kids will definitely fall in love that sweet and sour curry with rice.
Tips- For this preparation, better use thick and sour curd or yogurt. You can use ripe mangoes, ripe plantain, ripe papaya, cucumber, tomatoes, pineapple, yam, plantain etc. Along with coconut grind shallots also that will enhance the taste of the pulissery, it's a secret tip of my grandma.
How to Make Kumbalanga Pulissery- Kumbalanga Moru Curry- Kerala Onam Sadya Recipe
Grind coconut along with green chilies, cumin seeds and shallots. Grind to a fine paste and set aside.
Peel and dice the ashgourd/ kumbalanga into small pieces and set aside.
In a clay pot add kumbalanga, add 3/4 cups of water, turmeric powder and salt. Cook until kumbalanga is soft and tender.
once kumbalanga is cooked well, add ground coconut paste and combine well. Keep in low flame and cook for few minutes.
Keep in low flame and add beaten yogurt, keep on stirring for few seconds and off the flame.
Heat coconut oil in a pan over medium flame, add mustard seeds and fenugreek seeds. Allow it to splutter, then add red chilies and curry leaves. Turn off the flame and pour this over the curry.
Serve along with rice.
Enjoy!! Happy cooking and stay healthy.


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Boozy barbecues, music festivals and long afternoons spent in a pub garden with friends… Summer is full of good reasons to have a few drinks. Perhaps that's why a recent AA survey found that many drivers are tempted to drink-drive in the summer compared to the cold, winter months – notwithstanding with the festive season in December. Edmund King, AA president, said summer drink-driving should have as much if not more attention than the perceived peak times of Christmas and New Year: "It is crucial that drivers and their friends and family consider the hazards of drinking and driving on all occasions." Any amount of alcohol affects your ability to drive. And by drinking and driving, you risk your life, those of your passengers and others on the road.
The risksAccidents caused by drink-driving have fallen dramatically over the last 50 years as more and more people wake up to the dangers of taking the wheel while under the influence. (It should be noted, however, that 400 drivers a month are being arrested for drug driving – a new offence introduced in March.) However, figures from drink drive campaigners Think! show that there were still 230 deaths caused by drink drivers on UK roads in 2012. And even if you avoid injuring anyone by driving after having a drink, you risk a hefty fine, a minimum 12-month driving ban and a criminal record if you get caught. You may even have to spend up to six months in prison if you are found behind the wheel with a lot of alcohol in your bloodstream. A typical drink drive conviction costs the motorist involved between £20,000 and £50,000 in fines and solicitors' fees, plus other related costs such as higher insurance premiums – according to the Institute of Advanced Motorists. If you have to drive for work, you also risk losing your job, not to mention the independence that having a driving licence offers. To sum up, driving under the influence means risking: - A hefty fine - A prison sentence - Losing your licence for at least 12 months - Increased car insurance costs - A criminal record - Job loss - Difficulty gaining entry to certain countries, notably the US - Loss of mobility and independence - A conviction being noted on your licence for 11 years.
The limitsEver felt tipsy after one glass of wine? Or can you put away pint after pint of beer, apparently without feeling the effects? That's because the way alcohol affects you depends on a number of factors such as your weight, age, sex and metabolism, what you've eaten recently and your stress levels at the time. Think! therefore advises anyone planning to drive to avoid alcohol altogether – even though you are allowed some alcohol in your system by law. This also avoids the risk of inadvertently exceeding the legal limits, which we have nevertheless outlined below. In England, Wales and Northern Ireland, the legal alcohol limit for drivers is: - 35 microgrammes of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath - 80 milligrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood - 107 milligrammes of alcohol per 100 millilitres of urine In Scotland, the limit is lower at: - 22 microgrammes of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath - 50 milligrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood - 67 milligrammes of alcohol per 100 millilitres of urine
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Are you holidayed out? Not us. So let's say that hypothetically, every employee in the Oskoui & Oskoui office somehow was well behaved this year, washed all the dishes, didn't shoot the housecleaner with a Nerf gun (cough, Flo, cough) and did all their gifting from the do-gooders gift guide we posted. Congrats, you all made it on the NICE LIST, and Santa is bringing you whatever high-tech futuristic gadget you want. What is it? I thought you'd never ask.
Emma is getting Netflix socks that turn off the TV when she falls asleep.
This is kind of intense. Not only do you need to know how to knit, (I do) but you also need a basic understanding of electronics and microcontroller programming, and be comfortable around a soldering iron. So after I pick out a pattern and knit these puppies up during my lunch break, they'll be ready for the developers to work their magic and make them work. How does it work, you ask? An accelerometer detects when you've stopped moving for a prolonged period of time and triggers a signal to your TV that pauses Netflix. When it detects that you've dozed off, an LED light in the cuff of the sock flashes red, warning that the pause signal is about to be sent to your TV. Any motion will stop it from firing.
Matthieu is getting a BluFit smart bottle for water that monitors water intake and reminds you to hydrate. It's a good gift for anyone who comes to work hungover often! Just kidding. Everyone needs to drink more water.
I'm giving Jess a bag that saves the water wasted while waiting for your shower to heat up. The WaterDrop catches the cold water from your shower that runs before the nice hot water comes out, and then you can re-use it to water the plans, refill your pet's water bowl, clean. (Even flush!) It's also a handy, foldable garden sprinkler. It's easy to use, and when you don't need it it folds up nice and compact. Not that I think she's wasteful, but with so many French people in the office, the average of showers may be few and far between. Not that it matters. I just think this is a really cool way to take action during the drought.
Flo can always use more toys, so I'm getting her a a BB-8 Droid she can control and steer around the office with her phone. Jo is gonna love it.
I'm getting Jo a DIY mini whiskey barrel. The Mighty Pintages and improves the taste of spirits, wine and cocktails – in a matter of hours. Office Happy Hours are about to get real classy!
I know Jeff only wants expensive sneakers but I really want to try eating hot dogs out of this retro-designed toaster. And at $19.99 on Amazon Prime, what a STEAL!
Kwok Wai is getting a Moto 360 because he's the only one in the office with an Android, and I kind of want to try it out.
