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Quogue Library's "The Great Give Back" collection is growing daily. (Courtesy Photo)
To many of us, October is the month of pumpkin picking, haunted houses, and campaigns to 'paint the town pink' with ribbons and flags for Breast Cancer Awareness. Perhaps less known is that October is also Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and
The Retreat
, Inc. of East Hampton is teaming up with local libraries to collect art supplies, make-up, and personal care products for the women, children, and families who seek shelter and safety from domestic abuse and sexual assault.
On Saturday, October 14, libraries throughout Suffolk County will be hosting events as part of "The Great Give Back," a community service initiative launched this year by Suffolk County Public Library Directors Association and the Suffolk Cooperative Library System that allows local libraries and their patrons to "participate in meaningful, service-oriented experiences." One such library is
Hampton Library
(2478 Main Street, Bridgehampton). All day, the library will be collecting art therapy supplies for The Retreat. Quogue Library (90 Quogue Street, Quogue) will also be participating, and from 3 pm. to 4:30 p.m., one can help build 'personal care kits' with items that have been collected at the library since Sunday, October 1. The library is still accepting donations, which can be dropped off at a receptacle bin during the library's operating hours. Items needed are listed in the Quogue Library newsletter and include, but are not limited to, hair brushes, face wash, make-up, and body wash.
Selina Pasca, Adult Program Coordinator for Quogue Library, is incredibly proud of this initiative. "When our library Director, Lonna Theiling told me about 'The Great Give Back' we chose to work with The Retreat because I had worked in community relations for The Retreat and knew the organization's needs well and believed we should support a local organization," she explained.
The Retreat, Inc. is a not-for-profit established in 1987 that provides domestic violence and sexual assault services to women, children, and families in Suffolk and Nassau counties.
Pasca says that the response from the community has been enormous. "Our patrons are even going out and getting support from local businesses such as
Barth's Pharmacy
and they are stepping up to donate personal care goods as well," she noted.
"Quogue Library is proud to give our patrons an opportunity to directly help others. We have a fantastically supportive community in Quogue," added Lonna Theiling, Director of Quogue Library.
In addition to receiving support from Quogue Library and Hampton Library, The Retreat will also receive resources from Montauk Library (871 Montauk Highway, Montauk). The library will be collecting items between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. not only for The Retreat, but also for The Montauk Lions Club and The Montauk Food Pantry. More information regarding the type of goods to be collected can be found on the Montauk Library's official website.
"Community support is vital to The Retreat, so we are honored to be chosen by three of our local libraries to be a recipient of 'The Great Give Back,'" explained Vanessa Petruccelli, Community Outreach Coordinator of The Retreat, Inc. "Not only do programs like this provide us with much needed items needed for our clients, they spread the word of our services to those in need."
John Jermain Memorial Library (201 Main Street, Sag Harbor) and
East Hampton Library
's (159 Main Street, East Hampton) efforts will focus on supporting local food pantries, while Amagansett Library will present a Thank-You Letter Campaign.
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AM Report: Libya Crushes Protesters
Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi ordered his military to violently fight back against protesters. The News Hub panel also discusses how oil prices have spiked as a result of ongoing Middle East unrest. Plus, NBA star Carmelo Anthony is now a NY Knick.
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... portal was ... like ... the ... outlook was for fell off the morning of chaos and bloodshed intensified in Libya and across ... the Middle East welcome to the New Saab I'm Kelly Evans ... joined Ansett this morning the Dow Jones ... managing editor Neil Lipschutz Barron's dot com dot Senator Bob O'Brien Bob Neill ... good morning to both ... appreciate you being with us Jerry Sithe joins us at from Washington Washington Bureau Chief Jerry you know what is the way this is our is is reports are coming back to Washington about the situation in Libya and in particular ... well it seems to be spinning out of control not just a Moammar Gadhafi its leader but of the US is well it looks as if ... the eastern half of Libya ... is pretty much out of control of the central government be anti Ghadafi forces ... seem to have taken hold of and does use the big city in the east ... it's always been an independent place in colonial times or re and its own government essentially ... and so there's a kind of a force that pulls it apart from Tripoli the Libyan capital where ... the market the People's Court ... and so what's happening as the eastern part of Libya seemed to be pulling away ... out of control the central government ... on and that's going to create the potential for motorway support Libya ... it's in critically important in this is an oil producing country obviously ... and also a country that doesn't seem to be ... under the AFL's that just about anybody still in awe of you out ... but what's interesting is that stock markets have largely taken a lease from well ever since December when a revolution first read in Tunisia in stride and now I wonder that starting to change the way we see oil prices reactor to weaken and stock markets market and the others clearly suddenly a flight to safety ... taking place you seen the dollar spiking up ... you've seen gold prices moving up over the last six days only ... apparently down today ... so clearly ... the market is finally reacting a bit but they're reacting to more than the individual ... events in Egypt ... and Libya ... is the prospect of ... this kind of I wanted to say ... could be exported to two neighbouring country ... Austin's what will happen what he needed correction anyway I think we'd really get one of the stock markets ... so this is all likely and logical reason ... and is always a worst-case scenario ... we don't know if we'll get there will be is the first place it's a significant well produced with that will be stopped early to go offline ... but the worst-case scenario of course the Saudi Arabia ... nothing seems to have dented Saudi Arabia yet ... but you know Bahrain ... Libya and you've got no worries and Jerry on the air and as I get ... the suspects to countries like Libya not all of yours when we're talking about Egypt which did a lot of journalists and we could see images ... but what is the latest on the situation in Libya in places like Saudi Arabia were as Neil mentioned people especially in the markets are really concerned about what might happen ... well a steady rain to the sporting King Abdullah barely has returned to Saudi Arabia get away for three months like getting medical care for spear and then in Morocco ... so that may be a sign that he's he's arrived to take more control over how ... the unrest as being invalid as to a recent study or if you get the problem there the here there ... is that Saudi Arabia's most of our brain where you have a ... Shiite majority that has become very rest about to see as the country in some turmoil ... this is significant Shiite population in ... eastern Saudi Arabia where the oil fields are not so it's been the official concern but I think it'll be seen as a sign of reassurance inside Saudi Arabian outside the picking is back ... in the royal family is full of though it did so that's what's going on that read I think that the danger live your right now frankly is that you could actually have ... severe bloodshed take place in the the ... the Ghadafi regime has shown that has to do whatever it takes including unleashing its own Air Force ... one its own people to try to maintain control but deftly a different picture than you saw an Egypt ... where the present Mubarak pushed it for awhile but didn't push him look too far back when the sun happening with the ... confined to the Abaxia second you're willing to migrate all vignette ... the Fed to get quick and deeper look at what what might be happening in markets morning call ... combining welcome that has been a lot of ... eyes we mention of Pressman's in Zagreb and it's what he does is talking about oil prices are up there were up about ten dollars earlier and not ... quite as much throw more than six dollars crude above ninety cents a barrel stock futures are down began stock futures were down about a hundred thirty ... early this morning yet again only about seventy ... two market is already having taken this information and content of ... the oil market short term the world is well supplied ... it's obviously ... these people calling for quite awhile to Roth of issues and other oil producing countries ... and things get worse right now supply demand especially in the US would he obviously overshot put on them to be a ... big oil producers in on what can happen so crude futures jump up ... but is ... the mortgage on a real concern is that ... they're going to be a big disruption is it really has to spike in prices at the ... Artigas your