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Thursday, 25 February 2010
The real thing
Salad Niçoise in a smart restaurant is a case in point. Seared fresh tuna is wrong. It has to be tinned. And those pallid salted anchovy fillets from the deli - no, it has to be the dark brown ones from a tin or jar. Anything else just disappoints. And, in fact, it's not even correct.
My mother used to make proper Boston Baked Beans, about once every five years. I did, once or twice, many years ago, and tasty it was. But it's hardly the real thing. Beans, it has to be said, meanz Heinz.
I don't often use tomato ketchup, but there are times when nothing else will do. With shepherd's or cottage pie, for instance. And fish fingers. And fish cakes, come to that.
There are foods which we remember from childhood, which are still a (possibly slightly guilty) pleasure, but that's not quite what I mean - it's foods or dishes that are actually more authentic when a tin or a packet is used. I thought I'd come up with a whole long list but, now I'm writing it down, I can't think of many. Any suggestions? If so, I'll add them to the post. Credited, of course.
Stock cubes (Sablonneuse)
Milk from a bottle rather than straight from the cow (Dave)
Oven chips (Mrs Rine)
Marmite as a flavouring agent (Allotment queen)
Worcestershire Sauce (Wendy)
Packet jelly (Wendy)
Tinned custard (Sarah)
Amoretti biscuits (Sarah)
Fish stock (Sarah)
Campbell's Tomato soup (Martina & Luckyzmom)
Wyler's Chicken or Beef crystals (broth concentrate) (Martina)
Heinz Catsup/Ketchup (Martina)
Ground mustard (Martina)
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- sablonneuse said...
Yes I do agree about custard - especially as I like to make mine a bit thicker than normal. The French idea of custard (creme anglaise) is a very thin watery substance always eaten cold so that's one thing they need to learn from the British!
A convenience food I wouldn't be without is a variety of stock cubes.
- 1:02 pm
- Dave said...
Milk from a plastic bottle rather than one's own cow.
- 1:11 pm
- Z said...
How do Italians make lasagne without Oxo, one wonders?
You are so right, Dave - although my milkman still delivers milk in glass bottles, which is even better.
- 1:17 pm
- Paff Rine said...
You are right about beans, Z. We've gone on to low sugar and salt ones, but they are not the same and visiting children turn their noses up at them!
I'd never make my own chips with a chip pan. If we were having them, they would be oven chips from frozen.
- 1:26 pm
- allotmentqueen said...
I use Marmite to flavour the mince in my cottage pie.
- 1:26 pm
- Wendy said...
Cottage pie must have Worcestershire sauce too.
And packet jelly in a trifle - not posh jelly made from scratch with fruit reductions and sheet gelatine. (Unless you don't like jelly in a trifle at all, of course.)
Funny that I think of stock cubes as one of those vital pantry ingredients and not as a convenience thingy at all - sometimes, if we've had a roast chicken I might be moved to make proper stock but truly those moments are rare.
- 2:26 pm
- Sarah said...
You can stop writing the book Z, Delia has beaten you to it!
Ambrosia tinned custard is the only one for trifles....and Amoretti biscuits!
Fish stock from Waitrose...who can be fagged to boil up all those heads?
- 3:02 pm
It's funny but I always think of Birds Custard as Real Custard. Creme anglaise is fine for iles flottantes but not for anything else.
And yes, I could imagine cooking without stock cubes, bisto, marmite and worcestershire sauce. My girls prefer cheap and nasty Wimpey style tomato sauce to Heinz. Also with you on the baked beans; only proper, normal heinz will do.
By the way Z, when are you going to 'fess up to whatever it was did and then casually mentioned chez Jaywalker? I am consumed with curiosity.
- 3:14 pm
- Z said...
I think that fried chips are better than oven chips actually, Mrs R, but I use oven chips myself, and I certainly don't start with potatoes and do the whole thing - if I'm doing that, I'd do wedges or roast potatoes, far less trouble.
Oh, Jelly -you're right, Wendy. Mind you, home-made jelly with fruit juice is delicious, but rather a sign of trying too hard.
Sarah, as Waitrose is half an hour's drive away, it's quicker for me to make the stock - though I agree in principle. Actually, I have an original 70s paperback of Delia's cheat cookbook, and dismal reading it is. I'm only referring to where a tin is actually better than fresh, not where time-saving is the main point at issue.
Still too embarrassed, CA - and it's got something of a "ew" factor into the bargain. Anyway, the bleeding's stopped now.
- 4:07 pm
Campbell's Tomato soup
Wyler's Chicken or Beef crystals (broth concentrate)
Heinz Catsup/Ketchup
Ground mustard
- 4:08 pm
- Z said...
I knew someone would mention tomato soup, Martina! And indeed, why would you make cream of tomato soup, when it tastes just the same as tinned?
Do you mean ready-mixed mustard, or mustard powder rather than grinding the seeds? I do like it from powder best as it's so hot, but I usually use a jar because there's less waste.
- 4:36 pm
Now you are just making it worse!
And by the way I see I missed 'not' out of my comment. I plead a bad cold. I should have said I could NOT imagine cooking without ...
- 4:41 pm
- Z said...
I knew that was what you meant - typos don't count in comments as one never notices them until 'publish' has been pressed.
Mind you, in an email yesterday, I hoped someone was wekk now after an operation. I didn't even notice until I got the reply.
And yes, I have, haven't I? Heh.
- 4:53 pm
- Dave said...
My tomato soup doesn't taste anything like tinned.
- 5:01 pm
- Z said...
Is it cream of tomato soup with a completely smooth consistency though, Dave? My tomato soup doesn't taste like tinned either, but I don't add thickeners or cream.
I nearly added a disclaimer, that Dave's soup would be different, but I didn't in the end in case it wasn't. Because I haven't actually tasted your tomato soup.
- 5:06 pm
- luckyzmom said...
Once upon a time, long, long ago I had tomato soup that was better than Campbell's. ONCE.
- 10:20 pm
- Z said...
Of course, you haven't tasted Dave's yet, LZM.
- 10:40 pm
- luckyzmom said...
Perhaps some day if I'm lucky!
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DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Shortly after the sun rose on the second day of Passover Saturday, residents in the 9500 block of Manchester Dr. found a stark-pink swastika spray painted in the middle of the street.
Dallas Police spokesman Lt. Scott Walton said officers have labeled the offense criminal mischief and are investigating whether it should be reclassified as a hate crime.
Walton said a resident told police he saw middle school-aged teenagers running from the area shortly before the swastika was seen.
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I was a three-year-old boy in Albuquerque New Mexico when she was born in Mesa, Arizona. By the time she was five, I was on my way to Dallas, Texas with my family. By the time she was ten, I was learning the ropes as a junior high student in the Denver area. As she grew to the age of 15 and had begun her high school years, I had already traveled to Bozeman, Great Falls and was a senior in high school in Murray, Utah. By this time, she had become a very talented violinist. I had learned the saxophone.
She grew up in the same home most of her life with her loving family and her many friends throughout her elementary, junior high and high school days. I had moved often and always had to find new friends new places.
She was born in raised into her church, the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Not me. Through all of these years I went from being born Catholic, being raised a Jewish boy for the first few years, then attending Jehovah's Witness Kingdom Halls, and ultimately finding my way into the same church as her
As she was studying hard in high school, I had made my way to Japan to serve as a missionary for the Church.
