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Here's an article that was posted on my local news channel. You can get the link to view the whole story here.
Avoiding harmful cosmetic ingredients
With the focus on beauty and the need for a more youthful appearance in our society, the market for beauty products is just about saturated. With so many different types of concoctions promising natural and anti-aging beauty, how do we know which products hold the test of time?
With a little effort and some basic pointers, it’s easy to recognize what natural products would be best to use. Here are a few tips for adopting a more natural beauty routine.
Know the effects of what you take into your body. According to realage.com, how old your body really thinks you are is based on your health and your habits of what you choose to do to your body, whether good or bad. Smoking, overexposure to the sun, ingesting harmful drugs and eating sugary foods will have great effect on your natural beauty. In short, you can't look good on the outside if you fill your body with trash on the inside. Drinking lots of water, getting enough regular sleep and eating healthy foods are among the first steps to a natural beauty routine. Doctors recommend drinking enough water (at least eight cups a day) to remove free radicals that get into your skin. Eating enough fiber every day will keep your body clear as well.
What to avoid:
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- Triethanolamine (TEA)
Know which ingredients will harm your skin. When choosing skin care products, read the label. Ingredients you cannot read or understand will not necessarily help your skin. By the same token, just because a product is natural doesn’t mean it will agree with your skin. "Almost all (beauty product companies) use many, many plant extracts, from apples and mint to cactus and soy. However, a lot of plants can be irritating," says Amy Wechsler in her book "The Mind-Beauty Connection: 9 Days to Less Stress, Gorgeous Skin and a Whole New You." "Think of poison ivy. ... It’s completely natural and organic. Sure, it’s an extreme example, but even aloe, which everyone thinks of as the ultimate smoother, is an irritant for some people.” If possible, when choosing a product, ask for a sample to try and use it for a few days to see if the product feels good on your skin.
Harsh chemicals are not good for your skin. Anything with a fragrance can be harmful as well. So how can we choose? What is non-toxic to our skin yet helps keep it young and youthful? With a little study, knowing what not to buy because of the ingredients will help you on your way to a more natural beauty routine.
According to glamology.com, these are the most toxic ingredients in skin care products: and Triethanolamine (TEA).
Know which ingredients are safe. There are some ingredients familiar in many of the natural skin care products which are proven safe and effective. Your skin absorbs a good percentage of what you use, so look for these ingredients in natural beauty products and it will help your skin and body look good and feel good.Thegreenbeautyguide .com recommends the following:
- Acai oil from acai berries, which contain high concentrations of antioxidants.
- Vitamin A is a naturally-sourced vitamin and a powerful skin care product. It can be applied externally, and it should also be taken orally. Natural sources include dairy, eggs, fish, carrots, spinach, leafy greens and mango.
- Vitamin C has been shown to help minimize wrinkles and fine lines in the skin. It works best when taken orally, but it can also be applied topically. Sources include citrus, guava, cabbage and cauliflower.
- Green tea is also high in antioxidants. It helps fight off infections and can improve the cardiovascular system. It can be ingested, or it can be applied topically in an extract form.
The benefits of using natural beauty products have been phenomenal in many women’s lives. Remember what Coco Channel said: “Nature gives you the face you have at 20; it’s up to you to merit the face you have at 50.”
Valerie Steimle is the mother of nine children living in Alabama and is the author of four books including "Of One Heart: Being Single in the LDS World."
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Carey Planning to Sign State Ban On Topless Entertainment in Bars; Carey Planning to Sign State Ban On Topless Entertainment in Bars
By LINDA GREENHOUSE Special to The New York Times ();
June 28, 1977,
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ALBANY, June 27 Governor Carey, with a blast at "garish, smutty and filthy entertainment" that "has no place in New York City," said today he would sign a bill to ban topless entertainment in bars licensed by the State Liquor<< | http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F50716FA395E137B93CAAB178DD85F438785F9 | 2013-05-18T11:05:13 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [
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Previosly Sold On 12/11/2012 for $12.99 (Woot-Off)
Previosly Sold On 11/13/2012 for $12.99
ATTENTION!!!
Note that if you want it in time for Christmas, you must choose
TWO-DAY SHIPPING
NOTE: Expedited shipping is not available to all areas or at all times. Our order system checks immediately with your closest FBA (Fulfillment by Amazon) warehouse to see if they can pull & ship the order in time to meet the 2-day shipping promise. The first deadline is in just a few hours.
You might try later in the day - after about 11am to noon Central. That's after the first deadline and they have 24-hour before the next deadline. It bumps delivery out a day but it will still be two days.
No promises but it's worth a try.
The sellout, the moofi, AND the home are all knives. Knife.woot.com!
disturbed0ne wrote:The sellout, the moofi, AND the home are all knives. Knife.woot.com!
It's probably for dealing with that mountain lion that pops up in bear country over on sport.woot. Someone get that mountain lion a map and a compass.
I'd be terribly embarrassed to be caught using these knives. Just go to a restaurant supply store and get their cheap knives instead, they look about the same, priced similarly, but at least they're real kitchen knives that MAY hold up longer than a couple months.
I've used these knives for a long time. A good set of cheap knives. Better than your typical Farberware or whatever generic brand alternative.
I hear that these will keep you from being shot in the woods during hunting season.
I've had the utility knife for some time and it's held up pretty well - these may be a great set of knifes for camping or picnics..
If I pay, could I just get Rachel Ray to come over and cook my Christmas meal, instead of sending me knives?
I have these knives (got them as a wedding present) and they are just OK. They do in a pinch, but they dull quickly and don't leave a very smooth cut.
I wouldn't order these knives if you paid me the $15.99...
We've had these knives for a while and they are definitely better than any other brand in the price range and don't deserve the hate they're getting in the other comments. They have a good feel in the hand and the "gusto-grip" is easy to hold onto, even when things get slippery (calamari). We use our knives daily and they hold a very sharp edge for weeks of hard use, then I swipe them back and forth in our $7 Ikea knife sharpener two or three times and they're good for another few weeks.
To compare, our other knives of various brands hold a sharp edge for only a few days of use before I need to touch them up. I consider an edge sharp when I don't have to gentle with a tomato (there is a reason they're the litmus test of knives).
Currently $36 on Amazon and averaging 4+ stars.
Reviews seem to be very pleased with these as an inexpensive set of knives. There are a few 1 & 2 star reviews, which I tend to read skeptically unless there are many of them.
The single 3 star review () says these are a "nifty little set, and they're FINE for any kind of home kitchen use".
I'm in for 1, and will probably get rid of the massive knife block set (with 10 of the 12 never used) I got for my 5 year employment anniversary.?
Not really worth the shipping cost alone. Pass
billlh wrote?
We don't want anyone to worry, so we checked with our buyers and they told us these are totally legitimate. Buy with confidence, shoppers!
inkycatz wrote:We don't want anyone to worry, so we checked with our buyers and they told us these are totally legitimate. Buy with confidence, shoppers!
"Yeah, the guy who sold me these said they're totally legit- nothing to worry about!"
LOL - I'm sure they are legit, I just found that to be very funny.
MuddyG wrote:"Yeah, the guy who sold me these said they're totally legit- nothing to worry about!"
LOL - I'm sure they are legit, I just found that to be very funny.
I know no one really reads all of my post, so I like to highlight the key elements there.
circusninja wrote:If I pay, could I just get Rachel Ray to come over and cook my Christmas meal, instead of sending me knives?
So you want food poisoning instead of crappy knives?
I've purchased the chef's knife by itself and the cook's knife / vegetable knife combo off of Woot. For the price I couldn't be happier. Like one other reviewer said they do go dull fairly quickly and the sharpeners in the mounts don't do much good. However using a sharpener every once in awhile will take care of that. The only problem I see with this set is the handles look like cheap plastic rather than the rubberized (gusto) grips on the other sets I have. Perhaps it's the lighting in the image? They also don't have the mount/s that I've found immensely useful in our limited space kitchen. But for the price I'm still thinking about buying these to add into my wife and I's tooling.
I would love to hear the explanation then why these don't have her name on them but the ones on Amazon's site do?
OK, not great knives. (Just look at some of the others on sale here at *.Woot!)
But I keep looking at these, their case, and the $10 bamboo cutting board set over on home-plus, and thinking what a nice little package it would have made when we were moving our kids in & out of various college rooms & apartments.
Not what I'd want in my ultimate kitchen, but all the minuses are pluses in other situations. A little under size? Perfect on those cramped counter tops. Just a cheap case, not a nice knife block, again perfect when you're moving a couple times a year. Roommate wrecks it or takes it? Not cool, but not that big of a deal. I imagine a cabin, RV, boat, or camping kit might have similar needs.
The silence is deafening!
I have few knives of this brand and celebrity name. I purchased them at a local discount store for a deal. (Go Ollie's!) Cooks Illustrated magazine, a real paper magazine, did a review of the 6 piece set in their Nov/Dec 2011 issue. Of these particular blades, they had this to say: "...the paring knife was too heavy for precision tasks, and the utility blade was utterly dispensable. The only decent blade: the santoku."
I bought two sets one for me and one for my daughter. I really just got them for the santoku which I have been coveting for a while anyway and this price was irresistable. I'm no chef by any means but I have been using an 8" chef knife I got twenty years ago. I will keep that because it works but I'm kind of intrigued to try this new one. The paring knife will just be the one I leave at work for slicing fruits and veggies at lunch time. That way I can take my good Swiss Army paring knife home where it belongs. | http://sellout.woot.com/forums/viewpost.aspx?postid=5284911&pageindex=1&replycount=25 | 2013-05-18T11:02:01 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Cayetano welcomes Klitgaard; stresses need for institutional
reforms to fight corruption
Senate minority leader Alan Peter Cayetano on Wednesday welcomed the appointment of American professor Robert Klitgaard as anti-corruption consultant of the Aquino administration and expressed optimism that institutional reforms will soon be in place.
"We welcome the efforts of the Aquino administration to seriously address corruption, but the existing system that lacks transparency and accountability in governance allows the problem to linger at its worse pace," said Cayetano.
The senator cited credentials of Dr. Klitgaard, known as world's leading expert on corruption,having worked with around 30 governments on institutional reforms.
Cayetano pointed out that there are key effective legislative measures that remain pending such as the Freedom of Information Bill and Whistle Blowers Act that will give teeth to the planned institutional reforms.
He explained that without the two proposed laws in place, government agencies, as a policy, still do not allow public access to contracts, transactions that involve spending of state coffers.
The FOI bill seeks to guarantee transparency and accountability in governance that allows public access to government transactions-from the contracts, expenditures. | http://senate.gov.ph/press_release/2012/0222_cayetanoa1.asp | 2013-05-18T10:11:58 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Hi all,
I started one of the Four-stitch reticulated patterns last night. I thought I would post a progress photo. I am really enjoying this sock, it is fun to wait and see what the next color is going to look like. I had to put it down though because I was so tired and beginning to make mistakes. I am knitting it in Fortissima and Trekking XXL and so far I love it! I can't wait to finish it, unfortunately it is getting too warm to wear them so it will be fall before I can try them out... after they are finished, of course.
I hope everyone has a great day. It is beautiful here in South Central Indiana today.... a great break from all the rain and storms.
Monica
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Looking great! I am going to have to try this pattern--do you have floats you carry behind? (I know, I should go look in my book...)
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October 20, 2005
Amazing Stanford Law Review issue on "More Perfect" sentencing reforms
I thought it would be hard for any law journal to rival the work done by the Columbia Law Review in its amazing May issue, which published papers from its recent symposium "Sentencing: What's at Stake for the States?". But, thanks to the just-produced October issue of the Stanford Law Review, I am no longer sure who will win the award for the "Best 2005 Law Journal Issue on Sentencing" (which, I believe, is a new category at the ESPYs).
The October issue of the Stanford Law Review, which includes my recent offense/offender article, was a special project conceived by Professors Robert Weisberg and Marc Miller in the wake of last year's fantastic symposium at Stanford Law School entitled "The Future of American Sentencing: A National Roundtable on Blakely." (Background on the Stanford event can be found here and here, and highlights here.) I have receive a copy of the table of contents for the issue, which is available for download below, and here is a partial account of the issue and its goals drawn from a letter to the press from the Stanford folks producing the issue:
This Issue focuses on the future of federal sentencing law and synthesizes the wisdom of the nation's leading experts in the field, who acted with remarkable speed in addressing the most practical and urgent concerns about federal sentencing now confronting the Judiciary, as well as Congress and the Executive. Because these experts provided such valuable insight, the Stanford Law Review decided to distribute the Issue in an unprecedented manner to all members of Congress and all federal district and appellate court judges, as well as federal and state sentencing commissions. This Issue, in sum, is a rare contribution from the scholarly world — the publication of which is also a very significant public event....
In producing this Issue, our goal has been to provide an overview of the current state of American sentencing and to present a variety of perspectives on the issues that Congress will likely have to consider in order to reshape the Federal Sentencing Guidelines. We share it to assist in your own coverage of the political and legal dramas about to unfold, and we hope you will see the distribution of this special Issue as itself a major stage in this civic process.
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Doug, it seems your plea for legislative action has been met with executive action (ND, FL, CA). Are you satisfied that the branch charged with executions will figure out how to perform them properly?
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teaspoon prepared white horseradish
Directions:
Make quenelles: Heat oil and margarine and fry onions until just soft.
Gently combine remaining fish quenelle ingredients in a large bowl, mixing thoroughly. Add more ice water if the mixture is too stiff.
Using slightly moistened hands, shape into 1 1/2inches round or oval-shaped quenelles and refrigerate until firm.
Make Poaching Broth:
Place all ingredients in a large pot and bring to the boil, reduce heat and simmer for 15 minutes. Bring poaching broth back to the boil, drop in the quenelles and reduce heat.
Simmer covered for 1 hour, gently stirring occasionally to ensure quenelles do not stick to the bottom. Remove pot from heat. Allow to cool to room temperature.
Remove quenelles with a slotted spoon and place them in a dish. Strain the broth through a fine sieve, pour over the quenelles and refrigerate until ready to use.
Dill sauce: Blend all ingredients.
Red pepper sauce: Blend all ingredients.
Place two quenelles onto individual serving plates. Pour dill sauce over one and red pepper sauce over the other, so that they are both well coated.
Serves 12
This recipe can be Passover friendly if matzoh meal is used. | http://sephardicwww.koshereye.com/kosher-recipes/fish.html?start=1 | 2013-05-18T10:40:54 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Reflection and self evaluation of learning in the introductory geosciences
Katrien J. Kraft, Jim McDougall
Oct 2005
Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs - vol.37, no.7, pp.118.
Abstract: A key principle of student learning involves reflection of ones own learning, known as metacognition. While metacognition is a skill commonly applied in psychology and other social science courses, it has not been greatly emphasized in the geosciences (especially at the introductory level). Studies have shown that students benefit from regular examination of their learning process resulting in an ability to take control of their learning (How Students Learn, National Academy Press, 2005). We incorporate metacognition into our introductory geoscience courses because, while we recognize that many of our students will not become majors, it is important for them to develop the skills to critically evaluate scientific ideas. By teaching metacognitive skills, we provide the skill for the students to monitor their own understanding of course material. Our results demonstrate preliminary success for student learning. In our introductory geoscience courses, we cultivate the reflective process regularly during the term with direct oral and written feedback from class participants. In one class, students recorded their learning process and wrote a reflection paper at the end of the term by reviewing their weekly responses to set questions (for example, 'What was particularly helpful in class today? What was fuzzy or unclear?'). In another course, students were interviewed during the term using questions that helped them to identify concepts and methods that emerged as helpful for them. For example, a student might compare diagnostic work in mineral identification with the association of symptoms and medical treatments. Particularly revealing elements from assessment include reflections from students on how they tackled problems in their emerging work in geology and how they might apply these methods in their lives outside their geology courses. For example, one student recognized that working with other classmates was a particularly helpful method of learning for her. For students just beginning their higher education process, these skills can be invaluable tools for success in future classes and as informed citizens. From a teaching perspective, we have had the added benefit of identifying important cognitive aspects of geoscience teaching and learning that resonate with students.
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Cutting Edge:Metacognition: Selected References
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Patagonian Frontiers, from M.L. Crawford
January 3 – 20, 2011; itinerary
We enjoyed. We also visited Buenos Aires and Santiago to discover the remarkable diversity of South America.
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Who do you think would enjoy and use Serendip?
When we sat down together, your enjoyment of Serendip came through loud and clear (thank you!), as well as how valuable a tool it has been/ is/ will be in your teaching and intellectual lives.
There are other faculty and groups on campus who would undoubtedly benefit from and extend Serendip's experimental, immersive, interdisciplinary approach and philosophy. And who would be fun to work and play with too.
So who do you think would enjoy and use Serendip? Is there anyone you would like to introduce to Serendip, say, for the spring semester to collaborate with you in any small or large way?
Olivia, I loved your idea of using Serendip as a large textual dataset - I would be happy to talk with anyone you know of who might be interested in using it.
Wil and Mike, would you be interested in doing a science education grant proposal? Weecha asked me if Serendip would be available for doing outreach to 4th grades on earth science. (I of course said yes! with hopes of using the materials with Audrey in just a couple years!) Peter B might be able to give you spring or summer funding from HHMI to start off with a pilot project that could be taken to someone other than HHMI.
Alice, who will you be inviting (from campus) to participate in the Breaking Project?
To all of you immersed in collaboration with Parkway (!), do you envision this as extending indefinitely into the future? and are there others on campus who might like to participate in this model of engagement? | http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/exchange/whatsnew | 2013-05-18T11:01:32 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [
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Oct
Like everyone else in Gen X, I’m sort of inexplicably moved by the death of Steve Jobs, founder of Apple Computer, Pixar, inventor of the i-Life and responsible for two of my five year old’s heroes, Buzz and Woody.
Why? Did I know him? No. Did I like him? In sort of a far off, appreciative way I guess. The guy was certainly iconic, in his glasses and turtleneck. He seemed cool, in his glasses and turtleneck, living in Silicon Valley making things we all wanted to buy.
I remember feeling this way about the death of Princess Diana. I admired her style, admired her charity work. She seemed like a good mother and certainly resilient after all she’d been through. And I was deeply moved by her untimely death.
I guess it comes down to this: If the rich and famous and charitable can’t avoid death, then what chance do the rest of us suckers have?
Boy, that’s a punch in the gut.
None. The answer is none. We’re all dying, whether we have bajillions of dollars and a lovely tiara and the adoration of millions or…. not.
And if you think that’s depressing, well, yes, and no.
Lots of people are quoting Steve Jobs’ 2005 Stanford commencement speech today and I’m going to join the throng. Because it’s good stuff. It’s wisdom that all of us should get to hear now and again, not just recent 22 year olds with freshly minted Stanford diplomas (lucky bastards).
Here’s the part I want to share.
Are you crying? Laughing? Feeling vaguely uncomfortable?
Steve Jobs followed his inner voice and changed the world. Close your eyes and listen to yours. What is it saying today? | http://serviceanddevotion.com/?m=201110 | 2013-05-18T10:20:52 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Formerly Homeless Man Waves Goodbye to Life on the Street
Severna Park resident Chuck Beck hopes to find the answer to providing employment to needy people in guerilla marketing for small businesses.
If it wasn't for Smokey, the chance meeting of Chuck Beck and Fred Stamm wouldn't have happened.
Smokey is a golden retriever who travels with Beck, his owner, and waits patiently for him in his pickup truck on errands around town.
Stamm is the formerly homeless amputee whose life turned around thanks to Beck and that chance meeting years ago.
Although Beck, a longtime Severna Park resident, had noticed Stamm parked in his wheelchair on a street corner or sidewalk and maybe passed him a few dollars in the past, he had never spoken to him at length.
But Beck took more notice of the man when he gently pet and talked to Smokey, who Beck considers an “ambassador of goodwill” in the community.
The two became friends and spent time talking, always with Smokey along on the visit.
“What defined Fred for me, was the college offers and that he quit school after his senior year [of high school],” Beck said. “And he’s very sharp, on stats and baseball.”
Decades ago, Stamm, now 47, was a strapping 6-foot-5-inch, 265-pound former all conference linebacker at Andover High School, where he was in special education classes. But he dropped out in his senior year after the teasing became too much. In the following years, after his mother died and father remarried, he left home.
He became a local fixture in town and also along the Baltimore and Annapolis Trail, sleeping outdoors, mostly, or under cover of a gazebo for many years.
Beck changed the course of Stamm’s life both physically and emotionally in May 2010 when Stamm’s diabetes became life-threatening and he was hospitalized, then placed in a nursing home. Beck navigated through Medicaid and Social Security to acquire Stamm's benefits while acting as his advocate at the facilities.
"From there, I took him on as a personal project," Beck said.
“There are 8 million programs, but you have to have a personal advocate to do it. It becomes a full-time job,” he said of the government maze.
While Stamm was recuperating in a nursing home, Beck organized helpers to make sure he would have food and clean clothes upon his release. He also found him a place to live—with a roof. Stamm now pays rent and “feels good about himself,” Beck said.
Stamm found another home at the Bay Area Community Church in Crownsville that welcomes him every Sunday when Beck brings him to church. Members have donated time, money, volunteers, prayer visitation and "a sense of belonging for someone who hadn't had that sense in 10 years," said Beck.
Beck said he coordinates the caretaking with Phyliss Beardmore, a creative writing teacher at Severn School, who gives of her time to helping Stamm, including doing his laundry and meeting him for coffee at Dunkin Donuts every morning to check on him.
Guerilla Marketing
Stamm now has a job as a “sign waver” for Clement Hardware, the first job he’s held in 10 years—thanks to Beck who is recruiting local mom-and-pop businesses to hire him a few hours a week.
According to Beck, guerilla marketing is “sprouting up all over the country," giving mom-and-pop shops that don’t want or can’t afford national advertising a chance to compete—while helping the needy. “It’s a good fit,” Beck said.
Gordon Clement, owner of the family-run business, is pleased with the arrangement.
“I’ve had many positive comments from customers,” Clement said.
"Business partnerships take the [homeless] phenomenon plaguing our country to a deeper level," said Beck, who believes in volunteerism over the “impossibility of government aid that doesn’t trickle down to people.”
“Now he holds his head up—he’s a personable person, he has a new life,” Beck said.
Editor's Note: If you would like to donate items to Fred Stamm, or become his employer, call Chuck Beck at 410-320-6260 or email chabeck@msn.com.
Lori Phelan
2:54 pm on Tuesday, September 27, 2011
In a time where bad news literally fills the internet and airways, it is a pleasure to hear such an uplifting story. Thank you Patch for bringing Chuck's story to the forefront.
Carrie Hilliard
10:35 pm on Tuesday, September 27, 2011
I agree. Very heartwarming story.
Kathie Hamlett
7:06 am on Wednesday, September 28, 2011
I read this with tears in my eyes. It is a true life story on how bullying can change a persons life and how seeing past the outside you can see the real person. Thanks so much for sharing!
Susan Best
8:57 am on Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Great job, Smokey, Chuck and Gordon! It shows that simple human kindness can make such a Hugh difference in someone's life. I will be shopping at Clements and saying hello to Fred.
Wendi
9:28 am on Wednesday, September 28, 2011
What a wonderful story. I have seen that gentleman around Severna Park and have actually stopped and talked to him, he is very sweet. I am so glad to see some humility in the trying times this world is going through right now.
Denise Tray Rosson
9:58 am on Wednesday, September 28, 2011
great story!
Rachel Loyed
10:23 pm on Thursday, September 29, 2011
Rachel Loyed
I went to school with Chuck, so this doesn't surprise me. I have know Smokie for a short while but know him as a faithful companion. Keep up the good work. We need more people and dogs, like Chuck and Smokie.
Maribel Ibrahim
3:45 am on Friday, September 30, 2011
What a great testament to community involvement. I've seen Fred many times in the past and greeted him but never really knew how to help him. Kudos to Chuck for seeing the value in everyone and helping to give everyone a chance at a fresh start. Congratulations Fred!
Matthew
7:23 pm on Friday, September 30, 2011
Way to go Grandpa Chuck and Smokey! Your family is proud of you.
Barbara A. Jackson- Gibbs
1:49 am on Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Awesome Chuck...you definitely made a huge change in his life...i salute you!!
Steve
7:05 pm on Monday, February 4, 2013
uncle fred. holy frikkin poop!!!!wtf call me. steve jr, katie, amelia mae and rylee jo send our love. call me or email me. hope you are doing well. miss ya | http://severnapark.patch.com/articles/formerly-homeless-man-waves-goodbye-to-life-on-the-street | 2013-05-18T10:40:45 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
It's day 12 of my 31 Day Challenge and I took the day off for customer quilts. It felt really good to relax and enjoy the family.
I did finish Melissa's Quick Curve Ruler bag this evening!
Melissa won this bag for a giveaway I was doing a couple of weeks ago and put in her color request, which I also like!
Here's both sides of the bag all quilted up.
Melissa's color request was teal, purple, gray and white. Hope you like it Melissa and it was a pleasure doing it up for you!
....also if your wondering why my finished quilts are still at 6 of 30, it's because I haven't stitched the binding's down for any of Karen's quilts yet but here in the next couple of day's the 6 will go up real fast! ;o)
Thanks again for all your comments, I really pushed to get this bag made today so I didn't work on it tomorrow. I'm all geared up for another day of longarming!!
6 of 30 Finished
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We hope it’s clear from our name that WE ARE FEMINISTS, and we think it’s important that every woman in favor of equal rights calls herself one, too. We also hope you all declare your feminist pride today for Feminist Coming Out Day, International Women’s Day, whatever you want to call it. To not call yourself a feminist implies there’s something wrong with being one — we need to own the word and fight for what it means. In the past year, SlutWalks swept the nation, and that’s totally cool — let’s own “slut,” too, while we’re owning things — but good lord, we hope we can embrace “feminist” if we can embrace “slut.” And yes, Rush Limbaugh, we just called ourselves sluts. Because, of course, we’re assuming, due to recently highly publicized events, that being a slut means standing up for women’s rights and being very brave.
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i couldn’t agree more. I hate how “feminist” has gotten such a negative attachment that people are afraid to identify as feminist.
Happy feminist pride day!
Sluts or not, enjoy female empowerment!.
Feminism – denotes women who want to be men and who act in a totally unfeminine manner, so feminism is the opposite of its definition.
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As some might have expected from the screens previously shown, the ‘secret lost items’ are underwear. The story of the game is that during the Autumn training camp with the girls, pieces of underwear just seem to keep coming to… Read More »
Alchemist opened a teaser site for the Saki Achiga-hen episode of side-A Portable game for the PSP, and the only information given on it is that it is scheduled to be released in Summer 2013, and will be sold in… Read More »
7th Dragon 2020-II is the sequel to the game released in 2011 that has you create a team to hunt the dragons that threaten humanity’s survival. It was notable for Hatsune Miku singing the OP and appearing in the game,… Read More »
As a promotion for the Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon Portable game for the PSP that release on 25th April, Kadokawa Games will be putting up posters at 8+1 railway stations in Tokyo corresponding to the 8 ships that together make… Read More »
This is a good year for Ro-Kyu-Bu fans. Not only is the second season of the anime coming this summer, but so is a new PSP game. The game, entitled “Ro-Kyu-Bu! Himitsu no Otoshi Mono” (The Secret Lost Items), is scheduled to… Read More »
The first full-fledged PV for Summon Night 5, from developer Felistella (the folks behind Record of Agarest War: Marriage), has been posted on the Web, courtesy of Famitsu.com
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Beautiful ink drawings on guitars by Patrick Fisher.
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Sonic Meets Metal - 331Erock
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I’ve barely played any Final Fantasy games. I’m not familiar with any of the music. But this is still some amazing guitarmanship.
This is great!!
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The second season of Shake It Up was announced on March 16, 2011. It will consist of 27 episodes, which brings the series total to 47 episodes. It first aired on September 18, 2011 and will continue throughout the year 2012. Caroline Sunshine as Tinka Hessenheffer joins the main cast. Filming for season 2 concluded on March 18, 2012. cast
- R. Brandon Johnson as Gary Wilde
- Ainsley Bailey as Dina Garcia
- Anita Barone as Georgia Jones
- Buddy Handleson as Henry Dillon
- Jim Pirri as Uncle Frank
- Carla Renata as Marcie Blue
- Phil Morris as Curtis Blue
- Nicholas Braico as Klaus Hessenheffer
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- Bella Thorne and Zendaya appear in all episodes.
- Caroline Sunshine joins the main cast as Tinka Hessenheffer and is absent for twelve episodes.
- Adam Irigoyen is absent for seven episodes.
- Roshon Fegan is absent for seven episodes.
- Kenton Duty is absent for twelve episodes.
- Davis Cleveland is absent for four episodes.
Soundtracks
- Main articles: Shake It Up: Live 2 Dance and Shake It Up: Made in Japan
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Pooris Galore!