Boris, I haven't forgotten about you! What to get the man who has everything? Well, I heard you had a couple of fur-babies so I've been dying to give the PetBot to someone. It is the very first device with petificial intelligence that will watch over your pet and will notify you if there is something happening! Using a treat dispenser, built in camera and speaker, PetBot will automatically send you pet selfies and bark/meow messages from your pets to give you peace of mind.


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Baltimore Avenue offers several different kinds of cold desserts during this hot, sticky summer, from vegan ice cream at Little Baby's to enormous shaved ice concoctions from the Ice Cave. Now we can add another to the list — Swirl Cafe at 46th and Baltimore.
This small family-owned shop features old-fashioned soft-serve with new-fashioned swirled-in "Flavor Burst!" flavorings, as well as bubble tea and milk tea in various fruity and creamy flavors. Seating is limited to a pair of small tables and a five-seat counter, so it might be wise to get your desserts to go. Right now food is limited to a small handful of prepackaged snacks, though there are plans to expand the menu further.
Swirl is open from 1 p.m. – 10 p.m., seven days a week. For more info and updates, check out their Facebook page.
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Hello and welcome to another Freshly Brewed Challenge!
All of the creations last week really did SING to me :). What a joy it was to see all of the beautiful and fun cards.
Stacie: Ladybug Teapot
Kelly: Baby Ellie Hula Dancer
Heather: Hatter Maddness and
Plain Teapot Digital Stamp
Heather: Beach Bums rubber stamp
Aren't they just toooo cute?!?!
You will have until Tuesday June 28 EST to add your card. PLEASE only link new creations that follow the challenge and please add a direct link to the inlinkz below :) Thank you and have a wonderful day!!!
I have messed up and closed the inlinkz way too early! Please add your link in the comments section below. The challenge ends June 28 Midnight EST Thanks!!!


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We design our RYA sailing courses with a keen emphasis on having fun whilst learning, we create an atmosphere were like minded people can meet and learn whilst having fun.
Whether you're a complete beginner or looking to improve your skills, whether your want to achieve RYA accreditation or just learn to sail confidently, our team of RYA qualified instructors will ensure you have a safe and enjoyable time out on the water.
Then opt for this one day introduction session designed to give individuals the chance of trying dinghy sailing.
- Duration: a one-day course run on the Saturday and is 5 hours in duration.
- Who is it for? this is aimed at complete beginners who want to try dinghy sailing.
- Course aims: to provide you with a basic understanding of rigging and enable you to sail safely around a triangular course.
- Qualifications no qualifications for the 1 day course - convert to the two day course and an RYA logbook and certificate is awarded on completion of the 2 day course with an additional saving of a £40 discount
What's included: all equipment provided (dinghy, wetsuit, buoyancy aid).


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Well I have been recently getting some cross stitching and card making done as I have been off work sick.
Here are some of my card attempts. I would really love some feedback from you all on these as I am hoping to be able to sell them, therefore it would be great to get the opinion of as many people as I can as to how they look.
I will be updating on my cross stitch progress tomorrow, however I feel a little embarrassed as I have strayed off my rotation a little to work on a WIP not currently within the rotation. However I must say I felt very happy about not starting a new HAED, which I was very tempted to do.
I have not been working on my mini project either as I have not been traveling for the last week but should be back to a reasonable schedule next week and hopefully will have an update on that for you all.
So without further ado here are my cards:
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Some more cards
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Those are so beautiful! I especially love the blue butterfly one. Wonderful work!ReplyDelete
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Those cards are really really pretty! I tried card making and I just don't have the knack for it (YET!) It's a pleasure to look at yoursReplyDelete
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Oh, I think those are BEAUTIFUL!!! Love the butterfly one. :DReplyDelete
Sorry to hear that you've been sick. I hope you're feeling better.
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10 Asian Dishes To Kickstart Your Foodventure
One of the best ways to truly experience a country's culture is through its food, especially for a continent as eclectic as Asia. You'll soon find that there are several 'sub-cuisines' within one cuisine alone — like how Chinese food could also have regional sub-categories such as Hokkien, Cantonese, or Teochew dishes, amongst others.
The next time you visit Asia, get the local experience by eating like one. Challenge yourself to a foodventure of tasting not just dragon fruits or durians, but more exotic Asian dishes like Drunken Prawns and Turtle Jelly.
Here're 10 Asian dishes to start your exotic foodventure with!
1. Drunken Prawns and 'Dancing' Shrimps
Chinese Drunken Prawns / Image Credit: Eat What Tonight
Most Chinese know Drunken Prawns as a dish where boiled prawns are served immersed in a fragrant brew of Chinese herbs and wine. However, you can find different variations to this.
In China, you can find shrimps served live and soaked in Chinese wine.
Odori Ebi / Image Credit: VidartheJedi
The Japanese also enjoy them with alcohol. Known as Odori Ebi, live shrimps are served alive with de-shelled bodies, and they are dipped into sake before eaten.
A culinary favourite in Northern Thailand, Goong Ten is a bowl of live shrimps mixed with herbs. The shrimps are so fresh that they jump around in your bowl, giving it its name "Dancing Shrimps".
2. Chicken Feet & Head
Chicken Feet / Image Credit: Serious Eats
Mostly skin, tendons, gelatin and bones, you'll find the Chicken Feet to be a chewy dish. Apart from Asia, you can also find Chicken Feet served at many other countries like Brazil, Italy, Mexico, and South Africa.
Phoenix Claws / Image Credit: Perut Gendut
You can find a dish called Pheonix Claws at most Dim Sum restaurants across Asia. These are actually braised chicken feet!
Chicken Head / Image Credit: The Travel Tart
If Chicken Feet raised your eyebrows, you'll find this even weirder: Chicken Head. Usually roasted or deep fried, chicken head can be found in places like China, Taiwan and Hong Kong.
3. Kway Chap – Animal Innards
The feet and heads of animals are quite literally just scratching the surface of what Asians eat.
Generally, Asians are known for eating everything — every part of an animal. Some of the more popular ones include the offal or innards of a pig, while chicken, duck, and cow innards come a close second.
Kway Chap / Image Credit: Miss Tam Chiak
One of the best ways to enjoy innards is through a Teochew noodle dish called Kway Chap. Popular in countries such as Singapore, Malaysia and Taiwan, Kway Chap comes with a bowl of soupy flat noodles and a platter of assorted ingredients like braised egg, bean curd, pork intestines, pork skin and pork belly.