By the time I returned home, she had graduated high school and made her way to Brigham Young University. I had returned from Japan and also made my way to Brigham Young University. We both had hopes and dreams.
It was not until the fall of 1978, about 40 years ago, that our paths finally crossed. It's really funny how things happen like this.
My old 1963 yucky green Volkswagen bug had died on me as I prepared to head to work as a shoe salesman at JC Penney in Orem, Utah. I made my way to a bus stop so that I could get to work. I needed my job. That day, she also made her way to the bus stop to go to work. She too worked at JCPenney, in the little café, as a waitress. Even then, while working at the same place, our paths never crossed until this auspicious day in the fall of 1978. Having never ridden the bus to work, I did not know what the bus schedule was, but found that as I arrived at the bus stop, I missed the bus. She arrived just a couple minutes later only to find out for me, that she too had missed the bus. But, as fate would have it, I was enamored by this pretty young lady with long flowing brown hair and a gleaming smile who just missed this bus with me.
She was friendly, and called one of her roommates to come pick us up to take us to work. I was grateful for that. But, I was also in love. Instantaneously in love. I knew at the moment we met at the bus stop, she was the one. But I was shy, yes, an outgoing person, but shy in terms of the opposite sex. She too was somewhat shy, but friendly. Interestingly enough, we did not introduce ourselves as this was just a chance meeting where our paths have crossed and she was being helpful to get me to the same location she had to go to anyway.
My interest was piqued as I knew she worked in the same place. Soon I was visiting the little café on a daily basis to order cherry cheesecake. My real reason was to observe this fine young lady whose name I still did not know.
Then, one day I went in and she was gone. She had left to return home to Arizona. My glimmer of hope had disappeared. And I still did not know her name!
I spent the holiday in Utah wondering about her and if she would return and if I would ever see her again. I made my way down to Jemez Springs, New Mexico to celebrate Christmas with the remnants of my family. Divorce had happened. Challenges happened for my siblings. But, for once, we did get all together to celebrate the one day.
But this story is about Julianne…not me.
I returned to Provo late in December and continued my job. She was not there. She never did return to JCPenney.
School began again and it was back to search mode for me as I strived to find my soulmate. And then it happened! In the midst of the very crowded student center at BYU, I heard a "Hey you!" called out. I looked. It was her! She had returned and our paths crossed again!! At that point, she did not know my name and I did not know hers. But I made sure this time that would not happen again. I gave her my name, I got her name and her phone number and the rest is history.
Over the years, this birthday girl who is born when I was three just a few hundred miles away from me, became my wife and the mother of our five children. It was not easy. I took many hours of school and worked. She was left home alone almost all the time to raise these young children. I helped when I could, but she took the biggest load on her shoulders and that continued for many years.
Julianne Bateman was now my wife and was an exceptional mother to our children. Unlike many married couples, we had our times of separation for long periods of time. These were job related and not relationship related.
I can safely say that my schooling and work was a form of separation, but at least I tried to be home most evenings to spend time with her. She was the love of my life. And I adored our children.
Now together, we eventually made our way to Flagstaff where our first three children were born and I struggled through school and jobs. After graduation, we moved down to "the valley" to attend school in Tempe at Arizona State University where I would seek my masters degree. Once again, I was almost always gone while she stayed home and took care of the children.
Our first real extended separation happened in 1987 when I had an opportunity to go to Japan to work. I left in July and left her alone for nearly a month with our children. At this time we had four children and she was pregnant with her fifth and, bless her heart, she had to fly to Japan alone with those children. She flew via soul Korea and their flight was late and she missed the flight to Nagoya and Fukuoka. She was stuck in a foreign country, pregnant with four little children. Ultimately, the next day she did make her way into Japan and I was able to meet her and we had a joyous reunion.
But, Julianne did not speak the language and I was always gone to work. Once again, she was left alone most of the time to deal with the challenges of life in a foreign country where she did not understand language, the customs or even the ways to purchase food. But she was strong, and she learned and she excelled.
She had to have her fifth child in a foreign country. She had to deal with a child who got severely burned and had to go spend a few days in a Japanese hospital. She had to manage all of these things on her own predominately due to my work.
We finally made it back to the United States in 1991. It was a challenging time for us as finding potential employment was difficult. After nine months of searching, I finally found a temporary job in Kentucky and once again, I had to leave her alone with five children. But this time, it was for eight months. This was before the days of cell phones, or FaceTime. Our only form of communication was a regular telephone, once a day. But she courageously struggled through that time while I worked far away to provide for our family. During that eight months, I only returned home once, during the holidays, for three or four days and then had to return to Kentucky.
Finally, in 1992 we were all able to be together again in Kentucky. But it was not the last time that separation would happen. Jobs came and went, and I eventually worked for eight months living Woodstock, Ontario. Once again, I left her alone to take care of things. By this time three of our children were already married and we had grandchildren. Only one of our children remained at home. She too had a job.
The years after our children left, the empty nest years, I have finally been able to see this sweet lady who has stuck with me for all these years blossom and become her self. For all these many years, she has sacrificed to take care of children, often times alone for long periods of time.
Julianne, who celebrates her birthday this day, is strong and determined. For those many years raising children and being alone or having to get through all of the things that have to be done as a mother, she never got to be herself like she wanted.
I am proud of her and am thrilled to see her finally have the opportunity, like a century plant, to finally get her day blossoming. Becoming the beautiful and strong person that she now is and having to have withheld that for all of these years, Has probably been very difficult for her.
Through all of this, from the day where our paths crossed 40 years ago, there are times where I worry that our paths are separating again. Not because of hate, or desire to separate, but because she has finally had the opportunity to be independent and blossom on her own and find her self. We are a new stage where we must find that sweet spot in our paths that helps us have that crossing again.
This person is the love of my life. I am so grateful for her. So honored that she would have me stick with me and sacrifice all these years for the benefit of our children. She is a fun-loving joyous soul who has blessed my life beyond description. I can only pray and hope for more joyous years together with my sweet Julianne who celebrates her birthday this day. I am so glad our paths crossed all those years ago.


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The 10th of May will be the third anniversary of the second place in the Eurovision Song Contest of the Netherlands. This is thanks to the The Common Linnets and their song "Calm After The Storm". We are very grateful for this song as it has produced many beautiful remixes which we will discuss today.
The one with the police
It's unclear who made the original mash-up with The Common Linnets and The Police, but there's a dozen videos about it. We chose the one with the lyrics and the weird photos of models that in no way resemble the song. Keep your ears open for the bridge at 2:07!
The one with the police and the extra drummer
This remix stood out thanks to the extra drummer that decides to join the song after four seconds. Thanks man!
The one with the Piano Intro
What's up with this piano intro?! The best thing ever, that's what's up! Besides the intro definitely check out the majestic final of this song starting at 2:20. This really is something else!
The one that sounds like every song I hate
This one sounds like it was made by Lost Frequencies. Where is this lifeless beat going?
The one with the deep house sound
No list of remixes is complete without the "ultimate summer deep house remix". Thanks Kygo, I mean Hofnar.
The one with the experimental sounds
I wasn't planning on including this one until I noticed the weird sounds. A good example is heard at 2:50. This is my new favourite build up of all time. Thanks MVDB, whatever that means.
The one that was criticised
Sometimes things just don't work out. Dj George gave it a try but it just didn't work. To quote another youtuber: "It's VERY VERY not Good, Chris". Neither he or George is named Chris but whatever.
