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Friday, March 11, 2011
A Little Rain, Much Architecture: The Highbridge Bronx Tour
When was the last time you strolled in the rain around a Bronx neighborhood looking for architectural gems within a few blocks of Yankee Stadium? A group of 12 weather-proof preservation conference attendees did just that last weekend, basking not in the sun but in the company of likeminded "history buffs and detail geeks." William Casari, assistant professor at Hostos Community College and a Bronx resident, was accurate when he defined himself and our group as such. He led us on a tour of Highbridge in the West Bronx that offered a close look at a borough's past and present through the prism of architecture.
The tour included a stop at Macombs Dam Park, which is now the site of the new Yankee Stadium. Next, we enjoyed an informative talk about Jerome Avenue's finest buildings then a visit to Park Plaza Apartments, a building rich with Art Deco details and Mayan motifs. A climb up Jerome Slope offered a panoramic view of Highbridge plus the opportunity to explore the area further.
Every step seemed to offer an architectural detail to capture in a photo or a nuance about life in the Bronx. A stop at a "step street" became even more interesting when a man at Diaz Superette mentioned that an out-of-control car had once launched down its full length, landing in a pile on the sidewalk below. At Noonan Plaza, a series of 7-story apartment buildings designed by Horace Ginsbern and Marvin Fine, residents carried groceries and children past a group of visitors talking about what seems like an ordinary building. In a window a little girl sat peering down at a bare quadrangle that once boasted a waterfall, a reflecting pool, swans and a Japanese-style bridge.
Several times, neighbors stopped to ask with curiosity what we were looking at then offered hospitality – by opening a locked door or by offering permission to enter a lobby. Local residents seemed unaware of the not-so-obvious treasures in their communities but Morgan Powell, a guest on the tour, is making an effort to change that: he leads walking tours in the Bronx especially designed to inform and inspire residents with updated local history.
The variety of architectural styles found on every street in Highbridge was a source of constant delight during the tour as was the element of surprise. Again and again, behind the facades of worn buildings, Mr. Casari would reveal elegant marble vestibules, Art Deco mirrors, antique signage, terrazzo floors and, in one case, the luxury of open space in a double height lobby.
Rain and high winds didn't hamper 12 intrepid New Yorkers last week. Our enthusiasm was well-rewarded in a borough whose significance and beauty are frequently overlooked.
The following are images from that tour. Enjoy then visit hdc.org and bronxriver.org for details about upcoming tours and events.
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Awka, Oct. 10, 2018 (MOI) A community leader, Mr Christopher Okwuosa has sent a Save Our Soul (SOS) appeal to relevant Anambra State Government agency to come to their aid, even as one life has been reported lost to the ravaging floodwaters.
Mr Okwuosa, Chairman of `Children of Farmers Club', Umuzu Community, Ogbaru Local Government Area, said that residents of the community were trapped as a result of flooding.
The chairman while narrating the ugly situation to newsmen in Awka lamented the death of an indigene, Mr Luke Anulubu, who died during a boat mishap. His boat had capsized with no one in sight to rescue him.
``So far, we have lost one person, who died on his way back from his farm. His boat capsized and he drowned in the river.
``Items worth not less than N15million have been destroyed, including fish ponds, cages, agricultural produce belonging to various co-operative groups under FADAMA with 50 hectares of land in the community,'' he added.
community leader mentioned some cooperative groups whose agricultural produce were
affected to include, Ikedi, Onyedikachi, Chioma, Ofuobi and Okwundu.
According to him, they could not access the nearest Holding Centre, located at Ochuche Community, which is about 10 kilometres away.
``It is regrettable that there have not been any intervention measures to rescue those trapped by the floodwaters.
``There is no holding centre in the community and this is worrisome to the people.
``There is a holding centre in Ochuche Community but it is about 10 kilometres from Umuzu, it is very far from us,'' he said.
While appealing for government and relevant agencies' support, he said rescue operation could be effected through Okija, a neighbouring community, which had yet to be affected by the ravaging flood.
``We are calling on the state government and other agencies to come and rescue the community to avoid loss of more lives.
``They should also be provided with relief materials. There is also the need to include them in the computation for compensation as soon as the floodwaters receded,'' Mr Okwuosa said.
He said his organisation, Children of Farmers Club was ready to provide humanitarian and support services to help to rescue people trapped by the floodwaters.
then, pleaded for provision of items such as life jackets and boats by the
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MEET the Scots who are preparing to swim 65 miles between the Outer Hebridean islands of Harris and St Kilda – after poor weather conditions ruined their attempt last year.
The swim relay team will face numerous challenges when they attempt the North Atlantic crossing on May 4.
The sea in the far north-west of Scotland is notoriously rough and often subject to treacherous weather.
In fact, finding a long enough window of opportunity is a challenge in itself.
John Dyer, 59, a retired firefighter and the eldest in the team, said: "We have a support vessel chartered for two weeks starting from May 4 and we go when the skipper decides the conditions are best for us. So that might be right away or we may have a period of waiting."
John knows only too well how the weather can hamper a long open-water swim.
In 2012, an attempt to swim the 30-mile Little Minch strait, which separates the Highlands and the Inner Hebrides, from team leader Colin Macleod, failed due to bad weather.
The following year, thanks to unusually good conditions, a relay team successfully swam the 55-mile Big Minch, from Ullapool, on the mainland, to Stornoway.
And last year, John and his team only managed 22 miles of the St Kilda Swim before the weather got the better of them.
But John and his fellow swimmers have picked themselves up and are ready to try again.
The epic swim will raise funds for three charities, The Leanne Fund, The Fisherman's Mission, Yorkhill Children's Charity and Aberlour Child Care Trust.
The nine swimmers, aged between 29 and 58, live as far afield as the Western Isles, Ross-shire and Lanarkshire.
With less than a month to go, they are currently training hard and swimming hundreds of lengths each week at their local pools.
The team are still looking for financial support to pull off the challenge, as well as charity donations.
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"But are there any oreos left after you made the poo's Momma?" Poo references a plenty folks, because there was no escaping it. It is what it is. The first line pretty much sums up my entire Batter Week experience.
Spanish Churros was the Great British Bake Off showstopper challenge for week 4 and thinking I could pull it off with a little razzmatazz thrown in, is how I approached it.
Now I don't know if it was the raz or the matazz but something went wrong along the way. Like really wrong. The batter looked like poo, but tasted like oreos, which conflicted all of us. The oil I think, was too hot when I tried to fry them, so kept burning them. Then I tried to bake them and they held their shape and genuinely baked up nicely but they tasted like nothing, even with the oreo cream dip. Nothing. Nada.
No bueno.
Maybe we had convinced ourselves they'd be poo, because that's all we could think during and after the bake. I don't know. My Spanish delicacy frying skills are clearly left to be desired.
Maybe you will have better luck.
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I sincerely hope the other bakers joining in the Great Bloggers Bake Off, faired out better in their choices than I did! Be sure to check out what went down over at Jenny's blog MummyMishaps!
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Antique 19th Century Genuine Natural One and Three-Quarter Carat Hand Crafted/Polished Titanium Rutilitated Quartz Semi-Precious Gemstone Oval. Mounted into high quality 14kt Gold Fill pendant setting.
CLASSIFICATION: Polished Russian Titanium Dioxide Rutilated Quartz Polished Cabochon.. Chain and pendant setting contemporary.
ORIGIN: 19th century Kazakhstan.
SIZE: Length: 8mm. Width: 6mm. Depth (Thickness): 4mm. Measurements approximate.
WEIGHT: 1.71 carats.
NOTES: 14kt solid gold pendant; and 14kt gold fill and solid 14kt gold chains in lengths from 18 to 24 inches are available upon request. Default chain is gold electroplate 24 inch chain (included free).
DETAIL: A very high quality rutilated quartz gemstone which was cut and polished into this stunning gemstone by a 19th century Russian artisan. Russia famed for gemstones and jewelry of the Czars from the Medieval through Renaissance and Victorian eras. The bright golden colored rutile inclusions here, highly desirable, are titanium dioxide crystals. Titanium of course is a high-tech metal known for its resistance to wear and high temperatures. However to the ancients, these brilliant golden metallic-appearing inclusions were obviously captured rays of sun, frozen in quartz during the Ice Age. This was commonly believed all the way through the Medieval Age, when early alchemists still believed that quartz was water that encroaching glaciers had frozen and petrified.
