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Vintage Turquoise & Sterling Cluster Bracelet * Signed J. M. Begay* - Navajo *Dead Pawn*
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"Old Pawn" on the other hand, traditionally referred to the personal jewelry certain Natives used to leave on "Pawn" with the trading post "back in the day." This was their personal jewelry and therefore thought of as being of higher quality. On some occasions, the person lost this jewelry for non-payment. Then buyers would come in looking for some of that "old pawn" jewelry (because they thought it was made better than the stuff made for the tourists). However, the words "old pawn" are often now interchange with "dead pawn" or just "pawn." The word "pawn" does not describe the age of a piece.
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n Tricare Prime � The current family enrollment fee of $539 for working-age retirees (i.e., under age 65) would increase next year to equal 2.95 percent of the individual�s gross retired pay. But for 2014, the fee would be subject to an annual minimum, or floor, of $548 and a ceiling of $750 ($900 for flag officers). The fee would be raised to 3.3 percent of gross pay in 2015 with a floor of $558 and a ceiling of $900 ($1200 for flag officers); 3.65 percent in 2016 with floor of $569 and a ceiling of $1050 ($1500 for flag) and so on until reaching 4 percent of the gross retired pay in 2018 with a floor of $594 a ceiling of $1226 ($1840 for flag officers).
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n Tricare for Life � Tricare for Life beneficiaries would see for the first time an enrollment fee for participation in the program. The fee would equal one half of one percentage point of gross retired pay in 2014; one percent in 2015; 1.5 percent in 2016, and two percent in 2017 and in 2018. But the fees would have a ceiling: no more $150 a year in 2014; no more than $300 in 2015, $450 in 2016, $600 in 2017 and no more than $618 in 2018. After 2017, these fees would be adjusted by the percentage of the retiree COLAs.
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My husband is an occasional hunter… which means in 20 years of deer hunting he has only killed two deer.
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Ashleigh Hall commentedDecember 4, 2016 at 2:49 pm
I have been searching for a great venison stew recipe…. Thanks so much for sharing this! I'm definitely going to make this stew this year since my husband is also a hunter and regularly fills our freezer with the delicious bounty! 🙂
Sarah Barr commentedDecember 2, 2016 at 8:41 pm
Going to try this!
Candace Geldreich commentedDecember 1, 2016 at 10:52 am
Unfortunately my hubs doesn't hunt, so no venison for me; however, I have had great success in substituting veal for venison in the past. This will be a December meal for us. Thank you for sharing. I can't wait to taste it.
Mary commentedDecember 27, 2014 at 8:24 pm
…another comment. The recipe is a bit unclear with regard to the white button mushrooms. Wasn't sure if the reference to 'mushrooms' meant the porcini, the buttons, or both. I just sautéed both the white mushrooms and porcinis at the same time and added to the pot with all the other ingredients.
Mary commentedDecember 27, 2014 at 8:14 pm
This stew is excellent! Made for Christmas Eve dinner, serving with French bread. Next time, I will double the liquid, as I didn't have enough sauce in the final product; or perhaps, I'll use only 1 bag of gnocchi (or pour the stew over the gnocchi as combining them with the stew caused the sauce to get absorbed into the dumplings.) For the leftovers, I was able to create additional liquid by reheating with a bit of beef broth. Absolutely terrific recipe!
Kari Lindsay commentedJanuary 22, 2013 at 3:25 pm
I love the use of gnocchi in the stew. This stew looks like a rich bowl of deliciousness!
Just Me commentedJanuary 8, 2013 at 8:56 pm
Oh wow that looks solo yummy!!!
Just Me commentedJanuary 8, 2013 at 8:54 pm
Oh wow that looks solo yummy!!!
Joyce commentedJanuary 7, 2013 at 11:08 pm
My husband will be bringing back a deer this weekend-looking forward to trying this recipe, it sounds wonderful and I love the presentation!
lostpastremembered commentedJanuary 6, 2013 at 10:43 am
MMM. delicious with the gnocchi… what a great dish.
Mary commentedJanuary 5, 2013 at 8:30 pm
Yvonne~ This looks delicious! My husband has a friend who is a big hunter and has shared venison with us a time or two. I was too scared to attempt anything with it other than chili, thinking I needed to mask the gamey flavor. I'm assuming you don't soak your venison in buttermilk first? I'm definitely trying this recipe the next time he shares with us, in the meantime I'll use beef! Thanks for sharing this recipe! Love Ann Burrell 🙂
Designs By Pinky commentedJanuary 5, 2013 at 3:51 pm
I will certainly share this recipe with my SIL. Joe's brother is a big hunter and they always have venison. They will LOVE this!!! I will use a chuck roast:):) It sounds delicious! Joe and I made chili yesterday. That's what's "on the menu" tonight:):) I will share it on Monday. CALL ME when you get a chance, I leave Tues. AM for Fl. XOXO
On Crooked Creek commentedJanuary 5, 2013 at 3:38 pm
"Mr. Ed" hasn't hunted in years since moving to this side of the Prairie! However when both boys were home(one being in College), our freezer was always filled with "deer meat". Being a bit like you in the beginning, I called a local friend for advice on how to prepare and cook the meat. Her main suggestion, "Don't scrimp on the black pepper!" Never ate any deer meat that I didn't like!!! Thanks for sharing your recipe!!!
UPON A HILL commentedJanuary 5, 2013 at 11:28 am
sounds yummy! I am adding this to my pinterest recipe file1
Nancy Reinke commentedJanuary 5, 2013 at 10:38 am
This looks amazing. Rich and delicious. I love porcini mushrooms and gnocchi. I'm sure this recipe would be delicious with a good beef stew meat, too. (Venison is hard to find here.) Thanks for posting.
Jackie commentedJanuary 5, 2013 at 9:35 am
The recipe sounds just so yummy. My friend's husband is a hunter and they have a freezer full of venison. I thought I would pass this recipe along to her. Thank you.
How many servings would this recipe have?
Love your site.
Nanci commentedJanuary 5, 2013 at 8:40 am
Yum…must try! Where do you find your veal Demi glacé?
