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Now, I don't normally like to start a post with a negative thought but this is necessary: I
hate aggressively dislike when people think vegan baking = tastes like dirt. And even worse are the people who do not try something because it's vegan! Vegan baking can be so good!!!! SO GOOD! I'm not even a vegan and I mainly cook and bake vegan because it's delicious (not to mention easier on my digestive system).
Ok now some positive vibes!
Slight crunch on the outside, soft yet chewy on the inside…. these cookies are heaven in your mouth! Purely divine, especially when eaten sitting on the couch while watching Raging Bull (this was me night last night and p.s. Such a good movie!!).
These cookies would also make a great going away gift to a husband who is going away for a month and a half to work in a city 7 hours away (again a reality for me *tear*). Ladies, if your man is going away for awhile you must send him away with something to remember just what a wonderful lady he has at home. These cookies are just one of the things that will remind him of this.
I've made these cookies a few times now and it is my absolute favorite cookie recipe. Perfectly customized to my preferences! You can customize it to your liking with the add-ins too. Use dark chocolate chunks and dried cherries, dried apricots and pumpkin seeds….. the options are endless! The only requirement here is that you must make them! Oh and you must use the brown rice syrup and the cornstarch-these are the keys to chewyness!
White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies (vegan)
Dry ingredients:
4 cups flour
4 tsp cornstarch
2 tsp baking soda
1 cup sugar
1½ tsp salt
Wet ingredients:
½ cup maple syrup
½ cup brown rice syrup
4 tsp vanilla
1 cup canola oil
Add-ins: Your choice! I used white chocolate chunks and roasted, salted macadamia nuts (sweet and salty, oh yeah!)
1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease cookie sheet, or use silicone baking sheet.
2. Combine dry ingredients in a large bowl and mix well.
3. Combine wet ingredients in a medium bowl or a big liquid measure. Mix till combined.
4. Add wet mixture to dry and stir till just about combines. Throw in your add-ins and finish mixing. This dough is a little on the crumbly side but trust me, these cookies bake up beautifully-not dry at all!!
5. Make dough balls about the size of golf balls and flatten on cookie sheet. Don't worry about placing them too close together, these beauties don't spread that much.
6. Bake for about 10 minutes. They get a little golden on the bottom but don't overcook. If anything they should appear undercooked. Remove from cookie sheet right after they come out of the oven. Let cool on a cooling rack. These cookies firm up to the perfect cookie texture after letting them sit for about 10 minutes.
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Sandra Betzina designs patterns for Vogue under the Today's Fit label, writes a fitting column for Vogue Pattern magazine, is the author of More Fabric Savvy, Fast Fit, Power Sewing Step By Step and Sandra Betzina Sews for the Home, has produced nine instructional DVDs and conducts week-long sewing retreats in San Francisco. For more information, visit sandrabetzina.com or call (415) 876-2434.
Shopping List
Make a master list to save time when you visit the fabric store for supplies for a jacket project. Include:
• Fashion fabric
• Matching thread
• Interfacing
• Lining
• Scrap of cotton fabric for a back stay
• Buttons
• Backing buttons
• Silk organza for facing openings
• Press cloth
• 2"-wide mohair bias strips for the sleeve cap
• 70/10 HM or HJ needle and cotton thread for sewing the lining
• Tissue or medical examining paper to avoid slippage during cutting
• Assorted extra machine needles
• Heavy thread for hand picking or gathering
• 1⁄2"-wide fusible tape
• Shoulder pads
• Basting thread
• Fabric marking tools
• Tape for pattern alterations
• Wiggam for stabilizing the hem and hiding the hand stitches
• Brass weighted chain for the hem
• Dental floss or beading thread for sewing on the weighted chain
• Enough time to enjoy your project!
Mark the Dot
Is marking the dots on a pattern important? Not if you don't mind ripping out the seam numerous times. Dots are very important because they often indicate pivot points on a seam.When a dot marks the inside corner of a seam, staystitch for about ½" on either side of the dot. Clip into the dot on the diagonal.The clipping allows the seam to spread and accommodate the outer corner shape on the corresponding pattern piece.Stitch the joining seam with the clipped corner on top. Leave the needle down when you reach the dot. Pivot the fabric to match the outside corner on the corresponding pattern piece.
Shoe In
Most seamstresses love shoes almost as much as they love sewing. If you have feet in a hard-to-find size, check out this resource:MARMI, NewYork City Flagship Store, 519 Madison Ave., or on-line at marmishoes.com and gwynethshoes.com.
Seams Correct
Burnout velvet is a cross between velvet and chiffon.When sewing a burnout velvet garment, you may be tempted to use French seams because the fabric is semi-transparent. However, this seam-finish choice is not suitable because the French seam will become too bulky.The most subtle choice is simply a 4-thread serged seam.
Chain Gang
Brass weighted chain helps a coat or a jacket hang close to the body. It also helps garment wrinkles fade out after wearing. Stitch the chain by hand to the seam that attaches the lining and hem allowance. Use dental floss or beading thread for the hand sewing; the chain metal will cut regular thread.
Pattern Play
Is it possible to mix patterns like the pros? Absolutely, says designer Thakoon Panichguili."If the jacket has a bold, largescale print, keep the print in the pants low-key." When mixing prints, stay within the same color family or repeat similar shapes in different scales.
Against the Grain
Some fabrics are printed off grain, which can be a disaster if you attempt to cut them with the print running horizontally or vertically.To check if the fabric has been printed off grain, tear a 1" strip across the grain or pull a thread. If the print goes off the fabric near one end, you have a problem.The best solution is to cut the flawed fabric on the bias in order to obscure the mistake.
Shrink Factor
While polyester or rayon and lycra knits shrink just a bit, bamboo knits shrink 20%, so make sure to buy enough fabric for that cute knit top. Preshrink the fabric before you cut it out.
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20 Artworks Inspired by the Occupy Wall Street Movement
There's no denying that the Occupy movement has been inspiring people across the globe, and in many cases, that inspiration is being expressed artistically. Not that we find this the least bit surprising — art and activism have always gone hand in hand. In New York City, the Smithsonian and the New York Historical Society, aware that they have a phenomenon on their hands, have been gathering artifacts from the protest all along, with an eye towards future exhibitions. Even with the art-world spin-off Occupy Museums, meant to get "people to think about who museums serve, and calling the art world out on its elitism and its abuse of labor," the artistic community has been very supportive of the movement. Here we have collected twenty artworks, from drawings to posters to sculptures to puppets from artists both well known (Banksy, Shepard Fairey) and anonymous. Some of these, like the propaganda posters and stamped dollars, are meant to further the Occupy movement's cause directly, while others are just artistic visions or ways to capture the humanity of what's going on in the world right now. Click through to check out twenty pieces of art about Occupy Wall Street, and let us know what you think in the comments.
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Ted Nugent, the rocker and current gun-rights advocate, will be in attendance at Tuesday's State of the Union as the guest of Texas Congressman Steve Stockman.
Stockman has said he would consider filing articles of impeachment about President Barack Obama for his gun-control push following the shootings in Newtown, Conn. Nugent is a board member of the National Rifle Association. Many Democrats have invited victims of gun violence to the address.
Stockman will also be livetweeting the address – with the hash tag #youlie, "debunking myths and fact checking," his office said.
"I am excited to have a patriot like Ted Nugent joining me in the House Chamber to hear from President Obama," said Stockman in a press release of the man who was under Secret Service investigation last year for comments made about the president. "After the Address I'm sure Ted will have plenty to say."
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Ted Nugent performs at Ruth Eckerd Hall on August 6, 2012 in Tampa, Fla.
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., who is bilingual has been at the center of a Senate push on immigration reform, is delivering the official GOP State of the Union response. But Nugent's appearance, and the promise that he "will have plenty to say," has the potential to distract and be a headache for a Republican Party looking to re-brand itself, particularly in tone, after President Obama won re-election this past fall.
More on Ted Nugent from NBCNews.com
Nugent landed in hot water with the agency in charge of protecting the president, because he said in April of last year at a national NRA meeting that if Obama was re-elected, "I will either be dead or in jail by this time next year."
In the same set of comments, Nugent called the president, Vice President Joe Biden, and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton "criminals," said the "government is wiping its ass with the constitution," and equated Democrats to coyotes who should be shot.
"If the coyote's in your living room pissing on your couch," Nugent said, "it's not the coyote's fault. It's your fault for not shooting him."