This particular specimen is of exceptionally good quality and is absolutely stunningly beautiful. There is a remarkably beautiful and concentrated arrangement of golden titanium rutile inclusions. Quartz gemstones and jewelry were extremely popular throughout the ancient Mediterranean, and maintained its immense popularity through Renaissance and into Victorian Europe. During the Roman Empire carnelian, closely related to quartz, was widely used to carve cameos and signet/intaglio rings. The Romans acquired their taste for both carnelian and quartz from the Phoenicians, who traded extensively in both forms of quartz. Since before recorded history evidence suggests that various forms of quartz (including rose quartz, amethyst, carnelian, and aventurine) were amongst the most favored gemstones for at least the past 10,000 years.
Close examination of the gemstone reveals that the gemstone has been hand shaped and hand finished. The slight irregularities which are the hallmark of a handcrafted gemstone are generally regarded as appealing to most gemstone collectors, and is not considered detrimental. Unlike today's computer controlled machine finished gemstones, the cut and finish of a gemstone such as this is the legacy of an artisan who lived two centuries ago. Such antique hand-crafted gemstones possess much greater character and appeal than today''s mass-produced machine-produced gemstones.
The setting is of contemporary origin. It is a high quality setting manufactured by one of the USA's leading semi-custom mount producers. It is constructed of 14kt 14kt gold fill . It is not a cheap, gold electroplated pendant setting. It is genuine solid 14kt 14kt gold fill , a quality setting designed to last a lifetime. It''s a first-class piece of jewelry throughout. The default chain is gold electroplated 24 inch (you may also choose a 16, 18, or 20 inch chain if you prefer). However we do have 14kt gold fill and 14kt solid gold chains available in lengths between 16 and 24 inches available upon request.
HISTORY: Rutile is a major ore of titanium, which is a metal used for high tech alloys. It often forms needle-like crystal inclusions inside quartz which looks like small bars of imbedded gold. In times past rutilated quartz has been referred to as Venus hair stone, Thetis hairstone, needlestone or sagenitic quartz and "fleches d''amour" (cupid's darts). Rutilated quartz has not only been used for thousands of years as a gemstone, it was also used in healing and religious processes. Rutilated quartz was believed to slow down the aging process, aid in sleep, and was regarded as a strong healing influence, especially with respect to diseases of the respiratory system. "New Age" holistic healers today believe it has the ability to strengthen the immune system, regenerate the body's tissues, aid in the assimilation of nutritional elements and can be helpful in recovering from radiation exposure. On the metaphysical level, it is believed to enhance one''s understanding of difficult situations, to enhance creativity, and to relieve depression and loneliness. Its needles are said to attract love, help with mental focus, strengthening resolve, and easing the pain of loneliness and improving communication.
Aside from pearls, which were "discovered" as gemstones by prehistoric man, various forms of quartz (such as carnelian, amethyst, and rose quartz), turquoise, and lapis lazuli are the oldest gemstones utilized in the manufacture of jewelry. "Rose quartz" is the rarest of these various quartz varieties, and transparent rose quartz very rare. The ancient Assyrians and Romans were among the first to use rose quartz, carved and faceted to provide gemstones. Since those ancient times rose quartz has been a traditional gift expressing love or affection for another. Quartz crystals have always been popular in jewelry due to mystical legends concerning the "power" of quartz crystals. Besides use as gemstones and decorative accoutrements, quartz was also ground by ancient cultures to produce primitive forms of glass and ceramics. Ceramic "glass-like" ("faience) beads were produced by the ancient Egyptian, Sumerian and Babylonian cultures. The pink shades of rose quartz are due to the presence of titanium. The ancient sources for rose quartz were mines in Namibia.
Quartz crystal exhibits a property called the piezoelectric effect; it produces an electric voltage. This was noticed by ancient cultures, and consequentially since ancient times many mystical properties have been attributed to quartz crystals. In Medieval Europe, quartz was believed to act as a psychic purifier. It was believed to tune into the "vibrational level" of an individual and assist in "tuning" into oneself, "tune out" the distractions of the outside world, and aid in meditation. It was believed that clear crystals possessed the ability to amplify emotions, and enhance healing, concentration, and intuition. Crystals were believed to enhance energy levels, and to neutralize "negative energies". Even today many people still believe that wearing quartz crystals benefits a person''s health and spiritual well being.
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That whole outfit looks great! Loving the maroon colored skirt. It's been my favorite color of the season for sure! Would you like to follow each other on GFC?! Let me know and follow me on my blog, I will follow you right back on both GFC and Bloglovin!xxAnniewww.the-lostangeles.blogspot.com
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I stitched Blackbird Designs Berry Emery over the last couple of days. I used the charted fabric and fibers.
Just a quick cutie to break up the Pieta stitching.
I'm getting a full fruit bowl. 🙂
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Friday, February 5, 2010
OK! John Matthews and I have finally finished the new Wildwood Tarot text!
The whole Eddison Sadd team have been great and Will Worthington is doing an amazing job with his stunning artwork. I'm very happy with the whole look and feel of the project.
After 15 years, I guess it's about time!
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Black Caesar1973
Black Caesar (1973)
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as Tommy Gibbs
as McKinney
as Mr. Gibbs
as Helen
as Rev. Rufus
as Cardoza
as Grossfield
as Alfred Coleman
as Joe Washington
as Mama Gibbs
as Bryant
as Virgina Coleman
as Crawdaddy
as Crossfield
as Mr. Gibbs
as Motor
as Sport
as Tommy as a Boy
as Joe As A Boy
as Cab driver
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Critic Reviews for Black Caesar
All Critics (12) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (7) | Rotten (5)
Unfortunately it all remains too crude to convince one of its better intentions.
Mr. Williamson, in short, can't be blamed for the plot contrivances that hinge mostly on action and bloodshed.
Cohen's technique is almost laughably crude, but a core of frightening conviction remains.
not a political movie per se, but it certainly taps into the raging sense of racial injustice that the Civil Rights Era had not managed to fully eradicate.
"Paid the cost to be the boss," declares James Brown on the soundtrack, and Black Caesar functions as an itemized bill.
a distinctive pastiche of the tough cynical attitudes held by oppressed minorities the world over.
Audience Reviews for Black Caesar
I have yet to see Edward G. Robinson in Little Caesar, but after reading about that movie and other gangster films in the book We're in the Money: Depression American and Its Films, I can see where this pic gets its rise and fall storyline, its style, and its title.The acting is fairly solid. The low budget is evident occasionally, but not too often. I liked the family drama involved. The fact that this gangster Tommy Gibbs (Williamson) has a mother and father who seem like real people and who appear in more than one throw-away scene was a pleasant surprise. The fact that Tommy stumbles around after being shot for as long as he does was too ridiculous.
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This is inextricably linked to the blaxploitation era that it came out during, and it does fit into that area, but I feel like calling this a a blaxploitation film devalues it, or gives people the wrong ideas about it. This actually owes a lot more to the gangster pictures of the 1930s and 1940s which makes a lot of sense since this is apparently a black remake of Little Caesar. Even if it wasn't a remake, the influence is still quite valid thanks to the story structure and content. This isn't the typical cheesy black action movie like its contemporaries, but it is still a blak crime film, so that's why it is still slightly appropriate to lump it in as blaxploitation. It's on the higher end of that scale, but it's not a heavy intellectual piece either. But it is lots of fun, very entertaining, and quite well made. The camera work is good, the chase through midtown is fun and nicely executed, and it's just a hard film to dislike. Fred Williamson gives a strong lead performance in a variation of the rags to riches story. The story beats are familiar, but not completely conventional (a few flourishes prevent this). The rest of the cast is good too, but none of them are quite as good as Fred. James Brown's score is lots of fun and fits the film well, even though it's not one of his best, or one of the best soundtracks from the era. It's still pretty decent though. Give this one a chance. It's pretty good. My only real complaint is that it could have had a bit more substance or subtext. Then I could justify giving it the extra half star it feels like it was shooting for. There is one great scene towards the end that has some strong substance, and there are some other places throughout, but mostly it's a case of the film having a lot of great ideas and stuff, but not much of it is fully fleshed out or expanded upon.
