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There is an interesting article in The Guardian written by Samantha Morton, which lauds Nicole Kidman’s decision to announce that Hollywood treats women as sex objects and Matt Damon’s announcement that he won’t do excessively violent films. They are both valid points for discussion, but I’m never quite sure what to make of it when an artist makes a public anouncement like that, clearly politicising their work. Anyone who neede Nicole Kidman to tell them that Hollywood treats women as objects obviously hasn’t been paying attention to any film released ever, and I doubt anyone will be particularly surprised to here Matt Damon won’t turn up as a lead in Saw. That’s not to diminish their observation, but part of me is always uncomfortable abou the increasing politicalisation of actors and celebrities in our culture.
Not kidding around...
These are fairly rudimentary example of the ‘vocal celebrity’ variety, and part of me agrees that the actors are entitled to make their opinions heard on these subjects. But part of me wonders what grounds they have for making these observations. Nicole Kidman is an actress, not a professor of media studies or gender relations – nor is she a psychologist or psychiatrist. Yes, she has an inside view at the way Hollywood works, but her statement tells us nothing that anybody with two eyes couldn’t already tell. I’ve searched the web for anything more substantive than the quote that Hollywood has “probably” been a bad influence, but it would seem that is all the insight she has to offer.
The fact that Nicole Kidman herself has become the media angle on this story is what angers me about these type of “celebrity endorse a cause” stories. With the exception of Samantha Morton’s piece (which is headlined with Nicole Kidman’s name and features her picture), most of the stories and discussion are around Kidman herself. There’s no media discussion of Hollywood’s attitude to female actors, just on Kidman herself. The Independent even makes an (arguably honest) case that Kidman herself is being hypocritical in bashing the Hollywood machine, given how she made her fame:.
That’s not an attack on Kidman – by all means there are any number of other actresses with similar sexualisation in their past – but an illustration of how easy it is to attack her as a hypocrite. She’s not an expert and obviously her unease at the way Hollywood treats women hasn’t shaped her actions. This is a discussion which requires informed experts and people who know what they’re talking about. Some celebrities do, but most don’t.
My other unease about the use as celebrities as politic punching bags comes from the fact that any celebrity can seem to make a talking point valid. If Nicole Kidman’s opinions on Hollywood’s attitude to women are relevant, then doesn’t that make – by way of example – Anita Bryant’s homophobic platform all the more legitimate? It was ill-informed and she generated airtime based on who she is rather than what she had to say, but she was a celebrity – so give her a platform. If Jordan, the glamour model, decided to announce tomorrow that the government was controlling our brain through flu shots, that would find its way on to the front page of any number of international newspapers, never minding the fact it’s completely crazy and non-newsworthy. You could argue that celebrities call attention to causes that would otherwise go ignored – Angelina Jolie’s work in Darfur, for example – and I accept that they do in clear-cut cases like that, but I think they are the exception rather than the rule.
For example, I had a massive objection to Sean Penn’s tour of Iraq in the build-up to the war, because he’s not an inspector, he’s not a historian or a political scientist or anyone with any idea of what the politics of the regime or the region are actually like. It very much reminded me of Jane Fonda spitting on American P.O.W.’s in Vietnam and claiming that the Vietnamese were treating them humanely. Both acts clouded the debate on the respective conflicts, by elevating the opinion of people with no idea of what was going on as against people who had spent their life researching and looking into the areas (and, yes, that is a perfect place to make a joke about what the American and British governments did/didn’t know before or during either war – but I’m talking about historians, sociologists, retired officers and other (more) ‘qualified’ pundits).
Another aspect of this which makes me uncomfortable is that it represents a passive acceptance of the modern celebrity-conscious paparazzi culture. It doesn’t matter that a Nobel laureate has made the complaint before; when somebody from a gossip magazine says it, it becomes news. These are the same celebrities who have problems with being followed and hounded and having their whole lives subjected to this intense media scrutiny. The intrusion of the media into their lives is vile and coarse, but it’s hard to see how the continued sharing of one’s political views – amongst the most personal aspect of an individual’s thoughts – doesn’t serve as an invitation in. I am not defending the intrusion, only arguing that this is an example of it – but one that is welcomed and even encouraged by the very people who want their privacy back.
I have a fond remembrance of the old era of Hollywood where actors and Hollywood acted like professionals. You don’t go to a lawyer and expect him to offer you his opinion on Marlon Brando’s career, you expect him to advise you on the law. Similarly, you expect a film maker to entertain you. If they want to include a political message within their work, that’s great – let them. The art of Hollywood is to make and manufacture illusion. To convince audiences to suspend their disbelief. Actors in particular must seem like blank slates that are used to create the character we see on screen. I think part of the reason that Daniel Day-Lewis is so amazing is that he does make sure that he remains a blank slate, he doesn’t engage in politics or tabloid antics.
If actors want to become politicians or pundits, let them. Consider it a career transition. I’m just very uncomfortable with the increasingly popular notion that they can do both at the same time. If they wan to make a statement, let them do it through their work, rather than pretending that they hold more authority than they do.
For example, Matt Damon’s assertion he dislikes violence would be easier to swallow if he didn’t play an incredibly lethal CIA agent in a trilogy of films, or hadn’t appeared in Syriana, where George Clooney has his fingernails torn off in a brutal and graphic manner. I don’t doubt that Damon will never appear in ‘torture porn’, but the fingernail scene is about as close as mainstream cinema gets, and he didn’t seem too unhappy about appearing in that particular film (he probably did it at a discount). Indeed, there are suggestions that Damon’s explicit agenda might be generating a backlash.
To her credit, Morton’s piece outlines that she is more selective in her choices and I think that that should be enough to speak for an actor on such things. If enough actors refused to participate in such films and movies, it would have a much greater impact than simply making a vague condemnation into a microphone. Literally put your paycheck where your mouth is: if you really care, that’s the sincerest way of demonstrating it. The people that you need to reach – for example, young fans who don’t read newspapers – can only be reached through the choice you make about the films you make. I don’t think anyone who read Nicole Kidman’s testimony had an epiphany that Hollywood was sexist, as making statements like that really only hit the radar of the most media-conscious among us.
I remember once being told that I am a fifty-year-old man in a twenty-year-old body, and maybe I am. But I remember the days when celebrities carried on with dignity and respect – and left the discussion about the issues to those who know what they are talking about. Respect is mutual – after all, I don’t think that Barrack Obama will appearing in Die Hard 5.
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We can’t know what it is like for a small Connecticut community to come to terms with the mass shootings last week, particularly when so many of the victims were small children. But here in Minneapolis, the mass shootings at Accent Printing last September, other violent acts involving children, and so much more gun violence have taught us tragic lessons about how to try to bring peace to victims’ loved ones.
We can’t know what it was like for President Obama to stand before the families and the country when he appealed to address this insane violence on a deeper level. But sadly, I know very well what it is like for him to break down as he talked about violence as a leader and also a father.
Here’s one thing we can know: If we see the aftermath of Newtown as one more moment when a violent act spurs no action — if we resign ourselves that nothing will happen — then, in fact, nothing will.
The only way I know of to make any sense of this senselessness is to turn every bit of our anxiety into action.
No one thing will stop inhuman acts of violence — if there was a single action that could suddenly make everything better, people would have done that a long time ago.
But in Minneapolis over the past several years, we have met tragedy with action of many different kinds. Much hard work is already underway here on many fronts. Rather than despairing that “nothing ever happens,” let’s finish this work and resolve to do even more.
Here are just some of the things that we are doing in Minneapolis to fight gun violence.
Regional gun summit. For nearly a year, my office has been working with Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett to put together a regional gun summit in Minneapolis that will take place in early January. We are bringing together mayors and police chiefs from Minnesota, Wisconsin and the Midwest to share best practices for reducing gun violence, build partnerships and design new initiatives to stop the proliferation of gun violence and illegal guns. It will mark the first time that this broad cross-section of chiefs and policy makers has gathered to tackle this issue face to face.
Guns know no boundaries: nor should we, when it comes to stopping gun violence.
Changing federal law. I have been a longtime member of Mayors Against Illegal Guns, the organization founded by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and co-chaired by Boston Mayor Tom Menino, and I have worked with them on many of the national issues that we need to fix in Congress. Among the ones on our agenda right now are:
- Reinstating the assault-weapons ban, which Congress let lapse in 2004, and banning high-capacity magazines. These tools of war have no place in our community.
- Fixing the national gun-checks system and closing the gun-show loophole. This would get the names of everyone who should be prohibited from buying guns into the background-check system, and require a background check for legal gun sale in America.
- Repealing congressional actions that restrict the ability of local law enforcement to work with federal officials in solving gun violence.
I’m encouraged that President Obama has tapped Vice President Biden to lead policy changes like these. At the same time, this work isn’t new to mayors: these are changes for which we’ve been fighting for years.
None of these common-sense actions at the federal level would do a single thing to limit the right to hunt or legitimately own a gun. But together, they would save many, many lives.
Youth violence prevention. For five years now, scores of partners in Minneapolis have been cooperating on a multi-faceted, public-health approach to youth-violence prevention that has gotten real results, including that from 2006–11, the number of incidents involving youth and guns dropped 66%.
We’ve received national attention for this work. Last year, Attorney General Eric Holder recognized our success, and last week, I joined other Minneapolis officials in Washington at a meeting of the National Forum on Youth Violence Prevention, which the Obama administration selected Minneapolis to join earlier this year. We got together with representatives of nine other cities roll up our sleeves, share ideas and strategize about how we can work together, including on preventing gun violence.
This is good, but there is more to do. I have asked Minneapolis attorney Andy Luger to conduct a review of our last five years of youth-violence prevention in order to tell us how we can improve and what other best practices we can incorporate.
Tracing guns. Every time that someone uses a gun to commit a crime in Minneapolis, the first question I ask is, “Where did the gun come from?” As a result, Minneapolis police work not only to solve the crime and bring the perpetrator to justice, but to trace how the gun came to be involved in a crime in the first place. We are also trying to answer the questions, “Who is arming our communities?” and especially, “Who is arming our kids?” So far, this work points to the need to restrict so-called straw purchases — when someone illegally buys a gun for someone else who is legally barred from doing so — and to require people to report to law enforcement when their guns are lost or stolen.
Partnership. The City of Minneapolis can’t do all this work on its own: we partner closely with other law-enforcement agencies, and with the community, to try to eliminate gun violence. On the law-enforcement side, we have had strong partnerships with the office of United States Attorney B. Todd Jones, the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, and the office of Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman. Our partnership has focused in particular on getting the most serious illegal-gun offenders off the street, and our efforts have met with success. And in the community, we have been joined by so many great partners who are committed to fighting gun violence and making our entire city safer.
All this work, while productive, highlights that there is more to do, and we are committed to doing more. At the same time, there are broader cultural and political forces that also bear on it from outside.
Mental-health reform. The shootings in Newtown, Connecticut and at Accent Signage in Minneapolis — like so many more of the violent acts that we have seen — involved people who were facing serious mental-health challenges. We cannot expect the change we need unless we significantly reform a deeply disconnected mental-health system. This fact has been chillingly clear to me as mayor since the day 11 years ago when our police were involved in the shooting of a man who was wielding a machete down Franklin Avenue. But cities don’t have the resources to tackle mental-health systems change on our own, so we need to work across boundaries to reform it, put resources behind it, and help people get the help they need.
Culture of violence. One of the four principles of Minneapolis’ approach to youth-violence prevention — and perhaps the most fundamental — is that we must “unlearn the culture of violence in our community.”
This means many things: how we raise our children as parents and a community, how we end domestic violence, how we treat alcohol and drug dependency, how we promote gun safety, and so much more. Above all, how we build a culture that says of violence, enough is enough.
Another piece of unlearning the culture of violence is changing how we create and consume media in which violence plays a prominent role.
In the aftermath of the shooting in a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado earlier this year, I heard a movie executive say how tragic it was because, according to him, movie theaters are refuges where people can get away from the violence of real life. When I heard that, I thought, has he seen any movies lately? We do not and cannot escape violence in the theater, any more than we do or can on television or in video games. We are being inundated by media that often are dominated by hideous levels of extreme, almost unthinkable violence. We must ask ourselves, what do we expect to happen when our popular culture bombards us with a never-ending diet of it, and we consume it? And how much worse does it make it for people already facing mental-health challenges?
Changing the ways our culture creates, and we consume, media in which violence is prominent won’t by itself lead us to unlearn the culture of violence. It won’t by itself ensure that nothing like Newtown ever happens again. But it is nonetheless a change that we must demand of others and ourselves.
A Better Future
Last Sunday night, I spoke to Shereen and Sami Rahamim, the wife and son of Reuven Rahamim, the late owner of Accent Printing. Sami was on his way to meet his sister Miya in New York City, to join a gathering of family members of shooting victims that was organized by Mayor Bloomberg.
The Connecticut tragedy’s coming at the end of Hanukkah brought back much of the Rahamims’ feelings of loss. But in our conversation, I sensed powerfully that they did not intend to use their despair to retreat. They were resolved instead to turn it into action, to bring about change, to do anything they could to stop their tragedy, the Connecticut tragedy and others like it from happening again.
We need to follow the Rahamims’ example — to never give up fighting, to never assume things can’t be better, because they have to get better. And if we can get past our own despair and act, one day they will.
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Love this picture of Google’s Sergey Brin. He is actually wearing the Google Glasses. On the subway. Doing my best Sherlock Holmes, I would say Mr. Brin is on the N or the R line. (Due to the seat color and background.) A passenger by the name of Noah Zerkin took the picture. | http://themellowjihadi.com/tag/noah-zerkin/ | 2013-05-18T10:42:23 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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After spending quite a few hours out of my days reading blogs, commenting on other blogs, making blog friends, etc, I have started noticing a common trend, with us bloggers. We have our own lingo at times. (Examples: “Did you see that person’s cray new header? I love that link up! How do you like my new button? I can’t seem to get the HTML to work, and need to dive more into the CSS settings, I suppose.”)
But to us, we are a community. A sometimes demented circle of friends, that laughs together, cries together, and experiences each other’s lives together.
It would become natural that styles, and trends have also seemed to “rub off” on each other. The following list is meant to be funny. Some of the stuff I’m guilty of, some of it I am jealous that others can pull off.
1. Bubble Necklaces
This is one of those things that inwardly, I am jealous of. Every single time I try to think of an outfit that one of these beauties would “go with” currently in my closet, I am at a complete loss. I just don’t think I can pull one off.
2. Chevron Anything
I am quite positive that bloggers are 90% of the chevron home decor key market, and we keep it afloat. There’s something about this fun pattern that keeps us coming back for more, again and again. If you don’t like it immediately, it may grow on you slowly like it did with me. Now I find myself ooohing and aaaahhing over it in Home Goods, and loving anything with a zig, or a zag.
3. EOS Lipbalm
I can honestly say that I used this pre-blogging days. However, I see it everywhere (maybe I’m just out looking for it?) on blogs. Do I like it? Yeah. It’s easy to find on the bottom of my purse. Do I think that it’s thebomb.com? Nope. Taking the unique shape away from it, there are better lip balms out there, if you ask me.
4. Lifeplanners
I feel like every stay at home mom is eager to plop down $50 of their family’s hard earned money for a new life planner. MAYBE I would consider one of these bad boys if I was still working, or going to school, however, I don’t feel the need to spend that amount of money on one currently to write down my one playground type activity per day. Honestly, I much prefer the planner that a sweet friend made me based on her DIY planner tutorial (oh hey! It’s chevron! Hahaha!). And it only cost $5 in printing.
5. iPhones
Don’t ever try to separate a blogger from their iPhone. Legit, you’ll lose a limb. I am not permitted to become part of the Apple family, as those of you close to me knows that my husband despises the company, and will not purchase anything apple (though we do both own iPods that neither of us use often.) When I was phone shopping back in November, every single sales person I asked said that the Samsung was a better phone. Admittedly, part of me didn’t care, because I wanted to be in the cool iPhone club. Oh well. I love my Samsung, regardless of being a blogger outsider.
Have you noticed any other kind of blogging “fads?” Care to share in the comment section?
Also, don’t forget to link up with me and Heather tomorrow for Mommy Confessions!
Ha! Love it. I am glad you are not going along w/ the lifeplanner trend. The erin condren ones! I actually got one the year before EVERY blogger was. I rationalized it by saying I get such good use out of them it would be worth it! (Keep in mind i am not a SAHM or a mom at all!). Well, i was wrong. The spirals didn’t hold it together as it should & the notepad in the back fell off! Not something necessary for a $50 planner! Outrageous! I got a nice leather bound one for $14.95 at Barnes & Noble. And i love it!
I AM OBSESSED WITH CHEVRON! And i love my iPhone! But i don’t think i could pull off the bubble necklaces either. /
HA. This was a cute little post… My planner is also chevron pattern, but I didn’t spend no 50 bucks on it (it was a cheapy from Target)! I LOVE my Samsung Galaxy SIII, despite the iPhone craze… know what else I’m loving? The changes to your blog, especially that new header!
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The iPhone is pretty pimp! Just get a chevron case for the Samsung and no one will notice! Also you can wear a bubble necklace I promise!
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Hahah this made me laugh so hard! I am totally one of those iPhone people!
This is so true… and guess what???? I have that exact bubble necklace. Bahaha. I even wore it for my photo session this week for new blog pictures. Don’t make fun of me now. I do love the chevron too. Maybe b/c it’s the only pattern I can make in Illustrator??
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While there are a lot of mobile messaging apps out there (Skype, WhatsApp, and WeChat to name a few), few are as expansive (and as Korean) as KakaoTalk.
Korea's talking
KakaoTalk mobile messaging app launched in 2010, only a few months after the iPhone debuted in Korea. It quickly became a staple of communication for Korean smartphone owners, allowing people to send and receive basic text messages, photos, videos, voice clips, one-on-one and in group chats. It works both locally and internationally -- and like similar apps, all users need to to enter is a phone number. It synchronizes with contact lists, so users don't have search for their friends. Of course, they can if they want to.
KakaoTalk has 52 million users worldwide and some 38 million or so users in Korea alone - which is essentially 90% of all Korean smartphone users.
This upstart start-up is seeing a staggering 1.3 billion messages a day, or roughly 10,000 messages a second.
Features for you
Fun features include group chats, voice notes, voice filter options, unique emoticons, and a walkie talkie "push to talk" feature. Users can also add "Plus Friends" to receive special content and updates from brands and artists. This Twitter-esque feed feature is big in Korea with users ranging from KPop singers to clothing stores and news networks.
Unfortunately, there's news on whether this feature will branch out globally.
What really makes KakaoTalk a step above the other mobile messagers is its newly added (and somewhat controversial) free Internet call feature (VoIP) called Kakao VoiceTalk.
The cost of free
Within three days of its June launch, KakaoTalk users in Korea were making 20 million VoIP calls a day. Cell phone carriers SK Telecom and KT began "degrading service for the lowest two tiers of their data plans," causing dropped calls and making this feature virtually unusable for many users. Subscribers with more expensive data plans were still able to make calls without disruptions, but still face limits on how many megabytes they can use on VoIP calls per month.
The Korea Communications Commission (The South Korean equivalent of the FCC) ruled that cell phone operators could block these apps or charge extra fees to use them. This has stirred up a huge debate in Korea on the issue of net neutrality and whether or not companies should be able to limit the use and access of data.
No word yet on whether the FCC will allow U.S. cell phone providers to put a clamp on data usage for free VoIP services.
Until then, there's always WiFi.
References:
KakaoTalk
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The Next Web
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*blows cobwebs off microphone* This thing still worK?
Lordy, but I’ve been busy. Head down, typing away, formatting, writing, and not on my book, either. I forgot where I even left that thing! No, work is intense, and I have no time at all for anything other than that and family, at least until the next deadline passed, on the seventeenth. St. Paddy’s Day, when the Chicago River turns green and people drink green beer and wake up hung over with green mustaches. Man, I miss living there sometimes.
Have to get back to work but wanted to apologize for all the dry toast. Y’all keep coming back to check but I am just not serving it up this week!
However, I do want to wish my sweetie a happy anniversary. One year ago today we were introduced on eHarmony.com and took a chance. I know why I took the leap, but still don’t know why Phil did; I mean honestly, I was holding children and wearing a big ole wedding ring in my photo. How many guys would still try to get to know me after that and after listening to my laugh? For Pete’s sake. Also? It turned out that we worked in the same town, had lunch at the same places, and lived only ten miles apart. And we still needed help finding each other! *bumps into wall*
Thank you, baby, for being here and for still making me
dinner laugh so hard. It’s been so much fun. And just last night? Daphne was tasting the soup I made in an effort to reproduce the soup Phil made for us last week.
“I like it, Mama.”
“I do , too. Phil made it for me last week.”
“Aww.”
“Yes, he loves me.”
“And he loves us, too.”
“He sure does.”
“And we love him.”
“I know you do.”
“Except when he gets mad.”
“Well, honey, you were slamming your brother’s head on the wall.”
I know what you mean about missing living where you have memories. Sometimes it just sneaks up and scratches you for attention. When you least expect it.
Hattie—new blogazine (?)
What a wonderful post! Happy Anniversary to you as well!
I saw a beautiful, intelligent, professional woman, and mother of three beautiful children, with a sense of humor (listen to the laugh) and three blond children, and big ole wedding ring (ex-husband), and three young children, and a warm caring heart, and three young beautiful blond children…and a chance of having a happy loving family and wonderful life with a woman I love…
I listened to the laugh today and couldn’t help smiling and feeling good and glad that I can sometimes get you to laugh like that.
Happy Anniversary! See you tonight!
I love you!
X
Awwwwww.
I love Mr X too now.
Awwwwwww….
Happy Anniversary to you both and may there be many years ahead of love and laughter!
Blessings!
Goodness, maybe someonething good can come out of my addication, I mean fixation of the web!!!
Happy Anniversary!!
And don’t worry abou the “dry toast”. Not all the time can you be buttered up.
happy anniversary!
Nice post, I’m glad you found each other. Happy anniversary, and many more.
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We were lucky enough to be sent four tickets to Ride to a Witch at Gardner Village as part of their Witch Fest. We got our tickets (which just happened to be BUGS!) And then went on a hay ride to their special little witch village with real live witches!
We were greeted by this lovely witch, much to the embarrassment of my growing 10 year old. lol
Heard some spooky nursery rhymes, and had a very serious graveside service for Fred, the dead cockroach.
Now I just can't wait to go back without the kids so I can really relax and enjoy it.
(Shh, don't tell)
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The Danish government repealed a year-old tax on fatty foods because it wasn't keeping Danes from eating them and was causing job losses.
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MATTER, a Kickstarter project that promises to bring back long-form journalism, took a major step towards becoming a reality after it passed its target of $50,000 in donations on the crowdfunded website.
More impressively, the money was raised just 38 hours into the month-long campaign to financially support the idea. With their target reached, MATTER’s founders — journalists Jim Giles and Bobbie Johnson — are keen to push on and raise more funds to secure it beyond launch.
Here’s the update that is posted to its Kickstarter page:
We made it! 100% funding in just 38 hours. We’re absolutely blown away by your commitment to independent, quality journalism. With $50,000 pledged, we can commission our first stories and build our website.
But it’s not over yet.
We still have plenty of time left on the clock. The more pledges we get, the stronger MATTER will be. Every extra dollar will help us pay for more stories. We won’t have to wait for the money from one article to pay for the next, making MATTER more robust from day one.
If we reach $75,000 we’ll upgrade everybody’s subscriptions by way of saying thanks. And extra funds would help us speed up work on the fantastic experience for the iPad that we’re planning.
For those that aren’t aware of the idea, it is a response to the decline of long-form, feature-based reportage. The reasons why long-form reportage is disappearing may depend on your opinion — for example, is social media to blame? — but there is no doubt that MATTER is a very welcome concept all the same.
The website will cover just one story a week but it will be “unmissable” and, importantly, more than 10,000 words in length, as Giles and Johnson explain:.
Stories on the site will cost $0.99 to read and will be accessible from the website, via the Kindle store, and on Apple and Android smartphones.
A key part of the funding success has been the creative donor packages that have been put together to encourage people to get involved with the project.
MATTER offers a series of packages that range from $10, which gets 3 free articles, a mention on the website and a commemorative postcard. Those wanting a piece of the action themselves can pay $1,000 to become a co-pilot, which grants them a guest editor spot and a load of goodies.
The top price is corporate sponsorship level, $3,000, which gives the donor exclusive branding on all MATTER subscriptions and the website for one month.
MATTER has already gathered a team of experienced writers to contribute and we look forward to seeing how much more it raises, and, of course, how it kicks off and develops its promising concept.
➤ MATTER (on Kickstarter)
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We are cracking into the weekly roundup a bit late this fine Friday, so we are going to keep it short and sweet. As you might have noticed, this week was slightly slower than most in terms of total news volume, so we can relax a tad.
For this week’s question, sound off in the comments if you have used Zune media player, or not. Also leave your reason either way. After all, iTunes on PC is a fate worse than death.
Right, follow us on Twitter, and let’s get into the thick of it:
Hotmail Wants Yahoo! Mail’s Users
In a move that reminded the world as to just how big Hotmail and Yahoo! Mail remain, even in the face of the far superior Gmail, Microsoft went after Yahoo’s users, claiming to have the better product.
The newly launched SwitchToHotmail.com touts various ways in which Hotmail outclasses Yahoo! Mail, in a fierce battle for second place. According to the website, some 22.6 million people have signed up for Hotmail since its September 2010 redesign.
We don’t like Hotmail here at TNWmicrosoft because it does not handle massive amounts of email well, something that is part of the blogger life. Still, it is a massive service that is a daily part of millions of lives. If it can take some of Yahoo’s market share, more power to it, Yahoo! Mail is even worse.
Google Toolbar 7
Google is out to turn Internet Explorer 9 into a Chrome-like browser with its new Google Toolbar 7. The name, perhaps a slightly mocking jab at Microsoft’s infatuation with the number, aside, the toolbar is excellent.
It includes instant search, translation powers, and a number of other goodies that Chrome users have become all too accustomed to. Why would Google give Internet Explorer 9 so much of its special sauce, an action that might cut into Chrome’s market share? Simple: it is more important that Google retain its popularity on the Internet Explorer platform than for Chrome’s growth to not slow down a tad.
Recall that Internet Explorer 8 is the world’s most popular browser, and that IE9 is set to replace it. If Google can find a home in IE9 it can retain its massive market advantage. If you use IE9, Google Toolbar 7 is a must download.
Photosynth for iOS
Microsoft likes stirring the pot on occasion, but its recent move to bring Photosynth to iOS before Windows Phone 7 caused a hubbub that it probably wanted to avoid. The move by Microsoft, one hailed from a technology and product perspective, was panned by WP7 users who felt burned that the company did not give its own phone line the product first.
More likely, the iOS product was under development for some time, before WP7 came into its own, making the move just good business, and not an intentional slight. Still, Microsoft has to read carefully around iOS and Android or risk annoying its biggest fans. While that might be a pain, at least the company now has enough users that the possibility of tweaking them actually matters.
Nokia Details WP7 Handsets & NoDo
Details as to just what kind of WP7 handsets we should expect from Nokia are coming forth:.
Windows 8
Oh Windows 8, the things that you do to us. We are not going to dig up every recent Windows 8 post for you as we truthfully have no clue what you are interested in. Head over to the Windows 8 archives and pick for yourself, alright?
That is all for this week folks, follow us on Twitter, and friend us on Facebook for weekend coverage. Now, go make that martini.
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Postmodernism Is Not a Religion (by Joel Harrison)
A fellow student made a fascinating comment the other day in the systematic theology course I’m taking this quarter. The professor was talking about the ecclesiology of the Emergent church, and the student asked something along the lines of:
“What’s the deal with this emergent thing? I never heard that phrase until I moved to California—seems to be a big thing out here. But I don’t understand how people can use postmodernism and call themselves Christians. I mean, if someone was incorporating Christianity into Buddhism, we wouldn’t call that person a Christian, right?”
