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BBC - Ministers were "naive" to believe an army of "brilliant people" would spring up to analyse raw spending data for them, a think tank chief says.
The coalition published vast amounts of previously secret data online in the hope that "armchair auditors" would pore over it to discover waste.
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As wedding DJ's, we celebrate with many couples every year. There is always that one couple that stands out from the crowd. The couple that is full of life and love. Whitney & Brandon is that couple. They live busy lives but they live them to the fullest. Brandon's adventurous hobby is flying planes while Whitney is an avid horseback rider. Like their personal lives, Whitney & Brandon wanted their wedding day to be full of fun and love and the details are to the T. It began with their venue, View Point at Buckhorn Creek. View Point is a beautifully designed space with unobstructed views of the Blue Ridge Mountains and is only minutes away from Greenville, SC. Whitney & Brandon included personalized details like a plane prop as a decor on their dessert table, a favorite childhood paper origami game as wedding programs, and a barrel bourbon sealing element in their ceremony. Take a look below at all of these details and more!
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The views here were stunning! View Point at Buckhorn also boasts a beautiful Koi Fish pond within the property.
Do you remember the origami paper fortune tellers from way back when? Whitney and Brandon transformed this childhood game into beautiful wedding programs.
Whitney & Brandon decided to seal a bourbon barrel during their ceremony. Each placed a letter inside the barrel. In a certain amount of time, they are to open the box, cheers to the memories made & read the letters.
A first dance is one of the most special moments of the evening. Whitney & Brandon chose "You Are The Best Thing" by Ray LaMontagne.
Besides Brandon, Whitney has two other special men in her life, her father & stepfather. She chose to dance with both gentlemen on her wedding day.
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Tonight I watched The Dark Knight for the first time since it came out and I thought it was awesome,Heath certainly deserved that oscar,his performance was outstanding!!!
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This morning I registered for law school classes for the last time ever. I am grateful for being so close to accomplishing this large goal and really what for so long was my life goal. As I start to reorient myself towards finding new goals, I am pleasantly ok with not having a super big mission to accomplish at the moment. It's a nice change.


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A report prepared for the Democratic Governors Association suggests policy options for getting Medicaid beneficiaries to take their medicine that include managing medication, coordinating prescription refills, allowing more time between refills and generally teaching people why they should do what their doctor tells them. The recommendations primary apply to Medicaid, but they could also apply to state employee health plans and exchange insurance, the report states.
The paper states that it's key to use medication therapy management only on those patients who need it. CMS recently scrapped a proposal to expand MTM in Medicare in part because plans complained that they would lose money if forced to contact enrollees who don't need the service. The medication-adherence coalition Prescriptions for a Healthy America is now working on a legislative proposal aimed at better targeting people who need MTM.
That coalition- which includes pharmaceutical, chain drug store and pharmaceutical benefit manager members- also contributed to the paper prepared for the Democratic governors. That paper says "super user" programs could offer MTM to the approximately 5 percent of beneficiaries who are in those programs. It points out that an evaluation of 14 super-user programs found that teaching medication adherence is a key feature in all of those programs so it's a natural step to go further with MTM. There also are 20 states with MTM programs that other states could look to, according to the paper.
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With an agreement reached on the Trans Pacific Partnership, the 12-member trade and investment treaty, opinions began swirling about what the deal means for the future of Canada. Plenty of facts have been bandied about in an effort to clarify the TPP's significance: 12 Pacific Rim countries, 800 million people, 36 percent of global GDP […]
Posted by Jordan Brennan under big business, deep integration, foreign investment/ownership, free trade, international trade, investment, NAFTA.
October 27th, 2015
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Today at the Canadian Economics Association meetings, the PEF officially awarded the first John Kenneth Galbraith Prize in Economics to co-winners Mel Watkins and Kari Polanyi Levitt. We had a packed room for the event, which featured opening remarks by Jamie Galbraith, and a historical retrospective of their works by Jim Stanford. Below is the […]
Posted by Marc Lee under C. D. Howe Institute, deep integration, free trade, NAFTA, PEF.
June 8th, 2008
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I've pasted in below my contribution to the latest issue of Canada Watch, edited by my old friend Danny Drache of the Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies at the University of Toronto. It's part of a special issue on what Deep Integration of North America could look like with George W. Bush out of the […]
Posted by Andrew Jackson under deep integration, inequality, US.
April 3rd, 2008
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On Friday, the Finance Minister and the Treasury Secretary signed the Fifth Protocol of the Canada-US Income Tax Convention. The Canadian government lined up several business organizations in advance to provide endorsements, which have dominated the media coverage. One of these organizations, the C. D. Howe Institute, made the case for the amended treaty through […]
Posted by Erin Weir under banks, big business, C. D. Howe Institute, deep integration, foreign investment/ownership, interest rates, NAFTA, taxation, US.
September 23rd, 2007
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Janice Kennedy has a pretty good assessment of the Afghanistan debate in today's Ottawa Citizen. My only slight quibble is that she does not mention the Liberals, who got us into this quagmire. Enjoy and share:
Posted by Erin Weir under deep integration, media.
September 2nd, 2007
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This post is in response to the following excellent comment from Stephen Moore, the man who will trounce Ralph Goodale in the next federal election (or at least do better than I did): April 2007 testimony before the parliamentary committee on International Trade saw Industry Canada, DFAIT reps and others stress the importance of the […]
Posted by Erin Weir under competition, deep integration, free markets, free trade.
August 21st, 2007
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Linda McQuaig takes on the Security and Prosperity Partnership: Since the SPP initiative was officially launched in March 2005, the public has been effectively shut out of the process. There's been little awareness, let alone public debate, about what's going on. The key advisory body in the SPP is an all business group called the […]
Posted by Marc Lee under deep integration, regulation, US.
August 9th, 2007
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Vancouver political scientist Peter Pronzos emailed this review of Michael Byers' new book, Intent for a Nation: "…so close to the United States†By Peter Pronzos Book review of Intent for a Nation: What is Canada For? By Michael Byers Douglas & McIntyre, 248 pages, $32.95 When former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien bowed to public […]
Posted by Marc Lee under deep integration, US.
July 3rd, 2007
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The following column by Bruce Johnstone, The Leader-Post's Financial Editor, does a much better job than I did of explaining the Conservative government's flawed barley plebiscite. This column, which is particularly interesting coming from an ardent free-marketer like Johnstone, touches on a couple of the Harper government's favourite tactics: 1. "The Thin Edge of the […]
Posted by Erin Weir under deep integration, democracy, farming, federalism, Saskatchewan, TILMA.
June 10th, 2007
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Fresh off of getting cut off mid-presentation by an uptight Conservative, who we discovered later was only following orders, Gord Laxer makes his case: Easterners could freeze in the dark GORDON LAXER … while Canada, as part of our bilateral Security and Prosperity Partnership initiative, supports U.S. efforts to wean itself off Middle Eastern oil, […]
Posted by Marc Lee under deep integration, oil and gas, US.
May 28th, 2007
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By walking out on Gordon Laxer's testimony about the SPP's potential impact on Canadian energy security, the Conservatives have given him far more media coverage than he otherwise might have received. Today, the following story appeared in The Montreal Gazette, The Ottawa Citizen and The Edmonton Journal: Tory chair storms out of SPP hearing Freezing in […]
Posted by Erin Weir under Alberta, deep integration, resources, US.
May 11th, 2007
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Yesterday's International Merchandise Trade Annual Review from StatsCan confirms the Mel Watkins thesis that Canada is rapidly reverting to its historical role as a commodity producer for the global economy. http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/070508/d070508a.htm From 2002, the Canadian dollar began to appreciate rapidly against the US dollar (and Asian currencies tied to the US dollar) in response to […]
Posted by Andrew Jackson under China, deep integration, free trade, industrial policy, NAFTA, resources.
May 9th, 2007
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A new edited volume, Whose Canada?: Continental Integration, Fortress North America, and the Corporate Agenda, by Ricardo Grinspun and Yasmine Shamsie, has just come out, featuring many of your favourite left-wing writers. The full book is out from McGill-Queen's University Press, and can also be purchased through the CCPA. The table of contents can be […]
Posted by Marc Lee under deep integration, free trade, US.