4. Turtle Soup
Turtle Soup / Image Credit: InterMedia.ge
Turtle Soup is brewed from the flesh of a turtle that's usually a soft-shelled bred. Not just a novelty, Turtle Soup is a Chinese delicacy and is also known in traditional Chinese medicine to be good for the body as it lowers blood pressure and increases blood circulation. Some have also said that it works as an aphrodisiac!
You can find Turtle Soup in several specialty restaurants in Singapore.
5. Tulang Merah
Tulang Merah / Image Credit: Faine
Otherwise known as Sup Tulang or Bone Marrow Soup, mutton or beef bones are served in a sweet and spicy stew boiled with a mix of spices. It is usually served with baguette slices and a straw to slurp up the marrow.
Image Credit: Moonberry
Tulang Merah may look intimidating to anyone who hasn't tried it as the red stew makes it look like it's drenched in blood. You'd think that the bloody-red gravy, biting meat off the bone, and eating with hands not only sound primitive, it also looks equally barbaric, but that's also what makes eating Tulang Merah so enjoyable!
Sup Tulang / Image Credit: Ang Sarap
If Tulang Merah scares you off, Sup Tulang is the much less daunting version of the dish. It's a clear broth stewed for hours with beef or mutton bones and meat. Right before it's done, potatoes and carrots are usually added in to add more texture to the soup. The result? A fragrant soup that's fit for royalty! You can find this dish in many countries such as Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, and even China.
6. Frog Legs
Miss Kay's Fabulous Frog Legs / Image Credit: Doctor Oz
The amphibian's slimy and grimy appearance puts most people off, but Frog Legs have been said to taste like chicken.
It is widely available across Asia in Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand, and Indonesia, amongst others. You can even find Frog Legs in certain European countries!
Frog Leg Porridge / Image Credit: Seth Lui
Frog Legs are said to be good for us too as they're rich in protein and Omega-3 acids, and are considered a Chinese and French delicacy.
Swikee Kodok Oh / Image Credit: Wikipedia
While the French have them fried, it's most popular as a Frog Leg Porridge dish or stir-fried with spices in Singapore and China, and in soup with a plate of rice (Swikee Kodok Oh) in Indonesia.
7. Century Egg
Century Egg with pickled ginger / Image Credit: Young Parents
Better known as Pidan to the Chinese, the Century Egg is a Chinese food dish and delicacy that's essentially preserved duck, chicken, or quail eggs.
Contrary to popular belief and legends, Century Eggs are neither preserved for centuries nor are they soaked in horse urine.
Image Credit: WheresMyChallenge
They are kept in a mixture of clay, ash, salt, quicklime, and rice hulls for a few weeks or months. This makes the egg white turn translucent brown and the yolk dark green to grey, with strong flavour and creamy texture.
As it is a Chinese dish, you'll find this in China, Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, or Chinese restaurants all around around Asia.
8. Bird's Nest Soup
Bird's Nest / Image Credit: Dragon Brand
Many Singaporean millennials grew up having this, yet not knowing what Bird's Nest Soup really is. They'd then be in disbelief that it's actually hardened saliva of Swiftlets.
That's because a bowl of Bird's Nest Soup is far from what it actually sounds like. Served as a dessert that tastes just like a 'normal' sweet soup, Bird's Nests are generally considered a luxury. It's also sorted into grades for the way it was harvested and processed, and can cost thousands of dollars.
Bird's Nest soup / Image Credit: Where To Eat in Singapore
Like the Century Egg, Bird's Nest Soup is a Chinese dish you can find in China, Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, or at Chinese dessert specialty stores.
9. Turtle Jelly
Turtle Jelly / Image Credit: Broadway Macau
If you are feeling a little under the weather, try cooling down with a bowl of Turtle Jelly. It's believed that Turtle Jelly can reduce internal body heat and make the skin smoother.
The Chinese call it Gui Ling Gao, which translates to tortoise or turtle shell jelly, and it's enjoyed as a dessert across Asia.
While it was made from the shells of golden coin turtles long ago, you'll be hard-pressed to find a Turtle Jelly made out of authentic turtle shells today. Most Turtle Jelly desserts you can find at Cantonese restaurants, dessert stalls, or supermarkets today are made out of herbs.
10. Live Octopus
Live Octopus / Image Credit: Wikipedia
Live Octopus, or the Korean San-nakji, takes Sashimi to another level.
Live octopuses are served to you right after they are killed, with its nerves still be active. Imagine chewing on a piece of slimy tentacle that's still alive and wriggling in your mouth — what an experience!
Be careful not to stuff too many pieces in when you're indulging, as the suction cups on the tentacles make it easy to choke on.
You've Not Been To Asia Until…
You know how there's always the one 'you've never been there till you've done that' thing you have to do whenever you visit a new place?
One of them is trying exotic foods like those above. The sound or look of the dishes may seem too bizarre for your palate, but if you don't try them, you'll never know!
Remember to book your flights here and hotels here to enjoy special ASEAN@50 deals when you're planning your trip to Asia!


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Singapore shipped US$373.2 billion worth of products around the globe in 2017. That figure represents roughly 2.3% of overall global exports estimated at $15.952 trillion for the prior year.
From a continental perspective, three-quarters (75.4%) of Singaporean exports by value are delivered to other Asian countries while 9.5% are sold to European importers.
Singapore shipped another 7% worth of products to North American clients. A smaller 2.2% portion went to Latin America excluding Mexico but including the Caribbean.
Singapore's Top Trading Partners
Top 15
Below is a list showcasing 15 of Singapore's top trading partners. That is, these are countries that imported the most Singaporean export shipments by dollar value during 2017. Also shown is each import country's percentage of total Singaporean exports.