The one with Armin
This one is just not good. It hurts. Mashup style. What happens around the 1-minute-mark is horrible, and continues throughout the rest of the track.
The one with the weird voice
First remark: what's with the corporate weird logo?! Second remark: Thank you for altering the vocals, the song now sounds like it was performed by three guys who have no idea what they are doing.
The one by DJPJ
"I already loved the original song, but it lacked a little bit of punch." If you felt that way you did a good job, but I didn't feel that way.
The one with The Melodians
If you like the sound of someone trying to understand an audio mixer before trying to capture the concept of syncing tempos this might just be the one for you.
It was a weird ride but I've had some once in a lifetime experiences. After three years a lot of people have tried and almost all of them have failed. There were some brilliant covers which I had to mention. Sorry for not including the nightcore and chipmunk remixes, but there's already enough tears in the world.
Did you find a better remix or cover? Send it to us!
Shoutouts to these covers
The 'Metal' Cover:
The Idol Audition Cover:
The cover that starts with a terrible wink:
The best intro and the worst pronunciation:
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December 28, 2016 – Married Policewoman Beaten To Coma By Immigration Officer In Adamawa For Turning Down His Love Advances
A female police officer is currently battling for her life at Nodinga hospital in Adamawa state hours after an official of Nigeria Immigration service battered her.
The suspect (name withheld) reportedly approached the police woman at a checkpoint in Sugu area of Ganye Adamawa state on Monday and requested for her phone number. However she turned down his request citing the fact that she is a married woman travelling to her hometown of Toungo to spend some time with her family.
When she turned down his love advances, the NIS officer was said to have dragged her out of the bus and beat her into a coma before other passengers intervened.
She was rushed to Nodinga hospital where she was revived.
The victim is still clinging to life as Adamawa Police Command refused to disclose her identity.
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Birol A. Yeşilada, PhD, has been named the new Director of the Mark O. Hatfield School of Government in the College of Urban and Public Affairs at Portland State University (PSU). Yeşilada is a professor of Political Science and International & Global Studies, the endowed chair in Contemporary Turkish Studies, Director of the Center for Turkish Studies, and the former Director of the Middle East Studies Center. He assumed the role of Interim Director of the school in July of 2017, and was offered the permanent position earlier this month.
Yeşilada received his B.A. in Neurobiology from the University of California at Berkeley, his M.A. in Political Science from San Francisco State University, and his Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Michigan. He came to PSU in 1998 from the University of Missouri-Columbia where he was Chair of the Department of Political Science. Yeşilada also serves as a policy consultant to a wide variety of think tanks and agencies, is the published author of seven books and more than 30 articles and book chapters, and is the recipient of a Fulbright fellowship and a Dean's Scholar Award at PSU's College of Urban and Public Affairs. In the local community, Yeşilada has been an active leader in Rotary International and community projects in Tigard, Oregon.
"I am delighted that we have been able to recruit Professor Yeşilada to the position of Hatfield School Director," says Stephen Percy, Dean of PSU's College of Urban and Public Affairs. "He is committed to advancing public service, educating future public affairs leaders, and promoting the legacy of Senator Hatfield in public policy that advances the lives of people served by government."
The appointment is especially meaningful to Yeşilada, who was a close friend of colleague of Mark O. Hatfield's. The two met when Yeşilada first moved to Portland, and they had lunch together regularly at Higgins Restaurant to "discuss the challenges facing society," Yeşilada says. "Mark O. Hatfield was a rare, great statesman who left behind some very big shoes to fill," says Yeşilada. I am excited and honored to build upon his legacy of public service, mentoring, peace, sustainable growth, accountable government, and civic civility."
Yeşilada says his goal is to continue to elevate the Hatfield School's presence in the Portland area, the state, and beyond.


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Each year Orbit's Facilities team in Coventry hold a Christmas raffle to raise money for a local charity.
This year the team raised £220.00 for the Coventry Cyrenians, a charity which supports the local homeless community and the vulnerably housed across Coventry and Warwickshire.
Beverly Jones, Orbit's Facilities Manager, said: "It's wonderful to know that the money raised is going to a good cause that's accessible to all. The Facilities team's Christmas raffle has helped to raise money for a number of charities and it is always something we look forward to, knowing we will able to give more at a time when many people are in need of support."
David Wilson of Coventry Cyrenians collected the cheque personally and expressed his gratitude for the donation. The money raised helped the charity to uphold its traditional Christmas Day Dinner event which has been running for the last 30 years at the Methodist Church, Central Hall, Coventry.


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Most of us seek and dream of having that perfect relationship with that perfect lifestyle, traveling the world and living it up, but we all know that is merely impossible. Preston Smiles #LovesVoice and Alexi Panos are a prime example of a modern day power couple that is setting a great example of how you can have an amazing relationship while achieving all your goals together. They are traveling the world together and have discovered a passion for sharing their knowledge about relationships with others. Episode 13 of Leaders Create Leaders is for those seeking more than just financial liberty. #RelationshipGoals


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Once you have been admitted to study at PSU, the real pre-departure preparation work begins. This preparation may include:
- Passport and visa applications
- Arranging international transportation
- Reviewing and purchasing insurance for study abroad
- Housing arrangements
- Academic arrangements
- Arranging personal effects/ packing
- Working out on the necessary budget
Go through this practical guidebook, which will help you get ready for your study at PSU step by step.
In order to study at PSU, you need to apply for a non-immigrant "ED" visa and an international health & accident insurance before entering Thailand.
First, be sure that you have a passport valid for at least six months from the date you plan to begin your studies. If you do not already have a passport, you should apply for one in your home country.
Second, shortly after being accepted to PSU, you will receive a formal Acceptance Letter necessary to apply for the student visa.
You should apply for a Non-immigrant "Ed" Visa at the Royal Thai Embassy or Consulate in your country by providing the following
- Passport with validity not less than 6 months and photocopy,
- Visa application form completely filled out,
- Two recent photographs of the applicant (4 x 6 cm.),
- Acceptance Letter from PSU,
- Academic record and the Student ID (if currently studying),
- Visa fee (around $80),
- In some cases, a proof that you have enough money to cover your tuition and living expenses for you and any family members/dependents that come with you may be required,
- Some countries may request a Visa Approval Letter issued by the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs; in this case, please inform your faculty at PSU about this, in order for them to do the necessary official procedures.
* additional documents may be requested as deemed necessary; please check with the Royal Thai Embassy/ Consulate in your country
*apply as early as possible and make sure you submit all required documents.
The validity of this visa is three months and, once in Thailand, you can apply for a one-year extension of stay through the Thai Immigration Bureau. This extension must be annually renewed for the period of study in Thailand. Currently, Hat Yai Immigration officers come to assist international students and staff with necessary immigration affairs at PSU Hat Yai Campus, usually every last Wednesday of the month.
If your family is coming with you to Thailand, they need to apply for a Non-immigrant "O" Visa. Family members can apply at the same time with you, and they need to provide the following supporting documents:
- Their passports with validity not less than 6 months and photocopies,
- Visa application form completely filled out for each of the family members,
- Copy of your passport including main page and Thai visa page,
- Your Acceptance Letter from PSU or a Letter of Certification from PSU (depending on the country),
- Copy of your Student ID (if currently studying),
- Proof of relationship (marriage certificate for spouse, birth certificates for children),
- Two recent photograph (4 x 6 cm.) for each,
- Visa fee (around $80 per application),
- Depending on the country, evidence of adequate finance (around 20,000 Baht per person and 40,000 Baht per family) may be also required.