Stockman is also set to unveil what he's calling, "The Obama Failometer, a ten-foot-long billboard that will objectively measure the failure of Obama's economic policies … The ten-foot-long Obama Failometer billboard will be displayed in the corridor of the Capitol's Cannon House Office building at Stockman's 326 Cannon Office."
Stockman, who previously served one term in Congress in 1995-1996, is back for the first time since.
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This is the best new comic I've picked up in ages. The art is amazing. The characters are interesting and the story is superb. Who else is reading this. I am going to the local con dressed as Lucifer in a couple weeks, can wait to find more fans.
The story for those unfamiliar goes like this...
Every 90 years a group of Gods are reincarnated on Earth as teenagers. They have gifts that inspire humanity and are able to perform miracles. They are treated like rock stars. They will be loved.......They will be hated.....and in two years they will be dead. And so the cycle continues dormant for 90 years the Gods only have 2 years to live before leaving again.
In this cycle the story is centered on Laura, a fan of the Gods who goes to see them live at every chance. After seeing a show by Amerastu the Sun Goddess, she meets up with Lucifer and strikes up a strange friendship. After an attempt on their lives, Lucifer goes rogue and Laura is left to sort out the secrets of the Gods, the 90 year cycle and the mysterious person who controls it all.
Currently on issue 10 (May 2015) now is the time to get into it while things are still fresh and new this is the first comics I've been dying to get my hands on every month for some time.
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Except those among the listeners possessing competence in the English language noted that there was nothing "ironic" in the song. A series of "bummers," to be sure, but nothing "ironic."
THIS is ironic. It seems that DR.! Babur Lateef, the 2011 Democrat candidate for Chairman of the Prince William County Board of Supervisors, is attempting to further marginalize himself by becoming a regular contributor to the boys and girls at
But this wasn't what was ironic.
What bears the description "ironic" best from DR.! Babur's little piece is his pronouncement about Creigh Deeds, the 2009 Democrat nominee for Governor. It seems that Senator Deeds doesn't quite measure up to what DR.! Babur believes a Democrat should be. After all,
Senator Deeds has been a disaster for the Democratic Party. His run for governor was the beginning of where we are today. That poor campaign was then followed by his lack of concern for the Party during redistricting. He would not give up some of his strong Democratic precincts to his neighbor Edd Houck who ended up narrowly losing his Senate seat. This selfish action by Deeds gave control of the Senate to the Republicans. During the 2011 campaign he was not helpful to other candidates. He did not pull his weight in fundraising for the party or the Senate caucus. Reports from insiders say he was extremely difficult to deal with and was prone to frequent temper tantrums. Then to add insult to injury he votes to repeal this gun law.Now, that's funny. Remember, DR.! Babur was the guy who nearly placed third (after the independent), in his race for Chairman of the Prince William County Board of Supervisors. In a three-man race, after all, BOCS Chairman Corey Stewart (R), won an outright majority of votes (58.10%), with 32,997.
DR.! Babur could only muster less than half that number, with 15,469 votes for 27.24% of the electorate. Indeed, at one point in the evening, one had to wonder whether metropartisan John Gray (with 8,207 votes for 14.45% of the total vote) would outpoll the Democrat nominee!
So perhaps DR.! Babur knows from whence he speaks when he talks about "a disaster for the Democratic [sic] Party," and a "poor campaign." And he has the gall to complain that Deeds was insufficiently partisan in redistricting. You remember redistricting? The process which resulted in parity (20-20) in the State Senate, even after Republicans won 57% of the votes?
Irony and gall from DR.! Babur, don't you think?


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Easy – Rascal Flatts Featuring Natasha Bedingfield (Big Machine Records)
Produced by: Dann Huff, Brian Kennedy, Rascal Flatts
Feel Like A Rock Star – Kenny Chesney (Duet With Tim McGraw) (Blue Chair/BNA)
Produced by: Buddy Cannon, Kenny Chesney
Let It Rain – David Nail Featuring Sarah Buxton (MCA Nashville)
Produced by: Chuck Ainlay, Frank Liddell
The Only Way I Know – Aldean With Luke Bryan & Eric Church (Broken Bow)
Produced by: Michael Knox
Les maîtres de cérémonie sont : Blake Shelton et Luke Bryan


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The first chapter begins by walking readers through recipes regarding the setup of a Java Enterprise environment, including specifics on how to install and configure Glassfish v4, a fully Java EE 7 compliant application server. It then quickly delves into the development of Java Servlets, including coverage of newer concepts such as registering servlets without WEB-XML, and non-blocking I/O.
Chapter 2 covers JSP from the ground-up. Although JSP is no longer the preferred option for enterprise application development, it is still a very viable and widely used technology. Therefore, this chapter will be handy especially for beginner and intermediate level developers so that they can have a better understanding of how JSP technology works, and where it may be the most useful.
Next, the book delves into JavaServer Faces technology, with in-depth coverage that spans four chapters (Chapter 3 - Chapter 6). Keeping with the theme of the book, readers will learn how to develop applications with JSF, including useful tips and techniques, as well as integration with third-party libraries such as PrimeFaces. The JSF 2.2 release (which is new with the release of EE 7), includes useful features such as the ability to invoke managed bean actions on life-cycle phase events (viewActions), and better integration with HTML5. This book will show seasoned JSF developers how to use these new features so that they can begin integrating them into new and existing applications.
No enterprise application would be complete without database access, and Chapters 7 and 8 provide coverage for JDBC and Object-Relational Mapping via the Java Persistence API (JPA). Chapter 7 provides coverage for utilization of JDBC technology for database access. The chapter covers everything from obtaining a connection, to handing errors, simplifying connection management, performing CRUD operations, and execution of database stored procedures. For those developers more interested in utilizing server-side database connection pools, etc., Chapter 8 covers the Java Persistence API. The chapter contains vital information for working with underlying data stores via JPA including data mapping and entity creation. It also hits upon EE 7 specific updates, including schema generation support.
Chapter 9 covers EJB technology, along with its new features via the release of EJB 3.2. Readers will learn how to utilize EntityManagers, differences between Stateless and Stateful Session beans, how to utilize EJB via JSF, and more. The new features covered include asynchronous message-driven beans (MDB), explicit designation of remote and local interfaces, and opting out of stateful session bean passivation. In Chapter 10, readers will learn how to query entities using the most up-to-date features in JPQL.
If you want to work with Java EE 7, you will most likely utilize GlassFish 4 application server since it is the first EE 7 compliant server. Chapter 11 includes content on how to get up-and running with GlassFish v4, utilizing the administration console for application and datasource management, and setting up authentication.
One of the most popular features of Java EE beginning with the release of EE 6 has been Contexts and Dependency Injection. Chapter 12 covers CDI in full detail, including recipes on injection, using CDI beans via JSF views, and more. It also covers new features such as the injection of bean metadata and the new @Veto annotation for marking classes as ignored by CDI.
Have you heard about the simplification of Java Message Service (JMS) in the new 2.0 release? Readers will learn all about the new simplified JMS API in Chapter 13, along with other JMS basics such as creation of resources, creating/sending messages, and the new message delivery delay.
Chapter 14 is a bit of an extension on Chapter 11, as it covers authentication and security for Java Enterprise applications, specifically those deployed within a GlassFish container. Almost every enterprise application requires a login form, and this chapter covers how to create one, and also how to utilize LDAP authentication for producing single-sign on solutions.
SOAP and RESTful web services have become significant technologies for the Java EE stack. Chapter 15 covers web services, both SOAP and REST-based services using JAX-WS and JAX-RS. Readers will learn how to create each type of web service, and utilize the new features of JAX-RS 2.0 such as the new client API.
Java is not the only language on the block any longer (or JVM, that is). It is not uncommon to see different languages being utilized to create entire enterprise applications for the JVM, or even for integration with existing Java EE applications. Chapter 16 includes a few short recipes showing how one may integrate Groovy or Jython into an EE application.
Since HTML5 and the new era of web applications is upon us, the new WebSockets and JSON-P APIs for EE 7 have become of major importance. Chapter 17 covers these new APIs, demonstrating how to create and utilize WebSockets for full-duplex communication. The chapter includes an example calling out to a WebSocket from JavaScript. It also demonstrates how to utilize the new JSON-P API for creating and parsing JSON.
Chapter 18 covers the use of JavaFX for creation of enterprise applications. It demonstrates how to develop JavaFX front-end applications, and bind them to EJBs for use with data. There is also a recipe covering the use of JavaFX with RESTful web services.