- China: US$54 billion (14.5% of total Singaporean exports)
- Hong Kong: $46 billion (12.3%)
- Malaysia: $39.6 billion (10.6%)
- Indonesia: $28 billion (7.5%)
- United States: $24.2 billion (6.5%)
- Japan: $17.1 billion (4.6%)
- South Korea: $16.7 billion (4.5%)
- Taiwan: $16.6 billion (4.4%)
- Thailand: $14.7 billion (3.9%)
- Vietnam: $12.3 billion (3.3%)
- India: $11 billion (3%)
- Australia: $10 billion (2.7%)
- Netherlands: $7.8 billion (2.1%)
- Philippines: $7.3 billion (1.9%)
- Germany: $6.2 billion (1.7%)
Over four-fifths (83.4%) of Singaporean exports in 2017 were delivered to the above 15 trade partners.
Nine of the 15 top importers increased their purchases from Singapore from 2013 to 2017. Gains ranged from a modest 0.4% for Hong Kong up to 21.7% for the Netherlands.
Declines in import purchases from Singapore were led by Australia (down -36.5%), Indonesia (down -31.1%) and Malaysia (down -20.6%).
As defined by Investopedia, a country whose total value of all imported goods is higher than its value of all exports is said to have a negative trade balance or deficit.
It would be unrealistic for any exporting nation to expect across-the-board positive trade balances with all its importing partners. Similarly, that export country doesn't necessarily post a negative trade balance with each individual partner with which it exchanges exports and imports.
Singapore incurred the highest trade deficits with the following countries:
- Taiwan: -US$10.6 billion (country-specific trade deficit in 2017)
- United States: -$10.4 billion
- Saudi Arabia: -$8.3 billion
- Switzerland: -$6.8 billion
- France: -$5.2 billion
- United Arab Emirates: -$5.2 billion
- Qatar: -$4.7 billion
- Russia: -$4 billion
- Japan: -$3.4 billion
- Germany: -$3.3 billion
Only three Singapore's trading partners that cause the greatest negative trade balances, Singaporean deficits with Switzerland (up 135.3%), France (up 59.4%) and Japan (up 23.5%) grew at the fastest pace from 2013 to 2017.
These cashflow deficiencies clearly indicate Singapore's competitive disadvantages with the above countries, but also represent key opportunities for Singapore to develop country-specific strategies to strengthen its overall position in international trade.
Overall, Singapore earned a US$45.5 billion trade surplus for 2017. That dollar amount is up by 22.3% since 2013 but down by -2.8% from one year earlier.
Based on Investopedia's definition of net importer, a country whose total value of all imported goods is lower than its value of all exports is said to have a positive trade balance or surplus.
Singapore incurred the highest trade surpluses with the following countries:
- Hong Kong: US$41.6 billion (country-specific trade deficit in 2017)
- Indonesia: $12.8 billion
- Vietnam: $8.9 billion
- China: $8.7 billion
- Thailand: $7.5 billion
- Australia: $5.9 billion
- Panama: $5.3 billion
- Netherlands: $4.3 billion
- India: $3.7 billion
- Belgium: $3.7 billion
Among Singapore's trading partners that cause the greatest positive trade balances, Singaporean surpluses with Netherlands (up 517%), China (up 85.8%) and India (up 78.4%) grew at the fastest pace from 2013 to 2017.
These positive cashflow streams clearly indicate Singapore's competitive advantages with the above countries, but also represent key opportunities for Singapore to develop country-specific strategies to optimize its overall position in international trade.
Companies Servicing Singaporean Trading Partners
Seventeen corporations rank among Forbes Global 2000 for 2015. Below is a sample of the major Singaporean export companies that Forbes included:
- Wilmar International (food processing)
- Keppel Corp (industrial conglomerates)
- Flextronics International (electronics)
- Avago Technologies (semiconductors)
- ST Engineering (aerospace )
- Olam International (food processing)
- Golden Agri-Resources (food processing)
- China Aviation Oil (jet fuel trading)
Wikipedia also lists exporters from Singapore. Selected examples are shown below:
- Singapore Technologies Engineering (electronics manufacturing)
- Medical Technology (medical/healthcare equipment)
- Singapore Telecommunications Limited (communications)
According to global trade intelligence firm Zepol, the following smaller companies are also examples of Singaporean export companies:
- Wajilam Export Singapore (wood, chocolate)
- Asahi Glass Singapore (glass sheets)
- Sephora Singapore (copper pipes/tubes, cabinets)
- Ltt Veneer Singapore (soybean flours, hams)
See also Singapore's Top 10 Major Export Companies, Singapore's Top 10 Exports, Singapore's Top 10 Imports and Top Asian Export Countries
Research Sources:
The World Factbook, Field Listing: Imports – Commodities, Central Intelligence Agency. Accessed on February 5, 2018
Trade Map, International Trade Centre, www.intracen.org/marketanalysis. Accessed on February 5, 2018
Investopedia, Net Importer Definition. Accessed on February 5, 2018
Forbes 2015 Global 2000 rankings, The World's Biggest Public Companies. Accessed on February 5, 2018
Zepol's company summary highlights by country. Accessed on February 5, 2018


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Come Get Ya Mans: Viral Debate Star Ken Bone Believes Trayvon Martin Murder Was "Justified"
Ken Bone Believes George Zimmerman Was Justified In Killing Trayvon Martin
A NYDailyNews report is painting some of y'alls favorite new meme homie as a certified P.O.S.
Ken Bone has been enjoying the fruits of his viral labor after he became an internet sensation following the second Presidential debate.
But we are learning more about Bone's background and suffice to say, he's kind of a douchebag…
Yup, Ken Bone believes that despite George Zimmerman being a "big ole s#!t bird" had every right to put bullets in Trayvon Martin.
Not only that, but…
In some of his more salacious posts, Bone discusses his liking for pregnant women – who he referred to as "beautiful human submarines" on an NSFW thread called "PreggoPorn" – and the benefits of getting a vasectomy.
Come get ya mans. SMH.
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Commemoration of Pontiff St. Pokas and St. Yeranos
Pontiff St. Pokas (Phocas) was the Bishop of the town Sinop located on the shore of the Bleak Sea. He lived in the town Paplagonia and was a gardener. His doors were always open before the foreigners, the poor and the needy. Since childhood he was granted divine grace and worked many wonders. According to hagiographic sources he drove away the demons, recovered the eyesight of the blind, and shared his property with the poor. When he already was the Bishop of Sinop, he is persecuted for being Christian. The soldiers of the King Trayanos are ordered to kill Pokas wherever they meet him. St. Pokas receives the soldiers in his house, entertains them to dinner, and then tells the soldiers that he is the person whom they are seeking. The soldiers, who were pleased with the hospitality and the attitude of St Pokas, persuade Pokas to betray his faith. However, Pokas does not betray Christ and is martyred in 117 A. D.