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This film is great. Immortalised by Public Enemy, Big Daddy Kane and Ice Cube on "Burn Hollywood, Burn" from the Fear Of A Black Planet LP, as soon as I heard Driving Miss Daisy being rejected for Black Caesar (listen to the track, you'll understand) I knew that I had to see this film. After all, if it's good for three of my favourite rap artists then it's good enough for me, right? So I saw a copy in Bedford while I was doing my teacher training course, and me and my mate Jai went back to the place we were staying at and watched it. I was spellbound - it is one of the best Black aimed films that I own! (I don't like the term 'Blaxploitation'. Have you noticed that there doesn't seem to be an official 'Whitesploitation' genre?) OOH ARR BOOOYEEEE, SPOILERS BEEEEELOW. Anyway, for those that are interested in a review of the film rather than my personal beliefs, the film concerns Tommy Gibbs, a Black gangster who gets a job for the local Mob after a nifty killing in a barber shop. (This comes after an excellent beginning that sees him assist in the murder of a gangster in the middle of a crowded street.) It charts his rise and fall... much in the manner of Scarface (either version). As Larry Cohen says in his DVD commentary, it's more of a Black version of the old 1940s gangster films than it is a straight up exploitation piece like Slaughter or Black Gunn. I won't go into much detail as I urge you all to watch it, but I might add a couple of trivial points: you should watch it back to back with the sequel - Hell Up In Harlem. If you do, though, bear in mind that the print that survives has a substantially different ending. I say no more. Watch this film - it is truly a classic.
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Use Google Calendar to Track Your New Year's Resolution Progress
Google recently announced a new update to its goals feature in Google Calendar, and it's just in time for those of you tackling your new year's resolutions.
Introduced in April, Google Calendar's Goals feature makes it easy to keep track of your goals progress. The feature works best if you're a regular Google Calendar user.
After you set a goal for yourself, you'll be prompted to answer questions like how often and what's the best time? Google Calendar will then find the best time in your calendar for you to work towards your goals.
So what has changed? Now you can track your progress when it comes to your fitness goals. By connecting Google Fit for Android users or Apple Health for iOS users. Google Calendar will then be able to track each of your workouts, mark them as done, and provide you with an overview of your performance.
So if you were looking for that extra bit of encouragement to stick to your resolutions, this just might be it.
To create a goal, launch the Google Calendar app on your phone, and tap the + button, and select Goal. You can choose from exercise, skill, friends and family, "me time," and organization goals.
If you want to try out the new features, select Exercise and choose from the list of fitness activities available. As you walk through the various options, you will be prompted to connect your goal to the Google Fit or Apple Health apps.
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This is my second visit to the ranch and it only gets better!
Looking forward to my next visit in 2018. Once again the people, service and animals made the difference.
Ettienne and Palie do such a good job in the field. Marita's cooking is fantastic and I can't forget about Freek's outlook on life!
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Salt Lake City, Utah (WiredPRNews.com) — Examinations are a big part of becoming a physician. You begin with the all-important MCAT scores before you can even get into medical school. Then there are board exams and residency applications before graduation. Finally, your curriculum vitae is examined before you can even get a job interview for one of those healthcare jobs. It's not easy by any standard. That's why you need a good CV.
When preparing your CV, think of it in the same way you would a standard resume. Then understand that most healthcare staffing offices use electronic scans to compare your CV against a pre-determined set of key words. It is essential to have your information presented in a manner that insures you won't be eliminated from one of those healthcare jobs by this initial screening.
CompHealth's free e-book will show you how to present your curriculum vitae in such a way as to get you through the review and on to interviews; interviews that could land you a real locum tenens or permanent position. Here's a sampling from the e-book:
Your CV Should be Easy and Quick to Read
Hiring personnel are crunched for time like everyone else; be clear and concise with all information. List education, certification, and previous work experience, make sure to including dates and locations.
Tip: Use the month/year format for all dates and make sure information is fully complete and accurate.
Your CV Should be Specific to the Position
If your CV is not discarded by the electronic screening, it will next go to the hands of a human reviewer. They are looking for knowledge in EMR systems and similar work experience that fits open positions.
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Your CV Should Leave no Questions about Gaps
Licensing and certification vary depending on your field of specialty and the state you want to work in. One thing that doesn't vary is the potential for gaps in work history to kill your job search.
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This story appears in the December 2009 issue of National Geographic magazine.
The first several seconds of the incident in Urumqi seemed almost lighthearted, considering the previous week. And they revealed nothing about what would follow. A cool front had swept over the city on this particular day in July, drawing people from their homes. Some shops stayed closed because their windows had been shattered, but food vendors pushed their carts out onto the street. A week earlier an ethnic clash had broken out here, killing almost 200 people in one of China's most deadly protests since the Tiananmen Square massacre two decades ago. So the Chinese government had sent tens of thousands of security forces into the city, the capital of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, to restore order between the Han and the Uygurs. The Han dominate Chinese society, but the Uygurs (pronounced WEE-gurs), a Turkic-speaking Central Asian people, claim this western borderland as their ancestral home.
Han security forces stood in ranks along every street in the city's Uygur quarter. They bristled with riot gear and automatic weapons. The only sound came from loudspeakers mounted on trucks that trawled the market streets, broadcasting the good news of ethnic harmony. If Urumqi had an edge of unrest on this Monday, it was sheathed in silence.
Most Uygurs are Muslims, and about noon I stood on the street in front of a central mosque wondering how many people might be inside. As if in answer, a mass of humanity came pouring out, hundreds of people tumbling and plunging into the street.
Bystanders watched, puzzled, but the emerging crowd offered only odd and inscrutable clues: Many hadn't had time to pull on their shoes and ran in just their socks. They cried out with alarm or possibly in celebration, and their faces glowed with either fear or joy. If they were fleeing from danger, there was no sign of it, and the group split and flew north and south. In the flicker of a moment they had disappeared.
Now three men stepped from the mosque, holding what looked like wooden sticks. One wore a blue shirt, one a black shirt, and one a white shirt. They shouted and smiled, which gave their faces a buoyant quality. Their tiny rally seemed brash: Did they not see the Chinese police on every corner or hear the amplified news about manifest happiness?
They turned southward. All three walked with peculiar long strides and waved their sticks overhead, like three baton-twirling drum majors whose marching band had run ahead of them. They passed rows of market stalls where people shouted to them to stop whatever they were doing. Shop owners slammed shut their stall doors. After two blocks the men stopped and turned back north; just before they reached me, they crossed the street. They still held up what were, more likely, rusted swords.
Once across the street, they burst into a run, heading toward a group of armed Chinese. The man in blue sprinted ahead; he seemed to catch the government forces off guard, because they turned and ran. The details of the next moment—the angle of the running man, his shirt billowing behind him, the strange coolness of the air—were etched by a sound: a gunshot. But the three Uygurs did not stop in the face of destruction. They tilted toward it.
The Tibetan struggle for independence from China has long captivated the West. Fewer people are familiar with an arguably more critical struggle in a neighboring hinterland: that of the Uygurs. Their anonymity is ironic because the West has played an unwitting role in their current crisis—and because the Uygurs, whose culture is fading toward obscurity, once occupied the center of the known world.
Xinjiang sits in the middle of Asia, encircled by some of Earth's highest mountains, as though a drawstring had cinched the top of the world like a coin purse. Passes through those snowy mountains funneled ancient traders and travelers along paths that became the renowned Silk Road. "They say it is the highest place in the world," Marco Polo wrote of climbing the Pamir mountains from the Afghanistan side. When he emerged from the pass, he found the Uygur homeland and marveled: "From this country, many merchants go forth about the world."
The territory became the fulcrum on which Asia and Europe balanced. Turkic raiders and later Genghis Khan, Buddhists and then Muslims, traders and tribesmen, missionaries and monks—all passed through this hemispheric crossroads, and each group left something of itself. I saw a Uygur woman wearing a Muslim head cover and holding her baby, whose head she had shaved into phantasmagoric designs, a pre-Islamic shamanistic practice to frighten away baby-stealing evil spirits. Xinjiang's history is also written in the faces of its people: dark faces with oval eyes. Also fair faces with narrow, jet eyes. And sometimes blue eyes with blond hair.
Geography itself protects the mosaic of Uygur culture in Hotan, in far southwestern Xinjiang. A range of snowcapped mountains rises at the town's back, and before it lies the Taklimakan, a desert larger than Poland, which people sometimes call the Sea of Death. Hotan's inhabitants are mostly farmers, and many of them come together each Sunday outside the town for a bazaar where children eat sweetened ice shaved from chunks that float down the Karakax (Black Jade) River, women browse tents full of silk, and men gather to have their beards trimmed while they tell jokes.