While this certainly raises questions about religious pluralism, the distinctions between general and special revelation, etc., what struck me was that he very directly equated postmodernity with religion—an interesting proposition that requires some serious thought.
Not serious thought in that we need to consider whether or not postmodernists are “religious” with regard to their attitude toward the postmodern, but serious thought in terms of understanding how certain Christians may view postmodernity—that a Christian would understand the postmodern this way. It makes sense to me, after all, that someone who might not be well read in the postmodern would probably make this claim in the same fashion that one would claim that New Atheists seem to attack religions with a zeal that suspiciously resembles religion itself.
But there’s a problem here.
Maybe more than one.
First and foremost is the problem of reading. Merold Westphal writes in the introduction to his Overcoming Onto-Theology that many Christian theologians who vehemently oppose the use of postmodern philosophy in theology have not actually read any of the Continental or the Anglo-American philosophers considered to be the fathers of secular postmodern thought. They’re familiar with the names, and perhaps familiar enough with some general ideas brought forth in the work of writers such as Lyotard, Derrida, Wittgenstein, etc. to be able to raise objections to those very broad concepts. But pushed a little farther, Westphal says, and they are forced to admit they haven’t really read the primary texts. This is a responsibility that falls squarely on theologians. We know postmodernity is “looming” over the church (to put it rather negatively), and as such we need to do our best to try to really understand what it’s saying and what it can offer, if anything. That’s not to say that one has to read everything—there’s far too much out there—but no attempt at all just isn’t acceptable anymore.
It’s so pervasive in both culture and the academy that to not give it its due at least as an important historical phenomenon is really to retreat into a cave and cower.
Second, there’s the much more narrow issue of thinking that the utilization of postmodern philosophy in theology is much the same as the utilization of the Qur’an or some other holy book in the development of doctrine. The problem is that no serious theologian would ever look at “those other books” as mere tools to use when conceiving of the doctrine of their own religious tradition. Those books are, in their own right, the centerpieces of the faith to which they belong. To use them outside of that context requires some substantial justification.
Postmodern philosophy as a corpus, however, does not function this way; that is, the body of “postmodern philosophy” does not itself constitute a holy book. In fact, unlike the modern period which can point to pillars such as Newton’s Principia Mathematica and Darwin’s Origin of the Species, postmodernity really does not have seminal texts in the sense that these modern works are seminal. At least, there is no strong consensus that either Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations, Derrida’s Of Grammatology, Rorty’s Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature, Lyotard’s The Postmodern Condition (need I go on?) can be considered pillars in the same way the modern texts are. Some may even argue that those are not the seminal texts of each individual author!
We must also remember that philosophy is a second order discipline. That is, it tries to get at and make sense of the assumptions that other disciplines are built upon—to see how they tick, so to speak. Religions themselves are not second order disciplines—they’re not even disciplines in the strict academic sense of the word (although they certainly require discipline.) But the study of religion as a subject or the systematic theologies of particular religions are not second order disciplines either.
Furthermore, it’s pretty difficult to make the sweeping statement that one should not “use postmodernism” when talking about one’s faith when “using postmodernism” could mean a myriad of different things. Unfortunately, because this is the case, many mistakenly think that postmodernism equates to relativism or that no one knows what it means. Really though, that is not the case at all. It’s just that part of postmodernism is recognizing difference as vitally important. Even lumping all Modern thinkers together (Descartes, Locke, Hume, and Kant, for example) is really doing those thinkers a great disservice since in many cases, their thought differs greatly one to another, even though there may be some very basic underlying assumptions. Since I’m trained in literature, I’ll use literary criticism as an example. Someone could look at, for instance, Slavoj Zizek’s insistence on subjectivity in arriving at an adequate political theory to talk about the politics of a Charles Dickens novel. Or one could use Lacanian psychoanalysis to talk about the same novel in a different way. Or perhaps Derridean deconstruction.
Not that any of those would be necessarily good readings of the text. The point, however, is that while Zizek, Lacan, and Derrida all bear certain marks of postmodernism, those marks are different, and the three really can’t be conflated under one large banner of “The Postmodern.”
And the fact that those readings I pulled off the top of my head may in fact not serve us well in understanding Dickens illustrates another important point: When one reads a text and wishes to employ a particular theory, one is using that theory as a hermeneutical tool in so far as it is useful for the task at hand. You can’t force a theory or a philosophy onto a text. If it isn’t doing work for you hermeneutically, then there’s no point in using it.
This has chapped the hide of many a social-activist-would-be-Marxist-revolutionary-first-year-undergraduate-English-major who wants to argue that Falkner’s “A Rose for Emily” or Chopin’s “Story of an Hour” can be read as an allegory for the struggle of the proletariat.
(Not that one could never attempt to make that case, of course.)
All this means for biblical hermeneutics and theology is that sometimes postmodern philosophy may be useful under certain circumstances and other times it may not be. There’s no need for anyone to convert to postmodernity. Rather, postmodern thought helps us articulate what I see as a better approach to understanding scripture, theology, and religious experience in general. Of course, I would also argue that seeing the Bible “postmodernly” is often times more helpful than not and that we should always take a posture of humility forcing us to recognize our study of theology as limited rather than pursing an all-encompassing theology where we are attempting to contain God in our very limited understanding, to understand his being in its entirety.
The postmodern, whatever that is, keeps us intellectually honest and, as Westphal says, prevents us from thinking we have the ability to look over God’s shoulder.
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Mar 09 2011 {Declutter} Task #4: Linen cupboard: BedlinenCategory: Declutter • Laundry As we are still working in the laundry today we would look through the linen cupboard and declutter some of the excess bedlinens you may have. Bedlinen I know we all have our own little gripes about the linen cupboard, it’s too small, need more room, too much stuff, storing items in the linen cupboard that really don’t belong there. So let’s work through it and create an organised area for you. Do you have a linen cupboard that is full of old sheets and towels, when you go to find something you can’t find it? How many sheets for each bed to you keep? You may also like this how to video on how to fold sheets. View here Today let’s remove 3 items of bedlinen you no longer need or use. My bedlinen stock pile: Main Bed: 1 Mattress Protector 2 Pillow Protectors 2 sets of sheets 1 set of flannalette sheets 1 blanket 1 quilt 3 Kids Beds: 4 Mattress Protectors (1 spare for when accidents happen) 4 Pillow Protectors (1 spare for accidents) 6 sets of sheet (1 extra set for each child) 3 sets of flannalette sheets 3 blankets (kept in the top of the wardrobe for winter) 6 quilts/doonas (1 spare each for when accidents happen, and because I can’t help myself and like to change this around every now and then) Guest Bedding: 1 Mattress protector 1 set of sheets 2 Pillow Protectors 1 blanket 1 quilt This is a reasonable amount of linen. Like I mentioned in a previous post when I wash sheets, I usually take linens off beds, wash, dry and put straight back on beds the same day, saving me folding them. But I like to have a spare set each in case accidents happen or it’s raining the day I wash the sheets. I keep the winter flannalette sheets boxed in the top shelf of the linen cupboard. My list of 3 to declutter: Cot sheets I was holding onto for kids to use at kindy (they are all at school now) 2 Pillow cases I found left over from my recent donation to the flood victims (sorry to the person that didn’t get a complete set) I also donated a month or so ago some old sheet sets What is on your list of 3? And how I organise the linen cupboard. View here Love these ideas? Sign up for updates....It's FREE! First Name Email Share this:Share Pin ItEmailPrint « {Cleaning Task} Wash the Washing Machine {Organising} The Linen Cupboard ». Lisa Braaksma I also do this too Georgina, it is so helpful and reduces the clutter in the linen closet. Bec Oh that’s a great idea…I think I will try and do this from now on!. Julie Yay! This is perfect for me today. We are moving in about 10 days. I am aiming to pack about 4 boxes per day (I have 3 children under 3, so this is reasonable). Today I am tackling the linen cupboard. Ours is ridiculous! Just a question, where do you store extra blankets? That is what seems to take up a lot of room in our linen cupboard, particularly during summer. Katrina I just realised I forgot to add quilts and blankets to the list, will amended that. I store the kids blankets in the top of their wardrobe along with an extra doona (in case they wet the bed). Once upon a time I did try the space saver bags which worked well, but in time air got in them. Becci Sundberg I decluttered my linen cupboard not all that long ago but things are starting to get messy in there so I will resort and declutter is I need but doubt it. I too keep 2 sets of sheets per bed. So much easier. I do need some spare matress protectors but we are planning on switching the boys to single beds (from their toddler beds) later in the year so won’t worry about that now. Joolz Tick! I de-cluttered my walk-in linen closet, my side of our walk-in robe and the cupboards in our study back at the start of January. A real purge! Boy does it feel good! Since then, things have remained very neat and tidy as I am aware of them getting back to the state they were in. Do you know I found a Red-back spider in the cupboard in the study? OMG! After your post on ‘washing the washing machine’ – that is next on my list for this coming weekend. I took a look at it and yup, its really grimy around the rim. Thanks for the inspiration, Joolz Jill Phew this one I did back in the school holidays. Hey would love a sneek peek in your linen pree. Photos always help inspire. Bec I’ve just realised we have about 5 or 6 quilt cover sets for our bed, and use about 2. I think it might be time to donate a few to new homes! Summer Linen cupboard now done. I am a bit behind but keeping up with challenges if not a few days after the fact. I managed to get together 1 big green garbage bag full for charity out of the cupboard and made room for my cleaning products. I am very lucky as despite living in a smallish place I have a nice large linen cupboard. Thanks again Emily Hi there, I stumbled upon this site and thought you might find it useful. Have a great day and thanks for all the great tips you post here R J Palmer Hi there, not long have found your website and am loving it, i have been on here so much trying to sort my house with partner 10yr girl and 4yr twin boy’s, I am pretty busy trying to keep up with everything, With our sheets with a permanent marker I put a K for king Q for queen and S for single so there is no need to unfold the sheet to find out what it is, for me or anyone else that may be in the closet, Thanks for this wonderful site!! D A Carter Just found your site and I think I’m really going to like it! I have 2 guest rooms and I keep 2 sheet sets for each room – one on the bed and one in the chest of drawers. This way I always have sheets available for the guests. Leigh A great idea for odd pillow cases is to cut a slit in the top hem line amd use them for covering special clothes on coathangers! Keeps them dust free and clean Nat I had a look in there and found that I have an excess of 30 pillow cases… I used to have four pillows on my bed. I am going to keep them, but won’t buy any for a long time! It’s like back in the old days, when young girls who were getting married were given a trunk full of linen that was going to serve them for the rest of their life. Quite frankly, appart from the bottom sheet, linen don’t need to be replaced that ofetn. Amy Villalobos wow.. i had so much to donate.. i had sheets sets from my wedding unopened that i clearly dont need.. soooo many beach towels and doona covers for the wrong size bed… hopefully someone will be able to use them at the op shop. Amy Villalobos Also my kids beds have drawers under them so their linen and towels are kept in there which makes my small linen cupboard seem a bit more roomy. jai1_jai1 I have only just really looked at this site (despite likeing it on fb) as I’min the process of decluttering our house. Everything in our house is temporary at the moment as we are VERY slowly renovating it. Our linen cupboard annoys me as limited storage means it also holds, medicines, fixing tools etc and sewing/knitting things. Only 3 weeks ago I cleaned it out and got rid of a mountain of stuff. I thought going over it again would be unneccessary, but this morning I got rid of 1x QS doona cover & pillow cases, 2 x single doona covers and pillow cases, a heap of material and wool I’ll never get around to using and around 30 plastic or bent clothes hangers!!! Pingback: Task 4: The Kitchen Sink « Budget Girl LisaH. Love the idea of folding flat & fitted sheet as well as pillow case in one bundle. I’m going to adopt this style now. Thank you | http://theorganisedhousewife.com.au/declutter-52-things-challenge/declutter-laundry-linen-cupboard-bedlinen/ | 2013-05-18T10:53:41 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Alright, like I've stated in most of my DN goodies, I do not like Light/Raito AT ALL! I can't stand him! I can't even look at him! But, I decided to make something for you fans of him. Plus the scan I used was the only one of him that I actually liked.
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Katia was raised in a poor family that resided in a small apartment in what was then
Even when illnesses were life threatening only those with wealth or connections received adequate medical care. The ideals of equality no matter the social rank were ripped away by the harsh winds of reality when the
Katia was just a few days past her 11th birthday when she began to grow ill. There was a neighborhood doctor but he did little but give her parents the news that the tiny girl was gravely ill. The state run medical facility was packed and it would take weeks to get an appointment. Unfortunately by the time the specialists at the hospital saw her there was little hope, Katia had an aggressive form of Multiple Myeloma and the cancer of her blood claimed her life within two months of the first signs of illness.
They could not afford a burial space so her body was cremated and her ashes were placed in a homemade ceramic urn. The urn was placed in the center of the family room on a mantle next to a photo taken of her in while visiting the circus years before. Although the picture was older, it was the Katia that they remembered, always smiling and eyes sparkling with life. The mantle became a shrine of sorts as her mother would light a candle in the little girls remembrance every Saturday night and let it burn on through the evening into early Sunday morning. It was symbolic of her short life, a life that although was tragically brief her beautiful spirit outshone the darkness which encroached upon her.
It was not long after her death that Katia’s family found odd things happening in and around the family room that caused them consternation and gave rise to hopeful curiosity. First it was her photo. Twice the older picture of the young girl was found face down on the mantle and another picture too its place beside the urn. Although they were different photographs they both were of Katia at an older age. Although her parents loved the photo of her at a younger age, on more than one occasion the young girl had said she did not like it. For some reason she hated seeing pictures of herself smiling a broad smile that showed her teeth. To her family it seemed as if the spirit of the dead girl still hated that old photo and wanted to be remembered closer to the age at which she died.
About a month after she passed her brother and a friend were playing outside in an abandoned lot next to their apartment building. The lot previously held a Stalin era community building that had fallen into disrepair and had collapsed a few years before. Although the Government had cleaned up the lot they were not very efficient, hence there were a few ruins of rebar and concrete walls along with jagged pieces of nondescript metal protruding from the ground. Katia’s brother and his friend were playing soldier in the empty lot late in the afternoon. His friend was hiding somewhere in the ruins and Katia’s brother was climbing the half destroyed walls looking for him. As he scanned the horizon, something caught his attention out of the corner of his eye. There standing in the main window of his family’s apartment he saw his dead sister pressed against the glass and waving her arms frantically. He was startled and for a brief moment he felt it completely natural for his sister often watched the children play in the lot from the window. But then the realization of what he was seeing finally set in and dazed he stepped back from the edge of the ruined wall…just as it collapsed into the sharp metal beneath it. His attention turned from the apparition of his sister to the crumbled wall and pointed metal and when he looked back she had disappeared. His friend came running over after hearing the noise of the tumbling concrete and asked him if he was ok. He just nodded in amazement. For the realization soon overwhelmed him that if he had been standing where he was just a few moments before he could have been grievously hurt, if not killed by a fall into the sharp rusting metal.
His sister had saved his life.
From beyond the grave she had warned him.
Katia’s presence was often sensed by her father as well. Often he would fall asleep on the couch and when she was little she would snuggle up at his side and cover herself with one of his great arms. He would often wake in the middle of the night and find her there cuddled up next to him and he would pick her up and take her to bed. On more than one occasion after her death her father would be woken by the feeling of his arm moving or of a body lying next to him in the middle of the night. On one occasion her presence was so real he could not contain himself and he began to weep uncontrollably at the loss of his dear daughter. And he swears that he felt a little hand upon his cheek wiping away the tears.
It was as if she was telling him that even though she had passed, she was alright. And that she still loved him even into death.
Katia’s ethereal presence soon became a constant and reassuring part of the family life. Every week some odd paranormal experience would only confirm that Katia still resided with the family in their small three bedroom apartment. The events would increase on the holidays that the young girl cherished. On the Christmas following her death the lights on the tree would often turn on by themselves. A little music box that required winding up to play would inexplicably play every night on Christmas week at the time the family would retire to bed.
But the most amazing incident happened almost three years after her death. It was a very cold winter night and many people in the apartments could not afford the normal electric heating. So some improvised. In the small apartments there were fashioned all kinds of heating apparatus. Many had wood burning stoves that were fueled with old rotted pallets and pieces of discarded plywood. Oil burning stoves that were run on less than pure petroleum products.
It was a disaster waiting to happen.
On the second floor, almost directly under Katia’s family one of these makeshift heating appliances was left unattended during the evening and a fire quickly began to ravage the building. Many people lost their lives in the building but Katia’s family all escaped unscathed.
When the fire first started all of the doors in the apartment began to open and close very hard. The family was quickly roused and wondered why there was such a commotion. They of course attributed the phenomena to Katia, but had no idea to the what she was trying to communicate for the smoke had yet to permeate their apartment. But as they all stood in the family room wondering at the phenomena Katia’s father heard a faint but distinct whisper in his ear. “Run Papa!” It was then that they had began to notice the smell of smoke and they quickly ran outside into the hallway to see the smoke beginning to billow up the nearby staircase. They ran to the other side of the building and made their escape in a smoke free stairwell.
Katia had saved her family from certain death. But unfortunately during the confusion in the disaster they left the urn in the blaze.
There was no trace of it in the rubble. And the special phenomena that reassured Katia’s family stopped. Whether or not it was her spirit no longer able to lingering by her earthly remains or the destruction of the apartment that had been her home all her life, the ghost of Katia no longer was a real presence to her family.
They settled into a new apartment and the paranormal experiences did not follow. The family grieved a second time. But they were very grateful. Grateful for their lives, and grateful for a few wonderful moments where they were sure Katia was still with them.
Until Next Time,
Pastor Swope
12 comments:
Pastor Swope,
Good story. I found it especially touching due to the fact that I have a young daughter.
Thanks!
Daniel
What a sad yet beautiful story. I found you blog on Coast to Coast am and I am hooked. I can't wait for your next post.
Great story Pastor Swope.
Just wondering what your favorite Black Sabbath album is, Mine has to be Paranoid. The whole album has a "dark" feel to it. Really, most Ozzy led albums were pretty good in my opinion. Master of Reality and Technical Ecstasy are a couple of underrated gems.
You are 100% correct about some early Sabbath having spiritual lyrics. Read the lyrics to "After Forever" from Master of Reality for proof!
The story behind the name of Black Sabbath is one to remember though. Geezer Butler dabbling in witchcraft and seeing a "dark figure" type demonic spirit which was the dark shape mentioned in the lyrics to the song "Black Sabbath".
Thanks for the Comment Daniel,
And thanks for the compliment. Didn't get a post out due to some family issues, but hopefully getting back into swing!
Thanks for the Comment Louann,
Thank you!
Very touching story, Swope.
Thanks for the Comment Groo,
Master of Reality is my favorite, followed by Sabotage. Most of early Sabbath's lyrics is not an ode to Satan whenever they mention him but a warning against greed, pride and selfishness. Even 'Lord of this World' even though it describes satan as master of the earth it is because of the sinfulness of man and his rejection of God. Both Sabbath and Ozzy never focused on the devil specifically (and as a gimmick)until they split up in '79.
I always thought the band found the name Black Sabbath from the 1960s horror movie. ?
Loved the story about Katia. It was very touching hope all is well in your family. I missed your posts.
Debbie
Very sweet tale, today! We missed you!
You are correct about the actual name.This is how they actually decided to use the name from an interview:
Their namesake song Black Sabbath, in which Ozzy sings of a smiling Satan appearing as a black shape with eyes of fire, was taken from an actual, demonic visitation of Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler.
"Having borrowed a 16th century tome [book] of black magic from [Ozzy] Osbourne one afternoon, Butler awoke that night to find a black shape staring balefully at him from the foot of his bed. After a few frightening moments, the figure slowly vanished into thin air. . . I told Ozzy about it. It stuck in his mind, and when we started playing ‘Black Sabbath,’ he just came out with those lyrics. . . It had to come out, and it eventually did in that song – and then there was only one possible name for the band, really!’"
(Geezer Butler, Guitar World, July 2001, p. 67)
What is this that stands before me?
Figure in black which points at me. . .
Big black shape with eyes of fire. . .
Satan's sitting there, he's smiling
Watches those flames get higher and higher
Oh no, no, please God help me!. . .
Satan's coming 'round the bend
Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath
This story is very touching. For those who seek validation of life after death, this is a perfect example of how our loved ones go on to the next phase of life and are still able to watch over us, protecting us, and bringing comfort when we need it most.
Thank you Pastor Swope
THEY NEVER LEFT HER:
Enjoyed your post so much, now this one is for you, only it is true and not paranormal...that is yet!
Right here in Evanston Illinois, recently, cops found three bodies(two skeletal and one "decomposing")in one little old ladie's house.
Seems the sweet little old lady, who was last seen passing out candy to kids on Halloween had been hiding a terrible secret in her huge victorian house.
Her brother and two sisters had passed away, each about ten years after the other, and all three were found in thier respective rooms, carefully covered with a sheet or blanket. Police said no evidence of foul play. That means, of course, that the entire family concealed the death of the first one, and then each one helped conceal the deaths of one another until there was only her left.
Imagine living on and on with your siblings propped up in a chair rotting away. One wonders how they dealt with the stench of decay?
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Do you have a fireplace that is an outdated eyesore? Here is how we updated ours without removing a single brick.
Before
Before (realtor pic from our initial house walk through)
This post by The Lettered Cottage started the ideas swirling in my head. I drew some pictures and haphazardly :o) covered part of the fireplace with white cardboard so that my husband could kinda see what I wanted it to look like.
We ended up using..about 10 furring strips
6' of Crown molding
6' of 3"x1" mdf
5' of 1"x 4" wood
liquid nails
6 concrete anchors
two 4' x 8' x 1/4 inch plywood luan (luan wood is a mid grade mahogany plywood)
lots of caulk
a bit of wood filler
a jig saw
a few carpenter clamps
primer
paint
and a drill
We began by attaching the furring strips to the brick facade with liquid nails (the painters tape was used to secure them to the brick while the adhesive dried)
Hubby also drilled two concrete anchors (pictured below) into the first and last of the furring strips for extra support.
The original fireplace mantle was made out of three sizes of pink brick that were stacked up on top of each other. It was a pretty horrible sight...
Creating a mantle without chiseling off the protruding brick shelf took lots of effort and I am very proud of hubby for doing such an amazing job. He started by attaching a 1"x 4" piece of wood to the bottom layer of mantel shelf bricks with two concrete anchors. He then attached a piece of crown molding to the second layer of mantle shelf bricks. Lastly he attached a 3"x11" piece of mdf to the crown molding to cover the top layer of mantle shelf bricks. The mantle that hubby ended up creating is very beautiful and was so inexpensive to make. Bingo!
After the mantle was done we attached furring strips to the top half of the fireplace brick just like we had done to the bottom half. We cut the 1/4" inch wood luan and nailed it onto the furring strips.
I then used wood filler on all the nail holes and caulking on all the edges. I coated everything (except the inside of the firebox!) with Olympic's zero voc primer which provided fabulous coverage. I painted the area around the fireplace box with Olympics Flat latex Zero Voc paint in Black Magic and the rest of the fireplace in Cloud White (flat latex) a Benjamin Moore color.
Before (on the day we moved in).
Party Time! Please visit the following blogs for lots of inspiration
atthepicketfence frenchcountrycottage thecharmofhome houseofhepworths acreativeprincess, firefliesandjellybeans, aglimpseinside, fingerprintsonthefridge, chiconashoestringdecorating shabbynest, mysimplehomelife, missmustardseed, addicted2decorating savvysouthernstyle., debbie-debbiedoos, dittledattle,
78 comments:
Absolutely stunning! Kudos to Jedrix! You two make a great team. ;o) One of the most amazing fireplace transformations I 've seen out there in blog world (and, believe me, I've seen many!) What I love most about this room is the way you've combined traditional, cottage, and modern style in a way that flows and works together seamlessly. Even the fireplace has a touch of modern with it's straight lines and smooth surface, but it's softened by the traditional mantel. Great work guys! Love you both and miss you all so much.
Quite a stunning transformation. The whole room is beautiful.
Absolutely beautiful! I would love to have you come do a special guest post on this at Remodelaholic if you are interested. Let me know, I will send you the details! Thanks
Cassity
When you first shared pictures of your mantel makeover some time ago, I was blown away and kind of intimidated at the same time. Just looking at the after picture made me think that project would be way too difficult for me to ever think of attempting something like that. You did a great job of breaking it down into simple, easy to understand steps and you gave an ordinary diy-attempter (I know that's not a word :) girl like me hope that I could actually do something like this one day.
I am truly amazed by this project you and your hubby did. Way to go guys! Keep the before & after and how-to posts coming. :)
OUTSTANDING! Been wanting to do something with our fireplace...this may be the inspiration I needed to commit to! Thanks for ths wonderful photo tutorials! Wishing you much enjoyment!
This is awesome! We have a brick fireplace that we're going to redo in a similar way. I've been thinking about it but haven't drown anything up so it's really good to see how someone else has done it! Thanks so much for sharing! =D
-Andrea
bluelacehouse.blogspot.com
Simply amazing job..!! I saw the LC's fireplace makeover yesterday and it is so inspiring. I love your simplicity, this might work better for our own brick fireplace in a smaller room than the LC. I need multiple fireplaces to try all these great ideas. BTW I also love your bookcase on the right of the room, just beautiful!!
What a beautiful makeover. The fact that you and hubby did it yourself must be so satisfying. That's how I always feel. Thanks so much for sharing this DIY project!!
OH MY GOODNESS! This is absolutely incredible...gorgeous! You guys should be so proud of yourselves and truly the entire room and decor are just stunning. Thank you so much for sharing this with us at Inspiration Friday this week!
Vanessa
What a fabulous job you have done. This looks gorgeous xx Ava from Australia ( You have a new follower )
Love this makeover!!! I will have to try it myself...can I borrow your husband!
Wow ~ what a fantastic makeover! Your fireplace looks gorgeous! Thanks for the tutorial and for sharing this at FNF :)
That is Amazing! I kept going to the before and after pics. I think you did an incredible job at that! Your new fireplace and room makeover is gorgeous! Thanks for linking it up at Home Sweet Home!
Sherry
Wow, it sure looks like he has carpentry skills. That looks fantastic. Would love for you to join my weekly party sometime. It is on Wednesdays, but goes up on Tuesday evening.
Following you from the Terrific Thursday Blog Hop. I'd love it if you'd follow back!
~Nikki
So beautiful! Looks like out of a magazine!
I love what you did... thank you for visiting my link party. Love having you there!
That was worth all the hard work. It totally changes the whole room, so elegant and calming. I could chill there!
That's beautiful!
Kristy @ 4 the love of WOOD
it's gorgeous, but so is your whole living room and your professional looking photos. yowza!
An absolutely beautiful transformation. Just lovely.
~Pam
pamspaintparlor.typepad.com
Y'all did a fantastic job on this! It looks really beautiful.
Wow, this is amazing. Really nice work.
Simply beautiful.
I am back to let you know that I am featuring your amazing room tomorrow at my blog.
Thank you so much for sharing it at my party.
Fantastic transformation! I always love this type of project for brick fireplaces. Great job!
Visiting from WUW! : )
Your fireplace looks amazing! We have a similar brick fireplace that I would love to makeover, and this is such a great tutorial. I was looking at your home tour and I would love to add a couple of your room images to the inspiration galleries on my site and include you in a feature post. What are the paint colors in your dining room and playroom? Let me know if you're interested!
LOVE IT! Did you make those wreaths in the windows?!
wow! That is a great remodel!!!! Truly beautiful!!!
Wow, so beautiful!! You did an excellent job. Looks like it's from a magazine!
simply gorgeous...saw you featured at the 'fence' and had to come say hello...nice to 'meet' a fellow home school mum.
blessings,
alison
stuff and nonsense
Your fireplace redo is amazing. Great job and i love how you've furnished the room too.
xo Jana
WOW, you guys rock! that fireplace transformation is fabulous. Your hubby was very clever with the mantle.
The after results are just beautiful!
Hellooooo....so pretty! Love the lamp on the books...clever! The photo is quite beautiful also!