What I enjoyed most was when I heard from the students that they have tried out a lot of the
recipes I taught, which means our Indian cooking is spreading it's wings and a few told me that they have decided to dish up some of the Indian dishes for Thanksgiving! That thrilled me to bits and got me all misty eyed.
Some of them tell me their spouses dont like Indian food and after they cook some of the recipes we cooked in class, they send me an email that,"We have another convert", and that makes my day, that someone who did not like Indian food has begun to like it.
We made about 80 pooris...no no..just 12 students did not clean up 80 pooris, a few folks from the cooking school, R & I also had our share of the dinner. The menu was absolute comfort food
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Just see all the hands involved in making the pooris and remember it was their first time rolling them :) . The class was a blast!
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TV Series (2005 - 2007) other 7 to worry about setting up camp and finding enough food and water.
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Flight 29 Down is Canceled/EndedThe show had 2 seasons and 27 episodes air between 2005 and 2007.
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On with today's hike. It woz a fantabulous hike with lots of seeniks even though we froze our paws off and could not stay and look at the seeniks furry long. We hiked up Bear Mountain in Noo York on that Appalachian Trail.
Here be some things about those steps wot I thought you might find interesting. And when you read that you will know why me and mom saved this hike fur the winter time - it be CRAZY BIZZY here in the summer time!
Quick Facts about the new Appalachian Trail section on Bear MountainWhen we comed out of the bafroom sumpin fluttered by and OMD, it do be a Pileated Woodpecker!
- Since 2006 more than 800 individuals have volunteered over 30,000 hours of service. They have worked alongside professional trail builders recruited from around the country.
- The new section will feature nearly 800 hand-cut steps each weighing around 1,000 pounds.
- Over 15,000 square feet of stone crib wall have been constructed from scratch. This was all done with no mortar.
- The trail is designed to withstand the foot traffic of more than 100,000 hikers a year for the next 100+ years.
- The construction of this 1 mile of trail is the most technically complex along the entire 2,100+ mile long Appalachian Trail.
So then we woz getting back on the hiking trails when we heared musics. Wot could that be?
So when we got home the boy and the girl woz back from Pencilvania spending Chrissmass with the girl's fambly and they brought back flowahs wot the girl made fur mom.
Thank dogness my hidey spot be next to the heat maker coz that do be where I is thawing my furs out.
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What a great hike - even if you did freeze your fur off. Loved the pictures again. Shawnee, you are such a good girl not to chase wild life.
What a great hike. I LOVED the icicles on your first picture and oh my what a lovely deer and cool woodpecker. And how cool to get to watch the ice skaters.
If it be the last hike of the year, it be the best.....
thanks for sharing
Bert
What an amazing hike!
Dachshund Nola
I think that was a beautiful hike.. butt BRRRRRRRR I was cold just lookin at it. Glad you got to go into the Peeple Potty.. to warm your paws.
I LOVE the Flower Pup!!! Butt it looks more like Tessa than like you.
Oh, it sounds so cold there! I like it when it's cold outside only if I'm inside all warm and cozy. It still looked like a great hike. Mama hates public restrooms but that's one restroom she probably would've liked. I'm glad you got to warm up a bit there.
The flower doggie is so cute (but you're cuter)!
Me is all shivery jus lookin at you hikin in all dat cold stuffs. It would be lot nicer if it be warmer. BRRRRRRRRR (Butt den again...me is a Florida dog and anyting below 70 makes me shiver!
OMD we can't believe you had icicles on your fur. Blimey charlie that must be cold. It still sounded like a great walk. Wish we could come with you cause we like walking too. Your mum's flowers are so cute.
We wish you a Happy, Healthy and Content New Year. We are so glad we met you. No worries, and love, Stella and Rory (and Carol)
What a fun hike!! I like it best when it's cold outside - I like to run and pounce and act like a puppy. Butt I never had ice sickles on my furs before. You are very brave, Shawnee!!
-Bart
Great hike, Shawnee!
Stewey
Yeeowzers! I love hiking, but I do not want icicles on my fur. I don't know if we'll get in a last hike of the year, but I do know that the first one of next year is all planned out! I am so excited! Morgan and I wanted to take Kuster out and teach him how to hike but Dad said no, that he has a shred of sanity left and walking Morgan and Kuster both through the woods would sever that thread. Phooey! I don't think we're going to see any frozen waterfalls this time, though, because it's been too warm here. We still haven't even had any snow to speak of. If we'd been with you, we'd have wanted to go up in that tower for sure!
Bunny
Shawnee, you needed to wear a coat today in all that cold. We are glad you found somewhere warm to hang for a bit. Our mom could never hike in the cold - her feet and hands go numb very quickly. We hope you get to go again tomorrow, and maybe it won't be so chilly.
Woos - Phantom, Thunder, Ciara, and Lightning
We also meant to add that we all got a big kick out of your comment about nekkid Santa:)
Aw fooey on thoze wether peeples making you freeze yer paws. Wat a pritty dear you did see i teh woods, an that flower doggy iz amazing! *purrrs*
"Shawnee'll be comin' round da mountain when she comes..." Oh lawd, you is gonna haves me singin' dat aaaaall day nows.
Dat wa sa most beautiful hike but I is VERY cold from watchin' you...and you don't EVEN has on a jacket...shudder! I would has stayed in dat potty room furevers and not come out.
Puddles
That was an action packed hike! You got to see skaters in an ice skating ring! How cool is that! Speaking of cool...15 degrees?!!! You couldn't have drug me out in that weather with a giant chain pulled by a tow truck! :O You had icicles on your belly!!! Glad you found that heated restroom and ignored the sign and went inside :D
The photos of the deer and woodpecker were fantastic! Mom says she would have braved the cold with yaz :)
Luv the flower doggy bouquet! How very clever! Fun! :)
The one of the NY skyline on the other side of the mountain was absolutely stunning! Wow!
Waggin at ya,
Roo
The girl made such pretty flowers! She's very talented.
I know what you mean about cold, windy walks. That was ours last time we went to 1000 Acres. Brrrrrr. We don't have quite the scenics you do, but we can see Camas across the river! Sorta like NYC, don'tcha think?
Okay, that deer had a very floofy Khyra tail!!! I guess you need a floofy tail to keep your butt warm in the cold artic tundra!
So THAT's where our woodpecker subcontractors flew off to instead of finishing the job on that stump in our backyard! BOL! What a spectacular hike, but we're sure Mom would have been camped out in that heated powder room until the frost thawed :) Hiking in no-hunting zones is much more relaxing, don't you think? Adorable flowers your boy's girl made! Very creative!
We're so sorry that we've been gone from Blogville so long - we miss our furiends so much! Now we're semi-hibernating in an undisclosed location with slow-as-molasses innernuts! So visiting our furiends is very slooooooow! But we're so glad we stopped by to catch up on your hikes! Hope you and your family have a Happy New Year Shawnee!
The Road Dogs
Another great hike, but you do look cold in that last shot with the flower dog.
Those are cool looking icicles!
Stop on by for a visit
Kari
Another great hike fur woo!
Mom still remembers when she was in Mahwah fur some training - each day driving bakhk to the hotel she always felt like she was seeing The Emerald City!
Hugz&Khysses,
Khyra
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(Feel free to continue to weigh in, but I wanted to say, THANKS FOR YOUR HELP YOU GUYS!! <3 I have weird ulterior motives and this is all a big help. c: )
NostalgiaQuest: The Dark Dragon (DragonBoy)
Drawing all my characters, from middle school on, in their latest incarnation, from memory.
The Dark Dragon (NICE NAME DUDE, WHERE DID YOU COME UP WITH THAT) was a villain who isn’t complicated but is still hard to draw. I think he had some kinda bargain-thing going on with King Khat because I apparently can NEVER have straightforward villains in my stories, ever. He can’t exist outside of shadow, so after escaping the dragon dimension he just kind of hangs out in King Khat’s shadow and plots, as best I recall.
I don’t remember what his deal was, either.
He also got this exchange at one point, which I was awfully proud of in highschool —
King Khat: Are you threatening me? Ha! I’m not afraid of you. You can’t even leave my shadow. You are bound to it.
Dark Dragon: Funny….. so are you.
—and… no actually, I still think that’s awesome.
NostalgiaQuest: Red Thunder (DragonBoy)
Drawing all my characters, from middle school on, in their latest incarnation, from memory.
The name seemed cool at the time. So did all those scales! Hnnnnnnng.
Red Thunder was Kamaro’s best friend, who lived in the dragon world. For some reason he was keeping Kamaro’s ability to transform into a dragon a secret, though I’m not sure how he expected him not to notice? He was also involved somehow in the circumstances that made Kamaro what he is, though I REALLY DON’T REMEMBER THAT BIT WELL AT ALL and I’m not 100% sure I ever knew what was going on there.
I’m not sure if you guys have noticed, but every non-villain character in this story was based on a colour of the rainbow. There’s no in-story reason for it, but that’s how I initially made them — I was home sick with a fever, and bored, and thought to myself “I’m going to make a bunch of characters, let’s start with the colours of the rainbow!” So, for future reference, if you ever want to make a bunch of REALLY DISPARATE WEIRD CHARACTERS, just let a bunch extremely saturated colours inspire you. c:
NostalgiaQuest: Zevulka and Cloverpawz (DragonBoy)
Drawing all my characters, from middle school on, in their latest incarnation, from memory.
NOPE THERE’S MORE CHARACTERS IN THIS STORY WHY DID YOU THINK WE WERE DONE
Zevulka was a genetic experiment to create a real, live Pokemon-like critter, because apparently people in this town have nothing better to do! He was mostly a success, except that instead of saying his name to communicate, he mostly complains and swears a lot in perfectly comprehensible English.
He is rich off of endorsement deals and a pretty successful stint in marketing, and is now mostly retired, where he spends his wealth indulging in various weird niche hobbies, like y’do. His private collection of Egyptian artefacts occasionally tours museums but mostly stays in his mansion, and if you’ve been paying attention to the other NostalgiaQuest entries for this story you can probably guess that he joins the party (rather, yells at the party until they join him) after he’s robbed by an absurd supervillain.
He’s sort of snarky and doesn’t really want to save the world; he just wants his stuff back. I’m sure he warms up to everyone eventually. Kind of.
Cloverpawz, meanwhile, is a flying green guinea pig for no adequately explained reason. It is Zevulka’s “exotic pet” (seriously, that’s all the explanation that exists anywhere) and just follows the party around, being adorable but silly and useless
like guinea pigs usually are.
It would be so great if you would do a livestream sometime. I remember going to a few of yours and they were so cool. :)
Ahhhhhh gosh thank you!! — I miss doing them too! ;u; My dumb and slow internet doesn’t allow me to livestream right now (I actually struggle to even load gifsets on tumblr sometimes hnnng) but I’m hoping to switch services soon so that I can stream again!
Yo, would you consider doing some kinda tutorial (or suggesting an existing one, I suppose!) for the way you draw buildings and environments? It's really cool seeing your process (I love RW's detailed backgrounds!) but I always wonder how all the crazy perspective works; I'm having so much trouble figuring out this stuff on my own x) Though I realize tutorials take ages and all, so even some quick tips would be cool.
OH MAN I actually really want to do a perspective tutorial at some point — I used to hate it and have somehow gotten to the point of kind of loving it? So I really do want to make a thing to see if I can help other people get it to click the way it finally clicked for me!
I just gotta get the time to sit down and do it, but I’ll try really hard to actually get one made as soon as I can! *u*
Your D&D characters are all really unique and interesting! Where do you get the ideas for them from?
Oh gosh, thank you! I don’t really know that my, like, PROCESS for D&D characters is any different from the way I come up with ideas normally, except my D&D characters are slightly more allowed to be huge sparkling special-snowflake Mary Sues. xD I’ll just read about something and think “that would be fun to play” and then start building a character idea out of that — what circumstances would make that happen, what kind of class would be good for this character, etc. etc.
Usually I end up starting with a problem to give the character, because that’s my favourite part. A lot of times I’m inspired by existing characters — as an example, 24-52, my golem, was actually inspired by the AutoResponder from Homestuck. There’s a part early on where Jake repeatedly asks him “Tell me about the AutoResponder” to force him to give his pre-programmed response to that question and reveal that he’s not a real person. I thought “wow, that would be a fun character — a robot who’s trying to pass as a human but has this programming he has to try to play off or work around” AND THUS TWEN WAS CREATED. Everything else about him just arose as I tried to figure out how to make that idea work and where that character would belong in the world. I’m fortunate to play under a DM with a really developed world, so there’s often a lot to draw from in that area, too!
Sometimes I start with a class, or a weapon, or a particular mechanic (Snaketongue’s Wild Magic or Nephregol’s connection to the Tsochari, and I really like the idea of intelligent items that argue with the carrier but have yet to try this out) but most times I just have this vague personality idea, problem, or circumstance that I think could be fun to play out, but isn’t a whole story in and of itself.
THIS MIGHT SEEM LIKE A STRANGE QUESTION? I just found your tumblr though, and I was scrolling through, and I can't tell, but based on a few comments, are you anosmic? As an anosmic, I can't not ask.
Ahhhh gosh I CAN SEE WHERE YOU MIGHT GET THAT IDEA but alas, I am not technically anosmic! I make comments about my inability to smell, which I’m kinda well-known for among my friends, but it’s more born of a perpetually stuffed up nose than anything. Even when I can breathe through my nose just fine I don’t smell well, but I occasionally can identify scents or, more frequently, can tell that there is a smell but can’t tell if it’s good or bad.
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Second Timeby colignon on April 8, 2010 at 12.00 am
Wow! I guess I’m not gonna be able to respond to everyone’s comments individually anymore! There’s just too much good stuff…
Thanks to everyone for their support, even (or especially) the bizarre bits (and vague, well-meaning, threats…). It’s all really great to hear.
Some quick responses:
1) Every place is interesting, even wherever you’re from, Mandy!
2) Unfortunately, I can’t keep up with a more than the two-a-week production schedule until at least October because of “liff.” As it stands, I’m trying to stay ahead of schedule because I know I won’t be able to work on Shit City for nearly two months this summer, so I want to have a backlog and not put readers through a hiatus.
I’ve been thinking, in an effort to keep the comments board a little trimmer, I’d open up a special email address just for our wildest Shit City readers to write into. Whoever writes the best, or most bizarre, or dare-I-say-it creepiest stuff in to that email just may have their letters answered by one of our three heroes in a special between-chapters comic a few weeks from now. Gimme what you got. It’s MaddieBeanoArn@gmail.com.
(If you’re just writing me to say something nice and don’t want it finding its way into that comic, you can still comment or use my regular email as seen lower on the page.)
In conclusion, plesase keep on reading, and keep on telling your friends, so I can keep on making comics for you… and I won’t have to find out what Joe means by “or alse…”
Don’t forget! MaddieBeanoArn@gmail.com
Curiously Patientby colignon.
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Condolencesby colignon on April 19, 2010 at 12.00 am
Don’t forget, if you have something to say to Maddie, Beano or Arn, just email them at MaddieBeanoArn@gmail.com.
By the by, have any of you seen the commercial for birth control where they show 30 seconds of two little kids being totally shitty brats? It’s GENIUS. I gotta go out and get me an IUD!
Best Buddiesby colignon on April 22, 2010 at 12.00 am
Thanks everybody who enjoyed “The Cheap and the Dead” – stay tuned next Thursday for the beginning of our third chapter, “Supervised Adventure”!
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Come on, guys.... give Barkha a break. What is with this hate campaign raging against someone who was only doing her job?? Why pick on just her? Were the other anchors less strident? Less emotional? Less shrill? Can even the coolest tv commentator remain calm and composed under such extraordinary circumstances?? These guys are humans... not robots. They feel.... like you and me. They get emotional and carried away, like the rest of us. They were reporting from a site that could have endangered their own lives. It was a war zone - nothing less. We were watching them from the safety of our living rooms.The reportage was outstanding, give or take a few gaffes. The pressure they were subjected to can only be understood by people who have been exposed to it themselves. They were at it relentlessly for 40 long hours at one go, if not more. The field reporters were brilliant as well, particularly Rahul and Mahrukh, who remained in control and factually accurate throughout the crisis. The biggest accusation being hurled at Barkha is that she hogged the show. Excuse me - is that what the rants are all about?? Is this a 'show' someone 'hogs' in order to selfishly garner all the glory ? What a narrow minded, mean spirited and petty way of looking at it. Barkha has covered wars and other crises with an equal amount of competence. She does not have to 'prove' herself. She is a media star - like it or not. Our very own Christiane Amanpour. Viewers want to hear what she is saying.... what she is sensing. Because they have faith in her judgement.
This is not the time for professional rivalries - who got more air time, who was side- lined, who was 'better'?? This is not a film awards nite with actors vying for the top honours. Every single anchor, whether it was Arnab or Rajdeep ,was superb. If they did goof up on certain details, jumped the gun..... that's understandable. Can you even begin to figure out the tension levels at such a time, with fresh tragedies piling up by the minute, and contradictory reports flying back and forth ? It's a wonder these guys didn't crack under pressure. Barkha is being targeted by her own tribe.... which is unfortunate. But just try switching places with her.... try being on air 24x7, finding the right words, interviewing people, summing up situations, providing coherent perspectives, holding multiple shows together, without buckling. No food, water or loo facilities, either.Yes, several other media professionals did just that. And I, for one, am full of admiration for each of them. Bravo!! But I reserve an extra 'taali' for Barkha. In my book, she richly deserves it. So.... get off her back, guys. You do your job and leave her to do hers.
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Ok thanks shobhaa for cooling down. You dont sound as angry as before. =D
Shobha, I have nothing against this lady, but I guess I do remember a story i read sometime ago (I believe it was during the Kargil war). The story goes that she heard forced herself into one of the bunkers at the warfront & the "daredevil" of Indian news reporter did something that almost risked the life of everyone there at that time. You know what she did. You might have heard that your not even allowed light a match at the warfront especially at arid borders like ours, cos the very flash would give away our location & believe it or not she clicked her camera at the enemy. When she was told of her mistake, instead of apologizing she instead threatened the soldiers that she would complain to the PM office if she wasn't given the necessary assistance. i don't know if its friendship or just professional respect for each other, but i wouldn't have been using superlatives like "bravest", "smartest" etc to praise her.
hate campaign ?
by ?
Wao De you speak my mind, i was next going to post about my appreciation for Barkha and Shai Venkataraman and also shivnath from NDTV.
I have a first hand experience with NDTV and I am all praises for the channel. They have often extended from their call of duty.
I shouldnt be putting my personal ancedotes with mediapersons here. But okie. Since we have this issue let me share this with you and all in the hate club.
As I informed you, I had set up and was constantly updating the blog from information in NDTV and other channels, I also called hospitals and other helplines and could figure out that the information provided by the channel was uptodate and none OTT. There was this one time that I had seen a coverage of shootout outside metro, seconds later I could hear shai's voice on NDTV. I had her mobile number, and quickly sent her an sms asking her if she is fine... Quick came the reply in which she stated the situation that she was in... NEar death. she just missed the bullet.
Shai has a family, husband, kids, She doesnt deserve to take this tension. And let me tell you, this is just not for thrills. She doesnt have to "cover" a "story" to earn brownie points. She can very well take up a cushy job and earn well. Like most of us do. It takes guts and gumption to stand there midst the bullets and cover such an incident.
Barkha was seen dreanched in sweat, voice chocked, in the same piece of cloathing for god knows how many hours, at one or two points she loses her voice and her eyes displayed profound grief. I have just been handling phone calls and emails and I am numb. After 48 hours of media and distress calls, I burst out crying really loud. Thats when I switched on the TV. and Saw barkha again there speaking outside Taj with the same enthusiasm and energy. Just one change. She had had visibly had bath and was wearing a different outfit. :)
There is an other intereesting piece that id like people to note. This was when Sreeneeevasan jain (Vasu)was reporting live outside the TAJ and Vikram chandra was in the NDTV studio Delhi. Since this was LIVE and not Deferred LIVE, there was no cover up of "flaws". Vasu's cameraman was focussing on the TAJ. This was seen by Vikram on screen, but Vaasu couldnt see it as he was busy speaking to vikram, Vikram cut Vasu short of his talk, and asked him to stop his cameraman from focussing on the taj operations as the terrorists could get information if the camera is focussed on Taj Operations. Thats what I call responsible journalism. Sadly, that piece went unnoticed.
Its sad. really sad. that we are teh first to condemn. For hate clubs you would have a 10000 people sugn up in a chutki of a second. But it takes a calamity of this magnitude for those many people to come out and take action.Shameful. Absolutely shameful for india and for humanity.
Besides, all these media persons. i have a few more ancedotes to share. Shai, teh reporteer told me that the hospital was short of fruits and busicuits and volunteers to help them fill forms. Why? She is a reporter no. Why should she bother... Hai na...
She also reported the story of the youngest victim/survivor of the attack, 3 month old sheetal yadav, her mom was in a different ward, her dad, dead. her grandparents, dead. The next day after Shai's coverage was aired on NDTV, I visited the JJ hospital to meet sheetal and her mother. When I met the Doctor of the ward, he said "O! so you also want to help that child". The hospital had received many many visitors to speak to sheetal's mom and offer help. Thats the power of a wonderfully covered story.
The chain sms that I sent following Shai's information, had resulted in the hospital being OVERSTOCKED.
Now, coming to print journalism, as i type this , i can see on the same channel |(NDTV)Vasant Prabhu, a reporter from Indian express, was in the taj and was with the police clicking pictures of terrorists and the operation. HE could well be killed.
Now, coming back to barkha, Lets take the worst case scenario, what if barkha was hit by one of the bullets. She would then be a martyr.
Thats funny, isnt it, one has to die to be respected in this country.
Didn't Barkha have anyone else in her team that she had to constantly be there and exhaust herself? Why not give anyone else a chance?
This woman goes around with a mindset and forces on her viewers, it is not just about this terrible terrible disaster at Mumbai but everywhere she goes. She doesn't deserve so much of attention that she gets through negative or positive praise. She is no mascot of Indian journalism, I've seen her force people to answer the way she wants and put words in their mouth... She is perhaps symbolic of all things wrong with shameless Indian media...
Dear Ms De,
I am afraid you are falling over yourself in your endorsement of Ms Dutt and all the actors in the media circus. Ofcourse you the rich and powerful have a nexus with the media who keep you in limelight so it is natural you will scratch their back when you need to.
But do let me tell you that the angst against the media and the politicians is equal. Go into facebook and see how many communities have been created just to shut Barkha Dutt up. The Indian media is over-wrought, high-strung and hopelessly over the top.
I saw the program on CNN-IBN where you were a guest on Rajdeep Sardesais show. I could condone your shouting for a moment but could condone the outshouting of everyone by Rajdeep. It is really difficult to take anyone seriously these days.
Yes Shobha, the average India who is unconnected to the powers that be has finally awoken, the unrest and angst manifests itself in the hazaar online communities and believe me it is not only the politicians that have everyone's goat.
people are so angry that aren't leaving journalists as well. mistakes were made by journalists and they've accepted. the campaign against them is well directed. no excuses. its time to move on.
I'm sorry Shobhaa De, I disagree to your opinion. Lemme just iterate a comment that I saw at rediff reporting Vishal's petition.
"Reporters were incessantly questioning firemen / police / commandos, thereby hampering them in carrying out their duties. Live coverage may have helped some of the victims’ family members to know the situation on the ground. However, this does not justify the risks such coverage poses. To draw an analogy - do we get a min. by min. update on the progress of a life and death surgery of a loved one? Don't we let the surgeons do their job? The same restraint has to be shown during blasts at public places."
I support Vishal's cause and once again I'm putting the link to his petition site:
Readers please sign the petition if you think media has gone overboard during the reporting of Mumbai terrorist attacks.
People hate Barkha Dutt and many of our media stars because they are so steadfastly secular. I am sorry to want to burst your bubble, but much of the "anger" you refer to in your posts is actually a hate campaign focused on those that are secular. It is a travesty that RR Patil should have been forced from his job, but LK Advani never faced a threat to his career throughout the Gujarat riots, the Parliament attack, Akhsargram etc. I think RR paid the price for allowing the Malegaon probe to proceed.
To be honest, I think some people have hated Barkha ever since she covered the Gujarat riots (pogrom) so thoroughly and so well. It's unfortunate that this antipathy works to diminish appreciation for the work she did covering the terrorist attacks in Mumbai.
I must admit, I am an ardent fan of Burkha Dutt. I have followed her news reportage and her thought-provoking argumentation on "We The People" show for a long time now.
I also see in her and a host of other NDTV news anchors/reporters a new generation of "thinking and questioning" individuals who have time and again created fora for conversations to form and continue.
In my opinion, it is extremely unfair to single her out and tag her as a star-wannabe, when the issue and the events of the past week were so grave.
Yet it would be unwise to not step back and review the larger system - that of the often unrestrained 24/7 news coverage. It is here that I offer my criticism:
One, news becoming 24/7 doesn't mean that reporters ignore the boundaries and trespass the graveness of situations under coverage. There were several instances where the media went ruthlessly overboard in interviewing the shaken and tired freed hostages from the two hotels.
Two, in Europe or in N.America, the media would never be allowed anywhere in the vicinity of the troubled site. In India, they were dangerously close to the two hotels. Accidents arising then from standing and reporting in midst of all the firing only speaks volumes of the callousness of the larger system than that of individual reporters.
Finally, it may help to perhaps review reportage at the level of the overall system. We are extremely fortunate to have this new breed of educated and well informed NDTV news anchors/individuals who unlike some of their counterparts in other news services, particularly the sensationalizing Hindi news networks, have committed themselves to making events as transparent as possible. May be its time to acknowledge the individual efforts but critique the system within which they are operating.
No, Barkha cannot be made a scape goat... The media is doing their job... Not everything in the world is as per our likings is it??? Still the lady did put a full explanation on their site to explain their point of view...
Now some of the politicians and bureaucrats also dont do things we dont like... do we ask them??? enough ??? Do they even care to bother or respond ???
Atleast she did respond...
Barkha is a true darling. I love her. And I love you too.
I completely understand the pressures under which a journo works as i myself am one... But, while watching these news channels I couldn't but miss the way every reporter or editor was trying to indulge in the game of oneupmanship by blabbering the 'exclusive' word every now and then while reporting the Taj horror. If the news channels want the politicians to be so patriotic and sensible then can't they for a moment forget their TRPs and just talk abt the incident. Barkha might have been the face of Indian media and she might have covered several big incidents. But, she was no different when it came to sensationalizing the news. I just hope that our media too regulates itself before pointing fingers at the political class...
I cannot claim to have seen every air minute on every channel. I did however follow the streaming webcast by turns by cnnibn and ndtv. I did see several senior anchors with extensive onsite reporting experience doing the opposite of what they are supposed to do.
THEY WERE NOT BEING ANCHORS AND USING THIER VAST NEWS GATHERING AND ANALYSIS EXPERIENCE TO ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF WHAT WE WERE SEEING AS WELL AS ENSURING ACCURACY. They needed to be at the center of it, at the studio, providing analysis and perspective based on reports from the field made by the field reporters. They have enough experience out in the field to know what is wise to report, what is accurate and how to rein in the field reporters from getting hysterical. That is why field reporters do small segments that are tied together in a coherent stream for our viewing. That is what anchors and senior coorespondents do. They stitch the pieces together. They also are supposed to know when silence and just visuals do a better job of conveying the story than hysterical high pitched shouting. They do not stay on screen, dodging bullets 24/7. That does not a smart anchor make. When they are dodging bullets and being "brave" they sound and act hysterical and offer us news reports which are nothing but loops of coverage with no analysis.
I do not want to look to Barkha Dutt and Rajdeep Sardesai for thier personal bravery. I look to them for thier journalistic ability which sometimes includes taking the back seat and being the wise ones on the scene.
Agreed, that these were extraordinary circumstances, but even under these conditions there has been outstanding reportage in the past in many countries. The first that comes to mind is the outstanding reporting by ABC/NBC/CBS during 9/11 (Cnn verged on the hysterical in bits). Senior coorespondents stayed in one place and stitched the story together from smaller field reports. They were then calmer and able to ask interviewees the right questions and offer analysis that made sense.
I do not know if Barkha is secular or not and dont care personally. But based on whatever I have seen of her over the years, the woman wants to be a field reporter and anchor and oprah while staying on screen the whole while... AND all in the same show. You cannot do it all, else you come off looking stupid in all three categories. She isnt shining at this moment.
As a field reporter of so much experience she should have known when to cut off and step back to offer more coherant smaller reports of substance. As an anchor she offered little sage analysis and asked hysterical questions to poorly chosen interviewees and as Oprah, she failed completely.
I am not interested in handing out bravery medals to reporters at this point. Those I reserve for the actual people doing the rescuing and protecting.
And if folks say hey it wasnt Barkhas fault she was just reporting, then what is her producer doing? Or is she the incompetant producer of the newscast too?