Nanci commentedJanuary 5, 2013 at 10:16 am
thanks Yvonne. I wanted to pin your recipe, but it wouldn't let me. Can you add a Pin It button to the recipe for us?
Yvonne @ StoneGable commentedJanuary 5, 2013 at 9:12 am
Hi Nanci, You can get demiglaze at Wm~Sonoma or any kitchen store. This step is optional, it just adds a nice note to the sauce!
Robin commentedJanuary 5, 2013 at 7:41 am
Sounds divine and those photos are inspired Yvonne!
Rettabug commentedJanuary 5, 2013 at 6:33 am
Hi Yvonne!
I can't wait to share this blog post with my extremely successful at hunting brother & his wife. They always have a freezer full of venison!
I just bought stew meat to make my usual James Beard recipe. I'll have to go back to the grocery store for those mushrooms & the gnocchi so I can do this version instead.
Thanks for sharing it & all the wonderfully inspiring blog postings this past year. You are amazing!
Warm hugs,
Sharon @ mrshinesclass commentedJanuary 5, 2013 at 1:48 am
This sounds mouth wateringly, deilcious! My daughter loves gnocci…I'm going to have to make this soup for her and see how she likes it.
Artsy Chicks Rule commentedJanuary 4, 2013 at 11:47 pm
That looks and sounds fabulous! I'm going to have to trust you on the Venison though. 😉
I will definitely try this one! Thanks for sharing. 🙂
Auntie Bliss commentedJanuary 4, 2013 at 11:25 pm
I was talking to someone today about that wild taste in game food.
This looks wonderful.
Jenn commentedJanuary 4, 2013 at 9:55 pm
I haven't had deer since I moved to Arizona (16 years ago), but I can imagine how wonderful it was in this stew.
P.S.. Thanks for stopping by my blog! And thanks for the invite to the On The Menu Monday.
FABBY'S LIVING commentedJanuary 4, 2013 at 8:49 pm
Oh, goodness, I can't help but get hungry! What an awesome stew, but I want my plate of it right now! Thank you for the recipe dear Ivonne. I think I did wish you a happy, healthy and prosperous 2013, before..if not, many blessings too, lovely lady.
Leslie commentedJanuary 4, 2013 at 8:16 pm
This is such a wonderful post and the recipe looks amazing! Talk about comfort food! When I was growing up my extended family used to hunt annually and freeze the meat. Venison is wonderful, and I think it's a great starter meat for someone that wants to try {something on the wild side:} I'm sure this would also taste good with regular stew meat! YUM! Have a great weekend (I'm so glad it's hear. Even though it was a short work week, my company didn't leave until the 2nd and I have so much to do!)
Jo May commentedJanuary 4, 2013 at 6:58 pm
Great goodness!..can I ever relate to this post.Husband is also deer hunter,we love venison and we eat it regular,I've cooked it in many recipes over the years,so happy this is printable recipe! This ole country girl will be givn' it a try.Thanks for sharing!
~Jo @LoblollyLane
City Farmhouse commentedJanuary 4, 2013 at 6:08 pm
Wow, that looks good! Happy New Year Yvonne and thank you for ALL of your kindness through the past year.
Ellie VanCaster commentedJanuary 4, 2013 at 4:29 pm
My BIL is a hunter and cooks some wonderful recipes with venison so I'm sure he will be thrilled to get this one-Thanks
PURA VIDA commentedJanuary 4, 2013 at 4:08 pm
I just emailed my hubs this link in hopes that he will not only go to the store for the ingredients, but will come home and create this wonderful dish for a hot supper on a cold winter night by a crackling fire!
Daniela @Frugal Aint Cheap commentedJanuary 4, 2013 at 3:25 pm
Gnocchi and capriolo is the best! Gnocchi is really easy to make!! wish my husband would like gnocchi…
kitty commentedJanuary 4, 2013 at 1:53 pm
I LOVE that camo paper…going to show my hubby the hunter! Thanks for the recipe, Yvonne. The stew looks sooo tasty.
Pam - @diy Design Fanatic commentedJanuary 4, 2013 at 1:40 pm
We have venison in our freezer and I'm going to make your recipe this weekend. I'm super picky about what I eat and to me Venison tastes just as good as beef. Love me some Venison tenderloin!
Mary Ann Pickett commentedJanuary 4, 2013 at 12:53 pm
What a title!!! I am sending this to my friend with venison. Perhaps I get a dinner invitation 🙂
Patricia Reitz commentedJanuary 4, 2013 at 12:32 pm
I have 2 venison roasts in the freezer and had no idea what to do with them…. this is the answer. Thanks so much!!!
Patricia @ ButterYum
Mary L commentedJanuary 4, 2013 at 11:45 am
Sure wish I could get my hands on some venison so I could make this. Do you know of a good substitute? Love your blog!!!
Mary L
Ricki Jill Treleaven commentedJanuary 4, 2013 at 11:23 am
Yummy!!!! Your post has made my husband's day. He's a hunter, and he'd love for us to make this! YAY!!!
Hopefully he'll be successful next weekend.
Audrey @ Neverending Decorating commentedJanuary 4, 2013 at 11:06 am
Yummmmmm, that looks absolutely amazing! Your husband would love hunting around our house, we have deer that visits our yard daily, at one time we counted 16, that was when we were feeding them, however, after tallying up what we we spending in deer corn per month ($200) the hubs said "no more corn", they will have to forage like the rest of the deer! We couldn't kill them though, they became our "outdoor wild pets". They still visit us everyday, waiting for food no doubt. Thanks for sharing your recipe, I'll give that one a try with venison we receive from friends. 🙂 Have a great day!
Lucille commentedJanuary 4, 2013 at 10:57 am
Yvonne, I can tell by the ingredients that this stew must be so delicious, I can almost taste it just by looking at its photo. I can only wish I had been among the fortunate guests who got to partake of it at your lovely Christmas table.
Danni Baird @ Silo Hill Farm commentedJanuary 4, 2013 at 9:46 am
Now this looks delicious! We hunt as well and eat what we kill. I just discovered gnocchi last year, but never thought about putting it in my venison stew! THank you for sharing this!