I am so impressed! Actually floored might be a better description. This transformation is stunning! You did an amazing job. The whole room looks like it could have been torn out of a glossy. The style of your room exactly defines my style! I would feel so at home in that room. Great job and enjoy your beautiful new space!
Both your new fireplace surround and your decor is lovely! Easily looks like a magazine shot.
Wonderful job! A job that would scare the heck out of me and you've done it so well.
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gertie
LOVE LOVE LOVE!!! Oh my! I am SO INSPIRED!!!!! THANK YOU FOR THIS!!!!!
What a beautiful job! Love not only the fireplace but the rest of the room as well.
That is simply UNBELIEVABLE! I have to book mark this for my Mom, as she is not happy with her brick fireplace at all. Thanks for sharing with my newbie party. Have fun. Please link back to me as well.
Boy, that looked like a lot of work, but well worth it. Absolutely stunning! Changes the whole room. I love it.
Great job! It looks so much better!
I'm visiting from Debbie's party and am looking forward to following you.
Have a Great 4th!
Pam
That is an amazing redo. It looks amazing and your room is stunning! Great job all around. I'm visiting from the newbie party and am a new follower.
The makeover is stunning. I love it. You did such a fabulous job and it now looks so classic. I am a new follower. Hugs, Marty
Wow.....what a good job! It is so different from the before. I love it! I'm a new follower.
Excellent job - what a great room! I featured you today - grab a featured button if you like!
Stacey of Embracing Change
p.s. - I am also a new follower!
The makeover is amazing! Your fireplace is now a beautiful focal point.
Dee
Amazing! that looks like a ton of work! But, if you really want something it is so worth it! Visiting from Debbie Doos, I'm your newest follower!
Carol
Wow!! That is absolutely stunning!! You all did an amazing job. Love it! :)
That looks really great! Excellent job!
You are a GENIUS! I couldn't believe my eyes! Thanks for showing us the play by play.
I'm your newest follower. Can't wait to see what else you do!
What a fabulous makeover! You guys deserved to be congratulated for this.
Your living room now looks like something from a magazine, it is so gorgeous.
Hugs, Cindy
Stunning transformation! You two did an incredible job on this ~ very professional.
Pat
WOW! This is beautiful! What a transformation! Thanks for sharing. I wish I had a fireplace:( I am your newest follower. I hope you can visit me sometime soon.
Wow, that is an amazing transformation! The entire room is stunning! Fabulous work!
Oh my goodness, what a gorgeous makeover! You have such a lovely style--the whole room is just beautiful, and I absolutely love the fireplace! Great job!
Wow, amazing. Hubbs and I have talked about doing a little fix up on our fireplace, this just might be the inspiration we need...thanks
Oh my gosh! FABULOUS! I am forwarding this to my hubby so we can do this in our home. I was just talking to him about doing something to re-vamp the fireplace.
AWESOME!
Found you via Finding Fabulous Linky Party :)
Wow just wow! I cannot imagine undertaking this kind of a project and it's just stunning! Well done! Thanks so much for linking up to this week's BFF Open House!
Just wanted to let you know I featured this as part of my BFF Open House Wrap Up! Feel free to grab a featured button from my sidebar if you like!
you have the whole "layered neutrals" thing down pat! I LOVE your decorating style! I'm trying to do the same in my living room and dining room! New follower!
What a transformation! White is just so clean and pure - I love it!
I'm so grateful that you linked up in this week's Creative Bloggers' Party & Hop :) This awesome post totally rocked the party!
Thank you for linking up to Creative Bloggers' Party & Hop. This is incredible. Definitely worth all the effort. I'm a new follower. By the way, have you posted about the piece your TV sits on? I love it and would like to know where you got it?
what an AMAZING transformation. thumbs up to your husband
amazing change!! pics look straight out of a magazine. thanks for linking up. we featured you today.
I am SO impressed! Your 'new' fireplace is stunning. You and your husband are brilliant!
I wanted to thank you for this great read!! I definitely enjoying every little bit of it I have you bookmarked to check out new stuff you post
You have done such a lovely job with your fireplace - it's gorgeous! I've got this linked to my fireplaces project post too today, for inspiration!
I love this - it is a good idea for our red brick fireplace, which I loathe!
By looking at these photos, the transformation of your fireplace turned out wonderfully. Adding a white layout for your room definitely suits the place. It is very impressive to do the remodeling project by yourselves.
Absolutely AWESOME! (And thanks for the shout out, too!) :-D
I am so impressed with your fireplace remodel..what a fantastic change. Great job!
I am really wanting to know--have you used your fireplace since the remodel? We are in the process of redoing our old brick fireplace and, like you, have sort of framed our existing brick with wood to create a flush surface for the stone veneer. Someone posed the question of whether or not it was a fire hazard to have the wood against the brick... and now it has made me a little nervous. Just wanted to know if you have used your fireplace.
You're so lucky to have a beautiful mind, not all of us can visualize things the way you do. The before and after images really leaves a great margin to it.
We def plan to update our ugly fireplace following your directions. I do have one question before we begin. The luan frame around the firebox...does the luan stand away from the brick due to the furring strips? What do/did you do about that? I actually can't see any space in your pics but my husband asked:)
Thanks so much for going before!
I always like to read a quality content having accurate information regarding the subject and the same thing I found in this post. Nice work.
indbygningspejs
The fireplace looks AWESOME! About how long did this project take? I would like to do this before my house warming party. Also, how how much did the entire costs? Thanks for sharing your project. Your "hubby" did an awesome job! My name is LaShunda. My email is Mzladybug78@yahoo.com | http://thepeartreecottage.blogspot.com/2011/04/fireplace-remodel-before-and-after-with.html?showComment=1309470251553 | 2013-05-18T10:31:24 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [
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As far as genres go, the '80s-influenced synth-pop revival is a modestly populated one. The Scissor Sisters' Night Work set the bar pretty high in this musical niche, both in their songcraft and in their combination of tribute and ownership. In the early 2000s, the Faint were fellow travelers, but their version, though initially thrilling, was too stiff and humorless to survive without diversifying. Chromeo, on the other hand, have more to offer than a derivative musical ethos. Some bands experiment and evolve from album to album. Chromeo are not that kind of band. They have a concept, a style, and a sound that they refine with each new release.. Far from being a departure or a new twist, "Night by Night" and "I'm Not Contagious" are exactly what we want and expect from Chromeo: more of the same — and maybe even a little better.
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The jobs facing Governor Deval Patrick and Boston Mayor Thomas Menino — in relative terms — are equally daunting; maybe more so, in strictly financial terms, when you consider that states and cities have less room to maneuver than does the national government. In the end, finding our way out of the recession on a local level is a matter of cutting programs and raising taxes while trying to find efficiencies.
Distress levels, statewide, are going to increase. With $1.4 billion in state cuts already in play, Patrick is expected to ask for, and receive, the authority to slash another $1.1 billion. He is facing reality by seeking an increase in the gasoline tax rather than a boost in turnpike tolls to address the transportation crunch. But that tactical shift, while welcome, is a means, not an end. In the months to come, Patrick — like governors throughout the nation — will be operating within a sphere of diminishing options.
Obama, meanwhile, will be measuring his challenges in trillions of dollars, Patrick in billions. The fact that the Hub's problems register in the mere millions is little solace to Menino.
The city is facing an operating shortfall of $140 million. Menino has shrewdly proposed a one-year wage freeze that could save as much as $60 million. This is more than a good idea, it is a necessary action. Whether the city's too-often-unreasonable municipal unions view it that way remains to be seen. But if there ever was a time for them to step up to the plate and put their skin in the pain game, this is it.
Even if the wage freeze is adopted, the $80 million problem that remains will be a challenging nut to crack. Further sacrifices will be unavoidable. The police, fire, and park departments will all be negatively effected. More daunting will be the damage inflicted on Boston's public schools. (School superintendent Carol Johnson has ordered principals to prepare plans for 15 percent cuts.)
If restoring a sense of racial civility to a city rent by the shocks of forced school busing was former mayor Raymond Flynn's lasting legacy, instilling the hope that Boston's troubled public schools can improve is a hook upon which Menino can proudly hang his reputation. That progress — the real and the psychological — is on the line. Among the city's many important competing needs, schools must take precedence.
There are hints coming from both the governor's office and the staff of Senator Edward Kennedy that Obama may see fit to treat education as an infrastructure issue and include funds for it in his planned economic-stimulus package. Writing, e-mailing, or telephoning Kennedy's office could help make this happen. Menino this year is expected to seek an unprecedented fifth term as mayor. It may also be the first time since his initial run that he will face serious challenges. His recent State of the City speech should be judged as the unofficial kickoff for his campaign. As such, it was one of the best of his career. Still, what Menino did not say was just as important as what he did, and maybe more so.
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Dec 10 2012
Black Mascara Tears, or Why I Love Nashville.?
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Susan On Monday, December 10 at 5:49 am
I am so, so glad there is another Nasheville fan out there! Each week I wait to watch it, afraid that is will not be picked up when this season ends! I loved Connie B. in Friday Night Lights and she is great in this role! Of course it does not hurt the eyes to watch all those gorgeous guys!!!!
I think Scarlett just needs to get over herself….and yes, I am so jealous of Rayna’s hair!!!
holdshipgirl On Monday, December 10 at 3:22 pm
I couldn’t agree more!
Jackie P On Monday, December 10 at 7:42 pm
Couldn’t agree more — all of the music is wonderful, the actors are great, the story line is fun…my favorite show this season!
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Kelly O On Monday, December 10 at 6:04 am
Of course I want Tami Taylor, erm… I mean Rayna’s hair.
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Amanda On Monday, December 10 at 6:13 am
I LOVE this show, too!!! So glad there are other “Nashville” fans out there with me! I’ve downloaded all of the music on my I Pod. And, Connie Britton–she’s perfection!
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Lynne Baker On Monday, December 10 at 6:23 am
I love this show as well!! I am so into Scarlett’s voice, what a sweet thing. Makes me think of Allison Kraus, who I adore. Connie Britten is a powerhouse and I am hoping she earns an Emmy nom for this show.
Oh and Kimberly Williams-Paisley, can’t forget her. I hope the writers don’t kill her off, she could really throw a monkey wrench into Rhayna’s life!!
Kellie t On Monday, December 10 at 2:15 pm
Did you know in real life she is Australian? Her “southern accent” reminds me of Loretta Lynn.
Lynn On Tuesday, December 11 at 2:05 am
Kellie, her accent makes me think of Dolly!
Patti Rabbit On Tuesday, December 11 at 11:25 am
I love to hear Scarlett sing, though.
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Betsy in Texas On Monday, December 10 at 6:24 am
I love this show so much! And I completely agree about Avery…his plotline was pretty predictable. The music is incredible and I really hope this show doesn’t go the way of every other show I profess my love for and get cancelled. I’ve been getting my double dose of Connie Britton lately by watching reruns of Friday Night Lights on ESPN Classic.
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mesokla On Monday, December 10 at 6:28 am
Love Love this show, and the music is great, and for scarlett, she drives me nuts too. its her voice, can’t waite til it comes back on Janunary the 9th, same time, can’t waite.
Cici On Monday, December 10 at 3:03 pm
I cringe every time Scarlett comes on the screen. She’s dopey.
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Judy S On Monday, December 10 at 7:09 am
I love this show too. Scarlett does drive me nuts have Avery. Love, love love Deacon
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lisa in ontario On Monday, December 10 at 7:20 am
Love it! Best new show on this season…
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carolyn milani On Monday, December 10 at 7:39 am
This is by FAR my new favorite show!!!! Like you said, the characters are so complex, I just love it!!!
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Kathy On Monday, December 10 at 7:40 am
You voiced a lot of my thoughts about this show. My husband and I usually watch the shows we like off DVR. I love this show, and my husband surprised me the other day when he wanted to watch a second episode to see what happened! I really like that it’s the actors (or most of them) that are singing the songs!
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KT On Monday, December 10 at 7:43 am
Love Nashville!!!!
The storyline with Scarlett & Gunnar is my favorite! I could do with a little less drama with Rayna & her family…seems a bit unrealistic the way she comes off as so selfish. ut looking forward to January!
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Katie E On Monday, December 10 at 7:48 am
Oh, I agree! I was most excited about this show going into the fall TV season, and I love it so much. I’m not a country music fan, so it surprises me how much I enjoy the music. I do find Scarlett a bit whiny, but I like her and Gunner – especially their music. Avery could just go away and I wouldn’t miss him at all. I don’t think we need his story now really. (He just makes me think of when he was Lucky on General Hospital anyway.) I love Deacon.
Liz On Thursday, December 13 at 12:44 pm
I love that someone else called out that all they could think of was Lucky when they see Avery. I was hoping to like his character because I loved him as Lucky but blah, his story line stinks.
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KristiP On Monday, December 10 at 7:54 am
This show is my guilty pleasure! And I love calling one of my best friends who lives in another state so we can chat about whose hair was best, when Avery’s going to disappear already, etc. I’m interested to see how Deacon going on tour develops — hoping he won’t be an infrequent story line!
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WebSavvyMom On Monday, December 10 at 7:58 am
–>I really enjoy the show too. It’s like the 2012 version of Dallas but in Nashville. I like how the songs fit into the show like members of the supporting cast.
Scarlett needs to find her backbone. Her deer in the headlights, I’m so sweet and I don’t know what’s going on needs to end soon.
Love Deacon, Rayna and Juliette…. although the whole shoplifting thing seemed a little random as well as her mother staying with her before going to rehab.
Kimberly/OKC On Wednesday, December 12 at 10:43 am
But if her mother hadn’t stayed with her and subsequently made that awful pasta casserole that Juliette said she’d never eat then that scene where she is eating it with a fork right out of the serving dish wouldn’t have happened and that scene is where I really fell for Juliette. It made her into such a complicated character and one you also felt sorry for along with hating her at times and loving her at times. No matter who our mothers are…or what they have ever done to us or not done for us, we love our mothers and are desperate for them to love us. I also loved her when she and Deacon wrote that song together which showed how deeply she actually loves country music tho the songs she has recorded hasn’t always shown much but a surface love for singing and making money.
Sheesh, I might be too into this show…
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Sheri On Monday, December 10 at 8:01 am
I love, love, LOVE this show. I’m waiting for Scarlett to come into her own. I’ve also downloaded a ton of the songs, but where or where is the duet, “Wrong Song”? I can’t wait to listen to that one over and over and over!
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Carol SD On Monday, December 10 at 8:07 am
Love this show too! The music is the best part. Scarlett is absolutely my favorite vocalist and a very pretty girl. Her boyfriend, …just icky and wimpy. So very lame. Dump him from the show, please. Deacon is believable and the whole show is entertaining. I was set to be disappointed, but found myself looking forward to it week after week. Can’t wait for its return in January.
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Lake Girl On Monday, December 10 at 8:08 am
Every time I watch it I think, “I wonder what their hair extension budget is?” I am mesmerized by Rayna’s , Juliet’s, and Scarlett’s hair.
MaryB On Monday, December 31 at 6:53 pm
Ok, now that was funny!
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Kristen Norby On Monday, December 10 at 8:18 am
I feel the same way about Connie! I felt that our friendship started with Friday Night Lights and has gotten stronger with Nashville. I adore this show and hope it lasts for a long time!
Donna H. On Thursday, December 13 at 11:57 pm
Amen, sister! I loved FNL and never missed an episode! I thought I was going to “check myself in” after the show ended, but somehow I survived
Love Connie in this show and can’t wait until January to see what happens. Let’s all say a little prayer that they don’t cancel it!
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Sherry On Monday, December 10 at 8:28 am
Are you in my head? I agree on all points, especially Scarlet – get it together girl, you can sing because you want to not just because someone is begging you to do it.
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Nareht On Monday, December 10 at 8:32 am
I too love this show!. I have loved Connie Britton since Friday Night Lights. The whole cast is excellent.
Have a good one!
Nareht
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L Haines On Monday, December 10 at 8:35 am
I LOVE THIS SHOW! Have not missed a show yet!!!
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Melissa On Monday, December 10 at 8:38 am
I’m a huge fan too, although I came across Connie Britton in American Horror Story last season. Good to know that there are other tv addicts such as myself. Keep up the reviews!
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Amy On Monday, December 10 at 8:39 am
I’m glad I’m not alone in my new guilty pleasure. The only reason I say “guilty” is because it slightly reminds me of “Dallas” and it always made me feel like I was kinda being bad watching “Dallas” as a young thang. But I am smitten with “Nashville.”
I have to agree with Scarlett being wimpy. Although she and her co-songwriter fella (and fellow Aussie) do steal the show in the tunes department in my book. Hopefully she’ll grow up soon to match the strength of her voice.
Amy On Tuesday, December 11 at 6:16 am
Whoops! Scarlett and her co-writer are not both from Australia. Gunnar is Bristish. Should’ve done my homework before assuming I caught the correct accent. Anyway, they’re both NOT from the south.
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Lori On Monday, December 10 at 8:40 am
I love this show! Can’t wait for it and Scandal to come on every week. I feel the same way about Scarlet, but I would rather have Rayna’s legs than her hair!
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ElizabethB On Monday, December 10 at 8:41 am
I love this show! They finally put a CD together which is available on Amazon.
Lisa On Tuesday, December 11 at 12:25 pm
I read that if you get the CD from Target, it has bonus tracks.
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JSmithRanch On Monday, December 10 at 8:46 am
I love this show……..no wait I AM OBSSESSED with this show……….if they don’t keep going with this show i am going to be so mad……i loved Friday Night Lights then they took it off and now i can’t wait for Weds..nights i have it set to record just in case something MAJOR is happening and i cant watch but it has to be a life or death sistuation other wise i am in front of the t.v. for hours….waiting till it comes on.
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AZAnnette On Monday, December 10 at 8:49 am
Love, love, love this show! I agree with your thoughts on the characters totally. I am also glad I have an ally in Scarlett not being my favorite character. I like strong female roles and she is so meek and mild, it drives me crazy. I really try to be forgiving, but come on “grow some balls” (even though, that’s impossible0!!! I thought I would dislike Juliet Barnes, but also find myself rooting for her, it is a love/hate kind of thing. Connie Britton is my absolute favorite, I fell in love with her on American Horror Story last year. I miss her on this season of the show, but she makes Nashville! Look so forward to Wednesday nights now:)
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Whitney On Monday, December 10 at 9:06 am
I too, adore this show!
1. Lamar Wyatt reminds me of Roger Penske. I don’t know…..weird, right? I don’t KNOW Mr. Penske, but I feel like the sleazy ways of Lamar Wyatt could influence my feelings about Mr. Penske. I must resist.
2. Scarlett’s voice reminds me of a famous singer, and I can’t put my finger on who! I don’t think she drives me nuts……but she’s a little too passive for my liking.
3. I’m THRILLED that it’s coming back for a second season. I usually watch the episodes on a weekend day ‘on demand’…..as I started working my way through the season (read-addicted), I was worried it wouldn’t get picked up for a second season.
4. Not only does Rayna have fabulous hair…her clothes? I. Die.
Lynn On Tuesday, December 11 at 2:08 am
Dolly Parton? A little?
Agnes On Thursday, December 13 at 8:33 am
Allison Kraus
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Cheryl On Monday, December 10 at 9:16 am
All the above, lol.
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Sonya On Monday, December 10 at 9:17 am
Love this show. Love Connie Britton. LOVE her hair. I actually like Scarlett (who also happens to have amazing hair). I agree that she’s a bit wimpy. I’m hoping they will develop her character more. And hopefully we’ll see less and less Avery. My favorite part of the show is when Scarlett and Gunnar perform together. Beautiful music. I never figured I’d be a fan of this show because I’ve never been a country music fan, but I never miss an episode. Even my husband is hooked (I also think this is related to Connie Britton).
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Donna Tomasello On Monday, December 10 at 9:17 am
It’s one of my favorites. I have been surprised at how good both Connie and Hayden sing, Thought they may just lipsync to tunes, but believe that is their real voices – very impressive. Love the cast, the story line, the actors, and the city of Nashville! Am always looking forward to Wednesday nights.
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Laurie in WV On Monday, December 10 at 9:18 am
LOVE this show!!
I love how the music is such a part of the show that it’s not sappy. I was worried it would be a little to “musical” for me. Don’t get me wrong, I love Broadway, but didn’t want a sappy country musical. I love how the songs fit into the story and actually become the story.
I really want to root for Rayna and her husband to work things out and I really want for them to stay married. BUT, the chemistry between Deacon and Rayna is insane! How can they stand it!!??!!
I find myself rooting for Juliet, even though she gets on my nerves…grow up already.
I wonder if Scarlett is as innocent as she appears or if it’s an act? I go between loving her and wanting to smack her all in the same scene. Although, her voice is amazing, especially blended with Gunner’s!
Don’t like Avery…even though I’ve been a fan of Jonathan Jackson since way back when on General Hospital.
sandy On Thursday, December 27 at 5:44 pm
I seriously think Scarlett is holding back and is going to surprise us all later on…..Uncle Deacon is trying to help her get a backbone, remember…..I do find it comical that Rayna was all over her hubby when she thought he had an affair during the political race with Kimberly Paisley but it was ok for her to have had an affair with Deacon…..loving this show…..it’s the music, it’s so new and fun to watch…..way better than Dallas ever was….has so many levels…..
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Megan On Monday, December 10 at 9:19 am
I absolutely love this show. In my house its second only to Once Upon A Time!
Lynne Baker On Monday, December 10 at 1:16 pm
Ditto!!
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Stephanie F. On Monday, December 10 at 9:22 am
I agree that so far Scarlett has been annoying in a needy, whiney way, but I think she is starting to come into her own (or so i hope). I love her and Gunner’s version of “If I Didn’t Know Better” better than the original version sang by The Civil Wars.
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Tina D. On Monday, December 10 at 9:24 am
I also love this show! I wasn’t sure the first few episodes but, it has grown on me.
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traci On Monday, December 10 at 9:25 am
I love this show. I loved Connie on friday night lights and I love her in this show too!
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Sherry C. On Monday, December 10 at 9:28 am
Ahhhh, I’m so glad you wrote about Nashville! I whole-heartedly agree with everything you said but I must say…..my stomach turns a bit knowing that Juliette is asking her new beau to marry her clearly to prove to his mother that she’s going to win. But I’m with you – love the show yet some things drive me batty but I love that there’s so many stories going on in just one show. This one ranks right up there with Person of Interest for me! : )
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ileen in houston On Monday, December 10 at 9:28 am
Really enjoy the show, love Connie and the music is really good. Hope they don’t get too smaltzy!
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Ann in Nashville On Monday, December 10 at 9:29 am
So glad to hear so many love this show! It is such fun to live here and run into them filming all over town. Keep watching it! I agree Scarlett needs to get a backbone. Rayna is my favorite. And Deacon is gorgeous.
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Nancy Beckham On Monday, December 10 at 9:30 am
Love this show. Deacon is the perfect example of why women lose their minds over musicians, just by watching them play. i loved Jonathan Jackson as Lucky on General Hospital and I think he has the talent to let the writers develop Avery in either direction: a blazing crash or increasing maturity. I hope he won’t be a throw away character. The music is such a pleasant surprise–way better than I would have guessed, especially Gunnar and Scarlett. How will be wait until the next season?
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Diane Whelan On Monday, December 10 at 9:31 am
I LOVE the show too!! Loved Connie Britton in Friday Night Lights and was so sad when they cancelled it. And I agree, can’t stand Scarlett either. Way too whiny.
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Linea On Monday, December 10 at 9:32 am
Nashville is my hometown! Scarlett’s accent is a disgrace to the south, I can’t watch.
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Erin Seaman On Monday, December 10 at 9:32 am
Yes, another fan! Love the music, although, really don’t think Rayna’s voice is all that. One of the things they’ve done best, I think, is to not make the characters cookie-cutter, one dimensional, easy to read. I love Reyna’s husband for example. You kinda don’t want to like him, but end up rooting for them to work it out. Crazy. And Juliet, too, you end up feeling sorry for her while wanting to shake her for stupid life choices. One of my favorites for sure!
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Mimi and Butterbean On Monday, December 10 at 9:34 am
Charles Esten (Deacon) was formerly on Whose Line Is It Anyway? He went by “Chip” back then.
elizabeth s. On Monday, December 10 at 10:52 am
Yes! We loved him on Whose Line is it Anyway! And, it took me a few episodes of Nashville to figure out where I had seen him. (My son thought he was Jim Carey!)
He’s done a great job on the show–perfect casting!
Adore Connie Britton!! Always have.
Very much a fan of the show,
E.
KieRae On Tuesday, December 11 at 1:21 pm
Depending on if he’s doing stand up or acting, he changes his first name.
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Kristy Newman On Monday, December 10 at 9:39 am
I would love to have Rayna’s hair and also the rest of her body too!
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Vanessa On Monday, December 10 at 9:42 am
I’m totally completely hooked. I don’t mind Scarlett so much now because I feel she is coming around and learning how to live life on her own. But early on she was pretty sad. I suppose that is what is so great about her character though, she has a LOT of room to grow and develop.
Rayna’s hair = 2 thumbs up. She is beautiful.
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Violet On Monday, December 10 at 9:42 am
Love it!!
I agree with every single thing you said, Big Mama. Aside from Scarlett and Avery, my only criticism is that Hayden doesn’t open her mouth when she sings. It drives me CRAZY!
You are spot on about Deacon. He is completely male without being a boor and incredibly good-looking without being pretty.
Nashville and Parenthood are the only shows I watch without fail.
Donna H On Friday, December 14 at 12:06 am
I am sooo with you on these two shows! I am also kinda into “Scandal” … is anyone else watching that??
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cooperb3 On Monday, December 10 at 9:47 am
Connie Britton can do no wrong. She is sassy and feisty and I want to be just like her.
As far as Scarlett goes, I would absolutely miss her if she was gone from the show because I adore her voice…but seriously? I NEED her to quit walking around on the verge of tears all the time. Put on your big girl boots and quit crying. Oh, and give Gunnar a chance. He loves you.
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Lynn J On Monday, December 10 at 9:55 am
I love this show! i was not sure at first but I kept watching and now I am hooked. I love the music and characters.
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angie r On Monday, December 10 at 9:56 am
I love, love Nashville!! I love a tv show with music and it’s so fun to see the Nashville culture!
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Mel On Monday, December 10 at 9:56 am
I love it too and living and working in Nashville I thought I wouldn’t. I had the opportunity to interview most of the cast and they are class acts, everyone of them. Plus Deacon, I mean, Charles, made me blush a dozen times. I could not maintain focus. Scarlett is one of my favorites( I didn’t get to interview her though…her voice is amazing as is Sam’s especially on “If I Didn’t Know Better.” I also love Undermine, my friend Natalie Hemby co-wrote. I am so proud of this town and this production so far. All class acts from cast to crew! They are the real deal. I am so glad to see other people like it too! YAY!
Linea On Monday, December 10 at 4:26 pm
Natalie Hemby is amazing! Saw her at a songwriters showcase at the Ryman last winter:)
Mel On Tuesday, December 11 at 11:21 am
Yes, Linea. She is something special and that is the best way to see her.
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Christina F On Monday, December 10 at 10:01 am
I agree with you about Scarlet but I’m not sure Avery isn’t going to turn around in this.
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jen On Monday, December 10 at 10:09 am
I couldnt agree with this post more! I am loving the show! And if you and Connie trade hair tips could you please please share them with us? I am obsessed with her hair, I have red, wavy, long hair, and it never looks as good as hers (or yours)!!
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danice On Monday, December 10 at 10:10 am
I LOVE LOVE LOVE this show!!!!! For all the reasons you mentioned…I do think Scarlett is a bit whiny but I think her story line adds to the dimension and I can’t wait to see how they all intersect as it continues.
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Michaela On Monday, December 10 at 10:13 am
Scarlett is a little wimpy, but the chemistry between her and Gunnar practically pours out of the TV. The screen was practically steaming up when they sang “If I didn’t know better”.
helen On Monday, December 10 at 10:51 am
Amen and amen. I downloaded that song right away… and I’m not a country fan! And I agree, Scarlett does need to put on her big-girl panties and quit being such a victim to life.