Finally, both the Concurrency Utilities for Java EE and Batch Applications APIs have been added to EE 7. These APIs provide a standard for developing concurrent and batch applications for the enterprise. Coverage includes the creation of server-side resources (ManagedExecutorService, etc.) for concurrent application development, and creation of item-oriented batch processes.
Overall, the Java EE 7 Recipes book is perfect for those that are interested in getting up-to-speed with Java EE, including the latest features. For those who are already experts with Java EE and are only interested in the new features, stay tuned for the release of my upcoming book entitled 'Introducing Java EE 7', to be published by Apress within the next few weeks.


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Can't a man suck his mistress' toes in public in peace? Apparently not if you're Eliot Spitzer in a Jamaican family resort.
The New York Post reports Spitzer and his mistress, Lis Smith, were spotted at the Half Moon family resort in Montego Bay, Jamaica, on Sunday. A witness says Smith was topless and Spitzer was playing footsies … with his mouth.
"He was licking her toes," the witness told the Post. "She would sit in his lap. Then he'd put her feet in his mouth. He licked her toes and was playing with her feet."
Reportedly, a 10-year-old child saw the act taking place and promptly told his mother that there was an "old guy" in the hot tub with a topless girl.
Spitzer's camp vehemently denies the rumors. An unnamed friend of Spitzer reportedly told the New York Daily News that both he and Smith know the scrutiny they're under and have been extra careful about their behavior.
"It was a family resort," the friend said. "There's no way that would've been allowed."
Below, you'll find a gallery of wives caught up in their prominent political husbands' sex scandals.


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Monday, December 1, 2008
LEO DONOFRIO MOVES BLOG TO WORDPRESS December 1, 2008
Thursday, November 27, 2008
Here are the .doc files containing the Emergency Stay Applications submitted to the United States Supreme Court:
Cort Wrotnowski v. Susan Bysiewicz, Secretary of the State of Connecticut - docket no. 08A469
Leo Donofrio v. Nina Mitchell Wells, Secretary of State of the State of New Jersey - no. 08A047
please distribute as you like
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
WROTNOWSKI V. CONNECTICUT SECRETARY OF STATE DOCKETED AT SUPREME COURT, DOCKET No. 08A469
...has been docketed, despite having initially been denied process by the SCOTUS stay clerk, Danny Bickell. Wrotnowski's case has been submitted to the Honorable Associate Justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Circuit Justice for the 2nd Circuit (includes Connecticut).
- Wrotnowski and Donofrio will be interviewed by Bob Vernon on the Plains radio Network at 10:30PM EST.
- Mr. Donofrio was also on the Scott Hennen show today. Look for an audio file at this blog to be uploaded soon.
|No. 08A469
|Lower Ct:
|Supreme Court of Connecticut
|Case Nos.:
|~~~~~~~Proceedings and Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|Nov 25 2008
|Application (08A469) for stay and/or injunction, submitted to Justice Ginsburg.
|Attorneys for Petitioner:
|Cort Wrotnowski
|1057 North Street
|(202) 862-8554
|Greenwich, CT
|Party name: Cort Wrotnowski
Sunday, November 23, 2008
United States Supreme Court docket no. 08A407, Donofrio v. Wells, is now "Distributed for Conference of Dec. 5th, 2008" to the full Court meeting in private on that date. The case was the subject of previous sabotage by SCOTUS stay clerk, Danny Bickell (as well as judicial misconduct by NJ Appellate Division Judge Jack M. Sabatino). Bickell, after receiving the emergency stay application which requested extraordinary relief to stay the national election, took it upon himself to deny the application on the very time sensitive date it was filed, Nov. 3, a day before the election day popular vote.
As it stands, this case, and the Presidency, now rest in the hands of the nine Supreme Justices, a situation that could have come to pass prior to the votes being counted on election day had Mr. Bickell actually done the job he's paid to do - be a clerk - as opposed to his specious illegal attempt to play Supreme Court Justice and overrule the long standing precedent of McCarthy v. Briscoe, 429 U.S. 1317 (1976). Please note that the link provided goes to the 5th Circuit follow up action as all links to the actual Supreme Court decision appear to have been mysteriously cut off.
The McCarthy v. Briscoe case provides multiple controlling precedent to the justiciability of the action now before the Supreme Court. As of the time this blog was posted, this Supreme Court decision can't be found online...anywhere. Hopefully, broken links to the case will be resolved as this blog makes the rounds.
The American people need to familiarize themselves with McCarthy v. Briscoe 429 U.S. 1317 (1976) (check note 1 when you find the case) in order to understand the precedent which supports the relief requested by Donofrio.
That case is relevant as to the procedural grounds Mr. Bickell incorrectly (and illegally) applied in denying to pass on Donofrio's stay application. But more important is that the case also provides supporting precedent for Donofrio in that US Supreme Court Justice Powell, late in the 1976 Presidential cycle, intervened on behalf of 3rd party candidate Eugene McCarthy, and forced the Texas Secretary of State to include McCarthy on the ballots after McCarthy made an emergency application to the Supreme Court.
In the first count of Donofrio's stay application, he had requested the SCOTUS remove the names of Obama, McCain and Calero from New Jersey ballots. (His second count also requested that the SCOTUS stay the national election.) McCarthy v. Briscoe stands for the precedent that the SCOTUS has the power to order a Secretary of State to include or remove names from ballots when a Constitutional issue has been invoked.
The case is also procedurally relevant because Bickell told Donofrio he didn't submit the stay application to Justice Souter because it failed to meet the criteria of Supreme Court Rule 23.3 in that Donofrio's NJ Supreme Court request for emergency relief used the words "injunctive relief" instead of the word "stay" and therefore Donofrio had failed to request a stay in the lower court and was not thereafter allowed to come to the US Supreme Court with such a request.
Bickell was eventually forced to docket the case. But something remains very wrong in our highest court when this entity could wield so much power over our nation as to be responsible for picking and choosing which cases our Supreme Court Justices actually see. Below is a list of reasons people should be calling for his immediate resignation:
1. Donofrio did request a "stay" in his initial Appellate Division complaint. Also, the NJ Attorney General's office argued, in their reply brief, against the court issuing a "stay".
2. Donofrio's NJ Supreme Court motion relied on his full lower court record when he requested a "Motion for injunctive relief" from the NJ Supreme Court by way of a signed certification and the submission of a 75 page appendix which Bickell did not have in his possession to review.
3. A stay is "injunctive relief". Any first year law student would know that. But Mr. Bickell is a staff attorney at the United States Supreme Court. He knew damn well that the interference he ran was willfull misconduct.
4. The case has actually been distributed for conference of all nine Justices, a situation Bickell tried to prevent.
5. The case McCarthy v. Briscoe stated,
"Indeed, an application styled as one of for a stay, if it in fact seeks some form of affirmative relief, may be treated as a request for an injunction and disposed of accordingly."
Isn't that just amazing. Stay clerk Bickell tried to overturn historic United States Supreme Court precedent when he refused to pass on my stay application based on a false semantic attack not even grounded in law, but rather directly opposed to it. Had Bickell treated the emergency application with the dignity it deserved, the issue of whether Obama and McCain were Constitutionally eligible to be President could have been settled prior to the popular vote.
Had Bickell passed the stay application to Justice Souter on Nov. 3, Souter would have denied it straight away, as he did when it was passed on to him on Nov. 6. Then if Bickell had followed US Supreme Court Rule 22.6, which required that Donofrio be notified of the disposition of the stay application "by appropriately speedy means", Donofrio could have renewed the application to Justice Clarence Thomas on the evening of Nov. 3, or the next morning at the latest, and the SCOTUS could have stayed the popular vote until they made a decision on the merits.
But Bickell not only failed to pass on the application, he never gave Donofrio any notice whatsoever until Donofrio finally got through to Bickell's phone on Nov. 6 when Bickell told Donofrio that since he - not a Supreme Court Justice - had disposed of the case, no disposition notice was necessary at all. To hell with Rule 22.6.
Now that the popular vote has been recorded, Bickell has made a difficult situation ever more dangerous as millions of citizens who voted for Obama (and McCain) stand to have their votes voided post election, a situation my law suit sought desperately to pre-empt.
Now that the case - and the issues discussed therein - have been deemed legitimate by the Court having utilized the extraordinary step (see textbook image below) of distributing for conference a previously denied stay application, Mr. Bickell's motivations should be thoroughly investigated by the Supreme Court and also by a U.S. Attorney.