heating costs goal ... it's a short-term thing the marbled is absorbed edible move on ... that the agricultural ... commodities ... they've obviously been running very overheated levels what direction they are likely to take his chances this all plays out ... well I ... don't know what health and will affect them directly I mean even on the upswing given rising we'll probably continue on that line ... and increased about stocks for second is actually things going on in the stock market was too ill market ... retailers are reporting today Wal-Mart was the home Depot without me to hold onto ... the market might start looking at their own business ... the meister to that is on again as long as this ... the disruption in oil markets doesn't appear to be ... a major long-term things a short-term spike ... that maybe I can see that the Pope right um not aware that goes beyond what was sown porn already in New York that nearly three and a half a dollar a gallon gasoline ... it's obviously a tax on the economy economy still fragile in the last ... of Mucha Western world so we know the deal the Entous markets and in ... all things are not stock it ... was one of the architecture of the nation's debt rating and a government shutdown in yet that prospect looks increasingly likely as March for its deadline approaches ... during the Russian dairy sheep relate to bring him back into this conversation Jerry what is the latest are hearing I around the capital it seems as though both Republicans and Democrats frankly ... are looking at this is an opportunity some even potentially to see happen ... well perhaps I feel the situation though is that if there's a ... the continuing resolution stopgap spending measure that keeps the government funded until March for ... at that point the governor either shuts down or Congress to something continue the funding ... House passed its own version of a ... bus stop in other stopgap measure that gives the fund into the rest of fiscal year last week but the Senate ... which is run by the Democrats is clearly not going along with that of these cuts are too deep ... and so there's a showdown coming in there's only a few days before March fourth Congress will actually be back in town unable to deal with this ... what happened over the weekend was that the Republicans to pull back a little bit from the precipice they start talking about ... or maybe we can do it two weeks every nation that allows time for the Senate ... to deal with the spending that may show that the House passed ... and if that's the case then you will have to shut down prices ... I think there's lot of tough talk but in reality if Republicans don't wanna go there ... the Democrats might wanna push it but how much are they wanna explore the areas in Asia and Paul Ryan and see what a nice vocal I've got to Republicans that it's bought it we talked a lot of the past year about uncertainty from Washington how much that was weighing on the market last year ... now I can live with uncertainty two weeks away and again it doesn't really seem to be getting people's attention and you think that's a change well I'm not sure it will be once again we got ... the script like situations that the market typically ... Lockheed's with ... I'm not sure if this time ... it's going to do when you know it's going to exactly right because I think we have ... some real problems that need to be addressed by Washington ... but overall I think the market ... is going to be happier if the two parties capable of reaching algorithmic seen this before what is really mean I mean if the government shuts down what is the actual implication I mean what happens is there ... and then we had a report ... from last Journal recently about how ... the Obama administration sought to look into the ... nooks and crannies and the details of what happens and ... you go back to ninety five and ... you know it was a mess and and and the main thing was people got upset Republican Party suffered ... a ninety five likely why they ... would wanna have a repeat now ... I don't think also ... from the market's perspective to I think it is a general positive feeling here ... because there is so much more of that Republican House influence ... about the budget debate ... in other words an Obama has moved a little bit ... of from where it was and is in in before the congressional actions so I think that you know ... to Bob's point ... you know nobody Polly wants a shutdown that the market still ... probably mind brinkmanship if it's about bringing in spending but not about a race that Jerry that's what you can think of the markets correctly interpreted with the most likely course of action here ... I think so I think the markets can be a lot more worried about the next big event which would be the time the debt ceiling of the federal government has the race in April or May I think a government shutdown looks like Altix ... that shoot with real bullets for the Market mass coming later this spring I Jerry Sithe in Washington Chief Jerry thanks alot ... only God with us and that it literally at these huge birds news this morning added the Carmelo Anthony's confirm that the best will start the Denver Nuggets be headed ... to the New York Knicks the deal apparently involving Denver ... and at Minnesota out of the dollar in generating lots of excitement here in the New York area ... the Los investible sounds very long time ... and just fell in love before beating myself the sixty nine so the next which with the iconic team that won ... the championship ... but it's been a very long time in now maybe it's itself Beach Norfolk ... I don't think it's quite heavy debt ... and its management is in such disarray for the last year nine years ... and I'm not sure one deal isn't can be the chores all their problems ... that stem from the perspective of somebody ... who's not New York's ... staff ... they bought me a anticipated actually about designed with accurate the four pm rat ... didn't that one Domus that Wall Street Journal and Kelly Evans have agreed that ... this


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Last week I bought new mini muffin paper cases from a nice shop in the city center. I was so excited that I couldn't help making some nice new cupcakes.
I really love baking mini cupcakes. I remember when I bought the mini muffin tin I was happy for several days. The reason to like them so much is because in one go you can make around 20 cupcakes (at least), which is enough for a bunch of people to try them. On the other hand each cupcake is small as a bite, so by "trying" them we still avoid overeating.
The recipe is one of my usual "let's see what I have in the fridge and in the drawers".
50g softened butter
100g coconut
100g chocolate biscuits
100g all purpose flour
150g sugar (brown would be better but I used white)
1 teaspoon baking powder
2 eggs
150ml condensed milk
Coconut extract
Cream the butter and sugar together in a bowl until pale. Beat in the eggs and stir in the coconut extract and the condensed milk. Crush the biscuits until they look like bread crumbs. Combine with coconut and add to the batter. Combine the flour with the baking powder and fold them in.
Preheat the oven to 180C and line a muffin tin with paper cases.
Spoon the mixture into the paper cases until they are 2/3 full. Sprinkle some biscuit crumbs on top.
Bake in the oven for 10-15 minutes, or until golden-brown on top and a skewer inserted into one of the cakes comes out clean. Set aside to cool for a few minutes, then remove from the tin and cool on a rack.
I have decorated some of the muffins with morello cherry mascarpone frosting (recipe is here). I found out it goes pretty well with the coconut.
In this post I would like to share also one of my new hobbies: decoupage. I am still quite inexperienced in this area, but I already have some works. There is not so much to explain, the pictures talk by themselves.


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I was driving my folks up to Bear lake to visit Moms cousin, Patsy Bevis who lives on South Shore on Saturday May 1st, 2010. It was about 12:45 pm and we were about 1 mile south of Saddle Up when we saw three bears running across Co. Rd. 600, a momma and two babies. We were only about a city block away but when we got to that point they had already crossed the road and went into some thick brush so we couldn't see them to take a picture. What a thrill it is to see these beautiful creatures, at least from a distance that is.
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For Rosanna, Carly and Natasha
Brides To Be!
My Wedding Dress
First I will start off by saying that I never dreamed of my wedding or imagined what dress I would wear.
To be honest I never even thought of marriage until I met my husband.
So once the wedding dress hunt had to start I thought a beautiful princess gown was definitely the one for me, until I tried it on! It was horrible! I have a very young face (I don't like looking younger than my age) and I honestly looked like I was going to my prom. I was so upset at that time because I really hated the mermaid style dresses! Luckily after only trying on a few more I walked into a store and seen this beautiful dress that instantly drew me to it from across the room. I tried it on and that was that (YOU JUST KNOW). I was so in love. It was fitted to the hips and then went out so not really a mermaid dress or a princess dress, it was just perfect.
I definitely love the mermaid dresses now as they help women look mature and gorgeous so long as its not to tight or to cleavage-y!