Cranberry Morning commentedJanuary 4, 2013 at 9:44 am
I love the camo butcher paper! I think the taste of the deer depends upon that deer's diet. Around here, they're corn fed (stealing corn from the farmers) but up north they live on next to nothing on scrub brush land. From what I hear, those deer taste gamier than the deer that are corn fed. Anyway, your recipe looks delicious!
Patty Wiles commentedJanuary 4, 2013 at 9:41 am
You go girl!! OMG! Deer Roast is so tender and delicious Yvonne….I love Deer Roast! Also My brother-in-law makes the best Deer Jerky!! Better than anything you can buy! Love the CAMO butcher paper I will have to make sure he sees that. Too cute!


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The image below, from the European Southern Observatory, is brilliant. It's both beautiful and tells us a lot about our universe.
So let's dig into it.
First there's the thick dark line on the left side, which looks like a cloud of smoke. On the right is a small cluster of brilliant stars. What's cool is that they're related.
The cloud on the left is composed of huge amounts of chilly cosmic dust, and is a nursery where new stars are being born, much like the region where the Sun was formed about 4.5 billion years ago. This particular cloud is about 600 light years from Earth. It is one of the closest "stellar nurseries" to Earth.
According to astronomers, gravity eventually forces the denser parts of such clouds fall in upon themselves, causing them to heat up as they become increasingly dense. As these areas get hotter and brighter — as stars form — they eventually shine through the dust clouds. This is precisely what is happening in the center-right of the photograph, taken in visible light.
The two brightest stars can actually be seen seen in the constellation Scorpius with the aid of binoculars.
They are probably about 1 million years old, which is a newborn in terms of galactic time scales. It's interesting to note that they are not shining because of nuclear fusion like our Sun, not yet. Instead their brightness comes by converting gravitational potential energy into heat as they contract.


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It's the dead of winter, which means that while the rest of us get ready for spring, high fashion is already showing us fall.
Photos from recent shows in Europe left us mostly breathless — except for a disaster from Chanel. From the monochromatic patterns by Marc Jacobs, and floral frocks of Prada, to the iridescent garments from Alberta Ferretti, Bottega Veneta and Louis Vuitton, designers ran the gamut of colors, textures and shapes.
Expect nothing less in New York City this week for Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, which runs Feb. 7 through 14.
September's spring shows brought us collections filled with airy fabrics, metallic-dipped materials, pants and flared skirts....


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The Council of Nicea is understood by a lot of people as when Jesus became God in Christianity and when the Christian bible was decided on. It is also seen as a tipping point in history because it happened when the Roman Empire officially began establishing Christianity as the religion of the state. The importance here, is that knowing important parts of ancient Christian history helps with understanding more about the world's largest religion. The focus of this discussion will be on history.
Some of the ideas we are looking at are:
This is an overflow conversation that was happening on another thread, but is an interesting topic due to a lot of misinformation about this historical event, especially in light of Dan Brown's book. Archeopteryx and I have different understandings about this council, so we are going to work together to see what we can find out about it here as a team. This is an overflow conversation that was happening on another thread, but is an interesting topic, due to a lot of misinformation being out there about this historical event. But anyone can jump in.
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Lol, Nelson (2006) has a lot of stuff that I learned about here all in one place so it is an easy reference source. But yeah, lets ignore Nelson's conjectures (they aren't his own btw, they were what I had originally gotten from conservative scholars, before I started doing my own digging) and focus on the information directly cited in there instead. The undermining theory is pretty dumb.
That it is potential that Nicea was manipulated is something we can agree on. At the time Nicea was convened, it was fully capable of being manipulated. What we need to establish now after we have accepted it as a potential, we need to examine "What evidence is there of manipulation?".
Any time two people come together to advance a common goal, there's a potential for manipulation, but I'm sure you mean documented manipulation.
You have access to far more resources than I, with my small library, consisting mostly of comic books, and you've already discounted input from Ehrman, whose entire collection I have, I'm really not sure where to go from here, but I haven't had time to read the rest of Nelson yet, and I do have a bit of time today, so it's best that I do that and return when finished.
Ehrman is a respected scholar and has a lot to bring to the table. Using the sources he cites can be very helpful.
I wanted to clarify. One of the things I wanted to do with this is really give everything a chance to be heard and tested. My take on it is that there is no way we can come to true conclusions by discounting things.
Everything has to be on the table. Also, I am sort of without my library. I am dying for one of my early church history books, and I have a couple of Ehrman books too that I can't get at either. They are all behind a pile of boxes.
Anyway, we have ccel.org, which has almost all of the Christian writings from history out there, which these historians tend to source from. We also have the internet which can help us out. But some of these history things can just be checked on wikipedia lol.
I nearly always use Wikipedia for general information and to point me in a particular direction, but as far as trusting it to give me information that I can attest to, to people who trust me, that my information is true - not so much. How many times have you seen, [citation needed]?
I agree. Pointing in directions is what I mean. The Google search using site:.edu is our friend.
I think this should be all we need from the other thread, my reply to that:
Good morning, I hope you had a happy fourth! Thanks for sharing that. That does differ, and I am interested in the adventure of sorting through this. I'll share a few things and then do some digging to see where these differing views source from.
Origen, as far as I can remember suscribed to a popular notion at the time, that time was circular and that what once was, would once again become. This is why he had to fend off accusations that he indicated that the devil would be saved. He believed that all beings were the same except for God, and that we fell down planes of existence as we became corrupted. Satan fell the furthest. Christ was the one one that didn't fall. But to Origen, souls were preexistent. One important thing about Origen though is that his positions are neither positions, nor do they represent what Christianity thought at large. He kind of goes off on his own tangents. He also doesn't make direct theological claims, but is pretty much the most intellectually dishonest apologist who ever lived, and basically says "this could explain it but it isn't necessarily how it is" for most of his stuff. He also contradicts himself and doesn't mind that he does, according to Heine. But studying Origen you will also find that he was sent to deal with heretics, and try to convince them to change their ways. Even at the time of Origen, the Church had a strong notion of heresy and practiced excommunication for it. The church had already dealt with Cerinthus on the issue of the divinity of Christ. Cerinthus tends to be forgotten in all of this.