Furthermore, Mr. Bickell should be fired and "we the people" need to see that it happens fast before he has the chance to pull the same cheap bluffs on other pending emergency stay applications headed swiftly to the Supreme Court this week. You can expect a very important update on this issue within the next 24 hours.
Below is a clipped page from the ultimate SCOTUS resource text, SUPREME COURT PRACTICE, 8th Edition, page 794:
Saturday, November 22, 2008
NEW OFFICIAL BLOG OF LEO C. DONOFRIO, Esq. - NJ CITIZEN CHALLENGING THE ELEGIBILITY OF THE '08 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES IN THE US SUPREME COURT
I have relocated here to Blogger.com. Mirror sites containing the exact content have been (or will be shortly) set up. Everybody is hereby authorized to mirror the contents of this blog. The following sites are trusted by me to have exact content:
ZAPEM is up now
LanLamphere.com will have a mirror up shortly. Lan also has in depth radio interviews with me.
The Plains Radio Network also has in depth interviews with me.
Below is a copy of my blog from last night.
Today, Leo C. Donofrio filed, with the NJ Supreme Court's Advisory Committee on Judicial Conduct, an official allegation of Judicial Misconduct against Appellate Division Judge Jack M. Sabatino with regard to the initial stage of this litigation which was originally filed in the NJ Superior Court, Appellate Division. The case, having come directly from an appeal to the New Jersey Supreme Court is now before the the United States Supreme Court, "DISTRIBUTED for Conference of December 5, 2008″ before all nine Supreme Court Justices.
I am very concerned that if the United States Supreme Court requests the official records of the case from the NJ Appellate Division, a fraudulent case file - not including all relevant documents - will be forwarded to the SCOTUS and thereby the case now pending might be jeopardized.
A copy of the official complaint - by way of a New Jersey Supreme Court generated form - will be uploaded to this blog shortly.


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OMAHA, Neb. — Warren Buffett insists that he's feeling good after his recent prostate cancer diagnosis. Based on the questions he got at Berkshire Hathaway's annual meeting, shareholders are taking him at his word.
Despite the fact that Buffett just disclosed his cancer diagnosis last month, he didn't face the first question about his health until well into Saturday morning's questioning. Many of the questions at the meeting either focused in on technical aspects of Berkshire's many businesses or dealt with general economic or political topics.
"I feel terrific. I love what I do," he said to an audience of more than 30,000 gathered at Omaha's downtown arena and in overflow rooms. He told shareholders that the survival rates for prostate cancer look so good that he thinks the diagnosis is a "non-event."
It would hardly be the first time that Buffett's assessment would be trusted. Widely known as the Oracle of Omaha, Buffett, 81, is considered the greatest celebrity in investing because of his many profitable decisions. Buffett has said his four doctors caught his cancer early, and it doesn't represent a serious threat to his health. He plans to undergo radiation treatment in July, but the treatment should have little effect on his daily routine.
"I have four doctors, at least a few own Berkshire Hathaway (stock)," Buffett said. "They described various alternatives and the ones they recommended do not involve a day of hospitalization, they don't require me to take a day off work, the survival numbers are way up. So…maybe I'll get shot by a jealous husband but this is a really minor thing."
Still, the diagnosis is forcing shareholders to confront that fact that one day Buffett will no longer be at the helm of the conglomerate, which includes an eclectic mix of companies such as Geico insurance, MidAmerican Energy, the Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad, Shaw carpet, Helzberg Diamonds, the Nebraska Furniture Mart and Pampered Chef. Several questions dealt with related topics, such as who will replace Buffett when the time comes.
Buffett told shareholders in this year's annual letter that the board has picked someone to succeed him as CEO if the need arises immediately, and it has two backup candidates. But Buffett hasn't publicly identified his successor.
However, he did address a challenge that his successor may face. One of the first questions of the day was about whether Buffett's successor will be able to make the same kind of deals he has, such as the $8 billion Berkshire invested in preferred shares of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and General Electric Co. during the crisis of 2008. Goldman and GE both wanted Buffett's stamp of approval along with Berkshire's money.
"I don't think that every deal I have made could be makeable by a successor," Buffett said.
But Buffett said his successor will still be able to make big deals because Berkshire has nearly $40 billion in cash on hand and is willing to invest large amounts quickly.
Buffett said deals like the ones with Goldman and GE haven't been as important to Berkshire as investing in Coca-Cola Co. stock or buying entire businesses such as Iscar metalworking and the Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad.
Shareholder John Zerngast, of Olathe, Kan., said the stock market might be uneasy about Buffett's age and that of 88-year-old Munger, but it shouldn't be because of how much Berkshire's 80-odd subsidiaries and investments are worth.
"I don't worry about Warren and Charlie because the underlying value is there," Zerngast said.
Berkshire owns clothing, furniture, railroad, insurance, jewelry and utility businesses. It also has major investments in such companies as Coca-Cola Co., IBM and Wells Fargo & Co. On Friday, Berkshire said its first-quarter profit more than doubled to $3.2 billion from last year's $1.5 billion because this year's results weren't hurt by major disaster losses in Berkshire's insurance units.
Buffett says the growth in the stock's book value — the company's assets minus liabilities — has outpaced the Standard & Poor's 500 index in all but eight years since 1965 while delivering a compounded annual return of almost 20 percent. In recent years, Buffett has repeatedly warned investors not to expect that type of return in the future because Berkshire's size makes it nearly impossible to keep growing at that rate.
That's fine with George Jensen and his wife, Setara Jensen, who bought Berkshire stock as a stable option in retirement. The Jensens traveled from Hong Kong to attend the shareholder meeting and visit friends from when Jensen worked for Union Pacific railroad before retiring.
"We bought it because it's a good value," Jensen said. "There are certainly things that might have a higher rate of return, but at this stage, we wanted something safe and stable."
But Buffett did tell shareholders that he was recently negotiating a $22 billion acquisition that didn't work out. He wouldn't disclose the details, but he used the transaction as an example of the biggest acquisition Berkshire would make right now.
He also defended Berkshire's purchase last year of the Omaha World-Herald Co. He said even though he has highlighted the challenges newspapers face, the deal still made sense for Berkshire, which already owned the Buffalo News and a large stake in the Washington Post Co.
"I think the economics based on the prices we paid — and we may buy more newspapers — will work out OK," Buffett said.
Buffett said newspapers are usually still the primary source of local information, and that's an advantage in places where community is important.
Buffett also defended political comments he has made while supporting President Barack Obama and lobbying for higher taxes on wealthy investors like him.
"When Charlie and I took this job, we did not agree to put our citizenship in a blind trust," Buffett said.
Buffett always plays the role of Berkshire's chief marketing officer at the annual meeting by showcasing products made by the company that are on display in the 200,000-square-foot exhibit hall. On Saturday, he revived the newspaper tossing skills of his youth, promising anyone who can throw a folded Omaha World-Herald — one of Berkshire's latest acquisitions — further than him, a Dilly bar from Dairy Queen.
As Buffett roamed the exhibit hall, shareholders mobbed him, trying to take pictures with their cellphones. He spent time singing "There is No Place Like Nebraska" with the University of Nebraska's cheerleaders at the Justin Boots stage before checking out the Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad and BYD electric car displays.
Later Saturday, Berkshire shareholders will vote on a proposal submitted by the AFL-CIO, which owns some Berkshire stock, asking whether the company should be compelled to disclose more specifics about its succession plan.
The proposal faces long odds because Berkshire's board unanimously opposes it, and that group controls 38 percent of the voting rights. Buffett himself controls about 34 percent of vote.
Buffett has said Berkshire plans to split his chairman and CEO job into three parts with a chief executive, a chairman and several investment managers.
Buffett has said he believes his son Howard, who already serves on Berkshire's board, would make an ideal chairman.
And Berkshire has hired two hedge fund managers, Todd Combs and Ted Weschler, over the past two years who Buffett says eventually will be capable of running the company's entire portfolio.
Buffett has said he remains in good health, and has no plans to retire because he enjoys running the conglomerate he built.
With Post staff


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When I first saw her, she reminded me of a living, breathing John Singer Sargent painting.
Thursday, October 13, 2011
When I first saw her, she reminded me of a living, breathing John Singer Sargent painting.
264 comments
Just lovely, I love the oldfashioned look, she looks likes she's playing a part in a movie..