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Poohla On Monday, December 10 at 10:14 am
I do live this show, and have to agree about Scarlett. Her “doe in the headlights” look is rather annoying. She sings well enough, but her pouty look and emotionless face sets my jaw…
Hayden Panettierre can do that “lock lip grimace” really great. After looking her up on Google, I realized she was in Clash of the Titans and loved her in that show.
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Kerry On Monday, December 10 at 10:17 am
Big Mama, I have to admit that while I had made a mental note that the commercials for Nashville sounded like a show I would like to watch (not that living two hours south of Nashville had ANYthing to do with it), it was a blog on your page that actually had me tuning in in time for Episode 2. And I concur with everything you said above! I have now DVR’d and watched every show and LOVE it! Scarlet can sing really well, but I can’t figure out how she actually talks. Does she even say complete words? And they just shoot out of her mouth like bullets or something. Maybe it’s just because I’m 46 and old, but I seem to have a delayed understanding whenever she talks. On another note, all my friends in Nashville thought it was hilarious when Juliette Barnes made her video climbing around on the naked people sculpture. Evidently the locals are embarrassed by it and don’t understand who decided placing a group of naked people running around in the middle of downtown was a good idea. Or why. Anyway – looking forward to the new season with you!
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Gena On Monday, December 10 at 10:25 am
I’m with you Ree about Deacon. Manly man…oh my!! I LOVE this show and I watch very little TV, except for The Cooking Channel and Food Network. The music is great and so are the story lines. I have the last 2 episodes taped and can’t wait to sit down this week and get my Nashville on!
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jmk On Monday, December 10 at 10:26 am
I like Scarlett a lot – I am waiting for her character to be filled in a little more. But I think she’s pretty solid now.
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April On Monday, December 10 at 10:30 am
I too have been hooked since the first episode. I live an hour from Nashville so it’s fun to see the city glamourized that I love/hate so much. I love Connie Britton as Reyna but I have to say that her just showing up at various people’s homes and events and walking up like she is not even famous does not seem realistic. I don’t think she would be just waltzing around the city without a posse. I think her sister is awful to her and I wish they would show more of their past relationship. I love Hayden as the bad girl/villain that really does have feelings. She can give an angry stare like no one else. I agree that Juliet sometimes gets on my nerves and her clothes are atrocious. I wish they would show more scenes of Reyna being a Mom and tell us more about her past with her father.
April On Monday, December 10 at 10:34 am
I meant to say Scarlett’s clothes are atrocious
Whitney On Monday, December 10 at 11:21 am
Re-Scarlett’s clothes
I know, right?! Seriously, WHO cooks dinner in a get up like that? Let alone, walk out of the house?!?!?!
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Sarah B On Monday, December 10 at 10:31 am
I love this show so much that I’m caught between wanting to “save” up episodes on my DVR so I can have a marathon and watching it immediately each week. HUGE fan here.
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Sherri Len On Monday, December 10 at 10:34 am
I, too, really enjoy Nashville. I must say, I wanted to watch it because you had recommended Friday Night Lights, which both my husband and I then watched and liked. Then I was hooked on Connie Britton! Rayna hair – you’d be crazy not to want it. But I’m guessing that it comes with a boatload of professional hairstylists and hair products! Just sayin’. Scarlett…hmmmm…I just wonder if maybe there is a tragic storyline in her past. I’ve heard no mention of her parents or siblings, yet she’s close enough to Uncle Deacon to ask him if she can move in after Avery jerks her around one too many times. It will be interesting to see if the writers expose why her character is so wimpy and whiny, and if they will give her a thicker skin in the future. She reminds me of me when I was younger, just innocent and naive – no so any more after some “life” hit me. We don’t want her to be a “tough broad” though, do we? Unlike so many others, I would love to see Avery come back….but only as a humble and repentent, “I’ve learned my lessons well” kind of nice guy. That would be kinda cool, huh?
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Laura in OKC On Monday, December 10 at 10:38 am
Love, love, love Deacon. Manly men get me every time. Favorite songs, so far? “If I Didn’t Know Better.” Scarlett may be a wimp, but she and Gunner can sure do a love song justice. Of course Deacon and Rayna’s duet, “No One Will Ever Love You” was heart wrenching. I’m a sucker for a love song.
Karen On Monday, December 10 at 11:37 am
That song–No One Will Ever Love You–was TV magic. The way it was filmed was magical, too, with the camera in close and revolving around them. I watched that clip over and over when it was on YouTube.
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JennyD On Monday, December 10 at 10:39 am
LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE this show!! LOVE it! its my new guilty pleasure! =)
the music … melts my heart… takes me into my (i wish i was a country girl daydreams) makes me want to move to Nashville… and work at the Bluebird! =) have you watched the clips on how they find the songs??! if you haven’t … you MUST…. you won’t regret it!! ABC baby!! dot com that is! under watch episodes… they have full episodes and clips!
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Veronica On Monday, December 10 at 10:42 am
I sooo am glad I gave Nashville a try, I love the show. Especially the music!
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Melanie On Monday, December 10 at 10:45 am
Ditto, everything you said. Scarlett drives me CRAZY!! But it wouldn’t be much fun if she didn’t right? Image our bordeom if all of our fav characters had it all together?
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Mary Beth S On Monday, December 10 at 10:55 am
I am loving Nashville, too. Though, I think Teddy is a weak character. Yeah, Scarlett is weak too–why was she living with Avery to begin with? The music is sooo good!
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Suzanne On Monday, December 10 at 10:57 am
Can’t wait for the CD to be available tomorrow…a certain store with a bullseye has bonus tracks!
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k8e On Monday, December 10 at 11:00 am
ditto … my opinion exactly
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Sarah C. On Monday, December 10 at 11:05 am
I LOVE THIS SHOW. Thank you for posting about it! I lived in Nashville for 8 years and now live far away for my husband’s grad school, and it is so bittersweet to watch and see some of my favorite places. I also want Connie Britton’s hair, oh my goodness. And I agree with everything you said about the characters except for Avery- I knew a lot of guys like that, unfortunately, especially when I was in college there and knew more “aspiring artists”!
My favorite songs so far were “I Will Fall” and the one on last week’s episode, “When the Right One Comes Along”, both by Scarlett and Gunnar!
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Christine On Monday, December 10 at 11:12 am
I love this show and watch it every week. Also love Scandal and Vegas with Scandal my No. 1, Nashville my No. 2 and Vegas my No. 3 among new shows. Like most everyone, I *tape* them (we don’t really tape anything anymore, do we? We DVR it…tee hee) and then watch them over the weekend, sans commercials. Scarlett needs to put on her big girl panties and just deal. And Deacon? OMG…….’nuff said.
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Vicki A On Monday, December 10 at 11:17 am
I love this show too! Also downloaded Fade into You right away and cant stop singing it!!!
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Tara On Monday, December 10 at 11:22 am
Love the show! Avery is getting a little better, but Scarlett drives me nuts! I love Deacon!
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Linda On Monday, December 10 at 11:23 am
Me, too….Love this show and the music is just so good.
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GuRLiee On Monday, December 10 at 11:23 am
At first I really liked this show but I really really don’t like Scarlett (I don’t think she can act her way out of a paper bag) she is infuriating and I’m not feeling the chemistry with her and any character. I love Connie Briton and Hayden and OMG Charles Esten makes me sweat but I just can’t get past the Scarlett character so I quit watching it. She ruins the show for me.
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Carla Eden On Monday, December 10 at 11:25 am
Oh my goodness I was afraid I was the only one loving this show! The music, the drama, the hair, love love love it. But I agree that Scarlett needs to grow a pair, which I think will happen if it gets picked up for a second season
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scrapbookjri On Monday, December 10 at 11:37 am
My absolutely FAVORITE show! I have recorded and kept them all so far so I can rewatch them. I love love love the song When the Right One Comes Along…….
DC Abs On Tuesday, December 11 at 1:01 pm
You guys MUST listen to this duo’s (Striking Matches) EP as Scarlett and the co-writer guy didn’t even do this song justice. I heard them a couple weeks prior to the episode airing here in DC and they were so fabulous that they made a co-worker cry. Also, going online and hearing the songs from the real bands point of view is an awesome perk to Nashville if you like country music! PS- I want Connie Briton’s hair too!!
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Elisa On Monday, December 10 at 11:37 am
totally agree! i also find scarlett pretty annoying, but i do love the flirty relationship she has with gunner, and he’s pretty dang cute.
i’m also really impressed with deacon, and when i looked up that actor, i found out he used to occasionally be on Whose Line Is It Anyway, one of my favorite old shows!! totally different from the dark and moody thing he’s got going on here.
such a great show!
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Chris Sheely On Monday, December 10 at 11:38 am
I’ve been a Jonathan Jackson fan ever since he was a little kid on General Hospital. A fine child actor has grown into a fine adult actor. However, the writers aren’t using him to best advantage, and Scarlett DOES need to man up from time to time. And I love that everyone does their own singing-or at least that’s what I’ve heard. I’m not a country fan but I AM a fan of this show!!
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Jen On Monday, December 10 at 11:39 am
I totally agree with your assessment. In fact, as I was watching last week episode, I may have directed this comment to the TV screen: “Scarlett, get a SPINE!”
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Gerontologist On Monday, December 10 at 11:45 am
I am a life-long country music fan and I knew this was going to be good. I love that it is filmed in actual locations in Nashville. My husband’s sister lives in Nashville and I recognize many of the locations. It is neat knowing I have been in some of them myself. I am sad that it is off until January, but at least that isn’t long to wait.
Love Scarlett but I think she would faint if someone said “boo” to her.
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Jo (Dash) On Monday, December 10 at 11:47 am
YOU definitely resemble Connie Britton!!!
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Nee Nee On Monday, December 10 at 11:52 am
I love this show too! Totally started watching it because of Connie Britton, but I also love the town of Nashville and country music. And when I was in Nashville in October to help a friend put on a Dierks Bentley charity event, I got to meet Teddy – he was there just hanging out, and he gave a script of the pilot signed by all of the actors to the charity auction. So fun!
Anyways – I agree with all of your assessments – and while Scarlett’s character annoys me, I love the purity of her voice and her duets as well. Avery, well, I like him in that the song ‘Kiss’ he sang was written by one of my favorite songwriters, Sean McConnell, and that makes me super happy! But his character path annoys me…
Anyways – love the show – it’s in my top 3 for the season – which also includes Revenge and Scandal…
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Pam On Monday, December 10 at 11:53 am
Hey, I love Scarlett! She’s sweet and vulnerable and has an incredible voice. I love her bluesy singing style. Every episode I sit on the edge of my seat wondering “When is Scarlett going to sing?” I’d buy her album in a heartbeat.
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Cathy D On Monday, December 10 at 11:55 am
I love the Good Wife but I think Nashville is even better. Connie Britton is great in the rold of Rayna but I really like Juliette also. The only one that I am not fond of is Scarlett. She needs to go.
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Jen of My Tiny Oven On Monday, December 10 at 11:57 am
I LOVE LOVE LOVE this show! I can’t get enough of it!!
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Martha Ann On Monday, December 10 at 12:01 pm
I find myself looking at the clock in Bible class to see what time it is so I can get home to see Nashville. Forgive me Father……… I love that show.
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Rebecca On Monday, December 10 at 12:05 pm
I love this show! I work second shift- so catch it On Demand as soon as possible. I especially enjoy the music. I agree – I’d like to take Scarlett by the shoulders and say WAKE UP! But what I’d really like to know is which of the actors do their own singing. Especially – does Connie Britton sing her role? Becky
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Alyssa On Monday, December 10 at 12:18 pm
I must admit – I started watching this show because Coach Taylor’s wife was going to be on it. And my dvr was quite lonely after no more FNL. The first episode I was not sold – HP’s character wore on me. But this show has totally grown on me and I am bummed that last week was the fall’s season finale. By the way, when did they actually start calling it “fall season finale”????
I am totally on the Nashville bandwagon and rooting for Connie!
PS – Deacon…..swoon……
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Lisa Rae On Monday, December 10 at 12:29 pm
Yup, we’re hooked too & my hubby is so anti “soaps” & country music…..lol. He likes many of the songs too. I LOVE the characters.
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Michelle D. On Monday, December 10 at 12:32 pm
I LOVE this show too! I don’t get why so many of you don’t like Scarlett! She is just a sweet sole and I adore her character. It is hard because I want Rayna to get together with Deacon but then I feel bad for wanting that because her husband is actually a good husband who made some mistakes…. he isn’t evil. This is my favorite show this season!
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Beth On Monday, December 10 at 12:38 pm
I’m a transplanted Northerner who has lived in Nashville since 1997. I spent 8 years in the music industry (not an artist–I did public relations) and I’ve loved watching the show both for how they’ve portrayed this great city and also to see how they handle the music biz stuff. Really love how much they focus on songwriting and songwriters–I’m not a country music fan, but when I moved to town I came to appreciate that country music is some of the best-written music around, because of that focus. “It’s all about the song” is the motto, and that’s the truth.
I hope it sticks around a while, because the production company has made a deliberate effort to hire locals for about 80% of the jobs, whether it’s musicians, set-builders, catering, lighting, sound, etc. Lots of folks who frequently have to leave town for work are being able to stay home.
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Judy Whitford On Monday, December 10 at 12:46 pm
I, too, love this show. I especially love that Rayna stands up for herself and what she believes in and that she stays true to her friendship with Coleman. Love the boots and hope my name gets picked…size 8 por favor!
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collette On Monday, December 10 at 12:51 pm
I totally agree!! LOVE Rayna’s hair! and I am actually starting to like Juliette! Scarlett totally needs to grow up! I think she could “make it” and be as big as Rayna and Juliette if she would put on her big girl panties!
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Susan On Monday, December 10 at 12:58 pm
Oh this show is crazy good!!! Love, love love it!!
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emc On Monday, December 10 at 1:14 pm
Love this show, especially now that I live in Nashville. Yes, Scarlett is killing me, especially her horribly fake southern accent(she is australian). The music is great. Definitely want to buy it on Itunes.
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Tracy On Monday, December 10 at 1:29 pm
While that song SHOULD be called Black Mascara Tears, it’s really called Love Like Mine, for anyone trying to find it.
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Robbie Jungers On Monday, December 10 at 1:40 pm
I loved Connie on Friday Night Lights so of course I had to watch Nashville. I cried when that show ended (FNL). I love Eric Close on Nashville too. He’s been on some many good series. Of course Charles is easy on the eyes. Very handsome man. Love the show…it’s set on my Tivo
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RuthT On Monday, December 10 at 1:46 pm
Love Love Love the show Nashville. Am waiting for tomorrow when they are suppose to release the CD of all the songs.
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Brynna On Monday, December 10 at 2:06 pm
I had also built the show way up before it even started. Like you, I am still loving it! I love Deacon. Everything about his character is great. I am so excited to keep watching and seeing where this will end up. I wouldn’t mind if Avery moved to ATL and we never saw him again. | http://thepioneerwoman.com/entertainment/2012/12/black-mascara-tears-or-why-i-love-nashville/ | 2013-05-18T10:12:26 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [
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UPDATE: Yes, this is happening, The Hollywood Reporter has the trade announcement this morning, confirming that Singer's on board to direct. Josh Schwartz's draft has been abandoned, and Jamie Moss ("Street Kings") will be starting a new version from scratch, under Singer's guidance.
ORIGINAL STORY: It's been rumored for a little while, but unfortunately Bryan Singer appears to have returned, tail between his legs, to the X-Men franchise — he announced on the "Avatar" red carpet last night that aside from his upcoming "Jack the Giant Killer" project, currently in pre-production, he "just yesterday signed a deal to do an "X-Men: First Class" origins picture, which is kind of cool." This is the long-rumored prequel, written by "Gossip Girl" and "Chuck" creator Josh Schwartz, following some of the original X-Men as teens.
Producer Lauren Shuler Donner compared it a few months back to "later, darker, Harry Potter," so it seems that it'll skew (even) younger than the other X-Men movies. We're in two minds about this. On one hand, Singer clearly has an affinity for the material — we're not crazy about the the first film in the franchise, but "X2" is probably the best, most entertaining superhero movie to date (yeah, including "The Dark Knight"), and both films have a personal, human subtext that we're likely to see repeated in this one.
On the other hand, "Saved By The Bell: The Mutant Class?" "Jack the Giant Killer?" We sort of enjoyed "Valkyrie", partly because it felt like a return to the grown-ups table of "The Usual Suspects" and "Apt Pupil," but this stuff just seems beneath him. Singer's always been a craftsman rather than a genius auteur, but is there really nothing he'd rather make? And wasn't there a fair bit of bad blood between the director and Fox after he bailed to go and make stalker-Jesus movie "Superman Returns?" Time, and money, heals all wounds, it would seem.
Rene Russo In 'Thor"?
In other superhero movie news, the long-absent Rene Russo, who hasn't been seen on screen since 2005's "Yours, Mine & Ours," or in a good movie since 1999's "The Thomas Crown Affair," has joined the cast of "Thor." The actress will play the amusingly-named Frigga, the wife of Anthony Hopkins' Odin, and the mother of both the hero Thor, played by Chris Hemsworth, and the villain, Loki, played by Tom Hiddleston.
12/18/2009
Bryan Singer Gives Up On Idea of Being Serious Filmmaker, Making Muppet Babies For Superheroes ('X-Men: First Class')
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X2 better than Dark Knight. Yeah. Right.
While I prefer The Dark Knight overall, the first 50 minutes of X2: X-Men United represents the most perfect portion of superhero comic adaption history.
Josh schwartz's draft being abandoned sounds like a good thing. Sounds like real folks have come on board and will push that hack to the producer sidelines (or executive producer sidelines which would be even better.
X2 and Dark Knight are both pretty great comic-book films. No need to fight. I would give the edge to TDK though because of Ledger and the score.
"serious filmmaker". hahaha.Reminds me of that Paul Thomas Anderson interview where he talks about quitting NYU after a teacher told him "if you want to be making Terminator 2, you've come to the wrong place". Seriously, if the dude wanted to be making a 10 million dollar picture he would be. He's got that pull. But he's not, so cut him some slack. X2 was great, he obviously loves the universe and characters.
I think that's exactly what he needs to do - he needs to go away and make his Schizopolis, and come back refreshed. But totally agreed, if anyone's going to make this movie, I'd rather it was Singer - like you say, he loves the material.
If you heard about this in 2004 you would be creaming your panties. But because X3, Wolverine:Origins and Singer's lukewarm received efforts like Superman Returns and Valkyrie you aren't that excited. Keep in mind the first two weren't his fault and the last two weren't even THAT bad they just fell below expectations. He's still a great talent with a lot of potential. | http://theplaylist.blogspot.com/2009/12/bryan-singer-gives-up-on-idea-of-being.html | 2013-05-18T10:12:59 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [
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Among the many enhancements to its elite status program Starwood made last year, they extended their Ambassador Concierge service to all Platinum members who stayed 100+ nights per year. I didn’t actually stay in Starwood hotels 100 nights- I got the Personal and Business SPG Amex cards on the same day, which each give 2 stays/5 nights towards status and I also booked rooms for a bunch of other people who traveled with me, since Starwood now allows you to get night credits for up to three rooms per stay as long as you stay. Well, by the end of December I finally hit my 100-night mark for 2012 back, and I was recently contacted by my very own Ambassador named Karen.
Here’s what she had to say:
“Dear Mr. Kelly,
Good day! I hope this email finds you well. I am Karen from Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide.
First, I want to congratulate you for staying 100+ nights with us! You are definitely in elite company and we’re thrilled to extend an exclusive invitation to you – custom-tailored service to provide exceptional one-on-one care beyond Platinum Concierge. Because you’ve achieved this milestone, I’m reaching out to you to introduce myself as your personal Ambassador.
I’ll be your single point of contact for all of your needs, and I am backed by a global team of Ambassadors who are ready to assist you 24/7. Whether it’s hotel reservations, trip planning, transportation, restaurant recommendations, special events, or assistance with your Starwood Preferred Guest account, I am here for you. I will ensure our hotels are prepared to make each and every stay a fantastic experience, personalized just for you.
I look forward to assisting you with all of your needs through this time. If you continue to stay 100 nights each year, you will be guaranteed this exclusive service year after year.
If you have any special requests or specific preferences for any upcoming trips, please feel free to contact me and I’ll be happy to make all of the necessary arrangements. I have provided my contact information so you may phone or email me directly.
Again, congratulations on joining this elite invitation-only group of SPG Members. It is my pleasure to be your personal contact with Starwood Hotels and Resorts. I look forward to hearing from you soon!”
Platinum is the highest level of SPG status, but there are 3 tiers, with 100-night being the highest.
So theoretically Karen should be creating an entire profile for me based on my tastes and preferences – extra towels, turndown service, what I like from room service, etc. – and help ensure that on my Starwood stays these personalized amenities are provided, as well as hopefully ensuring that when possible I get upgraded thanks to my status without my having to go back and forth with the front desk and SPG online to ensure I get the upgrade I deserve, as happened recently at the St. Regis New York.
Too Good To Be True?
However, at least one TPG reader named Anthony has been left underwhelmed by his own SPG Ambassador experience listing a tally of his benefits in the 74 nights since he’s had his own Ambassador:
-3 suite upgrades – only to standard suites not higher levels
-1 welcome amenity
-Extra towels and shower gel on just one stay
-Never acknowledged as Ambassador-serviced at check-in
-No flexibility with benefits like YOUR24 check-in, even if he only missed the deadline by an hour
Perhaps these quibbles sound minute, but as Starwood CEO Frits Van Paasschen stated in a BusinessWeek interview, the top 2% of Starwood’s guests account for 30% of the company’s profits, so I don’t think this attention to detail would be misplaced.
Only time will tell how my Ambassador works out – and you can bet I’ll be reporting on it – but have any other TPG readers gotten Ambassadors of their own? How has your experience been? What have you been able to ask them for, and what have they been able to deliver? Share your comments’s YOUR24 Platinum Elite Benefit Is More Like 50/50 | The Points Guy | http://thepointsguy.com/2013/01/i-got-my-starwood-ambassador-now-what/ | 2013-05-18T10:40:57 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [
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Hello-Hello, and welcome to a Wednesday. It’s been quite awhile since we “went shopping” here at the Prepatorium, it seemed a good time to have a glance at some of the end-of-summer/almost-Autumn offerings at our favorite emporiums.
We started with a visit to LL Bean ( in a virtual sort of way) and peeked at a few nautically inclined items, like the Whale Percale Sheets (starting at $26) and Oceanside Sleepwear Shorts (now on sale at $19.99).
Lands’ End also offers some cute things for the kids and the adults. Below left we show the Anchors Away Hooded Towel ($35), it comes in a variety of colors. They also have the hard to find Anchor Needlepoint iPad Case available again, and it’s on sale, discounted to $39.99.
Bean also has Boys’ Chino Shorts with both anchor and marlin motifs. (Discounted to $16.99 from $22.50.)
Arguably the cutest nautical items I discovered come from Kohl’s, the Itzy Ritzy Reusable Lunch Sacks seem like fun ways to perk up a little one’s lunch bag.
They are BPA and PVC free, and can be machine washed; for $9.60 they seem like a good buy. Another cute item for your wee prep, the Carter’s Whale Sleep and Play set at Kohl’s ($10.40), how cute is that?
By the way, if this holds appeal but if you need something for a baby girl, it is also made in a sunny pink and yellow whales print.
The children’s divided Whale Tray by Jumping Beans also caught our attention, $3.59 at Kohl’s.
Rounding out the kids’ coverage, this pink and green Whale Sprouts Waterproof Bib at Kohl’s, we enlarged the print so you can better see the whales swimming across the bib.
At JC Penney we found a variety of budget-friendly jewelry pieces with aquatic themes, these are all from the company’s Mixit line. The earrings run $10 and the stretch Crab Bracelet is $14.
We decided to do a quick bit of madras meandering, you know how attached we are to our patchwork plaids. Bean had some snappy pieces, the women’s Kennebunkport Bermuda Shorts are a good buy, on sale at $34.99. The men’s Summer Weekend Shorts are not discounted, but still a good look for your MOTH (Man Of The House).
Remaining unapologetically fond of seersucker, we wanted to share LL Bean’s Seersucker Dress (on sale at $49.99), as well as this men’s Seersucker Bow Tie (also on sale at Lands’ End for $34.99).
Lands’ End also has other pieces on sale, below we show Bean’s Essential Women’s Shirt in seersucker ($39.95) and the men’s Stripe Seersucker Buttondown (discounted to $39.99), both good buys at those prices.
JC Penney has a pair of Seersucker Shorts for men ($17) from American Living (the brand by Ralph Lauren, soon the line will be discontinued, the partnership between the two companies has not been renewed) and an Alyx Seersucker Dress, $17 at JCP, a touch short and snug IMO.
Our friends at Country Club Prep have a wonderful blog post featuring the two women behind Just Madras, Kim Haney and Kimberly Hoag.
There’s no shortage of madras pieces at CCP, including this Pocket Square ($20), Montauk Madras Belt($60) and Jenny Change Purse ($26).
While the sun isn’t feeling quite as warm as it did in July, we’ll always enjoy a spot of seersucker and madras.
Until next time, may all of your whales be smiling.
8 Responses to Just A Touch Of Window Shopping…With A Preppish Slant
Whoa…looking at all that preppy stuff makes me want to take another vacation…but this time to Cape Cod or Maine.
I desperately need those boys LL Bean chino shorts. Price is nice, too.
I have the LLBean dress in madras and it is comfortable and washes well. I’m not as big of a fan of LLB as I was because their products don’t seem as durable, but this dress is great!
I am quite taken with those sheets!
Very cute! Love all the whales and seersucker items
I am a sucker for madras and could easily add any one of those great items to my closet.
Those whale sleep shorts are so dang cute. And I share your love of seersucker, absolutely.
Be still my heart – all that seersucker! I don’t care that it’s September 4th, I’m still in love.
I can vouch for the splendiferousness of those Itzy Ritzy pouches; that blue/green whale one is in heavy rotation here thanks to a kind friend (who is also a reader of yours
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It’s prom season! I love making young ladies look lovely and feel great about going to the prom. What I do not love is prom makeup that AGES young ladies and makes them look less like ladies and more like ladies of the evening! It’s important to remember that
teenage girls, although they are on the cusp of womanhood, are still GIRLS, and should look their age, which makes prom makeup a little tricky. As an artist, I want my teen clients to look beautiful, but not too grown, so I play around with fun, youthful colors and styles.
For the looks you see here, I interchanged several brands of eye-shadows to get the look that made my client happy. I started with Magnolia Makeup pigment in Green Tea, and applied it to the tear ducts and inner eye areas on both the upper and lower lids. On the center of the lids, I used MAC shadow in Bitter, and Inglot shadow in 384 on the outer corners and crease. MAC shadow in Naked Lunch was swiped under the brow bone area, and I used Make Up For Ever Aqua Black and MAC Smolder for eyeliner. Since my client chose to get eyelash extensions prior to our appointment, I skipped the mascara. The young lady and her parents loved the finished look, and as her artist, I was happy that she looked fresh and fabulous!
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Nats' Stammen headed to bullpen
The Nationals’ bullpen is about to get younger. The team has decided that Craig Stammen, 25, will be a reliever once left-hander Scott Olsen is activated from the disabled list on Monday.
Instead, the Nationals will designate a veteran reliever for assignment. Right-handers Joel Hanrahan and Jesus Colome are the leading candidates to leave the team. Both have been hit hard this season.
As for Stammen, he will be a reliever for the first time since early last year when he was with Class a Potomac. He said he was happy that he wasn’t going back to the Minor Leagues.
“I wants to stick around as a starter, but Scott has been doing this a while and he deserves to have his spot back,” Stammen said. “I have been in the bullpen before. I did it before in college and I did it in the Minor Leagues.” | http://therocket.mlblogs.com/2009/06/27/nats-stammen-headed-to-bullpen/?like=1&source=post_flair&_wpnonce=671450efa2 | 2013-05-18T10:41:40 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Review: Plantation Nicaragua (1998) Rum
Posted by Arctic Wolf on August 18, 2011
The Plantation Nicaragua (1998).