May 1st, 2007
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At the conference a couple of weeks ago where Elizabeth May mused about income trusts, she also committed to make opposition to the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) the centrepiece of the Green Party's forthcoming election platform. The SPP is an arrangement between Canada, the US, and Mexico that seeks to accelerate tar-sands development, among […]
Posted by Erin Weir under deep integration, environment, resources.
April 16th, 2007
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On March 30, I attended the federal government's conference on "Internal Trade: Opportunities and Challenges,†which was hosted by Human Resources and Skills Development Canada and by Industry Canada. Other attendees included academics, federal and provincial civil servants, and representatives of business and professional organizations. The academic and policy people all agreed that the material […]
Posted by Erin Weir under Alberta, big business, deep integration, environment, federal budget, labour market, TILMA, trade disputes, WTO.
April 7th, 2007
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Advantage Canada is the "economic plan" released with November's Economic and Fiscal Update. In reading through it yesterday, I was struck by its statements about a couple of "free trade" agreements. Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement (TILMA) Marc and I demonstrate that there are few tangible examples of trade barriers between provinces and no evidence […]
Posted by Erin Weir under big business, deep integration, free trade, TILMA.
March 5th, 2007
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Atlantica is the brain child of Brian Lee Crowley of the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies, and current senior advisor in the federal Department of Finance. I had thought that this was a case for some sort of deep integration between the Canadian Atlantic provinces and the US northeastern states – a case that would […]
Posted by Marc Lee under deep integration.
December 27th, 2006
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News of this recent corporate/ state/ military elite forum on deeper integration of North America is gradually trickling into the media, and being widely circulated on the internet. I don't usually tend to believe that our collective future is determined by secret corproate conspiracies, but the fact that this event was completely ignored by the […]
Posted by Andrew Jackson under big business, deep integration, US.
September 22nd, 2006
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A new report by myself and Bruce Campbell for the CCPA was released today. It's called Putting Canadians At Risk: How the federal government's deregulation agenda threatens health and environmental standards. A lengthy title for a rather lengthy publication. In it we take issue with the government's promotion of "smart regulation", the current euphemism for […]
Posted by Marc Lee under deep integration, regulation, US.
September 14th, 2006
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About LISA FUREY INTERIORS (LFI)
LFI is an award winning full service luxury interior design firm specializing in high-end residential projects or those that have significant remodel scope. LFI provides comprehensive services from concept to move in (and everything in between). Known for her fresh, clean, chic and timeless look, Lisa is dedicated to her clients, has a relentless work ethic and is full of endless ideas and inspiration. "Personal, luxurious and livable" are the words that drive LFI's designs. Lisa's professional vision and ultimate goal is to produce not only an incredible space, but even more, one that fosters a lifestyle and tells the story of the people who live in the home.
A collaborator at heart, Lisa kicks off each project by listening to the diverse and changing lifestyle needs of her clients, so that she may execute a design based on their unique perspective. Lisa is a lover of architecture and because of this, she approaches each new project with respect and consideration for the exterior of the home and its physical location. While each project is viewed as an opportunity for something bold, exciting and fresh, nothing is left to chance, and everything revolves around the underlying theme of luxurious simplicity with functionality first.
When you engage LFI, Lisa rolls up her sleeves and does all of the critical design work personally. Lisa partners with her clients in what she believes to be a very personal experience and strives for a fun and exciting process. The design process is systematic, but is somewhat fluid as each client processes information differently. Lisa draws space plans, creates mood boards, and engages and educates clients throughout the process so that they fully understand what they are "getting", and they are vested in the outcome. Once timelines are agreed upon, Lisa keeps the project on track. Above all else, Lisa is an advocate for her clients, most of whom become repeat customers, and often times great friends.
Lisa's approach in creating practical, yet beautiful homes has earned numerous awards including Best of Houzz for Service and/or Design, every year since its inception in 2013. LFI was the international category winner in HGTV's 2017 Faces of Design award, and is a vetted designer in Southern Living's exclusive Designer Network. In 2017, Lisa was named as one of the Top 25 Pennsylvania Interior Designers by Luxe Pad.
I credit my Grandmom, Jennie LaSpina, for the inspiration of the relaxed and simple, yet luxurious and chic designs that have become my trademark for over 15 years. I spent my childhood walking down oak tree covered sidewalks with Grandmom, picking up acorns and admiring all of the beautiful homes in her neighborhood. We would often talk about how a house would look so much "cuter" if it had a different paint color, a new front door, pretty window boxes, and so on. When we got tired of walking, we went home, she made me a milkshake, and I drew more houses at the kitchen table with a spiral bound tablet and a box of Crayolas (the BIG box, with the built in pencil sharpener)… then I "grew up".
After practicing divorce law for ten years, I needed to switch gears. I finally found my calling as a down to earth, "barefoot" designer, and became known for embracing all styles thru an easy does it, straightforward, and authentic approach. I have been beyond fortunate to have wonderful, longstanding clients who tell me that even more important than my solid credentials are my personal warmth and professionalism. I can't say for certain where the professionalism came from, but I know the personal warmth came straight from my Grandmom.
Jim Colton (JC) partners with Lisa to manage the business, with a focus on business operations. JC has more than 25 years of experience in helping companies improve their business and systems, primarily working as a consultant focusing on the customer experience.
At LFI, JC works on improving business processes, order and delivery management, technology and billing; all with the ultimate goal of keeping clients happy.
JC was born and raised in the Pittsburgh area, and has spent most of his adult life in the Philadelphia suburbs. He graduated from Penn State and went on to earn an MBA at the University of Maryland. Observing Lisa's passion for her work, Jim has grown a great appreciation for architecture and interior design.
Lisa and JC will soon celebrate their 11th anniversary. They divide their time between the Low Country of Bluffton, South Carolina and Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. They have three daughters, Taylor, Kelly and Lauren. Lisa and JC spend most of their free time with family and enjoying fun times with close friends.


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Heading into the 2016 Major League Baseball season, the Chicago White Sox organization is in chaos following first baseman Adam LaRoche's decision to retire. The 36-year-old immediately resigned after Executive Vice President Kenny Williams told him he couldn't regularly bring his 14-year-old son into the clubhouse.
The infielder walked away from a staggering $13 million left on his two-year contract. He was heading into the upcoming term hoping to put an atrocious 2015 campaign behind him.
It was settled upon his arrival that his son, Drake, could hang around LaRoche and the guys. Having Drake part of the package was a necessity dating back to his time with the Washington Nationals. The left-handed power hitter would not have signed if it weren't for that arrangement.
Drake was a familiar face in the Chicago locker room. He was around for roughly 120 games in 2015. For a baseball season that spans from April to September, Drake barely went to school. The young teen would do homework on the road. Oddly, he had his own locker next to his old man. LaRoche referred to his young lad last season in a Chicago Tribune article as the "26th man."
I wish I were kidding. The fact is we are talking about a professional ball club here. This so-called "26th man" didn't help the White Sox cause last year. The team finished with a 76-86 record and placed 4th in the American League Central.
Moreover, Williams received personal complaints from staff members and other players who weren't specified before confronting LaRoche about the matter.
Suddenly, Williams is the bad guy for wanting to fix the issue. He told USA TODAY Sports he didn't want the guys having any outside distractions. Rightfully so, he mentioned bringing family members to work everyday is uncommon in any business.
Williams is exactly right. In workplaces across the country, there is a "Take Your Kids to Work Day" once a year for a reason.
A sacrifice parents make when working away from home is letting their children grow in an educational environment. Let's face it: Drake should have been in school receiving an education and making new friends instead of chewing Sunflower seeds with his father and a bunch of professional jocks at the baseball diamond- as cool as that sounds.
Some South Siders are livid with management. The optimistic, relaxed continuity that once surrounded the clubhouse is nowhere to be found. On Tuesday, several players threatened to boycott the team's Cactus League game against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Yes- a Cactus League game. Nonetheless, they still played.
Ace pitcher Chris Sale is enraged with the front office, pointing out Williams is the epitome for all the madness. Sale feels wrongfully guided by Williams. He didn't hold anything back when he talked to reporters, accusing Williams of "bold-faced lies."
To show his support for the 15-year veteran and his kid, Sale hung up two jerseys at his locker in their honor. Drake signed the two jerseys. One jersey said, "To Chris: Thanks for taking care of me." It's clear Sale enjoyed Drake's presence and respected him dearly.