That is absolutely STUNNING and other-worldly! Amazing…
Simply a dream. I love this picture !
ahhhhh – sigh – a fairy tale……
Fantastic! There IS hope for society!
Madame X
Very dramatic! I love her hair and the colours and textures she has chosen. The umbrella is very cute.
my gosh!!! it's wonderful
Wow. Is she real? The flaming red hair and velvety dress.. she's mesmerising!
Oh! Her hair is magnificent, and the lipstick is perfect!
Love hear hair!
Semplicemente meravigliosa, il viso come di porcellana, l'ombrellino parasole…. quasi una dama a passeggio per i giardini di Versailles
How good is that hair with that dress? She's like a painting.
Intriguing mix of delicate romantic look with spicy flavour – red hair. Perfect!
she looks beautiful, nice :)
This is so beautiful!!! Perfect!
Oh wow. This is the first shot in ages that has really taken my breath away. I love how this look is at once dramatic and refined, and while being based in antiquity, is entirely applicable in a modern-day surrounding. Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful!
I'm in serious awe. And she has my hair color!
Is this real? Stunning.
Oh my God! She is absolutely to be adored! She is Ms. May in the middle of October!
How stunning. A surprise to see her donning the red lipstick against her beautiful red hair, but she works it! Are her shoes velvet, too? What an awesome lady.
this hair!!!! WowWowWow
This woman has a beautiful skin! I love the color of her hair and her hairstyle. Thanks to the green velvet dress and his style she seems to come from the past. Also reminds me of Mary Poppins. Beautiful shot!
I LOVE the colors! Her hair and her dress are divine!
Totally from another age! Gorgeous. And so well spotted.
Hmmm, methinks our Sartorialist had a "Midnight in Paris" experience on this latest trip to the City of Lights! Maybe the sequel is "Noon in Paris?"
Mmmmmm…looks like a costume to me!
How amazing, I'm just completely blown away. I wouldn't say that it's a flawless look, but it's so inspirational and intriguing!
She looks like she is out of a movie- what a stunning beauty!
B b b b breasts of alabaster!
Manuela!!! I worked with her at Milan, Italy. She and her "sisters" are soooooo cools!
From Bilbao, Spain, kisses
quelle poup├®e de porcelaine…
(ask Garance to translate.. ;-) )
thank you for your blog and beautiful pics;
Wow, elle est tellement belle !! J'adore sa robe <3
What a lady!
How lovely! She looks like she just time-traveled from another era. I especially love her creamy pale skin with that beautiful finger-wave red hair!
Wow! Awesome 19th century chic :D Go the velvet!
She transports me to another time! The dress, the hair color, the parasol are all so strong, could be almost overpowering on their own; but she looks so at ease and they blend together so seamlessly on her. Wonderful!
stunning styling!
Je t'aime, Mademoiselle…. <3
Could have been the inspiration for Art Deco artists in Paris at first decade on 20th century, I love it especially the hair colour
such a beautiful portrait.
What we wouldn't do for her complexion – I guess that's the prize for carrying an umbrella around all day!
This is a beautiful picture. She looks like someone from a different era.
Lovely, just lovely.
this is why I like Paris sososo much, they are live in all time period!!!
Great picture, love the look, (oh is that a loose hem) :)
Left me breathless.
Gorgeous, love how she looks in the camera
love, selina
She's so elegant. I would want to get to know this woman's life!
It seems like if she was in another era! Amazing!
Wow. She looks like she belongs in the garden. She should be a permanent fixture there.
- Meredith
Wow! Stunning photo!
Such a decadently beautiful look. Adore the rich colors, her beautiful hair, and that demure parasol.
seems like it's out of a film!
aboslutely stunning!
She's stunning!
Love people who dress this way, They are so special!!!!
wow amazingly beautiful
Ah, ce parasol, il me semble so chic! J┬┤adore
Elisa, en Argentine
THIS is an amazing photo. She is quite a capturing beauty.
I imagine this woman is happy and feels the world in a deeply beautiful way as she passes through it with awareness.
Lovely. Elegant and lovely.
Beautiful photo, beautiful outfit. I love the contrast between her fair skin and red hair.
This lady looks like an apparition from another age. Emerald green, pale skin tone and red hair, she could be Odette de Cr├®cy, the character in A la recherche du Temps Perdu written by Proust….
Breathtaking! Everything works so beautifully together and I suddenly have an urgent need to own a parasol.
Do people dressed like that walk down the streets? (only in Paris?!). And you manage to spot them?
She looks amazing! Needs guts to have this kind of REALLY retro style (with the whole lot, makeup, parasol, shoes etc.). wow.
Kisses from Greece!
what a dream.
Yes, she does look very John Singer Sargent! Love to see a woman carrying a parasol! Well spotted.
The Styleseer
Are you kidding?? I love this! I envy you so much living in a place where you can get to see this on the streets on a common day…
Beautiful! Love the finger waves…
Jaw dropping..
so wondeful!
Love the parasol and the set!!!! So elegant!!!
yes, she looks like a painting, enhanced by the fact that the photo is set up like an old fashioned portrait, the nackground flowers are impressionist!
Absolutely beautiful! Thanks so much Scott.
La Belle ├ēpoque revisited.
Agreed, very beautiful, I love the Pre-Raphaelites.
This one literally made me gasp. The light on her skin is beyond lovely. It really is Madame X. Even looks like her right shoulder strap was off the shoulder and was pulled up at the last moment the same way Madame X's was redone in the face of controversy.
Well done, John Singer Sartorialist.
Stunning! Amazingly beautiful.
AH, So perfect for the Tuileries…. stunning, who is she?
WHERE did she find those Velvet purple shoes?
Thank God I've lived in Paris, so while I am inspired and angst-ridden for the aesthetics of Paris at least I am one of the lucky ones…..
Now living in Las Cruces, NM… need I say more?
Merci for your Blog!
I love her red hair. Auburn eye brows.. red lips. It makes her face stand out since it compliments the green and blue tones of her dress.
Mary Poppins gone elegant… Love it!
Looks like a fairy tale! Really admirable how much effort she put into this outfit!
Red, And Green and velvet dreams.. She walked into the night
Dreamy :-)
Perfection. I like the combination of the clothes and her hair color.
So magic! …you transport me to another era….fabulous stunning photo…you are the best!
She looks stunning!
If life were a dream…
Intoxicating. Beautiful.
Wow… but, its looks like not the street fashion anymore with all the light and poss. Its looks wonderful.
This looks like it could have been taken right out of an old fashion photo shoot! Wish we could see that bag!
wow so fabulous
i love it
by the way i'm a big fan of yours
and i think you are hot too :)
so beautiful!
Fashion Philosophy
That looks so stunning! Is this what you can expect when you go to paris :)
Wow. Just off to do the weekly supermarket shop I bet..
This looks too magical to be real! And is she really pulling off a skirt under a dress?
This photo took my breath away.
So lovely! Love her look from head to toe!
Absolutely John Singer Sargent! Beautiful
I wish women dressed up like this more often. Sigh. So beautiful!
WOW! This may just be the epitome of Parisian chic! GORGEOUS! http://www.casualglamorous.com
Amazing retro look!
Whow! Elle aurait pu être une muse de Klimt!! thanks :-)
Wow. I said, out loud, "Is she real?"
So statuesque!
I immediately thought of Sargent when I spotted this on my blogger page. I was charmed to see you thought so too. She is absolutely beautiful!
certainly, madame x
I die.
Magical…. to see this first thing in the morning was to start the day with beauty and inspiration.
that is entirely true…! i just saw some of his paintings (again) at the MFA in boston. i love his paintings..
It is inspiring how she creatively and effectively encompassed herself to become living breathing art.
The colors are an a lovely mix!
I think that this is perfect. These days, untouched skin is kind of precious.
this is one of your best photos and best subjects!
Wow! I live in Paris–that's amazing. Makes me want to step up my game.
this looks so pretty and romantic!
i couldn't agree more… with a touch of rosetti thrown in there as well. there are few things i love more than art history references. xx
madame x
The contrast betwee th colour of the hair and the dress makes everything so unreal.
I love the color of her dress – simple yet her beauty is prevailing.
Absolutely unexpected and striking! She's absolutely stunning.
Are you kidding me?!? Just amazing!!
Great pic!
realy? Est super!!!!!
That may be one of the prettiest photos I've ever seen!
All we needs is Renoir with his paints, brushes, chair, and easel – and we're set.