St. Yeranos (Bishop Irenios (Irenaeus) of Lyons) was born in Aegean Sea region. His teacher was the Pontiff St. Polikarpos of Smyrnia. St. Yeranos has studied in Rome, and then was ordained as a priest. After the martyrdom of the Bishop of Lyon St. Yeranos has succeeded him.
St. Yeranos is the first great theologian of the East and he is the last link binding the Apostolic Fathers with the Church Fathers of the next centuries. The Armenian Haysmavourk testifies that during the reign of Septimos Severos, St. Yeranos has courageously spoken before the judges about Christ, for which he has been subjected to torments and has been martyred in 2002 A. D. He is the author of the famous valuable work: "Against Schismatics".
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People Being Asked When It Was That They Decided They Were Gay
Because of morons in the news, this satirical streeter from FunnyorDie asks people when it was that they decided to be gay?
Because of morons in the news, this satirical streeter from FunnyorDie asks people when it was that they decided to be gay?
New cast member Bridget Mendler performs in this catchy music video featuring the cast of NBC's very funny comedy "Undateable", coming back next week for season 2. Plus, you finally get to see Brent Morin shirtless which is awesome.
With the assistance of Billy Eichner – hilarious
Thank you, Pawnee
The video for Elastic Heart
A Christmas time parody of "Apocalypse Now" that is beyond clever.
A man brings in a gay-worker to teach his family about what to expect when attending their cousin's gay marriage ceremony. Funny stuff.
And here's our choice for video of the year. Hilarious and ballsy
This week for Christmas, we'll be featuring a daily full length motion picture we like that you can watch from its post.
A funny spoof of Hitchcockian movies stars Dave Foley as an innocent man on the run, afraid he'll be framed for the murder of his boss – the only catch is that no one is pursuing him and he's too stupid to realize it.
Watch cutie Pete Davidson and Amy Adams in this unaired spoof of Love, Actually. Click here to view
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This week for Christmas, we'll be featuring a daily full length motion picture we like that you can watch from its post.
Today's feature film stars Wilson Cruz in this romantic comedy about gay dating from 2006.
A music video of the song "Teacher" by Nick Jonas that you can really sing a long with because all the lyrics are written on the various parts of various naked male bodies. A nice idea.
Fan made trailer that shows might it might look like if the Marvel Pictures and DC Studios collaborated on the all time superhero movie.
This week for Christmas, we'll be featuring a daily full length motion picture we like that you can watch from its post.
Luke Kirby, in a series of wonderful shirts, stars as the son of Italian immigrants to Canada. He struggles to find the best way to reveal to his parents that he's gay and dating a cop. Here is the full feature film, a gay romantic comedy.
A behind the scenes video of the Warwick Rower's latest photo shoot which features a glimpse of English manhood here and there.
A fantastic Christmas time tribute to a 37 year old movie that endears itself to one generation after the next.
Here are voice over parodies of the Star Wars prequel trilogy reimagined and re-edited by Auralnauts, starting with Episode One which they have called "Jedi Party".
Check out the gay web series "Go-Go Boy Interrupted" with episode one
Go-Go Boy Interrupted: Episode 1 | YouTube
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Watched this 18 times on Day 1. It's kickass.
Here's an updated recording of the 1984 Christmas charity classic to fight world hunger. This version is to also help fund the fight against ebola.
Donate here World Food Program | Doctors without Borders
A new gay NSFW web series from creator and director Roman Feeser
The line up of celebrity cameos here is impressive.
Currently going viral is this satire of sitcom opening theme numbers
Daniel Radcliffe's cover of Blackalicious' "Alphabet Aerobics" is impressive.
Here is Nick Jonas happily playing "Guess The Bulge" in the video above. He can currently be seen starring as a gay MMA fighter on "Kingdom"
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Two American hockey teams played each other, but thought to play the Canadian national anthem "O Canada" in a touching show of support on this day of mourning following the second incident in a week of terrorist attacks. It is appreciated.
Bradley Cooper and Jimmy Fallon discuss the sad story of Joseph Merrick in the most entertaining, unprofessional way possible. The Tonight Show has never been as good as when Jimmy Fallon took over.


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As reported by Tony Mauro in Legal Times, on Tuesday, Sept. 21, the Judicial Conference, "[t]he policy-making body of the federal judiciary, endorsed a sweeping rule change that will allow lawyers to cite unpublished opinions in federal appeals courts nationwide beginning in 2007. . . . The citation rule change, if ratified by the Supreme Court and untouched by Congress, would end a practice that brought charges of a hidden, unaccountable system of justice against some of the nation's largest and most important appellate courts. The 2nd, 7th, 9th and federal circuits ban citation of unpublished opinions outright, while six other circuits discourage it."
In a news conference after the meeting, Judge Carolyn Dineen King, chair of the executive committee, "said passage was eased by an amendment [to proposed new Rule 32.1 of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure] introduced at the meeting that would make the change prospective only, meaning that lawyers will be able to cite only those unpublished opinions issued after Jan. 1, 2007. King also stressed that individual circuit courts will be able to set their own rules about the precedential value unpublished opinions can be given."
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While the cat's away...
My boss left today on vacation. Two weeks of quiet, of bliss, of being able to get things accomplished that have been sitting idly on my desk. YIPPEE! (Don't get me wrong I like my boss, but I like it when he is gone too)
Our house was built around 100 years ago. Over the years it has been added to and upgraded, you know electricity and running water and all that. Well, it had the old fuse box still instead of circuit breakers. The week before Memorial Day the fuse box started to smell. The burned wire, turn it off quick before the wall catched fire kinda smell. Needless to say, we upgraded the electricity that week instead of the end of summer as we were planning. That put a toll on our budget, so when Shane's car stopped starting last month, there was nothing we could do to try and fix it. Skip ahead to this month, Shane goes out this morning to his car and it actually started. It as been sitting there for over a month with nothing and then it starts today. I laughed and laughed when he told me. Unfortuantely, the only place to get it looked at is 30 miles away. So it sat. This morning he got in it and it started. Which just makes you wonder how many weeks it could have been running and we hadn't even tried past the first couple of days of it not working. Shane is taking into the shop tomorrow even though they can't look at it until next week. They don't know if they will be able to tell what it wrong, but I think we need to make sure all the connections are good. Some on Altima's you can't get to without getting under the car.