Rajdeep Sardesai did a better job of it than Barkha. He did offer better analysis and stayed put where he should have anyway. Unfortunatly the man just is blessed with a high pitched voice! Shouting makes it even more squeaky. Honey and lemon for him... on the double!
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Correction, Ms. De
Christian Amanpour is the Barkha Dutt of the West!
Dear Ms De,
Barkha Dutt and her team endangered the lives of my cousins who were trapped in the Taj. The telly hacks chose to focus their cameras on the place my cousins were hiding. my cousins escaped death by a whisker.
Instead of my cousins, it could have been you at the Taj those fateful hours. How would you feel if you and your kids were in there - lying still on the floor in the dark for hours, not daring to even whisper for fear of being shot dead, trying to find a way out, only to find out later that the tv cameras were telling the terrorists where to find you? Being shot at while escaping? that too, guided by someone you evidently respect and admire?
By the way, my cousins werent the only ones to comment so. An English couple had to say the same about CNN. CNN aired their positions after calling them up to find out where they were. The terrorists came for them soon after, but by then they had changed their positions.
Ms Dutt was just doing her job? like others? like the time she caused the death of a number of indian soldiers in Kargil? She seems to be a vulture - a scavenger of dead bodies. What does she get out of it? There are rumors her partner is a Kashmiri separatist. Is that why she behaves the way she does, time and again?
This is not courage she has displayed - it is a cynical self-promoting scheme. Ms Dutt is someone who feeds off, indeed thrives off such evil. Secularism is just an excuse for her - nothing more than a password for entry to areas of conflict.
I lost whatever respect I had for her in particular, and in Indian telejournalists in general for the way they behaved and for the lives they risked during the crisis.
Back to some serious ass-kissing mode huh?
"She does not have to 'prove' herself. She is a media star - like it or not. Our very own Christiane Amanpour. Every single anchor, whether it was Arnab or Rajdeep ,was superb."
Hello Ms De. You are such a beautiful woman. Unfortunately I was born too late and I wasn't born wealthy either. :-(
Coming to the point:
"She does not have to 'prove' herself. She is a media star - like it or not. Our very own Christiane Amanpour. Viewers want to hear what she is saying.... what she is sensing. Because they have faith in her judgement."
Please tell me that you didn't have your tongue firmly in your cheek when you wrote that.
Christiane Amanpour. Hmmm.. There's this dirty little town in Andhra crisscrossed by three or four feeder canals that supply water to the farmland around the town. The locals proudly call it the "Venice of Andhra". I felt churlish to point out that there aren't any gondolas in those muddy waters, so I didn't speak up.
It is not about Barkha Dutt, but as a public figure her name comes to mind first - the rest of them were as ghoulish. Emotions run high but fake histrionics comes through on screen better. When one does not care for the feelings of others while reporting I don't think one should expect much 'feelings' from others!! She deserves the rant but so do the rest of them.
For readers,
We have four important pillars in democratic system, govt, media, people and judiciary and I consider media is the most valuable among them which not only bridges links between rest but also supposed to work as an independent body with great baggage’s of responsibilities. I personally very well appreciate the way she was reporting the whole episode but let us not forget the sense of media and let us pledge to uphill it to some world standard.
Main petition text
PIL PETITION TO THE HIGH COURT OF MUMBAI AGAINST NEWS CHANNELS:
We, the undersigned, citizens of India, humbly pray for the following reliefs;
1. That this Hon'ble Court call for the complete and unedited footage from all TV News Channels broadcasting the attacks 'live', starting from 9:30pm on Wednesday 26th November 2008 and until the morning of Saturday the 29th November 2008 and examine the same by itself or through any appropriate agency as appointed by it, to investigate and determine the manner in which sensitive information pertaining to the movement of Counter-Insurgency Operations was broadcast 'live'.
2. That this Hon'ble Court take cognizance of the broadcast of inflammatory propaganda (if any), on any such TV News Channels, and an appropriate Writ Order or Direction be passed by the Court against such TV News Channels as this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper.
3. That this Hon'ble Court make and issue such other Writ, Order and Direction as it may deem appropriate directing the Authorities to formulate a model Code-of-Conduct within a fixed time frame; that be made mandatory to the TV News Channels, to regulate the 'Live' broadcast of such and similar eventualities and operations.
4. That this Hon'ble Court make and issue such other Writ Order or Direction as it may deem appropriate in the matter.
Sign at:
He who controls the media controls the mind.”
~ Jim Morrison.
An Israeli security expert had suggested a total TV blackout as the jehadis wanted their Mumbai horror show to be put on display for the world.
Our news channels had clue played into the terrorists’ hands. ( The jehadis chose the Thanksgiving weekend in the US to show India in a poor light as an investment/business/tourist destination).
The terrorists wanted maximum TV eyeballs and they got it! The right to security is above the right to information.
The “if it bleeds, it leads” mentality of television news is failing us. TV's hunger for shocking pictures is distorting the world's' view of terrorism in India, and its excessive use of terrorist video is spreading propaganda of an even more damaging sort.
TV outlets run the risk of becoming mindless, amoral communications tools by which terrorists advertise their brutality, enlarge their reputations and belittle those who would protect us.
The Pew Charitable Trusts' 2004 report on the state of the U.S. media found a troubling trend:
News outlets “disseminate” news from other sources rather than collect it themselves, and the end video product often becomes repetitive, chaotic and incoherent “raw news.” Ultimately, news decisions are surrendered to those who would manipulate it for their own ends. TV may need to explore a new ethic — with some stern written-down policies including:
1) A refusal to air video or other propaganda from terrorist Web sites or other anonymous terrorist sources, except in the rare circumstances that such information warns viewers of an imminent, credible threat.
2) A prohibition against using images that aren't shot by network or other legitimate photographers. That means not using video shot by terrorists or insurgents, because these images are suspect, often staged for propaganda.
3) A new practice of prominently labeling all non-network, freelance or bystander video — akin to the photo credit in print journalism — so audiences can judge the source of each image.
4) A commitment to require the same sharp scrutiny and relentless challenges to terrorists and insurgents that journalists traditionally give our own government and military officials.
Well done Barkha (NDTV), Rajdeep (CNN-IBN) and Arnab (Times Now)!
Also your analysis was lame, hysterical and I had to surf the Web to understand and analyze the situation and after effects.
Please don't sell your Motherland for TRPs.
PS: The London blasts had no images of the inside of the Tube.
Barkha Dutt to the rescue - eh ? I distinctly remember she being the one responsible for the death of three soldiers during the Kargil War because the Colonel gave in to her incessant demands to fire a gun.
At night.
So that she could get some nice visuals.
No wonder we are a failed state, when murderers like Ms. Dutt are glorified as the next Christian Amanpour.
Where was Ms. Dutt (or, for that matter, Mr. Sardesai, with his absolutely horrible approximation of British pronunciation) when Hindus were being butchered in Balochistan in 2006 ?
Did we see them comment on the atrocious filth printed in Andhra Pradesh by the Christian missionaries about Hindu Gods and Goddesses ? I did notice Mr Sardesai jumping in to save the poor Christians from the "RSS goons".
They are quick to point out the insurgencies in Kashmir and people like Modi and Togadia as reason to terrorists being formed "right here in India".
What they conveniently miss out are the atrocities carried out by the Moslems in Malabar in 1921, the butchering of Hindus in Noakhali in 1946 by Surawardi and his ilk, the mass genocide carried out in 1971 by Yahya,Tikka and the Razakars, as acknowledged in the Blood Telegram at that time, and even later.
And of course, God forbid they mention the butchering of Kashmiri Pandits - those who survived are now living as refugees, driven from their homes, dependant on alms for survival.
Were these incidents not responsible for the creation of Modi and Togadia, pray ?
And look - I did not even mention the wanton destruction of Hindu temples and scriptures and decimation of Hindu culture in the Middle Ages - the 700 years of slavery Nehru conveniently made us forget.
I fully expect my post to be deleted or not answered to, Ms. De, since the English-language media in India (of which you too are a part) do not wish to associate themselves to their religion, or their kind.
One last thing -
If you wish to be considered as true media, try to follow the only organization which has remained true to its roots, which reports with objectivity, without bias, with the motto : "I'll say the whole story - both sides of it."
I am, of course, referring to the BBC.
Go ahead - delete this post. This is logical, to the point, and non-abusive. Definitely threatening to our revered Indian media.
Dear Shobha,
I have always admired your sharp and incisive observations and I was SO HAPPY to read your comments on my favorite anchor, Barkha Dutt. Some people have started such a vicious, personal, foul mouthed campaign against here which I have been attacking since a couple of days. So, to read your views on her just made me feel vindicated and so nice !
I read some comments here saying some mistake of hers got some jawans in kargil killed. But, if you read the army chief Maliks book ( he was the army chief during kargil) , he has rubbished any such mistake having taken place. This is just a rumor !
Shobha De, this is a clearly skewed opinion in favour of Barkha Dutt. NDTV and you give each other great soundbytes, and you respond by this - a whole blog post in praise of Barkha!
LOL
Enough is Enough!
Really, now, Shobhaa!!
I visit this blog for a laugh - you seem to be talking through your hat: this one on Barkha takes the cake though.
I agree she's not the only one at fault - but to praise her is just HEE-larious!
Stop blatantly exposing the nexus that exists b/w you guys.
Saavdhaan..India Jaag raha hai.
Ms De,
You disappoint me. I am disgusted with the hero worship you and the likes of you indulge in. Without a rational POV.
Take a break from your Page 3 life and think about what you wrote.
To Anita
Please check the comments of Chief of Navy Admiral Sureesh Mehta right after the Kargil War. He spoke with soldiers who were present at the scene - I see no reason why Admiral Mehta had to lie.
I've also read Gen Malik's book. It is non-committal regarding Ms.Dutt's role in the matter - she was never exonerated by Gen Malik completely.
Also, please check reports on the woman behaving like a vulture at Officer Karkare's funeral - goading relatives to "vent their feelings".
Look - I have nothing against Barkha Dutt personally. Neither do I have anything against Rajdeep Sardesai (other than his horrible accent - please - it does not remotely sound Oxford, Mr Sardesai - the phonetics are all wrong). What I have against Indian English media is the fact that they are one-eyed. They only report one side of the story. There are two sides to every story, and the majority side need not ALWAYS be kept in the dark.
That's all.
Thank you for listening.
3 questions for the hate-mongers:
1. are professionals not allowed to show support for each other? Or is it only strangers who must come to the aid of others, and lambast them?
If Shobhaa has something positive to say, its got a right to be heard, just as the negative stuff is heard. Judge it for what you will.
2. General VP Malik headed the army operations in Kargil. Read the book and then comment.
3. What are the motives of the facebook group? They claim neutrality: but it is undeniably and clearly a hate campaign, which vilifies any material or POV which doesn't agree with them, and abusively attacks any person dissenting. And then denies its actions. Brilliant.
Hate-mongerers - Mr. Sandeep ? I like your choice of words.
So if one does not agree with something, he/she is not allowed to post their comments against an opinion ?
The personal abuse stuff has to go away - I see a few have been deleted, and very rightly so.
But if you tell me that I can only Agree to Agree, and not Agree to Disagree, then that is something I am not comfortable with.
Read my posts - I have already backed up the Kargil issue with facts, and my opinion of the selfsame facts.
Look - just like you are allowed to comment on something, so am I. That does not make me a hate-mongerer.
Or maybe it does, these days ?
Sandeep - I totally agree about the Hate mongering in the vicious facebook groups. Maybe some should be booked for slander. All kinds of profanities and vile words.
Joy - From what I know, General Malik did say nothing of that kind happened in Kargil.
joy said.. "the majority side need not ALWAYS be kept in the dark. "
Thanks for revealing yourself, Joy. It IS Barkha's /Rajdeep's steadfast secularism that rankles you and your ilk. You have crawled out of the wood work when you thought you had a chance. Now the election results are out and you should go back to where you came from.
I've always been around, man. Never hid in the wood work, or whatever.
Never made my disgust of Al-Zawahiri, Osama, Yahya, Tikka, Surawardi, Togadia and Advani a secret, either.
If they indeed were secular, it would not have bothered me. Do you have any idea what secular means ? Go check what the BBC does. THAT is objective and unbiased journalism.
Not this. Where it is okay to analyze the psyche of one (Afzal Guru, Azhar Masood etc.), but it is not okay to analyze the psyche of another (Sadhvi Pragya).
It is the one-eyed nature of the beast which burns my chaps, mate.
Oh - I have been here, and I'll be here, mate. I will not "go back to where I came from".
I have not used abusive language against anyone or anybody in this forum, if you would note. You, on the other hand .....
I'll let it go. This time.
To Anita
1. Please check this site :-
I'll give you an excerpt -
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2. Gen Malik cleared Ms. Dutt of charges that the NDTV cameras compromised the position of the artillery platform which was destroyed, along with three soldiers who were killed. Ms. Dutt has mentioned this herself. It is also written clearly in the book.
Problem is, Admiral Mehta has accused Ms. Dutt of pestering the Colonel to fire the artillery gun, for good visuals.
Gen Malik has never cleared her of that.
agreed........
hey, why gang up against Joy. The guy is perfectly right in expressing his opinion. It always helps when we know the other side of the story.
Chritine Amanpour. hahahaha !
It is sickening when people feed off a terror strike such as this one, and try to glorify their own selves.
Joy,
So, I was right. General Malik has indeed exonerated Barkha according to what you have pasted.
Regarding the Mehta controversy I am pasting from the NDTV site what Barkha has to say about it. I hope this will clarify things.
" I would like to point out that the Navy Chief made a factually incorrect and wholly untrue comment on NDTV's coverage during the Kargil conflict of 1999, claiming that NDTV asked for a gun to be triggered for the benefit of the camera. I want to state for the record: no such incident ever took place and we have an official aknowledgment of that, including from then Army Chief, V.P Malik..
Jeez - Anita - read the post in its entirety.
Gen Malik has cleared Ms. Dutt of charges DIFFERENT TO WHAT ADMIRAL MEHTA HAS ACCUSED HER OF. (REF #2)
AND HE HAS ACCUSED MS. DUTT OF COMPROMISING THE INDIAN ARMY'S POSITION IN KARGIL. (REF #1).
I understand that faith can be blind, but when someone tries to open your eyes, do try. If you don't see the logic, or if you think it is false, then shut it back again.
But at least you should have the decency of reading the entire post.
I've seen that self-gratifying piece on NDTV, too. It's her word against Admiral Mehta's right now, and I don't know about you, but I'll believe an admiral of the Indian Navy every day of the week and twice on Sunday, thank you.
Thank you avdi.
But beware though, the bunty and the Barkhas and the Sardesais are a-coming ... you might be labelled a "hate mongerer" who "crawls out of the woodwork"..
The 'coverage' by the channels compromised lives of the hostages . The channels showed no self restraint at all in their bid to be the first to show "breaking" and "exclusive" news . You wouldn't be singing songs about Barkha if you had lost a loved one trying to come out of the Taj and the last thing you saw on TV was that "hostages are trying to come out through rear exit" .
Your recent posts show an alarming lack of objectivity.
Joy,
I think neither of us are aware of the nitty gritty of these charges and what was exonerated and what was not. So, I think neither me, nor you can really speak like an expert there.
For now, I will choose to go with the NDTV position. They have made an official complaint - Let us see what happens before becoming the jury here.
Regarding trusting our Indian top brass, I am sorry -I dont share the same blind trust as you do , when you have had past top brass people involved in many scandals and kickbaks. So, Sunday or Monday - no , I do not share YOUR blind faith !
:-)
Anonymous - your comment about the 'live' coverage is spot on. I know that the police and the Army goofed up by letting them come in so close, but personally, I would have stayed back. A lot.
Anyways ...
Anita
If you choose to believe Barkha Dutt, a journalist of questionable morality over Admiral Mehta, a decorated general, Chief of the Indian Navy, it is your choice.
I personally want to give them the benefit of doubt because the reason you and I are chatting on a blog in the middle of the night safely (for the most part) is because these guys are standing on walls, guarding our borders and telling us - "We're trying our best to protect you".
These are the guys who actually go into places like CST and the Taj to rescue hostages facing fire and bullets from terrorists.
Barkha Dutt just Reports Live. That too by compromising the position of these people to the enemies.
You and I just chat on a blog.
At least I am trying to show a little solidarity to those underappreciated men and women of the Armed Forces.
Well - to each his own, I suppose....
But the charges are straightforward - Admiral Mehta alleges that Ms. Dutt compromised the position of soldiers by asking the leader (a Colonel) to fire an artillery gun.
Ms. Dutt vehemently denies the charge and has sued the Admiral for libel and pointed to Gen. Malik's book as proof of her innocence.
Gen. Malik has, in his book, mentioned that NDTV, nor Barkha Dutt, was responsible for the bombing of a platoon, the position of which was alleged (earlier) to be exposed by NDTV's cameras flashing at night.
Gen. Malik also has, in his book, mentioned that Barkha Dutt in particular was responsible for compromising India's plans to attack Tiger Hill due to her "professional exuberance".
These are the facts, and they are beyond dispute.
What is in dispute is the result of the lawsuit filed by NDTV.
But then again, we live in a country where the bureaucrats increase their pay 3 times AND refuse a long-overdue pay hike to the military, I don't doubt the outcome.
I am sure Ms. Dutt will come out smiling and point it out as a "victory for the seculars".
Joy,
I know you are eagerly awaiting my response but too sleepy now. So wait till tommorow morning !:).....Goodnight....sleep well....
If radio killed the video star,
will megalomania kill the media star?
Freedom, I like ya! You are funny! Please dont ever dislodge your tongue out of that cheek.
Gondolas and Video stars... hehehehe.
Love it... Love it!
As always, the tigress in Ms. De rises to defend the damsel-in-distress-Ms.Dutt....
Hi,
Lets not just blame the government system or the politicians. What failed is everything and shame on the media what they did.
If you really support the media can you answer on these three items below and lets not justify our wrongs
1) One of the NDTV correspondent walked down the corridor of the building around the TAJ hotel showing all the policeman taking positions. It was srinivasan I suppose.
2) Camera was zoomed in to show the snipers in the gateway of india building
3) Bharkha Dutt called up TRIDENT hotel owner and gave out the info that nearly 100 hostages are locked up in the hotel even after the admiral tried to trick saying there is no hostages. Good work Bharkha
Please do not delete my comment like how it was done by the NDTV site
Thanks,
Dr.Charan.
Hi Shobhaa,
How come you give such a simple explanation saying she is human and she gets emotional.
Can we say the terrorist are human and emotional so they killed out of rage just 200 people.
Where is professionalism and ethics and common sense???
Ok I agree with they are human and get emotional what do the producers and her boss do in to check in and fix the so called emotional response which lasted for 60 hours.
You mean 60 hours emotional sensationalizing. Please shobha give a different explanation if you want to support bharkha.
Hi Shobhaa
Please visit
Do you think all this 22869 people who signed are coplete fools and they dont share a sense of pain like others.
As per you post do you think all of those who signed here are her proffesional enemies. I dont think so...
You can share their views or even diagree with them but atleast you could have avoided singing this praise song for bharkha. I lost hope on media on 26/11.
I lost respect for your unbiased writing seeing this article.
Have you ever thought why the hate group have started. Where do think people who have been let down by the entire system and adding to it the media will put their out rage and anger. There nearly thousands of people in internet have joined these groups.
Do you think all of them dont have any work or all of them personnally hate bharkha or NDTV.
People have tried numerous times trying to post comments on the NDTV article by bharkha and guess where is freedom of expression shut down.
NDTV never put any comments against them and you know what they even removed the comment section itself to post new ones.
I personally tried putting a comment 10 times and finally came down to your forum and believe me the groups have been started like people who are interested in the country.
The hateforum is not for bollywood shobaa its for genuine people to express their feelings.
Anonymous
Thank you very much - you hit the nail right on the head. As I have already mentioned, you can only "Agree to Agree", and cannot "Agree to Disagree" with the so-called secular media, led by that doyen of free speech, NDTV.
And if you disagree with them - the Dutts, the Sardesais (by extension, I would think it is actually the Prannoy and Radhika Roys), you automatically become a hate-mongerer.
In a democracy, the media acts as the fourth estate, the guardians of free speech and the guardians of the public.
NDTV, by virtue of being a leading news channel, therefore, becomes the “chief guardian”.
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes ?
Joy,
Good morning !
Dont you accuse me of not showing solidarity to our armed forces. I have all respect for them.
Regarding the Kargil issue, my point was that neither you, nor me know the nitty gritties of what happened. Obviously NDTV strongly thinks they are being wrongly charged, or they would not have made an official complaint. So, I think this matter will be decided by authorities more competent than you and me. All, I meant was just because someone is top brass - that does not automatically make him infallible or always right. So, just like as in the courts, I will choose to not pronounce anyone guilty, unless proven.
Regarding the media having compromised on hostages safety - if that was indeed done, it is irresponsible. I was not watching the gory drama all the time as it was too painful. BUT , to my mind the fault here lies much more with the authorities there - IF the armed forces or police thought that the media could prove to be a safety hazard, WHY were they not removed. Why was the cordon they were told to stay behind so close to the hotels? For the media too this was a unique situation which they had not faced earlier. The Authorities there who are much better versed in handling such kinds of situations should have pushed away the media much further or whatever. So, why blame only the media ?
Hi Anita,
Do you think that the goverment and the security people shoule babysit a bunch of unprofessional journalist on issue like what to talk and what to show on their camera.
Dont you agree its common sense and a moral responsibility.
We cannot control issues like terrorism but we can control the media from comprimising the operations thats why the entire anger is.
Why NDTV and why Bharkha because they had a huge standard and we expected more from them and in return they flunked completely.
No one is perfect I understand but atleast people should not justifying mistakes by an article. Read NDTV article by bharkha giving childish reasons on government guidelines.
If you are not professional and have no guidelines please do not show on the tv in front of millions of common viewer's.
If common people;s comments are ignored that means the start of downfall of any star.
I am extremely upset with shobba's article on supporting bharkha and media. Where is her anger on politicians and the government.
Anger should be against everything which is wrong
Dr .Charan
Dear Anita
Dr. Charan has already made the point I would have made regarding the role of media in general and our eminent English-language media (led by NDTV) in particular.
And he has made it far more passionately than I ever could have.
Regarding the accusation part - I did not accuse you of anything - I was trying to allude to the fact that in your earlier post you had mentioned "For now, I will choose to go with the NDTV position".
And pointing out that if I have to choose to believe on of two persons, Barkha Dutt or Admiral Mehta, I'll take the admiral any day of the week and twice on Sunday.
Paying lip service of "respecting the armed forces" is not good enough anymore, Anita. I am sorry. You should stand up and be counted.
Rest assured - if Admiral Mehta is indeed proved false, I would be the first one to admit my mistake on a blog of your choice.
Finally ..
To Ms. De and Everyone
In a democracy, the media acts as the fourth estate, the guardians of free speech and the guardians of the public.
NDTV, by virtue of being a leading news channel, therefore, becomes the “chief guardian”.
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes ?
Who guards the guardians ?
Hi Dr. Charan,
If the authorities there felt that the media could prove to be a safety hazard, yes , I think it was their duty to see to it that the media were not allowed around the place.
I agree with you that yes, it is moral responsibility of journalists what is shown on TV. Precisely for that very reason, I am a die-hard fan of NDTV. They are refined, sensitive and respect viewers sensibilites, and in that I include Barkha too, though you obviously disagree. From whatever little I saw about these terrible attacks on TV, I did not find her being obnoxious. I watch her We the people show religiously , and to me she has always come across as someone I instantly connect with - like a strong, older sister....she shows empathy, sensitivity and passion.
We must also understand these attacks were the first of their kinds. Journalists are human too....they also learn and evolve....why do we expect them to be perfect every single time ?
The fact also remains that Barkha and the other journalists were indeed in the middle of a war zone, risking their very lives. So much harshness on these hate groups part, to my mind, is totally unjustified and I strongly condemn it. Especially at such a time in our Nations history, it is JUST NOT RIGHT to attack such a long serving, passionate journalist. I would rather have a passionate journalist who FEELS , than a deadpan one - whatever the journalism rule books may say.
Mr Charan, I know we both disagree but these are my views and you have yours. :-)
Thanks Joe.
Time to go to bed. Will wait to see what Anita comes up in defense for the media. ;-)
One last point would like to make is the common people who watch the tv should be guaranteed and assured that our forces are out there to safeguard you and ur family. The media should not invest a terror on them and push them to a point of no return.
Media has a major role in bringing normalcy in hard times like this.
Under current situation no place is safer. All we ask is at least educated professionals not politicians live up to the expectation.
Hey Anita,
Just one last point before I wind up for the day.
You said that no one can be perfect and why we expect her or NDTV to be perfect.
I completely agree with you and if you are not perfect and if you are somebody who thinks that there is scope of improvement and if you are that person who gives importance to the common peopls voice.
Do not try to justify by putting out and article in ndtv.com that what you did was right.
I never came out to blame her unless I read the article, like you even I am fan of NDTV but its time for accepting some mistakes and an apology is a good gesture for any great person.
One more point NDTV.com never publishes any of my comment and they have even taken out the post comments section.
So you being a loyal NDTV viewer do you agree in freedom of speech or freedom to blog your views in a descent bunch of words and whats ur response for this..
Will check Ur reply tomorrow and reply for other points tooo. Bye
Dr.Charan
Dear Joy,
What I meant when I said I will choose to go with the NDTV position is - not put them on the block , unless they are proven guilty. I worded it wrongly I guess.
And yes, like I said I stand up for our forces and respect them. But, this is a personal dispute between two parties. I guess maybe the truth will come out in time. Till then, I am not putting anyone on the block. Respecting the armed forces and not making premature judgments on a disputed matter, to my mind, are two totally exclusive things.
Rest what i wanted to say about the media etc, I replied in my post to Dr Charan.
I want one answer though - WHY are the people in charge of the operation out there not being pulled up or hated ? To me, they were the security experts and if they felt the security would be compromised by the media being there, they should have banned the media there. Who stopped them from doing so ??
Anita
I'll stick to one topic - why people are not pulling up our Armed Forces.
First, they are. There is a lot of chatter in circles that matter that heads will roll, due to this.
But, coming to the point of why there is no public reaction to the Armed Forces as there is to Barkha Dutt and her NDTV henchmen.
Two reasons :-
1. They are the Armed Forces, for crying out loud. They are the ones who actually went into the areas and fought the terrorists, for crissakes. Kinda hard to find fault with a guy who just saved your bacon.
2. Everybody is showing a little more solidarity now with the Armed Forces these days, due to the fact that they were denied a much-deserved pay hike, whereas the bureaucrats in Delhi gave themselves a huge hike.
Didn't find NDTV (or anybody else, apart from TOI and Rediff.com) focussing on that issue.
Three reasons why people are pulling up Barkha Dutt and NDTV :-
1. They.
And vent.
2. Coming to the actual journalism part of the Bombay attacks, leaving aside everything else, there were faults, too - faults that were very egregious.
Faults pointed out so eloquently by others on this forum, led with superb eloquence by Another Kiran from NYC
3. They can't really complain to NDTV.com - any comments against NDTV are deleted from their website with alarming alacrity, as many people in this forum have testified. So they go to Facebook, Blog sites like this one (bless Ms. De - all my comments are still intact. Then again, she does write for TOI, not NDTV.com).
Now THAT is downright fascism, and "supression of free speech" - the very things NDTV.com supposedly stands for.
Everybody loathes a sanctimonious hypocrite.
To Another Kiran in NYC
You mentioned "CNN verged on the hysterical in bits".
Would those be the Ashley Banfield bits ?
Mark Jennings was good, though. Does he still anchor for ABC ?
Is Anita Barkha?
Just wondering...
To All
I would implore you to read the following article - it will give you an insight into the Facebooks and Blogs vilifying the English-language Indian media in general, and NDTV.com in particular.
Ms. De might know the writer - he is also a columnist at TOI. Picked this one up because anything else might be labelled as "saffron-tinged".
Dear Joy,
There are armed forces who actually go into the warzone and do the real fighting and then there are other administrators who manage the scene and other things. It was for them to have decided where the media can be and how much access they can be given. They were the security experts. AFTER that yes it is the moral responsiblity of the media.
About NDTV you wrote - "People."
You are now accusing NDTV for skewing every story they report. NDTV has consistently been amongst the topmost in viewership numbers amongst all the leading channels. Pray tell me, why would they be at the top if the majority of people thought they were doing faulty reporting ? They are at the top because the majority thinks that they are a genteel, sensitive news channel and its reporters can be relied upon.
Hate groups such as the ones on facebook, to my mind, do not represent the majority view. The vicious, uncouth, personal comments on those groups are shocking. Atleast over here we are having a more civilised exchange of differing views.