Chris sale paying tribute to LaRoche family #whitesox pic.twitter.com/iz9pWDioC8
— Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) March 18, 2016
Center fielder Adam Eaton accompanied Sale in expressing distraught by contacting the MLB Players' Union. As if the situation wasn't even more out of hand, Eaton told USA TODAY Sports that he was planning on bringing his father into the clubhouse sometime, but now he feels it would be a bad idea. Plus, he reached out to LaRoche about filing a possible grievance.
Newcomer Alex Avila, who agreed to terms with the club over the offseason, also commented, suggesting that he didn't believe any players would have complained about LaRoche's son's presence in the locker room.
A story like this is unheard of. With all due respect to LaRoche, the man is 36 years old, he was likely going to retire soon from what has been a lengthy career.
This soap opera is an unnecessary distraction that fans most likely won't hear the end of. This ruckus drowns the healthy chemistry between the players and management. Who knows if the drama will ever come to a conclusion?
And the worst part is LaRoche won't settle down. He posted an extended public statement on Twitter which says he fought for his beliefs.
Given the suddenness of my departure and the stir it has caused in both the media and the clubhouse, I feel (cont) https://t.co/xldpeJb1Ay
— Adam LaRoche (@e3laroche) March 18, 2016
"In life, we're all faced with difficult decisions and will have a choice to make," LaRoche stated. "Do we act based on the consequences, or do we act on what we know and believe in our hearts to be right? I choose the latter."
Will this controversy deter the cohesiveness of this newly formed team who's hoping to find its identity? We'll see, starting April 4 at Oakland.


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We value, respect and celebrate differences, and enjoy the benefits these bring to the culture and performance of our organisation.
We ensure that our people reflect the diversity of the public whose interests we serve by:
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- Providing a working environment that is accessible to all and supporting and promoting the varied needs of our staff
- Applying the provisions of our disability confident accreditation in our recruitment and select activities, ensuring that we are responsive to the needs of disabled people
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We work closely with our staff in delivering our commitments. We have an active Employee Forum and Business Champions Group; colleagues use these two groups as a vehicle to drive forward change.
While external benchmarks are important, we also recognise the immense value that staff support networks can add to our workplace. These networks provide direct support to their members through ongoing training and advice. They provide insight on the diversity of our people and run events to keep staff aware of how to respond to differing needs. As an internal resource they have been instrumental in understanding how we can better engage with our stakeholders and the communities we serve. We formally recognise and support the following staff support networks:
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- Nexus - provides support and information for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) staff. We also have an Allies initiative which allows those who do not identify as LGBT to show their visible support to colleagues.
- Christian network - provides support to Christians throughout the SRA to apply their faith to how they work.
- Women's network - provides support to women and help to promote gender equality in the workplace.
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INSCI Names New VP of Operations
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Press release from the issuing companyWESTBOROUGH, MA (February 5, 2001)....insci-statements.com, Corp. (Nasdaq: INSI), now doing business as INSCI, a provider of scalable digital document repository solutions that provide high-volume document capture, warehousing and delivery functions, today announced the promotion of Kristina Lengyel, 33, to the newly created position of Senior Vice President, Operations, effective immediately. She reports directly to the Company's President and CEO Lori R. Frank and is responsible for overseeing all of the Company's technical operations including engineering, quality assurance, documentation, training and customer service. "Promoting Kristina not only recognizes her contributions and leadership during her tenure with the Company," Frank said, "but also acknowledges our confidence in her ability to drive the programs needed to improve the efficiency of the Company's overall operations. Kristina's wealth of experience and in-depth knowledge of INSCI will be invaluable in her new role. We are pleased to have her join our senior management team.
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(This post is rated R for violence.)
I like dogs. Always have. Still do. But when a strange one walks by these days, I keep my eye on 'em.
Here's why.
In March of this year I was leading a group of Johnson University students down a path in the Tel Dan Nature Reserve in Israel. We were doing the usual stuff--flipping rocks, looking for freshwater crabs, trying to identify plants, appreciating the whitewater, talking archaeology--when suddenly a dog came barreling down the trail. He was a medium-sized mutt, matted and gnarly, reddish-blonde in color. It was odd to see a loose dog in the park and it got even odder when I saw a man from the National Parks Authority (Reshut) come over the rise in hot pursuit. I stepped to one side. The canine flew by.
The dog collided with our group and immediately started snapping. Everybody danced.
There was no time to think. I hollered and charged the situation with my hands in the air. I hoped he would think I was a angry mama bear and run away.
"Yaaah! Get out of here!" I roared.
The dog clearly didn't understand English.
Instead of respecting my clever bear impersonation, he reversed course and charged me.
As he came on I said to myself, Self, he is going to bite you. Oddly enough there was no panic or fear involved. I could have said, Self, the sky is blue and it would have carried the same emotional impact. It is odd how the brain processes such moments.
He was missile-fast. We met midflight.
Chomp! His fangs connected deeply with the top of my thigh. My pants ripped. Blood spattered.
There, I thought. That wasn't as painful as I thought it would be.
With his teeth so engaged, it seemed like the appropriate moment to grab him by the throat. So I did.
Now whether it was his momentum, my back-peddling, or some combination of two, I don't know. We went to the ground in what would become an embrace of death for one of us. Maybe both.
There was much snarling, snapping of teeth, and scratching of claws. That was just me. The dog fought too.
He released my thigh. But I didn't release his throat. I pushed his head to the ground. He responded in fury and tried to shred my wrists with his yellow teeth. He managed to draw more blood. But by this time I had the angle. I inched my grip upward under his whirling jaw. His red eyes met my blue ones. I could feel the heat of his breath. The stench was terrible.
I had the proverbial tiger by the tail, only it was more like a Tasmanian Devil by the throat. How can this possibly end? I pondered this question and others.
Can I outlast him? Do I have the strength?
The Reshut man was screaming in the background, "Get back! Get back!" Our group retreated, stunned. Paralyzed.
An eternity passed. I lay on my side, elbows locked, holding the dog by the throat. We both panted. Hope began to slip away. If he launches a sudden counter I don't think I can contain it.
A thin wire still held my microphone near my head even though the dog's teeth had sheared off the lanyard from around my neck.
I hoarsely whispered, "Help!"
Our group heard my prayer in their headsets. They were forced to suffer with me.
At least I wasn't cussing.
To be continued . . .


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A sweet and healthy option, this Kale and Apple Salad with Maple Balsamic Dressing is the perfect lunch or light dinner!
Happy Monday! I hope you had a great weekend! Mondays can be a bit of a dread sometimes but every now and then, we have a particularly wonderful weekend that leaves me feeling refreshed and energized. Dare I say that it may even leave me excited for Monday.
Don't hate me.
While we are on the subject, I should probably tell you that Kale is on the menu for today. No groans please.
Did you know that this little leafy green superfood has become a huge trend? Well, it turns out that not only is it healthy but it is actually super tasty. I promise. Kale was a part of our weekend in the most delicious way. Nick and I spent our Saturday night at Tanaka Farms here in Orange County, California for an amazing Farm to Fork themed dinner. MaxLove Project partnered with Chef Azmin Ghahreman from Sapphire Laguna to put on an amazing event to raise money for kids fighting cancer to thrive.
The whole event was absolutely perfect. Every detail was flawless from the centerpieces to the beautiful event space. I can't even explain how amazing the food was. Chef Azmin went above and beyond. We enjoyed Wild Boar with Cranberry Chutney, Roasted Lamb with Chimichurri Sauce, Roasted Garlic Fingerling Potatoes, and of course Chocolate for dessert.
By far the most amazing part of the event was hearing from the founder of the MaxLove Project, Audra Wilford. This woman's passion is so inspiring.
When Audra's son Max was diagnosed with brain cancer at the young age of 4, her world was turned upside down. But Audra didn't let that break her. She turned all that fear and uncertainty into cultivating hope, change and a helping hand in survivorship. Not only to her son but to help children all over the world fighting against cancer.
Audra founded MaxLove Project to help kids and their parents all over the world thrive in survivorship and their individual fights against cancer. These Superkids and their families are truly remarkable. I can't even imagine the strength it takes to get through these difficult trials but I do know that having a non profit organization like MaxLove Project by your side during the process must be very comforting.