This woman is so softly beautiful. I knew it was Paris before looking at the words (do they sell longer-lasting lip products? I should stock up there). I love everything about this look, including the two contrasting skirts. The garden setting adds a touch of magic. Incredible photo–yet again. Thank you for giving us an aesthetic break in this too-crazy world.
Thank you for showing somebody dressed really beautifully with no intention to irritate. Elegance and romance are never out of fashion, this photo proves it.
Madame X in the flesh!
This actually seems like a painting!
This fine lady in this gorgeous outfit takes us back to 19th Century. Classic, elegant, and vintage style really resurface from time to time.
Perfect description of her! She looks gorgeous and that hair!
Breath taking!
Such a chic and retro woman, I do love this outfit…amazing!
beautiful and serene. Her individuality is really refreshing. Lovely, lovely, lovely!
Simply breathtaking. Her skin is gorgeous
this is for TEN:
Absolutely agree… this is hope for society!!!
oh my gosh seriously this is not real life! she's like a movie! so elegant and beautiful and old-world !! I LOVE it!
just amazing! I just read an article about the 19th century french architecture. I'm sure she fits within such atmosphere.
One of your best. But then, the subject matter is perfection!
She really looks like in a painting!
what a gorgeous hair┬Ī
Scott it was your Midnight in Paris and then she disappeared……..
WAWO. long time follower, first comment ever. Breathtaking!
Now this is to cute!
I don't even have words to describe this….!
she's just perfect. she stands out and yet fits so well into her surroundings. i'm in love with her character.
Dante Gabriel Rossetti would have killed for a chance to paint this woman.
I am also mesmerized at how she manages to make this silhouette seem timeless and playful.
Beautiful. I love her dress!
She's Eve la Plume, I love her so much….I meet her every summer at Summer Jamboree! She's perfect.
Wow, so marvelous… I loved simply EVERYTHING. :)
STUNNING, she is a complete vision, like a dream!
I would love to paint her.
I live in Paris near the Eiffel tower, and there is a woman here who wears the most enormous and complex hats with incredible multi layered furs, and luxurious swishing clothes.
She is as ethereal as the light, she passes in a waft of glamour and perfume, and then she is gone. I have even followed her to see if I could paint or photograph her, as she is SO amazing, but I can never follow her for long, she disappears!
Do you know who I am talking about?
Have you ever seen her or photographed her?
I wonder of any of your Paris connections know her.
I often see her near Ecole Militaire.
so vintage love the total look!
Oh, indeed! I adore John Singer Sargent!
I cannot stop looking at this picture! One of the best I've seen yet on this site!
Nuh-uh…seriously? Costume-y yeah but what the hell it's stunningly pretty.
Thanks for the link, thoughtful.
wow. instant classic photograph scott!
amazing color and capture of the moment.
everything is perfect.
I have to say, I love the comments on this blog.
As soon as she popped up, she honestly took my breath away. I didn't even have to scroll to see her whole outfit! What a fantastic woman.
Between her romantic, vintage style and the pathway and flowers receding into the distance it's as if she stepped out from the past and like in all the best dreams we who glimpse her beauty are left with a feeling of longing.
(I suppose in a perfect dream I would be as the suited man in the post above, walking my bike alongside her.)
stunning hair colour, absolutely stunning shot
oh my god!!this is stunning!she looks like she's out of a book or an old film!
Frankly, if I saw her on the street I would be curious but not impressed. But this photo is an excellent example of how important your work is ŌĆō that the everyday can be transmuted into art, that the beauty in life can be revealed!
Eve la Plume :D she's a burlesque dancer and she's stunning!
She's Eve la Plume!!!
Amazing burlesque dancer…!!!
On youtube there's a lot of her shows!
It's is such an inspiration to see such a vision of elegance achieved using quirky preloved elements, but of course the real work of art is her hair. She wears her personality on her sleeve and it is lovely to see!
More Toulouse-Lautrec
two words…HOW PRETTY
WOW. You two had to meet! Life paired up the perfect photographer with the best model. I LOVE your work, it inspires me every day. THANK YOU.
Absolutely breathtaking. It might be her makeup, hair, or porcelain skin but her grace and poise is what should be compared to a john singer sargent painting!
what a dream
Wow. It's so unique but also beautiful and chic at the same time. I absolutely love the picture.
I've always wanted to dress like it's the 19th century. Maybe I'll DO JUST THAT.
@Claudia, thanks for letting us know who she is! Wow what a doll. Love her hair, makeup and her dress. And great job capturing the beauty of the model and the background.
Found image? Wow! Painterly indeed.
Whaaaaattt? Who looks like this? Amazing! I'm fascinated by this pic. Love.
On first glance I thought, "Fin-de-siecle burlesque!" Then I scrolled down and saw that this beautiful woman is, in fact, a dancer. How utterly cool. Thanks, Claudia, for her name & the YouTube suggestion–you're right, she is terrific!
Wonderful picture:-)
I like it!
as i typed in your url, i was thinking how your posts of late have been of trendy "fashion" people (not that there is anything wrong with them!), and i was hoping to see a photo of someone completely unique and inspiring. as soon as this photo popped up, i gasped. she was exactly what i was hoping for.
Beautiful, colour is stunning and I really get the painterly thing.
Everything from her outfit to her expression speaks has a magical aura. Love the umbrella!
Fantastic…it's seems from old days and yet so fresh and beautifull1
Top picture!
I can't stop coming on this blog, the photos are so beautiful. Specially a picture like this one. Everything looks perfect here, the model, the facial expression, the background…and it's a time-travel, this photo could have been in sepia (but it would be a shame, the harmony of colours is too stunning here).
I had exactly the same impression (about Sargent). I saw other pictures of her on her website; honestly Scott, you're the only one who makes her look like a living painting of John Singer Sargent. What a great gift you have!
the best picture ever
Can I use this picture in my blog?
This is awesome! Feels like she just popped out from another century.
Such beautiful colouring. Simply gorgeous… Although I do worry about her vitamin D levels.
WOW. i wouldn't have that braveness, but i really like it. the blue is amazing.
so nice
One of my favorites. What can I say that hasn't already been said? It is perfect. Ahhhh….
Oh,absolutely John Singer Sargent! Madam X in the flesh. (And now I have the Rufus song stuck in my head!)
Its sad that I do not see more of this in real life. Just beautiful.
this is just stunning…she took my breath away for a good minute.
This image is just perfect. She's like a living piece of art… fragile, vibrant, beautiful. Surreal! Thank you, Scott, for capturing this moment and for sharing it with us. I am amazed at your gift yet again. Cheers!
Beautiful photograph! The colors in her hair and dress are absolutely lovely.
Only in Paris! This is my favorite picture of yours so far! Your exposure is so sweet I need help breathing!
realy beautiful colouring!! i love this!!!
I have no adjectives that have not already been said.
This clinches it, however: I am buying myself a parasol.
Wow, what a vision. Sigh… so beautiful. She does look like a lady from a painting.
A Boldini painting, the embodiment of his work. Please, track her down and show us more of this creature from betwixt heaven and earth.
She's totally exquisite! Fantastic photograph!
how I love this outfit, this woman, this pose! How charming to find someone like this in ordinary life (although I do still think Paris is special, I guess).
Omg that is so pretty i love it!
Oh my goodness, you are spot on. She's absolutely a Sargent. Looks like she walked out of the canvas for a spot of vitamin D.
Beautiful Eve La Plume ! She seems not from this world…stunning
Love her aura and that velvet dress. Amazing
Pretty insightful. Thanks!
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is she for real?!!
For me.. she is the whole reason I ADORE the Sartorialist. To think she would be walking around Paris, for only the Parisians to enjoy.
A gorgeous look from an era gone by!
Wow….she does appear to be a living portrait/painting (and a most lovely one at that).
I like her finger wave. I was actually thinking about trying that with my own hair just the other day… she is lovely.
Amazing location and subject. The umbrella completes this in every way
Wow! Talk about stepping back in time. She's beautiful! The epitome of feminine.
as much as I think she is stunning, the whole look is just too costuming for me… doesnt scream fashion at all….
simply wow! love the entire look – the best ever you've photographed!
Lovely. It looks like a painting, but with more life. Wow.
this is sooooo poetic!!! … Thanks Scott for this beautiful image ^____^
Wow – she's absolutely stunning! Just goes to show that interesting is always more beautiful than conventional.