Here is an excerpt from my review:
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Here is a link to my full review:
Review: Plantation Nicaragua (1998) Rum
Please enjoy the review!
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Review: Kōloa Kaua`i Spice Hawaiian Rum
Posted by Arctic Wolf on September 8, 2011.
Here is an excerpt:
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And here is a link to the full review:
Review: Kōloa Kaua`i Spice Hawaiian Rum
I have included a nice recipe which combines pineapple and raspberry with the spice rum and I call it, The Raspberry Smooch.
Please enjoy the review and the cocktail provided!
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Century Reserve 21 Year Old
Whisky Review: Century Reserve 21 Year Old Canadian Rye Whisky (90.5/100)
a review by Chip Dykstra (Aka Arctic Wolf)
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In the Bottle 4.5/5
The whisky is presented in a squat rectangular decanter style bottle which stands about 8 inches high. The bottle is very nice and has a masculine design. This is a style of whisky bottle that I can set at the forefront of my whisky shelf or as a display piece in my Liquor cabinet.
I am however, a little disappointed by the label. I realize that this is a personal preference, but I believe the ambiance could be brought up significantly with a stronger design. I guess I want to see some type of illustration, photo, or even a story which brings the heritage of this unique twenty-one year old single grain whisky to life. The quibble is minor, but it does prevent a perfect score for presentation.
In the Glass 9/10
The Century Reserve 21 whisky displays itself as an amber/gold spirit in the glass with apparent flashes of orange. When I tilt the glass on its side, the liquid imparts a moderately thick sheen of oil which causes small whisky droplets to form and slowly run back down the inside of the glass. The aroma is of butterscotch bathed in corn with oak tannins which rise gently disguising themselves within a citrus zest. Bourbon vanilla (actually reminiscent of melted vanilla ice-cream) appears, and I find the nose complex, but not necessarily assertive. There is a beguiling gentleness associated with the spirit in the glass.
In the Mouth 54/60
The initial entry in the mouth is mellow with a flavour of soft corn leading the way. Butterscotch, and a honeyed oaky spice quickly follow making the whisky lively in the mouth but not sharp and uncomfortable. Vanilla arrives on the mid palate, and I cannot help but feel I am tasting that melted vanilla ice-cream which I encountered on the nose. I am struck by a certain sweet dank flavour that has crept in from the beginning and then has steadily built up in my mouth throughout the tasting. This flavour has a delightful “rumminess” attached to it, as well as a dank earthy flavour similar to the underlying flavour of a Tennessee Corn Whisky. I feel this must be the flavour of the single grain corn mash continuing to assert itself throughout the palate.
The only drawback I found was that the flavour profile lacked a certain robustness. By this, I mean that the flavours I encountered tended to be somewhat dependent upon my mood and my palate condition. In particular, the dank sweet corn flavour seemed at times to be more aggressive, whereas at other times it sat back in the profile and allowed the other flavours to find more expression. This led me, on some days, to want to score the whisky higher in this category, while on other days I wanted to score it lower. I chose the midpoint of the two scores and deducted another half point to account for the inconsistency.
In the Throat 14/15
The exit is long and the whisky finishes with a wide swath of corn, sweet honey and vanilla. A rush of spice trails down my throat leaving a nice satisfying, but light burn on my tonsils. This finish is very smooth and satisfying.
The Afterburn 9/10
I sampled the Century Reserve 21 with several friends whom I often have over to my informal tasting sessions. While we do not always agree, on this occasion I was struck by how much more everyone else appeared to enjoy the whisky than I did. In fact the expressions on their faces were of pure delight. Of course, I did not allow their impressions to impact my review and score, but I will admit that I was tempted to. As it was I found the whisky to be an extremely nice sipper well worth plunking down a few dollars for. In fact based upon the extremely fair price I saw at a local store recently, I think it is a real bargain. I guess, I am trying to say that my friends, whose opinion I respect, would feel it was an even better bargain!
You may read some of my other Whisky Reviews (click the link) if you wish to have some comparative reviews.
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Suggested Recipes
One of my favourite ways to enjoy myself is with a premium whisky cocktail. The Century Reserve 21 Year Old Canadian Whisky is the perfect starting point for such a cocktail. The trick when using a premium spirit is to allow it to shine through the cocktail, and to use only other ingredients which are of the same quality. The first recipe I have chosen to showcase this whisky is perhaps the most tried and true whisky cocktail in the world, The Old Fashioned Cocktail.
The Old Fashioned Cocktail
2 oz Century Reserve 21 Canadian Whisky
1 tsp sugar syrup
1 dash bitters
2 large ice cubes
1 Twist of lemon or orange peel
Add the first three ingredients to a rocks glass over the ice cubes
Rub the cut edge of the lemon peel over the rim of the glass and twist it over the drink. (This will release the oil from the lemon zest into the drink)
Discard the peel.
The Old fashioned is a great cocktail for this whisky as the quality of the whisky lends itself in direct proportion to the quality of the cocktail.
Another nice recipe which I constructed is one I call, Autumn Harvest.
Autumn Harvest
2 oz Century Reserve 21 Canadian Whisky
1/8 oz Triple Sec
1/2 oz Dry Vermouth
1 tsp sugar syrup
1 dash bitters
Ice
Frozen Blackberry
Chill a small rocks glass until it is very cold.
Aromatise the glass with Triple Sec.
(This can be done by pouring a little in the glass, swooshing it round and expelling any excess. The object is to coat the inside of the glass with a light film of the Triple Sec.)
Pour the Century Reserve 21 Year Old, the dry Vermouth,and Angostura Bitters into a metal shaker with cracked Ice.
Shake until the shaker chills.
Strain into the chilled rocksintamaki said
im confused that the label says canadian rye whisky ,but in fact it is all corn.What are your thoughts.
Arctic Wolf said
In Canada it is traditional to call our style of whisky “rye whisky” because the manner in which the whisky is made gives the whisky a very rye-like flavour. In the U.S. whiskey is labeled based upon the predominant grain used. Either method of labeling leads to misunderstanding. I have tasted U.S. Rye Whiskeys which seem to my palate to be Corn/bourbon, and in Canada we have Corn Whiskies labeled as rye.
I believe that most Canadian Whisky Companies are slowly changing their labeling to be less confusing, but traditions die hard.
Mike said
Good review. I think the lack of robustness that you noticed is simply the Highwood style. Centennial 10 and Century Reserve 15 are also very clean, subtle, laid back whiskies, as I’m sure you already know. What the 21 year old has is a richer flavour and bigger body. You really taste the age, even if it doesn’t translate into more intense flavour.
Arctic Wolf said
Actually what I mean by robust, is the ability of the flavour to remain true, in spite of different moods and palate conditions. It can be subtle and laid back, as long as it does not change, I consider the flavour robust. Other Highwood whiskies display this characteristic even though they are laid back. This whisky seemed to present a different corn flavour every time I approached it. Since the corn flavour profile was different depending upon my mood and or my palate, I determined that it was not as robust as the others i had tried.. | http://therumhowlerblog.wordpress.com/whisky-reviews/canadian-whisky/century-reserve-21-year-old/?like=1&_wpnonce=67418a1937 | 2013-05-18T10:53:21 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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In a town filled with country music comes a sound so unique and diverse that attention must be shifted. Having shared the stage with such acts as The Wailers, Iration, Zach Deputy, Ashes of Babylon, and The Movement, Roots of a Rebellion actively seeks the hearts and ears of its fans everywhere.
Combining elements of reggae, soul, rock, dub, and mixed with a tight horn section and melodic vocal lines, R.O.A.R. has created a sound that is wholeheartedly unique. Hailing from various corners of the United States, each member brings something special to the table. Austin Smith, Alec Newnam, Troy Wiggins, Marco Martinez, Jeremyck Smith, Justin Smith, and Paul Violante all have relocated to Nashville to blend unique musical styles and passion into the souls of the southeast. Fueled by conscious lyrics and a groove that won’t let you sit still, Roots of a Rebellion wants you to become a part of something original and positive.
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Well, I’ve mentioned in a previous post that I recently “inherited” all of the negatives that were my grandmother’s. It doesn’t look like she ever threw any of them away (just like me!) so there’s QUITE a collection! The majority of the negatives came from her Hawkeye Brownie camera, so they are not a standard size. I was having quite a dilemma over what to do with them. It didn’t take me long to realize that I was going to have a massive headache from trying to look at them by holding them up to the light. And in all of the research that I did on negative scanners, I could only find information for scanners that did slides or 35mm film. So this is my solution for now.
I’m taking the most interesting negatives (the ones that are black and white and are not obvious to me as to identification) and scanning them. Then, I can make them as large as my screen and I can play with the brightness levels to make them as “readable” as possible without actually developing them. I’m going to put them into a slide show of sorts to show my aunts and uncles along with any hints my grandmother left – such as labels on the envelopes, etc. I’ve included an example above. My mother does not recognize this house or can even think of where it might be so the woman is a mystery. This negative is included in a set of negatives of my great-uncle at his military base, so I’m estimating the year to be around 1942 when he would have been 20 years old.
My next decision is to decide how I’m going to preserve these negatives. All of my negatives are in archival negative sleeves from Light Impressions, but Grandma’s negatives would not fit in standard negative sleeves. My sleeves are in chronological order in 2 large binders with labels on each page. I’ve always thought that those would be a salvation for my soul if I ever lost my photo albums to fire or tornado. Of course, it would probably work out alot better if I didn’t have them stored in the same location as my albums! Better put “take negatives to Mom’s house” to my summer “to do” list! | http://theshygenealogist.wordpress.com/2009/06/10/wordless-wednesday-negatives/?like=1&source=post_flair&_wpnonce=f5309b4960 | 2013-05-18T10:53:21 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Will she remember...
the tailored cut of the ivory dress
and the weight of her Prefect's purple gown
the fabulous costumes of her friends:
saris, turbans, kilts, ostrich feathers
the heat of the day
and the cool shadows of the evening
the fragrance of the bowl of strawberries
and the luscious ripeness of the cherries
the wrist ribbons she shared with her friends
and the warm hugs of her teachers
champagne at breakfast,
cream cakes at tea
and chocolate fountain at night
dancing all night in four inch heels
with the Charming MasterN.
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I hope that, above all, she remembers
the smiles of her mother and father
we were so very proud of her.
and the weight of her Prefect's purple gown
saris, turbans, kilts, ostrich feathers
and the cool shadows of the evening
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and the luscious ripeness of the cherries
and the warm hugs of her teachers
cream cakes at tea
and chocolate fountain at night
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with the Charming MasterN.
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I hope that, above all, she remembers
the smiles of her mother and father
we were so very proud of her.
24 comments:
I'm sure she will. It all looks fabulous.
What a gorgeous way to celebrate the ending of one's school career.
Will we hear more of Master N?
Such lovely images of a magical time. Congratulations to all!
How could she possibly forget these magnificent memories, the stepping stones of her life? Thank you for sharing these sublime festivities!
Congratulations, Miss M!
surely she won't forget those gorgeous pink stilletoes?
And now she has this blog post to remind her ..
What a beautiful record of a milestone.
I went to the wrong school.
She WILL remember......... oh, she WILL.............
How could anyone forget?
What an absolute treat to see you both in that picture.
And now I can see from where the beautiful Miss M gets her wonderful smile.
Those shoes! Oh My, how old I am growing, my toes seemed to throb just looking.
How utterly fabulous! A far cry from the way my eldest will end his school career next year but at least he will have the prom, I have no recollection of any event to mark the end of my schooling.
She will, and so will you. `warm and fuzzy glows all round the M households.
What an exciting day and it all looks so respectable. Do the school leavers over there have that awful 'Schoolies week' which just seems to have become one big binge and out of control party in this country?
I left school and started work before the end of my final year so I have no memories of a school ending celebration.
MissM and you both look divine....I too gasped in pain at those heels.... I am sure she will treasure those memories :-)
What a lovely day, I know she'll remember everything. And she looked beautiful - no wonder you were so proud.
I shed a little tear of pride for her too.
Warmest best wishes.
Just lovely.
I'm sure she will remember every moment.
so lovely xx
feeling a little vaclemp here on the west coast of canada. talk amongst yourselves.
Oh. How mgical, and how wonderful to see the two of you together.
How wonderful. You must be so proud of her! Love the pic of you two together!
Due to laptop problems I missed this very important post.
My belated congratulations for:
a. A beautiful young girl who's obviously a smart chick
b. The sentiment in your posts which always touch deep
c. The sweet photo of you two where I can detect ALL of your pride
d. Showing me that schools abroad are REAL schools with REAL graduations. We got NONE of that.
May you always sport that smile MissM!
Well if she doesn't, (and why would she not?, how could she not?)I will.
How lovely to see you at last.
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How many insects can you see? I was thrilled to discover that lantern bugs (Druentia variegata) in Gorongosa are visited by several species of insects seeking their sweet honeydew.
When I first read “Out of Africa”, which to this day remains one of my favorite books, the one thing that left me oddly dissatisfied was the lack of attention to trees of the savanna - their smell and colors, the texture of their bark and, most importantly, all the wonderful creatures that the author must have seen among the leaves and branches. How could Isak Dinesen devote so much attention to lions and illicit romance, and not mention amorphoscelid mantids? Sheesh, what was his problem? But perhaps I was asking too much – after all, not everybody spent their childhood picking coreid bugs and geometrid moths off tree trunks, but I wasn’t happy until I could run my hand along the smooth stem of a southern African Acacia, and gasp at the sudden discovery of a gecko hiding in plain sight.
Tree bark may not appear to be a particularly exciting habitat to live in. It is essentially two dimensional, devoid of bright colors, flat. Of course it seems so only from our gargantuan, human perspective. In fact bark is a rich, diverse ecosystem, replete with deep rifts and valleys, covered by amazing vegetation, and as dangerous to live in as the heart of the savanna.
The last time I visited Africa was a few months ago, on the floodplains of Mozambique’s spectacular Gorongosa National Park. It was the beginning of the dry season, and grass was already turning yellow and stiff. With every scorching day fewer and fewer insects were active in the grasslands, and so I turned my attention to the mottled surfaces of tree trunks, hoping to find some hidden treasures. And I wasn’t disappointed.
My first discovery was somewhat accidental – it turned out to be one of nature’s most wonderful callers, a maker of melodious, bird-like trills, and I ran into him thanks to my own nature’s call. With a bottle of beer in hand, I was making my way towards a latrine (I was at a small social shindig at one of the field camps), when my other hand met something soft, velvety, and clearly alive on a stem of a small tree. What in any other person would have elicited an immediate withdrawal response, the many years of pursuit of all things small and agile caused my hand to instinctively grasp the animal tighter. Holding onto the tree and still not knowing what was under my hand, I set down the beer bottle and gently pulled the animal off the bark. When I realized what I was holding I nearly failed to deliver the reason of my night walk to its intended destination (i.e., I almost peed my pants) – it was a bark katydid (Cymatomera denticollis), an elusive creature that I only had seen once a decade earlier, and had been trying to find again ever since.
When threatened, bark katydids fan their wings to reveal aposematic coloration and spray the attacker with foul-smelling chemical.
A bark katydid is nothing like your typical, green, leaf-like variety. Its body is flat, covered with fine fuzz that makes them feel warm and soft, and the legs have small lobes that make the animal blend perfectly amongst lichen-covered flakes of African bark. But crypsis is not its only defense – if feeling threatened, the katydid fans its wings, revealing a brightly yellow and black abdomen, and sends a cloud of noxious, foul-smelling chemicals. And this is exactly what happened when I opened my hand to see what was in it, and I nearly dropped the precious animal.
Trees of the southern African savanna are home to wingless grasshoppers of the family Lentulidae. They display many characteristics typical of juvenile stages, and entomologists speculate that this group may be an example of neoteny. (Mecostibus mopanei, Gorongosa).
Over the next couple of months I spent many hours scanning the surface of tree bark in Gorongosa. This simple activity allowed me to discover and collect not only a wide range of fascinating creatures, but also make several interesting discoveries about their behavior. Among others, I found that African lantern bugs (Fulgoridae) might be a part of a complex trophic interaction, similar to what I had studied in Costa Rica, and I will be looking into this system later this year. Most people come to Gorongosa for the landscapes of the Rift Valley and lions. I am going back for the cracks in the bark and tree mantids.
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Metro extended rail and busway service early Monday morning to accommodate fans heading home from U2′s sold out show at the Rose Bowl on Sunday night.
I didn’t take the train. I live in Pasadena and jumped on a shuttle bus from Pasadena City College. The bus to the show was fast and convenient; the line for the bus after the concert was mayhem. The concert ended a little past 11 p.m. and I arrived back home (and home is near City College) about 1 a.m. Ugh!
So here’s my question: For those of you who took the Gold Line and other Metro rail lines (and the Orange Line busway), how did that work for you? And how were the lines after the show?
Please email us at thesource@metro.net
The show was great, by the way, and I thought “Ultraviolet” was a perfect addition to the encores. It was also nice to hear a lot of the new material and a wide range of cuts from “All That You Can’t Leave Behind.” I was slightly disappointed the band didn’t play anything from “Pop,” an album that I thought never got its due. The accompanying photo doesn’t really do justice to the stage, but that was the view from section 10H, row 55.
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LCBO to close 7 locations during G20
Better
Doesn't anyone proog read any more King St E and Spadina Ave do not meet. That should read 415 King St W at Spadina.
Posted by: Neil Clarke | 06/21/2010 at 04:25 PM
Ridiculous. Most of these are blocks away from the security zone.
Posted by: Steve | 06/21/2010 at 04:50 PM
Neil Clarke's comment here has provided me with the Irony of the Day.
Posted by: Bob Fisher | 06/21/2010 at 06:23 PM
@Steve - most of them are either in, underneath, or on the edge of the security zone.
Posted by: red5 | 06/21/2010 at 07:13 PM
Proofread or proof-read, not "proog read". You really shouldn't complain if you aren't going to do it yourself, you only wrote two sentences after all.
Posted by: Atryus | 06/21/2010 at 07:44 PM
#fail
Posted by: Lucky | 06/21/2010 at 10:19 PM
Just one more reason to add to the thousands of other reasons to abolish the LCBO. What a nanny state we live in.
Posted by: D Seymour | 06/22/2010 at 08:21 AM
I didn't know dogs were allowed in the LCBO.... I guess I can start bringing mine in!
Posted by: taitai | 06/22/2010 at 08:48 AM
I thought the security zone was only supposed to extend to Yonge Street in the east? The St. Lawrence Market LCBO is at Jarvis Street and serves the local community as well as all the shoppers and tourists that flock to the neighbourhood. What a stupid decision!
Posted by: R Sole | 06/22/2010 at 11:24 AM
Listerine, anyone?
Posted by: Daniel | 06/22/2010 at 11:50 AM
*LOL* "proog read" wicked!!!!
Posted by: sonJa | 06/22/2010 at 01:30 PM
All protesters were cover their face, why they don,t want public see their face? because they want the violent, they want destroy our city,if you are the Canadian, , don't matter how many car they were burn or they will you have to pay more tax...we are Canadian, we have to protect our city. never allowed those protest destroy our city.. we support police what they did, all the protest should go to China, Tibet or North Korean where most peoples need them , they need food they need the true freedom..
Posted by: cdv | 06/27/2010 at 09:50 AM
when i herd the g20 was coming to candada i was like "wow, thats nuts". canada is a peaceful nation and the g20 is a great way for canada to get involved with the world.
why did we spend so much money on security, i dunno... like we probably could have payed half a billion and would still get the same amount of security. and no the police have no rights to hold people in little make shift prisons in the rain.
im all for the civil right march. and i chear you on!
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I don't think it has anything to do with Robert Patterson. These choices are usually made by a team effort, I imagine she just shows up and puts on what is given to her. And you write about it... which gives her all the attention she wants/needs. It keeps her relevant!
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Honestly, she looks like she belongs on a street corner in that outfit. She needs to find a new stylist! Normally I get her looks for the most part, but this one is awful.
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WTF??!!!!!! There was an elementary school shooting today and you idiots are wanting to report stupid shit like this when there is more important things going on. WTF!??!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Heather, have you gone to EVERY article that's been posted today to shame them? Or just the one you felt like reading before bashing. They're paid to write this stuff.
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All the Rage
The Best MomTip Tweets for Better Parenting
Moms. We're always looking for tips. How can I keep my daughter's curly hair from getting tangled? How can I keep those whites, white? So much tipping going on that it's now all over Twitter. So really all you need to do is search for "momtip" on Twitter and all of your parenting questions will be answered. Kind of.
Sure some of these tips are questionable: "Don't drive drunk unless you're pretty confident you've convinced the kids you got 'sick' all of a sudden," for example. But some are heartfelt and others downright entertaining for all the right reasons.
@RedSaffer says: when football's on, get out of the house. Just get out. For your own safety
@Melodic98 says: There is no reason why your daughter should not know how to cook. She should know how to make more than reservations (ed note: This goes for sons, too!)
@nicolajonesCHCH says: don't put off playing in the snow you never know when your last invite will come
@PrettiGemini18 says: Stop leavin your kids on your parents/grandparents jus to go the club its ok sometimes but every weekend. Wtf!! (ed note: Yikes!)
@IAmArique says: Get a Twitter account, get millions of other moms to follow you, start Twitter parties, get stuff trending, confuse other users.
@Cheesegod69 says: Be sure to tip your mom well, she only makes a few dollars an hour and relies on tips to pay her bills.
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Be accessible and easy to talk to. I hate when parents think being strict and uptight keeps their kid from making bad decisions. It doesnt. | http://thestir.cafemom.com/toddler/133638/the_best_momtip_tweets_for?use_mobile=1 | 2013-05-18T10:53:11 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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what happens when Carlisle treats a patient that is a decendent from Jasper. Then Alice gets attached to the kid. Not only that but the kid has a gift. Will the Cullen's keep him. Will Alice and Jasper finally have a kid. Or will an unnatural force kill them all
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sounds very cool
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thnx ill update it soon
Wes P.O.V
I hate hospitals. They smell bad they don't have any color and they always have sick people in it. My doctor's pretty cool maybe if my mom stopped flirting with him he could get his job done. He is married after all. Opps I forgot to introduce myself my name is Wesley Casper Whitlock but i liked to be called Wes or W.C.W ( my initials duh). Well I'm at the hospital because i broke my leg. Good thing it's summer I would be pissed that i couldn't play soccer for my school. I live in La Push,Washington but we only have hospitals in Forks that' s the town next to us. My doctor is Carlisle Cullen. I have blond hair and brown eyes. I'm cute if i do say so myself. I always thought I looked like a vampire but my mom thinks I'm wierd. Ugh here comes the doctor wish me luck.
Carlisle's P.O.V
This women is so aggravating. Wouldn't she leave me alone so I could tend to her child. I broken leg is no joke and should be treated with care and be treated right away. "Hello Wes how are you today". :As good as I will ever be with a broken leg doc!" Wes replied. He is such a peculiar child. Even in pain he manages to act as if nothing is happening. I checked all his vitals and measurements made sure he was okay before making a run for it. Didn't want to run into his mother...... ( dramatic Shudder)
OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! keep writing it sounds cool i think wes mother should appear more often.
P.S. PLEEEEEEEEEEEAASE make the updates longer
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Posts Tagged ‘essence’
Apologetics
Question of the week: What does it mean to give God glory?
Question: “What does it mean to glorify God?” Answer: To “glorify” God means to give glory to Him. The word glory as related to God in the Old Testament bears with it the idea of greatness of splendor. In the New Te...
Devotion
Putting the ‘response’ back in ‘responsibility’
Albert Einstein’s famous quotation, “Let every man be respected as an individual and no man idolized,” depicts the essence of what all men require–Respect. We are selfish creatures. We act irrationally and without thoroug... | http://theundergroundsite.com/tag/essence | 2013-05-18T10:32:25 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
And you see how thought gets limited by concepts.
And so you get into what Pir o Murshid calls the essence of thought.
(pause)
So you don’t allow yourself, you don’t allow your thoughts to slip down into concepts.
So we've said form is only an outer means and one can overcome one’s thinking in terms of form.
And then the next one is that - can you do this.
Consciousness becomes infinite.
We already said that it’s not your consciousness.
But now we see that it is absolutely infinite. So before it was infinity of space, now it is infinity of consciousness.
And instead of thinking that your consciousness has extended, think that it has dissolved in the infinity of consciousness.
That is, the consciousness of the universe takes over from your consciousness.
(long pause)
You see, one just has to lose the sense of “I am” and also the sense of “doing it” because “doing it” is related to the idea of “I am.”
So then it takes over without your will.
That way you have to give up the idea of “I am experiencing.”
Replace it by being not limited to “I am.” | http://theuniversel.net/Gateway.cfm?Selected=Media&SelectedID=64 | 2013-05-18T10:20:58 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
So, here we are in sunny Florida (and loving it). Yeah, a couple of pasty white sods from Toronto are spending a couple of weeks in the sunshine state. Man, the people that live here year round must just love it. The grass is always greener as they say and the grass in Florida is very, very green.
Well, we decided not to bring work with us and in order to honor that I decided this time not to write about work. Well sort of.
OK. I have a two year old Budweiser beside me (surprisingly still good – what does that say about my taste? or taste buds?). The in-laws are at the pool, the dog is running around like a caffeinated squirrel (damn Yorkies), the wife is outside on the balcony relaxing with a glass of Pino and I am sitting at my laptop itching to write.
The world is in a good place.
So, instead of watching TV last night we were listening to a podcast between Mitch Joel and Joseph Jaffe, two marketing gurus if you don’t know them, who were talking extensively about marketing as it relates to the world around them.
Hey, architect slash designer guy, what the hell are you doing delving into the world of marketing?
Well, like Mr. Seth Godin has said in the past, dive into another (related even) field to see if there are some new ideas you can get to help your own. A fresh perspective, per se. I do it because I have an insatiable appetite to learn new s**t and you never know, right?
So, Mr. Perspective, what’s the deal-eo?
Well, if you can get past all the grandstanding (their platform – their rules) they actually talk about some interesting topics on the subject of entrepreneurs and brand identity in the world of marketing but what really interested me was the ideas they discussed around the old adage “the message must have meaning” as it relates to the importance of creating value and telling a story that comes from a real place.
A real place? What a shocker!
The conversation that resonated with me most was how brands, ergo businesses, should recognize a need to band together to provide better solutions to problems instead of fighting each other so much to get to the consumer. Instead of slamming their competitor’s product or offering wouldn’t it be better for the consumer to see the potential of shared knowledge and experience coming together in a platform for positive change? Something to the effect of sharing experiences in a real way and demonstrating real human interaction by way of helping people.
Now, I get how altruistic that sounds but isn’t that a bit about why we all blog? Don’t we want to help people by connecting them to each other and to what we know? To help them grow?
Go ahead and call me a liberal, right wing so and so or whatever reasonable facsimile that works for you in your neck of the woods. I don’t care because I believe in that idea. Clearly, otherwise I wouldn’t be writing about it or blogging in the first place.
Here’s why I think the way I do.
If you look at Ashley Ambirge and her Middle Finger Project this idea may not be as obvious but don’t be fooled. It might be in your face and expletive filled language but the feeling is there.
The feeling.
This is what Joel + Jaffe were talking about with respect to bringing out that magic. The same goes for Adrienne Smith and her friends. She surely wants to grow her business but how? By helping people? Seems like it. I am new to her site but that’s certainly the feeling I got.
Then there’s some of the other blogs I read; Craig McBreen, theJackB, Bill Dorman, Danny Brown, Kaarina Dillabough, Ameena Falchetto and how can I forget my dear friends (whom I have never met) Gisele Navarro Mendez and Carolyn Brajkovich (the other two musketeers).
Each has their platform or business to run or are part of a larger organization or are hanging out their shingle in the on-line world. My point is that I read all these bloggers for two reasons; I learn from their offering and I learn from the discourse but most of all because they take the time to blog and share their world with me (us). Some are focussed on business and some are more focussed on life but each is uniquely interesting in their own way.