Cancer has most likely affected you. Whether it was a loved one, a colleague or a friend. We need more people like Audra in the world. Fighting to give hope to these families in need. Take 5 minutes and watch this video. Even better, take an extra two minutes and head over to MaxLove Project. Donate your time, money or simply your prayers. Everything counts.
"Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference. They bless the one who receives them, and they bless you, the giver."
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- Kale and Apple Salad:
- 2 Bunches Lacinato Kale, chopped
- 1 Teaspoon Sea Salt
- ⅓ Cup Dried Cranberries or Cherries
- 1 Large Red Apple or Granny Smith, chopped (no need to peel)
- ⅓ Cup Pecan Halves
- ⅓ Cup Shredded Carrots
- ¼ Cup Feta Cheese Crumbles
- 2 Grilled Chicken Breasts, cut into strips
- Maple Balsamic Dressing:
- 3 Tablespoons Balsamic Vinegar
- 1 Tablespoon Dijon Mustard
- ¼ Cup Olive Oil
- ⅓ Cup Maple Syrup
- Sea Salt and Pepper to taste
- Kale and Apple Salad:
- Place all of the chopped kale in a large salad bowl. Using your hands, massage the sea salt into the kale leaves evenly. This step is optional but it really gives the kale great flavor. Add in the remaining salad ingredients and give it a good toss. Coat with Maple Balsamic Dressing before serving.
- Maple Balsamic Dressing:
- In a small bowl, whisk together the ingredients for the dressing, adding salt and pepper to taste. Pour over the salad when ready to serve.


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Rakuten CEO Joins Lyft Board of Directors
Today, we're honored to share that Hiroshi "Mickey" Mikitani, Chairman and CEO of Rakuten, has joined Lyft's Board of Directors following their Series E investment.
As a member of the board, Mickey will be Lyft's champion as we continue to deepen Lyft's presence in the U.S. and explore new opportunities for expansion.
Mickey is widely known as one of the world's most successful entrepreneurs, responsible for leading Rakuten's growth and transforming the company into a global force in e-commerce and Internet services. As an advocate for the sharing economy, Mickey believes that solutions like Lyft will reduce traffic congestion by filling the empty seats on our roads and making it easier for urban residents to live car-free.
Passion and empowerment are core to Rakuten's values, and we admire that Mickey has managed to firmly maintain those values as the company has grown into a global leader. Empowering individuals to follow their passions is core to the Lyft platform, and we're thrilled to have Mickey's support in that vision as we continue working hard to make Lyft the best possible experience for both drivers and passengers.


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Google Confirms Meta-tags DO Matter!
Today everyone is picking up on Matt Cutt's story confirming Google does not use the keywords meta-tag in web ranking. Most people assumed they never used the Keywords tag for search rank, this confirms it. But one major point he makes is they DO use the Description tag in the …Read the Rest


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Topic: Adobe
Adobe introduces Creative Suite 5.0
04/12/2010, 07:04 am
Adobe on Monday formally announced Adobe Creative Suite 5, the latest release of its design and creative workflow software that delivers full-version upgrades to all of the company's flagship creative tools in order to offer workflow enhancements to designers and developers.
Steve Jobs defends Apple's changes to iPhone developer agreement
04/11/2010, 02:04 pm
Apple co-founder Steve Jobs allegedly responded via e-mail to a developer who expressed his unhappiness with changes to the developer program license agreement for the iPhone 4.0 software development kit.
Adobe evangelist lashes out at Apple over iPhone 4.0
04/09/2010, 06:04 pm
Changes in Apple's iPhone 4.0 developer agreement have sparked passionate outrage from a Flash evangelist which was so intense that Adobe redacted some of his blog comments.
Apple highlights iPad-ready, Adobe Flash-free Web sites
04/01/2010, 04:04 pm
A number of major Web sites have prepared their content for Saturday's launch of the iPad -- in part by embracing HTML5 video -- and Apple has highlighted a number of them.
Brightcove converts Time, NYT Flash video to HTML5 for iPad
03/29/2010, 10:03 am
Brightcove's partnerships with The New York Times and Time magazine will allow HTML5 to seamlessly replace Adobe Flash video content on the publications' Web sites for compatibility with Apple's iPad.
Publishers criticize Apple's anti-Flash stance
03/26/2010, 03:03 pm
Members of the media have expressed disagreement with Apple co-founder Steve Jobs' position that ditching Adobe Flash is a "trivial" move for publishers.
CBS tests HTML 5 video for compatibility with Apple iPad
03/25/2010, 08:03 am
CBS.com is currently testing HTML5 video playback for streaming episodes of its TV shows, signaling that the major U.S. broadcast network aims to be iPad compatible before Apple's new multimedia device launches.
Adobe to officially unveil Creative Suite 5 for Mac April 12
03/23/2010, 08:03 pm
Adobe on Tuesday revealed that its forthcoming Creative Suite 5 package for graphic, video and Web design professionals, including the debut of Photoshop for Mac as a 64-bit application, will be unveiled on April 12, and will ship about a month later.
NPR, WSJ plan Flash-free Web sites for Apple iPad
03/16/2010, 03:03 pm
In addition to new App Store software, National Public Radio and The Wall Street Journal also plan to create specific versions of their Web sites completely devoid of Adobe Flash for iPad users.
Flash, HTML5 comparison finds neither has performance advantage
03/10/2010, 03:03 pm
A comparison of streaming video via the Adobe Flash and HTML5 formats with numerous different browsers on both Mac and Windows produced wildly different results based on the operating system and browser, making neither a clear winner.
HP attacks Apple iPad over Flash, ARM expects 50 new tablets in 2010
03/10/2010, 10:03 am
As HP attempts to push its own Flash-playing slate PC over the Apple iPad, one ARM executive said he expects more than 50 tablet-style devices to be introduced this year alone.
Cond� Nast plans for iPad, but is caught in Apple-Adobe Flash fight
03/01/2010, 09:03 am
Magazine publisher Cond� Nast revealed this week it will create iPad versions of Wired, GQ, Vanity Fair and The New Yorker, but not all of the publications will receive full interactivity due to the ongoing dispute between Apple and Adobe over Flash.
Steve Jobs calls Flash a 'CPU hog' in meeting with WSJ - rumor
02/18/2010, 03:02 pm
In a recent meeting with officials from The Wall Street Journal to pitch the Apple iPad, Steve Jobs allegedly and unsurprisingly had harsh words for Adobe Flash, calling it "old technology."
Adobe exec defends Flash, says Mac improvements are coming
02/17/2010, 11:02 am
An Adobe executive this week defended Flash against rumored comments from Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, and also said performance improvements for the scrutinized, embattled Web platform are coming to the Mac.
Sources offer peek at Adobe Creative Suite 5 for Mac
02/15/2010, 03:02 pm
The fifth major release of Adobe's Creative Suite package (CS5) for graphic, video and web design professionals will finally see Photoshop for Mac emerge as a 64-bit application while several of suite's other component applications adopt Flash tie-ins aimed at keeping content developers reliant on the company's embattled multimedia platform.
Adobe working to sabotage HTML5 (updated)
02/14/2010, 05:02 pm
Despite initial comments in support of HTML5 as an option standard, Adobe has taken action to sabotage the open specification in an effort to support its existing position with Flash.
Hulu to make videos available on iPad without Flash - rumor
02/10/2010, 07:02 pm
Hulu is rumored to be working on an iPad-friendly version of its site which could be ready by the iPad's March launch date.
Steve Jobs disparages Google, Adobe at company meeting - reports
02/01/2010, 09:02 am
Numerous reports have alleged that Apple co-founder Steve Jobs discredited Google's "don't be evil" mantra as bogus and predicted the demise of Adobe Flash at an internal company meeting.
Apple removes display of Adobe Flash content from iPad promos
01/31/2010, 01:01 pm
Following an AppleInsider report that highlighted two pieces of promotional iPad material showing the display of Adobe Flash content, Apple has removed the offending images from its Web site.
Google fights Flash, adds HTML5 support for YouTube videos in Safari
01/21/2010, 07:01 pm
Google this week added support for HTML5 playback of videos in its own Chrome browser as well as Safari from Apple. The new feature allows users to watch video without the longstanding Internet standard: Adobe Flash.