It's an old scene, although there is an occasional sign of technology: Knifemakers sit in long rows on ancient bicycles they've reconfigured to spin grindstones, looking like an invading horde of spark-spitting cyclists. A young Uygur man named Otkur (the names of Uygurs in Xinjiang have been changed for their protection) shared his bowl of sheep's lung with me, and afterward we approached an astonishing device: a two-story-high swing set with a seat big enough for two people to stand on. Otkur smiled. "For playing," he said. Two women climbed onto the ends of the seat and swung so high they disappeared into tree branches.
In town I met Dawud, a music master who teaches a small group of students. In his school a large mural showed a mashrap, a traditional all-male gathering—now closely regulated by the Chinese—where Uygurs convene to play music, recite poetry, and socialize. Dawud fashioned a fingerpick from a piece of wire and some twine, flicked his fingers across the five strings of a tambur, and launched into a series of complex songs with roots that reach back at least five centuries.
Those patchwork elements of Uygur life underscore something crucial about the Uygurs as a whole: Centuries of living at a great Eurasian way station have made them a complicated people who defy careless classification. But in time the world forgot this, with disastrous results.
As the Silk Road began to fray and trade took to the seas, both East and West lost interest in the Uygurs and their mountain fastness. For generations China saw little promise in this remote land—Xinjiang means "new frontier"—because the Chinese prized agriculture, and the wild west offered only dust and stones. People there ate mutton, not pork. In 1932 a British officer traveling in Xinjiang wrote with dark foresight, "Perhaps an awakening China, wondering where to settle its surplus millions of people, may have the good sense to call in the science of the West and to develop [Xinjiang]." But through the early 20th century, the Chinese government did not extend its influence to the distant region, and the Uygurs twice declared their own independent country. The second attempt at self-determination, in 1944, lasted five years, until the rise of Mao and the Chinese Communist Party, which sent in military forces and later established a nuclear testing ground, Lop Nur, in Xinjiang to eliminate any confusion.
Realizing that, if nothing else, its big, empty territory provided a buffer against foreign influence, Mao's China instituted a program called the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps—combining farm, military garrison, and prison—in which settlers from other Chinese provinces would work the soil and watch the borders. The first arrivals, in 1954, included more than 100,000 demobilized soldiers. Some were coerced, but the flow gathered momentum as the government extended a railroad west to Urumqi in 1962 and used promises of food and clothing to entice residents from overcrowded cities like Shanghai.
Meanwhile the Chinese were discovering that Xinjiang offered far more than just a border cushion: It held something vital to their very survival as a nation. Xinjiang contains about 40 percent of China's coal reserves and more than a fifth of its natural gas. Most important, it has nearly a fifth of the nation's proven oil reserves, although Beijing claims it holds as much as a third. Never mind the massive deposits of gold, salt, and other minerals. Xinjiang isn't empty. It's strategic. And with that realization, other things came sharply into focus for China's leadership: Xinjiang is the largest, most far-flung region. It borders more countries than any other. And it's home to an ethnic group that has tried twice in living memory to make a break for freedom.
In 1947, during the second incarnation of Uygur independence, about 220,000 Han Chinese made up 5 percent of Xinjiang's population. Uygurs numbered about three million, or 75 percent, the remainder being a mix of Central Asian ethnicities. By 2007 the Uygur population had increased to 9.6 million. But the Han population had swelled to 8.2 million.
Some Uygurs found opportunity in the influx. In the 1980s in burgeoning Urumqi, a laundress named Rebiya Kadeer grew her business into a department store, then built that into an international trading empire. She became one of the wealthiest people in China and an inspiration for her compatriots—a Uygur woman who appeared in Asia's Wall Street Journal and met with such businessmen as Bill Gates and Warren Buffett. In many ways she seemed emblematic of Xinjiang: In the last two decades of the 20th century the region's GDP increased tenfold.
But many more Uygurs languished. The big business in Xinjiang is oil, but all that oil is controlled from Beijing by state-owned energy companies. Many of the good jobs in Xinjiang are government jobs, and employees can advance more readily if they join the Communist Party, which requires renouncing their religion. And most Uygurs won't do that. The result is an ironic and combustible symmetry: As Han settlers pour in, Uygurs, unable to find work in their fantastically wealthy and spacious homeland, migrate east to work in privately owned factories in crowded coastal cities.
In the past few decades local resistance has flared up around Xinjiang, fluctuating in scale and violence. During the 1980s Uygur students protested treatment by police in a handful of incidents; in 1990 a disturbance south of Kashgar against birth limits ended in perhaps four dozen deaths. In 1997 hundreds of people in a city called Gulja marched to protest repression of Islamic practices and were arrested; the number of casualties is unknown. Other examples abound, including bus bombings and assassinations.
The Chinese government realized that it had a problem in Xinjiang, much as it had a problem in neighboring Tibet. Along with regulating mashraps—those traditional gatherings—the state monitored services at mosques, afraid they might provide a platform for dissidents. In general, officials downplayed the unrest as the work of isolated "ruffians" in a Uygur population that was otherwise blissful. In early September 2001, Xinjiang Communist Party Secretary Wang Lequan announced in Urumqi that "society is stable, and people are living and working in peace and contentment."
A few days later Beijing received a potent and unexpected propaganda tool: September 11.
As America and much of the West launched the "war on terror," China recognized the momentum of global public opinion and chose a new tack. The shift happened so fast it came with an almost audible crack. On October 11 a spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry described China as "a victim of international terrorism." Then the government issued a report on unrest in Xinjiang blaming none other than Osama bin Laden. "It's an effective strategy," says James Millward, a professor at Georgetown University and an expert on Xinjiang, "because in America we see Muslims somewhere who are unhappy and maybe even violent, and we assume it's because of religious reasons."
And just like that, the Uygurs—with the complexity of their culture, the richness of their past, the fullness of their grievance against the Chinese state—fell into a tidy classification. China asked the United States to include a group of militant separatist Uygurs on its list of terrorist organizations but was rebuffed—at least at first.
In December 2001, 22 Uygurs were captured in Pakistan and Afghanistan, where they may have received weapons training with the intent of battling the Chinese military back in Xinjiang. The men were rounded up by bounty hunters, handed over to U.S. forces, and sent to Guantánamo Bay. (Years later a U.S. court would order their release.) In August 2002 Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage traveled to Beijing to discuss, among other issues, America's upcoming mission in Iraq. While there, he announced a reversal in the U.S. stance: A militant Uygur group called the Eastern Turkistan Islamic Movement would now be listed as a terrorist organization.
The heart of Uygur tradition is the ancient capital of Kashgar. Today its Old City looks much as it must have when Marco Polo spied it after descending through the mountain pass—a warren of passageways and ancient mud-brick homes that resemble a jumble of oversize children's blocks. Early this year the Chinese government undertook a bold step: They began systematically bulldozing the Old City block by block and moving the inhabitants into a new compound on the edge of town.
Uygurs don't discuss the subject in public for fear of imprisonment, but one man who lives in the Old City, Ahun, agreed to talk with me in his home. A rendezvous would not be easy, because for days the Chinese security services had been following me. I was to wait in the main square during the busy midday until I saw him pass under Mao's statue, then follow at a distance without acknowledgment.
As we walked through city streets, he stopped casually to take a drink of water at a cart and later to tie his shoe. Finally we entered the Old City. The Chinese government's ostensible reason for demolishing the neighborhood is that it's too old to withstand an earthquake. But there may be another motive. As Ahun and I wove our way deeper into the warren, I watched his shoulders relax and his gait loosen. He was hard to trace in here. The Old City is a refuge.
The homes are adjacent and interconnected, and each is two stories high and arranged around a central courtyard. I followed Ahun up a flight of stairs, and when he flung open the door, it struck me that these homes are like oysters: On the outside they're drab and crude, but on the inside whitewashed plaster walls gleam, and many-colored rugs complement painted ceilings. "I pray. When I worship, I ask Allah, 'Rescue me my house,' " Ahun said. From his house he has a clear view of a government wrecking crew at work on a nearby home. According to the demolition schedule, they'll arrive at Ahun's home in three years.
He was born in the house, he said. So was his father. So was his grandfather, after his great-grandfather built it on family land. "I have two sons," he said. That's five generations who have lived in the same house.
If Hotan represents Xinjiang's past—with a Uygur majority that gathers to sharpen knives, trim beards, sing songs—then Kashgar is its present. Uygurs still make up most of the city's population, but their culture here is embattled. The government is working fast to tear it down.