An added bonus was when I went home and googled my dress and seen that the model wearing it looked so much like my mother when she was younger!
The best thing about my dress was the straps, because it covered my shoulders a little, which meant I didn't have to wear a cardigan to cover my shoulders for the church. Gross!
The only changes I made to my dress was detaching the flower detail.
My Tips
1. Don't lose weight in the last week.
Sadly I did from getting sick and my dress was to big and didn't fit around my chest anymore.
2. Don't set you heart on something entirely, have a few looks in mind.
3. Buy something you love even if it's a little over you budget.
Also don't pick something just because it's in your budget or because someone doesn't like it.
My mum hated my dress because she wanted me in a princess dress but I stuck to it because I loved it and guess what!!!??? She still goes on about how much she loved my dress to this day!
When my mum seen me all done up on the day she understood why I loved it so much and was so happy I went with it (she even dry cleaned it and boxed it up the day after)
While we are on the topic don't not buy a dress because you can spend more!
I didn't want to spend over $2,000 for mine and I honesty would of paid $100 it if that was the price but mine was just under $3,000.
4. Don't stress if it gets damaged
I promised myself nothing would upset me on the day and IT DIDN'T!
I lost my earrings the morning of and so I just wondered off down to the shops and picked up a new pair, my hairdresser was horrible and my hair was shocking (she also failed to secure my veil so once people starting hugging me it fell to the side) but I brushed it off and ladies with heels constantly stuck there heels into my dress and made holes but really I wasn't only going to wear my dress again and they already felt bad so I would laugh, give them a hug and carry on dancing (remember your wedding is about you and your husband and celebrating with loved ones, so no point getting upset over a dress)
5. Not really about the dress but worth a mention
Plan who will take care of your veil when you take it off!
I had two of my bridesmaids take it off and I never seen it again ):
My mother in law bought my veil so it's one thing that I wish I could change about my wedding day.
6. Don't try to many dresses on.
I tired on about 3 before my dress and instantly stopped looking! You will go crazy and never be satisfied if you keep trying them on.
7. Try you dress on as many times as you want because after the day you will most likely never wear it again!
I tried mine on once a week :-) .


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Dartmouth underwent a period of rapid development in the 1970s, including the construction of the MacKay Bridge, Alderney Drive, the Circumferential Highway, Burnside, plus a new ferry terminal. Dartmouth Planning Department photographs document theses significant changes. Among that series are hundreds of photographs from the Neighbourhood Improvement Program (NIP) in Dartmouth. An initiative of the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation, NIP aimed to rehabilitate low-income neighbourhoods nation-wide. The program funded improvements to physical amenities, such as parks, recreation facilities, sidewalks, and roads. It also insisted on community involvement with both planning and implementation.
Six areas of Dartmouth were chosen to take part in NIP:
How NIP worked
In light of the negative reaction to the federally-funded, "urban renewal" programs of the 1950s and 1960s – Halifax's so-called slum clearance being just one example – in 1973, the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) developed the Neighbourhood Improvement Program. NIP involved three levels of government: the CMHC tasked the provinces with choosing which municipalities would receiving NIP funding, and municipal governments designated neighbourhoods. Each level of government was also responsible for a share of the costs associated with the neighbourhood's projects. A coordinator hired for each neighbourhood instigated community participation and solicited members for the NIP committee. Then, guided by the coordinator and in consultation with a Planner from the Dartmouth Planning Department, the committee developed a plan for improvements in their neighbourhood. Each plan was presented to Dartmouth City Council – presentations that included slides, photographs, maps, and illustrations – who approved the plan and the City's share of the costs. While not all the proposed projects came to fruition, the photographs show that NIP made important changes in each of the six neighbourhoods.
Harbourview NIP projects and photographs (1976-1979)
Park School and MacDonald Bridge, before NIP, c. 1976. HMA, 101-80C-7-3.2
Shore Rd. and railways before NIP, c. 1977. HMA, 101-80C-7-2-7.2
Industrial debris below MacDonald Bridge, before NIP, May 1977. HMA, 101-80C-7-2-5.10
Shore Rd. before NIP, Sept. 1976. HAM, 101-80C-7-2-2.3
New sidewalks on Windmill Rd., c. 1978. HMA, 101-80C-7-2-5.5
Furness Park, Oct. 1978. HMA, 101-80C-7-2-6
Park construction by St. Paul's Cemetery, 1977. HMA, 101-80C-7-1.12
Park construction by St. Paul's Cemetery, 1977. HMA, 101-80C-7-1.18
Finished park by St. Paul's Cemetery, c. 1978. HMA, 101-80C-7-2-9.4
Finished park by St. Paul's Cemetery, c. 1978. HMA, 101-80C-7-2-9.2
The Harbourview plan had three main objectives: constructing and landscaping parks, improving streets and roads, and cleaning-up the waterfront area. The 147 Harbourview NIP photographs show that Furness Park and St. Paul's Cemetery both saw major improvements, including the construction of pathways, stairwells, and the placement of playground equipment. The photographs also picture streets undergoing repairs and upgrades. Amongst the Harbourview photographs are a series of composite panoramas showing some key areas. Shore Road and its embankment were of particular interest, given that they are captured in many slides and photographs. The area below the MacDonald Bridge was considered an eyesore, and is pictured strewn with wreckages and industrial debris. The Park School and land beside the Holiday Inn were also extensively photographed, although captions on some slides and photographs indicate that these projects were "unsuccessful."
Notting Park NIP projects and photographs (1976-1979)
Notting Park School grounds before NIP, 1975. HMA, 101-80C-7-5-1.7
Industrial area near Notting Park School, before NIP, 1976. HMA, 101-80C-7-5-2.5
Industrial area near Notting Park School, before NIP, 1976. HMA, 101-80C-7-5-2.14
Howe Street Park before NIP, Winter 1976. HMA, 101-80C-7-5-3.3
Northbrook Park plan, 1976. HMA, 101-80C-7-12.18
Chapman and Richmond Sts. after improvements, 1976. HMA, 101-80C-7-5-4.3
Landscaping Notting Park, Oct. 1978. HMA, 101-80C-7-5-5.3
Landscaped Notting Park, Oct. 1978. HMA, 101-80C-7-5-5.2
Completed Notting Park, July 1979. HMA, 101-80C-7-5-6.2
Completed Notting Park, July 1979. HMA, 101-80C-7-5-6.4
Notting Park NIP Committee, [1976]. HMA, 101-80C-7-6-2.6
In Notting Park, the plan focused on parks and street repairs, but also on building a community centre for the neighbourhood. The 110 Notting Park NIP photographs indicate that many of their projects were successful including paving Chapman and Richmond Streets, clearing land to create Northbrook Park, upgrades to the Howe Street Park, and renovating the former Northbrook School to become the Northbrook Community Centre. Other slides and prints show members of the Notting Park Committee in meetings at the Neighbourhood Centre – a unique behind-the-scenes view of the people involved in NIP.