The following documents may be useful once you arrive at PSU:
- Birth certificates for you and your family members
- Marriage certificate if you are travelling with your spouse
- Official academic diplomas and transcripts
- TOEFL scores or other English language test scores
- International driving license or driving license from your home country
*all documents in your native language should be translated into English or Thai.
Your immigration documents and your accompanying family members' documents are extremely important. We recommend that you pack all other student paperwork you have received from PSU. Keep all important documents in a file or envelope and do not pack these documents in your checked luggage. Keep them in a safe dry place in your hand luggage.
After finalizing the visa application process, you can start preparing for your journey to PSU.
This includes preparing your finances, arranging your accommodations, learning about student life, making your travel arrangements and packing. If you have any questions before you arrive in Thailand, be sure to contact the International Students and Staff Office team or your contact person at the related PSU faculty.
Offices on campus are open Monday through Friday from 8:30am to 4:30pm, except the official national holidays.
PSU uses an internet-based system for managing student records called Student Information System (SIS). You will use SIS to register for courses, but first you will have to receive a PSU Passport from your faculty. Once you arrive at PSU, the faculty will contact the Registrar's Office, which will generate a PSU Passport for you. This Passport is your user ID and password to access the SIS system. Please remember to personalize your password and activate you PSU Passport.
Through this Passport you will have access to the university's student system, where you can find your classes schedule, financial records, transcript and other important information regarding your study at PSU.
There are two methods of payment and students can select one way via the Student Information System (SIS) :
- Bill Payment System
Students can pay their tuition fee through Siam Commercial Bank Public Company Limited, Bangkok Bank Public Company Limited, or Krung Thai Bank Public Company Limited. The bill must be settled at least three (3) working days before the registration period. Students are strongly requested to carefully check the reference number of the payment slip that must have the same digits with the reference document issued by the Bank. In case of any mistake, student should immediately contact the Bank for correction; otherwise, the registration will not be completed.
- Direct Pay System
The money will be withdrawn online directly from student's Siam Commercial Bank Public Company Limited account. The payment procedures can be obtained from http://sis.psu.ac.th. In order to enable the Direct Pay System, students are required to open an account at the Siam Commercial Bank Public Company Limited and apply for an ATM card. Moreover, students have to sign the Authorization Form which allows the Siam Commercial Bank Public Company Limited to online withdraw money from their account via the ATM machine at least 30 working days before the registration period. The authorization form is valid from the signing date and is effective for every semester thereafter.
However, in some cases, students might be requested to resign the Authorization Form because of the following reasons:
- the unintended loss of the account number from the system,
- the wrong account number,
- the change of the account number or student ID number.
Students who want to settle the bill with this system must deposit in their account an amount of money including the total amount of tuition fee they have to pay, plus at least 300 Baht more. Payment made after the deadline is subject to a fine of 500 Baht.
One of the most important things you must do before you depart is to make sure that you have enough money to cover your tuition and all of your expenses in Thailand. Do not forget that you may need to also provide this information in order to obtain your Non-immigrant "Ed" Visa.
The estimated living expenses for one person for one year of study at Prince of Songkla University are as follows:
- Accommodation (plus utilities and amenities): 60,000 Thai Baht / per year (5,000 THB/month)
- Books and Supplies: 5,000 Thai Baht / per year
- Meals: 60,000 Thai Baht / per year (5,000 THB /month)
- Health Insurance Coverage: 2,000 - 6,000 Thai Baht / per year
Please note that:
* All costs are approximated and should be used as a guideline only. The cost of living may differ depending on your lifestyle and general economy.
* Health insurance charges are set by the health care provider and are subject to change at their discretion.
* If you are bringing any family members, you should re-estimate the budget accordingly.
PSU offers some financial support for international students in the form of scholarships, which are available for both undergraduate and graduate students.
For undergraduate international students, PSU, as well as each faculty, offers some scholarships. However, the official process requires that your faculty must apply for a scholarship on your behalf, once you have been accepted as a PSU student. Therefore, contact the International Affairs officer and/or advisor at your faculty and let them know that you would like to apply for a scholarship.
The PSU scholarships for graduate students are listed on the PSU Graduate School's website.
You may opt for an accommodation either on or off campus. We advise you to finalize your living arrangements before arriving at PSU.
1.Student Dormitories
Many students find that living on campus is a great way to meet new people and become familiar with PSU's green and relaxing surroundings, in the same time being in a safe and secured environment. International students will be accommodated in rooms with other students of the same gender in two of the international dormitories (No.10 and No.11). A room for two costs around 10,000 Baht per person per semester.
How to apply for on-campus housing?
The 1st year students must contact their faculty to book a room for them. However, all students under the THE-AC scholarship can book a room online at: www.interaffairs.psu.ac.th/interdorm.
Please book your accommodation as early as possible. It is advised to book your on-campus housing at least three (3) months previous your arriving date to PSU. In case of any difficulties with the on-line booking system, please contact the PSU International Students and Staff Office at tel. +66 74-282968 / or email: firstname.lastname@example.com.
2.Alternative Accommodations
Some foreigners may opt to lease housing in town. Most apartments in Hat Yai and the surrounding areas are similar to studio apartments - a single room with a restroom and balcony. Houses may also be rented, if you let your faculty's contact know well in advance.
How to book off-campus housing?
Please contact the International Affairs officer/ adviser at your faculty at PSU, in order for them to help you book an off-campus accommodation.
You may have many questions about what is like to study and live at PSU. That is why PSU provides you with a wealth of opportunities for networking, socializing and making friends through the social and cultural activities organized by its International Students Association (PSU-ISA) Facebook: International Students Association@ Prince of Songkla University.
The first think you should plan, is to arrive at PSU at least one week before the term begins, in order for you to have time to make the final arrangements for your comfortable setting. This will also give you time to become acquainted with the campus and Hat Yai city before classes begin. Be sure that you inform your faculty's contact well in advance about your arrival date at PSU Hat Yai Campus.
Airline travel
Most international students travel to Thailand by air. Remember that PSU Hat Yai Campus is located in the South of Thailand, at about one hour and fifteen minutes flying from Bangkok and 60 km from the Malaysian border. To reach PSU Hat Yai Campus, you must take one more flight from Bangkok to Hat Yai.
You must know that there are two airports in Bangkok: Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK) and Don Muang Airport (DMK). There are connecting flights from both airports to Hat Yai International Airport .
If you need assistance for making travel arrangements, you may contact the International Students and Staff Office (link: contact page above at Welcome), but please be aware of the opening hours of the offices on campus, which are Monday through Friday from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm (all offices are closed during weekend and official holidays).
Airport pick-up service
There are several ways to travel from the airport to PSU, but generally, PSU faculties provides an airport pick-up service for their new coming international students. Be sure that you let your contact person at the faculty know way in advance about your exact arrival date and time to Hat Yai International Airport.
If you already made arrangements for an airport pick-up service with your faculty, your trip will be very simple. A PSU representative will wait for you at the exit gate holding a PSU sign.