Regarding your comments being removed from the NDTV site, no I do not have any comment on that, simply as I have no experience of that. But yes, I do support freedom of views, as long as they are not slanderous .
Anonymous - No, I am surely not Barkha. I wish I were though. I am far less passionate, driven, courageous or bold than Barkha is. :-)
Anita
Again, I agree to disagree.
It is a co-dependant relationship. The security forces need the media to tell the world that they are doing something, and the media needs to be responsible enough to know where to draw the line.
Ms. Dutt's comments to the effect of "they did not tell us what to do and what not do" does not cut the mustard.
Simply because there was no need to show the commandos being lowered on the roof of the Nariman House. Simply because Srinivasan did not need to circle around the hotels to give away the positions of the commandos. Simply because they did not have to telecast the position of the hostages, for crying out loud.
It's common sense.
If everything needs to be spelt out in black and white beforehand, we'll need a media briefing before every operation to brief the media of its limits.
That, I am sure you would agree, is beyond ridiculous.
Problem is, Anita, that the media treated this situation like it was Beirut, or West Bank or Kosovo, when it needed to be treated like
Operation Entebbe.
As to "accusing NDTV of skewing facts" - I did not accuse them of anything. I stated a fact that they report one side of the story only.
I could be wrong, but it seems your support of NDTV's positions stems largely from the fact that NDTV commands majority viewership in the country.
You are right, for the most part.
That, sadly, is the pity.
Because you never get to read the other side. You never get to hear about a certain group of people.
You don't get to hear about why some people do what they do.
Tell me this - there has been tons of press about the Kashmiri seperatist on NDTV - lots of press about Army atrocities and suchlike.
Have you heard of Asiyah Andrabi ?
If you have, and through NDTV, then Mea Culpa.
My guess is you have not.
(Refer to the link I have provided earlier for more details)
If you wish to be sensitive, be sensitive to both sides, not just one.
As to your comment about "not posting slanderous comments" being the yardstick of judging freedom of views, have I posted slanderous comments in any of my posts ?
And what does slanderous mean ? Personal slander is one - always to be derided and deleted.
When someone starts considering the 'other side of the story' as slander, is when I have a problem.
And NDTV (and a few others) is one of them, if not the leader of them.
Personal abuses in Facebook is deplorable, I'll wholeheartedly agree to that.
Dear Joy,
First of all, thanks for deploring the horrible, slanderous , hate-filled facebook groups. They anger me and make me very sad that at such a time indians can be behaving like this.
Yes, the relationship between the forces and media may be codependant. But, the first line of security has to be decided by the security agencies and they failed in that. Again, like I said it was also a first for our journalists too, so maybe inadvertently they ALL made some gaffes. Do we hang them at the gallows ? - I think not.
No, I have not heard of Asiyah Andrabi. But yes, I agree that TV should give a fair hearing to both sides.
No, I did not mean to say that you were making slanderous comments. I was referring to it in a general context.
The terrible terror attacks were a first for ALL of us, including the journalists. If that were not the case probably we would not have lost our topmost police officers who went ill-equipped to handle the terrorists. I am sure they will also learn and improve with this experience as will television journalism. I am quite sure about that.
I am glad Shobhaa De's bakwaas abt Barkha is not being blindly accepted.
Hurrah to the awakened Indian!
There. Right there, Anita, is where we bifurcate.
This is NOT the first attack on us. Are you serious ?
We have been rendered second class citizens in our land for 900 years, and an educated person like you has been so brainwashed by the likes of NDTV that you refer to it as such.
I urge you - please read that link. And my earlier posts.
If you so wish, I can send you a ton of other stuff.
Why you ? Because you seem to be one of the few who has not yet been brainwashed.
By Prannoy Roy, Radhika Roy, Arundhati Roy and their bosses. (Ms. Dutt is a frontperson only)
OR
By Al-Zawahiri, LeT, Hizbul Mujahideen,Mehbooba Mufti, Syed Salahauddin, the likes of Asiyah Andrabi.
OR
By Narendra Modi, Praveen Togadia, L.K.Advani.
Think.
Read all you can.
Spread the awareness.
Joy,
I will read the links later and comment.
Some quick thoughts though....Yes, this was the first attack of the kind that we faced in India. Which other attack was of a similar kind ?
Why this prejudice only against NDTV and the Roy's ? I can understand you saying that we have been brainwashed by the MEDIA- but why single out only NDTV ?
Goodness gracious me.
All right - I'll give you in three distinct groups -.
Finally, I am saddened that despite all of my above posts, you consider me to be "prejudiced". I hoped that I would come across as an unbiased person.
But, if you say so, NDTV primarily because they are the worst offenders.
By no means are NDTV the sole offenders. If I came across as ranting against NDTV in particular, then, mea culpa.
My dear Joy,
I never said India was never attacked in the past. I said the KIND of attack. Earlier they were all mostly plant a bomb and run away ones. Also, the couple of live attacks that were there like in the parliament or Akshardham , I dont think they were on this scale or that there was such a big hostage situation, or one that went on for so long. That is what I meant.
When you say the media has brainwashed us and then name only NDTV, I think anyone in my place would call that a prejudiced slant. Maybe media has its own prejudices and slants but that applies across media.
Does not matter if I think you are prejudiced or not. We are here debating the issues at hand :).....Not you personally or me.
Just for kicks, I'll throw in one more -
It is China who is blocking the banning of JuD and freezing of its assets right now.
It was China who blocked the banning of JuD earlier, in 2006.
Would you see NDTV reporting this ? Or any of the mainstream media ?
True. Maybe, if I think about it, I am directing my anger specifically at NDTV, while it should be directed at the entire mainstream media.
I guess it is because as the most viewed channel, I believe it has the moral responsibility to report the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, and hang the consequences.
Sort of like the Beeb, you know.
Putting the entire blame on them is a little unfair, I would admit.
Joy,
A big :-) !!
You are a refreshing change from those vicious people on facebook groups who have made this more a personal assualt, rather than an issue based one.
Thanks !
Thanks, I guess...
But don't forget the main issue - do not believe what you see, because all you see on TV is not all there is to it.
Believe in yourself and read objectively. Think of the country.
Think of Bharatvarsha.
Hate Campaign....? Give me a break! Why don't you respond to this one-- Barkha Dutt asking a man, how does it feel after you have lost 6 of your family members......The next question to a mother could be - Oh your daughter got raped, how does it feel. How many times does Barkha cut off the person she is interviewing in the middle of a sentence (especially if he/she is saying something that would go against Barkha's notion or opinion. I am no Journalist, but a viewer who is really irritated with the saddened state of mediocrity being defended (and awarded).
Hi Shobaa
Great to see here the number of comments in a short time.
Majority of people who are sensible enough have turned against bharkha and Co.
Shobaa this is not a hate group just see the response and these cannot be refused and one more thing all of these are genuine comments from people who used to read your article.
Most of the time they agreed or praised your article and views. Did you see the shift in views and why more number turn out against your view except few strong minded bharkha fans who refuse to see the reality and keep praising with superlatives.
For those who think that disagreeying with somebody means that you can be called the hate group, offcourse you are on the side of bharkha.
" If you dont like the channel please use your remote " Bharkha
Think about this which means she will do whatver she wants and we people should stop watching the channel. Like saying I dont change.
Irresponsible journalism and immature response to criticism.
Dr.Charan
May be I am just curious to know. BUT... why didnt people who dont like Barkha, simple change teh channel? The viewer has the choice and there is no derth of NEWS channels. Hai Na?
you have a choice. Just dont watch the channel if you dont like it.
Dr Charan,
You say the majority of sensible people have turned against Barkha and co. I do not think a handful of people who have grievances against her represents majority opinion. Even during the week of the terror attacks, NDTV was number 1 watched channel amongst all the english news channels. This was also confirmed on the Outlook Site. This means majority of people, sensible or not, yet thought of Barkha and NDTV as sane, reliable people. :-)
Aham,
I agree with you. The best rejection of any channels conduct is stopping viewing that channel and NOT vicious, slanderous, personality-based hate messages on facebook etc.
I dislike Barkha Dutt's style of reporting simply because it isn't straightforward and unemotional reporting anymore. It's laced with drama which would be more appropriate in a saas-bahu soap.
Unfortunately she is not alone. Most reporters seem to be following in her vocal cords.
Aham,
I love you, I do, I do and we have love enough to agree to disagree right? So big kisses, sweetie! Muah Muah.
I dont think the crux of the question is about the freedom to change channels. I think the question being asked is... is Barkha Dutt, a senior journalist with vast field and production experience doing justice to the respect we give her as a professional?
We do expect a certain standard from senior journalists under all circumstances. Would you agree? Especially since they are disseminating information that each one of us acts on.
I dont care how nice, secular or anything anyone is. Every one of us and every reporter has a bias. Yeah, both the right wing and left wing and the liberalwalas. So she has a bias too. Okay, fine, that is a given.
HOWEVER, When I see a critical news report, I expect a professional job and accurate reporting with analysis. Whatever the bias of a journalist, a modicum of accuracy and distance from hysteria is to be maintained. It was especially important in a uncontrolled situation like th Mumbai tragedy or Kargil.
I did not get either professionalism or accuracy from her reporting this time around. This unfortunately has been a pattern over and over with Barkha Dutt.
So is it her, or her incompetant production team? If it is her, she needs to go back to basics immediatly as a reporter and check the ego in at the door first for a bit. If it is her producer then that person needs to be fired immediatly for not knowing how to rein in reporters and stories. If it is the NDTV network itself, they all need to go on a retreat and review thier journalistic and programming policies (Vikram Chandra are you reading this! NOTTTTTTT).
How close reporters got to the action physically was a police crowd control matter. Each network also has its own safety policies.
As far as what not to air, it is goes into that minefield of censorship. Also how forceful the authorities are about enforcing that censorship is a huge factor.
Senior journalists who have vast experience should have an innate sense of what to report and when to pull back. There is some amount of self control and self censorship involved. It is something to be learnt on the job not taught. Has Barkha Dutt not learnt that? Hmmmmm, if she has not after so many years. Sigh... I can only say... Bechari!
About Kargil and whether she caused deaths due to journalistic opportunism... I dont know who is right or wrong. Both sides have an opinion that can be aired. What I do not know is... was it ever established that there was cause for a court of inquiry to be held about the incident? If so was the inquiry held? Military courts of inquiry are pretty thorough because the same mistake cannot be repeated twice without loss of life and limb. So if an officer or someone was censured for pandering to her journalistic opportunism there she should be ashamed for asking for such favors for visuals. If no inquiry was ever held and no army man in Kargil was blamed for allowing an incident, I will give her a pass personally atleast.
So Barkha if you are reading... (and somehow I think not) There is hope darling... I dont dislike you as a person, just get back to reporting basics. Sometimes simpler and shorter is better and more respected.
Joy,
Peter Jennings was an excellent anchor for the ABC newsdesk. He knew his job.
Unfortunately, he died last year of lung cancer.
A great loss, and I miss watching him anchor the evening news.
Oh and on a very base note, he was good looking too :) I like the erudite looking hotties. *sigh*
Hi Anita,
Do you agree with the fact that the media will not change and it is we who have to shuffle among the channels if we dont like the channel.
How many channels you are going to keep changing.
Regarding the point on the NDTV being the number one is because it had the reputation for it not now anyways. As I told you before even I was a fan of NDTV before.
Lets wait and rate the TRP for NDTV coming months you will agree who is the majority here and how much sensible people join the hate group.
I dont beleive that the channel has the choice of the content and it is only the people who decide the content.
There is a petition at the court regarding the mumbai coverage and lets wait and get the results about how media had the big share.
As you said we have diffrent opinions and still I dont call you and others as a hate group. Diff people have diffrent opinion what matters is what is sensible. ;-)
Dr.Charan
Dr Charan,
No, I do not find your comments hateful. You are voicing your criticism which you have a right to. I am calling certain people in other groups who are calling Barkha all kinds of vile names as hate mongers. Personal, vulgar remarks is what they are resorting to.
Yes, the coming months will decide whether NDTV stays in the leadership position. It is a free world and everyone can cast their vote which channel they want to watch. So let us wait and watchout for the CHANNEL ELECTIONS :)
Kiran (cannot really go into all Another..NYC.. too long)
Sad to hear about Jennings - a great loss to journalism.
A military inquiry cannot be held involving a civilian, even if that involves loss of life of Armed Forces personnel. These are the rules of the Indian Army.
Dahling - I don't have anything against Barkha Dutt personally, but I do have a beef comparing her with Amanpour. I mean, with all due respect, this wasn't Beirut, or the West Bank - they did have the Armed Forces and the NSG covering their rear ends.
Amanpour did Kosovo and Persia while being shot at.
Literally.
All the while without compromising the position of NATO forces.
Aham
We can certainly change the channels, as Ms. Dutt so succintly puts it, but that won't make her more responsible, or put the Armed Forces (or hostages) in any less danger than they currently are.
The point is about her (and,of course, the others) learning how to do things correctly, how to be ethical without compromising the truth, and how to admit her mistake without keeping an eye open for TRPs.
Her response, typically, was arrogant, irrelevant and completely off-the-mark.
I still don't have a problem with that - some people are what they are - I am no one to judge them. What I do have a problem with is some people actually admiring what she (and her cohorts) actually does, and trying to emulate them.
And the purpose of this (and most other) posts is to at least try to make people aware of errors and omissions.
Anita - did you just get another example of "sanctimonious and holier-than-thou attitude" - Change the channels ?
Finally - Kiran - erudite hotties ? Scandalous !!!
Just to show I don't target Ms. Dutt alone -
Sunday December 7.
Rajdeep Sardesai did a program titled Mumbai Meri Hai, in which he went to each of the strike zones. Outside the Oberoi, he spoke to three people.
One of them had his face clearly visible -- he was vice president of the Oberoi..
Well....
WOW!!!
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Are you kidding me?
Hahahaha, that calls for some serious sueing action.
That sir, is unprofessional! What was the producer doing? Sleeping obviously.
Hmmmmm about military court of inquiry rules. I thought the rules covered situations where there was any dereliction of duty on the army's part where someone caved in to a journalists demand without assesing risk. The officer would be censured, certainly not Barkha. My question was, was there an inquiry. I dont know the rules myself. Must ask my daddyji sometime.
And no Joy I wasnt saying anything about you being personal about Barkha. Be my guest. Heck, I am being personal about her judgement and journalistic ethics. Perhaps I am reading your Dahling statement wrong. Not directed towards me is it?
Awesome Joy there you go.
Good one for those who still say that the channel is very professional.
Just curious do these people do it because they realy dont know that they can do it or they dont have any sense of what they do in front of the camera.
Who is the director or the producer of this program does he get involved in any way to stop the stupidity.
Thanks Again to remind that this discusiion is not to let people do what they want to do and we just keep a blind eye to it and change the channel.
Arrogance to the peak whan some one tell that I will do it my way you go ahead and dont watch me. ;-(
Where the hell is professinalism and ethics or common sense here
Dr.Charan
Dear me - of all people... that Dahling statement was not sarcastic, neither did I mean that you thought I was being personal about Barkha (didn't give a hoot if you did, though .. been called all sortsa names, y'know).
Sorry I came across that way.
Military court of inquiry involving military personnel - there was one.
The Colonel who authorized the firing of the gun (Bofors it was too - oh the irony) was discharged from duty. Dishonorably.
Right - one more -
Vir Sanghvi (Congr...err..Hindustan Times)
"If this is the level of the navy’s leadership, are we surprised that the terrorists came in so easily? The Navy Chief should ponder over the damage his foolish press conference has done his service. The Navy deserves better."
This was the written in defense of Ms. Dutt as to the Admiral Mehta affair.
Now I ask you - the matter is being disputed. It has been challenged in the court of law. Couldn't Mr Sanghvi have waited till the verdict BEFORE he hung out the Admiral to dry. I mean - the words - they leave nothing to imagination, do they ?
The man is the acting Chief of Indian Navy, for crying out loud !!! He deserves a little respect, wouldn't you think ?
This is our mainstream media.
But of course, what else would you expect - they are continuing the fine work started by those doyens of INC - J Nehru and V K Krishna Menon.
Did you guys know that Nehru actually once said "India does not need an army - it needs a police force".
And reduced the army from 200,000 to 100,000 over a period of three years, along with VKKM.
During the time China was building up its army and moving in to Tawang, Aksai Chin and Rezang-La.
No wonder we got our rear ends kicked in '62.
No wonder we're such a mess.
Kiran
Sueing action ? When was the last time you came here ?
Most things that happen here call for Direct action !!
And still we debate. And listen to our revered mainstream media spouting their infinite wisdom on one side of the story, ad nauseum.
One more here....
This is for Barkha. Here is what was frutstrating about her reporting during those days:
Her yelling out "Natasha, Natasha, there was another explosion" she behaved like an immature terrorised child.
She ha've been there-Kargil and all. Some restraint would have been in order.
This type of nervous reporting on a live camera watched by millions of people will drive them nuts.
Adding complete chaos to the alredy existing problems.
Thanks bharkha for adding more fumes. Is this where you want us to change the channels when you shout out loud on your voice.
Dr.Charan
This is a comment that I was trying to post it on NDTV.com ...but it very well applies to you too.
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I think that second most horrendous act ( the first being that of the terrorists), is the way you media people have behaved. For all of you (be it aajtak, ndtv, ibn, etc.) it was nothing but a spicy event to provide as much spicy news as possible. You had no regard for the life of the victims, the security personnel involved. The only thing that mattered to the media was who is able to capture the best details first, whether it's a victim's first hand account or NSG commandos dropping from the helicopter. I don't understand why didn't it make sense to you that the NSG commandos were carrying out a secret operation by dropping from the building and if you show that on the television, the terrorist might as well see that and know about their plans. Are you that stupid or was it done deliberately? I don't understand what sense does it make when you ask a victim, who has just witnessed people around him/her being killed and escaping a narrow death, How do they feel? I mean how would a person feel coming out of that situation, and what sort of question is that? Have you no humanity left in you? Are you as thick skinned as the politicians? I agree that there is no rule defined for such situations, but doesn't the media have any sense of self-obedience and restraint. And it's not that you are illiterate, ignorant people.
And as if this is not the worse from you, Barkha Dutt clarifies her and media's stand in the whole event. Don't you have the decency to feel sorry for your acts and have the guts to apologize to the public? I guess it's useless to rant and rave about all this, since I am speaking to the wall. You are no different from our Sonias and Mulayams.
Hey Akshay,
Thats one of the best comment every sensible person wants to post it here.
As you said instead of being sorry these miserable people try to justify their acts.
You have got every point that i would think of. Thanks.
To re-state what you said NDTV does not accept comments or criticism it would just put a stupid justification.
Sorry is the word 1 million people as you can call hate group wants from you. Please also visit the signature group for petitions to record ur vote against media
Dr.Charan
Akshay
Right on mate. I think the only thing that we can do is exactly what Ms. Dutt so succinctly put.
Do not watch NDTV, CNN-IBN or any of the Indian English News channels.
If you want news, go to BBC.
Or pick up The Statesman, or any of your local journals.
The jury is still out on TOI, but I am losing hope.
Avoid Congr..err..Hindustan Times especially.
Also, try rediff.com. Nice, balanced reporting - although they do go over the top sometimes.
Dear Joy,
Liked your last post. informative and interesting reading.
I was wondernig though - do we have the capacity to engage in a full scale conflict ? Maybe we are scared for a reason ? Any thoughts ?
:)
Kiran
It was Peter Jennings, not Mark.
Nice touch.
Touche.
And mea culpa.
Anita
Thanks.
No - we do not have the capacity to engage in a full-scale conflict.
What we do have, thanks to our nuclear armament, is a Nash Equilibrium with China.
Incursions by China in Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh are going on as we speak, and, despite what everyone will have you believe, it is not the CIA who supplies most of the equipment to the terrorists - it is Beijing who does that, because an unstable Western front means India needs to divert its troops there, and be forced to ignore the East, where there is already much movement and belligerence from Nepal, the North-East seperatists, all funded by Beijing.
That is why, more than ever, we need to enforce (and I mean using force - deadly, if necessary) to quieten our neighbors from the West, and the situation in Kashmir.
Look - I am all for secularism, but secularism needs the implementation of one set of laws, applicable for all religions, creed and caste - like the US.
And you need to enforce it.
You cannot have one set of rules for one and a different set for the other, especially if the other in this case is the majority.
This fosters resentment, naturally, and the creation of BDs and VHPs and the Togadias and Purohits.
My gripe against the media, most of which is controlled by personal interests, exhibits personal bias and masquerades that as mainstream media.
Also, my gripe is that the history as we know it, and is taught in schools is not the whole story - rather, not even a part of it. Again, portrays one side, with the fervent pitch of socialistic leaders rendering the whole thing unquestionable.
BTW - did you know that Sardar Patel - the Bismarck of India, the man responsible for actually creating what we know as India today was awarded the Bharat Ratna in 1991 - 40 or so years after his death ? If that is not a crime, what is ?
You want a different view - the whole story - read R.C. Mazumder's History Of Indian Freedom Movement. Prof. Mazumder, known as the dean of India history till 1948 or so, was inexplicably rendered persona non grata by the Indian government, despite accolades of his book "A Brief History of India", and Prof. Tarachand, a mediocre scholar, at best, promoted vigorously.
The book was given rave reviews by the American Historical Society for its factual correctness, and lauded by the Germans and Japanese also.
Finally - one last titbit - read about the 1921 Moplah uprising, if you can.
I hope others are reading this, too..
Anita...get a grip of yourself...you sound insanely obsessed on facebook.
and here, for that matter.
and get a Life!!!!
(Sho)bhaa bhaa Black sheep
have you any wool (to throw in our eyes) ?
Yessir Yessir 3 bags full!
Barkha ko falsely praise karke humko bakra mat banaao...
Christiane Amanpour???
Christiane Amanpour???
Christiane Amanpour???
Christiane Amanpour???
Christiane Amanpour???
Barkha Dutt likened to Christane Amanpour???
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
This amounts to defamation of Ms. Amanpour
Forgive her Lord, she (shobhaaaarghhh!!!) knoweth not...
*convulsing in shock and laughter*
@ !!!
If I am obssessed , does not you following me everywhere and then reading my posts and commenting on them make you even more obssessed - hilarious. But, if it were not for your kind, how would we have some humor in this debate. Good contribution !
Joy,
Thanks for another interesting post.
Can you make a link below the blog which has all the links for all the interesting reading you advise ? I would be interested in reading and learning more.
Thanks
1. The history part (only part, though - you gotta buy the book for the whole story) can be found here
2. The Sino-Indian problem can be found all over major newspapers and media outlets, including TOI and Rediff. Go to the BBC, if you can - there are some op-ed pieces there.
3. Nehru ordering reduction of the army can be found here
4. Like I said, Google Moplah/Khilafat - pick up the history book, you'll know all about it..
@ joy
totally backing you.
I have no energy to read all the comments...so i might be repeating someone here...swwy!
Bharka is a joke..and its really weird to ask us to to our job will she does hers! She cannot function without us, and she needs us more than we do her, one Bharka can be replaced with a million other faster, sharper ones.
As a journalist her language is poor and repetitive. She doesn’t know how to appear dramatic with strong, sensible words..she is dramatic with theatrics! Haha!
I can even forgive her lack of sense of politics and the insipid questions she asked the hosts ….What I really cant handle is that she even thinks we r blind
(Did u see the show where she talks nonstop to the audience "here lain the broken glasss and here layeth the cutlery cracked and more random drivel…)
Every time she screeched..”down with politicians” I felt like saying “ down with morons”
What a clown! She is priceless! Hahahah!
Mystiquedew,
This is addressed to you as well as all the other Barkha "haters".
You seem to know so much about how she talks, how she behaves , her sense of politics and everything else.
Isnt it strange you keep watching someone whom you profess to dislike so much ? Why ? :)
hey shobs, your column was tripe when i had to sub-edit at the Express and it still is... go figure
Hi Anita,
U sound like shoobaa
Where is the freedom of speech or freedom of critisim.
So if we dont like some one then you advice to turn blind eye to the channel.
I think you propose the same solution like bharkha who asked everyone to change the channel.
The topic here is not ignoring a channel or some ones reporting. It is about what they talk on the camera and how it affects other peoples life.
The very basic understanding that the discusiion is about endangering life's of people is why this is a pretty serious issue.
If the same set of activity or talk is on some show or film I agree with you to just ignore and close eyes and ears and pretent to be dumb.
Supporting some one disregard of the life of people of they tend to put at risk is very illogical according to me.
Thanks ,
Dr. Charan
Hey Anita,
This is the same reporter who gave a live report about the number hostages held up even after the security person incharge told there are no hostages in Trident.
Do you still suggest just ignore her if u dont like her, what about the life of people whom she put at risk and who will be reposnsible for that. Accountable person always becomes the governement or the police.
Again the government did not shut up her mouth and give her guidelines may be the govt should baby sit milion media person and remove all their phones and watch their back. Is this what all propose.
Every life is worth and we have to make sure that though we dont save them we should not put them at risk. Telling everyone the govt did not stop us from opening our mouth is seriously a silly and childish rationale. ;-(
Dr.Charan
Dr Charan,
I have no knowledge of this trident thing that you are talking about. I do not know what your source of information is but in times such as these I know all kinds of rumors fly around.
Yes, on a general basis, I agree with you that we should not endanger the lives of any human.
I do not know about the case that you talk but my sense and faith is that Barkha would not do such a horrible thing knowingly.
A very interesting article , the link for which I am giving here. It supports my view that the primary onus of deciding if the media should have been allowed there, rests with the govt and NSG ! Everyone please have a read ....
"And while pointing a microphone at a concerned relative and asking him if he's worried may be bad form, it is not criminal. The charge of endangering lives, which has squarely fallen on the media's shoulders, takes the focus away from the people who actually had that responsibility - the government and the NSG.
What is being termed a failure of the media, is in fact, a huge failure on the part of our security forces. The real fault lies, not with the media, who reported what they were legally permitted to, but of the heads of security who went on camera and gave away operational details, of the officers who admitted on-camera to a lack of manpower, lack of planning, and lack of equipment."
Anita girl,
you read me wrong! I don't hate her at all..Not in the least!
She amuses me vastly :) :)
Mystique
and oh..the primary onus of letting media in or not is in the hands of govt...I agree I agree..
And I am so glad they allowed them, else we would have missed Bharka altogether!
I now go away with another doubt in mind on whom should I attribute the primary onus of Bharka being a mindless turkey??
Anita,
You are all over the place. Why are you joining the so called "hate groups" in facebook if dont believe in them. The only reason you could have such passion to defend NDTV would be if you work for NDTV or in some way associated with it. If thats the case, you should just observe the pulse of the people - take the learnings from the incident and MOVE ON!!!
More than 20k people are not crazy to believe that Media could have behaved better. And "better" is the key word here. A lot of people have appreciated too - but you have to admit and take it in your stride that there were gaffes.
Your views are so extreme and I dont see you coming to a middle ground in any of the discussions I have read so far - Facebook, or here. Be open minded. Take in the observations from thousands of people and get them across to your channel.
Have you noticed that no such groups formed for AAJ TAK and such channels? That is because we had NO expectation from them! They thrive on sensationalism and they continued to do that. NDTV and the likes ended up disappointing us as our expectation from them was different and in line with the standards they had created.
NDTV should just learn from the mistakes instead of publicly refuting and elegantly move on. Show us that you can be more responsible. Acknowledge your shortcomings. And you will gain the respect back.
-Ekta
Ekta,
I have given the reasons why I joined those hate groups earlier over there so I will not repeat them here.
I am not getting into talking numbers. Again, I have addressed that too. You seem to be reading my posts, so you will know my take on this numbers arguments
My point was not that the Media did not make gaffes. Sure, they made some, but all channels and all anchors did. Why single out just one. ?
Yes, I do think too that some shots maybe should not have been shown, but that was more for the security agencies in charge there to assess.
Why do you call my views so extreme ? I am only expressing my thoughts as I see them. Why is that extreme ? I am not going out personally attacking any boarder first , like many seem to be doing to me. I am not saying that the media did not make any mistakes, I am not saying things were handled in the best possible manner. I am saying, given the circumstances and it being the first situation of its kind, they did what they did and will learn and evolve.
No, I do not work for nor am I associated with NDTV. :-)
Some are born stubborn and some have stubbornness thrust upon them. I do not understand why Ms. Anita is not able to grasp what has been spoken here? She says, ? Well, that's because she has been linked to Amanpour for no reasons. The author of the post herself singled out and gave 'extra-taali' to her. Moreover she is a senior journalist with a huge experience both on and off field. And if she makes a fool of herself then of course it will be highlighted. Arnab or Rajdeep weren't clean throughout either but both of them were in studio and Barkha was on field. If you are on field your responsibility increases leaps and bounds which wasn't the case.
And for those who are saying, 'just change the channel', I would say that's being equally irresponsible a la Barkha and co.