South Woodside NIP projects and photographs (1976-1979)
Work underway at South Woodside School, [1976-1979]. HMA, 101-80C-7-9.1
Sodding in South Woodside area, [1976-1979]. HMA, 101-80C-7-9.2
Landscaping in South Woodside area, [1976-1979]. [1976-1979]. HMA, 101-80C-7-9.3
New playground in South Woodside area, [1976-1979]. HMA, 101-80C-7-9.4
The South Woodside plan focuses on improvements to three public parks – Franklyn Street Park, Brompton Road Park, and High Street Park – as well as adding playground equipment at the South Woodside Elementary School. They also proposed building an addition to the school to serve as a Community Centre. The plan proposes upgrading and beautifying several streets in the neighbourhood with paving, sidewalk extensions, and landscaping. There are only 4 photographs associated with South Woodside NIP projects, therefore it is difficult to tell how many of these projects were implemented. However, amongst the images is a sign that indicates the school extension went ahead, while other photos show upgrades were done in at least one park.
Tuft's Cove NIP projects and photographs (1977-1979)
Tuft's Cove area, 1975/76. HMA, 101-80C-7-10-2.2
Tuft's Cove area, 1975/1976s, HMA, 101-80C-7-10-3.4
End of Niven's Ave, 1975/76. HMA, 101-80C-7-10-1.9
NIP Office, Tuft's Cove, 1977/78. HMA, 101-80C-7-10-1.3
Completed [Farrell Street Park], 1978. HMA, 101-80C-7-10-1.13
Paved and improved streets, 1978. HMA, 101-80C-7-10-1.15
The Tuft's Cove plan focuses largely on the creation of three parks: Farrell Street Park, Harbourview School Park, and a park along the waterfront at the end of Nivens Ave. Street improvements, including, paving, sidewalks, curbs, and gutters, were also a priority, plus the committee proposed helping the Boys and Girls Club with upgrades to their building. Several of the 37 photographs from this neighbourhood picture it before projects began, including some that were taken from the Nova Scotia Power Corporation stacks, showing a broad view of the community. Other photos indicate that streets were upgraded as planned, and a large park created – possibly the Farrell Street Park.
North Woodside NIP projects and photographs (1978-1979)
[Pleasant St.], 1977/78. HMA, 101-89C-7-4.7
Streets in North Woodside, 1977/78. HMA, 101-89C-7-4.9
Proposed area for Arnold Whitworth Park, 1977/78. HMA, 101-89C-7-4.12
North Woodside School, 1977/78. HMA, 101-89C-7-4.15
North Woodside park, 1977/78. HMA, 101-89C-7-4.16
Much like the other NIP neighbourhoods, in North Woodside, the committee proposed developing parks: one at the north end of Marvin, Chadwick, and Renfrew Streets, and the other beside the North Woodside Elementary School. Street upgrades with sidewalks, curbs, gutters, and bus shelters were also proposed, as well as beautification projects such as tree planting. The 20 photographs from this neighbourhood were all taken before the NIP projects began, but the existence of Arnold Whitworth Park– which was the name the committee proposed for the park on Marvin, Chadwick, and Renfrew – it seems likely that some if not many of their goals were met.
Austenville NIP projects and photographs (1978-1979)
The Austenville plan proposed creating three parks: on the St. Peter's School property, Pine Street, and Oak Street, which would honour Ruby Keeler. The committee also proposed putting a large portion of their budget toward improvements to pedestrian movement in the area, by constructing sidewalks, curbs, and gutters, on several streets: Beech, Dahlia, Maple, Pine, Tulip, Rose, and Mayflower. They further proposed beautification of the neighbourhood with tree planting, sodding, and shrubbery along certain streets. The committee was also concerned with pedestrian safety given heavy traffic, so proposed adding caution lights and lighted crosswalks and crosswalk guards. There are no photographs from this neighbourhood in the Dartmouth Planning Department records, so it is difficult to tell which projects were successful. But the neighbourhood's many sidewalks plus the Pine Street Park and the park behind St. Peter's Church suggest that NIP had a positive impact in Austenville.
Secondary Sources
NIP Harbourview Scheme: City of Dartmouth. City of Dartmouth Neighbourhood Improvement Program Report, 1976. HMA Reference Collection, 711.409716225 D 1976.
City of Dartmouth NIP Area: Notting Park Scheme. City of Dartmouth Neighbourhood Improvement Program Report, 1976. HMA Reference Collection, 711.409716225 .N6 1976.
South Woodside Plan. City of Dartmouth Neighbourhood Improvement Program Report, 1976. HMA Reference Collection, 711.409716225 .S6 1976.
Tuft's Cove Plan. City of Dartmouth Neighbourhood Improvement Program Report, 1977. HMA Reference Collection, 711.409716225 D 1977.
North Woodside Plan. City of Dartmouth Neighbourhood Improvement Program Report, 1978. HMA Reference Collection, 711.409716225 D 1978.
Austenville Plan. Working Report. City of Dartmouth Neighbourhood Improvement Program, 1978. HMA Reference Collection, 711.409716225 D 1978.
Environmental Planning III class at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. An Evaluation of Citizen Participation in the Neighbourhood Improvement Program in Halifax and Dartmouth. Working Report. Halifax, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, 1979. HMA Reference Collection, 711.409716225 .N6 1979.
Lyon, Deborah and Lynda H. Newman, The Neighbourhood Improvement Program, 1973-1983: A National Review of an Intergovernmental Initiative. Research and Working Paper No. 15. Winnipeg: The Institute of Urban Studies, University of Winnipeg, 1986.


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I'd like to think the reason so many people have been asking me if I have a blog is because they love my writing so much they just can't get enough. But it's more likely just another sign of how influential the form is becoming, particularly in the environmental world. Still, it has made me wonder if it's time for me to get on the bandwagon and start blogging.
"Don't do it, man, it's a time suck," David Roberts wrote me in an instant message. Roberts should know: He's the founding editor of Gristmill, one of the most prominent of the emerging green blogs.
With just a couple of years of continuous publication under their belts, the biggest green blogs now routinely attract more readers than most environmentally oriented print magazines. The free-form exchange among these bloggers and their readers has become an important part of the public dialog on environmental matters.
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Technorati, the most authoritative blog index, lists more than 700 environmental blogs. They include big, magazinelike group blogs like Worldchanging and Gristmill, popular personal sites like City Hippy, offshoots of mainstream organizations like Sierra Club Executive Director Carl Pope's blog, forums for little-heard perspectives like Environmental Republican and shopping blogs like Greatgreengoods.
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Bloggers like Steffen and Roberts acknowledge that the editing and fact-checking process mainstream media offerings go through does have an important role, particularly in investigative efforts. But they add that the immediacy and flexibility of blogging allow active debate and collaborative consensus building over a wide range of topics in a way that is not possible in traditional media.
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"Having thousands of readers bird-dogging you keeps you pretty honest," he IMs, likening green blogging to the pamphleteering tradition of early American journalism 200 years ago. Anyone can say anything, but it has to stand up to the scrutiny of an involved readership to get much traction.
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Blogs provide a way for readers to examine environmental issues more completely and to form their own positions on the matters of the day. A perfect example is the way that climate change has been treated in the green blogosphere.
Green blogs let readers go beyond the headlines by hearing directly from climate scientists as well as the dwindling breed of climate skeptics. They are places to discuss the best ways to advocate for climate action and even to learn about completely different takes on the situation.
"A good thoughtful debate attracts a cyber crowd, and people want to weigh in," says Makower. "It's a democracy, and people are voting with their computer mice."
Still, the community behind the green blogs is relatively narrow. Most of the people at the biggest green blogs are highly educated, and most are men with a tendency toward wonkiness. (One notable exception is GreenLAGirl, an informative site that not only presents the viewpoint of an environmentally engaged young woman, but is an introduction to the often-overlooked world of environmental consciousness in Los Angeles.)