This is Eve La Plume! The most famous burlesque italian performer! She actually has a very personal style which is between the Marie Antoinette period and the XIXth century . You can also feel it in her shows. She also designs her own clothes. I am not surprised to see the photo has been taken in the Jardins des Tuileries, it perfectly fits her. I must also add she is a great collectioner of antic clothes and a lover of Montmartre and Toulouse-Lautrec : you can feel this just by looking at her as she looks like from an other era :).
Thanks a lot for this pic capturing her beauty.
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she 's Eve la Plume, a famous italian burlesque dancer.
So delicious!
I love her hair & makeup, however I can't help but feel that she just walked out of broadway/dance practice or something.
Beautiful girl nonetheless.
Tres belle!
This is stunning. Absolutely stunning. I want to know her story. She looks so unexpected and alive and vibrant.
it's true she does. do you have to be a burlesque dancer to run around so darn fabulous?! i mean ought we not go in this direction and retire the yoga pants and ponytail?
She's so adorable. Like from the Claude Monet paintings.
now THAT is real beauty
Sargent, exactly.
Its an excellent shot! Simply love what she is wearing and how the whole mood is brought into this photo.
That's my favourite picture since I followed your blog! She's amazing, looks like jumped from a Jane Austen novel to the 21th century.
madame e Monsieur…. : she's………….. "Eve la Plume" …. amazing Italian Burlesque performer!
Someone who is confident enough to channel her inner self. How wonderful. and how pretty.
A Moulin Rouge dancer.
What a beautiful photo.. she's stunning!
eve la plume!
Stunning! I love it when people have the courage to be real avantgardists!
Amazing. I'm speechless.
scrump, scrump, scrumptious!
wauw absolutely stunning! and she realy looks like a John Singer painting. love it!
I love that she makes vague period references – as if from different films (but she doesn't try for a specific period 'look'). She makes herself modern and old at the same time. Very romantic – like she stepped out of the cutting room of a period movie studio.
Stunning outfit from head to toe, and a beautiful girl to go with it.
She is a work of art.
Tragically Romantic
Eva La Plume
Wow! She is incredible.
She's incredible, beautiful… one of the best photos.
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ususally these kinde of costumey people seem too much, but this is so natural, so beautiful
She does look like a painting sprung to life. Even her parasol and makeup are on point. Stunning!
She's a faerie…
Like a being from another world.
As a photographer, i find all the dress are perfect if the subject is beautiful


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Predators hold off Sharks for third straight victoryby John Manasso
NASHVILLE -- Carter Hutton made 36 saves for the Nashville Predators on Saturday, but the save of the game might have belonged to teammate Roman Josi.
The San Jose Sharks had cut the Predators' lead to one when Patrick Marleau scored a sixth-attacker goal at 19:05 of the third period, and they Sharks were swarming for another. With 31 seconds left, Josi blocked Joe Pavelski's wrist shot from 13 feet that was headed for the back of the net, helping to Nashville to hold on for its third straight win.
Josi also scored a power-play goal in 23:52 of ice time, earning the game's first star in the Predators' 3-2 victory over the Sharks at Bridgestone Arena.
"They made a push and I think we have to manage the puck a little better," Josi said. "It was tight. They got some great looks even when they scored 3-2 after that….
"I just stood in front of the net. Huts was down and I knew [Pavelski] was going to try and shoot it high and it just hit me so it was a little lucky."
In a season in which No. 1 goalie Pekka Rinne remains out indefinitely with a staph infection in his hip, the Predators will take any luck they can get. They also are making some of their own these days, especially in the form of Hutton's performance the last three games.
This month, he has stopped 106 of 110 shots (a .964 save percentage), giving him a 1.20 goals-against average in the four games he has played. Hutton began his pro career as part of the Sharks' organization, playing 22 games in 2010-11 with their American Hockey League affiliate in Worcester. During the Stanley Cup Playoffs that season, he served as a "black ace" for the Sharks.
"Obviously a lot of close friends there, I played for a year there," he said. "Me and [Sharks center] Tommy Wingels were roommates in Worcester. So, you know, pretty close and, obviously, pretty big [win]. They have a pretty good team. For us, the biggest thing is establishing our play at home here and getting a huge two points."
Hutton said the Predators bent but didn't break defensively in a game in which they never trailed but allowed two goals in the final 13:32 of regulation.
"That's why they pay him the big bucks, eh?" Hutton said of Josi's block on Pavelski's late shot.
For San Jose, the loss represented the continuation of a rut. The Sharks fell to 1-4-1 in their past six games, during which they have scored 11 goals.
"I think we just decided to skate," Logan Couture said of the late rally that fell short. "That's something we can't do. We can't start slow. We've got to be better on the road. We know how big points are right now so it's a tough loss."
Sharks coach Todd McLellan said his team was not "near aggressive enough" to start the game and felt that by holding Nashville to 23 shots, San Jose should have come away with at least one point in the standings.
"It's amazing in the third when we have to play on the inside a little bit more, get the second chance, keep the forechecks alive, we're a much different team," McLellan said. "Disappointed in the first period and a half to two periods… I thought [Nashville] competed along the walls harder. They took away a lot of time and space from us. Anything that got near the net, we were on the outside. Not going to win like that."
Predators coach Barry Trotz said that was the game plan. He said he knew that Nashville could not compete by trading chances with the Sharks, who entered the game outscoring opponents 42-14 in the first period. However, it was Nashville that left first intermission on top, 1-0.
"We didn't want to be down two goals after one period and then have to play a wide-open game against a team that, quite frankly, I don't think we can match man-for-man in terms of pure offensive power," Trotz said, "but we can match them in other ways in terms of our structure and the way we played and some good energy and lots of commitment and that's what happened."
Nashville defenseman Victor Bartley helped to put his team on top 1-0 at 16:04 of the first period when he wristed a puck at the net from just above the left circle. It caromed off the left leg and then the stick of Predators wing Eric Nystrom, who was stationed in front of the net, before going into the net.
Nashville connected on its first power-play chance of the game with 1:52 left in the second period to grab a 2-0 lead. Nick Spaling won the puck from a scrum along the boards and shoveled it to Craig Smith behind the net. Smith found Josi moving in from the point, and Josi's wrist shot beat Antti Niemi to the glove side.
Smith was playing for the first time in four games. He was a healthy scratch on Dec. 7 and then sat out the next two games with an illness. He ranks third on the team in points with 16.
In the last two games Nashville's power play has gotten hot after a long dry spell. Until the Predators' 3-1 win on Thursday against the Dallas Stars, they had gone six games and 16 attempts without a goal with the man advantage. However, Nashville went 2-for-3 in that game and its only failure came in the final 23 seconds of regulation when the Predators were salting away the victory.
Predators wing Rich Clune helped draw the power play with an aggressive forecheck. He knocked Sharks defenseman Brad Stuart to the ice with a hard check that also separated Stuart from his stick. Knowing he would lose possession, Stuart played the puck with his glove and was called for closing his hand on the puck.
"It's been important," Trotz said of the power play. "It's an important part of our game. We need that to be a threat every night. The last couple of games we've scored important goals. No question. They were throwing it around -- throwing it around with confidence."
Nashville later failed to connect on a third-period power play and the Sharks scored five seconds after it ended. Marleau won the puck behind the net from Predators defenseman Shea Weber, then found Matt Irwin high in the slot. Dan Boyle deflected Irwin's shot between Hutton's legs with 12:32 left in regulation to cut the margin to 2-1.
Viktor Stalberg made it 3-1 with 2:39 left in regulation, calling his own number on a 2-on-1 and beating Niemi (20 saves) low to the glove side.
"The third one I'm sure he'd like to have back," McLellan said of Niemi.
With Niemi pulled, Marleau redirected Boyle's pass behind Hutton with 54.6 seconds left in regulation to cut the deficit to one goal.


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Rays nip Orioles in Baltimore slugfest
Baltimore, MD – Kelly Johnson finished 3-for-5 with a three- run homer, four RBI and two runs scored as Tampa Bay withstood a late Baltimore charge and escaped with a 12-10 victory in the opener of a three- game set from Camden Yards.
Yunel Escobar added three hits and drove in three runs, while Desmond Jennings hit safely twice and knocked in a pair for the Rays, who ended a two-game skid and won for the seventh time in nine games overall but not before almost wasting an eight-run advantage.
James Loney and Evan Longoria each recorded a pair of hits, scored twice and knocked in a run for Tampa Bay, which led 12-4 after six innings.