Arius on the other hand in contrast to Origen, contended that Christ was the highest created being as you mentioned. The part about his take on creation of the universe, didn't seem important to my professor I guess so he must have skipped it, because that isn't something I have run across. Though from a quick glance, Hebrew texts show the primordial chaos being created, and then the heavens and the earth being formed from that chaos. (thinking the ANE model with the hard firmament in sky that made a bubble over the earth, the waters above the firmament ect...)
Much of the controversy centered as far as I understand, centered around defining the nature of the the Father Son and Spirit, which finally got settled as Homousia (one essence). The controversy around Arius concerned the severity of his punishment, as the council was pretty much settled on the issue he was wrong. Some wanted a slap on the wrist, and Athanasius was out for blood (declaring him a heretic).
If you look at a lot of source material, such as Justin Martyr, and other early writings, you will find that they call Jesus God.
Everything you said about Athanasius I know is true because I did a paper on that document On the Incarnation. I read it carefully. What stuck out to me most was that he didn't catch the Infinitive absolute in the hebrew language, and so made this huge theology out of "dying you shall die" when having an infinitive like that next to a statement of fact, it just reinforces it. He makes a huge treatise out of a very bad translation error. Really bad since I have some pretty crappy Hebrew skills and caught it. I do see Athanasius as innovative, and his take on it seems to create Eastern Orthodoxy as we know it today.
Anyway, I'll dig around and find some sources on this as this is all from memory at this point, and memory is unreliable, especially 5-6 year old memories. But I can see we mostly agree on Arius, with the exception that we didn't cover Arius's contention of the divinity being conferred, we just took it from the point where Arius contends that Logos is the highest created being, so I can't say anything of this... Athanasius, I completely agree on how you put it. Origen, I disagree, as I contend he thought all souls were prexistent and eternal. And I disagree about the nature of the council as having a more open view towards the Arian controversy, as opposed to how I contend, more understanding view of how Arius came to his conclusions.
How I contend it went down was that while there was more tolerance for philosophy on the matter, the historical tradition was pretty solid at the point that Jesus was God. One of the things that perplexes me though, is how Origen got away with saying what he did about Christ being divine eternal but not God, while Cerinthus was crushed for saying the Christ-spirit came upon the man Jesus at baptism...
The sources you are using seem to swing away from the center toward an agenda, but the same could be said for those that seem to uphold the traditional view on the situation as well. Anyway, off to find some sources and see what I can pull up. Those sources should point to texts we can look at on ccel.org.
So I am going to paste this here, but it was originally from a conversation with Michael and written to address a nicea conspiracy on another thread, but because the source was here and I am using this as a reference place, it is good to paste some excerpts here too. The source is the document that was linked earlier.
It doesn't look any different from the writings of many church fathers.
Hippolytus of Rome (160-236): For in this manner he thinks to establish the sovereignty of God, alleging that Father and Son, so called, are one and the same (substance), not one individual produced from a different one, but Himself from Himself
Tertullian (ca. A.D. 150-212): "We have been taught that He proceeds forth from God, and in that procession He is generated; so that He is the Son of God, and is called God from unity of substance with God. For God, too, is a Spirit. Even when the ray is shot from the sun, it is still part of the parent mass; the sun will still be in the ray, because it is a ray of the sun--there is no division of substance, but merely an extension. Thus Christ is Spirit of Spirit, and God of God, as light of light is kindled.
Ireneaus (ca. A.D. 140-202), Bishop of Lyons. "Now it has been clearly demonstrated that the Word which exists from the beginning with God, by whom all things were made, who was also present with the race of men at all times, this Word has in these last times, according to the time appointed by the Father, been united to his own workmanship and has been made passible man. Therefore we can set aside the objection of them that say, "If he was born at that time it follows that Christ did not exist before then." For we have shown that the Son of God did not then begin to exist since he existed with the Father always;
Melito (d. ca. 190), Bishop of Sardis: yet not renouncing the Sonship; being carried in the womb of Mary, yet arrayed in the nature of His Father; treading upon the earth, yet filling heaven; appearing as an infant, yet not discarding the eternity of His nature; being invested with a body, yet not circumscribing the unmixed simplicity of His Godhead; being esteemed poor, yet not divested of His riches; needing sustenance inasmuch as He was man, yet not ceasing to feed the entire world inasmuch as He is God
Justin Martyr (ca. A.D. 100-165), Christian Apologist. "And the truth is this that Jesus Christ alone has been begotten as the unique Son of God, being already his Word, his First-begotten, and his Power.
Now rather than dig through the Ante-Nicene fathers, I went to a singular source, but if you don't believe me, go ahead and look yourself at the source translations at CCEL.org. But no more of these Nicea changed it all, all to it we owe conspiracies. Nicea confirmed all the things the Church believed all that changed was the wording "homousia" and the elevation of Jerusalem to a patriarchate.
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On the Street…..Greys & Blues, New York
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love a woman in a skirt.
Ooh, I want to see the dress underneath! Love her boots. Perfect rainy day outfit.
I love the layering and I'm starting to appreciate ankle boots with tights, but I still think that they really chop up a woman's shilouette. I'd really much prefer pumps and a lot more leg, or knee-high boots. but that's just me.
The entire look is so beautiful!
I'm in love with the comments in another window. So nice to be able to see the pics while reading the comments. Great revision Sart!
Wow. The guy to her left is airborn!
Love the shades.
i like the simple layers. She's quite chic.
Where do these boots come from ??? :O
Beautiful photo, Scott. Rain on the streets of Manhattan. I love it. It's very romantic. I can imagine walking up Fifth Avenue past Central Park, arm in arm with my girlfriend, sporting a wool overcoat and scarf, and carrying a black umbrella for the both of us.
Aww yes the shades of grey + blues done well.
Her outfit balances masculine and feminine eleganly.
a perfect rainy day outfit and I love love love the purple strap of her bag, such an amazing colour!
great booties too!
omg! this is almost identical to what i wore to school the other day :)
and i love the umbrella
I've never been to New York but it is on my wish list of places to travel to. As a city dweller my favorite city weather is rain so this photo makes me want to visit even more! Stylish and warm… thanks!