Given enough time, Ahun said, China's economic development will bring political change, and hope for his people. "China will be obliged to receive a democratic system," he said. But right now, for a man who prays each day for the survival of his family home, no act is too desperate. "You do not understand our rage," he said. "In the Middle East there are human bombs, who connect their bodies with bombs. But with our rage, we don't need bombs connected. We ourselves explode."
In June of this year, a disgruntled worker at a toy factory in Shaoguan, near Hong Kong, reportedly claimed that Uygurs had raped two women. A melee followed. The violence lasted several hours and left scores injured. Angry Han workers in the factory's dormitory beat to death two Uygur co-workers.
This spark lit a fire 2,000 miles away, in Xinjiang. On July 5 thousands of Uygurs—the numbers reported varied widely—took to Urumqi's streets to protest the treatment of the Uygur workers. The authorities were caught off guard.
I spoke to a young woman named Arzigul, who had attended the protest. She said it started off peacefully as young people circulated around the capital's public square. "They were screaming the name 'Uygur! Uygur! Uygur!' " she said. When security forces arrived, something happened—exactly what is unclear. Each side says the other struck first, but at some point the authorities tried to quell the crowd, which apparently devolved into a mob attacking Han on the street. Two days later a group of Han—apparently numbering in the thousands—took to the street with meat cleavers and clubs and knives. They in turn attacked Uygurs.
Chinese officials say they're protecting their citizens from terrorists. In July, Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei called the riots "a grave and violent criminal incident plotted and organized by the outside forces of terrorism, separatism, no comma after separatism in original source and extremism." James Millward, the Xinjiang expert, says many Han—even officials—sincerely believe Xinjiang faces a threat from terrorists and interlopers. "It's what they are constantly told." Eventually military forces and police clamped down on Urumqi, and there seemed no possibility of further unrest. That's when the three men emerged from the mosque in the Uygur quarter, scattering people in every direction.
I watched them stride up the street and back, then run at the Chinese forces. First came the single shot, which missed. The Uygurs continued their charge, and I realized that the running men with their rusted swords did not expect to prevail. They expected to die.
A moment later another officer released a burst of automatic fire. The lead Uygur—the man in the flowing blue shirt—fell with the sudden slackness of a thrown rag doll. His body hit the pavement, but the momentum of his sprint sent him tumbling, and his feet flew up and over his head.
For a few seconds the incident played out in tableau on the opposite sidewalk. The remaining two Uygurs ran into the street, and the scene became three-dimensional, with bullets flying in my direction. I ran into a nearby building and found myself in the lobby of an enormous department store. People pressed themselves into corners and behind clothing displays; women wailed, and two men improvised a door lock by shoving a metal bar through the door's handles. Beyond the building's glass doors, all three of the Uygur men now lay in the street, one injured and two dead. Soldiers, police, and plainclothes security officers were firing upward, into the windows of surrounding buildings.
The department store held special significance for the Uygurs. It belonged to their heroine Rebiya Kadeer, the laundress turned mogul who had become beloved after she began to speak out against China's treatment of the Uygurs. In 1999, as an American delegation arrived in China to meet Kadeer, security officers arrested her. She spent the next six years in prison, then joined her exiled husband in the U.S. Her imprisonment only raised her status among her people, who regard her as the "mother of all Uygurs."
She's a grandmother, just over five feet tall, and she terrifies the Chinese authorities. Mentioning her name in Xinjiang brings swift and severe punishment. When I went with Ahun to his home in Kashgar's Old City, he spoke freely of rebellion against China's government, but when I mentioned Rebiya Kadeer, he froze. "If China finds this," he said, pointing to my voice recorder and then reaching for my throat in mock vengeance, "on Judgment Day I will catch your neck."
After the July riots, trucks with loudspeakers circled the public squares of Urumqi, proclaiming that the unrest had been organized by Kadeer from her office in Washington, D.C. Chinese officials accused her in news reports around the globe and were said to be planning to tear down her trade centers. "The Chinese authorities are fearful of me because of what they have been doing to the Uygur people," she told me recently. In her office an enormous East Turkistan flag—symbol of a free Uygur nation—hangs on one wall, and photos of her 11 children, two of whom are in prison, hang on another.
The Western world knows of the struggle for freedom by Tibetans largely because the Dalai Lama presents a warm and charismatic embodiment of his people. The Uygurs have remained obscure, in part, because they have no such figure. But the Chinese government's recent efforts to demonize Rebiya Kadeer have lifted her into a representative role. "I keep advocating for my people, for the self-determination of Uygurs," she told me. Whether that means autonomy within China or a push for full independence depends on the government's reaction, she said. "At the moment I'm trying to invite the Chinese authorities to come to the dialogue peacefully."
Even as Kadeer spoke, another round of strife loomed in Xinjiang—rumors, allegations, protests—and she acknowledges that a peaceful resolution may be impossible. After seeing the region's past and present through Hotan and Kashgar, we may be glimpsing its future in Urumqi: a sprawling city that serves Han migrants drawn by Xinjiang's natural resources, where a Uygur minority stays confined to its quarter.
And on an otherwise silent Monday afternoon, men detonate on the street from the sheer force of their rage.


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Welcome to Quayside my town by the seaside!
Thank you for visiting my blog and thanks even more if you decide to follow :-) I really do enjoying doing it and love to share my projects with you all! In the village at last count I had 18 houses, 14 little roombox size shops, 3 half houses, and 1 half church (half being just a front!) there's also 1 quarter of a house (just half of a front lol) 2 market stalls, 3 market carts and beach huts on the beach although theres always seems to be room for just one more!
I also have a my 1st house a traditional Victorian manor which is very special as it was bought with money left to me by my beloved Nan. There's also my witches house and a witches shop. I also have a lovely Honeychurch house which is my Christmas shop and house and my latest venture a little vintage cottage. But the bulk of my property empire is Quayside, my little Cornish seaside village full of lovely individual cottages and all its wonderful residents. This has become a real labour of love and has turned me from a Dolls house fan into a complete and utter addict! The links below will take you to each of my houses and I especially hope you enjoy your visit to Quayside :-)
Links to pictures of all my Dolls houses and Cottages in one place!
- Sea View Cottage - Angelas House
- Lavender Cottage - Fisherman Bobs house
- Seashell Cottage - Shabby chic cottage
- The Old Rectory - Vicars House
- Boathouse cottage - Gallery / Seafood eaterie
- Daffodil Cottage - Nursery shop
- Appletree Cottage - Grocery shop / Doctors
- Honeysuckle cottage - Babs Boutique
- Barnacle Cottage - Holiday let / Sewing shop
- Coastguard Cottage - Bakery & Italian bistro
- Lifeboat Cottage - Village Hall
- The Porthole - The Porthole B & B
- Anchor Cottage- Fishermans house / Staceys Boudoir
- Forget me Not Cottage - Rest Home
- Wishes and Dishes - Bridal and china shop
- Captains Rest - Village Pub
- Beach Cottage - 50's Ice cream parlour
- Crabpot Cottage - Crabpot cafe
- Sweet Pea Cottage - Shabby chic shop
- Sea Thrift Cottage - Quayside Candy box
- Sea Thistle Cottage - The Cupcakery Bakery
- Rose Cottage - Flower shop
- Butterfly Cottage - Knitting Pretty wool shop
- Meadow Cottage -Quayside Cutz Hairdressers
- Crabpot Cottage - Seaside cafe
- Bamboo Cottage - Chinese Takeaway
- Celandine Cottage - Junk Shop
- The Village Toilets
- Bernies Bike Shop
- The fish and chip shop
- St Benets parish Church
- The Beach
- Quayside Village Pictures
- The village market - Stans Seafood/Franks mighty meat cart
- Christmas Cottage - Christmas shop and house
- Broomstick Cottage - Witches cottage
- Hocus Pocus - Witches shop
- Hardbroom Manor - Victorian house/My first house!
Tuesday, 29 January 2013
New arrivals and Happy Birthday Bethany!
First up is Stacey who is a bit of naughtiness in the village. She was going to be Marina after the tarty woman from Last of the Summer wine but I decided that was the perfect name for the mermaid instead! Shes hanging round the bar up to no good and Marylin the barmaid is telling her to sling her hook if thats her game! She was modelled on a Heidi Ott doll that was wayyy out of my price range and you know shes she even better I love her!!!
Jack the retired sea captain has a new regular seat in the pub so no one better sit there from now on! Now I just had to have him when I saw him didn't I!!!
And last but not least Charlie has a new workmate as he was just so busy he needed some help!