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Plus, understand the science of the 6-pack, find the perfect shoes for wet-weather running, and check out the toughest two minutes in sports
The 8 Sickest Snow Sports to Try this Winter — Men's Journal
If you think winter's arrival limits you to the gym till spring, think again. There's no better time to get outside and challenge yourself with these ultra-demanding snow sports.
Firefighter Combat Challenge: The Toughest Two Minutes in Sports — Men's Journal
This isn't an obstacle course just anybody can do. These guys aren't just athletes. And staying fit is much more than just a job.
Top 10 Running Essentials for Spring/Summer — Men's Journal
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6 Edgiest New Boat Shoes For Spring — Men's Journal
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11 Most Controversial Sports Scandals of All Time — Men's Journal
10 Fittest Soccer Players on Team USA — Men's Journal
The 10 Best Bikes of 2014: Mountain to Urban Commuter — Men's Journal
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The Suvarnabhumi Airport has been ordered closed after PAD protesters seized key entrance and other areas. The Airports of Thailand has decided to close the Suvarnabhumi airport after PAD protesters entered passenger terminals.
but i think they should wait to panic. they're still 6 weeks out from their trip. plus, the airport is still accessible and planes are still landing. you just can't leave right now.


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Queen Yocasta's mother and father were murdered in a coup by an army general.When Yocasta used her skills and beauty to defeat him and take the throne, she decided to create an elite and utterly loyal military unit to prevent such a thing happening again. She was young and beautiful when she set it up. The guards were carefully selected. They were paid well and trained in guard duty, as bodyguards, policemen,and spies. When on open duty they wear iron chainmail armour with the symbol of an eye on the surcoat (protects the armour from rain) and carry shortswords.
Yocasta is never seen publicly without at least ten of them by her side.
They guard her and the Royal Palace and they also track down criminals and act as police,helping the ordinary people as well as dealing roughly with any rebellions. They sometimes dress in normal clothes to act as spies to uncover plots against the Queen.The ordinary subjects are unsure what to think of them.They like the stability which they represent and applaud the catching of criminals,but hate and fear being spied upon.
They swear an oath of loyalty to Yocasta when they join. All of them like her and many would do anything for her, even an assassination beyond Valermoore's borders. When she got married it was to one of them. He became the Royal Consort, as she feared that to give him the title of King might damage her political position.


text: Yesterday we shot a video for the song Lesson to the Rest of You- it's a satirical song addressed to Iraqis from an ignorant Western perspective. The video is to be an over-the-top mock-pop video that glorifies greed and opulence. And we went to TOWN! We had a beautiful poolside location, many beautiful young men and women to dance and prance around half-naked and even a pig roasting on a spit. It was quite the day. And I got to live out my nascent Timberlakian dreams and smoke cigars with girls on my arms as I sang to the camera. Nuts to this folksinger shit, man, I'm gonna do my next record with Timbaland! Anyway, the video should be coming out in a few weeks, we'll keep you posted. A million thanks to the cast and crew, especially Ben Knechtel, our director, and Lyvia Cohen, our producer. And to that poor pig for making the ultimate sacrifice. As Ben was filming the pig rotating and roasting slowly over the coals, he asked, Hey, has anyone ever seen Charlotte's Web?


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This adorable elephant pattern is part of the Knitables 'Knit a Teddy' collection. The 'Knit a Teddy' collection contains a selection of adorable animal teddies, cute outfits which are designed to fit all the different animals and fun accessories. Simply mix and match the teddies, outfits and accessories to create your perfect knitted teddy for that someone special!
The pattern has clear row by row instructions and lots of photographs to help you along the way. You will need to be able to knit, purl, cast on and off, increase and decrease, change colours and sew seams. All pieces are knitted flat on straight needles.
For more information please visit Knitables
The sample is shown in Debbie Bliss Rialto DK. A suggested substitute yarn is shown below. Pattern only uses scraps of the white and black shades.
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The pattern was very clear and precise.
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text: On 4/20/03 5:45 PM, "Jeff Bone" <jbone at deepfile.com> wrote: >> It's amazing how many libertarians have became Democrats lately. :-). > > Isn't it? Maybe moderate or non-Ditto "Republicans" should take note > and ponder... The problem, at least as I see it, with the Democrats are that their candidates are increasingly distasteful to a large segment of the population and they no longer even attempt to pander to some of their traditional constituencies (e.g. "blue dog" Democrats). I know a lot of people who were weak Democrats that voted for Clinton in '92 but who have shown a decreasing ability to stomach the latest group of faces that are running the Democrat party. What is happening is that these people are either not voting or they are voting Republican, not because they identify in any strong way with the Republicans, but because they don't identify with the perceived face of the Democrat party. The Democrats will likely lose in 2004 because they've become at odds with a significant percentage of their constituency. They've essentially sacrificed their voters in large sections of traditionally Democrat flyover country to shore up their constituency in the coastal urban areas. I'm guessing this amounts to a wash in Congress and a net loss in terms of the Presidency. At the same time, the Republicans are clearly pandering very strongly to traditionally Democrat flyover country, and it looks to me like it is having an effect (e.g. rather significant party membership defections in the political class in the flyover country Democratic "strongholds"). If the Republicans can keep the Religious Right faction at bay and if control of the Democrat party continues to slip away from the grasp of the saner portion, I don't see how the Democrats can do anything but miserable in the coming election. The only potential problem for the Republicans is a quasi-libertarian spoiler, but I don't see any way in hell the Democrats are going to provide that, so it would have to be an independent (slim chance) and an independent would probably hurt the Democrats just as much. For obvious reasons, the more libertarian and "Reagan Republican" factions aren't entirely thrilled with Bush administration. Unless the current administration throws them a big bone, they could be tempted to defect if a tasty alternative was offered. Cheers, -James Rogers jamesr at best.com


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A couple of videos about statewide issues.
For my master's degree I explored PennDOT data on vehicle crashes in Pennsylvania.
When I first heard the Hamilton cast recording I was immediately struck by the character of Lafayette. There's a statue to the Marquis de Lafayette in York and when we found out the local baseball team was doing a booblehead giveaway our creative juices started flowing. A coworker rewrote the lyrics to the song "Guns and Ships" and I made a music video. It was very popular locally and the team played it all week before their bobblehead day.
I regularly cover Penn state home games as a videographer. I shoot the entire game and edit together the highlights for a post game video. I also do fun shorter pregame videos and upload a game action clip at halftime.
I worked with the YDR editorial page editor to do the paper's first opinion video about low-head dam removal.
I've been working on a series of funny videos with the YDR assistant sports editor. He has a unique way of talking and I wanted to share it with the world.
When I get the time, I like to go on assignment with photographers and shoot video while they concentrate on stills. We regularly ask them to do both so this is a fun break for both of us. When I heard that disabled kids were getting a chance to water ski one Saturday, that was a trip I couldn't resist.


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ALAN v24n2 - From the Editors
Robert Small and Patricia Kelly
At the 1996 ALAN Breakfast in Chicago, Bill Morris, long-time friend and supporter of ALAN received the ALAN Award. In presenting the award, Patty Campbell made the following comments:
This morning I have the great privilege of presenting the ALAN Award to someone very special. The award committee this year has also been pretty special, and I'd like to introduce them now: John Bushman, Ted Fabiano, Rosemary Ingram, Anne Webb, Jerry Weiss, and president-elect, Lois Stover.
William Morris is a person who has been important to ALAN and to the ALAN Workshops from the beginning. Of course, many publishers have been generous and helpful with their support, but Bill has always been our Main Man, for lots of reasons.
To get some perspective on this, I talked with six past presidents about their experiences working with Bill on the ALAN Workshops. They practically bent my ear with an onrush of praise. More than one said, "I couldn't have done it without him." I also heard: "The first thing he says is 'How can I help?'" "He puts himself totally at your service." If he says he's going to do something, it's done the next day." "He's the easiest person to work with I've ever known."