No swim meet this weekend, YAY! I am bridesmaid shopping. We have the dress picked out and a back up dress just in case all the bridesmaids aren't comfortable with the first.
(I cropped our heads out because yikes the hair after trying on 30 odd dresses is not so good and that is me on the right)
First choice is the purple and second the blue. But they will be cranberry with champaign in the cut out just like the bride's dress.
Which is why the stole I am knitting is cranberry (technically it isn't called that but whatever). It is similar to kidsilk haze in a absolutely mindnumbing two row repeat. But it was what she wanted and as the best friend and bride you get to make me do something boring like that. I am a little further (four or five inches but it looks the same) along than this and the color is a little darker, more like the pile above my fingers. I am hoping to make big progress on this over the weekend.


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Music, literature and the visual arts all underwent modernist transformations around the turn of the 20th century. Could it be that mathematics did the same thing? Just to give this question serious consideration, it is necessary to abandon the naive point of view of mathematics as a collection of necessary, eternal truths about the physical world, or even a universe of Platonic ideals.
In his book Plato's Ghost, Jeremy Gray provides a wide-ranging and thoughtful examination of the evolution of mathematical thought from about 1890 to about 1930. He argues that what happened to mathematics during this period was indeed a characteristically modernist transformation. He writes that modernism "is defined as an autonomous body of ideas, having little or no outward reference, placing considerable emphasis on formal aspects of the work". Although this working definition is distilled from modernist views of art during the period around the First World War, it applies equally well to set theory or modern algebra as it does to Cubism.
Consider the case of geometry. The name itself means the measurement of the earth. The ancient Greeks believed they were describing physical reality when they proved geometrical theorems. Euclid synthesised the elementary geometry known in his time, about 300BC, into The Elements, considered to be the model for precision in mathematical proof for more than two millennia. When Augustin-Louis Cauchy tried to settle the foundational problems in calculus in his Cours d'analyse of 1821, he wrote of his methods: "I have sought to give them all the rigour which one demands from geometry."
Euclid's geometry accepted the Parallel Postulate. However, at about the same time that Cauchy was holding up Euclid as the standard for rigour, Janos Bolyai, Nikolai Lobachevsky and Carl Friedrich Gauss were developing versions of geometry in which the Parallel Postulate was false. Such non-Euclidean geometry was initially greeted with suspicion by mathematicians. However, largely through the work of Berhard Riemann and Eugenio Beltrami, the validity of non-Euclidean geometry became generally accepted with time. This paved the way for a critical change of focus in pure mathematics, away from necessary truths and towards derivability within a formal system. "If there are two distinct geometries," writes Gray, "then neither can be necessarily true."
One might wish to know which of the many possible geometries actually describes our physical universe, but such a question is not within the purview of modern mathematics. Gray points out that modernism in mathematics was strongest where the separation between mathematics and physics was most pronounced. In Germany, where in the late 19th century there was already a strong commitment to mathematical research for its own sake, modernism took root quickly. Mathematicians in the US were relatively few in number at that time, but a significant proportion of them had studied in Germany, so America was another early adopter of modernist ways. In the UK, where the emphasis had been on applied mathematics since the time of Newton, modernism came somewhat later, only after the formation of a community of pure mathematicians.
Gray points to Riemann in Germany and the American philosopher Charles Sanders Peirce as early prophets of mathematical modernism. He holds up David Hilbert's 1899 Foundations of Geometry as a manifesto of modernism. This masterpiece of the axiomatic method repaired various shortcomings in Euclid's logic and made clear how the various theorems of elementary geometry depended on the first principles he adopted. Even more importantly, Hilbert used the axiomatic method to create new mathematics, whereas axioms had generally been used before this time only to codify things that were already known.
Not limiting this work to a study of geometry alone, Gray considers the evolution of five fields of mathematics: geometry, analysis, algebra, set theory and logic. He examines many of the new branches of mathematics that arose during the period 1890-1930, including measure theory, topology, transfinite arithmetic and intuitionism. In addition, he pays considerable attention to the many philosophical issues raised by modern mathematics. Chronologically, Gray considers four periods: the period before modernism, culminating in what he calls "the Consensus in 1880", the arrival of modernism at the end of the 19th century, the embrace of modernism at the beginning of the 20th, and the period after the First World War.
Plato's Ghost places mathematics in a broad cultural context, but it is still essentially an internalist inquiry. It is probably best suited to readers with a good background in the mathematical sciences, but it is not overly technical and is sufficiently self-contained to be accessible to anyone interested in the history or philosophy of science. It is an absorbing and thought-provoking study in the history and philosophy of mathematics, and one that seems destined to frame future debate and research in these fields.
Plato's Ghost: the Modernist Transformation of Mathematics
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LONDON (MarketWatch) — A pause in the dollar's rapid acceleration against the euro could threaten exporters' leadership of the rally in European stocks, J.P. Morgan Cazenove analysts said Monday in a research note.
It is likely that domestic-oriented stocks could start outperforming European exporters, particularly auto makers. Those companies have been big beneficiaries of the euro's EURUSD, +0.0353% drop close to parity against the dollar, as well as the slide in oil prices.
Commodities, particularly oil stocks, "should start faring better" if the dollar continues to decline, the analysts said. The analysts said energy stocks were one of the few "value sectors," and reiterated their recent upgrade of the sector to overweight. "The cuts to energy earnings projections appear to have overshot the fall in the oil price," they said.
The ICE dollar index DXY, +0.10% a measure of the greenback's strength against a basket of six rival currencies, has surged nearly 8% this year. But recently the dollar has tumbled as traders bet the Federal Reserve will hold off on raising interest rates until at least September.
The luxury-sector also was "a huge beneficiary of the currency" move, but J.P. Morgan is now cutting its view on the sector to neutral from overweight, adding that sales of luxury goods in the key Hong Kong market "are weakening again."