I also got a lovely little package from my good friend Deb showing off her amazing knitting skills again!!
I needed another little doll for the wool shop as I stole her for the new nursery. I also asked her to make me a few hats for the shop and aren't they just so cute I love all the different colours!
Its also my Daughters 19th Birthday today so I want to just wish her all my love! As you know she makes all my signs and is very tolerant as I am very picky lol so thank you Bethany and I love you loads now please make me the one I need for the antiques shop pretty please!!
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2009: In our quest for reasons why the renovation and re-opening of the neoclassical hotel would be the starting point of a new activity, we chose aesthetic rejuvenation and hospitality as our priorities.
Externally, our choices and desires added the nostalgic memories of old Athens to the neoclassical architecture. However, in the interior one can see that our desire to provide comfortable accommodation in the centre of Athens can become a reality.*
With 31 fully renovated rooms, the Athens Lotus Hotel can become your top choice for accommodation in Athens.
The small café in the lobby was created with a single goal in mind… to make you feel comfortable! We look forward to your visit…
* The interior decorating was designed by architect Leonidas Varaggis.
In 2013, after four years of successful operation of Athens Lotus Hotel , we decided to upgrade our services in order to satisfy our guests. The White Lotus has 12 new rooms, fully furnished and decorated by the Coco Mat, providing the ideal sleep and relaxation services for your stay in Athens.


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Ultra-luxury hotel group Four Seasons is decelerating its aggressive growth strategy in the Middle East, which has seen it open seven hotels since 2014.
It is still actively eyeing opportunities in Saudi Arabia however, according to Simon Casson, the group's president for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.
Represented in five of the six Gulf countries, in addition to several hotels in North Africa and the Levant, Four Seasons has a total of 17 hotels in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region.
Most recently, a Four Seasons opened in Tunisia, a popular holiday destination for Gulf nationals.
"I often get asked, not so much by the press but by our staff, why we are opening a hotel in Tunisia," Casson told Gulf News in a recent interview.
"They ask, 'isn't it dangerous?'"
Tunisia was hit by two major terrorist attacks in 2015 — in June, the popular tourist resort of Port El Kantaoui was attacked by a gunman; three months before that, the capital's Bardo National Museum suffered a similar mass-shooting, leaving 24 dead. Its porous border with Libya, where there is political instability and an absence of security, has left Tunisia in an ongoing state of emergency.
"I think it's an important reflection on our focus in business: It isn't situational, we take a wider view on the potential of any destination," he said.
Tunisia has historically been a popular tourist for both Europeans, due to its exotic appearance but relatively short flight time, and travellers from the region, who feel welcome in a familiar environment, and appreciate commonality in the language, according to Casson.
The top executive said he was confident in Tunis as a destination, but added that he was "encouraged in the short-term to see that flights from European capitals are starting to return to Tunis."
It was recently announced that UK travel operator TUI would begin flying between the UK and Tunisia imminently, following on from popular budget airline Thomas Cook, who resumed their flights in February.
"The tourism market is going to take time to come back and evolve, but it's been incident-free for a couple of years now, while many other, more well-trafficked European cities have been subject to terrorist incidents," Casson said, adding: "It's just a question of confidence returning."
Long absent from the country, the UAE has proved to be fruitful in recent years for the hotel group, with Four Seasons properties springing up in Abu Dhabi, DIFC and Jumeirah.
Despite this, the hotelier said that Four Seasons was not actively chasing hotel opportunities in Abu Dhabi or Dubai, instead stating that only Saudi Arabia was of particular "strategic interest" to the group at this time.
"We see further opportunity there. We're encouraged by the economic revival of Saudi Arabia," Casson said.
In October 2017, Four Seasons announced a new hotel in Makkah, Saudi Arabia, describing it as "a striking new building adjacent to the Grand Mosque" that would "bring the Four Seasons experience to the Holy City."
"That's an important indicator of our intent," Casson said.
Four Seasons is 45 per cent owned by Al Waleed Bin Talal's Kingdom Holding Company, one of the largest conglomerates in Saudi Arabia.
Bill Gates also owns a 47.5 per cent stake through his Cascade investment firm.
This year is set to be a bumper one for Saudi Arabia's hotels, with almost 60 per cent of the country's current construction pipeline forecast to open in 2018, according to a report published in February by travel consultancy STR.
That amounts to 84 new hotels opening this year in total, bringing with them 27,281 new rooms.
According to the report, Riyadh, Jeddah, Makkah and Al Khobar remain the busiest areas for hotel construction across the country.
This massive increase in supply is leading to plummeting revenues across the country's hotels.
The Jeddah hotel market was among the region's poorest performing in February, recording a 39.7 per cent decline in profit per room on the back of a drop in revenue and rising costs, according to research firm HotStats.
Asked if he was concerned about such negative conditions, Casson said he remained unfazed.
"We're all subject to the same market forces, but I think a Four Seasons can stimulate demand and create activity in the market where it's not so naturally present," he said.
"Do I think the country will generate [economic activity]? That's yet to be seen, but we're impressed with the vision and the speed of movement towards that vision [by the Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman]," he added.
Looking forward, Casson said that there would be less new hotels from Four Seasons in the Gulf, and more in Europe.
"I think forward-looking development will be less in the GCC, with the exception of Saudi Arabia where we'd be very open to looking at opportunities … and the strategic opportunities are cities in Europe where we're not currently located," he said.
In North Africa, he added, "we're starting to be fairly well represented."
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I personally love the Fail Whale bit...
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Friday, April 24, 2009
Lost and Found Table and Stools
Very whimsical and fun pieces, designed by & MADE that would liven up any drab apartment. A mixed construction of solid timbers and cast-off furniture pieces, the stools "reflect the throw-away culture of today". I love how the rustic and refined design elements play against each other.
Your stockings could get ruined if caught on the sides of the stool, but only in the colder months! Looks like they are only available in the UK. Drat.
Via: Poppytalk
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Thursday, April 23, 2009
Paperbag Waist
Tres mignon! Not sure if I can pull it off because of my height, but will try this look...
LOVE the above Chloe skirt, but $975 at Saks--a wee bit pricey. I bought this Mink Pink dress instead...See below:
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Labels: Dress, Fashion, Paperbag Waist
Monday, April 20, 2009
Simple Pleasures
Domestic bliss.
Designed by Swedish artist, Lotta Kuhlhorn, these towels beat the faded ones I have hanging limp on my refrigerator handle and would absolutely sing in any kitchen...
"Her inspiration comes from close to home. 1970's cupboard paper, housecoats and aprons, bed linens and tablecloths. Simple, striking, familiar shapes form the basis of her illustrations and patterns. It's a technique that she continues to refine, always striving for that delicate balance between professional polish and keeping it simple."
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Labels: Kitchen Stuff
Friday, April 17, 2009
Beatriz Milhazes
I stumbled across this video about one of my favorite artists, Beatriz Milhazes...
She has a suspended, sculptural installation at the James Cohan Gallery that I plan to check out today! On view till April 25th.
James Cohan Gallery
New York
533 West 26th Street
New York, NY 10001
Tuesday-Saturday 10am-6pm
She has a suspended, sculptural installation at the James Cohan Gallery that I plan to check out today! On view till April 25th.
James Cohan Gallery
New York
533 West 26th Street
New York, NY 10001
Tuesday-Saturday 10am-6pm
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Labels: Art, Beatriz Milhazes
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Love Bubble
New track by Mista Cookie Jar....
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Labels: Love Bubble, Music
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
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Labels: Earthbox, Growing Stuff, Plants
Monday, April 13, 2009
Momofuku's Milk Bar
207 Second Ave (at 13th Street)
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Labels: Crack Pie, Momofuku' s Milk Bar
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Been There, Done That
This little owl's expression is perfect and priceless. I want to create a mask of him and wear it while walking around the LES. By-product of photoshopping or not--I kinda love this site and its off-beat commentary.
Via: Fuck You, Penguin
Via: Fuck You, Penguin
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Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Monday, April 6, 2009
Sandwich Sponge
Generally, my threshold for soggy bread is low (i.e., overly ketchup-ed hamburger buns, maple-syrup drenched french toast, etc...). But in dish-sponge form? Exceptions must be made...
Via: Moma Design Store
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Friday, April 3, 2009
Murray Hell
This guy knows his neighborhood. Kinda long, but worth it for a few chuckles.
A shout out to Escobaby for the link...
A shout out to Escobaby for the link...
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Labels: Music
Thursday, April 2, 2009
I Dig Spike Jonze, But...