At a minimum, blog participation requires basic computer literacy and access, and the medium appeals most to people who communicate via the written word, so part of this limited -- for now -- scope is perhaps inevitable. (Although that doesn't explain why so many green bloggers are men, especially considering the pervasive presence of women in both the blogosphere and the environmental movement.)
There are geographical limits on the world of green blogs as well. "It's the Seattle-Brooklyn-San Francisco triad," says Steffen, who is based in Seattle. (Contributors to the Worldchanging site are concentrated in these areas, but some are also in Toronto, Paris, Mumbai and elsewhere.) "I think part of it is that the new environmentalism is very culture conscious and those are three of the leading cities in America for people who are future-forward. All three are also tech hotbeds."
This ferment has helped raise the profile of green issues more generally. Stories that have been incubating on green blogs are starting to make their way into mainstream media.
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And the blogs themselves are starting to enter the territory of old media: A few green blogs are even providing jobs for their creators. Gristmill is the blog adjunct of Grist, the respected online environmental magazine (I write for Grist from time to time), so Roberts is technically an employee of the magazine, although he says he has complete editorial freedom.
Worldchanging, which was incorporated as a nonprofit just a year ago so it could accept foundation grants, now pays key staff like Steffen, although writers are not (yet) paid. And later this year, green blogs will take an even more definitive step into the world of mainstream media: A collection of essays on sustainable solutions from Worldchanging contributors will be published as a book, on actual paper.
But for most of the green bloggers, blogging is its own reward. Sustainablog's Jeff McIntire-Strasburg, for example, is the epitome of the noble Jeffersonian citizen-blogger: a concerned individual with something to say and a knack for saying it just the right way. The former English professor lives in Saint Louis and writes his highly regarded blog in his spare time. Even Treehugger, considered by many bloggers to be the Web's premier guide to stylish green living, is funded by founder Hill's successful Web and design businesses.
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At a quick dinner the other night at the Zurich airport to take a flight back to Paris after a pitch presentation that I'm quite keen about, I asked Kate McMullen, one of the creative directors at BEING Paris: in your opinion as a Brit, which British saga is still missing from #adLOLs (our Saturday post that celebrates the funniest TV ads in the world)? She replies without hesitation: "Compare the market, rather, 'Compare the meerkat.'" And she was right!
How could I not have spoken to you all before of this campaign that has become a cult classic in
the UK, which stars the now-famous Aleksandr Orlov Meerkat, who now has 810,000 Facebook fans and 53,000 Twitter followers. His wikipedia page says that "it launched in January 2009 and centres on his frustration that people looking for comparethemarket.com to compare car insurance, not meerkats, keep coming to his website comparethemeerkats.com because 'Market' sounds similar to 'Meerkat' when spoken in a Russian accent"—an insight that speaks to netizens who find themselves on a site they didn't want to be simply because of a typo. It is my pleasure to show you the entire collection of films (end of the post) along with some of my favorite clips that have transformed Aleksandr Oslov Meerkat into an unforgettable hero in the world of advertising. Like the meerkats' catchphrase: "Seeem-pels!"
Save Meerkovo
Tough Decision
Flight Attendant
Supermarket Checkout
Compare the Meerkat: All


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My mom used to say that when your child is as big as you, you have to treat them with respect. What she actually said was that you had to address them using a respectful form of "jy," which doesn't make any sense in English, but may work in Hindi or French. It worked poetically well in Malayalam. I was reminded of this maternal pearl of wisdom recently when I was watching a movie with my son.
Kategorie Argief: Filosofie
Filosofie is nooit te ver van fisika. Dit is in hul oorvleueling wat ek verwag deurbrake.
teenstrydighede,,en,Die lewe is vol teenstrydighede,,en,Ek bywoning van 'n navorsing toevlug op bewustheid en kontemplatiewe praktyke by die pragtige,,en,Garrison Institute,,en,Ek leer baie interessante dinge,,en,en ontmoet 'n baie,,en,eensgesinde en uitstekende mense,,en,die soort mense met wie ek kon diep gesprek oor die onwerklik aard van die werklikheid het,,en,Anders as die meeste mense uit ander vlakke van die lewe sal beleef en taktvol verskoon hulself wanneer ek 'n bietjie onwerklik,,en,Ek het net klaar my eerste termyn as 'n professor by Singapoer Management Universiteit,,en,Ek geleer 'n voorgraadse kursus genoem Computer as 'n Ontleding Tool,,en,wat op besigheid model en data-gedrewe besluit ondersteuning,,en,Ek het oor,,en,in drie afdelings van drie klaskamer uur elk per week,,en
Life is full of contradictions.
I am attending a research retreat on mindfulness and contemplative practices at the beautiful Garrison Institute. I am learning a lot of interesting things, and meeting a lot of like-minded and excellent people – the kind of people with whom I could have deep conversation about the unreal nature of reality, unlike most people from other walks of life would politely and tactfully excuse themselves when I get a bit unreal.
Twilight Years
At some point in our life, we come to accept the fact we are closer to death than life. What lies ahead is definitely less significant than what is left behind. These are the twilight years, and I have come to accept them. With darkness descending over the horizons, and the long shadows of misspent years and evaded human conditions slithering all around me, I peer into the void, into an eternity of silence and dreamlessness. Dit is almost time.
Herhaling van die moderne fisika
Sedert die post-reeks op deeltjies en interaksies het 'n bietjie langer as wat ek wou, Ek het gedink ek sou dit op te breek. Kom ons begin met 'n herhaling van die moderne fisika wat jou sal benodig om die struktuur van materie te verstaan.
Top Philosophy blog – Weer!
Unreal Blog recently got another award as one of the top 100 philosophy blogs.
Die previous such award came a few years ago. Glad to feel appreciated for my efforts and to see that people are taking notice.
Interpretation of Special Relativity
When we looked at Quantum Mechanics, we talked about its various interpretations. The reason we have such interpretations, I said, is that QM deals with a reality that we have no access to, through our sensory and perceptual apparatuses. Aan die ander kant, Special Relativity is about macro objects in motion, and we have no problem imagining such things. So why would we need to have an interpretation? The answer is a subtle one.
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Quantum Mechanics – Interpretations
Whenever we talk about Quantum Mechanics, one of the first questions would be, "What about the cat?" This question, regtig, is about the interpretations of Quantum Mechanics. The standard interpretation, die sogenaamde Kopenhagen interpretasie, leads to the famous Schrodinger's cat.
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Quantum Field Theory
In this post on Quantum Mechanics (QM), we will go a bit beyond it and touch upon Quantum Field Theory – the way it is used in particle physics. In the last couple of posts, I outlined a philosophical introduction to QM, as well as its historical origin – how it came about as an ad-hoc explanation of the blackbody radiation, and a brilliant description of the photoelectric effect.
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Kwantummeganika (QM) is the physics of small things. How do they behave and how do they interact with each other? Conspicuously absent from this framework of QM is why. Why small things do what they do is a question QM leaves alone. En, if you are to make any headway into this subject, your best bet is to curb your urge to ask why. Nature is what she is. Our job is to understand the rules by which she plays the game of reality, and do our best to make use of those rules to our advantage in experiments and technologies. Ours is not to reason why. Regtig.