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Hop Down the Rabbit Hole…
It's where I wish to be
Hop on down where no-one can see
The brutal pain of complexity
That which never abandons me
Down the Rabbit Hole
Who wants to come?
Who could blame them!
Though I hear you there, through the dusty dirt
As you too lay hidden and hurt
I not alone, though feel to be
Oft wanting it, to be completely free
Life longed seeking to find mate of same
Only realising, it clashes untamed
Too much of one, or of another
Being the same can be a bother
Run now run, like Reynard the Fox
Seeking that refuge that one's not got
Hopping in spurts from over exert
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Akron Police have arrested 35-year-old Jordan DeHaven for killing his girlfriend.
According to the report, Amy Rowan, 41, was reported missing by her mother, whom she lived with on Darrow Road, Friday evening around 6:30. Initially, after APD had contacted DeHaven, he denied knowing anything about it. Later Friday, around 9:30 p.m., police went to DeHaven's home on Tompkins Avenue and asked if they could search the property. DeHaven reportedly consented and then confessed to stabbing Rowan to death and hiding her body in his basement.
Police in fact found Rowan's body wrapped in a blanket in the basement. During their search they also found the murder weapon, a knife.
The Summit County Coroner had scheduled an autopsy for Monday and DeHaven's been booked in Summit County Jail on aggravated murder charges.


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The kids' school has an annual Trunk or Treat and Halloween Spooktacular. This was our first year doing the Trunk or Treat. It was a lot of fun!
Here are some of the other cars that were decorated:
Alyssa, Johnny, Tabby, and a friend (Vanessa).
Lily & her friend Averie:
After Trunk or Treat, the kids got to go inside for more fun! Treats, tattoos, crafts, and dancing!
Zach, after too much Halloween fun. ;0)
Tuesday, October 27, 2015
Trunk or Treat & Halloween Spooktacular!
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I was surprised to see him on the "Popular Contributors list" even he is not with us anymore!
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Finding Balance
When the day to day starts to go grey
I watched Dominique on Periscope last night. She typically gets on and shows of her creative and colorful process of creating makeup looks, however tonight was different. She shared her five steps to being happy. I think we all want to be happy. I am not unhappy, but I wanted to tune in and listen. Her fourth point was "find balance". That one hit me in the face.
Find Balance.
Working from home, both with my beauty blog, YouTube, Instagram and working for a blogging network makes for a lot of work in not a lot of time. I also try to keep my home tidy and cook our meals. It leads to a lot of busyness. I need to find balance... or more hours in the day. Wouldn't that be lovely?
I calculated my hours, I work twenty hours as a network manager, then twenty-five to thirty-five on my blog/youtube/instagram work. Then I need to find time to clean up and cook. I also should try and sleep more as well. Balance is what I need. Not only balance, but productivity and focus, but we'll start with balance.
Balance means I need a little more play. Life is starting to feel grey, I want my color back. This is why I am looking for balance. My first step this week in finding balance is going back to look at my schedule, how can I streamline my work to add a little more play. I have also added time to write. I've never really tried to write before, I mean, I can, I went to school and I wrote a lot of essays, I blog about beauty and write about blusher and lipstick. I've never written for myself. Adding this through process, this almost-journaling-but-not-quite in hopes that either I'll become a better writer or at least be able to look back on the process I made in finding balance.
Balance is taking the time to sit down and process. Today it's here, on Wondering in Color, yesterday is was doodles on paper. Who knows what tomorrow will be, but I'll keep trying.


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Saturday, January 28, 2012
What drives us?
The obstacles are beginning
to look insurmountable:
the water too deep,
the mountains too high,
the distance too far,
the light dimming fast --
yet still the mountaineers press on,
determined to place
the flag of accomplishment
on some remote unattainable peak.
What is it that drives us
onward, past endurance,
to completion? Why can't we be
content with here and now?
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Tuesday, 6 January 2009
THE GHOST OF LOUDOUN KIRK CEMETERY CRYPT hidden away in the Irvine Valley situated in Galston Ayrshire shown here has many secrets. Interred here are the ancestors of the Campbell family who once owned the imposing Loudoun Castle. My Grandfather who was one of the gardeners at Loudoun Castle is also interred within the Loudoun Kirk Cemetery.
The Loudoun Kirk Cemetery Crypt sits in a small area approx. 400 square meters in size tucked away in a quiet and beautiful area of Loudoun Kirk which gave rise to it's name from the turn of the century. Once a bustling and busy hamlet of a few houses where family's had geese and hens, fruit trees and most of the menfolk worked the soil or had employment from the local land owners. The single track road which snakes it's way back to Galston from Loudoun Kirk once had seven families sitting next door to one another in traditional family and Hamlet style.
The families have long since moved on but the Cemetery with it's old and creaking wrought iron gates still remain with the Loudoun Kirk Crypt standing just off the centre of the Cemetery grounds. Although very beautiful and picturesque during daylight hours, nobody, and I mean nobody ventures there at night.
To set the scene;
Night time brings a very strange aura to Loudoun Kirk and it was during one of my late jaunts in my youth I was confronted by my first genuine 100% ghost. I was busy looking through the gates with my friend pointing out where roughly my Grandfather was buried trying to see the small headstone in the darkness when in the background we both could see the distinct shape of a Lady with a light blue grey light showing all around her and slowly departing from the Crypt doorway and disappearing into the brick wall (which had no door) surrounding the Cemetery and not walking, simply floating.
The speed of my friend and I reaching Galston that night broke all known records, and we have heard many stories over the years about the well known Grey Lady figure who to this day can be seen either at Loudoun Castle or Loudoun Kirk Cemetery.
My scepticism got truly knocked that night, and since then have seen apparitions on three different places all having the heroic instinct to run, except the last time when it was a little girl which I will add and explain on our Scotland list.
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- Agnes said...
I would be interested to know more about the ghosts at Loudoun Kirk. I have been involved with the partial restoration of it since 1994 but never heard of the ghosts mentioned. We also want to learn more about the families in the area including any known ghostly sightings. We are happy to open the kirk to visitors at anytime by appointment.