Attack on media for terror coverage is misplaced
12 Dec 2008, 0313 hrs IST, Gen V N Sharma
The detailed television coverage of the terrorist attack from 26 November onwards gripped viewers all over India and parts of the world.
Thousands studied the stories and discussions provided by the print media and their websites. The Indians, led by the anger of Mumbaikars, seem to have woken up our lethargic country as never before.
There are reports that I&B and home ministries are peeved with the media. Concerned TV channels have been questioned why action should not be taken to cancel their licenses. While there is need for battle training of cameramen and correspondents, they have performed effectively and brought battle scenes to our homes.
Gah!
yea i read that...is there some sorta hidden meaning that all of
"India-rich and poor" has woken up coz of mediocre Barkha's soap opera???
Girl, u r so busy defending them, u r at the risk of digressing like them..:) :) stick to topic at hand....
refreshing your memory its about Barkha on trial, Not some army official on the terrorist attack!
There you go anita.
The best way to defend your idiology or views is by calling the fact as rumour.
This is something which happened live on the running camera where the details from the hotel owner were given to the press.
Can you call something which happened on live camera as rumour and close your eyes and say that bharkha is right. Its a sad fact that we people are refusing to accept the reason and just shut of our reasoning sense.
U know wat u have the right to call it a rumour off course its right of denial
U still go about telling that the security people are wrong. No one is here for the defense of security people. We all agree every system failed that includes the media people too.
We dont really keep putting our point in just saying only the media is wrong but we also agree that other systems failed.
But you are clearly saying from day one that media is never wrong and bharkha is never wrong and what media did is the right thing.
Being open minded is trying see both sides of the coin and not just sticking with one. There are numorous reasons out there given by experts and senior journalist around the world which points out that the media has done some mistakes.
Its totally illogical to be just stubborn on taking any reasons and just supporting one set of people.
Dont you seee even one reason to see that the media could have done better. If not then its totally waste of time to reason out with strongmided persons.
You know where to find the fact about the Trident hotel incident which I mentioned before or you can go on the dinial mode and stick with ur points. ;-)
I would be really happy if u come back saying the media had made some mistakes and bharkha too.
Dr.Charan
Hey Anita,
Dont be searching here is the link for the rumour which was just made up ;-)
Dr.Charan
This one too about our owen Christiane Amanpour; ;-)
Ler try apply some reasoning to our thoughts.
Dr.Charan
Dr Charan,
No, I have not been saying from day one that media is never wrong. I have been saying that the primary onus lay on the security agencies and the govt. If this was such a sensitive operation, why was the media allowed to be hounding over there in the first place.
The incident you refer to, I have not watched on TV. Like I mentioned earlier, I was not watching too much during the terror attack as it was too unbearable for me. But yes, if such a thing did indeed happen, it is a terrible gaffe. You have given me a link to someones blog. That is not an official statement by someone in authority that such a thing did take place, but yes I am willing to concede, that indeed if something like that happened it was a mistake..
Like General Sharma has said in the link I pasted above....I think this was a very unique situation and there is need for battle training of cameramen and correspondents.
Also, I saw the commandos being dropped on the terrace being aired by every news channel. Was not that a security threat too? Why are other channels and prominent journalists not being targeted. Why is Barkha being made the sole scapegoat ?
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But Anita, the point is they are SUPPOSED TO KNOW THIER JOBS WHETHER THERE IS A CRISIS OR NOT. Human error does not enter into it. Bias is normal but inaccuracy and hysteria is not.
As professionals they are already supposed to know what to do and how to be objective. They are not supposed to need briefing at everypoint. That is what experience is supposed to do for you.
I dont care if they have battle training or whatever. At the very least Ileast expect them to uphold journalistic ethics and be professional.
Another Kiran,
Yes I agree ethics should always be upheld , and yes they should know their jobs.
But, dont you think sometimes that can be easier said. I mean, when you are for the first time, in such a terrorist situation, which goes on for so so long, dont you think any human, howsoever brilliant, can make some gaffes. Yes, they should not have been made ideally, but then everyone from the police to the govt to all the media people made some mistakes....why is only Barkha being bashed. The debate would have made more sense if it was regarding media faults and how to address those and not directed at one personality....dont you think ?
You point is accepted well ;-)
"Why is Barkha being made the sole scapegoat ? "
Good question and everyone ask this a lot. Why just her????? Why not others generally its media right ;-)
Well here is my reasonig why her
She is one of the leading journalist who have set up a standard and is one of the expertise in handing situation.
She has got the prestigious padma shri award.
Dont we expect some sort of basic common sense of professsionalism from such a person. Anyone can be wrong and make mistakes but with vast expertise should cease to follow other media and set an example.
Do you still expect someone of this calibre to do such silly mistakes and claim that the person is after all human, emotional got carried by the moment.
I understand some of the reason which gave is making you support her but its the same reason which doesnt make me accpet her mistakes.
;-)
Worst case is she writes an rationale to reson out that she is right.
Dr.Charan
Dr Charan you just said everything I was going to say.
"With greater power comes greater responsibility." Makes sense now...why Barkha Dutt is the lightenng rod?
Hey Guys,
One interesting article by Arundati Roy.
Something seriously wrong. ;-(
Dr.Charan
Doc
Without wishing to be mean, Arundhati Roy, that profound source of inspirational knowledge with professed hatred of Hinduism in particular and India in general, happens to be the niece of one Prannoy Roy.
I find Arundhatis articles too complex to read, so left after reading some. :)
Barkha, is a great and daring. My full support to her
Hi Joy,
Are you talking about the hatred towards a religion whose leader and members orchestrated killing thousands of people under the watchful eyes of the government and police officers.
Hatred towards a judicial system where the leader still remains as a chief minister of the state and its member out on bail terrorizing people out there.
Dr.Charan
Sure, these journos put their lives at risk, get us the stories that no one else will tell, hats off to them. But surely there has to be a code of conduct for TV journos, like they have in the BBC? Barkha's operatic histrionics, her flagrant attempts to make every incident her very own personal experience is nauseating to watch. The difference betwen her intemperate, over-the-top, subjective coverage and the ones of other journos is that she is lauded and awarded for her Oprah-like tele-evangelistic performances. She is the worst kind of celebrity-anchor, the kind that James Brooks warned us about in the film "Broadcast News" - where William Hurt is seen manipulating emotions, squeezing out tears for the camera in reaction shots, and then turning around completely dry-eyed after "cut!" and going about business as usual. Ughh!! Barkha is no Christiane Amanpour. She is way too in love with her own celebrity. BTW, this is not a hate campaign. It's a natural reaction to the overdose of saccharine being rammed down our thoats in the name of responsible journalism. Ee-nough already!
Go Ahead delete my comment. Crush one more patriotic indian in the process. Bakha's journalism is an attempt to degrade people who follow Hinduism.What did NDTV expose in the final reckoning. A) The response of the congress government was pathetic, they displayed no leadership in concluding this operation with a sense of urgency. B) How would this government respond if a hostage crisis arisis in future, Do they have the gumption of putting Nation ahead & come with a policy of No Negotiation with terrorist.C)How is the government to respond against enemy country when they stage such atrocious acts on our citizens,The media turned this nation into a race of cowardice & denigrated us to meek slaughter lambs before the terrorist. D) When do we get up & ask the right questions, is really our armed forces capable of defending us.Congress has perpetuated a heinous crime by giving bullet proofs vests which can be pierced by bullets.E)Where is Barkha when seditious speeches are made against this country in this very own country.STOP SPREADING LIES BARKHA WE DON'T LIKE YOU PERIOD.
Shobha,
When you read every comment here you got to understand the sentiments of people.If you can't connect to reality it just exposes your dishonesty,Wake up nobody likes the ilks barkha or their biased one sided journalism who pamper to muslims.I do not see any professionalism in her coverage & elevating her to a superstar is the biggest lie.She is a insult to journalism & a quack.
No Doc. I am talking about the religion that has been around for more than 2000 years.
A religion that gave the world the first treatises on philosophy and science.
The only religion in the world whose temples have been looted and ravaged, its people insulted and enslaved on their own land for 900 years.
I am talking about a religion who gets the short end of the shrift every time - be it the ravaging of its temples, burning of its books, ridicule of its theology by people who have IQ lower than a plank's.
I am talking about a religion who has produced a small set of fanatics after 950 years of persecution and suffering.
While others have produced 90000
after less than 50 years of so-called persecution and suffering.
And yet it is the small set who get the limelight as the faces of the religion. Again and again. By people like you.
And you wonder why they are frustrated.
Pity.
Anonymous
Amen to that.
This is completely being partial toward Barkha Dutt. A journalist of her stature shouldn't commit silly mistakes and ask people standing outside the Oberoi waiting for their loved ones..what do you think, whether your father will make it out? Completely ridiculous and such dialouges are not even used in Balaji Soaps.
@ joy,
Superb post on hindu persecution. Keep them coming....very informative
Anita
My intent was not to focus on Hindu persecution - my intent was to focus on the role of our (and global) media on increasing the religious divide by focusing on one side only.
My point is - till people get educated with a balanced view of things, they will react according to situation, and will be incapable of introspection and get a balanced view of things.
Hope you agree to that ...
Hi Joy,
Have you been following this Arundhati Roy thingie ? If so, can you tell me what she says and what you oppose in easy words. I find it too complex to read her :). Thanks a lot
Shobha, I have the utmost regard for you, and a lot of admiration too. However, don't defend Barkha.
The way she has sensationalized the Mumbai terror attacks was really shameful. Where was the need to grandstand so much and be so utterly indiscreet? even wrote to her asking her why she did what she did. A calm and respectful letter, with no rage pr hate. She did not even respond.
At the outset, best wishes for a calm, peaceful and affectionate Christmas to everyone. I have just perused these highly emotive/ emotional dialogues above. What I would like to point out and suggest, with utmost humility, is that we need to improve the manner in which we perceive issues and debate upon them. The media’s role in society, will at all times be argued, at times found acceptable and appreciated, at times found otherwise and criticized. What one needs to look at is specifics of the issues, operational aspects, what and where things were handled correctly and what and when not. The evolution of a desire to make scathing remarks with the intention of hurting one another is just what bad elements desire, with a view to cause a rift in society, and it would be most undesirable for us to fall prey to such intentions. I would like to request those who blog anonymously, so as to vent their negative views, to consider first drafting their comments in a manner if the same were to be ultimately uploaded with their names and identities displayed. They may choose to blog such comments thereafter, anonymously or under their identities. This approach will result in a better quality of writing and resulting debates and may yield in positive results in terms of acceptance, resulting action and a greater uniting effect. We as a responsible society have an important role to play in guiding leaders among us and other significant people/ personalities on the right path. Do think about it. I mean well when making this suggestion.
Shoba..The very people who are behind her are not some senseless idiots...they are well educated, successful ,well-employed and Intelligent professionals as barkha is. Only difference is they don't come on Tv. There must be some truth or the other if so many people dont like her way of reporting.
Journalists like doctors cant get (and should not get) emotional. Will you go to a doctor who is so emotional about your health conditon?
As I viewer I feel mordern electronic media journalists (like barkha and unlike Karan Thapar) too loud with absolutely no substance.
BARKHA IS A BAD WOMAN!
you are aged , lie down and take some rest
Joy,
There was no India when invaders came here. We were small nations fighting against each other. So please get your facts right when you say that "we" endured invasions silently. Small kingdoms who cannot the stand the sight of each other are no match against organized armies. And neither did the kingdoms cave in. They did put up a fight when they were not too busy fighting each other. We got what we deserved. FYI I am a Hindu.
Ms De...you can deduce from the comments what the popular feelings are for your pal Ms Dutt. The Indian public is not the same anymore. We will not take nonsense...whether it is a Muthalik or a Barkha Dutt of NDTV!
Dear Shobha
The problem is with you "On the Top" people.. U make a mistake and u need to goto the bottom.. Else u would keep others at "Granted" status.. the way barkha does..
:) Buck up u moron!!
Oh wow... a blogging by Shobha?
Lots of free time? not much parties happening around?
Well, how could you have said this when after you blogged so much w.r.t. the attacks. You should-a read more into a couple of media watchdog websites before forming an idea, or opinion.
Read:
And if indeed you are convinced that Barkha Dutt be taken off air, do join the facebook group, CAN YOU PLEASE TAKE BARKHA OFF AIR?:
Success has gotten into her head - Barkha's - and that is why she is the one most targetted. And lately, she is acting like a buffoon. More the reason. She is loud and irritating. She sermonized. She pretends that she is a star. SHE IS NOT! Will someone please tell her?
And if you will watch the 26/11 tapes now - you will see how the paki bastardos were watching TV telecast and advising their goons.
Vindication of a point?
And just coz you are Shobha de the celeb, you can't tell ppl what to think. Don't forget that these are the ppl who buy your shallow books.
Oh puhleeez Ms De! Is that all you have to say in her defense? That she was at it for 40 hours without food, water and the loo? That is why we call them "professionals." Perhaps the word slipped you by.
And the fact that there are over 4,900 of us who want her to take a break and get in touch with her inner journalist again (rather than the aggressive, drama queen she has become of late), means that there are 4,900 lesser number of "viewers (who) want to hear what she is saying." And the reason why we are all protesting? Because we WANT her to do her job - and right now, she clearly isn't. I personally want her to go back to being the journalist she was - and I certainly hope she's able to sift through all the criticism and glean what she can from it to do precisely that.
You wonder why public is angry with Barkha? Here's an example.
or
And Christiane Amanpour??? Aaach Thooooo. She is just as anti-Indian as any. Actually I take that back, the comparison is came upon this post just by chance.
Joy and Anita, do get a room. It's too late in the day(s), so you probably have, or not. :) No offense meant.
Jokes apart, I do agree with Joy, and not without reason. I was watching the entire darned thing on TV, most of the time, and I also watched the reportage on Kargil. (Two of my first cousins being in the very war). So, the statements are corroborated, she DID make a stupid mistake back then, was apparently slapped by a Major (for giving out the location), and was told to clear the &$%^ out. No denying that, and that is definitely not a rumor.
Secondly, I did watch her interviewing several 'important' people outside the Taj ( on the D-day), while it was an open-for-all. I did see the disinterest, while she talked to the elite, and people apparently affected by the tragely (which went on live). It was almost..Hmm...NEXT...hmm..Next! As bad as the time during the time of Gujarat quakes, and the reporter from Aaj Tak asking the boy who is barely alive ( since being dug out of a hole)" how are you feeling". A total WTF moment.
Furthermore, I don't know, if anyone has asked it here, but has anyone questioned WHY the Black Cats were transported by a BEST bus? Anyone? And why O why did they lose two men? Aren't they supposed to be trained for the very such thing? I do not mean any disrecpect, but who is to blame here?
I mean, screw the journalist, she is what she is, enough has been said about her, and I personally have no respect for her whatsoever. But defending her, like this? I hang my head in shame, really. Being an ex-journalist myself (of no repute whatsoever).
So yes, I am saddened Ms Dey, by this mindless, or rather biased defensive post.
Maybe not a worthwhile point, but something on my mind for some time now.
NDTV’s ‘pass the buck’ and less willing to ‘buck stops here’
‘Buck stops here’ with a person of authority willing to take responsibility of the issue and provide solution, rather than pass them up to higher authorities.
In no way, this program show does it. So, why this name? Or am I missing something?
Which part of your brain do you leave at home when you write this?
I saw this Discovery feature a couple of days back on the 26/11 terror attacks. Rajdeep (gale mein mike phaas gaya) Sardesai was saying in his usual (thank god not inimitable) style "If the government didn't want us to report from there, they should have set up a central news center from where we would have got updates. I think that didn't happen!" You know what, that was a precise MTV One Tight Slap moment. I mean does he know where he sh*^s from? Front or back?
I'm sorry I may not sound very logical but you do get the point. People like Barkha and Rajdeep should be banned and locked up in a trunk that should be dropped into the deep seas! And I'm sad and ashamed that at one point I indeed did have a lot of respect for these nitwits!
Shobha,
Is she doing her job!!?
Can you explain in detail?
"I'll talk to Gulam..."
"Tell me what to do? tell me what to do now?"
These few sentences will show whether she was extending her power as a journalist to participate in lobbying efforts and the motive is so unclear.
And you call it "extendeding the call of duty"!!
To comment on your column - I ask - Is it a case that a celebrity will think that the remaining all are just dumb-heads?
She calls all Gujaratis 'traditionally effete people' if they ellect Mr.Narendra Modi - what do you infer from that - CAN A JOURNALIST BRAND A SECTION OF A NATION WITH SUCH OBJECTIONABLE WORDS ON TV? Is is what the 'call of duty' demands?
Was it right to air the defence positions on air - while the Kargil war was going on?
Is she really a journalist or a fake?
These people and her employers are just a piece of a dynastic party!!
I take pride in denouncing any anti nationals.
My 7yr kid can cover an event much better than these fellows.
Well it comes very late as response to the opinion, but its so ridiculous that one need to pen down what is logical and correct.
This is the worst of Shoba De, generally sensible she is. Anyone who compares Barkha Dutt's theatrical style of reporting with Christiane Amanpour perspective based investigation and reporting is simply displaying his or her poor understanding of conflict and crisis reporting and journalism in general.
Coming to the particular episode under question for which platitudes have been heaped on all BRAVE reporters, according to journalistic greats from Columbia, from where Barkha is reportedly a graduate, and other iconic institutions, this was the most irresponsible journalistic endeavors that can be imagined. Not only these reporters were feeding information to terrorists sitting at we all know where, they were also obstructing interventions which were poorly planned in the first place.
Indians have yet not learned that revealing all information as it unfolds during a crisis is the WORST and not best journalism. Secondly, if anyone wants to learn reporting from Amanpour should know that only a limited display of emotion is required while reporting, any more of it smacks of theater and not serious journalism.
Lastly, staying in a bunker for two days in one set of clothes is not a sign a great reporting. India TV reporters regularly go waist deep in flood to report and appear live on screen, which is going a tad too far for TRP grabbing.
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June 10th, 2010 at 1:46 pm
you both are looking so pretty. if you dont mind please tell us why are you both all dressed up.
i like hetal’s jewelary.
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anuja Reply:
June 12th, 2010 at 7:34 pm
Hi There,
No particular occasion, but we get asked a lot about why we never wear sarees, so…..
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June 10th, 2010 at 3:53 pm
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June 10th, 2010 at 3:58 pm
HI,
just to confirm – it has to be a glass jar or pitcher, right? pickling agents + sunlight = plastic is not a good idea!
Sounds delicious, and I am going to try some very soon!
-Pramila
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June 10th, 2010 at 4:44 pm
Thanks for this recipe. Wow.. amazing colourful show. Indian dress are always beautiful.
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June 10th, 2010 at 6:01 pm
Oh my god ! You both just look so so pretty in indian attire! Hetal di ko dekhne ke baad, im remmebering my Bandhani saree that has been sleeping the closet for a while!
Anuja di, you thali…is very very cute!
Just a doubt,
Will this drink cause heat in the body or is it a coolant?
Loads of Love ,
Priya
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anuja Reply:
June 12th, 2010 at 8:06 pm
Hi Priya,
Thanks for all the lovely compliments
The drink is had in very small quantities and is really had during Holi festival time so I honestly don’t know. It is a great option and a welcome change
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June 10th, 2010 at 8:03 pm
hey…i am just wondering about how safe to drink water that is out side with some veggies and spices?? Don’t you think about any bacterial infections to your body!!
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anuja Reply:
June 12th, 2010 at 8:13 pm
Hi There,
The Kanji has not made us sick (we have been making it for years now). It is the same concept as pickle. The ground mustard is the pickling agent and the salt helps it along. That is one of the reasons, we say not to keep it out for more that 3-5 days, covered so nothing goes in AND to keep stirring it every day or twice a day
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June 11th, 2010 at 1:15 am
Thanks for sharing this regional recipes. there are so many of these kinds we never get to hear unless we visit families……I sure will try… Seems it is time to dressup…pretty pretty… I am thinking…Hum is Hetal is pregnant!!!!
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R Reply:
June 11th, 2010 at 7:04 pm
They both look pretty and please leave it at that. Such comments from readers will scare them and not want to wear any more sarees!
Some cotton sarees make you look different. Its nice of them to dress up so well.
Hetal and Anjua, we all enjoyed the video and looking at you guys. Looking forward to more such videos.
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June 11th, 2010 at 4:40 am
can u please tell the brand of the knife u r using in this video??? thanks alot for all the great recipes!!! U Rock!!!
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anuja Reply:
June 12th, 2010 at 8:18 pm
Hi There,
Honestly, it’s a no-brand knife. You can pick up any knife that you like the feel of and use it. The key is to keep it sharpened. We have $20 knives and $60 knives that do the same thing. We have a knife sharpener and a rod that we use constantly
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June 11th, 2010 at 4:40 am
can u please tell the brand of the knife u r using in this video??? thanks alot for all the great recipes!!! U Rock!!!
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sha Reply:
June 11th, 2010 at 6:08 pm
Abhi, I have the same type. I bought mine from Macy’s 15 piece set including knife sharpner…Actual cost was 69.99. I bought mine during sale along with $10 discount coupon only for $19.99. Its really worth to buy it. It looks pretty too.
BTW, brand name is TOOLS OF THE TRADE – Macys
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June 11th, 2010 at 5:01 am
oh my gosh, how lovely…both of you look amazing.
thanks for the recipe, something different…i will def. try it.
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June 11th, 2010 at 10:23 am
hi, both look veryyyyyyyyyyyyy cuteeeeeeeee…..so colorful,
i dont miss ur new receipes and ur costumes also….it really inspires us to see u guys dressed……
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June 11th, 2010 at 12:23 pm
looks funny!
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June 17th, 2010 at 11:04 pm
hahahhaa
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June 11th, 2010 at 6:09 pm
Ladies, you both look pretty. Hetal i love your saree and ornaments. Anuja i love your saree color.
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June 11th, 2010 at 7:00 pm
What a surprise! I was so bored of sitting and staring at my computer all day. Just looking at you guyrs dressed up so well made me happy and now I am in festive mood! Thanks.
The kanji color looks good. If there any chance of it getting spoilt if kept outside for so many days?
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anuja Reply:
June 12th, 2010 at 8:59 pm
Hi R,
If you stick to all the pointers in the recipe, it won’t get spoilt
remember not more that 5 days in the sun and stir everyday
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June 11th, 2010 at 8:47 pm
arey wah both of u lukin gorgeous……….any special occasion?????????????? n u knw i also have babdhani saree sleeping in my bag…
wat a colorful show…………… keep it up
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June 12th, 2010 at 9:46 am
wow! both of u r looking gorgeous—
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June 12th, 2010 at 7:54 pm
Hi Anuja and Hetal,
Your sarees are lovely! I do have a question about the mustard seed. I have both black mustard and yellow mustard seed. Which one do you use. It looks like yellow but I wasn’t sure. Keep up the good work!!!
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anuja Reply:
June 12th, 2010 at 9:46 pm
Hi Judy,
We just took the black Mustard Seeds and put it in the spice grinder and made a powder out of it
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June 13th, 2010 at 5:38 am
Wow in saree..Looking cool..but I should say Hetal looks more good in western outfits…
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June 13th, 2010 at 3:14 pm
wow! this looks amazing. i must admit, i haven’t tasted indian cuisine but this beverage made me want to have one. more power to you guys!
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June 15th, 2010 at 2:55 am
Hi Anuja & Hetal,
I LOVE all the posting & have tried many of them too. The easy sweets are a big hit with all our friends.
I was hoping you’ll post some desi recipes cooked with a SLOW COOKER.
Great job & You guys ROCK !!!
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anuja Reply:
June 15th, 2010 at 1:56 pm
Hi Suba,
and we are usually in a time constraint but are trying to see how we can work around that and show some recipes.
Thanks for your feedback. We get question a lot…the problem is that slow cooker are very slow
Thanks for your support and understanding
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June 15th, 2010 at 6:58 pm
Hey…can you guys please show how to make Iced tea?
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Fan Reply:
June 17th, 2010 at 11:06 pm
you’ll find the ice tea in the site from where these girls are coping. see the very 1st comment.
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June 19th, 2010 at 11:58 am
You both looking gorgeous!!
I add 1-2 drops of mustard oil to it…it gives a really nice flavour! try it out soemtime!
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anuja Reply:
June 19th, 2010 at 3:14 pm
Hi Lavi,
Sounds great, will try it for sure
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June 21st, 2010 at 1:42 am
Are those black or yellow mustard seeds you used in the recipe? Does the jar have to go outside, or will they pickle in a sunny window? – I live in an apartment without a balcony, so can’t leave them outside.
Oh, and you two are gorgeous in those saris!
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anuja Reply:
June 22nd, 2010 at 5:58 pm
Hi Heron,
We have used Black Mustard Seeds and have ground them at home. You can use the sunny window and it’ll work just fine
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June 22nd, 2010 at 7:33 pm
Can u show any other traditional drinks?
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anuja Reply:
June 23rd, 2010 at 6:19 pm
Hi Sowmya,
Will keep that in mind, thanks for the feedback
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July 8th, 2010 at 7:38 pm
Hi Hetal/Anuja,
I have a quick question, are you using Mustard seeds or Rai because i believe both are different. SO can you please clarify on what exactly you used?
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anuja Reply:
July 8th, 2010 at 9:28 pm
Hi Chanda,
They are the same but there are different types of Mustard Seeds:
black and yellow
For Indian cooking we usually use the Black kind and that is what we have used here in this recipe. We have used ground black mustard seeds.
There is also Khuria (flattened Mustard Seeds) and that is used in pickles.
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July 16th, 2010 at 2:14 am
Looking gorgeous,Ladies
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July 27th, 2010 at 3:49 pm
can i share some simple recipes with you both .
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August 21st, 2010 at 7:27 pm
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November 19th, 2010 at 2:57 pm
The recipe looks quite delicious,but after 3 to 4 days can we store this in fridge and use it for 10 days..
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hetal Reply:
November 25th, 2010 at 2:44 pm
Hi Kanthi,
Yes, you can store it in the refrigerator for 10 days.
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January 19th, 2011 at 2:04 pm
wats this bloody recipe? wat will happen the next morning if will drink this.
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February 20th, 2011 at 2:34 am
hello…what is “pong”? sorry…may be spelling it incorrectly. you mention it at the beginning of the video. is it a liquor?
thanks! : )
(you both look beautiful in this video!)
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anuja Reply:
February 20th, 2011 at 10:36 pm
Hi Ann Marie,
It is “Bhaang” – Here is the low down on it:
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March 10th, 2012 at 12:25 pm
it looks yummy….i just want to ask you if i can drink it in my pregnancy. iam 7 month pregnant.
plz reply soon…
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September 30th, 2012 at 11:38 am
My Mum used to tell us about this as children but never made it…I visited an elderly aunt this summer who had a large bottle of purple liquid and carrots in her windowsill and instantly recognised it from my Mum’s stories. It was quite a shock to finally sample it, I think this is what’s known as an acquired taste!
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hetal Reply:
October 1st, 2012 at 3:05 pm
You are so right on “acquired taste”
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1/5/11 UPDATE: Love Triangle Could Be the Motive for the Russell "Rusty" Sneiderman Murder
Just posted on this blog a comment that could be the motive of this horrible crime. Thank you for this information Ginger.
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January 5, 2011 5:37 PM"
Borrowed from CNN - Thank you
Atlanta, Georgia (CNN) -- Police in Dunwoody, Georgia, have arrested a man in the killing of a father outside his 2-year-old son's day care center.
Hemy Zvi Neuman, 48, is charged with murder in the death of Russell "Rusty" Sneiderman on November 18. Sneiderman was shot multiple times in the parking lot of Dunwoody Prep after dropping off his son, in what police have described as an apparent "cold and calculated murder."
Neuman is scheduled to make his first court appearance Wednesday in DeKalb County Magistrates Court.
Police have not given a possible motive for Neuman nor said whether he and Sneiderman knew each other. The investigation is ongoing, police said.
Witnesses to the shooting told police a man came up from behind Sneiderman, opened fire, and shot him multiple times. They said the shooter then got away in a silver minivan that didn't have a license plate.."
The family offered a $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest.
Sneiderman, 36, was a Cleveland, Ohio, native, a Harvard MBA graduate, and an active volunteer with the Georgia chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, CNN affiliate WSB reported.
A week before his death, police said, Sneiderman called police to report a suspicious person behind his house, WSB reported.
Hemy Neuman's Facebook page shows a picture of him smiling with his arms around three children who appear to be teenagers. It says he has worked at General Electric and studied at the Georgia Institute of Technology. His LinkedIn page says he is an operations and quality manager at General Electric.