I realize it's just a teaser trailer and Where the Wild Things Are doesn't get its release till October 16,2009 , but I am fearful that this movie will SUCK. Spike Jonze has an incredible eye, so the photography looks lush (based on the teaser) and overall visuals I'm sure will prove noteworthy (Who isn't a sucker for wide-shots with the nostalgic glow of that warm sunlight?). It seems like the film could represent the adventure of The Princess Bride meets the schmaltz of The Never-Ending-Story meets the boyish fantasy of Time Bandits. Hmmmm, doesn't sound too bad...It's just that everybody freaking loves this trailer and maybe I'm just being contrarian. This adaptation has the potential to be the best of those films or a freaking shitshow. Time will tell...
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We've spotted a few competitions that are currently calling for submissions from talented young writers. To make life easy, and to give you more time to perfect that masterpiece, we've rounded them up in this handy blog ...
First up is the Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award. It's open to writers aged 11-17, and the deadline isn't until 31 July.
If you're not so hot on poetry, the Spark Children's Arts Festival is running a story competition which closes on 23 May. There are two age categories: 7-12 and 13-16. The theme is 'don't judge a book by its cover'... Ooh, I'm already thinking of ideas.
And if that isn't enough, Litro Magazine & IGGY International have announced a young persons short story award. The deadline is 25 July, and it's open to anyone aged 11-19. Best of all, the prize is ... £2,500!
If you're not a writer, don't feel left out. Here at Guardian children's books we're looking for budding illustrators to send in their character designs to be judged by the brilliant Nick Sharratt. Winners will see their work displayed in a beautiful gallery on the Guardian children's books site.
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I regret having to report that the previously helpful and cooperative photobucket.com has taken The Hayfamzone Blog hostage. Rest assured that in time I will take the necessary steps to restore earlier posts to their former glory.
One weekend when I was in about 4th grade, William E. Dever School in Chicago was vandalized. On the following Monday morning we students were horrified to walk through the hallways where spray paint and vile grafitti were emblazoned on every wall. I am every bit as disgusted when I see what photobucket has done to my blog posts.
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- "Well, they've mended me tubes, but they didn't even look at me brakes! Me gauges! Me squeaky wheels..."
"All in good time, Henry."
- ―Henry and Emily
What's the Matter with Henry? is the sixth episode of the seventh series.
It is the end of another busy day and all of the engines are happy, except Henry who is feeling ill once again. He complains that his boiler is grumbling. Thomas teases him about it, but Henry crossly moans that Thomas does not care and leaves. Emily notices a puddle of water where Henry was standing.
The next morning, the Fat Controller tells Henry, Thomas and Percy to collect coal trucks and take them to the docks. The two tank engines puff away quickly, but Henry is still feeling ill. Despite this, really useful engines do not complain, so this time, he tries to move anyway, worried that the Fat Controller will not care if he is ill again.
Henry is still leaving a trail of water behind him as he puffs along, which worries Emily even more. Percy and Thomas continue to tease Henry, thinking he is just being lazy. When they arrive at the coaling plant before Henry, they make a plan. Thomas lies to the manager that Henry wants to take more trucks, with Percy adding that Henry is bigger. The manager agrees. Meanwhile Emily tells the Fat Controller about Henry's problem and he sends her to find him.
Henry arrives at the coaling plant and is horrified to see a long line of trucks left by Thomas and Percy. But he still has to take them, so he sets off and pulls with all his might. However, the trucks prove too much and Henry grinds to a halt in the middle of the line. Emily pulls up alongside and sees that Henry needs help. So she changes tracks and couples up to Henry while his fireman uncouples the trucks. They set off towards the docks.
When they arrive, the Fat Controller praises Emily and commends Henry on his bravery in taking the trucks despite being ill. Thomas and Percy are ashamed and apologize to Henry for not believing he was sick. The Fat Controller sends Thomas and Percy to pick up Henry's train.
Soon Henry is mended and back at work, but complains and claims that the workmen did not look at his brakes, gauges, or wheels. Emily assures him that he is back in good condition again but Henry is still unhappy.
- Thomas
- Henry
- Percy
- Emily
- Sir Topham Hatt
- The Coaling Plant Manager (does not speak)
- Gordon (cameo)
- James (cameo)
- Duck (cameo)
- Salty (cameo)
- Annie and Clarabel (cameo)
- Big Mickey (faceless, cameo)
- Troublesome Trucks (deleted scene)
- Tidmouth Sheds
- The Coaling Plant
- Brendam Docks
- Wellsworth
- Henry's Tunnel
- Tidmouth Beach
- Going by production order, this is the fifth episode of the seventh series.
- Mirrored stock footage from Henry and the Elephant is used.
- Henry's front truck does not have a face in the episode, but if inspected closely, the face area is hidden by a piece of the truck's body duplicated and placed over it. It can be more noticeable when Emily pulls Henry away from the train. It is unknown why this was done.
- When released on home video in the UK for the first time, the version used is the UK narration with the new music. The UK narration paired with the original music of the episode did not come out on home video until The Complete Series 7 was released in 2008. This also applies to Rheneas and the Roller Coaster.
- In the Japanese version, the coaling plant manager gains lines.
- When Emily helps Henry, the original music uses Henry's theme, whereas the new music uses Emily's theme.
- When Henry leaves the coaling plant, a grey building and large brown building from TUGS can be seen on either side of him.
- This is the first episode in the series in which the title has a question mark.
- In the New Series version of this episode, Lee Pressman is incorrectly credited for writing it.
- The US title card had a few errors. On Percy Saves the Day and Other Adventures, Thomas & Friends Classic Volume 7 and individual US airings, the title does not have a question mark. This also applies to In the half hour airing "Patiences ", a second "with" was added to the title.
- In the scene of Henry puffing before Percy and Thomas overtook him, the end of the set can be seen.
- When Henry arrives at the coaling plant and when Henry grounds to a halt, the end of the set can be seen. It is also visible when Emily pulls up beside Henry in the latter scene.
- In the close-up of Thomas looking gloomy, fingerprints are visible on Henry's boiler.
- Henry has James' whistle sound when he leaves the sheds.
- In a few shots, Thomas' brake pipe is crooked.
- When Henry arrives at the coaling plant, his brake van has no tail lamp. But when Henry is pulling the train, one appears.
- When Henry's driver says, "We'll still have to take [the trucks]," there is some blue paint in the inner part of his cab.
- The narrator says that Emily and Henry puffed into the docks, but Henry was out of steam.
- During Emily and Henry's exchange at Wellsworth, the tracks where they are end at the bushes.
- Thomas: What's the matter with you, Henry?
- Henry: My boiler's grumbling!
- Thomas: Maybe it's grumbling at you!
- Henry: That's not funny! You just don't care.
- Percy: Hurry up, Henry!
- Henry: I can't go any faster.
- Thomas: You're just being lazy.
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|Mi a baj Henry-vel?
|Henry non sta bene
|병이 난 헨리
|Co z Heniem?
|Ce s-a Întâmplat cu Henry?
|Что случилось с Генри
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|#12 Rheneas and the Roller Coaster
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|#04 The Old Bridge
|#13 Salty's Stormy Tale
|#22 Best Dressed Engine
|#05 Edward's Brass Band
|#14 Snow Engine
|#23 Gordon and Spencer
|#06 What's the Matter with Henry?