And they are just the tip of the iceberg. It’s like a revolution. The social web is a revolution for positive change.
I commented recently on Jens Berget slymarketing site about having enough time to read all these great bloggers. When I do find the time I am always amazed at the content. Maybe I am lucky to have found so many of these great connections or maybe it is the nature of the “new economy”.
Sharing.
I don’t work in the world of marketing, social media or am I a business owner or entrepreneur.
I can understand the difficulty in getting work and maintaining relationships because that’s where I come from just from a different perspective. My wife and I have a ton of passion for our industry; we have seen a lot in our days in the A+D world and that’s how we relate back to the challenges of building business on-line and off-line.
So, on we go, reading and listening to the business leaders out there offering their opinions and knowledge to the world, sharing their insights with the people who visit and reading their stuff feeling lucky to pick up on all the cool tips and tricks of the trade out there.
As we grow our on-line presence we will continue to engage and learn as much as we can while building on our own offering to the A + D market. It is critical to us to help people and at first we thought we were being way to altruistic and maybe a little too naïve (maybe we are) but based on the past few months we have seen that there is a reality to the ideas that the social web is really that; social.
Something that we have always purported in the real world is like-minded people seek each other out. The best team you can have is one that has and sees similar values. With that I leave you to continue to explore the virtual world.
It’s not a pastime anymore. It’s a commitment.
No call to action this week but feel free to give me the business end of your thoughts!
There is a balance in giving your time and energy against letting people pick your brain. My experience is that when you find that balance good things happen. That is always part of my goal and plan for social media. Time is a huge factor too, but it is a world that really intrigues me because it opens windows into worlds I would never otherwise see. | http://theviewfromhere.ca/2012/03/whats-a-vacationing-blogger-to-do/ | 2013-05-18T10:30:27 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Hi,
Welcome to my first blog post! When I signed up with WordPress a few weeks ago, mine was blog # 350k+. Several thousand have been created since while I angsted over which template to use, because I was overwhelmed by choices and widgets.
A good friend and fellow writer has been encouraging me to publish a blog. When I told him I was afraid to, he referenced a line from the dialogue and song, “Being Alive” from COMPANY:
“Hey, buddy, don’t be afraid it won’t be perfect. The only thing to be afraid of really is that it won’t be.”
And then he wrote to me:
“It doesn’t have to be perfect; it just has to be.”
I’ve been a writer for as long as I can remember, but facing each new blank page/project/story comes with a mishmash of feelings: daunting and exhilerating come to mind. Why should starting a new blog be any different? What if someone reads this? What if no one reads this? Is it too long? My next post will be shorter.
I’ve been writing a parenting column for Sesame Family Newsletter from Sesame Workshop for three years. I’ve gotten to write about many topics as my son Max has grown from wobbly toddler, to the fast runner he is now (approaching age five). Articles like Terrific Twos, Overcoming Fears, Bullying Behavior and more (which I will repost here periodically). I learned a lot. About Max, writing, and life.
In this blog, I’m going to write more about living and learning with Max. Parenting is such a wacky ride. It’s ups and downs and one day at a time and a never-ending process of letting go. It’s exhausting and funny; the hardest work, the best work. A blur. If I had to name my parenting style, I’d call it “The Whatever Works Program.” It’s about love. I love Max and being his mom. I love writing. Writing about what I know and love seems like a good place to start.
Every day, we start over. Every day, there are beginnings and endings and transitions that I need to help Max cope with. I need to show him how to say goodbye and give him the feeling he can do it. I need to separate from him, and he from me, so we can both continue to learn and grow. Each of us at our own pace, in our own spaces. And it’s about being together, laughing, crying and everything in between. There’s a lot going in the world that angers and scares me. But I want Max to be able to go out into the world unafraid. Or at least, prepared.
I want to use this blog to share and connect with others. When I discover a great experience/ product / blog/ book / place we love, I’ll share that, too. We’ll laugh, we’ll cry. It’ll be whatever it turns out to be. It won’t be perfect. But sometimes I might write about things that feel perfect to me, like when Max holds my hand in a thunderstorm, and I have the power to comfort him, “Everything’s going to be OK.” And he believes me.
Today, Max didn’t want to go to camp. He resisted mightily all morning, and cried when I left (after begging me), “One more hug and kiss, Mommy, please!” I knew he’d be OK (within moments of me leaving), but I had tears in my eyes that fell after I was out of his sight. He’s still learning how to say goodbye (some days are harder than others). I know when I pick him up soon, that he’ll either run over to me and scream happily, “Mommy!” or he’ll be all mommy-who, ignore me, and not want to leave because he’s having too much fun at camp. Then he’ll pitch a fit in the car and wail, “I want the day to last forever!” Chocolate snacks and snuggles will come in handy. For both of us.
I’m teaching Max that while things end, there’s always something new around the corner. Every day is a chance to start over. Or continue. And sometimes it’s just time to go to sleep. One favorite book of ours is The North Star by Peter H. Reynolds. It ends with the words, “The Beginning.”
I’m still a bit squeamish about starting a blog, but I’m doing it anyway. My goal for today was to write and publish this without judging myself as to whether it’s good or not. It just is. Because I need to continue to overcome my own fears, so I can continue to show Max how to overcome his. I have to walk the walk.
Being afraid and overcoming fears is easier when you’re not alone. That’s what I tell Max, anyway. So far, it seems to be true. Life’s next adventure is right around the corner. I hope you’ll join me. Maybe I’ll figure out the widgets thing, too.
Thanks for stopping by and reading. I’d love to hear from you.
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THE CRY OF THE CONGOLESE
In the West, where we don’t think twice about enjoying three hearty meals a day, it is difficult to fathom what real hunger is; hunger so severe that it colors your daily existence. For many in the Democratic Republic of [...]Tags: Apple, Blaine Skrainka, conflict minerals, Congo, Damon Albarn, délestage, Dodd-Frank, DR Congo, DRC Music, Famine, Kinshasa One Two, OXFAM, The Cry of the Congolese, The Guardian, The New York Times, The Wild Magazine, W.H.O., WFP, world
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We want to take you on a trip to the other side of the world to get brief updates on global issues that we have covered in the past. Feel free to click on each title to go back to [...]Tags: Ai Weiwei, al Shabab, Around The WILD World, ART, ArtReview, Blaine Skrainka, Bono, China, Congo, Damon Albarn, DRC Music, Invisible Children, Kinshasa One Two, LRA, music, ONE, OXFAM, Somalia, The Music Coalition, The Voice Project, The Wild Magazine, Uganda, world
DRC MUSIC: DAMON ALBARN + OXFAM
Damon Albarn, the ingenious muse behind Gorillaz and Blur, has set out on a music journey to the Democratic Republic of the Congo while raising awareness for what some call The Forgotten Conflict. Following his profound Mali Music project with [...]Tags: Africa, Blaine Skrainka, Congo, Damon Albarn, DR Congo, DRC, DRC Music, Human Trafficking, Humanitarian Crisis, music, OXFAM, Refugees, The Wild Magazine, War, Water Crisis, world | http://thewildmagazine.com/tag/drc-music/ | 2013-05-18T10:11:26 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [
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Celebrity Cruising at Vinopolis
“Love. Exiciting and new. Come aboard. We’re expecting youuuuu. The Looooooooove boat….” It’s amazing but I can still remember the words to that cheesy 80′s sitcom set on a cruise ship. And much like the 80′s, cruise ships have always seemed a bit cheesy to me.
That is until I was introduced to Celebrity X Cruises the other night at Vinopolis. If, like me, you’ve never bothered to find out more about a cruise experience, prepared to be surprised. Apparently, they are gigantic floating hotels/spas/world class restaurants with lux amenities. Celebrity now features fine wine and dining on all it’s ships and gone are the days of shrimp cocktails and sausage cocktails. The ships are also looking pretty flash nowadays, too.
I was invited to a dinner at Vinopolis to learn about Celebrity’s new food and wine cruises that they are introducing in the Autumn. The cruises are going to be co-hosted by Oz Clarke and Vinopolis’s Tom Forrest and will feature stops in various wine regions, including, Portugal, Spain and France.
The dinner we had was representative of the kind of food and wine matching meals that would feature on the ship. We started off with an English Sparkling wine, the Ridgeview South Ridge 2008 traditional method, which was really good with the canapes. I was a bit surprised as I’d had it a few days previously and wasn’t all that keen on it but it seems to go well with food.
Served up with the starter of goat cheese tart and beetroot, we had a white Bordeaux, a 2004 Rioja reserva, Pagos de Tahola, was paired with a perfectly grilled steak and a 2007 LBV port with chocolate fondant was heavenly. Happily a cheese board was served up paired with a white wine from the the south of France, the Grand Reserve de Gassac blanc 2010. An interesting choice to have with the cheeses (Cheshire Blue, Brie de Meaux, Epoisse) and for me, they didn’t match. While some people like the wine to contrast with the food, I did not find the pairing enjoyable or cohesive in anyway. I would have preferred a sweeter wine or even a port but now I know that wine would be better served at some other point in the meal. And with wine, everything is subjective, some people quite liked the match.
To finish off the evening, Celebrity brought in some on-board entertainment in the form of an a cappella group, the Aquadinos. A barbershop quartet – like group who wowed us with their versions of doo-wop classics. Great fun and a great way to end the evening. For more info about the Autumn wine cruises with Oz Clarke consult the Celebrity Cruise website.
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I’m a cruising fan. I’ve sailed Princess and Norwegian so far. Haven’t tried Celebrity yet, but so wanting to go on this fall food and wine cruise! Will you be cruising Celebrity this fall?
I’m considering doing a cruise, especially after being introduced to Celebrity’s food and wine trips.
Looks hellish! I don’t know how you can drag yourself around from grotty hole to grotty hole.
For your next entry can you compare an experience to Kate and Allie? I’ve just found series 1 and 2 on YouTube – it might make you homesick mind?
hey stalker! where you been?
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First there was the Mike Gundy "I am a Man!" tirade. Sunday night I'm watching the news and Sean Sutton, the OSU basketball coach, is crying about his team's loss and how he made bad decisions in the last few minutes, blah, blah, blah. Seriously? Crying? At least Mike Gundy is a man.
Todd and I went to the OU/OSU game last night. It was awesome and frustrating. The game went a half-hour longer than normal because the officials cried foul everytime a finger touched someone. It got to be pretty ugly, but in the words of Jeff Capel, "I'd rather win ugly than lose pretty."
Ahh, Oklahoma basketball! If you haven't been to a game yet, you need to go! (I'm just a little enthusiastic about OU basketball, can you tell?)
Make Me Smile Monday!
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You crack me up.
And OSU sucks. Proof is in their coaches. Big cry babies.
Do you think "I'm a Man! I'm 40!" will ever stop being funny?
Because I don't. I laugh every time. I may use it in regular conversation, too. | http://theworldofpam.blogspot.com/2008/01/have-all-okla-state-coaches-gone-mad.html | 2013-05-18T11:01:50 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Do you have a boss? How do you feel about him or her? Mine is absolutely wonderful! I joined his firm many years ago as a junior. I was newly qualified and was keen to prove to my employer that taking me on was the best possible decision he could have made. I suppose in working so hard to establish myself in the firm, I made a good impression on him, because, although I left him after about four years to join another firm as a partner, he welcomed me back with open arms when I returned to his firm after that other firm was closed down, having run into difficulties with our professional regulatory body. The regulation authority suspended the practising certificates of all of us who were at that other firm, but just months later I was back in practice. Indeed, I alone am still practising of all those that were at that firm, because my current boss stood by me and assured the regulation authority that he would provide me with the supervision and support that the regulatory authority had imposed as a condition for my returning to practice.
The law is that when a firm is closed down, as my former firm was, the partners at the firm are liable for the costs incurred by the regulation authority in effecting that firm's intervention and closure. A series of invoices were sent out to me and the other partners, amounting to a sum in the region of £50K, said to be the costs for the intervention and closure. Now, because I'm the only one of the former partners remaining in practice, (the others have ignored all correspondence from the regulation authority), I am having to face the brunt of this, (carrying the can, so to speak), whereas the actuality is that none of the issues that gave rise to the intervention in the first place can be attributed to me personally. I just happened to have entered into partnership with the wrong bunch of people and got myself into the mess that I find myself in. Through all of this, my boss has quietly supported and encouraged me. He assures me that he is confident that I have no personal involvement in the matters that led to the closure of that firm.
Today was the hearing in court of the court case that the regulation authority has instituted against me and my former partners to recover its costs arising from the intervention/closure. The hearing was in the afternoon, so I thought I'd attend the office in the morning and deal with some pressing matters before heading to court later. On arrival at the office this morning, I was informed by his secretary that my boss had left the office ten minutes earlier, on his way to court, to be with me at the hearing. This surprised me. I had neglected to explain that the hearing would be in the afternoon, simply because I had not expected that he would want to attend. So I quickly rang him on his mobile phone, told him the hearing was in fact at 2pm and he turned around and returned to the office. Hours later, after quite a busy morning, I peeped into his room to say that I was leaving for my hearing. To my surprise, my boss insisted on attending the hearing with me, which meant that he had to drop everything he was doing, (and there was a lot on his plate too..).
He stayed with me throughout the hearing and waited with me for hours while the Judge considered the matter. Of all the defendants I was the only one present in court and the case did not go very well for me. To put it in a nutshell, I've learned my lesson about being very careful when entering into a partnership with people you hardly know. And its a lesson that I've learned the hard way too.. But I've also learned that there are in fact people, like my boss, who are genuinely kind and dependable. His presence at the hearing and his words to me afterwards helped to lighten the burden on my mind. I have always respected him, but after today, my respect for him has grown and taken a new dimension. He is truly an extraordinarily wonderful man and I am blessed to have him as my boss.
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Thank you for sharing such a wonderful and touching aspect of your life. I am inspired by you and your boss.Hats off to you both all the way from Nairobi Kenya.
Thanks buddy. I think its important to acknowledge that there are still some fine people out there.. :)
A pillar of strength n stability for u. You truly are blessed and you should appreciate him.
Yes NF, I agree with you. I consider it a privilege to have him as my boss..
Hello Beauty,
Well, the fact of the matter is that even if they took me by the ankles and held me upside down shaking me vigorously, nothing close to 50K would come tumbling out of my pockets!
I had warned them earlier when they first made the demand. I even said, short of slitting my throat and selling my blood, there was no way they could recover 50K from me. Yet they went ahead to obtain judgment regardless, incurring additional legal costs in the process.
"Lex non cogit ad impossibilia", "The law will not ask of you that which is impossible". The law cannot force me to pay money that I don't have. And since I won't be robbing a bank anytime soon, there won't be any 50K to give them! And they better start getting used to the idea that recovering 50K from me is a pipe dream. Its not as if they were not forewarned... (In truth, even if I had the money, I cannot conceive of myself counting out 50 big ones and handing it over to an already wealthy organisation..)
On the publishing side, its something I've always dreamt about...the quiet life, sitting under a tree by the sea side, writing stories.. I wish I knew how to go about getting stuff published and/or whether any publisher would be interested in what I write..
What an awesome story! I'm glad you were able to have someone, literally, in your corner in court; your boss has great integrity, as I'm sure do you for him to come to your defense! Its so important to try and keep all bridges in tact when quiting/leaving a job (just once have I set a bridge aflame and watched it go down in a glorious blaze).
I hope things get better or they reverse the judgment. £50,000 is a lot, lawyer or not.
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Sund!
Omg I think I’m in heaven… this is so cool! Thanks so much for sharing this.
November 18, 2012 at 4:33 pm
>rubyrites, I think that is the place you are most likely to see this scene…
Thanks for the visit and comment.
AV
November 18, 2012 at 4:49 pm
No problem! Keep sharing
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In the latest case of Nigerians seeking justice abroad for crimes within Nigeria, a group of villagers from the Niger
Delta has taken oil behemoth Royal Dutch Shell to court in the Netherlands over alleged environmental pollution and “corporate crimes”.
Nigeria, the leading oil producer in Africa and eighth largest in the world, has most of its oil deposits located in the wetland and mangrove region of the Niger Delta. Decades of oil extraction have left much of the region’s vegetation, farmlands, fishponds and drinking water polluted, and contributed to the impoverishment of much of its local population.
Environmental pollution is typically the result of oil spills caused by poor maintenance of pipelines and facilities, failure to clean up leaks, sabotage of oil installations and oil theft. Blame for this is generally laid at the doorstep the multinational oil companies operating in the area.
A recent report by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) documenting pollution in the delta indicted Shell Petroleum Development Corporation (SPDC), the biggest oil and gas company in Nigeria, for the oil spills which are often referred to as the world's largest. This environmental pollution, greater in volume and intensity than the catastrophic BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, will require the world’s most extensive oil cleanup, estimated to require up to 30 years.
These oil spills have devastated communities, destroyed livelihoods, and endangered the health of local populations and the ecosystem. This damage led some victims, most of whom have hardly partaken of the spoils of Nigeria’s immense oil wealth, to seek justice within the Nigerian legal system. This proved futile.
Following this, therefore, four villagers along with the NGO Friends of the Earth took Shell’s parent company, Royal Dutch Shell, to court in its home country of the Netherlands, on charges of polluting land and waterways around their home.
The verdict on the case will be delivered in The Hague in early 2013. The case is linked to a number of spills that occurred between 2004 and 2007 in Goi Ogoniland, Oruma in Bayelsa State and in Ikot Ada Udo, Akwa Ibom state. It is worth noting that Shell is also engaged in other Nigerian legal battles abroad, namely in the United States, over its alleged complicity in human rights abuses and extra-judicial executions of Ogoni activists in 1995 by Nigeria’s former military leader, the late General Sani Abacha.
Multinationals operating in developing countries have been routinely accused of flouting rules and conveniently ignoring international standards. This ranges from underage labour in sweatshops to carelessness in operations and use of substandard equipment. The outcome of the Shell delta case will certainly set a precedent for communities around the world with grievances against multinationals.
Shell has responded defensively by highlighting the constraints they face in adhering to international standards, citing host governments’ bureaucratic fragmentation and corruption, poor record of rule enforcement, weak infrastructure, and pervasive criminality. Shell insists that “more than 75% of all oil spill incidents and more than 70% of all oil spilled from SPDC facilities in the Niger Delta between 2006 and 2010 were caused by sabotage, theft and illegal refining”. The rampancy of oil theft (or ‘bunkering’) was confirmed recently by Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo Iweala when she admitted that over 150,000 barrels of crude oil are stolen daily from Nigeria.
The prosecution of Shell could potentially be instrumental in raising awareness of the activities of multinational companies, leading to increased pressure for greater regulations amongst home citizens. Whereas cases against multinationals in host countries typically have limited impact, cases filed in companies’ home countries could succeed in creating interest among NGOs and rights lobby groups, most of which have effective media and advocacy strategies to campaign for greater transparency and accountability in the operations of multinationals abroad.
The advocacy by civil society organisations such as the Centre for Global Development led to the implementation of sections of the Dodd-Frank financial regulation bill in the US earlier this year, requiring US-listed multinational extractive firms to disclose the payments they make to host governments to improve corporate and government transparency.
Beneath this though lies the more fundamental question of what such cases mean for the Nigerian legal system. Is the trying of multinational countries in their home countries a damning indictment of the Nigerian judiciary and a reflection of growing disillusionment with its ability to dispense justice in high-profile litigations? A question especially pertinent as the plaintiffs of this lawsuit in the Netherlands blame “endemic corruption” for the lack of legal action against Shell in Nigeria.
Indeed, the case is reminiscent of the trial and conviction of James Ibori, former governor of the oil-rich Delta state, for laundering $77 million stolen from state reserves by a London court after his acquittal by a Nigerian court on similar charges. Such cases do little for the image of the Nigerian legal system.
Thus, many are increasingly questioning the ability of the Nigerian judicial system to dispense justice beyond the petty criminals and towards “big men” and well-connected corporations. The fact that multinationals like Shell wield considerable fiscal and political muscle with influence reaching into the highest echelons of government ministries and agencies, as revealed by Wikileaks cables on Nigeria, has led to the widespread belief that powerful corporations, like politicians, can easily buy their way out of justice.
Ultimately, the verdict to be delivered early next year will determine if pursuing legal action against Shell abroad was simply a futile and desperate effort by aggrieved Nigerians unable to find justice elsewhere. If successful, it might just turn out to be another instance of Nigerians getting the justice they could not find at home. And the ripples may be felt far and wide.
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This publication summarises the proceedings of a conference organised during April 2012 in Lisbon by the think tank Platform for Sustainable Growth
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As a follow up of the “Energy Roadmap 2050”, the European Commission is in the process of finalizing its communication on internal energy markets.
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If my understanding of what’s happening in the Senate is correct, a bipartisan group of “centrists” is going to modify the stimulus proposal by making it somewhat less generous to poor people and somewhat more generous to prosperous homebuyers. Paris was worth a mass, and a recovery package is worth a dumb homebuyers’ tax credit. But people shouldn’t be under any delusions as to what Nelson, Collins, and co. are doing—they’re slimming the bill down by going after weak claimants, not by slicing out the weakest claims.
Back on the Job
Hey, gang, I’m back from vacation. The past week was a lot of fun, and I owe many thanks to Kay, Brian, and Ryan for helping to make it possible. Blogging should return to its normal me-based schedule as of now.
For the moment let me just note that in Spain they have this interesting political system (“democracy”) wherein if your party loses the election, the other party gets to make policy until they lose an election.
Rove: ‘No one that I know of is talking about tax cuts only.’.”
Obama appoints gay man to faith-based initiatives office.
Yesterday, ThinkProgress noted that President Obama was stalling in overturning Bush’s rule that allowed religious groups to discriminate — usually against gay people — in their hiring. Today,.
(HT: Huffington Post)
Kerry: Republicans insisting on housing relief are ‘a year late’; they have ‘created’ the crisis.
In recent weeks, conservatives have made housing their new battle cry, claiming that there isn’t enough addressing the housing crisis in the recovery bill. But as ThinkProgress has noted, they have been stalling housing relief for months. In an impassioned floor speech today, Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) recounted how the GOP’s stubborness has “created” the current crisis:
KERRY: We put in a 15 billion provision in the Finance Committee. … It came to the floor of the Senate. And guess what? And the very people who are here on the floor now stripped it. The President and the administration opposed it. And for nine months, they sat there while 10,000 homes a day were being foreclosed, and they allowed us to slide into where we are today.
“They are about 10 months, a year, late on that effort, and they have created…a situation where it’s out of control,” he concluded. Watch it:
“We were subject to two years of inaction by the previous administration; that’s why bankruptcy is now an issue,” said House Education and Labor Committee Chairman George Miller (D-CA).
So Long, Folks..
Whiners, Revisited
by Ryan Avent
Obviously, there’s nothing shocking about a libertarian being upset with the proposed stimulus plan, what with the not liking government and all. It would be surprising if Will Wilkinson weren’t writing things like this:
The economists can duke it out over the possibility of successful fiscal stimulus. But is there any reason based in up-to-date economic theory to believe that this trillion dollar deficit-spending bill is not, as [economist Robert] Barro says, garbage?
In fact, there is, and I’m not sure that a stimulus skeptic should feel too comfortable leaning on Barro, whose response to criticism after an initial salvo against stimulus in the Wall Street Journal was basically to call Paul Krugman an idiot and ignore the many legitimate objections raised in the economics blogosphere. But rather than debate macroeconomics with Will, I’d like to call attention to this:.? As opposed to, say, the trillions of dollars in lost housing and stock market wealth? Or the effect of a credit crisis on drastically overleveraged firms and consumers? Or, moving beyond initial triggers, the layoffs? Or procyclical budget cuts at the state and local level?
I think that Krugman is more right than Barro on the merits of the argument, and if I were on the fence, this kind of interview wouldn’t tend to push me toward Barro. But what really wouldn’t convince me of anything is the notion that what the economy really needs is for opinion columnists to quit whining about unemployment and output gaps and plunging global demand, as if a zen acceptance that government intervention is futile — whether or not that’s actually the case — would suddenly right our economic wrongs.
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8) “Obamacare takes $716 billion from Medicare to spend on Obamacare.” Ryan is claiming that Obamacare siphons off $716 billion from Medicare, to the detriment of Medicare beneficiaries. In actuality, that money is saved primarily through reducing over-payments to insurance companies under Medicare Advantage, cutting waste fraud and abuse, and eliminating ineffic.”.
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2006Through this website, people around the world will learn about and truly appreciate what women have done for society. We hope to show by example how women have struggled to achieve in a male dominated world. We hope that the encouraging stories of resourceful women will encourage young women to strive to achieve their goals in life
2003We have made websites on famous hispanic people who have a made a difference in people's lives. Take a look around our sites and enjoy. About this site
2003This website is about the Legendary Buccaneer, Jean Lafitte. Sit back and relax as you explore and learn about the greatest pirate to ever live. This learning experience will simply entice you to search for more readings on this historical figure. Resources include an interview with a local author, Nola Mae Ross, who has done extensive research into the life of Jean Lafitte.About this site
2003This site has information on the play, Julius Caesar, written by William Shakespeare as well as information on the real Julius Caesar
2003Visit this site to learn the history of the Teddy Bear!About this site
2003This site gives information on the history of Apple computers. You will learn about the different products they offer as well as information on the founder of the company, Steve Jobs.About this site
2003Our website is intended to teach other students about the Nobel Prize and the importance of working hard to make our world a better place. About this site
2003Welcome to the William Wallace Site! Here you will learn everything you need to know about the Scottish Wars of Independence and William Wallace.Checkout our website! It has things on Hitler, Anne Frank, Pearl Harbor, and so much more. So come and check it out!About this site
2001We picked four people that we admire as people who we believe are peace makers in the world. They wanted to make the world a better place. They tried to live their beliefs.About this site
2001We have mathematicians and scientists on our website. There are biographies on the mathematicians and scientistsThis site is all about MAGIC. You can learn about many famous magicians and how to do lots of great magic tricks. You can even learn how to have your own magic show. You can also take a fun quiz about the Harry Potter books.About this site
2001This site contains all the information about Mahatma Gandhi with an accurate timeline, an unbiased view of the movements he lead and gives some insight into his thoughts. He ws one of the greatest leaders who helped India get independence but always opposing violence. There are various divisions of the site to make its viewing easy. There is a seperate section of text-only. This means that all the information can be printed straight away using very little paper. The site is available in 5 languages for users who are not comfortable with english. There is a sitemap and a quiz on 'the mahatma'. Links to other sites useful to collect even more information about gandhi are also given.
special features
1. cartoons (which were printed in the press)
2. calendar (2001 calendar with various pictures of gandhi;also available for download)
3. audio and media gallery(featuring exclusive sounds and videos of gandhi)
4. seperate website for flash users and normal html.