Neuman has not made a public statement since the arrest.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE SUSPECT FOUND BY THIS BLOG FROM LINKEDIN
Operations & Quality Manager at General Electric
Greater Atlanta Area
Hemy Neuman
Current•Operations & Quality Manager at GE
Past•Deputy GM and Program Manager at GE
•Global Quality, Regulatory and Safety Manager at GE
•Production Manager at GE
Education•Bradford University
•Georgia Institute of Technology
Connections 8 connections IndustryElectrical/Electronic Manufacturing
Hemy Neuman’s Summary
A results driven leader that utilizes operational excellence through organizational motivation to deliver results, that can think strategically with tactical translation to action, able to manage local teams or large complex global organizations with innovative ideas that generate competitive success. Vast international experience in multifunctional environments managing engineering teams developing complex integrated systems (hardware, physics and software) in the aerospace, healthcare and energy sectors, implementing successful quality systems and improvement strategies and driving productivity gains in manufacturing, product design and services.
Hemy Neuman’s Specialties:
Operations management, strategic planning, engineering management, financial planning and analysis, product development, quality systems, regulatory compliance, manufacturing, software development, electrical, electronic and mechanical systems, medical devices
Hemy Neuman’s Education
Bradford University
Master , Business Administration, Finance Specialty , 1998
Completed with Distinction
Georgia Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Engineering , Aerospace , 1980 — 1984
Completed with Honor
Prior Story by the author of this blog
By Nicholas Contompasis
On Thursday morning Rusty dropped off his child at preschool for the last time. Shortly after doing so, he was shot at point blank range several times and left to die in his own blood. Russell Sneiderman, 36, Rusty to his friends and relatives had an MBA from Harvard and had handled private banking for JPMorgan in Atlanta before being laid off two years ago. The only witness, helped police draw up the only picture they have of this lone assailant. He was described as a man with a beard and cap which is included in this story.
What makes this killing noteworthy is that it may be the beginning of many more assassinations of bankers and government officials who have ignored the people and organizations that invested monies in instruments that Rusty and others like him have sold over the past few years. As the dust settles from the massive destruction of wealth in this country over the past three years, only banks and bankers were helped out, with investors left holding the bag which at this point is empty. There have been no indictments or trials of these individuals that duped millions of investors around the world. The government has acted in concert with these bankers by refunding them, while looking the other way. This has led many to feel that they are just as guilty as the bankers that took the money on a sure thing, which later became worthless.
We are not aware that Mr. Sneiderman has ever defrauded his clients or been involved in misrepresenting products he has sold or packaged over the years, but this investigation is new and over the next few months I’m sure we will find more motives for someone taking such rash steps.
To be frank, I’m quite surprised this type of gangland hit hasn’t happened sooner and more often as people become more desperate. Of course, again, the mainstream media is ignoring another important story, that America would like know about. Yet, they sweep it under the carpet hoping there won’t be a citizen revolt against the government and banking system. This tactic can work just so long as the peasants slowly gather with their pitchforks and torches blazing by the light of a full moon.
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Nice pice.
You idiot. Why don't you read the facts of the case before you publish such drivel? Rusty hadn't worked for JP Morgan private banking for two years. He was LAID OFF during the financial meltdown of 2008.
To Deborah S
Thank you for the added information. There were only four articles on google about this shooting which I think is wrong. It should be getting much more attention. If you know anything else about him and his life I would like to do a follow up article about his life. I'm not out to condemn him, it's important to find out if this killing was because of his business dealings and a hit was put out on him.
Thanks in advance.
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So, a random execution of a guy that happens to be a Jew. You really think that some disgrubtled investor did this. Take a good look at the artist's rendering. Look like an "investor" to you? . Looks more like a middle eastern cab driver to me. OH OH - moslem looking guy tied to a Jew's murder. Give you any thughts" If I were the Dunwoody, GA police, I'd be checking mosque congregatons
Correct about the shooters looks. Very Middle Eastern look. Remember assassins come in all shapes and sizes. They are paid by people that have lots of money. It could be anybody that ordered this. Problem is they may never tell us when they do find out. You know how that is.
Nicholas,
As I do somewhat agree with you in principal about the state of this country, I do find this post to be nauseating. You have zero proof that "Rusty" sold any of these instruments, and to link him to that bs for self promotion of a blog is irresponsible. You are smearing a good man's name. Shame on you.
I live in Dunwoody, and only know of the good that Rusty has done for others, selflessly and very quietly. I highly doubt he had any involvement with the derivates market and the selling of that junk.
Thanks for the comment Todd. If you read the article I did not say he was involved with something unethical. But his killer may have, thus the comments made by the police.
Just a little background about my involvement. I'm very close to many on Wall Street and they forwarded me this article (below). Take a look at it and you tell me what you think. Karl is in the know and wouldn't make statements like this without some knowledge of the situation. After reading his article I wrote mine after doing a little research on the matter. I personally am alarmed by this killing and I feel so sorry for his family and young child. The more I read about him, the more I understand he was a good member of your community and will be missed.
But let's not forget, many made a lot of money on Wall Street and many investments were not represented properly. Thus the problem our country is facing.
Thx again for your comment. I do listen.
Posted 2010-11-22 11:20
by Karl Denninger
in Corruption
Random Murder Or An Organized Hit?
A valid question, I believe....
The shooting was not random, police have concluded. Investigators have spent the day interviewing friends, family and business associates hoping to develop a motive for the killing. So far, they have none.
....
Davidson, who lives in Los Angeles, said the Sneidermans relocated to Atlanta about a decade ago. Rusty Sneiderman served as chief operating officer for Innovia Group and then as a financial consultant for the Atlanta division of JP Morgan Chase & Co. Private Bank, where, according to Davidson, he advised "high-end" clients with large estates.
What happened ?
Copy and paste the link in my prior comment to read more of this article. It seems there's a lot more to this than meets the eye.
Nicholas
I am an award winning doc filmmaker-
if you want to talk about connecting the dots from this to Foreclosuregate it might be good as I am making
WARCLOSURE: The American Scheme
about the foreclosure crisis- and I just beat JP Morgan Chase in my own personal foreclosure battle over 2 years...
I think this guy KNEW too much- I bet he was involved with CDO and MBS derivatives- a Harvard MBA? No, he was answering phones- damn yeah he was part of the brain trust that created what was illegal but profitable (short term) and maybe not even malicious as no one thought real estate would EVER depreciate... Film@Revolutionist.com and.
When the trial starts, you will see that this had nothing to do with business and more to do with personal issues, including a love triangle... sad. very sad..
Yes, it is sad. We knew early on that it wasn't business but many on Wall Street thought at the time it was a deal gone bad.
The age old love triangle again.
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Odd Future’s Earl Sweatshirt is quite the enigma. Being only 18 years old of age, he has lived, and rapped– things people could only dream (or have nightmares) about. Spitting abstract, gruesome, and overall clever lines, Earl Sweatshirt’s rhyme scheme is not restricted in any sense, and because of that, he has risen to stardom. Being a fan of Eminem during his Infinite days, I can’t help but to listen and compare both emcees. While both are different artists in their own respect, they both create provoking flows while giving you the “Fuck outta my face” type lyrics. With that said, listeners usually have questions wondering “WHERE DOES IT ALL COME FROM?” and “WHAT’S IN HIS HEAD?” Since I’m a mere fan and blogger, I will probably never know. What I do know, going off Earl Sweatshirt’s recent tumblr post, is that his musical taste– like the music he creates– it constantly surprises.
Earl labels the post: “Wanna hear some songs I like?” After posting the links, he condescendingly jabs at hipsters and states: “Daily stuff. I’ll post more shit i like up here. Hopefully all the assholes who like the same music i do get pissed off that i’m sharing their secrets with the world like they normally do.”
1. Dipset – Real Niggaz
We all have a spot for Dipset in our musical library, and Earl Sweatshirt is no different. Diplomatic Immunity song “Real N****s” , which came out in 2003, is one of the 27 tracks released on the 2 disc album. With the title of the song saying it all, it’s all about keeping the real close– and the fake at arm distance.
2. ESG – Swang & Bang -Screwed & Chopped up – Yung Nova Remix
Next track comes from Cedric Hill, or better known as ESG. “Swanging & Banging” coming off the emcees 1994 album Ocean of Funk, ESG was one of the pioneers of the Houston, Texas music style Chopped and Screwed. The “Screwed” style of music making has made a comeback recently with artists such as Kanye West (which Earl and the Odd Future collective are a major fan of), A$AP Rocky, and even Drake. With that said, though, Earl sticks to the basics and goes with a remix from a Houston O.G. Yung Nova.
3. Cancel On Me – Bombay Bicycle Club
The next song on the list includes the melancholic tune of “Cancel On Me” from Bombay Bicycle Club’s 2007 EP, The Boy I Used To Be. If you can pick up on the trend I have, Earl really gravitates towards the earlier releases from bands. Considering the indie rockers from England produced some of their best work between 2007-2009, it’s commendable Earl would pick one their best, but most overlooked, songs.
4. Radiohead “All I Need”
Now this is a song/ artist I hoped would be on the list. Coming off their 2007 release of In Rainbows, “All I Need” incites fear and mellow emotions all in one. Like Earl to Thom Yorke, you can’t explain what or where their musical influence and creativity comes from. I always considered “All I Need” as an unsettling masterpiece; and ironically, Earl who shares the same qualities, seems to be attracted to it as well.
5. Adrian Younge – Dusts of gold (feat Calibro 35 & Shawn Lee)
Coming from Los Angeles, Adrian Younge is more than talented. Besides being the leader of The Venice Dawn, he’s also an editor and composer for the new animated series on Adult Swim called “Black Dynamite.” While weed is definitely part of the OF collective besides Tyler, The Creator, Earl chose the 80’s type smoking lounge tune of “Dusts of Gold.” Having a heavy bass line, a rising trumpet, and overall shootout feel groove to the tune, this would accompany quite the smoking session.
Ranging from Hip-Hop to Indie Rock, for those who love Earl and his music already, hopefully this will incite you to broaden your musical taste. On the other hand, for those of you who believe Earl Sweatshirt is one dimensional, if this was anyone else’s 5 songs that were posted, would you call them one dimensional? Either way, thanks Earl for posting some of your favorite tracks. Any insight on a musician’s musical taste is always an interesting one. | http://sidestreetoflife.com/earl-sweatshirts-music-taste/ | 2013-05-18T10:13:30 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
The “Shiner Ship Tour” – day two blog
Day two of the Shiner Ship Tour saw the crew roll through a couple of street spots around Dublin, before heading over to Derry for a four hour demo at Rosy’s Skatepark.
Browse the days snapshots below and keep an eye on the Sidewalk Twitter for regular updates from the road.
Some footage of the Demo in Derry is here if anyone wants to see it:
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Anonymous asked: The thing which you have no idea about (and I apologize for the rather glib and crass nature of my earlier quemment) is just how awesome you are. You make me want to achieve my own dreams. Cheesy though it may be, I find you impressive, intimidating and inspiring. There are other things which I find you to be, but they don't start with the letter I and are therefore not as intrinsically alliterative. Also, I have a crush on you. So theres that.
Well that’s neat. And might I just was that anyone whose vocabulary includes the words glib and intrinsically, and who also plays with alliteration, is a winner in my eyes. I’m glad this follow up happened after that first message.
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I’m an air traffic controller! Here’s a brief FAQ:
Is it really stressful? Mostly, no. Training to be a controller is stressful. It’s two-to-three years of hell. The hours I work are stressful. My sleep and meal schedules have been shot for the last ten years. But the work is usually not that stressful. Eighty percent boredom, seventeen percent engaged but not difficult, two percent challenging, and one percent oh-shit.
When do you work? I work Friday night, Saturday and Sunday afternoons, and Monday and Tuesday mornings. Except once a month when I work the early morning shift on Monday, and then come back Monday night to work the overnight shift into Tuesday morning. (I’m doing that today, as a matter of fact.) That’s the mid shift, or the day-mid. I work more or less the same hours every week, but we can swap among ourselves on the shift. So if I need to work a little earlier, I can trade with a controller on an earlier shift. We’re interchangeable parts; it’s pretty convenient.
What airport do you work at? I don’t work at an airport. I work at one of the En Route Centers. At Minneapolis Center, we control the airspace over Minnesota, North Dakota, and parts of South Dakota, Iowa, Wisconsin, and a bit off Kansas. We control all the airspace not controlled by a major airport. Once you get above 23,000 feet, or thirty miles away from a major airport, you’re talking to a center.
Wait, how does that work? Air traffic control is like zone defense in sports. Each controller has a chunk of airspace that they watch. Planes in that sector are my problem; planes outside of it are someone else’s problem. I hand aircraft to the next sector, electronically. When you accept it, I ship the plane to your radio frequency. In this manner a plane from Minneapolis to Grand Forks talks to M98 clearance delivery, M98 ground, M98 departure, MSP departure, ZMP 10, ZMP 11, ZMP 24, GFK arrival, GFK tower, GFK ground. (I may be a little wrong on who they talk to at Minneapolis airport; I don’t work there.) I’m certified on seven sectors covering northern Minnesota and the Dakotas.
So, do you sit in front of a scope all day? Nope. When I get to work I check who’s been working a sector the longest and I get them out. They explain to me what’s going on, what all the planes are doing in the sector, and any special considerations. Then I sit down and assume responsibility for the sector and they go on break. I work for a while, as people on break come back and ask each of us if we want to go, usually between an hour and two hours of sector time. Then I go on break for a bit.
Who flies in North Dakota? Actually, a lot of people. The northern U.S. is full of private general aviation aircraft doing a variety of things, in no small part because towns are so far apart. In addition there are a number of Air National Guard and Air Force bases; their planes Do Stuff. We see a lot of traffic from Europe to the U.S. West Coast — the great circle routes from Germany to California fly right over North Dakota. Ditto FedEx planes from Tennessee to Alaska and the Pacific Rim. And there’s all the flights to and from places in Canada. We also handle aircraft from the Pacific Northwest to Chicago and the East Coast. Plus all the local Minneapolis traffic and feeder flights. It’s pretty seasonal, though — summers are crazy-busy, winters are pretty quiet.
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Once upon a time, there lived a small rotund creature named Ernie.
Ernie was a happy sort of chap.
He liked meandering through his domain, chatting with friends here and there.
One day though, Ernie happened upon a patch of forest he had never seen before.
Ernie decided to explore further, completely ignoring all childhood tales of woe associated with dark woods.
As he entered, he passed small warning signs that are sometimes referred to as foreshadowing.
Yep, he pretty much blithely sailed on through many such warning signs..
Ernie wasn’t always the most astute observer, especially when he was having a good time.
As he sauntered on, Ernie didn’t really notice that the light was getting dimmer and that he was slowly forgetting his way back home.
All of a sudden, Ernie stumbled upon something he found highly unusual – a person with a crown!
Ernie watched, fascinated! He had never seen a crown before – and, oh – how it gleamed..
Ernie found himself possessed by a strange yearning – never had he seen anything so enchanting..
As he thought back to his life, it seemed but pale and ridiculous compared to the beauty of the creature’s crown.
Ernie grew obsessed by the idea of the golden crown! He had to have it!
What Ernie didn’t know that he had inadvertently stumbled into the Forest of Envy, which blinded the souls of all who entered, filling them with insatiable longing for the fortunes of others.
All he could think about was the crown – the precious crown.
By night he would lie awake in the forest, ruminating obsessively about the crown.
By day, he would watch the crowned one, a dark and hulking shadow.
Needless to say, Ernie grew increasingly unhappy and dissatisfied.
One day though, Ernie noticed something strange.
The crowned one was staring fixedly at another in the distance – one with a crown.. and a sceptre!
As Ernie watched, he could almost see a transformation take place in the crowned one…
Ernie wanted to yell – what are you so unhappy about, you at least have a crown!
All of a sudden Ernie was struck by a realization.
And with that, Ernie’s heart grew large towards the crowned one.
With those single words, the clear rays of light came shining through the Forest of Envy.
And with that, Ernie decided it was time to go home and strolled away, leaving the changed forest behind.
Years later, when asked about his time in the Forest of Envy, Ernie was fond of expounding the wisdom of Bertrand Russell, and would simply say:
“To find the right road out of this despair civilized man must enlarge his heart as he has enlarged his mind. He must learn to transcend self, and in so doing to acquire the freedom of the Universe.” - Bertrand Russell
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next summer salad I am loving, how can you go wrong with pulled pork (my favorite recipe coming soon!)…
Carnitas Ensalada
This recipe is adapted from Paleo Periodical.
Ingredients for 4 salads:
1 lime, juiced
1/4 cup olive oil
1 garlic clove, minced
1/4 cup pickled jalapenos, chopped (optional)
salt and pepper, to taste
6-8 ounces mixed green salad
4 ounces red cabbage, finely shredded
1/2 cup cilantro, chopped
12-16 ounces shredded pulled pork (3-4 ounces per salad)
2 avocados, sliced
1/2 cup pumpkin seeds, lightly toasted
- In bottom of large salad bowl, whisk together lime juice, olive oil, garlic, jalapenos and S&P. Add lettuce greens, cabbage, and cilantro. Toss to combine.
- Divide the tossed salad evenly between 4 salad bowls or plates, top with warmed shredded pork, avocado and pumpkin seeds. Enjoy!
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The.
So how did we get into this mess where we see an influx of foreigners into our shores? Let's start with our liberal foreign talent policy. What is the justification for that? The low birth rate of native Singaporeans.
Instead of addressing the root cause of low birth rate, our highly paid government resorted to simple minded solutions that try to fix the symptoms rather than the cause. Low birth rate? Give them a small government subsidy and boost the number of foreigners..
That is a PAP for you. A bunch of highly paid simpletons who only know how to treat the symptoms and not the cause of our nation's.
Look at this woman, do you think the PAP cares about her??
My advice to the young is to leave while you still can. Leave before you get chained into the system.
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SiriusXM Tumbles – Where Will it Stop?
Daily technical reports are always available to SiriusBuzz Premium Members, but today was an important day, so I made the decision to open this article up for everyone. SiriusBuzz Premium members have been clued into the warning signs of an event like today so, if you have not yet considered joining SiriusBuzz Premium, maybe now is time give it a test drive.
What we saw today was a technical move that happened on volume. It was a move that quite frankly should have happened a couple of weeks ago, but was averted thanks to Liberty Media buying up substantial numbers of shares on the open market. In last evenings technical report I made special note that while SiriusXM finished the day strong, it spent a big chunk of the day trading at $2.47, which was below support. It did that with volume, and confirmed a signal that a downward move would happen. The one wild card was SiriusXM CEO Mel Karmazin bringing something to the table that was positive. That did not really happen, and thus the equity closed at $2.42.
As I have stated many times, some signals in technical analysis are subtle and build over time. That is what has been happening with SiriusXM. It is why watching these technicals closely is so important. If you are serious about this equity, you need to be serious about your research.
Volume
As I have indicated many times in the past, volume is an easy technical indicator that can help an investor determine several things. In and of itself volume may not seem that critical. However, if you combine it with other analysis you can begin to paint a picture. Today SiriusXM made a sharp move down on heavy volume. The action today was preceded by a heavy volume day yesterday. Of particular note should be that the volume today was heavier than yesterday. It should also be noted that the move was more stark and pronounced.
When an equity makes a move on high volume it demonstrates that there is commitment behind that move. Today’s downward turn demonstrated commitment and momentum. SiriusXM is moving down to lower levels on progressively higher volume. That is not a good thing. What we want to look for is the next level of support and the volume SiriusXM trades at tomorrow. If the equity continues to move down on higher volume, the drop is not done. If volume lightens up, there is less conviction behind the move, and the downward pressure may be abating.
Support and Resistance
Here is some real meat and potatoes. SiriusXM is pretty much right in the middle of strong support and strong resistance. To the downside we have strong support at $2.27. To the upside, strong resistance rests at $2.50. There are a few key elements to observe here. A week ago we were looking at the next leg up as getting past $2.56 and it was only a few cents away, but trading in a narrow range and letting off bearish near term signals (SiriusBuzz Premium members saw these reports). Now the next leg up is 8 cents away, and is even stronger than the one that was at $2.56. essentially, a near term price target of $2.75 would need news compelling enough and carrying enough energy just to pass $2.50. On the flip side, SiriusXM is now trending down, and the next real support is at $2.27. We never want to ignore the trend.
As you can see by the chart, SiriusXM is in a virtual no mans land. This could be the establishment of a new trading range that is wider, or we could see the correction continue. Tomorrow is another day, and we will have new data to digest. For the moment I see the trend pointing down, and weak support below. I am still a bit hesitant to blow off the weak support at $2.35, but if I had to assign a near term target it would be $2.27. That does not mean that the overall story of SiriusXM has changed. I still feel that a 1 year price target of $3.25 is reasonable. This equity simply needs some new guidance from the company for the street to digest and believe in.
Exponential Moving Averages – EMA’s
As I have been warning SiriusBuzz Premium members for about a week now, the bullish signals seen in the EMA’s have been weakening and were getting more and more likely to start showing bearish signals. Today we got that confirmation as the near term signal went bearish for the first time in quite some time. The key with EMA’s is that the 5 day average wants to be above all other averages. Then you want the 13 day average to be above all subsequent average. The same with the 20 day average.
Today we saw the closing price drop below the 5, 13, and 20 day average. This threw up three caution flags. We also saw the 5 day fall to below the 13 day. This threw up the first danger flag. As you can see, this equity was dangerously close to throwing up a second warning flag at the 5 vs. 13 day EMA. I have told readers that once one domino falls, dominoes that are close by will tend to fall. There is still healthy insulation at the 50 day EMA, which sits at $2.35. If you recall above, I stated that I was hesitant to give up hope on the weak support at $2.35. Now you know why. It also happens to be a pretty well insulated moving average target (albeit not the 200 day average). This is why looking at several technical indicators can be so helpful.
Summary
I am still bearish in the short term. I hold out hope for support at $2.35, but the real strength is at $2.27. As a long term holder I do not really worry here, and what I want to see is volume dry up a bit now to signal the end of a move. Be cautious in the next couple of days. SiriusXM could continue a slide. The key is where it trades and on how much volume. Stay Tuned.
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thanks spencer for your insight. you have the best charts that i have ever seen…
Thank you for the kind words. My charts are simple spreadsheet charts, but they get the job done.
Thanks.
Thank you or the kind words and membership. I hope to keep everyone satisfied. I may not always be right, but I think I do pretty darn good most of the time. Do not hesitate to send an email if you ever have a question. Thanks again for the kind words
Looks like very good volume and it is up some today…does this mean the 2.38 was most likely the bottom in your opinion??
albert….
I want to see the full days action. Liberty still had room to buy another 50 million shares, so it will be interesting to see if we get a form 4 filed in the next couple of days. Volume is healthy today, so it will be interesting
Spencer, What do you think about Greg Maffie comments related to LMCA SIRI holdings? He is planning on LMCA to remain a controlling shareholder and pushing out RMT further away. Like i always thought, its more valuable for Liberty if the SIRI stock rises. It looks like this deal is not going to be similar to direct tv for now..For instance, if the SIRI stock rises 4 times to $10, LMCA stock would be around $400.
which deal is LMCA making more money? RMT for TAX benefits @ current SIRI stock price or letting SIRI shares rise organically 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 times what it is today and then doing an RMT for Tax benefits….
fuzzy…..
If Liberty can exact out the $1.5 billion they had to invest into common then that will be the likely situation.
Essentially Liberty would seek to lever SIRI enough to buy back 1.5 billion shares, 750,000,000 of which would be Liberty shares.
For SIRI to appreciate to $10 would take a miracle of sorts. The company simply does not justify such a valuation.
Realistic model for SIRI price is 3.25 in 2013 with some growth after
Spencer,
If Liberty takes control and does a massive share buy back, that should put us near $7-8 range, ofcourse depending on the share buy back.
Fuzzy….
I do not see that price. Not at all. Are you a premium member? If so look at the article I wrote today.
Even buying back 1.7 billion shares, the added debt and cash position would justify a 2013 price target of about $3.25.
Siri has value and potential, but it will be some time before it can be a $7 stock.
spencr , iam a long time investor , but you have nailed it with your call…..good stuff …….that is why i will pay for your content……………i got out at the top when you said 260 to go … and i got back in at 2.448.good call
Johnny
Thank you for the kind words
spencer, what a day …i need a drink ….i look forward for your take on this crazy day.
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If you do not have health insurance, you are taking a huge risk. You will have a large bill if something does happen. A broken bone, serious illness, or extensive trauma can result in very high medical bills.
It would probably be best to have a good and safe health plan, and for you to get help with that process this article provides tips for when you are deciding on what policy you want to protect your family and yourself.
Membership to a large group usually nets more affordable insurance, as evidenced by corporations getting bulk rates. But, what happens when you are self-employed? Consider joining associations or groups like the Freelancers Union. These groups offer affordable health insurance in addition to other perks.
TIP! Consider joining a group that gets you a discount on health insurance. Groups usually get a significant discount not available to individuals.
The first thing to do is find a suitable company when you apply for health insurance. When you select a PPO, you have a network you can choose from, or you can pay a certain fee and go to a doctor out of network. There is a point of service plan, (POP) for short, that lets you pick a PCP, and will offer referrals to doctors outside the network.!
TIP! To get full advantage of your health insurance policy and avoid huge bills, be well acquainted with your plan. This means that you should take care to know about what providers are covered fully, what the responsibility of the insurance company really is, any services that are partially covered and any services that you will be responsible to pay for out of pocket.
If you need a more affordable premium, raise your deductible. It is possible to considerably reduce health insurance premiums by increasing the deductible. Your premiums will be much cheaper, although if you medical bills pop up, you are going to pay more of them before your insurance will provide any help.
You need to review your health insurance policy to see if any prescriptions are covered in the policy. This list can change each year, so a prescription that is covered one year may not be the next. Be sure to check the list every time you re-enroll.
TIP! If you’re gearing up to change insurance plans, start keeping track of any expenses that you’re paying for your medical coverage. Take a look at your out-of-pocket expenses for your coverage and deductibles, whether it was for you or others under your family plan.
You should evaluate your insurance yearly. simply looking through your enrollment form after you are finished, you will ward off many of these issues.
TIP!.
There are a wide variety of health insurance coverages and options. Prior to sitting down with your insurance agent, or registering with your employer’s insurer, invest the time necessary to understand all of the possibilities. Do not make any decisions until you have a strong grasp of the subject.
The way you manage your health care insurance may actually earn you tax breaks around April..
TIP! If you are relatively healthy and do not visit the doctor often, start an HSA (Health Savings Account). The money saved can be set aside in case it becomes necessary to pay for a premium.
When thinking about changing insurance policies, gather all the information about.
You should refrain from utilizing your credit card to cover your health insurance costs. There are quite a few insurance companies who will charge extra if you pay with your credit card. You may also be subjected to other fees as well.
TIP! Having full medical coverage can seem costly, but overlooking this particular expense can cost even more. Without proper insurance, you could find yourself stuck in a bad situation.
Health insurance companies let you make choices about what they can include in their benefits. Variable policy features that can be negotiable include co-payments, dental coverage, provisions for pharmaceuticals and allowances for vision. When choosing your coverage options, remember that more coverage always equates to a higher premium.
It is very important to have health insurance; you never know when you might need it. Anything could happen, such as having a car accident, or suddenly getting sick. So utilize these tips when shopping for health insurance to make sure you find the plan that is most suitable for your family at the best price.
Health Insurance 101
I know some people learn best from different mediums, so I’ve added a video below that features some advice about Health insurance.
Accidents
When an accident happens, and I mean a serious accident, it’s not a laughing matter and we all have to be careful but still that won’t ensure that accidents don’t happen, well because they’re ‘accidents’.
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Susan Wood - Registered Dietitian
Susan Wood - Registered Dietitian
I have worked as a registered dietitian for 26 years treating a very wide range of paediatric and adult conditions and am currently employed part time by South Staffordshire Primary Care Trust. I consider myself to be a relative newcomer to the keto world – having fallen into it by chance in May 2008 when considering treating a young adult with epilepsy, who was referred by his neurologist for a Modified Atkins Diet (MAD). My initial late night encounter with the Matthews Friends website informed me that there was such a regime as the MAD for epilepsy (news to me) and that it could have a profound impact on quality of life and seizure patterns. I knew that the client had been declined diet treatment at a neighbouring hospital and that there was very little chance of treatment elsewhere so I was likely to be his last option. I expected to be able to link up with another UK dietitian who was experienced in treating adults with the MAD but to my amazement, I found no one. I did however receive lots of helpful guidance from ketogenic dietitians at the children’s hospitals in London, Birmingham and Glasgow who had some experience of using the MAD regime with older children. Subsequently I gained support from experienced dietitians in the USA and South Africa via Matthews Friends.
Our MAD ketogenic journey has been rewarding but not easy – particularly for my client and his family who have had to do all the hard work. The impact on seizure count has been far from clear – but there have been other less quantifiable benefits such as an increase in energy levels, more rapid recovery from seizures, improved self confidence and general independence. Overall it has been a very positive experience for all. Subsequently, I have been involved in supporting other clients with dietary modifications to help manage their epilepsy.