In al ons wetenskaplike pogings, Ons gebruik dieselfde hoë-vlak tegnieke te verstaan en te bestudeer dinge. Die mees algemene tegniek is reduksionisme. Dit is gebaseer op die oortuiging dat die gedrag, eienskappe en struktuur van 'n groot en komplekse voorwerpe kan verstaan word in terme van hul eenvoudiger bestanddele. Met ander woorde, Ons probeer om die geheel te verstaan (die heelal, byvoorbeeld) in terme van kleiner, verminder bestanddele (soos deeltjies).


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Pay-per-click on (PPC), also known as price per click on (CPC), is an web advertising mannequin used to direct visitors to web sites, wherein an advertiser pays a publisher (usually a web site proprietor or a network of internet sites) when the ad is clicked. The advertiser signs a contract that enables them to compete against different advertisers in a non-public public sale hosted by a writer or, more commonly, an advertising community Every advertiser informs the host of the maximum amount that she or he is keen to pay for a given advert spot (usually based on a keyword ), normally utilizing on-line instruments to take action. The auction performs out in an automatic vogue each time a visitor triggers the ad spot.
If you are working with a constrained finances, the Google Show community can deplete your budget quickly and compromise your visibility on The Display community will be effective with rigorously chosen key phrases and ad textual content designed specifically for the sort of advert placement.
The distinctive benefit of PPC advertising and marketing is that Google (and different advert networks) do not just reward the very best bidders for that advert house, they reward the very best-high quality advertisements (meaning the advertisements that are most popular with customers).
In the event you solely do key phrase research as soon as, if you create your first marketing campaign, you're in all probability missing out on hundreds of thousands of useful, long-tail, low-value and highly relevant keywords that may very well be driving traffic to your website.
Pay-per-click marketing delivers instantaneous traffic and affords some ways to go with current SEARCH ENGINE MARKETING methods by testing keywords, enterprise fashions, and marketplace verticals, and it lets you develop your total Internet advertising strategy, and any SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMISATION plans armed with information, not assumptions.


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Retailer Forever 21 recently suffered data breach. Affected information includes credit and debit card information at some Forever 21 locations. Third party notified the company about the breach.
"We immediately began an investigation of our payment card systems and engaged a leading security and forensics firm to assist us," the company mentioned.
Forever 21 has encryption and tokenization solutions. It mentioned that only some point of sale (PoS) devices where affected. The company do not know the affected location.
Obsidian Security CTO Ben Johnson mentioned that the breach is a reminder that every retailer is a target. "Holiday shoppers should be diligent in monitoring their account activity, and should consider Apple Pay or cash if they are feeling less confident about the security of the retailers' systems," he said.
"Retailers should understand that any areas of weakness, such as those few systems without multi-factor authentication or encryption, will eventually find themselves victim of compromise," Johnson added. "In some ways things are improving on the defensive side, but we cannot forget that the attackers often innovate faster."
Recent survey by SiteLock shows that there is growing concern for online shopping. The findings are as below –
Twenty seven percent worry about the information being compromised
Sixty-five percent mentioned that they will not return to the website after it got hacked
Fifty two percent say a store which provides a secure payment network makes them confident
Another survey conducted by Paysafe has below findings –
Fifty nine percent of U.S. consumers believe fraud is an inevitable part of shopping online
Fifty eight percent said that they are willing to accept any security measures needed to eradicate fraud
Thirty nine percent of US businesses believe their customers would prefer increased security
"For years, consumers have had to overcome the apprehension that businesses know too much about them — from shoe sizes to food preferences," Paysafe CEO Todd Linden said in a statement. "But as the payment world evolves, it is this knowledge that will make individuals more secure."
"The evolution of big data will make payments smarter and easier and help to redress the balance between security and convenience," Linden added. "Big data will be the ultimate key to tightening up security at PoS, online and in brick and mortar environments."
AlertSec ACCESS is a patent pending technology designed to check that devices are encrypted before access to a network is granted. Encrypted devices secure your data even if they are lost or stolen.


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A Glossary of Deli Terms
|Eating Deli. In New York it's a cuisine not just a sandwich. Sometimes you went out for Chinese, sometimes Italian,sometimes Deli. A Delicatessen Restaurant.
These are things I grew up with, and at that time there may not have been a great delicatessen outside of N.Y.C., but there were certainly a choice few winners in the city. The Carnegie and the Stage (within a couple blocks of each other) the Second Ave Deli, Wolfs- and for smoked fish, Murray's Sturgeon and Barney Greengrass to name a few.
The aroma in these delicatessens was like your grandmother's kitchen after she had been preparing food all day for the family on a holiday. The food- well the food was as rich and delicious as grandmother's, only more. You never got a big fat
hot corned beef or pastrami sandwich, made with the most savory delicious meat, anywhere but those delicatessens.
All the food was very fresh. The meats and poultry were roasted, boiled, steamed etc., right there-never shipped in precooked.
This food, this cuisine, was the equivalent of Jewish Soul Food.
All of this is what we are doing here. Don't be bashful-ask for a taste, relax, sit back and enjoy. You want more... we've got take out.
What follows is a brief glossary of some of the foods that you will find here and at other traditional Jewish Delicatessens.
|Chopped Liver - A first cousin to paté, but not so hoity-toity. This is so good your grandmother could have made it, but she was busy so Harvey made it.
Egg Cream - A refreshing drink made with milk, syrup and seltzer. It's wonderful and has absolutely nothing to do with eggs or cream.
Phosphate - Leave the milk out, and you still get no eggs or cream.
Blintz - Essentially a pancake or crepe rolled around a filling, most often cheese, and traditionally eaten with a side of sour cream. Not for the diet conscious, but so delicious and versatile that at one table blintzes may be breakfast and at another dessert.
Kasha Varniskes - Kasha is literally buckwheat groats, a slightly nutty coarse grain. Varniskes, pronounced Varnish-Kiss, are bowtie noodles. So what you have here is a hearty starch in a slightly formal setting.
Knish - Pronounced Kuh-Nish, like the dish. Every culture has something like this, whether they call it empanades, perogies, or humbau, they are essentially a pastry stuffed with filling. Potato Knishes are the most common, but the varieties
are endless. This is perfect food for noshing.
Nosh - Eating. Usually this word is associated with snacking or eating between meals. You're hungry and dinner won't be ready for 15 minutes-have a nosh. A delicatessen is a great place to nosh.
Kishka - Or stuffed derma. This is a sausage like blend of meat, flour and spices stuffed into a casing. In the old days it was always an intestine casing, now...If you didn't grow up with this particular or similar item, you probably won't even
want to hear about it. But why not...be brave.
Kugel - Pronounced Koo-gull. Literally a pudding. In our case noodle or potato, baked with cream and cheese, some other ingredients and seasoning-delicious stuff. And conveniently can be used to enhance any meal.
Lox - (Rhymes with fox) Originally a this was a very salty brine cured salmon, but at this point it has become a generic term for cold smoked, Nova style salmon-a milder delicacy that melts in your mouth. Nova once meant only salmon caught near Nova Scotia, but now refers more frequently to the method of preparation. At it's best this is sliced to order from whole sides, contains no preservatives, and costs lots of money.
Matzo Balls - Pronounced Mott-seh. These are dumplings that originally were served with chicken soup only during the Passover holiday, but why not have a holiday food year round? The argument has always been, should they be soft and fluffy or firm like they mean something? Your feedback on this issue will be gratefully ignored. We already know best.