Hurry back to Europe … N.Y is boring me.
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love the booties :)
i miss new york..
She's so cute with her umbrella!
She reminds me so much of Charlotte Rampling…so very gorgeous.
the look, the rainy atmosphere but most of all the girl….is just fantastic! thinking of you moltissimo :) love
Definitely love the oh-so-subtle tights.
Thanks so much for switching to the new format where we can read the comments and see the picture. It makes all the difference — I can think through the comments so much better when the photo is right up on the screen while I read!
exquisite, indeed
Usually ankle boots with a skirt are disastrous but she makes it look good. I think the key is well defined calves and boots that cut off at the skinny of the ankle (thin ankles wouldn't hurt either).
Love the color coordination and layering effect. She is probably the chic-est looking girl in the rain.
What a gorgeous umbrella! If I ever have to walk in the rain on a regular basis, I'm going to find one just like that to carry.
i love her shoes! and the umbrella. It stands out so well and looks tres classy with the black monotone palette.
Beautifully done–and appropriately shod for the rain, too! Though, is it just me, or does anyone else miss the old days when overcoats were longer than the hem of one's skirt/dress?
I think she has put together everything nicely. But all in all I don't think there's anything special about this. I find the colours a little blah. I'd like to see something bright against this pretty gal's face:)
Simple, chic and elegant. Those boots are fabulous!
To Susanna,
The umbrella she's carrying is the one offered to hotel guests at all Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts. I have a few for guests but still keep my Bergdorf Goodman umbrella to myself.
i love the boots, and how looks the belt hunging out of her bag, and, also, the umbrella. three objects make a cool efect for me. and, as always, the shot, which is so so great!
Damn I am obsessed with this look. They greys, blacks, and navy layers are something Ive been striving to achieve in a masculine way. The leather purse (or boots in my case) are also a must to balance the darker shades.
Looooooove it!
I've said it before and I'm gonna say it again: Grey is my new fave color.
And oh yeah…what's the name of this street?
She looks just perfect, the scarf, the bag, the umbrella and the very classic look with some pretty trendy shoes for fun.
i think she looks good in her outfit.
but i agree with alicia from upstair's comment that ankle boots make the proportion look funny.
just my opinion.
Love the different layered tones of navy, I like how her bag adds color specially with that purple strap..
I agree with Alicia (above) about the choppiness of ankle boots with a skirt, except that here it is not germane. Love a dark, near-monochromatic palette and this woman exemplifies the best of this look. She's adult, but with a keen eye for trend without being jejeune.
Bonus for the solid heel on the boots.
What a lovely photo. The girl is so wonderful and I love the spontaneus man that runs beside her. (He has a great outfit too!)
I must also say that these beautiful rainy pictures and looks remind me of one of the greatest Saturday plans in the season: sleep until late, a walk under the rain, a bath and a great cup of tea (perhaps with a muffin…)
Oh, if only my apartment had a fireplace…
The skirt,tights and the shoes look nice. Grey in the scarf is a natural choice.
I'm in love with those boots- does anyone know who designs them?
I am in love with the line that is made with the scarf, coat, and skirt. It's perfect.
What ARE those boots? They're amazing…I'm in love!
I want to know about the bag. Does anyone know what it is?
I really like the detailing on her boots–the wrap and buttons is gorgeous and so visually interesting.
But I don't like the colors–too blah and it fades into the rain.
I live in the city and I hate the rain-its makes getting around so much sloppier and changes what I can wear, umbrella or not. I like to use bright color to boost my mood.
That was nice umbrella. me like :)
No–or yes–the proportions are perfect, down to the scarf length. She's tall enough to carry off the otherwise leg-shortening booties.
Really nice ensemble! I wonder if that could work with my 5'2… And I just love the boots, the solid heels make the difference.
Very nice photo, love the boots!
I really love the outfit. These are the colors that I like the most! I don't think the umbrella or the bag make the hole look but the mix of the perfect colors!
I can't say I like it as much as everyone else. I find her legs look disproportionate, looks like she is long in the torso, short in the legs with the proportion of her clothing.
Does anyone know who makes these boots?
The short raincoat over the skirt maks the booties work- It's all in the proportion
I love the tonal quality of this outfit and how interesting and captivating it is without the use of outlandish colours or style.
Gray is such a perfect colour and looks better on far more skin tones than black.
PERFECTLY put together. nothing wrong here. i wonder how long it too her to put together. THE BAGGGGG Is a must! what is it does anyone know?
She looks so chic. And I love the way she's carrying that Four Seasons umbrella like it's designer.
By the way, Sart, thanks for fixing that comments feature. How the comments open up in another box is so much better. Thank you!
This is probably one of those looks that inspire to actually go out and buy stockings.. I'm wearing my grey stocking rights now, and yes it's raining in our area too..
i adore her shoes!!!
love the way the jacket and skirt layers. looks wonderful with the blue tights and grey scarf.
I like the design of the shoes but not so much how the leather looks. It's ok but I think with that ensemble I would prefer something more delicate.
what a great candid shot. nice color symmetry, as if the people, the buildings, and the weather were all conspiring with you to make this picture
ITA with Alicia. The multiple line breaks in this silhouette work only if you are young, tall and thin. I've seen this look worn in my rural neighborhood on shorter, curvier middle-aged women, and the combination with the dark colors looks like a religious habit, not chic at all. It also adds pounds. Since I am this body type, I'm sticking with pencil skirts, lots of leg, pumps and tall boots.
That's really a great post. I really like it. Keep it up.