Visit our website for more info on Loudoun Kirk http://www.loudounkirk.org.uk/
or our interactive wiki site if anyone wants to add their own stories
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A 2-year-old Siberian cat, currently living in California with his hoomins, enjoys traveling more than you'd expect for a kitty. In fact, he enjoys it so much that his Instagram might attain you jealous!
"He is an indoor only cat with the exception of leash day, " said his humans. "We started taking him out with us since he was just a few weeks. He loves it! He still gets the outdoor experience and we get to share in all of his adventures! "
"He loves his leash! As soon as we pick it up he operates to the door and sits down for us to put it on. He is a traveling bug." So far "hes having" visited 2 countries and 8 states. Gandalf's owneds are planning to move to New Zealand in 2016. The adventure is just beginning!


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Magdalena Island Navigation
Visit Magdalena Island, the second largest Magellan penguins' colony in South America, besides a sea lions colony in Marta Island.
- Price per person:
- CLP$ 65.000 per person.
- Times:
- 6:30 am to 12:00 pm and 10:00 am to 3:30 pm.
- Duration:
- 5 hours and a half.
- Included:
- Shared transport, navigation, bilingual guide (Spanish and English) and entry ticket to park.
- Not included:
- Health insurance.
- Meeting Point:
- José Nogueira 1255, Punta Arenas.
- What to bring:
- Warm clothing.
- Weather :
- Subject to weather conditions.
- Cancellation and rescheduling policy :
- 7 days.
This half-day tour begins early in the morning in Punta Arena's downtown, from where we will go by vehicle to a pier. Here, we will board the vessel that will take us to the Los Pingüinos Natural Monument, protected wild area formed by Marta Island and Magdalena Island. First, we will navigate around Marta Island, where we will be able to watch, from the vessel's deck, a 2,000 sea lions colony.
Then, we will disembark in Magdalena Island, where we will be for about one hour. There, we will walk by a track of 800 m long, until reaching an old lighthouse, from where we will enjoy a spectacular view of the Strait of Magellan. During the whole walking, we will be able to see between 100,000 and 170,000 Magellan penguins. Finally, we will board our vessel to return to the pier, reaching Punta Arenas by midday.
*The order of the places that you will visit is subject to change the same day of the excursion.
- In what period of the year the navigation is made?
The Magellan penguins are migratory birds and are in the island from the beginning of October to the beginning of April, period in which the navigation is made.
- Which time of the year is it possible to see a bigger number of penguins?
The larger number of penguins is seen in December and January, months in which the colony is formed by about 170,000 specimens.
- How far can I see the penguins during the walking in the Magdalena Island?
The penguin colony in the island is big. As this is a small island, it is possible to see penguins with a less than a meter distance during the walking. It is common that the penguins enter to the track while you are walking. However, it is strictly forbidden touching the birds.
- What type of boat is used for the navigation?
The navigation is made in Zodiac boats. We have three boats of different sizes, with capacity for 20, 36 and 67 passengers, respectively. The boat used for a particular tour will depend on how big is the group.
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Personally... I'm pulling for Jose Altuve, Josh Reddick, and the Houston Astros. However most people I've talked to are predicting a New York Yankees victory. If that's the case, then 100% of my support will be given to the Dodgers. I don't see myself ever rooting for the Yankees unless it somehow benefits the A's or Padres.
With that being said... I wanted to dedicate tonight's post to all of the Dodgers fans out there and write about my five favorite players from your franchise. At first I had planned on ranking them, but this proved to be too challenging since they played in different eras. So instead, I decided to break them down by exactly that.
Let's kick things off with my current favorite Dodger... and slowly work back in time.
Late 2000's to Present: Clayton Kershaw
As a baseball fan, I'll always appreciate "greatness" and that's exactly what Kershaw exemplifies. Year in and year out he has one of the lowest ERA's in the game and is a Cy Young Award winner candidate. Plus as a left-handed guy who has grown up in a society that caters to right-handed people, I have admired left-handed pitchers since the days of Steve Carlton.
Mid to Late 90's: Hideo Nomo
You couldn't walk into a card shop in the mid 90's without hearing people talk about Nomo, his baseball cards, or his signature "tornado" windup. Nomomania was officially born. And although he wasn't the first Japanese guy to play in the MLB, he was the guy who paved the way for all of the other Japanese players in the league today.
Early to Late 80's: Fernando Valenzuela
Before the Tornado... there was El Toro. Just like Nomo, he took baseball and America by storm. During the 1981 strike shortened season, he took home the NL ROY Award and the NL Cy Young Award, while leading the league in strikeouts and ERA. I remember his 1981 Fleer baseball card was one of the first prized possessions in my collection.
Late 70's to Early 80's: Steve Garvey
I have always been obsessed with players with high batting averages and Garvey routinely hit .300 or higher throughout his career. I also remember seeing a photo of him and his wife and thinking "this guy is the man", because she was smokin' hot. It's not the best reason to start cheering for a baseball player, but I was only a prepubescent kid at the time.
Before I was born: Jackie Robinson
There's a chance someone out there will declare "shenanigans" on this pick, since technically... Robinson retired from baseball almost twenty years before I entered this world. But for as long as I can remember, I have admired what #42 did for baseball and millions of Americans when he broke the color barrier in 1947.
Well this post took a lot longer for me to write than anticipated. I'm gonna wrap things up and go watch Game 7 to see who the Dodgers will face this Tuesday.
In the meantime, feel free to respond to today's question of the day...
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4 days into 2011 and I'm not sure I'm liking the year! :( There is just too much of 2010 left in it for me. We've started off in a cleaning frenzy so that the realtor could take pictures today. I can't imagine what people go through that don't keep a neat house - I just had to stay on everyone and make sure things stayed in their place. Guess we will have signs and a mls # as of Saturday - I'm just tired off the waiting and ready to move on.
Vinny has decided that he no longer wants to deal with his shots so now I am spending 3 times a day fighting with him and trying to get his meds in. I can't figure out what brought about the change; he didn't even flinch before Sunday - hopefully this is short lived.
I've managed to complete 4 scrap pages in the past few days of 2011, I guess you could say I need a little stress relieving. Here's one that I really like...
Wish I knew what Marc was thinking! Last year he yawned the whole time and this year he did one of everything. Gotta love this kid!


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