If you did not arrange a pick-up service, please see how you can get from Hat Yai airport to PSU at Chapter 5: In Hat Yai
Traveling by Train or Bus
If you did not arrange a pick-up service with your faculty, please see at Chapter 5: In Hat Yai how you can travel to PSU if you arrive to Hat Yai by train or bus.
Moving to a new country is exciting, but it can also be challenging. If this is the first time that you have lived away from home, you may be feeling anxious and worried about what items to bring with you to Thailand. No matter how you are travelling, there may be restrictions on the amount of luggage you can bring or the type of items allowed.
Before you start packing: verify your luggage restrictions with your airline, check which items are not permitted through the Thai Customs make sure that you do not pack any money or valuable items in your checked luggage; plan to pack two sets of clothing in your hand luggage in case your flight is delayed or if your luggage is lost in transit.


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"Disruption at Foggy Bottom-GWU. Expect delays to New Carrollton and Largo Town Center due to unscheduled track maintenance. Trains are traveling at a reduced speed through Foggy Bottom station." (via WMATA)
@VaENew I would STRONGLY recommend you avoid the orange/blue line toward largo/new carrellton if you can, its barely moving
@nmicon still stranded on wmata. wtf. #epicfail
@ahwahoo2006 Great orange line delays - gonna be a long trip home methinks
And let's not leave out the Blue Line:
@chadmcneeley 40 minutes from Pentagon to Foggy on the Blue. Trains are still running at 5mph between Foggy and Metro. Bad couple of days.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Orange Line Needs Love
Posted by Unsuck DC Metro at 4:41 PM
2 comments:
- Anonymous said...
Unscheduled track maintenance? Doesn't that mean something about the track broke without warning?
- April 29, 2009 at 7:27 PM
- Unsuck DC Metro said...
- April 29, 2009 at 9:02 PM
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Yesterday was Jenn's baby shower and I had so much fun! Yummy food, fun games and great people to mingle with.
The gift I brought had a 'theme':
1. Something they want
2. Something they need
3. Something to wear
4. Something to read
For 'something they want', I bought toys: joining links and soft blocks.
For 'something they need', I bought receiving blankets.
For 'something to wear', I bought onesies, a cardigan and a super cute bowtie.
For 'something to read', I bought Love You Forever by Robert Munsch.
For anyone who hasn't come across this book, it an adorable (albeit a little creepy towards the end) story about a little boy who makes his way from a baby to a man and his mother who loves him a whole lot.
Throughout the book, the mother sings her son this beautiful lullaby:
"I'll love you forever, I'll like you for always, as long as I'm living, my baby you'll be"
I used these lyrics to DIY some canvas artwork for baby W's room.
Jenn seemed to really like them 🙂
Stay tuned tomorrow for instructions (and free printables!) for this easy and inexpensive project.
And for anyone keeping track of Jenn's pregnancy pics, there will be another one in a few days!


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You don't need a lot of initiations or shelves groaning with Dharma books and Sanskrit dictionaries to make your practice effective. Just reflect on what it really means to go for refuge to the Buddha, Dharma and the Sangha, and do you best to live in accordance with that. Perform the puja and try to absorb and really feel what you are chanting and saying. Reflect on the five or ten precepts and use them as a touchstone to see how your practice could be improved. Cultivate spiritual friends. Meditate regularly. Just one or two practices are enough: the mindfulness of breathing to develop clarity, and the metta bhavana for positive emotion. Perhaps you could reflect on the Noble Eightfold Path, and specifically on how to put it into practice. You might have a string of mala beads and one or two pictures, plus a few books, including one or two anthologies of the sayings of the Buddha, and a few favorite lectures on tape or disk. This is all you really need by way of intellectual equipment to take you as far as you want to go. If your practice does not keep pace with your theoretical understanding, if what you read is not being put into action, all that reading is probably hindering your practice. Milarepa goes on to explain that 'in the teaching of Marpa's line' – the Kagyu or 'whispered' lineage – special emphasis is placed on actual practice as opposed to any kind of verbal proliferation.
(p.196-7 of The Yogi's Joy by Sangharakshita)
He also writes later in his document "What is the Western Buddhist Order?" also known as his last will and testament:
"My teachings pertaining to method, and therefore those of my disciples, all centre,
directly or indirectly, on the act of going for refuge to the Buddha, the Dharma, and
the Sangha. These comprise all the practices that I have myself taught: for instance,
the observance of the Five or Ten Precepts; the performance of the Sevenfold and
Threefold Pujas; the practice of meditation, in the framework of the System of
Meditation; the group study of the Buddhist scriptures; the cultivation of spiritual
friendship, and the enjoyment of poetry, music, and the visual arts as aids to the
spiritual life. These teachings pertaining to method are connected, directly or
indirectly, with the Buddha's teaching of pratītya-samutpāda through the sequence of
positive, spiral nidānas, for all these teachings contribute, in one way or another, to
my disciples' progress to ever higher levels of being and consciousness, even from
the mundane at its most refined to the transcendental. Looked at from another point
of view, they contribute to the deepening of my disciples' going for refuge, so that
from being provisional it becomes effective, and from being effective it becomes real
in the sense of being irreversible."
From that I take the basic of practice is meditation in accordance with his system of meditation, following the precepts, group study of the Dharma, Puja, cultivating spiritual friendship and enjoying beauty.
Why we don't help and what we can do about it - My family and I have just returned from a very rich and varied week in New York, where we did all the usual tourist things, including a visit to the 9/11...
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Injuries have become a fact of life for the Chicago Bears this season, but one injury that took the team by surprise last week appears to still be lingering.
The "lucky player" this week is defensive end Shea McClellin, who had an outstanding game against the Green Bay Packers two weeks ago, but then was forced to sit out last week's loss to the Detroit Lions with a hamstring injury he sustained during practice. Yesterday, McClellin didn't participate in practice, and on Thursday, it appears that he sat out once again:
Bears DE Shea McClellin (hamstring) stood off to the side during positional drills when practice was open to media. — Rich Campbell (@Rich_Campbell) November 14, 2013
Even though McClellin hasn't been the most dazzling player on the Bears' defense this season, not having him against the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday would be a big loss for the Bears. Joe Flacco has already been sacked 30 times this season, and with a lackluster Ravens rushing attack to face, McClellin could have had a field day against this team.
As it stands now, David Bass will likely get the nod at defensive tackle again, and he will once again team up with Julius Peppers to try to get some pressure on Flacco and company. That ability to get pressure on the quarterback will be especially crucial because of the loss of Charles Tillman to a triceps injury, as Zack Bowman and Tim Jennings try to keep the Ravens' receivers in check.


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Basic Info
Exterior:Platinum White Pearl
Transmission:9-Speed A/T
Engine:V6 Cylinder Engine 3.5L
Key Features
3rd Row Seat
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Apple CarPlay
Backup Camera
Blind Spot Monitor
Fog Lights
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Interior Accents
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Lane Departure Warning
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- Tires - Rear Performance
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LONGMONT — A Longmont man torched a rental property he owned and coerced his employee to help him in a bid to commit insurance fraud, according to an arrest warrant affidavit.
Jeffrey Swander and a man who works for him, Clayton Cole, both are suspected of intentionally setting a fire that destroyed an unoccupied residence at 961 Pasque Drive on March 5.
Court documents show that a tipster told police that Swander decided to burn the home after tenants moved out and left it in disarray and asked Cole to take gasoline into the residence and spark the blaze. In interviews with detectives, Cole said he owed Swander money and felt as though he had to do what his employer asked of him. He noted he was living week to week on money he earned from working with Swander, according to the arrest warrant affidavit.