5. sections for printouts
6. a quiz based on gandhiAbout site is all about the famous people in history who changed the world through their ideas or achievements. We have included biographies on examples of famous inventors, composers, artists, geniuses, leaders, and explorers. We have a quiz to test your knowledge of what you learned. We hope you enjoy learning all about people who changed the worldEveryone seems to like to explore the world around them. Some people (like scientists, astronauts, and inventors) are exploring space, Antarctica, science, or the ocean. In times gone by, people were exploring the world around them, too. This site is about a few of the famous explorers that we've studiedIn our web site, we have identified and discussed the greatest American Heroes of the Twentienth Century. We divided our website into categories, choosing heroes in; Science and Technology, Sports, Business, Human Rights, Leaders, and the Arts. We have several interactive activities for visitors to do, such as a quiz, crossword and messageboard.About this site
2000You will enjoy learning about the biographies of famous people from the past and the present at our site.About this site
2000Our ThinkQuest site will provide information about Charles Augustus Lindbergh and what he did for the world. It is somewhat like an online biography of him. Most people know that he was the first pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean from New York to Paris. Well, do those people know what college he attended? Or who his sons suspected kidnapper was? This page will speak of such things. It has a little information about Lindbergh Elementary School in Palisades Park, New Jersey. We have a few special features such as a video tour, screen shot gallery, quiz page, educational info, and a look at our team.About this site
2000With a click of your mouse, you will enter the world of explorers. You will find information on Cortez, Columbus, Ericson, Magellan, and Drae.About this site
2000This site is about famous people. We have information about such famous people of the last millenium such as Martin Luther, George Washington, and Thomas Edison. We have a game that tests your knowledgeThis site3 looks at heroes past and present. You also get a chance to think about how to be one! About this site
2000For centuries society has revered and idolized extraordinary individuals called Heroes. Often subject to stereotypes and misinterpretations, many of these heroes are what we call archetypal heroes, legends who bravely risked their lives while conquering some inconceivable obstacle. Entering the new Millennium, perhaps we can break this archetypal mould as we learn about and discover heroes of the twentieth century: role models who serve as an inspiration to others and make a difference in society. Although heroism is subject to various interpretations, we show that real heroism is not simply about death defying feats, but is about making a positive difference and improving lives. Our goal is for viewers to use the website in a practical way, not only to benefit themselves, but to inspire them to become like their heroes and make a difference in the world. We encourage people to take action and utilize the tools that they learn while viewing our site. Students, teachers, parents and children alike can join us on an educational journey, gaining a deeper understanding of the hero concept. Find out how we selected our heroes, tour a virtual heroic database filled with 20th century heroes, tell us about your hero, learn how to take action and think globally while acting locally. Discover the connection between classroom education and community service as you explore service learning, follow guidelines that allow you to take the worlds future into your capable hands and all the while discover how you can demonstrate Heroism in Action! About this site
2000Our site is on famous scientists. We have their biographies on our site. About this site
2000This site is an interactive research database on motion pictures and their history. It includes Academy Awards information and history, biographies of important people, analysis of cinematographic methods, and a serachable resource database.About this site
1999We created an entry about Albert Einstein. We explored his life and his work as a scientist. Our web site includes information about Einstein, quotes which we found interesting, and plenty of photos for our visual
spatial viewers. We included a biography which emphasizes his childhood. His educational background and any people, who were an inspiration to him are included. We decided that he was not just a fuzzy headed guy with glasses; but was a person who sailed into life with the
wind behind him!About this site
1999Our project was done by two members. Katie is in fifth grade and Alex is in fourth grade. We made a web site about Amelia Earhart. Our site tells about the life of Amelia Earhart. Every year we do about four research projects. We picked Amelia because we think it will help others to learn how people are created equal and that girls can do more things just like Amelia's parents let her and her sister do. In fourth and fifth grade in Oregon we work on assignments that we do to meet Benchmark standards. We keep some of the assignments in a portfolio and they are scored using special scoring guides. We used this project as one we put in our portfolio and Mrs. Smith scored it using the scoring guide. By doing this project we learned how to do research in many different ways, both at libraries and over the net. We learned how to make web pages and had to solve lots of problems along the way.About this site
1999Learn about the story of Anastasia and try to decide if it really happened or if it was just a figment of someone's imagination.About this site
1999Our web-page's name is Chinggis Khan. In our web-page we decided to include brief information about life of Great Mongolian ruler Chinggis Khan. Web-page is for children & adults who are interested in history, in boigraphy of Great people. Our web-page is consists of following parts:Temuujin, Timeline, Legacy, War of Conquest, Dictionary, Quiz & Map. Temuujin.Here you will find history of Chinggis Khan's birth, his childhood, and engagement and his father's death. Timeline-It's important dates of Chinggis Khan's life. Legacy-which consists of Batu-Khaan, Golden Orde, Munkh Khan, Khubilai Khan tells you about children and grand children of Chinggis Khan and important events in history of Mongolia. War of Conquest- Chinggis Khan's war with neighbor countries. Dictionary-explanation of some Mongolian names and places mentioned in our web-page Quiz-in True false quiz you can check your knowledge of important dates of Chinggis Khan Map-it is map on countries which Chinggis Khan and his legacy attacked and conquered. About this site
1999Our group did Christopher Columbus. We read a ton of stuff about his life. We also included trivia questions that cover the facts people will read on our web site. It is fun and interesting for all ages to learn on. Teachers will be able to print out the trivia questions for their class and studets can use it to do research. Our Christopher Columbus site is educational because it will tell anything you need or want to know about Christopher Columbus with just the click of a button.About this site
1999EGYPTIAN...the first nationality in history , the first citizens of a true civilization , a civilization a mystery to all who live , Over seven thousand years ago these . These people were able to achieve a standard of civilization which was a miracle at that time and still remains to be a mystery. Millions and millions of people have held the same nationality ...Egyptian. There simplest dream was always related to having the honor of holding the nationality, of being a part of that nation of doing something to raise the name of their country up high . Millions and millions of people have given up their lives with pride defending their nation , their civilization and their people . From the wars of the Pharons with the Heksos till the great 6th of October war in 1973 which gave us back our land , our rights and our freedom . Millions and millions of people have dream of a better future of a better way of life . They dream of ever lasting peace , some of them succeeded some of them not . Thanks to that group of Egyptian people who not only influenced egyptian history but went across borders to influence the surrounding world , they affected human life in one way or another , we now live a safe life . This site is to introduce and honor Egyptian people who we can respect for what they have done, to let the whole world know what they gave up their lives forAbout this site
1999"Famous Women in History" is an entry about famous women who have shaped 20th century history. Because of the sheer number of famous women throughout history, we chose to develop this entry around 10 different women. These 10 women are all uniquely different and have contributed in various ways to the shaping of our history. They're scientists, authors, entertainers, and pioneers to name just a few. The ten famous women covered in our entry are: Agatha Christie, Rosa Parks, Hillary Clinton, Helen Keller, Jane Goodall, Mother Teresa, Lucille Ball, Anne Frank, Amelia Earhart, and Marie Curie. Students studying social studies, science, or literature topics (interdisciplinary) will find our web entry quite interesting and informative. With each woman, we've made an effort to highlight intriguing biography facts, describe major accomplishments, and/or otherwise explain to visitors why the woman is an important figure in history. As we near the end of the 20th century, our site will help students and adults learn more about and appreciate the contributions this assortment of women have had in our history.About this site
1999The educational objective of this site is to teach about two famous scientists: Issac Newton and Albert Einstein.About this site
1999This web site is devoted to four peacemakers throughout history. In addition to a biographical sketch of each peacemaker, a game associated with the individual is highlighted.About this site
1999Some things you would want to know about the life, death, and family of Princess Diana.About this site
1999This web page looks at the most popular stars in the preteen world. The girls identified who they thought were the best and more to the point WHY they were popular, with a focus on positive messages about education, drugs, and goals.About this site
1999Our entry, Taking On the World, European Explorers, provides information on numerous famous explorers such as Columbus and Magellan. We have an activity page in which the visitor can do a crossword puzzle, take an interactive quiz, contribute information to our guestbook, and have a great time. The resource page has all of our bibliography information. We have an about us page letting the visitor know a little about us. In all, we have eight explorers, two great games, a guestbook, and pages of educational information, all with the best pictures and backgrounds for the use of our visitors. Our major educational objective is to inform our visitors of the contributions of European explorers. We are hoping that students will find this information useful for research projects or just for fun.About this site
1999This entry deals with The Wright Brothers, an area of
interest to the two young ladies involved. Our objectives
included the technical skills acquired related to the
construction of the web page, research skills, writing
skills and organizational and interpersonal inherent in
team work.About this site
1999We are teaching the people about how these explorers became famous and what they discovered to gain their fame. The people who come to our website will get many educational facts and interesting information about all 6 explorers and their adventures. Teachers can get a lot of valuable information from our website, too. They can even make a copy of our quiz, crossword puzzle, and word searches for their classes to do.About this site
1999Our Entry is called Traveling Across America. We provide information on Famous Americans and provide links to Biographies of other famous people. We have included some places to visit including monuments and vacation spots. We cover the Civil War and include links to other American based wars. We have also provided geography and history links. We hope you enjoy the ride.About this site
1999This project is a timeline and reporting of how women have changed and ere changed by events in history during the twentieth century. This includes both adult women and girls. We have included a brief biography of each woman(girl) and an explanation of the historical eventAs we looked through our textbooks we saw that women were not often represented. We decided that since women make up at least half of the population they should get recognized.
The women on our pages represent several areas including history, science, sports, and the arts. We realize that we could not include every woman that has ever made a contribution to our world, therefore we are inviting students to continue our endeavor by researching famous women and sending us the information so that we can include it on our pageThis site has information about different movies that have been filmed and also about some actors
1998Sometimes girls need some encouragement to become strong women. Learn about women's stereotypes and restrictions put on them that are propagated by the media. Enjoy the examples of strong women role models. Particularly touching is the story about Karen Carpenter, a talented and successful entertainer who died from anorexia. Read some "herstory" and find out more about great women and their achievements. The Quest journal exercise is a fantastic tool for self discovery!While celebrating a local hero, a connection to the past was made in a way that kids can could get involved in the direction of their own learning. The school's founder and benefactor provided (defined) a period of time (1798-1876) during which many interdisciplinary studies could take place. All of the areas, math, science, transportation, health/medicine, history, music and language were looked at from the view of Hiram Bellows life time. This team built a web site to share a few of what the whole sixth grade classes covered during this journey into the pastEnter this site to learn about the life and art of Leonardo da Vinci
1997You've heard all about "history," now learn about "Herstory!" Covered here are time lines of women's history, women's relationships to their communities, and examples of non-traditional careers. How have women been stereotyped in the media? Does Barbie have the ideal figure? Teens will find the site inspiring. Recommended links and a list of books to read are features which add extra value.Enter this site to learn about the theories and the world of Charles Darwin. | http://thinkquest.org/pls/html/f?p=52300:30:5838825904806290::::P30_CATEGORY_ID:CPJ_BIOGRAPHY | 2013-05-18T10:23:15 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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Dear Vivienne Westwood,
Have you not been reading Threadbared? (You should, because one of us is an old punk.) I just read that your menswear collection for Milan Fashion Week is inspired by tramp chic, of all things. Here a mind-boggling excerpt from your press release:
“Perhaps the oddest of heroes to emerge this season, Vivienne Westwood found inspiration in the roving vagrant whose daily get-up is a battle gear for the harsh weather conditions . . . Quilted bombers and snug hoodies also work well in keeping the vagrant warm.”
Your catwalk was covered in flattened cardboard boxes and your models carried bed rolls, their hair silvered with artificial frost from their outdoor travails. What the fuck, Vivienne? Look, I know that between your past as an art-school punk rocker and as a longtime member of the bourgeois avant-garde, it is almost required that you romanticize the poor. (Vivienne, don't deny it. I've seen your past collections and attended your retrospective at the de Young last year.) But it's been done! A lot! So not only is it not original --in recent memory, John Galliano, Erin Wasson, Ke$ha, and W Magazine did it, proving again and again Rosalind Krauss's argument that originality is a myth of the avant-garde-- it is stupid. Such runway homelessness, this tramp chic, just becomes the occasion for you and your audiences to praise your own aesthetic judgment (in this language, finding beauty in ugliness) and moral sensitivity (and in this, magnanimously granting to the indigent Other a sense of humanity through their aestheticization).
Try harder.
Love,
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The psych-rock wash of "Like The Ocean, Like the Innocent" (in 2 parts, no less) will soak you promptly as you begin to spin The Besnard Lakes newest, Are the Roaring Night. Montreal-born, the quartet sprawls, using tones and textures as a lulling device before they come blasting out, laggard and blistering in a swift gesture.
They first hit the US indie market with Are the Dark Horse, a bit druggy and redolent of Black Mountain. They've delved deeper now, and the live show - as evidenced on their TV debut on Jimmy Fallon - is something to behold (just watch the guy dancing behind the drummer, so impacted he occasionally tries to throw off the spirits with angled and mangled arm juts). And listen to how long they hold the melodic chug as the chorus comes in, before the modulation shifts down and the vocals go falsetto. It's good, guitar-sodden tension - thick rock made diaphonous. That opening voice in the backgroung of "Like the Ocean" (part 2!) triggers memories of Grandaddy's Sophtware Slump, disaffected and yet jumping all in for a participatory rock throwdown. It's the paradox of The Besnard Lakes: They wail across the guitar walls, falsetto here and then warmly mid-range, mostly taking all elements at a medium clip, never too fast (and very little is too slow).
Most will regard The Besnard Lakes as a presence from some earlier rock era, especially since they include a 2nd two-part tune on Are the Roaring Night, "Land of Living Skies," which is stoneresque, to be sure. Spaced drum rhythms, a reverb-tinged guitar hitting spongy notes to punctuate its sibling guitar's limber, semi-viscous chords. Delicious and munchies-inducing. Overall, every sung syllable is stretched, lengthened like taffy as the drums smack down time markers and the guitars make crunchy snakes around the whole majestic display. The best thing is that they pull it off epiphanically.
We'd love for you to witness it for yourself! Enter to win a pair of tickets to the Besnard Lakes show at The Crocodile on May 6 by emailing tig@threeimaginarygirls.com before the deadline of 10am on Tuesday April 27 with "BesnardRoar" in the subject line.
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July 9th, 2012 by: Lambert Varias. But it should delight every Game of Thrones fan.
That is of course, the Wall, home and hell to the Night’s Watch. Take a tour of some of the other places in the video below:
I know what you’re thinking. Here you go:
You’re welcome. There are more videos at the WesterosCraft playlist on YouTube. The making-of time lapse videos are particularly impressive.
[WesterosCraft via Nerdcore]
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Discovering how others live is a chief pull associated with visiting foreign countries, because there’s usually a significant difference between your destination country and your homeland. Tourists spend a good deal of time finding unique experiences, unlike those who travel as part of their job and must often go from one bland environment to another.
Begin Completing Your Paperwork Long Before You Intend To Journey Overseas
By ksp | January 19, 2012
Travel is a popular form of recreation enjoyed by people the world over who like to spend time in places that are sometimes miles and miles from home for inspiration and relaxation.
Going to the country of China is simple as long as you are carrying the right paperwork. It will be very crucial that you have the correct type of visa. You can apply for a vacation visa, student visa, or work visa. Be positive that you are applying for the right one. A tour visa [...]
In Russia, You Can Take In The Sites And Visit The Largest Nation On The Planet
By ksp | January 13, 2012
Russia, although split into a number of regions, is the largest nation in the world by far, and for international travelers, is a fantastic destination to travel to see different atmosphere, culture, and the wide range of both reaching across this vast land. Spanning from Asia to Europe, and every place in between, from the [...]
Many criminals have discovered ways to vanish over the years to avoid the police or get away from people they have taken something from. Most tiny technologies mean there is a camera almost everywhere, but crooks still find ways to get away to where their opponents cannot get to them. People can get away from [...]
Try to think of a place where many elements of the culture are at extreme opposites, and Russia, with its mass of greatly diverse cultures that somehow live together, comes to mind. You’ll see many who have prospered since Russia transformed itself to a market-driven economy like the West, but many others live there in [...]
China, also known as The People’s Republic of China, remains one of the most popular tourist places and business hotspots. China continues to grow as the number one country which Americans perform business with, and since China has some well-liked sight-seeing areas, such as the Great Wall, the Forbidden City, the Sacred Road and the [...]
China, also known as The People’s Republic of China, continues as one of the most well-liked tourist places and business hotspots. International businessmen and women love doing business with Chinese partners because of the low labor costs, while tourists like China because of popular tourist destinations such as the Great Wall, Hong Kong, and the [...]
Are you planning a visit to China for meetings or pleasure? You will be required to get a visa no matter what reason you are going. Trying to figure out what kind of papers to get can sometimes be difficult. China has a number of different types of visas. Be certain you apply for the [...]
It’s totally worth your while to make the effort to visit China and get a better view of the country’s people, culture and history. As an American traveling abroad, you need a passport to venture beyond U.S. borders, and for travel to China, you’re going to need a visa to enter the country. Whenever you [...] | http://thrustblog.com/category/travel/ | 2013-05-18T10:12:14 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
THUNDER LEAD SERIES 3-0.
Where: American Airlines Center
When: 6:30 p.m.
TV: TNT (245 DirecTV, 31 Cox, 108 AT&T U-Verse, 138 Dish)
Online Stream: Here.
Radio: WWLS Sports Animal 98.1 FM/640AM/97.1 Tulsa
View from the enemy: The Smoking Cuban.
Projected Lineups:
Last time: OKC asserted themselves as they won 95-79 to take a commanding 3-0 run.
This game is INTENSE. The Mavericks are back against the wall, trailing 3-0 in the series. No team in the history of the NBA has ever come back to win a series once down 3-0. The Thunder are sitting in a pretty solid spot. The Thunder are trying to sweep a team in the playoffs for the first time since 1995-1996. That year, they went to the NBA Finals. If OKC would be able to pull off the sweep, it would only be the second time in franchise history.
Kevin Durant exploded for 31 points on 15 shots in Game 3, and it helped Oklahoma City to the blow out win, knows Dallas isn’t going to roll over.
“We know we have to be prepared and focused and locked in,” Durant said. “We’ve got a good opportunity. … We haven’t (done anything). That’s what we have to think.”
Just because as of 1:30 pm there are over 800 tickets left on stubhub for tonight’s game, that the Mavericks are just going to roll over. Since 2005 when the NBA playoffs expanded to the Best-of-7, Teams that were 0-3 going into Game 4 only won 10 of 31 games. Only once did a team force it to a seventh game. (2003 Dallas vs. Portland).
Keys to the game
Bench Scoring
I’m not saying OKC needs to win this matchup. However, the pattern over the series it that Oklahoma City needs to be near, or equal to the Mavericks bench production. With OKC’s third scorer coming off the bench, Oklahoma City relies heavily on their bench production.
Offensive boards
First two games, the Mavericks were able to grab some offensive rebounds, and put them in for extra points. However, in Game 3, the Thunder really limited them on grabbing those. Result? Oklahoma City led by 26 points at one point in the game.
Play your game
Being up 3-0 can really cause a lot of teams to play lightly, knowing they have a few mistakes in their pocket. Oklahoma City needs to assert its self by winning this game. Anything else, can give this Mavs team confidence. No one thought Boston was going to win in 2005, but they stunned the Yankees by coming back from 3-0. I could also reference some hockey when that’s happeneed. So, it CAN happen. | http://thunderobsessed.com/archives/3106 | 2013-05-18T11:03:12 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Hehe,
I've seen all these rating threads, why not one more, I don't see an avatar one, it could be cause their really isn't one or i'm utterly blind.
If there is one, guide me and I'll close this thread.
Anyways, same as the other threads,
on a 1-10 basis, 1 being the worst, and 10 being the best... rate the avatar above yours!
Since their is none above me, I guess I'll have to wait :-)..
Update: Anyone and everyone who posts, please give an answer as to why you the person whatever mark out of 10. I don't want this thread just to be here to increase your post count by giving a mere '5/10, 4/10'.. give a 1 + sentence explaining why you gave the person what you did.
... I don't want to see this ignored.
Regards,
Omega
New rules:
Mod Note - Same applys here as in the other forum games, please wait until at least 2 people have posted after your last post before you post again.[/quote]
Thank you.
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Archive for the 'Modeselektor' Category
Keane en Later… With Jools Holland.
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Discotheke: Keane – Jools Holland [2004]
It’s no surprise that older guys (especially Henry Rollins of the 80s hardcore punk band Black Flag) think that they still know how to party and rage like us younger techno kids.
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TechnocolorKids™ | Music Blog: Rollins Vs. TECHNO VIKING!
… possessing Work The forward
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Beirut , a musical therapy… on 2:50 AM . +mürekkep, +videoclip, Beirut
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Coldplay – TOTP [2008]. Coldplay en el programa de la BBC, Top of the Pops
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Discotheke: Coldplay – TOTP [2008]
Snake Rattle Rattle Snake,Bad Weather California,Houses,Bela Karoli, and Ian Cooke . Unfortunately, that bloated, down-in-the-dumps, “break-out” artist Nathaniel will let everyone down (Fortunately!) because no way in hell is his …
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05 Can’t Stop 06 Herbert The Pervert 07 Killing Time (Feat. Perry Ferrell) 08 Project 100 09 Franks 10 Slowly 11 The Legend Of The Black Shawarma 12 Riders On The Storm ( Infected Mushroom Remix) [uploading...] (rapidshare) …
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muse-ink: Infected Mushroom // Legend Of The Black Shawarma (2009)
+acoustic, +female vocalists, +indie, +scottish, Amy Macdonald . Release Date: 2009 01 Mr Rock & Roll 02 This Is The Life 03 Poison Prince 04 Youth Of Today 05 Run 06 Let’s Start A Band 07 Barrowland Ballroom …
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Autolux – Future Perfect. 24 Kasım 2009 Salı | Gönderen Jamini |.
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…you know my heart, it beats for you… 21/11/09
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Here’s a few samples of my work. Let me design something for your organization:
- American Legion Post 928-Back
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- Doyle 1 Ads
- Eggertsville Fire District Operation: SafeHome
- Evans Center 75th Anniversary Patch
- ECVFC Fire Explorer T-Shirt
- Firefighter Boot Camp-2008
- Firefighter Boot Camp 2008 – Front
- Hideaway Bay Restaurant
- North Collins Elementary School Band
- Scranton VFC 75th Anniversary Logo
[...] only the Maltese portion of the logo embroidered on the front, and FINALLY a Navy Blue Shirt. …By Design Tiger SchmittendorfFirefighter Boot Camp 2008 Front. Hideaway Bay Restaurant. North Collins Elementary School Band. [...] | http://tigerschmittendorf.com/mutual-aid/by-design/ | 2013-05-18T10:11:35 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
So I’m off to Balkanology for a little something or the other tonight. I fell in with a troop of gypsies for this evening of carnival madness, there’s much to say about the possibilities of tonight. We gathered for a little rehearsal/ conceptualizing session earlier in the week, a meeting that left me dazzled by [...] | http://tiltrepublic.com/tag/balkanology/ | 2013-05-18T10:53:17 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Last week, the five major networks unveiled their new lineups for the fall TV season. Unfortunately, the odds are that less than one-fourth of them will be renewed for a second season. Another fourth probably won’t even make it through one whole season. You can call me cynical, but I prefer the term realistic.
A glance at the list of last year’s new shows and the fall schedules announced last week will serve as a reminder of how many lasted only a handful of episodes, and how many only survived for one season.
The same is true of the mid-season replacements offered each winter by the networks. Of the five mid-season shows I watched (The River, Alcatraz, Missing, Awake and Touch), only one (Touch) was renewed for a second season. Each of these shows was hyped either for star actors (Ashley Judd in Missing and Kiefer Sutherland in Touch), a clever concept (the parallel worlds in Awake) or a big name director/producer behind the show (J.J. Abrams on Alcatraz and Paranormal Activity creator Oren Peli on The River). Yet, for four of the shows, all they had was one short season to prove they deserved another chance. I’ll admit each of these shows had their faults, but the stories were intriguing enough to keep me coming back each week. Which can’t be said for every show, even ones that at first glance sound cool. Read the rest of this entry » | http://timbusbey.wordpress.com/tag/revolution/ | 2013-05-18T10:31:27 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Time Zone Map
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NYC Dueling Pianos
Valid: 10/5/2011 - 12/31/2012
NYC’S BROADWAY ROCK & ROLL AFTER PARTY
TICKETS ONLY $10*(reg $20)
Now featuring Mark Rivera, the incredible saxophone player from the Billy Joel band.
Dueling Pianos is famous all over the country, from sold out concerts in Las Vegas to packed houses in New Orleans. This exciting musical entertainment has finally hit New York. NYC Dueling Pianos is NYC's only all-request live Rock & Roll show.
If you’re looking for a great night on the town, come sing along and dance to the classic hits of the 60's & 70's, 80's, 90's and today's chart-toppers every Friday & Saturday night. Our amazing musicians will play your favorites all night. It’s a show, it’s a concert, it’s a bar. It’s a whole lot of fun. If you want to make the bachelorette feel like a queen, the birthday boy feel like a rock star, or just need a great spot to party, dance, sing and hear your favorite songs live, join us and make it a night to remember.
Fridays and Saturdays 10pm-2am. Click Here or call Theatermania at 212-352-3101 and use code: DPLSP
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Subject to availability. Open bar packages also available for $55 & $80. Must be 21 and over with valid I.D. | http://timessquarenyc.org/deals/deal-details/index.aspx?discountId=64 | 2013-05-18T10:52:49 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Welcome to Running Fit Timing!
RF Timing is more than just a race timing company. With over 25 years of Race timing and Sporting Event planning experience, we fully understand your Event hosting needs for Running, Biking and Triathlon Events.
RF Timing offers online registration, equipment rental, race day registration data entry, timing, and result posting.
Whether you are hosting a first time Fun Run, or a well established Sporting Event with multiple races, separate start and finish lines, announcer setup, and fast result posting to mobile devices: RF Timing can deliver, every time.
Bayshore Marathon
Join us for the 31st Annual Traverse City Track Club Bayshore Marathon, Half Marathon, and 10K to be held on Saturday May 25, 2013. The Half Marathon is currently full. There are still spots open in the Marathon and 10k. Once we fill a race we will not reopen registration. We do not have waiting lists for any of our races.. On your return trip, you step onto a track for the final quarter mile inside the stadium.
Miles For Mia Michigan
My granddaughter, Mia Jeanette Walts, died on October 29, 2011 from a genetic disease called Niemann-Pick Disease Type A. Mia was just 2 ½ years old. It was heartbreaking to see our little angel slowly decline over the course of about 2 years. In honor of her life, the 2nd Annual Miles for Mia 5K run/walk will be held throughout the neighborhoods of Oak Pointe in Brighton, Michigan. The run/walk will take place on Saturday, June 1, 2013 at 9:00 a.m. The proceeds from this event will go directly to the Genetic Disease Foundation that is closely connected to Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York.
Miles For Mia Registration
Ann Arbor Marathon
All courses start on Main Street at the NW corner of the Big House running through downtown Ann Arbor with a finish on the 50 yard line of Elbel Field. The courses will showcase many of the most beautiful and memorable areas of the UM campus and the city of Ann Arbor, as well as the stunning views along the Huron River. The Ann Arbor Marathon will raise much needed funding for the Ann Arbor Public Schools Educational Foundation!
Ann Arbor Marathon Registration
Scleroderma
New for 2013 we added a 10k run.
Prizes for the top three runners with most creative zoo animal attire. Will be judged by Disney Channel actor, Mark Teich - A.N.T. Farm - Mr. Zimbaldi and I'm In the Band - Principal Jenkins. $24 per runner
Charlevoix Marathon. Plus, Charlevoix has the look and feel of an 18th Century resort community. The staging area for Charlevoix is the beautiful downtown area of Charlevoix on Bridge Street, one--half block east of the drawbridge. All courses will take you through fantastic residential tree lined neighborhoods. The course is primarily flat, fast, shaded most of the way, with a few inclines. The Marathon course has a few inclines and a hill at about the 7 mile marker. You can expect a very scenic race with some of the most breathtaking views available on any course. The Marathon and Half Marathon participants will run onto the bike trail. The Marathon is a Boston qualifying race. All races are certified and insured by USATF. The Charlevoix City Police, Charlevoix Sheriff's Department, Charlevoix Chamber and Emmett County Sherrif's Departments are very helpful, supportive and want you to enjoy a safe and enjoyable race.
Charlevoix Marathon Registration
Lions Of Michigan Eye Care, Do You? 5k/8k/Half Marathon
The Eye Care, Do you Charity Runs and Walk present an opportunity for you to support the efforts of Lions Clubs throughout Michigan and to help those in need. People across our entire state will benefit from your participation in one of the scheduled events, and you may choose to support another charity, school or community service organization by collecting sponsorships for your run or walk. The Lions of Michigan Foundation will split all sponsorships you collect equally with your designated charity or non-profit group.
Eye Care, Do You? Registration
Ann Arbor Firecracker 5k
Firecracker 5K Course Returns to the U-M Diag! Join us in downtown Ann Arbor on July 4th for the Firecracker 5K! The family friendly event begins with a 5K at 8:00 AM, followed by the 100 meter Kids Dash at 9:30 AM. Bring the whole crew out for the races, and then stay for the 21st Annual Ann Arbor Jaycees Fourth of July Parade beginning at 10:00 AM. This event benefits Project Healthy Schools!