Bill stands by, not only offering money and authors but also shrewd advice about the most appropriate speakers and emotional support for frazzled chairs. "I felt very secure with his help," said one past president. I also heard stories of Bill quietly helping out by doing things like handling the details of a reception for an overburdened chair. Charlie Reed was overwhelmed this year when, after asking for and getting four Harper authors, she got up her nerve to also ask for Aidan Chambers, who lives all the way across the Atlantic in England. Bill said, "Yes," without missing a beat. As I listened to these warm words of tribute, I realized that the chair changes each year, but Bill is a constant. He's been the director of Library Promotion and Advertising at Harper for thirty years, which means that he's been there for ALAN from the very beginning and has seen twenty Workshops. Yet he brings fresh enthusiasm to each one, and each chair feels as if he or she is the first Bill has ever worked with. Many of us in this room can attest to the fact that, when you go to Bill with a question or a request, he acts as if your need is not only the most important thing he has to do but also the only thing he has to do, although a moment's logical reflection would certainly show you that his desk has got to be piled with lots of other people's requests. Bill prides himself on this helping function of his job. In a recent Horn Book interview with Leonard Marcus, Bill said about his work with teachers and librarians, "When they have problems, I'm the one they know they can call."
In a field that is so plagued with shifting personnel that we often refer to publishing as a game of "musical chairs," Bill is our enduring presence, our fixed pole of reference. You can always call him up, and he's always there, not voice mail but Bill himself. When there are wild rumors or sudden shifts of power in publishing, Bill knows what is going on, and he'll give you the lowdown. But he will never say anything that isn't tactful, discreet, and kind.
In the larger sense, Bill Morris has been a strong force for excellence in young adult literature from the beginning. His career spans the development of the genre, and he has shepherded and nurtured and sung the praises of many a young unknown author just getting a first book off the ground, among them Robert Lipsyte, M. E. Kerr, and most recently Chris Lynch and Francesca Lia Block. And he is, as Betty Carter says, "The best trainer of folks in the world." Many of his trainees have gone on to be powerful editors in the field, with that same enthusiasm and commitment to excellence in YA books. But even more, Bill Morris is a Harper man through and through but also a lover of young adult literature. He reads other publishers' authors and will discuss them with great enjoyment. Then he always says wistfully, "I wish they were mine!"
Bill Morris has seen the mighty come and go. But always behind the scenes he was there: this modest, unassuming man, who in Horn Book described his work with authors and artists and editors and librarians and teachers and spoke of his pleasure in "being the sort of middle person who could bring them all together."
So it is with great admiration, respect, and affection that I have the pleasure of presenting this plaque to Bill Morris, this "sort of middle person" we all love. It reads: "The 1996 ALAN Award, presented to William Morris in gratitude for his support, and in appreciation of his enduring presence as an advocate and champion of excellence in young adult literature."
And Bill responded:
Thank you from the bottom of my heart for this award. Since Patty Campbell called to tell me I would receive it, my face has flushed everytime I've thought about being among such a distinguished group of recipients. Aside from my longevity - and, as many of you know, I've been knocking about in this field for a very long time - the only reason I can think why Patty and the award committee have been so kind is that I love my job as a go-between.
I love working with authors of books for young adults - among them those who are here today: Bruce Brooks, Michael Cart, Aiden Chambers, Don Gallo, M. E. Kerr, Harry Mazer, Joyce Carol Thomas, and Will Weaver. It's been a joy introducing them and so many others who write for both YAs and younger children to so many of you over the years. And it's the enthusiasm all of you have shown in getting to know these authors as well as you know their books that doubles my joy. I thank them all for believing me when I've told them you would welcome them into your fold with arms wide open.
And I owe so much to my employer the Children's Book Departments at first, Harper & Brothers, then Harper & Row, and now, HarperCollins. The company's name changes, but the way each regime has encouraged me has been wonderful.
Again, thank you, Patty, and the members of the ALAN Award Committee. Thank you authors. Thank you to those I have and continue to work with at HarperCollins. And thank you all so much for enabling me to have an honor that I'll cherish for as long as I live.
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Wednesday, June 29, 2011
F.T. Island reveals their Japanese music video for "Let It Go"!
F.T. Island just wrapped up their "Hello Hello" promotions in Korea and have now released their music video for their upcoming Japanese single, "Let It Go".
In the music video, F.T. Island are found wearing all-black as they are rocking out in an all-white building. Simple color panels were used to bring color into the room, livening up the setting to fit the upbeat mood of the song.
This "Let It Go" single will mark F.T. Island's first fully self-written and self-composed single. The single will include three tracks: "Let It Go" (written by Lee Hongki and Choi Minhwan, composed by Choi Jonghoon), "Dream Sky" (written by Song Seunghyun, composed by Song Seunghyun and Choi Minhwan), and "Someday" (written and composed by Lee Jaejin).
Check out the music video below!
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I've never been a fan of spring. Sure the weather is warmer and blossoms are pretty and even I can admit that baby animals are cute but instead of winters cold calm days we get rain and wind.
I was not jumping for joy when I read the weather forecast for the next week!
Monday - Showers, some heavy. Northerlies dying out.
Tuesday - Few showers, rain from evening. Northerly strengths.
Wednesday - Morning rain clearing. Southerly then northwest.
Thursday - Cloud increasing, rain by evening. Northerlies.
Friday - Showers with northerlies 40 km/h
Saturday - Showers, clearing late in the afternoon to fine weather. Northwesterlies 40 km/h.
Sunday - A partly cloudy morning, then showers. Northerlies 30 km/h dying away.
Monday, September 13, 2010
Rain, Rain Go Away
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Friday, August 27, 2010
It's be mean to Jo week!
Do you ever have one of those weeks where nothing goes right?
I'm so over it all!!!
I had a woman at school tell me off for not dressing my children warmly. The fact that the sun was shining, it was warm and that she herself was wearing a chiffon top seemed to have bypassed her!
Then at playgroup I had dressed Madeleine and Juliette the same which is a bit unusual as I don't have many matching clothes left - most of ours are coordinated now. Funny enough my friend just commented that a Dad that comes to playgroup doesn't like her and everytime she speaks to him he makes her feel like she is a waste of space - I'd never had a problem with him before. He decides to comment on the fact that my girls are dressed the same and how wrong it was and why didn't I get a doll instead!
Then Kindy told me that because they are changing their hours instead of getting a place in 2 weeks as expected it would now be November if I was lucky. There was tears - all mine!
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Friday, August 13, 2010
Toilet paper is a limited resource in our house - part 2!
Following on from my last toilet paper post!
I was storing my stock of toilet paper in the bathroom to avoid rolls being disposed of down the bowl. Smart eh!
Not when you leave your children unsupervised in the bath and come back to find that your whole stock of loo rolls is now resembling a pulp and paper mill in the bath!
Children 9 - loo paper 0!
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Thursday, August 12, 2010
Toilet training has broken me!
After many months of struggle I've admitted defeat and put Maddie and Jules back in nappies.
That makes it sound alot calmer than the actual point in time when I made that decision.
There was tears, there was anger, alot of frustration and I now feel a little bit broken. But something has got to give after cleaning up so much mess for so long.
I'm trying to convince them both that they don't want to be babies but instead big girls. It doesn't really seem to be working - the little monkeys!
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Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Toilet paper is a limited resource in our house
Our toilet paper bill is massive
Other people complain about the cost of heating their home or running a car but in our house it's the humble roll of toilet paper.
Just yesterday 6 rolls were consumed. 6 whole rolls!
Why the obsession with unrolling loo paper? It never seems fair that I get to use a badly re-rolled roll on many occasions - it's not like I do it!
If I'm lucky it's only unrolled! How many rolls can fit down a toilet. So far the record is 5!
Our toilet looks like a raccoon has been trapped in it with shredded pieces flying everywhere.
Worst of all I have no idea who the culprit is!
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Monday, August 9, 2010
The Noise, The Noise
I never expected the level of noise I would be subjected to as a mother.
My little girls have always been grizzlers and moaners. I must note I do prefer this to hitters and biters!
I didn't expect that my identical twins would have non-identical screams!
Miss Juliette has a particular roar at the end of a moan. It drives me mentally insane - literally loopy! Probably quite well developed really as it pretty much guarantees she gets what she wants. I'm BIG on consistency in this house!!
Miss Madeleine just doesn't give up. This morning for instance we were all good leaving the house. I get outside the house on the street and all hell breaks loose. They are both screaming and screaming. I ask what's wrong and no answer just screams.
That's fine I think I can deal with this. Just a short walk to school, past the local shops full of strangers watching me drag my two demented preschoolers literally frothing at the mouth!
I look down to see clutched in Madeleine's angry little hand is a hat. Now the sensible woman around would say it's cold why are they not wearing hats. The answer is simply that they don't tend to wear them, just pull them off in a rage and then I'm left carrying them! So this morning I didn't want the battle so I didn't put them on.