However, Cole said he stopped short of starting the fire intentionally. He said he rode his bike to the residence and entered through a door that Swander left unlocked for him. He took the gasoline to a room, placed it on the floor and looked around. He said he did not think the tenants had done that much damage to the home and decided not to set the blaze, according to the affidavit. However, he said he spilled gasoline as he tried to pick up the gas can; he grabbed the canister and began to leave, according to the affidavit, then he saw the orange of fire, got scared and fled.
Swander denied all involvement to detectives, who noted in the warrant affidavit that Swander made a $102,000 insurance claim on the property the day after the fire.
Swander told detectives that his renters owed him $6,000 in back rent and fees and he went to the home on March 5 to find that they had moved. He told them he stopped by the home and found it unlocked, so he went inside. He said he did not have keys to the house and when he left there was no fire. He said his real estate agent called and notified him of the fire.
Police found keys to the home in Swander's truck after serving a search warrant. An arson K-9 also alerted on a glove and a tarp in the truck, police reported.
Prosecutors charged Cole with first- and third-degree arson on Tuesday and he was scheduled for a May 29 preliminary hearing. Swander was charged with first- and third-degree arson on Wednesday and scheduled for a June 28 preliminary hearing.
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Arlington National Cemetery
Memorial Drive
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10632 Little Patuxent Pkwy
Columbia, MD 21044
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Columbia Memorial Park (Cemetery)
11895 Clarksville Pik
Clarksville, MD 21029
Garden of Remembrance Memorial Park
14321 Comus Rd
Clarksburg, MD 20871
(301) 428-3000
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7482 Lee Highway
Falls Church, VA 22042
(703) 560-4400
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2712 Hollywood Rd
Falls Church, VA 22043
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9500 Riggs Rd
Adelphi, MD 20783
(301) 434-4640
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16225 Batchellors Forest Rd
Olney, MD 20832
(301) 384-1000
United Hebrew Cemeteries
3979 Washington Blvd
Arbutus, MD 21227
(410) 944-0300
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5660 Windsor Mill Rd
Gwynn Oak, MD 21207
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Associate Professor Frances Bonner
Hon. Research Associate Prof.
School of Communication and Arts
+61 7 336 53201
Researcher biography
Associate Professor Frances Bonner's research interests include film and television studies; magazines; celebrities; science fiction; women's studies
Associate Professor Bonner holds an MA (Tas) and a PhD (Open) and is a reader in the EMSAH School.
She is the author of:
- Personality Presenters: Television's intermediaries with viewers, Ashgate, 2011.
- Ordinary Television, Sage, 2003.
- Fame Games: the Production of Celebrity in Australia, Cambridge UP, 2000 (with Graeme Turner and David Marshall).
- Articles on television, magazines, science fiction, and film.
Associate Professor Bonner's current research includes popular non-fiction television programs and their presenters; magazines, especially magazines and health; and celebrity.
|Featured projects
The Persistence of Television: how the medium adapts to survive in the digital world
ARC Discovery Projects
Bonner, Frances Personality presenters: Television's intermediaries with viewers. Surrey, England: Ashgate, 2011.
Bonner, Frances J. Ordinary television: Analyzing popular TV 1 ed. London, UK: Sage, 2003. doi:10.4135/9781446221716
Turner, G., Bonner, F. J. and Marshall, P. D. Fame Games: The Production of Celebrity in Australia. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000.
Book Chapters
Bonner, Frances (2014). Magazines. In Stuart Cunningham and Sue Turnbull (Ed.), The Media & Communications in Australia 4th ed. (pp. 193-208) Crows Nest, NSW, Australia: Allen & Unwin.
Bonner, Frances (2014). Game shows. In Bridget Griffen-Foley (Ed.), A companion to the Australian media (pp. 188-189) Kew, VIC, Australia: Australian Scholarly Publishing.
Bonner, Frances (2014). Lifestyle television. In Bridget Griffen-Foley (Ed.), A companion to the Australian media (pp. 243-244) Kew, VIC, Australia: Australian Scholarly Publishing.
Bonner, Frances (2014). Women's magazines. In Bridget Griffen-Foley (Ed.), A companion to the Australian media (pp. 498-500) Kew, VIC, Australia: Australian Scholarly Publishing.
Bonner, Frances (2013). Gaudy nights: dance and reality television's display of talent. In Jason Jacobs and Steven Peacock (Ed.), Television aesthetics and style (pp. 251-267) New York, NY, United States: Bloomsbury Academic.
Bonner, Frances (2013). Recording reality: documentary film and television. In Stuart Hall, Jessie Evans and Sean Nixon (Ed.), Representation 2nd ed. (pp. 60-99) London, United Kingdom: Sage.
Bonner, Frances (2012). My favourite things: Spin-off products and television memories. In Kate Darian-Smith and Sue Turnbull (Ed.), Remembering television. Histories, technologies, memories (pp. 173-191) Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Bonner, Frances (2011). Lifestyle television: Gardening and the good life. In Tania Lewis and Emily Potter (Ed.), Ethical consumption: A critical introduction (pp. 231-243) Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, U.K.: Routledge. doi:10.4324/9780203867785
Bonner, Frances and du Gay, Paul (2010). Representing the enterprising self : Thirtysomething and contemporary consumer culture. In David Oswell (Ed.), Cultural theory (pp. 49-70) London: Sage.
Bonner, Frances (2010). Magazines. In Stuart Cunningham and Graeme Turner (Ed.), The media and communications in Australia 3rd ed. (pp. 173-188) Crows Nest, N.S.W, Australia: Allen & Unwin.
Bonner, Frances and McKay, Susan (2010). Slawa i zdrowie w australijskich czasopismach kobiecych. In Edyty Zierkiewicz (Ed.), Świat (z) kolorowych czasopism: Prasa dla kobiet i dziewczyn w perspektywie interdyscyplinarnej. (pp. 247-255) Wrocław, Poland: Oficyna Wydawnicza ATUT: Wrocławskie Wydawnictwo Oświatowe (Publishing House TRUMP - Educational Publishing House).
Turner, Graeme, Bonner, Frances and Marshall, P. D. (2008). The meaning and significance of celebrity. In Anita Biressi and Heather Nunn (Ed.), The tabloid culture reader (pp. 141-148) Maidenhead, United Kingdom; New York, United States of America: Open University Press.
Bonner, Frances (2008). Digging for difference: British and Australian television gardening programmes. In Gareth Palmer (Ed.), Exposing Lifestyle Television: The Big Reveal (pp. 25-38) Hampshire, U.K.: Ashgate Publishing.
Bonner, Frances (2008). Ordinary television. In Glen Greeber (Ed.), The Television Genre Book 2nd ed. ed. (pp. 175-176) England: BFI Palgrave Macmillan.
Bonner, F. J. (2006). Television: Language. In K. Brown (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Language & Linguistics 2nd ed. (pp. 548-554) UK: Elsevier Ltd.
Bonner, F J (2006). Magazines. In S. Cunningham and G. Turner (Ed.), The media and communications in Australia 2nd ed. (pp. 193-208) Crows Nest, NSW: Allen & Unwin.