The short raincoat over the skirt maks the booties work- It's all in the proportion


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The top 40 list is a list of the most popular songs in a country. Almost all the countries have a top 40 or else a top 100. The top 40 is a genre, but it's made out of all different genres that are being played a lot on the radio and been bought by internet or cd. The Top 40 has the most up to date music that's been broadcasted on the radio in that particular country and the best-selling music at the particular moment. Top 40 genre is also the easy name for the Contemporary hit radio genre and is a well-known genre. The Top 40 term first started in 1951 and was a list of songs that were played a lot or newly released and radio stations made use of this system. Top 40 is associated with the term popular music and that's why it's a genre type that a lot of people listen to and are happy with listening. In the late 1980s and early 1990s the top 40 decreased in popularity and needed a lot more support in getting the genre back to where it was. The top 40 songs were now decided by the sales of cassettes, CD's, digital MP3 sales and the amount of times it was played on the radio(air). Top 40 started to change from there on. The top 40 is very different in every country that has a top 40. The most countries have all the songs that are internationally very popular at that particular moment in their top 40, but local songs also get into the top 40 if the sales are good for the song. Top 40 is a genre that has different genres within the top 40 genre and that makes it a very divers genre to listen to.
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If you want Amazon AMZN, -0.55% CEO Jeff Bezos to respond to your emails, take a tip from Rabbi Dan Moskovitz, 43, of Vancouver, British Columbia, and use the subject line: "Thank You! You're Awesome."
"I just want to compliment you on the most amazing piece of technology I have enjoyed from Amazon," Moskovitz wrote Bezos in December. "Your Whispersync System for Kindle and audiobooks is incredible."
For the uninitiated, Whispersync for Voice is Amazon's clunky name for a feature that devotees like Moskovitz say profoundly changes the very act of reading. The rabbi stumbled onto the option after buying "The Hunger Games" e-book for his Kindle, and Amazon offered (with one additional click) to throw in the audiobook for just $3.95 more. So instead of enjoying Katniss Everdeen's adventures in dribs and drabs each night before dozing off, Moskovitz shot through the novel like one of Everdeen's arrows, switching back and forth between the audiobook (while driving) and the e-book (at home) without ever losing his place.
As technological breakthroughs go, linking the audiobook and e-book versions of the same text so that a Canadian rabbi can read young-adult novels quicker may not be an innovation on par with creating the next Google GOOG, +0.28% or Facebook FB, -0.03% , but one could argue it's worthy of a Nobel Peace Prize — at least in the Twilight Zone.
Let me explain: In the show's greatest episode, Henry Bemis, a nebbishy bank teller played by Burgess Meredith, only wants one thing: to bury his bespectacled nose in books. But his domineering boss and even more domineering wife thwart his efforts to read Dickens, Browning, and Shaw. It's only when an H-bomb wipes out everyone else on the planet that Bemis has "time enough at last," to read — that is, until his glasses slide off his face and shatter along with his dreams.
Thanks to Amazon's Whispersync, that nuclear war is no longer necessary. Despite the five decades' worth of free-time destroying distractions invented since the episode aired in 1959, a modern-day Bemis doesn't need the world to end (and with it Warby Parker) to find time to read. Like our rabbi, he could shuffle the pages of books into every spare minute of his day: listen for 30 minutes while jogging, thumb through a few pages on his iPhone while waiting at the doctor's office, listen again while doing the dishes or walking the dog, and then switch back to the e-book once more before bed. Amazon's killer app is no longer Prime, it's time.
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There is one odd thing about all of this, Rabbi Moskovitz told Bezos in his email: Amazon does almost nothing to publicize it. "When I tell my friends and congregants about it…they have never heard of it, even though many are Kindle users," he wrote. "Also, it's hard to find the service on the Amazon website — I have to Google it every time."
Here's how Bezos replied: "I agree it's extraordinary and I will pass on your encouragement to the team. As the team has said to me: 'You can 'read when your eyes are busy!' I will also pass on your suggestion that we make this easier to find. All best, Jeff."
I was told about this correspondence between rabbi and CEO during a recent visit to the Newark, N.J., headquarters of Audible.com, the Amazon subsidiary and audiobook pioneer behind Whispersync for Voice. I, like Rabbi Moskovitz, wanted to know why the feature seemed to be buried on the Amazon site. Apparently it won't be for much longer.
"Look, it's going to have to be much more prominent, much easier to use, with lots more content and the right pricing," Audible CEO Donald Katz told me. "We were trying to keep it quiet while we make it better, which is why the rabbi's email was so amazing."
Katz wouldn't say just how many e-book/audiobook pairs customers have downloaded since the feature had its soft launch in September 2012, beyond that the number is "in the millions." But use of Whispersync for Voice increased 256% in the year ended Dec. 31, and jumped 42% in the final month of the year alone, the company says. Some 42,000 titles are now equipped for the feature, and adding the linked audio narration to an e-book now costs $5 on average, with the price ranging from $0.99 to $12.99 (depending on how supportive a particular publisher is of the idea).
As Katz whisked me around Audible's offices, which is dotted with conference rooms and recording studios named for Newark luminaries like Philip Roth, and all the frills and trappings of a major tech company, I was struck by the one thing that was missing: books. Though employees marched to and fro with laptops tucked into the crooks of their arms, I did not see a single hardcover or paperback in the place. Even in the studios where the audiobooks are recorded, the actors read the text off a screen.
To Audible, print books are a "legacy format." Technology is blurring the lines between the written and spoken word — all that matters is the words, not how they're packaged. "Text is the basis of theater, it's the basis of movies and television — they are all just a performance and an interpretation layered on top of words," Katz, a former journalist and the author of several books of his own explains.


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Pest Control service BracknellThe area you have selected is: RG12. This area covers Bracknell
Surrounding areas for this postcode are: Easthampstead, PopeswoodMartin Bergin
You can contact Martin on:01932 702 780 or 07989 105 361
Pest Control Surrey operates a same day service in Bracknell covering all pest species including moles, squirrels, rats, mice and wasp nest removal. If your unsure about a particular pest species or have a question call us and we'll be happy to help.
Pests we treat:
- Canada GeeseWe will conduct an on site assessment and discuss our findings with you in order to alleviate the problems and risks to health caused by Canadian geese on your property and land.
We have extensive experience in the control and management of Canadian geese and are extensively involved in projects to control and manage them ranging from gardens to racecourses and farmland.
We are firearms rated by Surrey Police specifically for the purpose of managing larger pest species such as Canada geese so please contact us and we will talk you through the various options available from both a legal and practical standpoint.