Dietary treatments (the MAD and Low Glycaemic Index / Low Glycaemic Load regimes) are not a panacea but clinical evidence suggests that they should be given serious consideration as a treatment option, alongside anti epileptic drugs, vagus nerve stimulation and surgery. However, I am only aware of two other adult dietitians (and associated neurologists) who are using such regimes to treat a small number of adults in the UK. We are building on our experience and gathering evidence case by case. We plan to produce a protocol for treatment so that adult neurologists and dietitians unfamiliar with dietary treatments for epilepsy have a baseline route to follow.
It is time that adults were given the choice. With the support the Matthews Friends team, the associated network of healthcare professionals in the UK and our international contacts, we believe the time is right to offer adults with epilepsy this choice.
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What can YOU say in six sentences?
Elaa finally shook off the devil's goodbye and her whole mood picked up, and she smiled at me and reached right across and gave me a kiss on the cheek.
She said, "I'm so glad you made it here...Daddy..."
A mischievous hussy! L'amea howled and I gave her a look and said to Elaa, "And have you met Grandma, my dear?"
She lay her head on L'amea's shoulder and smiled and said, "I sure have."
Laughs all around; a nice way to put the devil on hold for awhile...
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Yet another definition of family. ;)
This is a nice moment. The grandma line is perfect!
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Thorne Dreyer back after 40 years.
By Brad Buchholz
AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Sunday, February 24, 2008
Ten minutes before the demonstration, Thorne Dreyer the guy in the
chocolate-brown dog costume ambles toward the corner of West Sixth
and Lavaca streets in downtown Austin, looking every bit like a man
who can't wait to bark out in the name of democracy, in the guise of
political street theater, in the company of his activist friends.
Dreyer's dog costume covers him from neck to toe, his face open
beneath a floppy-eared dog hood and bright red Houston Astros ball
cap. His stride is long and tall and lopey. He pumps his arms high.
Though he's 62 years old, Dryer's posture is youthful, expectant and
a little jazzed never mind the sudden, chilly rain that splatters
the sidewalk in front of him at the start of rush hour on Feb. 15, a
Friday afternoon.
"It hasn't rained a day in, what, three months?" says Dreyer, hands
on his hips as he takes inventory of a restless, dark gray sky that
seems to promise nothing but more chill and harder rain. Yet Thorne
Dreyer a prominent Austin activist from the 1960s who moved back to
town three years ago isn't about to let a little rough weather
spoil this 90-minute piece of socio-political theater. The show will go on.
Dreyer's aim on this day is to poke fun at U.S. Sen. John Cornyn
drawing specific attention to the Republican senator's longtime
advocacy of President Bush's increasingly unpopular administrative
agenda, particularly his support of the Iraq war and the Guantánamo
prison. The president's nickname for Cornyn is "Corn Dog." But the
way Dreyer sees it, the senator from Texas is more "lap dog" the
president's eager-to-please pup.
Riffing on this dog idea, Dreyer has assembled two dozen members of
Austin's peace and social justice community in front of the Chase
Tower (where Cornyn keeps an office) and invited them to express
their disdain for the senator's politics. The only ground rules:
Honor the dog theme, and absolutely no speeches. Dreyer wants humor,
not stridency.
David Hamilton, who demonstrated with Dreyer on the University of
Texas campus as a member of Students for a Democratic Society in the
1960s, and his wife Sally come dressed in Scooby-Doo costumes.
Members of the Code Pink peace group arrive as pink poodles with
painted noses. A man in a George W. Bush mask walks a saw-horse-sized
pull-toy dog emblazoned with a John Cornyn face. As traffic lurches
down Sixth Street in the premature darkness, the pretend president
wags his finger at the Cornyn dog, imploring him to obey.
"Curb the Corn Dog!" shouts Dreyer, pacing the sidewalk, his droopy
tail dragging behind him. And as the rain lets up a bit, his
supporters join in the chant. The scene is scruffy and soggy and
chaotic, in a small-scale kind of way. Several demonstrators have
brought their own dogs to the protest, inciting a confusion of
barking and snarling and tangled leashes. Behind them, a man stands
on a crate, in a blindfold, arms outstretched his posture
suggesting Abu Ghraib, with wires dangling from his fingers. The wind
gusts, suddenly, so hard that Scooby-Doo's head blows off.
Some drivers honk their horns in approval of Dreyer's message; a few
flash the peace sign from an open window. But most look blankly at
the road ahead. On the street, a middle-age man with short, gray hair
glances over his shoulder and sniffs in disdain as he passes
Scooby-Doo and the prisoner and a cardboard John Cornyn doghouse.
"I hope you point out that these are serious people, among the
brightest minds in Austin," says Steve Speir, a Democratic precinct
chair who has stood in the rain in his dress shirt and slacks no
coat or hat or umbrella to lend his support to this day's
demonstration. "A lot of the people here have been committed to
making this a better world for a long, long time."
For all his experience in the movement, Thorne Dreyer is just now
realizing how hard it is to pass out his Cornyn "barking points"
leaflets on the street while wearing a dog suit. "Man, these mitts
make it really hard," he says, looking down at his damp, chunky dog
paw-hands after dropping a clutch of papers onto the street. But he
laughs it off and continues to hand out more leaflets.
This man in the dog suit the only son of Houston journalist Martin
Dreyer and his wife, the painter Margaret Webb Dreyer was one of
the leaders of the Texas student protest movement as a young man. He
joined the SDS as a UT freshman in 1963 and embraced its
socialist-tinged manifesto of participatory democracy, world peace,
economic justice and environmentalism, even though the UT Board of
Regents sometimes labeled its members "subversives and
revolutionaries" and tried to revoke the group's status as an
official university organization. With several SDS friends, Dreyer
co-founded The Rag Austin's influential underground newspaper and
worked as its first editor in the mid-1960s.
Dreyer moved to Houston in the late 1960s and helped launch a second
underground paper, the Space City News. During the course of the next
30 years, Dryer worked as a freelance journalist, hosted a talk show
on the Pacifica radio station, did public relations work for artists
and politicians, managed a Houston jazz club, dabbled in the theater
and at last, in the 1990s, suffered through a divorce, depression and
two prison sentences for cocaine possession.
After three decades away, Dreyer returned to Austin after attending a
reunion of The Rag staff in 2005. It was an event, says Austin
activist and former staffer Alice Embree, "that reaffirmed people had
not lost their sense of outrage ... or outrageousness." Last year,
Dreyer helped start the local chapter of Movement for a Democratic
Society a national offshoot of the old SDS.
"This is such a weird time, an outrageous time," says Dreyer, who has
been contributing to the Next Left News, the Texas Observer and The
Rag Web site since moving back. "Everything Bush has done is such an
abomination, I think there should be hundreds thousands of people
in the streets every day. And while the consciousness seemed very
high in Austin when I came back here, there didn't seem to be much happening."
Much like SDS, MDS "believes in solutions to the problems of the
world without war," says Dreyer. "We believe in universal health
care. We believe in a world without racism, sexism or class-ism. And
we believe all things are interconnected, at the core, by our
economic system and who controls the economic system. So long as we
let corporate powers control the decisions of how we live, we're not
going to live very well."
At last light on Sixth Street, Thorne Dreyer knows his "Curb the Corn
Dog" rally hasn't changed the world. His demonstration drew four
dozen people and a lot of raindrops. Yet Dreyer's spirit is bright
around 7 o'clock, when he slips off his dog suit and joins a handful
of friends for post-rally Mexican food at Maria's Taco XPress.
"Hey, Thorne Dawg," someone shouts out when Dreyer arrives at
Maria's. "Sit down and chill out."
Dreyer orders a mango margarita, then tugs on a pale blue T-shirt
emblazoned with the words "Dogs for Peace." The picture on the front:
a half-dozen dogs seated at a table, flashing peace signs with their paws.
"During that Vietnam time in the 1960s, we believed sincerely
believed that what we were involved in was unique to history. You
felt something on a gut level," Dreyer says later, reflecting on
movements old and new. "You felt that something momentous was
happening. And there was such an incredible sense of community that
evolved from that, that helped shape that, that you really don't see
as much of today.
"But this is really important: We don't want to sound like we're just
into nostalgia. We don't want to get up and talk about the glories of
the '60s. This is not the 1960s. There has been a loss of innocence.
It is a different time. But like Alice Embree likes to say, 'I'm more
interested in what we're going to do tomorrow than what we did in the past.' "
Unlike a lot of SDS alumni, Dreyer believes in the possibility of
electoral politics, inspired in part by his interactions with Houston
politicians such as Kathy Whitmire, Fred Hofheinz and the late
Congressman Mickey Leland. Dreyer was an enthusiastic supporter of
Sen. John Edwards' run for president "he was more concrete, and
class conscious" yet he's intrigued by Barack Obama's ability to
inspire. "For the first time in a long time, people believe in
something and have some hope."
"In the old days, we thought electoral politics was just a trick a
trick bag, we used to call it," Dreyer says with a smile. "I didn't
vote. I didn't believe in voting. I never did it back then. Because
either way, the problem was societal. What either party created was
just the illusion of change. But as I matured and I don't think I
ever sold out I began seeing things slightly less in black and
white. There are things you can do (in electoral politics), so long
as you keep your perspective."
Thorne Dreyer's belief system for a new millennium is anchored in
community and participation and a sense of humor. As a younger man,
he led a charge to change the world, thinking it his generation's
calling. Today, Dreyer has the gentle feeling at times that the
movement has repaid the favor and saved him. For the first time in
a long time, he feels at home.
"Hey, my friend, this is for you," activist Carlos Lowry calls out to
Dreyer as he presents him with a plate of exotic ice cream. All
around, there are claps of appreciation. Dreyer is hesitant to accept
the gift, but the demonstrators urge him to grab a spoon and dig in.
"Every dog has his day, you know. ... "
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912-2967.
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When I’m pissed,.
There is NOTHING I can stand less than grubby finger prints all over my mirror when I am trying to bring sexy back.
I want to know the culprit. I DEMAND to know, with paper towel and blue spray in hand, who DARED to write their initials in sneeze. There is a perfectly good toilet roll an arm’s length away until I look and, yep, whattaya know?!
THERE IS NO TOILET PAPER ROLL.
So, I replace it and LET EVERYONE KNOW I have replaced it and then I begin vaccuuming.
Because nothing cleanses the soul like crisp lines of vacuumed carpet.
Ahh, my special place!
Come Hell or High Water, you can find me vacuuming my pissed-offs away, every night, around 8 pm. If someone leaves a glass in the sink after I did the dishes, it’s possible that I may flip out and start pointing at all the bits of white something or other and Dorito shavings on the carpet I JUST CLEANED.
Just to be clear, I do not have OCD. I angry house clean.
Which is way better than naked house cleaning because, mainly, it doesn’t come with sex. And my exposed jigglies getting in the way of the nozzle.
Of course if it’s my mess, it doesn’t bother me: my kitchen table is an epic disaster right now; serving as my desk while I pack and get ready to move. But the snack bag that used to be filled with yogurt pretzels is most definitely not mine and the size-10 man flops are, yep, still not mine, and the towel ALMOST in the laundry basket is not mine either.
This is payback, folks.
As a teenager, I didn’t move jack shit. Not until I was thisclose to popping out the Kid at 21 did I put the chaos and path THROUGH the clothes away, open my hoarding closet, and discard, vacuum, and do all the dishes. My grandmother — when I was almost too old for grandmothers to do these things — made me sign a contract that I would start doing dishes.
Picking up after myself was epic torture back then, so logically I now torture my family about it. With the sanctimony and righteousness that only I can have.
{{ hugs }}
Oh, that is going to be one of the best things I’ve read on the internet that I’m going to pass off today in a real life conversation as my own and thereby become the funniest person in this town:
“I clean only when I’m pissed off, which would make my house constantly immaculate.”
Love it.
Also: reminds me of a joke I find hysterical: “So, the guy takes me home and says, Do What You Do Best, mama. So I cleaned his house.”
HAHA love it… and so true. I clean when I get pissed off too – sometimes after the burning tears of frustration. I also go into pure crazy-person cleaning when I’ve -oops I mean “they” misplaced something I need NOW. My family knows now to grab their gear and get the hell out when this happens. lol Great post – made me chuckle.
Ha! I angry house clean as well. Unfortunately for my house, I don’t get angry that often.
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I love that you do this! My mom always did this. I’ve done it too but not nearly enough. I hate cleaning it but do it because I love a clean house! A contract to wash dishes? That’s kind of brilliant! My mom paid me a quarter every time I washed the dishes. That still wasn’t incentive to do it much.
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AWESOME, AMAZING post! I can remember as a kid I would leave the house or hide when my mother was cleaning because she was an angry bear.
Now….I am that bear…….
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This near-future thriller has a feel of Charles Stross’s Halting State – apart from the second person viewpoint and constant dry humour. There is the same sense of everything teetering on the edge of precipice, ready to slide into chaos at a few keystrokes from the wrong sort of people…
Dagmar is a game designer trapped in Jakarta in the middle of a revolution. The city is tearing itself apart around her and she needs to get out. Her boss Charles has his own problems – 4.3 billion of them to be precise, hidden in an off-shore account. Austin is the businessman. He’s the one with the plan and the one to keep the geeks in line. BJ was there from the start, but while Charlie’s star rose, BJ sank into the depths of customer service. He pads his hours at the call centre slaying online orcs, stealing your lot and selling it on the internet.
They all knew each other at college. They all promised to keep in touch. But when one of them is caught up in an international emergency, they are all sucked into a series of events that changes everything.
This enjoyable adventure comes with a caveat – stick with it. The start is rather a slow burn, but once you get fully into Dagmar’s point of view, the pace picks up and the narrative voice starts to convince. The bursts of violence are wholly believable because of the horror experienced by the protagonist. All too often in such books, a major character pickforked into a shocking situation seems to take it far too much in her stride – not so here. Williams manages to make me feel the enormity of the events as they unfold and by the end, I was reading late into the wee small hours to discover exactly who was doing what – and had a thorough blast with the denouement and climactic ending.
It is the voice and pacing that slightly slips at times and I get the impression that Williams isn’t entirely happy writing from a feminine point of view. However, the story and scenario are sufficiently compelling that I was prepared to overlook the slight unevenness in the main protagonist. For those of you who don’t know my tastes – this is a big Get-Out-of-Jail card, as I’m a gal who zeroes in on characters all the way, and is a testament to the pulling power of the plot. While I’ve concentrated on the thriller aspect of this book, the first in a trilogy and I’m delighted to have managed to track down the other two books in the series, Deep State and The Fourth Wall and shall be shortly tucking into them. Watch this space for more Williams’ adventures.
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What you need to know about your scholarship?
Scholarships held by students at The University of Sydney can vary dramatically in:
- their value (ie how much you will be paid)
- when they are paid (ie a one off payment, once per semester, or regular instalments)
- requirements (for award of the scholarship)
- requirements to keep the scholarship (whether you need to receive a consistent level in your grades, or enrol in certain classes, or be in receipt of a Centrelink payment)
- and more.
You need to be aware of what your scholarship is, and what your obligations are throughout your scholarship award. Here are four things you should always keep in mind:
- When will you receive payments?
You should be aware of when you should receive payments and contact the Scholarships Office (or the area which awarded the scholarship) to find this out. Many of our scholarships are paid in the first few weeks after the semester census date.
- How will you receive payment?
You need to supply your bank account details to the Office when you receive a scholarship. If you change your bank account, and expect to receive more payments you should notify the Office straight away.
- What are your obligations?
Do you have obligations with the scholarships - maintaining grades, enrolling in courses, being in receipt of a Centrelink payment, working at the organisation offering the scholarship? Different awards have different requirements and it is your responsibility to be aware of these to make sure you continue to receive payments, and that you do not need to pay the money back.
- Do you need to declare this income?
Both Centrelink and the Australian Tax Office will hold recipients accountable if they do not follow the rules- even if you were not aware that you had to declare your scholarship as income for tax or Centrelink purposes. If you are not sure speak with the relevant organisation and make sure you are covered.
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Sometimes it can be hard to remember what sentence you’re currently using as a password, especially if you have to change your password frequently. Here’s an easy-to-generate and easy-to-remember method that I use at work, where we are required to change our passwords on a monthly basis. One system that I log into requires an eight character password while the other requires a minimum of 12.
We are each given a phone list of everyone in our department (currently 25 people). For example:
George Browning
Lisa Charles
Brian Mullins
Starting at the top of the list, what I do is generate a password based on the person’s name (and I always skip my own name) and a particular algorithm (pattern). Once I get to the bottom of the list (and with 25 people, that will take two years if I change the password every month), I’ll change the algorithm and start over again at the top. Here are some of the algorithms I might use to generate the eight character password:
1) Take first letter of first name and enough characters of last name to make seven characters in total. Capitalize the initial character of first and last names. Add the current month. Example: GBrowni6 (for June).
2) Take first three characters of first name and first four characters of last name to make seven characters in total. Capitalize the initial character of first and last names Add the current month. Example: GeoBrow0 (for October).
3) Take first three characters of first name and first four characters of last name of next person on the list. Capitalize the initial character of first and last names. Add the current month. Example: GeoChar2 (for December).
To turn the eight character password into a 12 character password, I always add the same static string of four characters at the end (a combination of alpha & numerics, although you can throw a special character in here, like an underscore or a dollar sign if your system allows it).
The password that is generated is strong because no part of the password can be found in a dictionary (unless someone has a name like Pat) and it doesn’t use your own name. You can also do things like moving the month number in between the first and last names or do special character substitutions (like an @ for the letter ‘a’). It generates as password that’s easy to remember, because all you have to do is remember whose turn on the list it is this month and the algorthim you’re using. More importantly, it allows you to work backwards and remember a password you used months ago. For example, there are multiple systems that I use at work that require the use of a password, and if I forget to change one of them and a couple of months go by, I can always “remember” the password by working backwards through the list and generating the passwords for the past few months. | http://skattertech.com/2011/02/infographic-how-to-pick-a-strong-password/ | 2013-05-18T10:40:46 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Austrian nordic combiner Stecher has knee surgery
INNSBRUCK, Austria — Austrian nordic combined skier Mario Stecher underwent surgery on his right knee Friday and will be out for three months.
Stecher tore cartilage and his medial and lateral meniscus Thursday in a training crash in Predazzo, Italy, the Austrian ski federation reported.
The 31-year-old Stecher has eight World Cup wins and was part of the Austrian team that won the gold medal at the 2006 Torino Olympics. He finished 15th in last season's World Cup nordic combined standings.
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Here are a couple of good posts on how social media messes with our happiness, body image, and self-esteem. The first one is by Jen Comas Keck:
Social Media: Friend or Foe to Our Self-Image? (BTW, my jaw dropped at that video of Neghar doing 15 chin-ups. I just keep watching it! She is such an AWESOME freak. :-)
The next one is a Forbes article:
The True Costs of Facebook Addiction: Low Self-Esteem and Poor Body Image
This goes right along with the "comparison is the thief of joy" discussions. If you think you should look, act, eat, train, or live like someone else, and you fall short, that's going to be a bummer.
I'm fairly new new to Facebook. I just joined a couple of years ago. I found my family and friends and my online "tribe" (a lot of you!) but I also friended or followed all of my favorite trainers, models, magazines, blogs, and fitness professionals. Early on I didn't filter my feed at all. I didn't know you could hide people or choose to only see some of their updates. I found the whole thing more and more draining, yet I felt obligated to "keep up" and read everything. I was clicking on every research study, reading every blog post, and looking through every vacation album. I could feel my life force dimming. LOL Eventually, it started feel like an obligation. I was checking it several times a day so I didn't fall behind or miss anything, but I also found myself feeling kind of bad afterward, maybe a little resentful and tired. That's when it dawned on me that I could filter this crap! I didn't need to unfriend anybody, but I could choose not to see that "friend" who only promotes the latest thing they're selling, or the family member who can't resist sharing every annoying religious or political thought, or the coworker who posts 150 times per day about not much. I've narrowed my feed down to the people and pages I really enjoy. This has helped tremendously.
I don't post much myself. And I think part of that may be paralysis related to comparison. You know what? I don't travel. I don't have kids. I don't have an active social life or a political agenda. I watch a lot of television, and I workout, and I eat. You can only share so much of that. :-) I do a lot of lurking and liking. I love my stripped down feed now. I don't miss any Go Kaleo, MDA success stories, or photos of Pauline Nordin's cat, you know, the important stuff that makes me happy. I've removed anything that consistently bums me out.
I have seven thousand twitter followers but I only tweet once or twice a month now (sorry, followers). I still use twitter every day to know what's going on in the world, following local police and media via text. I admit that started as a work thing, so when there was breaking news and we were doing cut-ins, I'd know the latest. I use it more for that now and less for conversation. Though I still drop in for pure goofy once in awhile.
Pinterest, don't even get me started on Pinterest! It's my new love. It lights up exactly the same part of my brain as cookies. It's a happy, happy addiction and I can't wait to check it every day. I think maybe it's because Pinterest is pure fantasy and escapism. I can post those beautiful travel photos even if I've never been there, the amazing food porn even if I don't cook, and the stylish outfits even though I live in sweatpants. Pinterest makes me so very happy that...wait, I need to go check it now, I'll be back. | http://skwigg.tripod.com/blog/index.blog?from=20120916 | 2013-05-18T10:12:39 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
To me, seeing the sky reflected in water is a bonus so it is always rewarding to post what I see around Minnesota lakes. The sky is big here and all this water attracts visiting water fowl and birds. After all, the state motto is ‘land of 10,000 lakes.’ Each Friday I look forward to sharing what I’ve seen, knowing I’ll have so many beautiful sky views to visit plus the friendly greetings and encouragement from my fellow sky watchers. All this just by looking up at the sky!
"...from the sky, from the earth, from a
scrap of paper, from a passing shape,
from a spider's web.. We must pick out what
is good for us where we can find it."
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From: Marc Geddes (marc_geddes@yahoo.co.nz)
Date: Wed Oct 27 2004 - 19:48:49 MDT
--- Eliezer Yudkowsky <sentience@pobox.com> wrote:
> Worst case of megalomania I've ever seen; the poor
> soul thinks he's Eliezer
> Yudkowsky.
Actually I think I've gone one better than you and
beaten you to all the FAI fundamentals. Sorry pal ;)
>
> Apparently, one of my greatest weaknesses is that my
> writing can drive
> poorly prepared minds insane, like the Necronomicon.
>
> --
> Eliezer S. Yudkowsky
>
> Research Fellow, Singularity Institute for
> Artificial Intelligence
Well, you do realize of course that many people
believe you are mad too? Aren't you the one that
keeps saying you've got all the answers and shifting
your views every couple of years? Claiming that you
can get answers through pure thought, without
experimentation? Claiming that you're saving the
world?
There's a fine line between genius and madness.
*points to primeradiant*
And here's my quote of the day:
"Conservatism is rightly suspicious of thinking,
because thinking on the whole leads to wrong
conclusions, unless you think very, very hard"
- Roger Scruton
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Like angry Motel 8 patrons being kept up all night by a party in the room next door, some of our neighbours to the east are steaming mad these days.
Stomping on the floor and banging on the walls, they're urging party-goers in the west to keep down the noise.
Insanely jealous over the rare good fortune that had Alberta residents celebrating the long-term signings of two established NHL superstars Wednesday, Leafs fans pull the cover over their head trying to figure out how on earth the new CBA benefits everyone.
Turns out, it doesn't.
It only helps the smart teams -- teams that know how to stay within budgets, develop talent, build long term and cultivate team unity.
Leafs GM John Ferguson, whose inactivity this week has drawn criticism from fans and the media anxious for him to get in on the unprecedented signing frenzy, is now paying for his club's past failures.
Sure, he signed Tie Domi last night but that's hardly the type of news that should have Leafs fans jumping for joy.
Unable to cultivate youngsters selected via the draft in the past, the party is over for teams like the Leafs who've spent their way out of binds for years by restocking via free agency whenever their cupboards got bare.
Not only is that gravy train over but Fergie is finding out like the rest of Torontonians that Hogtown isn't necessarily a place people want to play or live these days. There are too many better alternatives.
Gary Roberts and Joe Nieuwendyk made that abundantly clear by departing for hockey-mad Florida early in the week, sparking more Fergie criticism for allegedly handling the aging duo poorly in the boardroom.
If anything Fergie, should be ripped for failing to prepare for the new reality, something teams in Alberta positioned themselves well for thanks to the sharp hockey minds of Kevin Lowe and Darryl Sutter. Obviously no one knew exactly what the new world would look like but clearly it would be one where fiscal restraint was introduced at some level.
Those who criticize a $39 million cap for tying the hands of wealthier teams who want to "spend for their fans" should look at GM Bob Clarke in Philadelphia, who's made the biggest moves despite a massive payroll for years. He has that ability based largely on his scouting staff's success in drafting top young prospects while also keeping the club competitive. For that, they deserve to be rewarded.
So do the Flames, whose signing of Iginla Wednesday marked the first time in the club's 24-year history it was able to keep an established superstar long term. Chris Pronger's acquisition by the Oilers is also a welcome rarity 'round these parts that speaks volumes of the excitement the CBA has brought to most cities.
Pity the poor Avs who lost Adam Foote, Peter Forsberg and might have to trade either Alex Tanguay or Milan Hejduk to free up some money. The Red Wings will also be unable to add anyone of significance. work.
It just means they'll have to get wiser because if they don't, the party out west and most other places will get louder and the big boys can no longer escape by upgrading to the Westin. | http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Hockey/NHL/FreeAgents/2005/08/05/pf-1160681.html | 2013-05-18T10:43:17 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Michael Lau “Just done it!” Exhibition at colette
Works,…
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With the nearly three-month N.H.L. lockout lurching uncertainly toward a conclusion, fans can start to consider how much of the season can be saved. With the schedule through Dec. 14 canceled, and more games likely to be canceled later this week, the best hope may be for a 56-game schedule.
While salvaging about two-thirds of the regular season may be good for the players and fans, the loss of so many games has come at a steep cost to some owners. That’s because many teams have been forced to repay their season-ticket holders and sponsors at a time when revenue is not coming in. In some cases, teams have extended contracts with sponsors at no extra cost, or repaid them with things like concert tickets, free parking and food and beverages.
Even then, not all teams are created equal. Only nine of the league’s 30 teams share an arena with an N.B.A. team that serves as an anchor tenant. The Kings, for instance, share the Staples Center with the Lakers and Clippers, which means AEG, their owner, is “more likely to retain revenue certainty to support operations,” Fitch Ratings said in a report issued Thursday.
Many other clubs, including in Newark, Columbus, Ohio, and San Jose, do not have N.B.A. teams as co-tenants. The owners of the Rangers and the Knicks, meanwhile, are in the middle of an overhaul of Madison Square Garden and need the hockey season to begin to help pay for that renovation. Read more… | http://slapshot.blogs.nytimes.com/tag/staples-center/ | 2013-05-18T10:31:00 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
I woke up today opened the curtains and seriously considered drinking a shot of drain cleaner to avoid actually going to work. It’s still grey and rainy in Joburg and lemme tell you, nobody is impressed.
Can we have some sunshine please? Is that too much to ask? It’s supposed to be summer – you call this fucking summer? I want my money back. This is bullshit.
On days like today you wish you’d pulled a sickie, and not just any kind of sickie, I’m talking epic sickie here, I’m talking not getting out of bed until lunchtime sickie, but you didn’t do that did you?
No, you pussied out, and now here you are, reading my blog instead of working and wishing you’d had the stones to pick up the damn phone and, in your best ‘moments away from death’ voice tell your boss, ‘I can’t come to work today, I’m sick.’
‘Well, how sick are you?’ your boss would have asked.
‘Well, I just fucked my sister,’ you’d calmly reply. ‘How sick is that?’
Sorry, I couldn’t resist. I saw the gap and just went for it. This blog in no way endorses sister fucking, we aren’t apes for chrissake.
It’s ok though, I fully understand why you didn’t take this course of action, it’s because we all adhere to a societal contract that binds us to doing all manner of shit we really don’t want to by using the most powerful motivator mankind has ever come up with.
Guilt.
That one small, single syllable word is the lube that greases the system and makes sure we don’t wander too far off the beaten path.
Think about it – the second a co-worker phones in sick, what’s the first thing that goes through your mind? Cause the first thing that goes through mine is ‘Sure, whatever. He’s not sick, the big faker, the big softie, he’s probably already on his third beer by now, screw him!’
And in that way, I keep the cycle alive. Aarrgghh! The irony!
So I say we change our mindsets when it comes to sickies. I say from now on, we applaud co-workers who are very obviously pulling a sickie and we start a culture of caring and understanding that extends so far that ‘not feeling like working’ will eventually be a legitimate excuse for not rocking up at work.