Turner, Graeme, Bonner, Frances and Marshall, P. David (2006). Producing celebrity. In P. D. Marshall (Ed.), The Celebrity Culture Reader (pp. 770-798) New York: Routledge.
Bonner, F. J. (2005). The celebrity in the text. In J. Evans and D. Hesmondhaigh (Ed.), Understanding Media: Inside Celebrity (pp. 57-96) Maindenhead, England: Open University Press.
Bonner, Frances (2005). Whose lifestyle is it anyway?. In D. Bell and J. Hollows (Ed.), Ordinary lifestyles: Popular media, consumption and taste (pp. 35-46) Maidenhead, England: Open University Press.
Bonner, F. J. (2005). Looking inside: Showing medical operations on ordinary television. In G. King (Ed.), The Spectacle of the Real: From Hollywood to Reality TV and Beyond 1st ed. (pp. 105-116) Bristol, UK: Intellect.
Bonner, Frances (2005). Looking inside: Showing medical operations on ordinary television. In The Spectacle of the Real: From Hollywood to 'Reality' TV and Beyond (pp. 105-115) : Intellect Ltd..
Bonner, F. J. (2002). Magazines. In S. Cunningham and G. Turner (Ed.), The Media & Communications in Australia (pp. 188-199) Crows Nest, NSW: Allen & Unwin.
Bonner, F. J. (2000). Lifestyle programs -- no choice but to choose. In Graeme Turner and Stuart Cunningham (Ed.), The Australian TV Book 1st ed. (pp. 103-116) St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin.
Bonner, F. J. and McKay, S. B. (2000). Politicising breast cancer. In Hannelore Best and Eileen Sellers (Ed.), International Images of Health: Perspectives, Power & Practice 1st ed. (pp. 61-68) Ballarat: University of Ballarat.
Bonner, Frances (1994). Representations of the Female Cook. In Coastscripts: Gender Representations in the Arts (pp. 63-71) Griffith University: AIWRAP.
Bonner, Frances (1992). Towards a better way of being: feminist science fiction. In Frances Bonner, Lizbeth Goodman, Richard Allen, Linda Janes and Catherine King (Ed.), Imagining women: Cultural representations and gender (pp. 94-102) Cambridge, England, United Kingdom: Polity Press.
Bonner, Frances (1992). Confession time: women and game shows. In Frances Bonner, Lizbeth Goodman, Richard Allen, Linda Janes and Catherine King (Ed.), Imagining women: Cultural representations and gender (pp. 237-249) Cambridge, England, United Kingdom: Polity Press.
Frances Bonner (1984). Women and the new media. In Women and Labour Publications Collective (Ed.), All her labours: embroidering the framework (pp. 32-45) Sydney, Australia: Hale and Iremonger.
Journal Articles
Bonner, Frances J. (2020) A circumscribed (natural) history: British television celebrates David Attenborough. Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, 1-20.doi:10.1080/01439685.2020.1730561
Bonner, Frances and Grant-Frost, Rowena (2019) The unusual persistence of a docudrama: Blue Murder and the bodies too many. Studies in Documentary Film, 13 2: 127-140. doi:10.1080/17503280.2019.1609647
Bonner, Frances and Jacobs, Jason (2017) The persistence of television: the case of The Good Life. Critical Studies in Television, 12 1: 6-20. doi:10.1177/1749602016682751
Bonner, Frances (2015) The mediated Asian-Australian food identity: from Charmaine Solomon to Masterchef Australia. Media International Australia, 157: 103-113.
Bonner, Frances (2015) Alex Prager NGV International, Melbourne 14 November 2014 - 19 April 2015. Eyeline, 83: 81-81.
Bonner, Frances (2015) Kylie will be ok On the (im-)possibility of Australian celebrity studies. Cultural studies, 29 4: 527-545. doi:10.1080/09502386.2014.1000606
Cochrane, Bernadette and Bonner, Frances (2014) Screening from the Met, the NT, or the House: what changes with the live relay. Adaptation, 7 2: 121-133. doi:10.1093/adaptation/apu015
Bonner, Frances (2014) Kerry Tribe'There will be____'. Eyeline: Contemporary Visual Arts, 81: 42-45.
Bonner, Frances (2013) Polly Borland: everything I want to be when I grow up. University of Queensland Art Museum: Brisbane 1 September - 25 November 2012. Eyeline Contemporary Visual Arts, 78/79 .
Bonner, Frances (2013) Celebrity, work and the reality-talent show: Strictly Come Dancing/Dancing with the Stars. Celebrity Studies, 4 2: 169-181. doi:10.1080/19392397.2013.791038
Bonner, Frances and Jacobs, Jason (2011) The first encounter: Observations on the chronology of encounter with some adaptations of Lewis Carroll's Alice books. Convergence, 17 1: 37-48. doi:10.1177/1354856510383361
Bonner, Frances (2010) Talking with television: Women, talk shows and modern self-reflexivity. Screen, 51 2: 173-176. doi:10.1093/screen/hjq004
Bonner, Frances (2010) Top Gear: Why does the world's most popular programme not deserve scrutiny?. Critical Studies in Television, 5 1: 32-45.
Bonner, Frances (2009) Live Television: Time, Space and the Broadcast Event. Screen, 50 4: 453-456. doi:10.1093/screen/hjp033
Bonner, Frances (2009) Early multi-platforming: Television food programmes, cookbooks and other print spin-offs. Media History, 15 3: 345-358. doi:10.1080/13688800902966261
Bonner, Frances (2008) Fixing relationships in 2-4-1 transformations. Continuum: Journal of Media & Cultural Studies, 22 4: 547-557. doi:10.1080/10304310802190038
Bonner, Frances (2008) Cultures of fame and fandom (book review). Cultural Studies Review, 14 1: 209-214.
Bonner, F. J. (2007) A familiar face: The consequences of a long career on screen. ACH: The Journal of the History of Culture in Australia: Australian Television History, 26 91-111.
Bonner, F. J. and McKay, S. B. (2007) Personalizing current affairs without becoming tabloid: The case of Australian Story. Journalism, 8 6: 640-656. doi:10.1177/1464884907083116
Bonner, Frances (2006) Testimonial current affairs: The Australian story approach to celebrity. Media International Australia, 121 November: 29-40.
Bonner, F J and McKay, S B (2006) The illness narrative: Australian media reporting of Kylie Minogue's breast cancer. METRO, 148 154-159.
Bonner, F. J. (2006) Review: Thumin, Janet, Inventing Television Culture: Men, Women, and the Box. Media International Australia, 119 175-176.
Bonner, F J (2006) 'We love you Kylie. Get well soon'. Reading 'celebrity'. Idiom, 42 3: 44-48.
Bonner, F J (2006) Shirin Neshat Debriefed. Contemporary Visual Arts+Culture, 35 3: 178-179.
McKay, Susan and Bonner, Frances (2004) Educating readers: Breast cancer in Australian women's magazines. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 17 4: 517-535. doi:10.1080/09518390410001709571
Bonner, F. J. and McKay, S. B. (2003) Magazine Features and Infotainment Values. Media International Australia, 107 May: 117-133.
McKay, S. and Bonner, F. (2002) Evaluating Illness in Women's Magazines. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 21 1: 53-67. doi:10.1177/0261927X02021001004
Bonner, Frances and McKay, Susan (2002) Reporting Childhood Illness in Australian Mass Market Women's Magazines. Australian Journal of Communication, 29 1: 53-66.