- Rats & MiceRats: You will know if rats have managed to gain entry to your attic, roof space or wall void by their nocturnal activities resulting in the tell tale gnawing and scurrying as they search for food and explore their new home!
As with other rodents its important to find out how they got there in the first place and we may have to employ some detective work in order to establish this. It could be through the drain system, from a neighbouring roof space or from a nearby livestock food source all of these possibilities we will discuss with you as well as determining how long and if there is any history associated with rodent activity in or around your property.
Mice: We would first establish how mice have managed to gain entry to your property and discuss with you the possible proofing or blocking of these entry points as a means of preventing further access.
In addition, it is important to consider what specific treatment methods are to be employed as dead mice in the property can lead to additional risks to health as well as being difficult or impossible to remove.
- FoxesIn order to establish the extent of your fox problem we would look to gain as much information as possible during your initial call to us to report your problem with foxes.
It is important for us to understand how long the foxes have been at your property and how they got to be there in the first place. This will save you the client both time and money in separate site surveys and risk assessments all of which can be completed once we have decided to go ahead and alleviate the problem caused by foxes.
Once again the control and management of foxes is an area where Pest Control Surrey has extensive experience and a long history in the successful control and management of problem foxes at clients properties both domestic and commercial.
Please call us to discuss the options available to you.
- MolesOnce you report to us that you have a mole problem we will discuss the various options of dealing with the mole problem in order to get rid of them quickly and get your garden, paddocks or land back to normal and looking how they should.
We will conduct an on site assessment to establish the extent of the mole damage, how long it will take us to get it under control and if possible how it started in the first place.
We set traps on the first visit and expect to have caught the mole or moles on our return. The second visit will also tell us if the mole problem is ongoing or if there are more moles present which again we will be happy to discuss the options with you.
- WaspsAt Pest Control Surrey we offer a prompt, reliable and effective wasp and hornet nest removal service.
We realise that a call to us reporting a wasp or hornet nest problem usually means it needs to be dealt with as quickly as possible and once your call is logged we will treat the problem as a matter of urgency endeavouring to deal with the nest the same day as you report it whenever possible.
All wasp and hornet nest treatments are guaranteed and if for any reason the nest is still active after the initial treatment there is no additional charge to come back and retreat it.
Our standard treatment includes an inspection of your property in order to establish if there are any other nests present which will be charged at a reduced rate, or if there are any other pest related issues that should be noted. Please call us if you have any queries and to discuss the options available to you.
- SquirrelsWe can quickly establish and deal with your squirrel problem as the signs that they have invaded your property are much more audible and visible and unlike other rodents they tend to be much more inquisitive and noisy!
We would generally set up a trapping programme in the loft space area which is where they are most likely to be but can discuss the other options available to you if they are found to be in other areas and causing damage such as the garden or surrounding outbuildings.
- Other PestsPlease don't hesitate to call us if you are unsure or have a particular query relating to pests or pest control in general, we are fully trained, qualified and experienced to deal with each and every type of pest species and scenario. We are also Police vetted and security checked in order to carry out the more sensitive aspects of pest control and wildlife management assignments. We often get calls from clients asking if we cover a certain type of pest or if we cover or service a particular area including the more obscure areas involving wildlife management, we are always happy to help and advise so pick up the phone and call us if you have a query regarding any type of pest related enquiry or a question in general regarding wildlife management.


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Highway 549 is an important connector route and very popular with cyclists. It forms the part of many loops 1-4 hours in length southwest of Calgary. Many cyclists that ride to Okotoks, Black Diamond, Turner Valley, or Millarville will all use Hwy 549 to travel East-West, and connecting with the popular Hwy 773 (Road to Nepal) and Hwy 22. MAP
It is important that the Municipal District of Foothills considers the heavy use of this area by cyclists and makes provision for their safety when considering the redesignation below. Please offer your opinion to the MD of Foothills Council.
Unfortunately, the council will only consider opinions that are presented at 1:30 pm on December 10, 2009. Please consider to write a short letter on behalf of your club that states your concern and the importance of safety for cyclists using this route if you cannot be present. Emails are not accepted.
Contact info for the MD Foothills is here: www.mdfoothills.com
Thanks for your consideration,
Jason Yanota
Okotoks, Alberta
This notice is for anyone who has previously enjoyed peaceful and picturesque country vistas while bike riding up and down highway 549, West of Okotoks and east of hwy 22. Our days may be numbered on this route. There is a proposal going before the MD of Foothills this week for the development of a gravel pit on the south end of 80th street. Approval would result in a dramatic change in traffic patterns. Preliminary calculations indicate that there could be gravel trucks coming and going every 5-10 minutes, 12 hours per day, 6 days a week from April until November and occasionally through the winter months as well. The traffic route would extend from 80 Street on Highway 549 and follow the roads leading either to Hwy 2 or directly into Okotoks. The roads in this area are narrow and have very small shoulders. This huge increase in large trucks will make it very undesirable and even dangerous to ride in an area that has previously been relatively secluded. There are other considerations that make this undesirable as well. This will negatively impact human health, wildlife and agriculture in this area. (see attachments)
Our hope is to prevent the granting of a development permit for a gravel pit, which could ultimately turn this agricultural area into a busy industrial resource district. Thursday, Dec 10, 2009 is the time designated for a hearing for the consideration of this proposal. This will be our only opportunity to voice concerns. If you would like to express your disapproval there are some options: Of course you could appear at the hearing and voice your opinion. When and where is the hearing? December 10, 2009 at 1.30 p.m. at the MD of Foothills Building, 309 Macleod Trail, High River You could write and sign a short letter outlining your feelings in this regard. This could be faxed or scanned. Contact information is included on attachment. (Or fax it directly to me: Valerie Harker: fax 403-938-1176)
All that is needed is a simple expression of your opinion and feelings. That small effort could help keep Highway 549 recreationally friendly for many years to come. If we lose this fight we may be opening the door to dramatic changes. Help us protect and preserve the recreational uses of this beautiful part of Alberta.