Now in the insanity of leaving the house Madeleine has grabbed one without me seeing and Juliette is screaming because she doesn't have one. We have gone to far now to go back and get Juliette hat so battle on we do. I still have no idea what has got Madeleine's goat!
In the middle of the field it dawns on me. Why have two children screaming when I can have one! So I take Madeleine's hat off her and give it to Juliette. 1 child silent - yay! But as expected Madeleine is now going banana's!!! At least I know what the problem is now!
Miss Maddie still hasn't calmed down by the time we get to the classroom to drop Trelise off. I realise I can't take her into the class while she is at the peak of her screaming powers. Trust me no one would thank me for that! So she is told that to come in she has to stop crying. Of course it doesn't help. I spend the next few minutes getting Trelise ready to start her school day and darting back to the door to see if the screaming has stopped.
Finally we are homeward bound. Once again across the muddy field I'm dragging a small screaming child and past the shops with everyone looking. But home is in our sights!
Literally right outside our house Madeleine picks up a tiny red ball. Says "My ball" and stops crying. OMG all that because she dropped a ball that I didn't even know she had!
It's enough to make me pull my hair out!!
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Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Today I returned to Placemakers with Madeleine and Juliette
It's been a while since the day that changed my world forever occurred!
All I wanted was to talk to the kitchen coordinator about our kitchen designs while my well behaved two year olds sat quietly in the buggy strapped in all safe and out of danger.
I should have known that the day would come where this outing was no longer possible but I didn't realise that the day was upon us.
As I approached the kitchen display the coordinator was busy. Rats! I had to wait. Patient I was but Maddie and Jules were not. First the moaning and whining increased. To counter I pushed the buggy back and forth frantically. I thought it was working as all was quiet. I looked down to find they had gained their freedom by releasing their shackles and were in the process of debarking the safety of the buggy.
Breathe Jo, breathe - how bad can it be I thought as two giggling toddlers sprinted off in different directions. There is only the automatic doors at the front of the store that leads to a busy carpark and on to one of the main roads of Paraparaumu. Or the doors at the back that lead to the timber yard with forklifts that can't see very well or expect to see two little monkeys climbing around.
I heard them as I raced around the aisles but couldn't see them and then just as I started to hyperventilate and was about to give up all hope there they were in the bathroom section jumping on all the display toilets!
Looking back I can almost laugh at it all - almost!
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Monday, August 2, 2010
Happy Birthday Madeleine and Juliette
My sweet girls are now three!
Three years of snuggy kisses and cuddles. Three years of Maddie and Jules love. Three years of being a twin Mummy!
From this
To this!
I have reflected over the past couple of weeks on how things were for us three years ago.
Being pregnant with miracle babies but never being happy that it was going to be ok. The long nights where I couldn't sleep thinking that things were or had gone wrong.
My in-patient stay and how I never thought I would cope with being in hospital for that long. Now at times I long for my little hospital room all quiet and warm with food delivered to my door! (Of course I don't really) How scared I was that Trelise wouldn't cope with her Mummy being away or that something would happen to Maddie or Jules.
Then as that time finished we were thrust into Neonates and that endless period of time where I had my babies but didn't really have my babies. Having Maddie rushed into emergency surgery at three weeks old without really understanding why - that happens when you go from diagnoses to operating table in an hour.
Getting my girls home and learning to cope with newborn premature twins as well as a demanding toddler.
Now I have a big school girl who tries her hardest and three year olds who are about to go to Kindy!
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Excuses, Excuses, Excuses
I miss my blog.
I miss writing about what we are up too.
Thanks Debra for the gentle reminder about my poor neglected blog and once again I'll try and promise to update.
I think I'll go back on the past few months and write some entries.
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Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Wordful Wednesday
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Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Wordful Wednesday
A big school girl!!
At last it's Trelise's first day of school!
You can see more Wordful Wednesdays at
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Thursday, January 28, 2010
Differences between girls and boys
It's turned out that pretty much all of our friends only have female children. There are boys which my girls play with but they are far in the minority.
Yesterday Trelise noticed that Morimoto is a boy and she said "Mummy Morimoto is a boy and I can tell because I can see his dangly thing"
I admit that I've neglected the whole sex education thing. It hasn't really come up but we have had discussions on what the correct word is. So seizing the opportunity to again explain the differences between girls and boys I said "Trelise do you know what that's called?"
"No" she answered
"Well it's called a penis, can you say penis?"
She repeats and I follow on with "What's your bottom called?"
The answer?
"Duh, Normal" (in a rolling her eyes kind of way - she's getting a bit sassy of late!)
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Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Wordful Wednesday
What do you do when you really really want to be naked but it's just a little cold?
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Thursday, January 21, 2010
Happy 5th Birthday Trelise
Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday dear Lise
Happy Birthday to you!
We had a fairytale themed birthday party this year with a surprise visitor!
I loved seeing the look of surprise on your face when you realised what was in our front garden
You and your friends were all delighted and lined up to ride the unicorn
There goes my horse mad almost 5 year old!
Present time!
and then the cake
Happy Birthday dear Lise. You are our shiny golden girl and we love you so much
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Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Since September!
It's been a while!
I have a few excuses but none really good enough!
So in the last 4 months this has been going on:
This year we had a witch and two little devils
Sadly in-between arriving home and Halloween half Madeleine and Juliette's costumes either went astray or were broken! So at the last minute we swapped and they became
There's been alot of helping with rennovations
Not all of it helpful
We discovered that sand made a good medium to practice writing names
and that the strawberry festival was a good way to welcome in summer.
There was music
a bouncy castle
and of course strawberries!
Wayne finally had a very successful fishing trip
We went to a superhero costume party and the girls were:
(I even straighened Jules hair!)
Here she is school bag on and ready to go!
and we said good bye to kindy :(
Trelise made a birthday cake from playdoh
She got to show her kindy friends some special times she had had at kindy
and finally one last game.
I promised myself I wouldn't cry!
And then Christmas rolled around
We fed the reindeer
and grew candycanes
left some snacks out for Santa
and low and behold it worked!!!
The candy canes grew
at the end of the day we had:
three happy girls
one bouncing trampoline
and a Daddy covered in stickers!
After Christmas Katie and Mal braved the insanity and gave the Oliver household a visit.
We had a blast and did some touristy things
We went to the bird santurday
and then to a farm park
We were sad to see them go but looking forward to meeting their new addition!
Then we went on a big adventure!
We drove through a river to get to this historic site
Never did find out what it was!
Then we picked strawberries
And lastly we went camping and got my absolute favourite picture
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Thursday, 30 July 2015
Syracuse, 'the greatest Greek city
and the most beautiful of them all'
Patrick Comerford
There is a Greek saying «Μια Φάτσα Μια Ράτσα» (Mia fatsa, mia ratsa). In Italian it is Una faccia una razza. They both mean the same thing, "One face, one race," and give popular expression to describe how close Greeks and Italians feel to one another.
The two people share many historical and cultural characteristics, although Greeks can also be heard to say dismissively: "Italians! They only care about their hairstyle and their mothers!"
That said, Greek memories of the Italian occupation during World War II are very different to the legacy of Germany, and those two attitudes explain many political debates today.
At times, I almost have to pinch myself this week and look at the lettering to remind myself that Naxos, despite its name, is not in Greece. It looks and feels like a bustling, popular holiday destination in Crete. Although hand and head gestures may differ, conversations on the streets, in tone, tenor and temperament, sound like the same conversations in Crete.
Why, even the buskers are playing tunes from Captain Corelli on their mandolins.
I spent much of Wednesday [30 July 2015] in Syracuse or Siracusa, a city rich in Greek history and culture, with classical theatres, temples and other architectural sites.
This 2,700-year-old city, known to the Romans as Syracusae, to the ancient Greeks as Συράκουσαι and to the mediaeval Greeks as Συρακοῦσαι, was once one of the major powers in the Mediterranean. It was the birthplace of Archimedes who had his Eureka moment in his bath here, Aeschylus saw his last plays, Prometheus Bound and Prometheus Realesed, staged here in the Greek Theatre, Sappho and Pindar were visitors, and Plato taught here.
Syracuse was allied with Sparta and Corinth against Athens, dominated Magna Graecia, and was its most important city. By the fifth century BC, the city equalled Athens in size. Cicero once said Syracuse was "the greatest Greek city and the most beautiful of them all."