Bonner, F. J., McKay, S. and McKee, A. (2001) On the beach. Continuum: Journal of Media & Cultural Studies, 15 3: 269-274.
Bonner, F. J. and McKay, S. B. (2000) Challenges determination and triumphs: Inspirational discourse in women's magazine health stories. Continuum, 14 2: 133-144.
McKay, S. B. and Bonner, F. J. (2000) Introduction. Continuum, 14 2: 117-119.
Bonner, F. J. (1999) The hard question of squishy machines. M/C: A journal of media and culture, 2 6: .
Bonner, Frances, Farley, Rebecca, Marshall, David and Turner, Graeme (1999) Celebrity and the media. Australian Journal of Communication, 26 1: 55-70.
McKay, Susan and Bonner, Frances (1999) Telling stories: Breast cancer pathographies in Australian women's magazines. Women's Studies International Forum, 22 5: 563-571. doi:10.1016/S0277-5395(99)00055-2
Bonner, F. J. (1999) This may look like science fiction, but. . .. M/C: A journal of media and culture, 2 1: .
Bonner, Frances (1998) Forgetting Linda: Women Cross-dressing in Recent Cinema. Continuum, 12 3: 267-277. doi:10.1080/10304319809365770
Bonner, Frances, McKay, Susan and Goldie, Kathryn (1998) Caring for the family: Fifty years of health in the Australian Women's Weekly. Journal of Australian Studies, 22 59: 154-164. doi:10.1080/14443059809387433
Bonner, Frances (1996) From the female man to the virtual girl: Whatever happened to feminist SF?. Hecate, 22 1: 104-119.
Bonner, Frances and du Gay, Paul (1992) Representing the Enterprising Self: Thirtysomething and Contemporary Consumer Culture. Theory, Culture & Society, 9 2: 67-92. doi:10.1177/026327692009002004
Conference Papers
Cochrane, Bernadette and Bonner, Frances (2014). Slip sliding away: what changes with the live relay. In: From Theatre to Screen and Back Again, Leicester, United Kingdom, (). 19 February 2014.
Bonner, F.J. (2007) Waterwise advice on television gardening programs. Water: Journal of the Australian Water Association, November 23-25.
Creative Work
O'Regan, Thomas, Bonner, Frances J., Jacobs, Jason, Kilner, Kerry, Djubal, Clay and Mills, Catriona (2009) Austlit: Screenlit. St. Lucia, Brisbane, Australia, AustLit.


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The Minnesota Timberwolves making the playoffs this season.
Franklin Mieuli: Purchase. If Rubio comes back around midseason or before, this is a definite purchase. If complications keep him out the entire year, you better hope Brandon Roy is ready…
Jacob Greenberg: Purchase, though not with 100% confidence. Last year's 8th seed, Utah won (an adjusted) 45 games last season, while the Wolves won (an adjusted) 32 games. So the question really is: can the Wolves make a 13 game improvement? I think they can, based on the moves they made to improve their roster this offseason. But can they outpace the Suns and Warriors, who are also looking to get out of the cellar. I'll tentatively say yes.
Jordan Durlester: I am obligated to buy. I bought last year when they had a worse group of guys so naturally I'm going to take them this year. Indicator of a gambling problem? Probably.
John Reyes-Nguyen: Purchase. I think they make the playoffs as the 8th seed. The West is tough as usual but I think they could be this years Pacers. They will need Rubio back, even if it's for half a season.
The Nets having a better regular season record than the Knicks.
Franklin Mieuli: Purchase. The Nets are basically as good as the Atlanta Hawks of 2008-2012, and maybe a bit better. The Knicks still only make the playoffs because they're in the East.
Jacob Greenberg: Purchase. Though I think that'll look like 48-50 wins for the Nets, as compared to 45-47 wins for the Knicks. Neither team will pose serious challenges to either the Heat or the Celtics.
Jordan Durlester: Pass. I know better than to use International play as a good sample but Melo impressed me so much, I'm betting the Knicks figure it out.
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The New Orleans Hornets winning at least 40 games.
Franklin Mieuli: Pass. I would probably pass if it were 30 games. Eric Gordon isn't THAT good, Austin Rivers isn't good and Anthony Davis is still a skinny 19 year old.
Jacob Greenberg: I'm going to purchase. I think Anthony Davis will be an immediate force, and Eric Gordon and Ryan Anderson will be good scorers next to Davis' defense. Al-Farouq Aminu, Xavier Daniel, Grevis Vasquez and Jason Smith got a lot of valuable experience last season, and went 5-8 against .500+ clubs in March and April 2012. All of that, plus Monty Williams and an involved new owner, will create enough momentum for the Hornets to win 40 games and become one of the feel good stories of the year. Playoffs are still a season or two off, though.
Jordan Durlester: Pass. Maybe in two years but still too young right now. Stoked to watch them run though.
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Jordan Durlester: Purchase. A new era in Mavs basketball. For some reason I think they'll come out hot but will gradually fade away to mediocrity.
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The death of the traditional center (for the umpteenth time).
Franklin Mieuli: Pass. The Knicks, Lakers, Suns, Warriors, Pistons, 76ers, Pacers and Memphis all still count a traditional center as one of their top 2 players.
Jacob Greenberg: Gun to my head: Pass. Centers are still important enough because they provide an intangible that really can't be addressed. Good centers really only can be beat by (1) other good centers, or (2) themselves. I think the Magic would've been a much different playoff squad had Dwight been around, and I'd wager the Nets with a healthy Brook Lopez would've been a playoff team. The same even goes for the Milwaukee Bucks, who were without Andrew Bogut (and then permanently without him). The Heat and Thunder didn't succeed because they played small ball. They succeeded because they have LeBron James and Kevin Durant, and amazing supporting casts that play to their strengths. Put a quality supporting cast around a quality center — like, presumably, the Lakers, and also potentially the Warriors and the Sixers — and those teams will be used as counterexamples to what the Heat and Thunder are doing. I believe the best teams will have a balanced mix of springy, defensively minded centers and efficient, hard-nosed scoring wings. I expect big things, Denver.
Jordan Durlester: No! Pass! A transition to being quicker and more well rounded will certainly be advantageous, but long live the awkward big men!
John Reyes-Nguyen: No Look Pass. There's tons of traditional Centers in the league. The problem is most of them aren't any good.


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An Indonesian publisher and Islamist blogger known as the "Prince of Jihad" was sentenced to five years in jail on Tuesday for abetting suicide attacks on two luxury hotels in Jakarta last year.
Women robed from head to toe in black Islamic dress shouted abuse at the judges as the sentence — lighter than the seven years sought by prosecutors — was handed down at the South Jakarta District Court.
Mohammed Jibril Abdurahman, publisher of extremist literature and a militant blog, was arrested at his Ar-Rahmah media company weeks after the JW Marriott and Ritz-Carlton hotel bombings that killed seven people on July 17, 2009.
Jibril, the son of a radical cleric, was convicted of concealing information about terrorist crimes and falsifying documents, and could have faced a maximum 15-year sentence.
"He was proven guilty of providing assistance and facilities and concealing information about terrorist crimes," chief judge Haryanto said.
He said the accused was polite in court and therefore deserved a lighter sentence than the one sought by prosecutors.
The bombings ended a four-year hiatus in attacks attributed to Malaysian terror leader Noordin Mohammed Top, who was killed by police in September.


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