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The information from the gravel company indicates that they could have trucks take up to 6000 loads of gravel out of the pit between April and November each year. Because each truck must go in empty and come out full this really equals up to 12,000 trucks along that route annually!!
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The $700 HP Pavilion p6320y is a solid midlevel PC that occupies an uncomfortable middle ground. The $550 Gateway DX4831-01e is a better budget choice if you spend most of your computing time managing a music library or manipulating digital photos. Or a $730 desktop from Asus gives you generally better all-around performance with equivalent features for a marginal cost increase. That makes us recommend the HP only for its strength in multicore-friendly programs. If you're using programs that take full advantage of a quad-core CPU, the HP could make sense for you. We suspect most of you shopping for a PC in this price range want something of a jack-of-all trades PC instead.
The HP p6320y features the same aesthetic design we've seen in HP's Pavilion P-series for the last couple of years. The recipe is simple: take a minimal glossy black case, add a soft-blue LED-lit power button, a sliding panel on the bottom that reveals a media card reader, and two USB 2.0 ports underneath, and you have a visually attractive tower that can easily disappear into your office setup.
The Asus CG5275-AR003 is another mainstream retail desktop in our 2010 spring roundup that has close to the same set of components as the Pavilion p6320y, with the exception of the processor. For $30 more, the Asus steps up the CPU to Intel's new 3.2GHz Core i5 quad-core chip that gives it a speed boost in our Photoshop, iTunes, and multitasking tests. Asus also gives you an HDMI port on the back to lure you into hooking it up to an HDTV. Living room hookups aren't the first thing we look for in a midtower PC (we'd point you to the Gateway SX2840-01 as a slim tower alternative), but, prices being relatively equal, we'd certainly rather have more connectivity options than less. On the other hand, we assume most shoppers in this price range value performance over motherboard connections, and the performance results tip the scales in HP's favor in the multicore Cinebench test, as you can see in the charts.
The performance scores present a valid argument for both the HP p6310y and the Gateway DX4831-01e, depending on what tasks you plan to do. The Intel processors in the Gateway and Asus systems outperform HP's AMD chip on the Photoshop and iTunes tests that favor simple processor speed and single-core performance. However, the Gateway and its Core i3 CPU–a dual-core processor that can emulate four cores–falls behind on the multitasking and multicore Cinebench tests when put up against HP's true quad-core AMD Phenom II X4 b20 CPU. That said, the Gateway is a better choice if you plan to only use your new system for surfing the Web, light photo retouching, or ripping CDs to iTunes.
On the other end of the spectrum, the Asus boasts still-faster single-core performance, as well as better multitasking thanks to its Core i5 650 CPU from Intel and only costs $30 more than this HP. Similar to Core i3, this particular model in the Core i5 family is also a dual-core CPU that can shift to a four-thread design on-the-fly, but its faster clock speed and other features help it outperform the Core i3 across the board–it even beats the AMD Phenom II X4 820 chip on the majority of our tests.
The HP stands out only on our multithreaded Cinebench test, which suggests it might provide a boost on single programs that really take advantage of multicore processors. Your best bet is to research the programs you use most to see if they're designed to take full advantage of multicore CPUs (Photoshop, for example, only uses multiple processing threads on certain filters). The most likely suspects are video encoding programs and games, although for the latter you'll definitely want to add a dedicated 3D card to this system.
The back of the HP Pavilion p6320y gives you four USB ports, an Ethernet jack, a FireWire 400 port, VGA out, DVI, digital audio, and 7.1 analog audio, but eSATA and HDMI are absent. This relatively small handful of external connections doesn't match up with its competition, especially the Gateway DX4831-01e that offers just about every port you need, including HDMI and eSATA for $150 less.
Despite our disappointment over the lack of motherboard connections, we still hooked the p6320y up to a standard desktop monitor using a VGA cable and ran full-screen video from sites like YouTube, Hulu, Vimeo, and Netflix without interruption. It also played full 1080p HD movie trailers from Apple.com without a glitch. We wouldn't expect otherwise from a $700 desktop, and again, the slim tower Gateway SX2840-01 is a more living-room-friendly PC, but if you intend to watch video on this HP, you shouldn't run into any problems.
To its credit, HP also offers ample potential inside the tower for upgrades in the form of a 16x PCI Express slot for a 3D video card, one 1x PCI Express slot, one standard PCI slot, and room for another hard drive. You can also get more storage with one of HP's proprietary media drives that fit in the expansion bay slot underneath the optical disc drive, but all four memory slots are occupied, so future upgrades will require you to discard at least two sticks.
Out of the five desktops we compared, this HP and another we've reviewed recently cost the most to power annually–$34.91 for the p6310y and $34.75 per year for the p6320y. Compared with the $22 it costs to run the generally faster Asus, it's clear that HP has work to do in terms of power efficiency. You might also not be surprised to learn that neither HP system comes close to Energy Star certification.
HP includes a standard one-year warranty with the Pavilion P6320y, with just enough free support to keep you happy. Also you get 24-7 toll-free phone assistance, a comprehensive list of Web help, including manuals, FAQs, live customer service chat, and driver updates.


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Farewell to a great public servant
Too often, deeply religious men and women are branded as unqualified for public service roles helping others, solely because of their faith. They are labeled "too extreme" and rejected out of hand.
Dr. C. Everett Koop, who served as U.S. surgeon general from 1981-89, was a shining example of why such prejudice can be a disservice to the very people it purports to defend.
Koop, who died recently at age 96, was a committed evangelical Christian who, when nominated by then-President Ronald Reagan, was opposed by many liberal politicians. His background was objected to by, among others, AIDS activists who assumed he would have no compassion for those afflicted by the disease.
But Koop promised to do his job as the nation's top public health official – and he did. During his tenure, AIDS became a top priority for research and education.
Before he left office, Koop found himself idolized by many AIDS activists. During speaking engagements, some who booed other government officials took up the chant, "Koop, Koop!" in appreciation of his efforts.
Koop did much, much more, including a campaign against smoking that probably saved many lives.
His career in public service was one in which he refused to allow the kind of prejudice that targeted him to prevent him from helping others. In that, he provided a valuable lesson.