Rugelach - Pronounced Rug-a-la. A wonderful cookie pastry made with a cream cheese, sour cream, and butter dough and filled with assorted goodies. The original had cinnamon and nuts. Eat one, two, or ten. We'll be happy to send them your way.
Pastrami - This should never be the dried lean pepper beef so many pass off as pastrami. Yes, real pastrami is somewhat fatty, but it's also rich, chewy, tangy, peppery and glorious in the mouth. This folks, is what we're all about.
Latkes - Pronounced Lot-keh. Latkes are potato pancakes, crispy on the outside and served with sour cream or applesauce. This is another dish that was originally only served during a holiday, Hanukkah; but is now enjoyed year round.


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初次認識此隊澳洲樂團,The Last Party是他們今年5月才推出的大碟,全碟歌曲工整乾淨而相當舒服,雖然有些歌在我來說略嫌有太pop之感,但主音Susannah Legge的聲音相當吸引,沙啞而帶點點憂傷,尤以Forget to begin為甚,第一次聽這首歌時己很喜歡,其他如Asleep On The Lawn,Croupier等等也不錯,近期值得一聽的大碟
Try this song : Forget to begin
Offical website : http://www.thehampdens.com/
30 June 2008
The Hampdens - The Last Party
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29 June 2008
Natalie Merchant - My Skin
Such a depressing & beautiful song by Natalie Merchant
"My Skin"
Take a look at my body,look at my hands
there's so much here that I don't understand
Your face saving promises,whispered like prayers
I don't need them
I've been treated so wrong
I've been treated so long as if I'm becoming untouchable...
Well, contempt loves the silence
it thrives in the dark,the fine winding tendrils that strangle the heart
They say that promises sweeten the blow
but I don't need them... no I don't need them.
I've been treated so wrong,
I've been treated so wrong,
I've been treated so long as if I'm becoming untouchable
I'm a slow dying flower, I'm the frost killing hour
sweet turning sour& untouchable.
ooh I need the darkness,
the sweetness,
the sadness,
the weakness,
ooh I need this.
Need a lullaby,
a kiss goodnight,
angel, sweet love of my life
ooh I need this
I'm a slow dying flower frost killing hour
the sweet turning sour& untouchable
Do you remember the way that you touched me before,
all the trembling sweetness
I loved and adored...
Your face saving promises
whispered like prayers.
I don't need them.
I need the darkness,
the sweetness,
the sadness,
the weakness,
ooh I need this.
I need a lullaby, a kiss goodnight,
angel, sweet love of my life
ooh I need this
Well, is it dark enough,
can you see me?
do you want me?
can you reach me?
or I'm leaving...
you better shut your mouth and hold your breath
you kiss me now,
you catch your death
oh I mean this...oh I mean this...
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28 June 2008
Stars - Calendar Girl
One of my fav song by Stars
"Calendar Girl"
If I am lost for a day; try to find me
But if I don't come back, then I won't look behind me
All of the things that I thought were so easy
Just got harder and harder each day
December is darkest and June is the light
But this empty bedroom won't make anything right
While out on the landing a friend I forgot to send home
Who waits up for me all through the night
Calendar girl who's in love with the world Stay alive
Calendar Girl who's in love with the world Stay alive
I dreamed I was dying; as I so often do
And when I awoke I was sure it was true
I ran to the window; threw my head to the sky
And said whoever is up there,please don't let me die
But I can't live forever,I can't always be
One day I'll be sand on a beach by a sea
The pages keep turning, I'll mark off each day with a cross
And I'll laugh about all that we've lost
Calendar Girl who is lost to the world Stay Alive
Calendar Girl who is lost to the world Stay Alive
January, February, March, April, May I'm alive
June, July, August, September,October I'm alive
November, December, you all through the winter, I'm alive
I'm alive
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25 June 2008
Last Friends
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21 June 2008
wow welcome back
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18 June 2008
不知不覺番黎香港已經成個月有多,今晚出去食飯時先岩岩同朋友講起落雨既問題,佢地成日話我係雨童,每次去camp都例必落雨,而俊仔既正能量可能因回港多時已經失效,上星期諗住去camp仲落佢一個狗屎紅雨添,所以今晚我知道一撞到雪榚又會比佢話我,果然一上車唔夠第3句佢已經忍唔住,仲比菲仔起多個名叫"head of rain",點解我會識埋依d咁既朋友呢?有時真係要檢討一下先得,講番落雨,問起雪榚點解我落機果日會係我未離開機場果時已經call我,明明我只係講左幾時上機從黎冇講過幾時番香港,佢話我離開香港果排不知幾好天,但有日個天冇lala落雨,佢就諗我係咪番左黎,有冇攪錯呀,我落機果日好似冇落雨架,咁都知,不過話實除左佢話過我外,個天又好似落左成個月雨,仲成日都好大添,都唔知點解咁多雨落,前幾日問過阿媽我唔係香港時係咪好好天,佢就冷冷咁答我"唔係好好天,不過冇落雨o者,你睇下d被,都唔知有冇得曬,可能要放到冬天呀!"真係有冇攪錯,雖然我覺得落雨有時真係幾靚望出街時感覺幾舒服,但落成咁想點先? 我講番依件事出黎,佢地又笑到死,我成日都覺得可能佢地成日講,先至會發生咁既事,如果佢地絕口不提,效果可能唔錯,雪榚話今晚12點後唔會再講,睇下今個sat去唔去得成camp,仲迫我今晚要掛起係西班牙整既晴天公仔,好,試下雙管齊下work唔work先
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15 June 2008
Sopor Aeternus - Sanatorium Altrosa
認識Sopor Aeternus應是2000年所推出的Dead loves sarabande-face 1 & 2大碟,很幸運地此亦是他/她歷年來最精彩的大碟,華麗但悲傷沈鬱的沮喪感,完全看不到前路徘徊於黑暗與死亡之曲,神秘而古怪的Anna Varney據說從不露面亦從不踏出他/她所居住的古堡半步,當中有多少的真與假很難作出查證,只知道可以創作出如此悲傷的樂曲,心裡的擔子亦相當沈重,當年從官方網頁所看到的,長相神秘及所營造出的恐怖感十足,膽子小一點也一定嚇過半死,那時心想究竟他/她平日怎樣過活,但我愛她的死亡她的黑暗,亦因此令我愛上Gothic.
Try this song taking from Dead loves sarabande-face 2 : No one is There
08年新碟Sanatorium Altrosa,用回Sopor Aeternus & the Ensemble of Shadows的名義推出,內裡華麗依舊音樂豐富,但hopeless,depressing欠逢,當中亦是07年大碟的舊曲重編,不愛不愛,沒有黑暗沒有死亡的Sopor Aeternus根本就不是Sopor Aeternus
Try this song taking from Dead loves sarabande-face 2 : No one is There
Offical site : http://www.soporaeternus.de/ (沒有感覺的新網頁,唉,反而fans的website還好一點)
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GOP Report Lays Blame for Benghazi
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republicans on the House Benghazi Committee are faulting the Obama administration in a report Tuesday on the deadly 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya.
The panel's chairman, Rep. Trey Gowdy of South Carolina, and other Republicans accuse the Obama administration of stonewalling important documents and witnesses. Democrats say the panel's primary goal is to undermine Hillary Clinton's presidential bid.