In Biblical times, the Apostle Paul stayed for three days in Syracuse on his way from Malta to Rome (see Acts 28: 12), and it once served briefly as the capital of the Byzantine Empire.
Syracuse was founded in 734 or 733 BC by Greek settlers from Corinth and Tenea, led by Archias. It was known as Συράκουσαι (Syrakousai), Συράκοσαι (Syrakosai), or even Συρακώ (Syrako), and may have taken its name from marsh called Syrako. The ancient city began on the small island of Ortigia, and grew to become at one time was the most powerful Greek city in the Mediterranean.
When Gelo came to power in 485 BC, he expanded Syracuse, and built the new quarters of Tyche and Neapolis outside the walls. His building programme included a new theatre, designed by Damocopos, which gave the city a flourishing cultural life. The theatre attracted leading Greek cultural personalities, including Aeschylus, Ario of Metimma, Eumelos of Corinth and Sappho, who had been exiled from Mytilene (Lesbos).
When Gelo defeated the Carthaginians under Hamilcar at the Battle of Himera, he commemorated his victory by building a temple to Athena.
In the fifth century BC, the walls of Syracuse embraced a city of 120 ha (300 acres). But by the 470s BC the people building outside the city walls. By 415 BC, the population of greater Syracuse was 250,000, the same size as Athens.
Gelo was succeeded by his brother Hieron I (478-466 BC), who was eulogised by poets and visited by Pindar.
In the late 5th century BC, Syracuse was at war with Athens during the Peloponnesian Wars. Syracuse enlisted the aid of a general from Sparta to defeat the Athenians, destroying their ships, and leaving them to starve on the island.
In the early 4th century BC, after preventing the Carthaginians from capturing the whole of Sicily, Dionysius the Elder (405-367 BC) built a massive fortress on Ortigia and walls around Syracuse. He was described as "cruel, vindictive" and "profane."
Syracuse expanded its territories, conquering Rhegion and establishing outposts in the Adriatic, including Ancona, Adria and Issa. Dionysius was as a patron of art, and during his time Plato visited Syracuse several times.
Syracuse was engaged in successive wars with the Carthaginians until Hieron II came to power and inaugurated a period of 50 years of peace and prosperity.
The mathematician, philosopher and engineer Archimedes lived in Syracuse during the reign of Hiero II. His contemporaries included the writer Theocritus.
The Romans, led by Marcus Claudius Marcellus, besieged Syracuse in 214 BC. The city held out for three years, but fell in 212 BC. The Romans learned that people of Syracuse were about to celebrated the annual festival of Artemis. A small party of Roman soldiers approached the city at night, scale the walls, took control of the outer city and killed Archimedes. After an eight-month siege, a captain named Moeriscus betrayed the city and opened a gate near the Fountains of Arethusa, letting the Romans in.
Syracuse was plundered and its day glory had passed.
Under Roman rule, the decline if Syracuse set in slowly, although the city remained the capital of Sicily and an important port for trade between East and West.
I began my visit to Syracuse on Wednesday at the main path into the Parco Archeologico and the new altar or Ara erected and enlarged in the mid-third century BC by Hieron II (265-215 BC) to commemorate the liberation of the city by Timoleon. It was the biggest altar of its kind in Magna Graecia, and 450 bulls were slaughtered there at the annual Panhellenic feast.
From there, we entered the park and first visited the Latomia del Paradiso. Today this Paradise is a garden of citrus, oleander and bay trees, but for the slaves who worked in the quarries here, including 7,000 captured Athenians, it was their hell on earth, as they carved out the rock for temples, theatres, pillars and monuments.
One of the caves they carved out is known as the Orecchio di Dionisio or the Ear of Dionysius, because of its shape and its echo. The cave is 60 metres long and 20 metres high, and the legend grew that through a hole in the top of the cave Dionysius could listen to the planning and plotting of the slaves as they worked away at the rockface.
Nearby is the grave of Archimedes, and we then moved on up to the Teatro Greco, one of the largest and best-preserved theatres from Greek civilisation. The cavea of the theatre is one of the largest ever built by the Greeks. It has 59 rows, of which 42 remain, and is divided into nine sections with eight aisles. At one time it could seat 15,000 people.
The theatre was modified by the Romans, who used it for circus games and gladiatorial battles. Only traces of the scene and the orchestra remain, but the theatre is still used to this day.
We passed the Amfiteatro Romano and the site of the Forum as we made our way to the island of Ortigia and the heart of the first Greek city at Syracuse. The Fountain of Arethusa is a freshwater spring planted with papyrus and filled with bream, mullet and carp.
It is said to have been described in the Delphic sayings that brought the first Greeks to this site. According to a legend, the nymph Arethusa, hunted by the river god Alpheus, took shelter here after swimming across from the Peloponnese and was changed into a fountain by Artemis.
From there, we walked on into the Piazza Duomo with the imposing cathedral built around the Temple of Athena, first built ca 530 BC. The Temple of Athena was a Doric temple with six columns on the short sides and 14 on the long sides. The statue of Athena on the roof of the temple carried a golden shield that caught the glittering rays of the sun and served as a beacon for sailors on the Ionian Sea.
The first cathedral or Duomo was built in the seventh century by Bishop Zosimo incorporating the great Temple of Athena, with the temple columns used like a skeleton for the walls of the cathedral.
Under Arab rule, the cathedral became a mosque, but it became a cathedral once again when the Normans captured Syracuse. They built the roof of the nave and provided the baptism font with marble basin, cut from a block still marked with a Greek inscription and supported by seven bronze lions.
The cathedral was rebuilt after the earthquake in 1693, and the façade was rebuilt by Andrea Palma in 1725-1753, with a double order of Corinthian columns, and statues by Ignazio Marabitti.
Nearby, in the Basilica of Santa Lucia all Badia, we saw Caravaggio's The Burial of Saint Lucy, painted hurriedly after he fled Malta in 1608.
After lunch in a narrow lane, possibly dating back to the days when Sicily was part of the Arab world, we visited the Piazza Archimede, named after Archimedes but lined with some restored mediaeval palazzi and some ugly fascist-era buildings. In the centre, the Fountain depicts the nymph Arethusa at the moment she was transformed by Artemis into a spring.
As we left Ortigia, we stopped at the Temple of Apollo, at Piazza Emanuele Pancali. This was the first of the great Doric temples built in Sicily. It was adapted as a church in Byzantine times and was used as a mosque when the Arabs ruled the city.
After the fall of Rome, Syracuse was recovered by the Byzantine Empire in 535, and from 663 to 668 Syracuse was the capital of the Byzantine Emperor Constans II.
The city remained the centre of Byzantine resistance to the advancing Muslim conquest of Sicily until it finally fell to the Aghlabids in 878. During two centuries of Muslim rule, the capital of Sicily was moved to Palermo, the cathedral became a mosque and Ortigia was rebuilt along Islamic styles.
In 1038, the Byzantine general George Maniakes reconquered Syracuse and sent the relics of Saint Lucy to Constantinople. The castle on the cape of Ortigia still bears his name.
Syracuse fell to the Arabs again, but in 1085, the Normans captured Syracuse after a long siege. The Normans rebuilt parts of the city and restored the cathedral and other churches.
Syracuse was struck by two earthquakes in 1542 and 1693, and a plague in 1729. After the 17th century, much of Syracuse was rebuilt in the Sicilian Baroque style. Today it has a population of about 125,000 today, and the city is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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This month was a real mix of moments. I've spent a lot of it struggling with my Hyperemesis. The other parts were spent enjoying the sunshine and trying to just carry on as normal. I'm starting the third trimester very soon so getting to that tired and uncomfortable stage. I'm not going to lie, I'm kind of dreading the nursery and school runs. Especially the ones in October and early November as my due date gets closer.
We've had some lovely times together this month. Some of my favourites were actually us watching movies and eating doughnuts in a afternoon while we watched films. We've had a few pretty miserable weather days so this has made our afternoons really lovely and relaxing.
Our pictures this months are from our recent trip down to see marks family. We spent the day by the sea. It rained but that didn't stop the fun. Chips and doughnuts were eaten. We also won loads of teddies and just enjoyed each other's company. The pictures aren't particularly great but I love them, me and my babies!