Jeremy Hellickson (2-2) gave up 10 hits and eight runs over 7 2/3 innings, but picked up the win thanks to his club's prolific offense. Joel Peralta retired the final four batters of the contest to earn his first save of the season.
"We've been shaky a couple times and we're kind of getting back to what we really think we can do...save the lead, hold the lead for the guys," Peralta said of the bullpen's struggles of late. "We've been blowing some games so tonight was really special for me."
Chris Dickerson's three-run shot capped a six-run eighth inning for the Orioles, losers of three straight and five of seven. Chris Davis and Matt Wieters each posted two RBI and J.J. Hardy went deep in the narrow defeat.
Jason Hammel (5-2) took the mound bidding for a piece of Orioles history, but was torched for 10 hits and seven runs in just 4 2/3 frames.
"We just haven't made the pitches when we need to," Wieters admitted. "You can look at a lot of different things that we need to do better, but our guys are working hard to get it figured out."
Tampa pushed into double digits with three runs in the sixth courtesy of a Luke Scott sacrifice fly and two-run single from Escobar, and that eight-run spread eventually withered to two.
Nate McLouth tripled to start the eighth and scored on a Manny Machado groundout, then a single and double sandwiched around a fielder's choice groundout put two in scoring position ahead of a Wieters RBI single. Hellickson was pulled for Kyle Farnsworth, and a Hardy single preceded Dickerson's three-run blast which pulled the O's within 12-10.
After Yamaico Navarro singled, Peralta was called on to stop the bleeding and he retired Matt Joyce on a grounder.
Baltimore went quietly in the ninth, on two pop outs and a fly out.
Tampa scratched out a run in the first as Matt Joyce singled with one out, Ben Zobrist doubled and Longoria's fly to right scored Joyce.
Baltimore countered in the home half on a two-out, two-run single from Davis. McLouth (leadoff single) and Machado (double) came in on the hit.
Hardy started the bottom of the second with his eighth homer of the season, but the Rays struck for four more in the third to take the lead again.
Zobrist and Longoria slugged consecutive one-out singles to put runners on the corners, then Loney's sac fly made it 3-2. Scott followed with a walk and Johnson launched a three-run shot to right for a 5-3 game.
The visitors upped their advantage to 9-3 in the fifth, thanks to an RBI single from Johnson, a run-scoring, ground-rule double from Escobar and a two- run single from Jennings.
Navarro's leadoff triple in the home half turned into the O's fourth run of the contest on Machado's groundout.
Game Notes
Tampa Bay improved to 3-4 this year against Baltimore, splitting four games in the Charm City ... With a win tonight, Hammel could have become the first Oriole to go 6-1 or better to start consecutive seasons since Mike Boddicker went 6-1 to start 1985 and 10-1 to start the 1986 season ... Hammel started the 2012 season with a 6-1 mark ... With Friday's defeat, the Orioles have scored 47 runs in seven games (6.7 per game) against the Rays along with 12 homers ... Hardy extended hit streak to 12 games ... Baltimore pitchers surrendered a season-high 17 hits for the second straight contest.


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The gospel of Jesus Christ is the grand news, the glad tidings that through our exercise of faith in Jesus Christ and his Atonement, coupled with our repentance that flows therefrom, we may be forgiven of our sins and justified or made right with God. Our standing before the Almighty has thereby changed from a position of divine wrath to one of heavenly favor and acceptance; we have traveled the path from death to life (see Romans 5:9–10). "Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ" (Romans 5:1). Or, as Peter taught, "Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: casting all your care upon him: for he careth for you" (1 Peter 5:6–7; emphasis added). Surely it is the case that we can cast our burdens upon the Lord because he cares for us—that is, because he loves us. But I sense that more is intended by Peter in this passage. We can give away to Him who is the Balm of Gilead our worries, our anxieties, our frettings, our awful anticipations, for he will care for us, that is, will do the caring for us. It is as though Peter had counseled us: "Quit worrying. Don't be so anxious. Stop wringing your hands. Let Jesus take the burden while you take the peace." This is what C. S. Lewis meant when he pointed out that "f you have really handed yourself over to Him, it must follow that you are trying to obey Him. But trying in a new way, a less worried way" (Mere Christianity, 130–31; emphasis added).
Following his healing of a blind man, Jesus spoke plainly to the self-righteous Pharisees: "For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind." What an odd statement! And yet it goes to the heart of that which we have been discussing—our need to acknowledge our need. Those who have accepted Christ and his saving gospel come to see things as they really are. They once were blind, but now they see. Those who choose to remain in their smug state of self-assurance, assuming they see everything clearly, these are they that continue to walk in darkness. Thus Jesus concluded, "If ye were blind"—that is, if you would acknowledge and confess your blindness, your need for new eyes to see who I am and what I offer to the world—"ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth" (John 9: 41).
It was Jacob, son of Lehi, who wrote that those who are "puffed up because of their learning, and their wisdom, and their riches—yea, they are they whom he [the Holy One of Israel] despiseth; and save they shall cast these things away, and consider themselves fools before God, and come down in the depths of humility, he will not open unto them" (2 Nephi 9:42; compare 1 Corinthians 3:18; 4:10; 8:2). On the other hand, "the poor in spirit," those who consider themselves spiritually bankrupt without heavenly assistance and divine favor, those who come unto Christ and accept his sacred offering, inherit the kingdom of heaven (see Matthew 5:3; 3 Nephi 12:3).
Let's be wise and honest: We cannot make it on our own. We cannot pull ourselves up by our own spiritual bootstraps. We are not bright enough or powerful enough to bring to pass the mighty change necessary to see and enter the kingdom of God. We cannot perform our own eye surgery. We cannot pry our way through the gates of the heavenly Jerusalem. We cannot make ourselves happy or bring about our own fulfillment. But we can "seek this Jesus of whom the prophets and apostles have written, that the grace of God the Father, and also the Lord Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost, which beareth record of them, may be and abide in [us] forever" (Ether 12:41). Then all these things will be added unto us (see Matthew 6:33). That's the promise, and I affirm that it's true.


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2010-11: Sat in the varsity that finished second in the petite final at the NCAA Championship and fourth in the grand final at Eastern Sprints... Recipient of the team's Chris Ernst Award.
Before Yale: Won a silver medal with the United States' women's eight at the 2010 World Rowing Junior Championships… Featured in Faces In The Crowd in Sports Illustrated… Won the women's youth single scull event at the U.S. Rowing Youth National Championships in summer of 2010… Part of the eight that won its event at the Independence Day Regatta in Philadelphia… Part of the USA Junior National High Performance team in Berlin, Germany in 2009… Placed ninth at 2009 Crash-B's.
Personal: Was a figure skater for nine years before discovering rowing in high school.
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William and Mary
Martin Clunes stars as William and Julie Graham as Mary in this romantic comedy series about two single parents looking for love - and perhaps finding it. But it's not going to be easy when one is an undertaker and the other a midwife, let alone the problems that Mary's mother Molly is going to put across their path.
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Episode #208
KQED Plus: Wed, Sep 11, 2013 -- 11:00 PM
Molly finally comes home from hospital and the family anxiously wait to hear her results. When she wins ten thousand pounds in a competition Rick worries that she has had all the good luck that she can get in one week. William gets a shock when he meets the twin brother of a body he is arranging a funeral for.
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- KQED Plus: Sun, Sep 15, 2013 -- 3:00 PM
- KQED Plus: Thu, Sep 12, 2013 -- 5:00 AM
Episode #207
KQED Plus: Wed, Sep 4, 2013 -- 11:00 PM
William is visited by a young boy and his dog who tells him that his father has drowned out at sea and no body has been recovered. Would William be willing to hold a service without a body?
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- KQED Plus: Sun, Sep 8, 2013 -- 3:00 PM
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6 -min. read From skill learning to endurance-testing treks, find out how travellers' psychogenic "Need for Achievement" – N-Ach for short – is driving their never-ending quest to tick self-gratifying activities off their bucket lists. James Davidson advises on how best to couple the warm glow of achievement with high-end hospitality.
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CARTA: The Upright Ape: Bipedalism and Human Origins - Comparative Anatomy from Australopithecus to Gorillas
Date: 3/7/2012; 58 minutes
Why are we the only two-legged creature to develop an exclusively upright gait? And what did it mean to the development of the human species? CARTA brings you foremost experts to explore the many facets of these questions in this fascinating series - starting with presentations from Steven Churchill, Jeremy DeSilva and Matt Tocheri that compare different aspects of hominid anatomy and their relation to bipedalism. (#20872)
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