Clinton was secretary of state during the attacks, which killed four Americans, including U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens.
Democrats released a report Monday stating that Clinton never personally denied any requests from diplomats for additional security at the U.S. outpost in Benghazi. Democrats said after a two-year investigation that the military could not have done anything differently that night to save the lives of four Americans killed in Libya.
Democrats' release of their own report heightened the partisanship of the inquiry, which has been marked by finger-pointing on both sides.


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The Alila Experience
The destination is at the heart of The Alila Experience…and is yours to explore with the guidance of our Alila Leisure Concierge team. Enhance your holiday with lifestyle activities tailored to individual interests across five themes – Cultural Learning (love of history and artisanship), Conscious Living (wellness, environs and community), Active Adventure (outdoor sporting pursuits), Culinary Arts (cooking school and food trails) and Couple Celebration.
From trekking, canyon walks, cave exploration and other outdoor pursuits, to discovering the region's cultural and culinary traditions, embark on bespoke experiences for a truly memorable holiday.


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Google research
Google's New Structured Snippets Pull Facts Into a Page's Search Results
This week Google introduced "structured snippets," which demonstrate yet another way Google is extracting Web page information and displaying that in its search results. This time, the added data (which Google calls "facts") will show up on a Web page's search result snippet.
Google: Local Searches Lead 50% of Mobile Users to Visit Stores [Study]
Google research reveals 34 percent of consumers on tablets or computers will also go to a store. And these people are ready to buy once they are in a store, as 18 percent of local searches lead to sales, compared to 7 percent for non-local searches.
YouTube Vloggers and Haul Girls Crush Big Beauty Industry Brands [Study]
Shoppers are bypassing major brands for product recommendations, instructional guidance, and social engagement from thousands of beauty personalities and vloggers who create YouTube beauty content focused on makeup, skincare, hair care, and nails.
L'Oreal Launches New Makeup Line Designed by YouTube Beauty Guru Michelle Phan
L'Oreal has announced that they are launching a new makeup line to be sold online designed by YouTube beauty guru Michelle Phan. This launch shows how L'Oreal is tapping into YouTube as a force for driving makeup sales.
Higher Education Searches Rise on Google, Reveal Marketing Opportunity [Study]
Google search trends in Q2 show an increased interest in higher education, with searches for specific universities on the rise with an emphasis on online programs. Here's what the education trends mean for marketers in PPC, mobile, and local.
Google's Computer Brain Learns to Identify Cats
It takes 16,000 computers working as a brain to tell if a cat is a cat. We know this thanks to an experiment to create a computer brain carried out in Google's X laboratory, where the machine capable of of recognizing felines was created.
Research into Search and Branding: A Recap
If your brand isn't prominent in search results, you're missing out on impressions, traffic, and sales. Here's how paid search can help improve brand awareness.
6 Google Updates to Read this Weekend
Whether you're snowed in or enjoying sunny weather this weekend, take some time to read up on these Google updates: Google Custom ... read more
Mobile Search 101, Part 2
One of the challenges for developing and marketing on mobile devices is being discovered. There are many different ways your site will be found on a mobile device, including shopping search, image search, and video search.


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Click the bars below to learn all about G.A.M.E.
What is G.A.M.E.?
Gaming Arts Media Expo (aka G.A.M.E.) is a 3-day event held in Springfield, MO that celebrates all things geeky! We gather at the Springfield Expo Center to play games, dress-up in costumes, learn new skills, discuss fandom, socialize with others of similar and new interest, watch movies and TV shows, listen to panelist, participate in demos, shop vendor booths, and more!
During this 3-day event, Eclectic Endeavors strives to show that the arts found in nerdy interest are just a legitimate as the arts found in mainstream society. Painting, drawing, sculpting, writing, making movies, crafting props & costumes, digital artwork are all fine art pursuits that more and more are becoming recognized by the public as true art. Shows on TV like "Face Off", "Heroes of Cosplay" as well as launching platforms like San Diego ComicCon where major movies and TV shows are premiered and promoted – these show that geeky interest are becoming more public, mainstream and legitimate.
Why support G.A.M.E.?
Without your support our events do not happen. These activities like Picnic At The End of The Universe, Ozarks Adventure Quest, GAME Day at The Creamery and most importantly G.A.M.E. all require financial and volunteer support to take place. We strive to make good memories for you with these events, and we cannot do that unless we have money to pay for stuff.
With the 4 events that we conduct, we seek to promote nerdy pride in Springfield and the surrounding communities. We think that our community needs more events like ours. In our eyes geek art is FINE art and we want to show that off.
How Does G.A.M.E. Raise Funds?
The group behind G.A.M.E. and our other events is known as Eclectic Endeavors. This group is a dedicated set of men & women that meet frequently throughout the year. This group goes out into the community and seeks out sponsorships from local business and philanthropist that want to help back our events. We also conduct fund-raisers throughout the year. The majority of our funds for events comes from individual attendees and the registration fees paid to attend G.A.M.E.
Each year our operating budget is $8,000 to $9,000 depending on what activities we've planned. This money comes from sponsorships, fees for tables (artist, clubs & orbs), vendor booths and individual registrations.
A chunk of this budget (for 2014 it will be about $5,000) has to be generated BEFORE the event. This means before the doors open on G.A.M.E. in October 2014, we have to raise over $5,000 in the form of sponsorships and registrations. Our fund-raising efforts (this year through Kickstarter) have to be supported by everyone wanting to see Year 6 happen.
Where Does the Money Go?
Eclectic Endeavors is a non-profit organization. We are under the umbrella of the 501(3)(c) provided by the Springfield Regional Arts Council (SRAC). All of our funding goes directly to paying for the expenses of the events we conduct. None of the Eclectic Endeavors board members benefits financially from their participation in the organization. It would be nice someday to have such a huge event that we could pay someone to work on it all year long, or at least compensate some of our folks for their time, but to date it is all volunteers, good-of-their-hear, for fun.
In years past for us to meet these expenses, we've often found ourselves putting our own money into the account until we get past G.A.M.E. in October and hope that once we pay the bills, we can pay back loans made by our generous board members.
For Year 6, 2014, our goal is to raise funds BEFORE they HAVE TO be paid and we can avoid making loans from our board's personal finances.
In an average year our major expense are roughly:
- $300 for Picnic At The End of The Universe
- $100 for GAME Day at The Creamery
- Over $3000 for the Expo Center Rental
- About $600 for Event Insurance
- $600 for accounting fees with the SRAC
- The remaining budget is stuff like:
- Printing Materials
- Badges
- Food / Concessions
- and a load of various other sundry supplies
How Can I Help?
We could use your support in many ways. Our primary need is for sponsorship. You'll find sponsor levels posted on the website. We also need vendors, exhibitors, artist, clubs and organizations to all book booths and tables for Year 6. We sell out of space for all these areas every year. The sooner we have these spaces sold, the easier it is to meet our goals.
This fund-raiser on IndieGoGo, will be ESSENTIAL to our success for Year 6. This goal will be a make-or-break benchmark for G.A.M.E. in October 2014.
You can also volunteer your time. We need GMs to run games, Henchmen to staff various parts of G.A.M.E., panelist to conduct discussions, artist for the art show, and we can use all the promotional help you want to offer. Put up posters, distribute fliers, share links on Facebook, email, wherever. Talk about how YOU are going to these events and your friends will follow.