And what a wonderful world that would be
Aaaannnyyyyyway, I guess I’d better get some work done.
Take care now. Same time tomorrow? You bet your ass
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But on to the current knitting. One monkey-inspired legwarmer down, one to go.
After truncated Pom's and Herrings, these are the third set of Cookie's socks I've legwarmer-ed. In many ways this is plain silly, Cookie always produces such good sock patterns. Designs that work well running from ankle to foot; neatly matched heels and toes. Some socks are just conveniently sized stitch patterns, but nothing so prosaic for Cookie. If anyone is in any doubt about her sock-genius, check out her new store.
In other news, I won the januray Storyteller's design competition! The question was 'what would Alice knit?' so naturally I had to enter. I concluded that the storyworld's Alice would, of course, knit socks. None of this messing about with legwarmers for her. She'd knit stripy socks. Stripy, illusion-knit socks. With cats on. Part of the prize is yarn to make the design up with, and I'll be writing up the pattern up for Robynn, blogging as I go, so all will be revealed soon.
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There's got to be a story behind smeone actually needing leg warmers. Nevertheless, they look beautiful. A very clever adaptation of a fun pattern.
Hay! I get really cold feet, yet sweaty toes! Legwarmers rule, I've been wearing them for years and my favourite (purple, sparkly) ones just died on me.
:)
Legwarmers are pretty much just socks without the feet! If you'll use them, why not knit them!! :)
The legwarmers look great, if you don't need socks, why knit 'em? Congrats on the win!
Legwarmers rock. I heart how you turn the best sock patterns into 'warmers.
Nice leg warmers.
Congrats on the winner. I can't wait to see how the pattern turns out. Good luck!
These look great!
Oh fantastic! That is such a fab idea - Cheshire cat illusions on stripey stockings? WOW! Congratulations! (From Cinderella to Alice!)
Congratulations on the competition. Looking forward to seeing what you came up with.
I've finished Ester, btw. Nice work!
Beautiful legwarmers. What is that lovely handpainted yarn?
That is sooooooooo gorgeous!!!! I love it! great work! ;)
It's a beautiful design, and this'll be my passion soon because I am pregnant and I just love this kind of crafts. thanks for sharing all this with us and I will be a regular visitor. 23jj
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K-12 Educational Resources
Glimpses of the Man
Intended for learners of all ages, this resource offers a quick glimpse at the life of a complex man. Explore Franklin as a scientist, an inventor, a printer, and a statesman.
The Glass Armonica
Designed with elementary and middle school teachers in mind, this resource presents the history, music, and science of Ben Franklin's Glass Armonica.
A Magical Touch...of Harmony
This resource also presents Franklin's Glass Armonica, but the target audience is high school students and adults.
Making...Money
High school students and adults will appreciate this investigation of Franklin's influence on the currency system in America.
Colonial Tri-Corner Hat
Use this pattern to make your very own tri-corner hat to celebrate Ben's birthday!
Back to Ben's Birthday | http://sln.fi.edu/franklin/birthday/k12.html | 2013-05-18T10:32:08 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Hit up my ask box. I could really use it.
Hit up my ask box. I could really use it.
If it’s any indication how I feel, this is the first night in forever I’ve wanted to watch Taxi Driver. Who knows how I’ll compensate.
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Italy’s Young Women Winemakers
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Globally over the past decade there as been a marked resurgence of the revival of several traditional winemaking methods and embodied within this movement a renewed dedication to preserving terroir has become apparent. Interestingly a growing number of young producers have taken the lead in revaluating the importance of the connection between the vine and the soil and have sought to find the best way to express this through their wine
Cascina Tavijn in Piedmont, the Tuscan vineyard Campi di Forterenza and the Sicilian wines from Occhipinti have become well established in the world of natural wine – celebrated for their non-interventionalist approach and overall commitment to planting grapes appropriate to their specific vineyards. Despite their diverse styles, which hail from vineyards in different corners of Italy, they have all earned a solid reputation for taking bold leaps in combining certain traditional practices with unconventional edges. At a Terra Madre conference on Sunday October 28, Francesca Padovani, Nadia Verrua and Arianna Occhipinti spoke about their vineyards and what influenced them to tackle the challenging world of natural wine production.
The term ‘natural winemaking’ has become one of the most divisive topics within the world of wine. Aficionados worship this approach for maintaining purity, individuality and a sense of place. However there has also been strident criticism of the movement. It seems to appear that there is widespread confusion as to what the term actually means as many consumers seem to view the concept as something synonymous with terms such as biodynamic and organic - this can be misleading as it is more than just a label or certification. Quite simply those who call themselves natural winemakers purport to be wholly committed to minimal intervention in order to preserve place and fruit. “If you go natural there is no room for shortcuts because you need the best fruit and it is essential that you are there day in and day out,” says Padovani.
The other speakers shared these sentiments and echoed the fact that they feel that this style of production is the best way to allow the land and fruit to speak for itself. They emphasized that this was a choice that was more arduous and risky than many industrial methods, as without commercial yeasts or an increased use of sulphites it is near impossible to create homogenous wines year in and year out, predictability is something that many consumers have become accustomed to. Conversely it is this volatility that endears many people to the natural wine movement as it allows room for greater expression and uniqueness. “Of course there are people who look for perfection but in truth I do not think that it exists in regards to wine. It is more important that they are true to life and embody a sense of harmony rather than being technically flawless,” Verrua says.
Maintaining good communication between different growers was something that everyone seemed to cite as important, regardless of their different methods and values. “I would like everyone in Sicily to go organic but obviously I cannot force this. I would however like to work with other vineyards and learn from them because even if our ideas may differ I am sure they all have something to teach me,” says Occhipinti. Verrua readily agreed with this point when she expressed that small wineries can and should learn from larger ones, even if certain schools of winemaking tend to streamline the way people work. “We all interpret things in different ways but maintaining a dialogue and sharing these interpretations is very important,” she explained.
When asked about the biggest challenges of working as young female winemakers and trying to introduce innovation in areas with long traditions Verrua stressed that it was important to respect established practices while not being scared of trying something that was perceived as risky just because it defied certain conventions. “I believe it is vital that we do not get overly concerned on focusing too much on viewing all traditions as gospel because although it is wonderful to see so many young winemakers reviving older practices we don’t want to oppress those who want to try something new,” she said. The others agreed but Occhipinti was quick to stress that the gender aspect should not be over played: “We often get asked how different it is making wine as women and I really hate this question!”
Photo: Charming It | http://slowfood.com/international/slow-stories/155683/italy-s-young-women-winemakers/q=212166 | 2013-05-18T11:03:43 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Welcome to Slow Food Hawai‘i!
- Subscribe to our email announcement list (below) to hear about upcoming events! You can also follow Slow Food Hawaii on Facebook.
- Our Local Food Guide now lists some CSAs (Community Supported Agriculture)!
- Slow Food Hawaii is sponsored four delegates to attend Terra Madre 2010 in Torino, Italy – Dashiell Kuhr, Chef Allen Hess, Colehour Bondera, and Melanie Bondera. A blog followed their journey and back for Big Island eaters to gain a more in depth understanding of slow food.
- Do you have overflowing orange, tangerine, avocado, etc. trees, or runaway zucchini? As part of an Urban Farming initiative, volunteers in Waimea and Waikoloa will pick or pick up fruits or vegetables from your garden you wish to share. These will be delivered to the Food Bank. Email Sue Kilbride.
- We would like to expand the presence of Slow Food Hawaii to other farmers markets on the Island, and are looking for volunteers in Kona, North Hawaii or Volcano who might be willing to set up a booth from time to time at the Keauhou, Hawi or Volcano farmers markets. Please help!
- For past events please see the Event History Page. | http://slowfoodhawaii.org/about/?like=1&source=post_flair&_wpnonce=5092e672ce | 2013-05-18T10:40:17 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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fishfauna wrote:Wow, I find that pretty cool. I love the multiple eye guy. He just eats your eyes at first glance. Your use of colour is awesome, too.
dnewbold wrote:don't beat yourself up, just continue to practice, practice, practice. You have a nice sense of color. I think the stuff you did for school is on the right track. Study more stuff from life- draw rooms and animals and trees and buildings and stuff. just keep drawing
pnfpn wrote:^ I agree with the practising from life bit
A lot of your stuff is delightfully bizarre. I also think you've got a knack for colour and painting.
three wrote:Lawd almighty that ink work on his hair must have taken forever... it looks great, though! I'm digging the line variation and the feather-like effect that you've got going on. One thing that struck me as a bit odd, though, is the sloppy appearance of the line work when compared to the neatness of the face. Is it supposed to be intentionally like that? Overall, the pic looks great so far... I'd love to see it when it's done!
dnewbold wrote:cool.
nice progress here. I really like that tunnel scene, colors-everything
keep at it!
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While I've been gardening for some time, there's always so much more to learn. The gardening and growing learning curve is so very steep, and long, it seems, perhaps owing to the variability of successful techniques from region to region, climate to climate, and even one growing season to the next. Adaptability and an "oh, well!" disposition are essentials in gardening, just as much as good gloves, compost, and a trusty trowel, I've decided!
To help me, though, and you, too, thankfully we've got Robyn Jasko. Introduced to me via my buddy Jodi (proprietress extraordinaire of Asheville's beloved Short Street Cakes), Robyn has just published a lovely little book on how to grow, and grow well. Home Sweet Homegrown takes your hand and lovingly walks you through the entire growing spectrum, from seed-starting to sowing to harvesting all the way up through cooking and even preserving what you've grown. It's compact enough to fit in your the back pocket of your gardening jeans, but dense enough to become a go-to source time and time again.
Robyn and her publisher, Microcosm Publishing, have generously offered two small measure readers copies of her book, along with the 5-packet seed kit pictured above. How cool is that?! All that's needed to enter the giveaway is a comment saying what you're looking forward to growing. For me, it's pumpkins. I have 6 varieties started and I can't wait to bake, carve and decorate with them come Autumn. YES!
I'll run the giveaway through next Wednesday, May 16th, midnight EST. In your comment, please leave a means of reaching you should you be the winner(s), via a link back to your blog or website or by leaving your email address in your comment (don't forget this essential step, folks! I've had far too many numbers selected by the Random Widget only to find there's no way whatsoever of reaching the commenter!).
Even if you don't win, do check out Robyn's book and her website, growindie.com. This lady knows what she's doing and has got an enormous amount of seasoned gardening wisdom at her (dirty!) fingertips! Thank you, Robyn, and thank you Microcosm!
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Here in Rome backyards are a rare luxury so, after years of daydreaming about getting my hands dirty, I'm finally starting my very own rooftop terrace mini-garden. I hope to grow my very own fresh herbs, lettuce, tomatoes, lemons and strawberries. Happy gardening!
I am looking forward to growing watermelons, I can eat my weight in them daily!
I'd love to grow fresh herbs and tomatoes! Fresh herbs add so much to a dish (not to mention the compound butters that I could make)...
I just dug a potato patch this year and I'm so excited to harvest them for the first time!
I would love to win this book! I'm growing the basics- organic lettuces, cilantro, Chard, carrots.
What a super sweet-looking book!
I'm growing a slew of things this year but I'm most excited about the kaleidoscope carrot mix. I tend to grow things I can't find at our fantastic farmer's market, so that often means raising the brightest, oddest varieties of things!
(luckyolive at gmail)
I'm looking forward to the three kinds of watermelons I have started from seed. There's nothing quite like a cool fresh watermelon on a warm summer afternoon.
I would love someone to hold my hand through gardening. All I've ever grown successfully were tomatoes and herbs.
okra, okra and more okra. im such a southern girl :)
We have 45 sweet potato slips scheduled for arrival sometime next month. All heritage varieties from Sand Hill Preservation Society. Exciting!!!!
okra, okra and more okra. im such a southern girl :)
AND i cant follow instructions. hee.
thekateybee@gmail.com
How exciting. I'm most looking forward to the cucumbers and tomatoes from the garden. The girls love to pick a ripe tomato and just snack on it right in the middle of the garden.
I've got my herbs and tomatoes but I want to grow beans and squash this year and I get confused with all the varieties. I need to know what will work where I live and want to grow to can and eat all winter. My newest adventure this year was an Orange Fizz Geranium. It smells wonderful and I was told I could bake with it.
jnnfr_brwr@hotmail.com
Jennifer Brewer
I've been looking forward to my tomatoes of course, as well as zucchini. But I'm most excited this year about my small test crop of heirloom grain corn - I'm just starting to foray into grain growing!
Tomatillos, I'm addicted to the salsa verde we canned last year!
This year is a big year for us and we are growing more than we ever have. I also have pumpkins growing, for the first time mind you. :)
Sweet potatoes are in the ground also, another first time crop.
Thanks for the chance to win such a great prize!
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I always look forward to basil - my long hot summers give me a bumper crop.
jalley22@hotmail.com
I'm looking forward to growing beans, so I can watch my daughter eat them right from the vine. It's more fun to eat the vegetables you grow of course!
I'm looking forward to growing some tomatoes! They are by far my favorite garden fruit. However, this year I'm going to attempt to grow some of the giant pumpkin variety, just for fun! :)
Strawberries! Hoping to find some of the alpine strawberry species!
cLuderer(at)gmail(dot)com
thanks!
Caitlin
I'm looking forward to growing garden huckleberries this summer. They're not true huckleberries, but some strange solanaceous plant that you can prepare like real huckleberries (with the aid of lots of sugar)!
hoping our little urban garden will produce well this year (haven't had much success in the past). would love to win that book!
I've been wanting to start a pizza garden, or at least some herbs, but my conditions are less than optimal. What a great giveaway, thanks for the opportunity! (celticautumn69atyahoodotcom)
That lasagna gardening looks interesting! So far I've got beets and peas in the ground with tomatoes soon following, but I'm such a hesitant gardener and would love to read this book in hopes of becoming knowledgeable and confident of my green thumb!
This year my husband has done all the work...just a week or two out and our sugar snaps are already looking REALLY good. Those are my favorite out of the whole season, so I'm eagerly awaiting them!
Sarah M
sslamast@gmail.com
This year I'm looking forward to the challenge of gardening in northern NY. Planting commences next week with my friend who has so kindly offered to share her garden space with us as we have just a lake for our backyard.
I'm trying my hand at rhubarb this year, My first time artichokes are coming along beautifully!
I can't wait to head to the farmer's market and pick up some herbs to grow. I love flavored mints, like pineapple, in my water in the summer time.
Basil and tomatoes so I can make my favorite pasta sauce!
penrynsdreams at gmail dot com
I'm adding strawberries this year but the think I look forward to the most every year are fresh cucumbers! bonnie(at)weboardshop(dot)com
I'm looking forward to planting tomatoes.
I don't know how to leave my email address without making it public
I'm looking forward to hot peppers! Lots of hot peppers!
I always look forward to herbs and veggies, but this year I'm especially excited about the new cut flower bed at the community garden!
I'm looking forward to cinnamon basil, & cucumbers :)
jonquilsgrdn@gmail.com
Looks like a very informative book. Something for every gardener. I'm growing a lot of herbs this year, and freezing anything that's left over at the end of the season so I can enjoy them year round.
This looks like a great book!! Thanks. sharonbosw(at)gmail(dot)com
I'm looking forward to my cucumbers. Just look today and i have a little,bitty cucumber growing, about 1/2 inch. I just can't wait for them to get big enough.
kaytkay5@yahoo.com
I forgot to mention what I am most excited to grow this year. Kale and Chard and oh zucchini. I better stop there. Thanks again, sorry for the repeat. sharonbosw(at)gmail(dot)com
I am looking forward to tomatoes- all shapes, colors and flavors.
Thanks for sharing.
cyndihamm22@yahoo.com
Tomatoes and basil!!! I can't seem to get enough of both in the summertime.
What a lovely book! Last year we did the CSA route. This year we can finally do our own garden! i'm looking forward to green beans, tomato & strawberry jam (for all the canning i can do with them!)
I'm attempting pie pumpkins growing up trellises and supported by old hosiery! :)
Everything! The most exciting is the tomatoes I've started from seed. I've never been successful starting my own transplants, but this year it looks like it might be a go.
This book looks awesome. Even if I don't win, it's definitely near the top of my wish list.
krisnusskern at gmail dot com
Hmm...it appears that I will be growing weeds at the rate I'm going...not good. I hope my tomatoes are a success, but this is my first year gardening, so we'll see. I'm thinking that book would be a godsend.
Herbs- especially cilantro since we go through so much of it. The book looks amazing!
lrproberts@gmail.com
I can't wait for my heirloom alpine strawberries to ripen! I grew them from seed last spring and that was no easy feat! Hopefully they will make a nice little batch of homemade strawberry lemonbalm jam, sweetened with backyard honey.
ericabruielly@hotmail.com
I'm looking forward to tomatoes! I'm growing 6 different varieties so I'm hoping for a good growing season!!
Three varieties of tomatoes.
Tomatoes, always tomatoes. There can never be enough and in Seattle we usually don't even get close to enough for me!
I would love to win this book. I have the basics in my garden and I also planted one watermelon plant.
saludafarmgirl@me.com
Tomatoes and cucumbers are first on our list to grow and then herbs such as rosemary or basil.
I've started a nice little garden this year. It includes greens, peas, beans, potatoes, and tomatoes. Everything is starting to grow and I can't wait till I can eat them!
skylarknme @ gmail.com
Tomatoes!! Lots and Lots of tomatoes.
I'm excited to grow watermelon! I remember growing them as a child (well, my parents grew them) and I loved it!
i'm looking forward to a few different heirloom tomatoes- i scored a bunch of heirloom uglies last summer at the farmer's market and made the. best. sauce. ever. so this summer i hope to recreate it with my own tomatoes :)
I'm looking forward to fresh beets, fennel, and of course tomatoes from our garden. Also, It's about time to bring in some rhubarb. It's calling to me.
I'm super excited about the 50 strawberry plants a friend gifted to me when she thinned her patch! I can't wait to sit in the garden feasting on sun-warm berries.
(I'm not sure if my email address comes up with my comment or not, I always leave it in the space on the form, but... sarah dot brassard at gmail dot com)
This looks like an amazing book. I am so looking forward to homegrown tomatoes and corn straight off the stalk. Mmmm...
Hollie27@cox.net
I'm looking forward to growing potatoes (already in the ground) and sweet potatoes.
I'm looking forward to growing paprika peppers and west Indian gherkins! I can't wait to taste the homegrown paprikas though.
Sarah
sarahmelisse (at) gmail (dot) com
I am trying out some artichokes this year, probably won't get much with this short season, but they will be beautiful!
all tomatoes, all the time. :)
allison (dot) bjorndahl (at) gmail (dot) com
I could really use a book like this! Last year I just planted some things I eat a lot, like tomatoes and bell peppers, but we have bad soil and little sun and eventually the cold winter got the best of them. This year I'm looking forward to lettuce and arugula, they should do better and tasty nonetheless!
More sweet potatoes this year. What a no-brainer, what a delicious harvest. Best wishes!
ddu
lalobaluna@windstream.net
We're just starting our first raised bed and we're so excited! First summer in our first-owned house too. Contact me: rlauzon13@gmail.com
I am really looking forward to growing tomatoes again this year! Canning is my thing.
Lana Schaub in MI
elschaub4@gmail.com
This year we are growing strawberries in our new raised bed! We love strawberries. My real babies are the heirloom tomatoes that I have grown from seed obtained through Sow True Seed, Cherokee Purple, Brandywine and Amish paste. I am so excited. I have babied these plants for months now and can't wait to taste the fruit!! whitson8751@att.net
I cannot wait for my tomatoes to come out. We planted 12 in our urban garden. I love fresh tomato juice!
First garden ever and looking forward to it all, but mostly green peppers!
Michelle
steim99@yahoo.com
Thanks! The book looks great! This year I planted strawberries for the first time! Can't wait! Caroncorb@yahoo.com
I know it sounds so mundane but I am fallen totally in love with all things tomatoes. I also added a blueberry bush and peppermint to my garden. And yes I did confine my peppermint to a container.
Home Sweet Homegrown seems like the garedning version of Make YOur Place by Raleigh Briggs which is a favorite of mine.
In previous post I did what you asked us nt to and that was to leave out my contact information.So here goes, epdeans@yahoo.com
I'm growing peas this year. I'm looking forward to the pea shoots almost as much as the peas themselves!
Right now I'm most excited for my peas. Probably cause that's what I'll be munching on first! My tastes evolve over the summer according to my garden.
Looking forward to lots of strange heirloom varieties of toms and peppers - for salsa! rebecca.fields.2011@gmail.com
This is the first year I'm growing tomatoes and tomatillos from seed (I've always just bought the transplants at the local nursery). I'm especially excited about growing my own San Marzano paste tomatoes!
heavenkeele(at)msn(dot)com
This year is my first 'real' veggie garden so I am excited about everything! Just hoping my seedlings will take!!
Basil! Now if I can just keep the rabbits away... leannafford at gmail.com
After just moving to this new place in August, I have been busy trying to craft a garden from a lawn so that we can have some harvest this summer and fall -- I already have enjoyed lettuce, chard and kale -- but I am most excited about growing potatoes for the first time ever! Now if I can just keep the beetles away! :o)
I am looking forward to my Cherry Roma and Everglades tomatoes - some of the few that do well in our summer.
(sauercoleman at gmail)
SUNFLOWERS! We have a huge vegetable garden, and there are always some sunflowers in there. But this year, I am claiming my own little sunflower patch outside of the garden. Can't wait.
kopetan at frontiernet.net
I'm just looking to have a successful year with enough tomatoes to can, a few more than the two or three small peppers I usually get, and maybe some cukes and zucchini (which most people get a-plenty, but I seem to have a hard time with). I love getting home from work, walking out to the garden and seeing what's for dinner that night.
What a great giveaway!
hhenna73 at yahoo.com
your giveaways are so special! my garden will be filled with herbs this summer. . .i do love your blog ashley. . .
I am looking forward to growing patty pan squash for the first time - started seeds a while back and they are doing good so far!
(tammy.bowers1 at gmail)
I cannot wait to plant my lettuce! (and tomatoes, peas, peppers & strawberries!)
Thank you for the chance!
raftfooATyahooDOTcom
I tried not to have a garden this year. I tried and I failed. We are moving a year from now and I just want to concentrate on getting ready for that and not spend endless hours in the garden. I just couldn't do it. My front yard has somehow sprouted pots and more pots and earthboxes and repurposed shipping crates and even, gulp, the dogs' swimming pool (So! They ate my potato pot!)full of growing green things. I am most looking forward to seeing how potatoes grow in a kiddie (doggie) pool.
I am looking forward to harvesting my very own garlic! So abnormally proud of myself :)
stasigh at gmail
I'm looking forward to the six different kinds of basil I planted, and the opportunity to have my own house soon, with my own yard. My husband and I have big plans for it. :) thanks!
Count me in please!
-Britt T.
brtucker89(at)gmail(dot)com
How tricky. I love all of my garden! I guess I'm most excited about the green beans. I planted 3 varieties this year. Plus some soup beans.
looking forward to tomatoes, carrots, cukes, & beets!
I'd always like a bother gardening book! Of course, I'm most excited about the tomatoes!
A mass of green and violet Zinnias beside my porch. If I could ever get the green Zinnia seeds I ordered. Those and a mini herb garden with rosemary, chives, cilantro and basil.
christyrm@gmail.com
A mass of green and violet Zinnias beside my porch. If I could ever get the green Zinnia seeds I ordered. Those and a mini herb garden with rosemary, chives, cilantro and basil.
christyrm@gmail.com
I'd love a copy too :)
i'm looking forward to growing heirloom tomatoes. i have about 11 different variety planted. i also planted purple carrots, purple cauliflower, purple kale and purple asparagus this year...so i'm excited to see how purple they actually are! enchantedtree(at)hotmail.com
I would love to win this book and give it to my daughter whose birthday was this week. She is now happily ensconced in West Asheville and laying the groundwork for her very first all-her-own garden. She also begins her very first full-time job on Monday, AND her horse arrives that day as well all the way from his current home in southern Maryland. Now I KNOW I'll never get her to move home...:-}
I'll be growing potatoes and butternut squash. I can't wait to get my hands dirty!!
tracymmeadows@gmail.com
I'm trying out sweet potatoes this year!
ekdwilson at gmail
Beets! I love their pretty magenta coloring in salads and I recently came across a recipe for beet cake to try out this year.
marissa.jmsn at gmail
I'm so looking forward to strawberries--they're just budding here.
Also radishes, which are a more imminent excitement. They're so pretty, and I finally found some exciting recipes that use them this year.
I am growing herbs for tea, along with beans and okra for pickling. Very excited about the tea!
Corley(dot)a(dot)tullos(at)gmail(dot)com
Tomatoes--declicious to begin with but absolutely fantastic when picked from your own garden, sliced with mozzarella and basil... :)
curlygirl8988@yahoo.com
Wow! I would love to add this to my reading list! Thanks for the opportunity!
Mel
Basil, Can't wait to plant basil. It just snowed for 1 minute here in Alaska.
I've just moved into an apartment with space for window boxes. Mint, parsley and basil are at the top of my list.
megan.miln@theworklife.com
I am looking forward to growing tomatoes and chilies! :D and some beans! I love to see how the grow tall and beautiful while fixing nitrogen in the soil for other plants to enjoy. I am so happy summer is coming!
I'm looking forward to my purple tomatillos! The seedlings look healthy and they will go in the ground this week. I haven't grown this variety before but I just love the way tomatillos grow on a vine with the little delicate paper husk. It is beautiful!
For three first tinge ever, I have chars and spinach in my garden, but I'm looking forward to my heirloom tomatoes and zucchini the most! One day I want to try ground cherries!
Always basil. Love it and can't get enough! nasturtium(at)fastmail.fm
Tomatos are always my favorite...this year I am excited for the heirloom black cherry plant :)
zmeaghan@gmail.com
Tomatoes! Always, always tomatoes.
oh my goodness - after reading the comments, i may need to try my hand at watermelons! i hadn't even thought about it and my kids eat them like mad. it is our first year attempting to grow anything at all, so i am starting with herbs in containers. LOTS of basil - my favorite.
(hilarymk@yahoo.com)
Strawberries! They grow so well in this part of Canada.
Any kind of bean! I love beans! You know what they say about beans.....good for your heart!
~MaryDeluxe
Marydeluxe53 @ gmail dot com
My one and only Selke heirloom tomato plant. We are preparing to move and so I couldn't get a garden going this year, but I couldn't resist growing one thing! So a Selke it is (sweet, juicy, fat-ish cherry tomatoes). It's in a big pot, ready to get hauled when we go.
--Mackenzie Rivers
macrivers@gmail.com
Thank you!! pumpkins! our own neighborhood pumpkin patch
~erica m
matthewsfam4@gmail.com
I am moving into an apartment where I can plant a garden, so this book would be great!
angidawn79@hotmail.com
Trying my hand at lettuces this year- should be an adventure!
Such a cute book! We have our first garden, raised beds and our first small flock of backyard chicks! Loving both in our meager little urban lot.
Oh, that book looks amazing!! I am looking forward to growing cucumbers.. I want to pickle them this year! I always put extra cukes in a basket on the front walk for all the neighbors and passer by in Historic Harpers Feryy to partake. It is awesome to give to others that can't grow veges!
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The percentage of borrowers with negative equity has shrunk and as a result, U.S. home values have had their smallest decline in more than four years according to Zillow Inc, a website with property-value estimates and real estate listings.
The percent of single-family homeowners who owed more on their mortgages than their houses were worth fell to 26.8 percent in the second quarter, down from 28.4 percent in the first.
Home values fell 0.4 percent from the first quarter, the smallest drop since the first three months of 2007. According to Zillow’s chief economist Stan Humphries, the temporary decline in bank repossessions, caused by court delays and paperwork errors, may be preventing a more significant drag on housing prices.
“We do have a slower volume of foreclosures transitioning into the marketplace now,” Humphries said. “And that is helping the near-term performance of the market -- and at the expense of the longer-term performance.”
In 84 percent of the largest U.S. cities, foreclosure filings have dropped, as attorney generals in all states are investigating allegations of shoddy practices by servicers and lenders.
In almost two- thirds of the 154 metropolitan areas surveyed by Zillow, home values increased in the second quarter. 25 U.S. cities had two consecutive quarters of increases.
“It’s a positive that we’re moving in the right direction,” Humphries said. “But I would caution us about being euphoric about these numbers.” | http://smartquote.com/mortgage/articles/aug-9-4yeardecline.htm | 2013-05-18T10:53:19 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Lawmakers Back Bill to Simplify 1099-K Reporting Requirements
Some online sellers have already spent many hours trying to reconcile new IRS form 1099-K's received from Amazon, PayPal and credit card processors. New legislation was introduced this week would that would simplify the new tax form - see what's at stake in this timely report.
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