|#15 Something Fishy
|#24 Not So Hasty Puddings
|#07 James and the Queen of Sodor
|#16 The Runaway Elephant
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The Hunter is a Guardian class that specializes in agility, stealth, and marksmanship. Hunters are "quick on the trigger and deadly with a blade," so much that they have earned a fearful reputation[2] and are known as the "Masters of the Frontier."[3]
History Edit
Hunters were once survivors that roamed the wastelands and wilderness making their own luck. Through manipulation of the Traveler's energies, Hunters learned how to survive in the wild.[2] This heritage has led to their characteristic tendency of bending the rules to suit their particular situation. Being the trailblazers[2] amongst Guardian classes, Hunters serve as invaluable scouts when surveying hostile and dangerous territory combining their trademark daring and ingenuity.[1]
Though Hunters prefer working alone, others see the value of working with other Guardians as part of a fireteam. Some fear them as being too reckless and dangerous, but their bravery has led to many discoveries dating back to the Golden Age.[2]
Distinguishing Features Edit
Hunters can be easily distinguished in-game by their signature hooded cloaks, thin builds, and lightly armored outfits,[1][4] which contain an armor-to-cloth ratio of about 50:50.[5]
Also, as with the other player classes, in addition to helmets, chest armor, gauntlets, and leg armor, Hunters have a special fifth armor slot that is unique to their class and further helps to distinguish them:[6] a cloak worn on the head and back.[6]
While Hunters, like all Guardians, can use any and all weapons in-game, they employ a unique utility blade, the Hunter Knife, for stealth kills and melee combat.[7]
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Hunters' method of attack has an emphasis on dealing high damage from short and medium range.[8]
Subclasses Edit
- Arcstrider (Destiny 2)
- Bladedancer (Destiny 1)
- Gunslinger
- Nightstalker
Notable Hunters Edit
- Ana Bray
- Anahera-3
- Andal Brask (deceased)
- Cayde-6 (deceased)
- Efrideet
- Eris Morn (formerly)
- Gheleon (deceased)
- Jaren Ward (deceased)
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- Omar Agah (deceased)
- Pahanin (deceased)
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- Quantis Rhee
- Sai Mota (deceased)
- Shin Malphur
- Shiro-4
- Tallulah Fairwind (deceased)
- Tevis (deceased)
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- During Bungie's GDC 2013 Panel, Bungie said that the Hunter class is meant to be reminiscent of the classic "bounty hunter," citing influences such as Han Solo and classic characters from old Western films such as Clint Eastwood's Man with No Name.[9] For players, choosing the Hunter class "satisfies a survivalist fantasy."[7]
- Hunters are the only class to holster a Hand Cannon on their hip and not the back of their belt. This could have also been done because of the long Cloaks they wear.
- According to some sources, Hunters suffer from insomnia more than the other Guardian classes.[10]
- Hunters are the only Guardians who immediately acquire a sniper rifle when they start Destiny 2; Warlocks and Titans can only acquire shotguns. Presumably, this was done as a character build since Hunters are made out to be effective long range shooters.
Gallery Edit
References Edit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 (2013) "Explore Destiny: Hunter". Bungie Inc.. Retrieved Sep. 5, 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 DBO Forums "Transcript of the official English version of the cards". Retrieved Jul 10, 2014.
- ↑ destinythegame.com "Destiny Hunter Guardian Class". Retrieved Jul 10, 2014.
- ↑ (2013-03-29) YouTube.com: Bungie's Destiny Panel - GDC 2013 46:15. Retrieved Sep. 5, 2013.
- ↑ GDC 2013 Panel. 46:20. Retrieved 28 May 2014.</small>
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 (20 Mar. 2014) GDC Vault: Building Customizable Characters for Bungie's 'Destiny 04:40. Retrieved 08 Apr. 2014.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Dague, David. (2013-11-12) "Destiny Drawing Board: The Hunter's Knife". Bungie.net. Retrieved 14 Nov. 2013.
- ↑ /r/DestinyTheGame "Game Master July 2014 Destiny Cover Issue & PlayStation UK Magazine June 2014 Destiny Hands-on: Breakdown". Retrieved July 10, 2014.
- ↑ (2013-03-29) YouTube.com: Bungie's Destiny Panel - GDC 2013 43:50. Retrieved Sep. 5, 2013.
- ↑ Dream-Eater Grasps
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In Net Value, two international consultants on corporate value take a tough look at the Internet stock bubble and what we can expect in the future. The book examines what the authors call "netPhase II"—the transition when Internet companies mature and become high-value providers of products and services. Clark and Neill, partners with VBM Consulting, tell you how to identify dot-com survivors with whom you can do business. Clark recently discussed some of the book's key points with Karen Southwick.
CIO Insight: The dot-com era seems to be history. Even what we thought were successful Net companies like Yahoo are struggling. What gives?
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How can a CIO at an established company separate dot-com survivors from non-survivors?
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Who would you designate as a successful Internet company today?
Clark: The model for the future will be AOL/Time Warner, with its combination of old economy and new economy. If access to sustainable financing is going to be a key, AOL is one of the few companies that already qualifies.
What should traditional companies do now about the Internet? Should they still be trying to transform their businesses for the Internet Age?
Clark: First, take advantage of the changes in the labor market. I've seen too many instances where people who went to work for the corporate intranet were the dregs of the labor pool. So upgrade your labor. Then you've got to get over this egotistical idea that you need a dot-com with your company's branding on it. Rather, look at the dot-com with the same tough scrutiny as any other use of funds. Companies have to think, "Do I have something that will really create unique value online?"
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- Someone made this personal. It should be up to me to clear this up. Besides, I don't want this situation to somehow lead to you and Dick being compromised. Listen, this whole last year was supposedly about us building trust, you, me and Dick. You taught me how to handle stuff like this. Now you need to let me handle it. Please. You've been accused of murder before. Can you imagine someone else cleaning up your mess for you?
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Robin (Volume 2) #148 is an issue of the series Robin (Volume 2) with a cover date of May, 2006. It was published on March 22, 2006.
Appearing in "Robin: Boy Wanted, Part One: Out Go the Lights"
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Supporting Characters:
- Alfred Pennyworth
- Batman
- Lynx (Dies)
- Oracle
- League of Assassins (Behind the scenes)
- Cassandra Cain (Behind the scenes)
- Nyssa Raatko (Dies)
Other Characters:
- David Cain (Mentioned only)
- Gotham City Police Department
- Huntress (Cameo)
Synopsis for "Robin: Boy Wanted, Part One: Out Go the Lights"One Year Later, Robin is fighting an unknown assailant. Despite being blinded by floodlights he believes he has taken down his target with his R's, but when his eyes clear he sees what appears to be Batgirl, dead. A quick check proves that beneath the mask is Lynx, and that she has been dead for about three hours. Unfortunately cops from the Gotham City Police Department catch him, and though he escapes Robin soon finds that he is a wanted man. Not knowing about Robin's innocence, Oracle transmits that Batgirl is dead. Meanwhile, in North Africa, Nyssa Raatko concludes a business meeting only for her car to explode, killing her.
Back in Gotham both Alfred Pennyworth and Batman offer to assist Robin, but Robin refuses. He reveals that while he was traveling with Batman in Budapest he received a note addressed to his secret identity, Tim Drake. The note said Batgirl was in trouble, and that Robin had to come alone or she would be killed. Robin had been attempting to track down Batgirl when he had been ambushed in the alley. Not wanting to compromise Batman's secret identity, and feeling the note has made this personal, Robin insists on solving this case on his own. Unbeknownst to him his conversation with Batman is observed by Cassandra Cain.
Robin realizes that Lynx was only wearing a facsimile of Batgirl's costume, and that the fake might contain clues to the real killer's identity, but now the fake costume and the body are in the possession of the GCPD. As the GCPD calls in SWAT teams to hunt Robin down, he begins his infiltration of GCPD Precinct 9.
- This issue is reprinted in the Robin: Wanted collected edition.
- Robin mentions that Nightwing is also currently suspected of murder. This is a reference to the events of Brothers in Blood where Jason Todd uses Nightwing's costume to murder criminals.[1] He also mentions Bruce Wayne having been accused of murder, which happened in the Fugitive storyline.[2]
See Also
- Discuss Robin Vol 2 148 on the forums
- Cover gallery for the Robin series
- Images from Robin Vol 2 148
Recommended Reading
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- Batman: A Lonely Place of Dying
- Batman: Dark Victory
- Batman: Year Three
- Batman and Robin (Volume 1)
- Batman and Robin (Volume 2)
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Gil Green's that music video director you love but whom you can never think of when you try to list your favorite music video directors. Hype Williams, David Fincher, Mark Romanek, Spike Jonze, that dude Gondry….and it kind of peters out from there. Except Green's probably made a good 70% of the videos that struck you as ingenious over the past 5 years. What follows: A MoJaMa salute to one of the best working music video directors today. The Criterion Collection after the jump.


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I havent replied to you in general, just i pressed the wrong button and couldnt be arsed to back track.Tough luck with the demotion from King.
Honestly couldn't care a bit because royalty is bunk, but love the way he recognized all the people that came before him that but for one thing or another could and should have been similarly honored.
It does. But the man's got more class than to tell the old lady to shove it up her arse.Eh. Kenny means more than this shite.
Get an autograph. Frame it and hang it on a wall mate.I am going to be in the Kop in December 16 for the first time. I fell in love with the Reds 35 years ago because of The King. If I even catch a glimpse of him, I will have nothing left on the my bucket list. Make us dream.


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- September 23, 2011 at 7:43 PM
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