Firecracker 5K Registration
Escape to Belle IsleJoin us for the 5th annual Escape to Belle Isle, Spirit of Detroit Challenge! Enter the 10K run, 5K run/walk or the Kids' Fun Run/Belle Isle Dash! All finishers of the 5K and 10K will receive cool new medals! Shirts available to all who register early. The Kids Fun Run is a 200 yard dash with t-shirts and trophies to all finishers! Race course starts and finishes at the Belle Isle Casino.
Escape to Belle Isle Registration
Mary Angela Run for Angels' Place
Mary Angela DiGiovanni's beautiful life was cut short 11 years ago due to a tragic car accident.The run is our families way to remember and honor Mary Angela's remarkable spirit. This will be our 11th Annual run and all proceeds will go to Angels' Place. We are blessed to hold the run this year at the high school Mary Angela attended - Mercy High School.
Mary Angela Run Registration
LIFE Walk 5k & 10k Run
LIFE Walk is in its 16th year of promoting public awareness about organ and tissue donation. The event will be held on the Beautiful Historic Belle Isle Park. We encourage all participants to sign the Organ, Tissue & Eye Donor Registry to officially record their decision to be an organ and tissue donor. July 27, 2013 will be a day filled with family, friends, food, and fun. We invite you to come join with donor families, recipients, and others who share the message that each one can extend life through organ and tissue donation…one step, one run at a time. We will see you there as one person, one family, one team, one organization - with one purpose to save lives.
UA Plumbers & Pipefitters 5k
Join us on August 12, 2013 for the UA Plumbers & Pipe Fitters 5K and Pub Crawl! In collaboration with the Ann Arbor Convention & Visitors Bureau, we are putting on a race and pub crawl to benefit charity. 100% of the profits will go to the Semper Fi Fund charity. Retired Major General Matt Caulfield and Retired Colonel Nick Marano, both of the U.S. Marines, will start and lead the race..
UA Pipefitters Registration
Dune Dash 5 Mile Race
Be one of the first to participate in a new 5 mile run on August 17, 2013 showcasing the new Sleeping Bear Heritage Trail located in "the most beautiful place in America." Starting and finishing at the Dune Climb in the Sleeping Bear Dunes, runners will race through miles of rolling sand dunes, Michigan lakeshore, and historic Glen Haven, experiencing what will soon be known as one of the most beautiful scenic runs in Michigan if not the country. Organized by the creators of the Zombie Run with support of Sleeping Bear Dunes and TART Trails, the Dune Dash will be a race you won't want to miss! Participation is limited to 500 runners so register soon! Note: Course will be on the new Sleeping Bear Heritage Trail, a paved flat surface.
Traverse City Triathlon
Dividing West and East Grand Traverse Bay, Old Mission Peninsula offers stunning scenery and a challenging landscape. Both olympic- and sprint-distance races start in the calm, clean waters of Bowers Harbor on West Grand Traverse Bay for a triangular loop swim.
Cadillac Festival of Races
2013 is the 41st year of the 10K, the longest continually running 10K in Michigan. This year we are continuing the “festival” atmosphere with vendors, beer garden and live music. Cadillac Festival of Races is a charitable organization and 100% of all proceeds are donated back to the community.
Come join us!
Brighton 5k
Join us for a 5k run though Brighton, MI on Sept 7th at 9am.. You can register race day morning on Main St near the Mill pond.
Come join us!
Crusader 5k and Madonna 1 Mile
Proceeds from the Crusader 5K and Madonna Mile will benefit the Madonna University Student Emergency Relief Fund. This fund is distributed to students who need financial support in emergency situations. Madonna University is committed to offering students a liberal arts education in the Catholic and Franciscan tradition. If students face a situation preventing them from attending classes, completing assignments, or earning their degree, this fund is used to assist them if we can.
Zaman 5k
Please join us for the Zaman 5k. Zaman International helps the many needs of humanity through time honored principles of social justice such as equity, equality, opportunity, education, economic relief and the continued enhancement and advancement of the human family.
Cupcake 5k
The Cupcake 5K is for avid runners and those who want to have a good time while getting healthy. All participants will receive a custom cupcake medal, cupcake and all finisher’s names entered into prize drawing. The course is Flat and paved roads through town, short distance of dirt/grass in park.
TC Lighthouse Half Marathon
The TCTC Lighthouse.
TC Lighthouse Registration
Traverse City Zombie Run
How does it work? Each runner will register as either an Infected or a Survivor. The survivors - The survivors will be given a one-minute HEAD START at the beginning of the race and will want to be prepared to RUN FOR THEIR LIVES before the infected pursue their morning snack. The infected - Those infected are encouraged to disguise themselves as zombies, and survivors are encouraged to dress up as well... just not as zombies, obviously. Walkers - Walkers are welcome and will start after the runners and of course should dress up as zombies.
Ann Arbor Turkey Trot
Join us for a race through the beautiful Hudson Mills MetroPark. Do a 5K, 10K, or do BOTH for the Iron Turkey (and get a special shirt)!! Overall Winners for 5K and 10K --Shoes for overall female and male. $100 gift certificates to the top female and male finishers of the Iron Turkey! Age Group awards 5-deep in 5-year age groups for the 5K and 10K. Iron Turkey participants earn the coveted Iron Turkey shirt and medal! Kids can do the Kids Mile for a special finishers medal.
Ann Arbor Turkey Trot Registration
Turkey Trot 5k
Join thousands of your closest friends and family on the University of Michigan campus as they look to pound some hot chocolate and jog a 5k before their Thanksgiving Feast
Turkey Trot 5k Registration
Farmland
The Farmland 5K European Style XC Challenge from EXCELerate! It’s Traverse City's non-paved, running event in the spirit of European style cross country at it's best! Enjoy the Challenge...the challenge of running on grass or snow, wooded dirt trails, and farmland running terrain. Just like in the original days of running, before paved roads and concrete sidewalks. You'll run on a dedicated cross country course over rolling farmland on the hills east of Traverse City. | http://timing.runningfitsites.com/ | 2013-05-18T10:32:16 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [
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Harry's Big Adventure: My Bug World! Exhibit
Loyola University Maryland, 2034 Greenspring Dr, Lutherville Timonium, MD | Get Directions »
FREE
The Maryland Science Center will open its doors for an insect invasion when it hosts Harry’s Big Adventure: My Bug World! ,.
Harry’s Big Adventure takes guests on an educational journey around the world through six distinct zones to see how insects impact their surroundings, the environment and ultimately human lives.
Water Habitat – Insects found in swamps and waterways are at home in the Water Habitat, where guests can become a part of the insects’ world through a half-sphere bubble underneath the aquatic environment.
Forest Habitat – Visitors can immerse themselves among the trees in the Forest Habitat, where they’ll meet ants, millipedes and termites.
Meadow Habitat – Virtual butterflies fly throughout the Meadow Habitat, landing on guests’ shoulders and fluttering away as they move and dance in front of a projection screen.
Croplands – Visitors can experience the sights and sounds of an insect swarm and learn more about why these swarms are so important for insects – and potentially threatening to humans.
Bug Art – Guests can express their creativity by building their own bugs, making a rubbing of insects found throughout the exhibit or drawing their favorite character from Harry’s Big Adventure.
House Habitat – Kids can don a Terminix hard hat for a pest inspection mission to find common home invaders, including bed bugs, roaches and rodents.
Special weekend programming, hosted by trained entomologists from the Audubon Insectarium, allows guests to get up-close-and-personal with the stars of Harry’s Big Adventure: bugs!
Under the Bug Top – Every weekend, the Harry’s Big Adventure exhibit comes alive with interactive games and competitions. Visitors can see how far they can spit a cricket, pick their favorite roach in the Roach Race, get to know the insects better in the Bug Petting Zoo or even try an insect delicacy cooked up by the Bug Chef.
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Loyola University's "Graduate Center" at the Timonium campus hosts graduate programs in computer science, education, liberal studies, pastoral counseling, speech pathology, and business. The high-tech facility is also available to be rented for corporate conferences. In addition, students have 24-hour access to the building's computer lab. | http://timonium.patch.com/events/harrys-big-adventure-my-bug-world-exhibit | 2013-05-18T10:32:21 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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Holistic Happenings Healing Center has a wide variety of gift ideas and gift certificates available. Open Saturday from 11:00 - 7:00 PM. Mention the Patch and receive additional savings. We are also on facebook. We are located at 7925 West 171 Street. more › | http://tinleypark.patch.com/topics/Small+Business+Saturday+2012 | 2013-05-18T10:53:42 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Yesterday I was experimenting in the kitchen again, starting with a simple request for white fudge. I made one batch, then decided I had enough materials for another one. I figured I’d try a variant, a French vanilla fudge.
What happened was a glorious failure. I wound up with something more like French Toast fudge than French vanilla. It’s my favorite non-chocolate fudge… so far. I’ll do more experiments later, though, no rest for the mad scientists around here.
The recipe, for anyone interested:
1 egg
1 tbsp vanilla
2 tsp cinnamon
1/8 tsp butterscotch flavoring
1/8 tsp toffee flavoring
1 1/2 sticks butter
6 oz. Evaporated milk
2 cups white sugar
1 cup brown sugar
4 large marshmallows
1 jar (7 oz.) of marshmallow cream
12 oz. of white chocolate (chips, chunks, whatever)
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Beat egg, vanilla, cinnamon, butterscotch flavoring and toffee flavoring until well mixed. Set aside.
Mix butter, evaporated milk, and the sugars, bring to boil over medium heat, stir frequently.
Stir in egg/spice/flavor mix, boil for 5 minutes, stir constantly. (Keep that egg from clumping and keep everything from burning.)
Add marshmallows, marshmallow cream, stir to smooth a bit, then add white chocolate. Stir until smooth, pour into 9x13ish pan, let cool.
(…next time, I’m going to add some syrup in the marshmallow phase. Just to see how that turns out.)
There’s room to fudge the measurements, a little more sugar, a little less marshmallow, less butter, whatever, and the butterscotch and toffee are really just a garnish. They could be emphasized or ignored, depending on your tastes. The key is making sure the egg mixes in nicely and doesn’t clump up.
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So… what? What does it matter that I made some weird fudge?
Well, I’m a creative type. I like to make new things. That’s why I make my own games, like Zomblobs! and Alpha Hex. This weekend I was brainstorming a game for hexagonal or circular cards, because I played Spot It! with my kids, which sparked some ideas. I wanted to see what I could come up with. I also found that TheGameCrafter.com and ArtsCow.com make such cards as print-on-demand projects, so I want to leverage that to maybe make a game I can sell. I love to make game systems and art and photographs, and then throw them to the wild and see what happens. The act of creation is fulfilling on its own, but seeing others have fun with them, and maybe making some money as well, that’s icing on the cake. (This is also why I have a Zazzle storefront and a Shapeways shop. They won’t replace my day job, but I like to offer some of the oddball things that I’ve concocted over the years.)
This is also relevant when taking look at “artsy” games, like the PS3 gem Journey. Y’see, it effectively bankrupted the company that made it, thatgamecompany. It’s an “experience” game, all about the journey, if you can imagine. It’s short, beautiful and atypical. It won a handful of awards at DICE, well deserved. Austin Wintory, the composer, won an award for the soundtrack, and it was the first game soundtrack that earned a Grammy nomination. That’s srsbzns, or whatever the kids call it these days. Journey is kind of a big deal, artistically.
Commercially, however, it wasn’t all that and a bag of chips. It eventually paid for itself “and then some”, but we’re not talking blockbuster Halo, Call of War numbers. There’s a bigger discussion there about commercial viability, gamer tendencies and the intersection between art and commerce, and maybe I’ll dig into that more at some point (there are plenty of articles out there on it already), but at the moment, I just wanted to underscore the creative impulse.
Sometimes, creators just want to create. Sometimes we want to share. Whole communities are built on that philosophy. I think it’s a healthy part of this human condition, and that’s why I keep coming back to this blog and what I do in my “off hours”. I do make games for a living. I also make them on my own because it’s great fun to do so. I write about them and share them because, well… sharing somehow makes it more real, that I’ve contributed something to the world. I kinda like this place, and I want to do my part to make it a little nicer. | http://tishtoshtesh.wordpress.com/2013/02/11/ | 2013-05-18T10:31:07 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
This phrase "follow me on twitter" is starting to bug me. It all started when The Bay (@thehudsonsbayco) radio ads added "..and you can follow us on twitter". I've tried to engage with their brand on twitter several times and have had no interaction. When I look at their twitter stream I see some interaction but they, IHO, are not truly engaging.
"Follow me" or the FB version of "Like me".
So don't just tell me to follow you. Give me a reason to have a conversation with your brand. Even the pied piper gave people a reason to follow him..
On the negative side I've asked direct questions and not been answered. And when Canadian Tire first followed me, they had a protected account. I can't imagine what they were thinking with that one.
So timely! I've been thinking of adding an SM section to my blog. I find a lot of arts orgs are excellent: @theartsclub @carouseltheatre to name a few.
I follow DragonTruck on twitter because I want to know where I can find lunch. They are funny and, when I go to the truck, they have even rewarded me with a free drink.
I'm a bit put off by brands that don't follow back. It's just so obviously one way.
yum Dragon Truck. I might have to add them.
It is like the big brands figure you should just follow them because they are a big brand. | http://tjrramblings.blogspot.com/2011/04/follow-me-on-twitter.html | 2013-05-18T10:41:25 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Badgers
- "There must have been a mighty crowd of dwarves here at one time and every one of them busier than badgers for five hundred years to make all this, and most in hard rock too!"
- ― Sam Gamgee[1]
Badgers were known in Northwestern Middle-earth for being excellent hole-diggers.[1] Men used traps to catch these animals.[2]
A mysterious kind of apparently sentient badgers, only told of in legends, were called the Badger-folk.
[edit] Portrayal in adaptations
1982-97: Middle-earth Role Playing:
- Badgers (which are given game statistics) are carnivorous animals of the fauna of Rhovanion. They are timid but can be dangerous if cornered.[3]
2002-5: The Lord of the Rings Roleplaying Game:
[edit] References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, "A Journey in the Dark"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers, "Helm's Deep"
- ↑ Zachariah Woolf (1995), Lake-town (#2016), p. 149
- ↑ Scott Bennie, Mike Mearls, Steve Miller, Aaron Rosenberg, Chris Seeman, Owen Seyler, and George Strayton (2003), Fell Beasts and Wondrous Magic, p. 56 | http://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Badgers&redirect=no | 2013-05-18T10:16:46 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Letter 1
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Letter 1 is a letter written by J.R.R. Tolkien and published in The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien.
[edit] Summary
Tolkien compliments Edith for her splendid letters while calling himself a "pig" for not writing more often.[notes 1] He discusses his time training at the University Officer's Training Corps while attending his final year as an undergraduate at Oxford. He mentions a story he is working on, The Story of Kullervo.[notes 2]
[edit] Notes | http://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Letter_1&diff=150990&oldid=107816 | 2013-05-18T10:31:32 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Underharrow
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Underharrow was a small hamlet on the banks of the Snowbourn river in the valley of Harrowdale in Rohan. Located just south of Edoras, it was very close to the town of Upbourn. As the great host of the Rohirrim passed through the town during the War of the Ring, many women were standing sadly outside their homes. They knew that many of their husbands, fathers, and sons would never return from the battle that was soon at hand.[1]
[edit] Etymology
The name means "under-fane" and refers to the hamlet being in the valley below the Dunharrow.[2] | http://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Underharrow&oldid=195663 | 2013-05-18T10:45:49 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Commenting on reports that a compromise has been reached on the future of Carshalton's heritage lampposts, Tom Brake said, "I haven't cracked open the champagne, but the signs are that common sense may prevail and TfL have initially stated they were going to scrap the lights have finally agreed to upgrade them instead. This is a great outcome for Carshalton Village and its residents.". | http://tombrake.co.uk/en/article/2008/071496/common-sense-may-prevail-on-heritage-lampposts | 2013-05-18T10:42:02 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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Although you may be used to working eight hours a day and then being off, you have to realize that in order for a home business to thrive more of a time commitment may be needed. Once everything is in place you will be able to relax a little..
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If you have a home business and want more leads “click here”, unless you already have too many leads. | http://tomhusby.com/techniques-to-help-you-manage-your-home-business/ | 2013-05-18T10:41:44 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Here’s everything you need to know about the two characters in this true story:
Moe: He’s my cousin, and he plays the bass.
Gretchen: She’s a good friend, by marriage, and she likes to have nice things.
Moe came from Ohio to visit me in California. I bought a bass guitar the day before he arrived. I’d been wanting to have one around the house anyway, and with Moe coming out, this seemed like the right time. So I went to a music store, and I walked up to a long row of bass guitars hanging from the ceiling, and I went directly to the cheap end, and I grabbed the very last one. It was $189. And black. And shiny.
Right then the sales guy walked up. I spoke first. “Will this thing hold tune?”
He shrugged his shoulders a little and said, “Probably.”
A great deal was communicated here. My question said I knew enough about guitars to know that some of them don’t “hold tune.” And when the guy shrugged and said “Probably,” he was basically saying, “Look dude, obviously you know enough to know that I can’t vouch for that pathetic collection of lumber scraps in your hand. If you want a real guitar, you might consider buying any one of the other 10 million guitars in our store.”
Loving his candor, I said “I’ll take it.”
The next night, Moe was staying over, and Gretchen came by for a visit. Plus Kay my wife made four of us. We were chitting and chatting, and the conversation made its way to Gretchen’s shoes.
“I practically stole these shoes,” Gretchen said with great excitement. “They were on double mark down, for $209!”
I wasn’t looking at Moe at the time. If I had been, I believe I would have seen his Adam’s apple move.
An hour later, I was talking about recent events in my life, and I mentioned the bass guitar that I had just bought. I had already told Moe about it earlier, and about how much it cost. “Go get it!” said Moe. “Let’s see this gem!”
So I brought it out. Along with my teensie little practice amp. I’m not sure why they call tiny guitar amplifiers “practice amps.” Maybe they are meant to be used only for practicing, as opposed to on stage. Or it could mean that the amp is practicing at being a real amplifier someday. Hard to say. In any case, playing a bass guitar through this amp was going to be like trying to squeeze sausage links out of a spaghetti maker.
We will return to the plot line now…
I brought the bass out, and we were all looking at it, and Gretchen asked, “How much did that thing cost?”
Before I could say the price, Moe exclaimed, “Not as much as your shoes!”
4 Responses to “How Much Did That Thing Cost?”
oh when i saw the title i thought you were gonna tell the Max story! but this is fine!
hahaha I’ve been thinking of taking up comedy! Live at parties… you hire me to come hang out and crack jokes all night. Think it’ll fly?! And if I bomb, bass solos all night!
If that ain’t a mix of the boys and girls, I don’t know what is. Also a mix of the musicians and the non-musicians. AND the Angelos and the “What the hell are you people made of?” people.
Go, Moe. Go, shoe girl.
F you cousins who don’t tell me when you’re getting together. Yeah, I probably won’t be there, but gimme a chance.
XO Tiff
If my wife ever paid $200 for shoes I’d be a widower. | http://tommyangelo.com/blog/2009/08/10/how-much-did-that-thing-cost/ | 2013-05-18T10:12:03 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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Game: Stoke City Vs Manchester United
Venue: Brittania Stadium, Stoke On-Trent, England
Competition : League Match
Hello people, how was your weekend? Mine was not exactly great, do keep reading and you’ll see why. Victory over Leeds in the carling cup on Tuesday was good, as the Red Devils qualified for the 4th round. A Michael Owen brace and a goal from Ryan Giggs earned United a 3-0 score line. A fair result from my point of view. The Red Devils face Aldershot in the next round. Just incase you missed it, my darling team dropped points against Stoke City. For me it wasn’t surprising and I hope this result will spur the lads on and not the opposite. Stoke City is a side that has awesome supporters. Their fans are said to be amongst the most loyal fans in world football today. Their stadium has about the scariest atmosphere in the EPL with their ever loud chants. Against daunting odds Stoke are participating in the Europa league, thanks to the runner up position they achieved in last season’s FA cup and they are not doing too badly. They recently knocked out Harry Redknapp’s Spurs team in the Carling cup and despite being thrashed 4-0 by Sunderland in their last league match, they are still occupying a decent position in the EPL.
Going into the game, Stoke had never gained an EPL point against Man Utd since their promotion to the top flight in 2008. With that being said the Potters as they are sometimes called are a force to reckon with especially at the Brittania stadium where they play their home game. With a draw against Chelsea and victory over Liverpool, it shows how difficult a side they can be. Prior to this game they have lost just once. Though the season is still young this stat is a surprise to many. Tony Pulis who is the manager has made this team very competitive and improved the squad with some quality signings and a little bit of experience. He bought Peter Crouch from Spurs, Cameron Jerome from Birmingham, Jonathan Woodgate and Wilson Palacios also from Spurs and Matthew Upson from Westham.
I hoped the Red Devils would emerge victorious. It was however not meant to be. United still had players out due to injury with young defenders Johny Evans and Chris Smalling joining Tom Cleverly, Vidic and Rafael, hence missing out of the Brittania party. The painful thing for me on the day was Rooney’s injury minutes before kickoff. He pulled his hamstring which will now sideline him for a week or so. Like I said after the Bolton game, injury to Wayne Rooney or loss of form could cause problems for the Red Devils. The starting line up for Stoke had Asmir Begovic, Jonathan Woodgate, Ryan Shawcross, Marc Wilson, Andy Wilkinson, Glenn Whelan, Rory Delap, Matthew Etherington, Jermaine Pennant, Peter Crouch and Jonathan Walters. The wealth of Injuriess forced Sir Alex to ring some changes to his side with David Degea maintaining his position, Evra, Phil Jones, Ferdinand, Valencia (at right back due to Smalling and Rafael’s injury), Anderson, Fletcher, Nani, Young, Berbatov and Chicharito completed the line up.
The game kicked off with Man Utd dominating but the hard tackling Stoke players made life difficult for the United players. Hitting them like it was a rugby match. These tough tackles led to Chicharito hobbling off the pitch after being fouled by Woodgate. I still wonder how the ref didn’t see that as a penalty. He was replaced by in form Owen in the 11th minute. The game went on with both sides looking for a breakthrough but it was United who would smile 1st. The Red Devils’ goal came in the 27th minute, a typical Luis Nani finish. He breezed through the Stoke defenders before unleashing a low shot to right corner of Begovic’s goal. Stoke pressed for an equaliser but De Gea made some great saves from Walters and Wilkinson. United went into the halftime with the 1 nil lead.
Having finished the 1st half strongly, Stoke City picked up from where they left off and got an equaliser 7 minutes after the restart through record signing Crouch. It is my opinion that he fouled Phil Jones. Game on and both sides created chances but gailed to convert. Peter Crouch almost scored his 2nd of the night but Dejo was on hand to make a superb save again. The introduction of Giggs and Welbeck in place of Young and Berbatov respectively in the 70th looked good and yes they settled in quickly. I could have placed bets on a Man Utd winner from there on, but we all know the story now. The game ended 1-1. Stoke City finally earned a well deserved point against Man Utd ending United’s 100% start to the season.
My man of the match was David Degea. He made wonderful saves and I’m glad he continues to improve with every game. This maybe surprising to all, but Degea sits on top of the player index rating with over 30 saves in his 6 EPL games. I will also praise the efforts of Fletcher, Jones and Nani on the night. Peter Crouch and Andy Wilkinson also had a decent game.
Next up for Man Utd is a champions league group game against FC Basel of Switzerland at Old Trafford on Tuesday night.
As always I thank you for reading. I really appreciate you………………… Bless
Swizz
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and you can hook up with on facebook/ adedipupo ogun | http://tooxclusive.com/2011/09/28/diary-manutd-fan-stoke/ | 2013-05-18T10:30:32 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Gumpert Apollo
The Gumpert Apollo is essentially a race car modified for the road. The Apollo is the end result of a combining of skills between Roland Gumpert - ex boss of Audi Sport, Roland Mayer - owner of MTM, and Audi. gearbox. | http://top-supercars.com/gumpert.php | 2013-05-18T11:02:17 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Students celebrate MLK day with lessons geared towards civil rights
January 12, 2012 at 6:52 am in Lake County News-Chronicle
While public school students in Duluth and most larger cities in America will have the day off because of Martin Luther King Day, Lake Superior School District students will be in school on Monday, Jan. 16, as part of their regular four-day school week.
Continue Reading | http://topics.areavoices.com/2012/01/12/students-celebrate-mlk-day-with-lessons-geared-towards-civil-rights/ | 2013-05-18T11:02:11 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Man sentenced in burglary case involving Rodeo nightclub in Cottage Grove
March 8, 2012 at 7:16 am in South Washington County Bulletin
A Cold Spring, Minn., man was sentenced to 17 months in prison in connection with an alleged burglary of the former Rodeo nightclub building in Cottage Grove. Continue Reading | http://topics.areavoices.com/2012/03/08/man-sentenced-in-burglary-case-involving-rodeo-nightclub-in-cottage-grove/ | 2013-05-18T11:03:54 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
National Climate Assessment Objectives, Proposed Topics, and Next Steps
Introduction
The National Climate Assessment (NCA) is being conducted under the auspices of the Global Change Research Act of 1990, which requires a report that evaluates, integrates and interprets the findings of the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) every four years. In addition, the Act requires an assessment of the impacts of global change on a variety of sectors, and projections of future conditions for 25 to 100 years.
Notice to the Federal Register and Solicitation of Public Comments
The purpose of this Federal Register Notice is to enhance the value of the National Climate Assessment, a project of the USGCRP, by engaging people who are interested in climate issues and requesting specific input on the outline for the next NCA synthesis report, to be delivered to the President and the Congress and published in June 2013.
Public comments received on these documents will be evaluated and, if appropriate, used to inform the NCA structure and process. Updates on the NCA structure and process will be posted on the NCA website as they are available. Comments will also be provided to the Federal Advisory Committee for the NCA, the "National Climate Assessment Development and Advisory Committee", when it is constituted this fall. All comments will be collated and posted on the National Climate Assessment website.
- Read the full Federal Register Notice (pdf | html)
- Submit your comments on the National Climate Assessment Objectives, Proposed Topics, and Next Steps. | http://topics.assessment.globalchange.gov/ | 2013-05-18T10:12:54 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
So the dreadful Marlins sleep with the fishes once more. Quit yer whining, crybabies! Baseball's least-lovable franchise may have taken hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars to build a new stadium/spaceship/art gallery and then traded off most of its two-legged talent to the Toronto Blue Jays, but Miami owner Jeffrey Loria surely has a genius recovery plan, so there's plenty of hope, you defeatist cynics. Let's run down what's left of the Marlins lineup for the 2013 season:
1. Stapler This fine piece of office machinery was found on fired Marlins manager Ozzie Guillen's desk in a sudden clubhouse cleanup in October. Look at those clean lines! Better-than-average leadoff hitter. If nothing else, Stapler will keep the clubhouse together.
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5. Old Doughnut We're thinking what you're thinking: How can you bat an old doughnut fifth? This guy was found just sitting on top of Recycling Bin, as if no one bothered to care. But there's more to this doughnut than you think. Spent six years in the Mariners organization. Won a World Series ring with the Phillies in 2008. Got an NFL tryout in 2009. Still delicious.
6. Really Awesome Spatula You look at this thing and you think: That just looks like a regular spatula! But you have no idea how good this thing is with omelets and veggie burgers and stir fry. Worth every penny. Signed to long-term contract. Billy Beane covets him because of his VORS (Value Over Replacement Spatula).
7. Cat in a Sweater Look, who doesn't love a Cat in a Sweater? (Besides the cat, that is.) This sure-to-be-a-fan-favorite, who loves to prowl the luxury boxes, comes with a big recommendation from mentor and former major-league manager Tony La Russa, who rescued him after finding him eating cheese fries behind an ESPN Zone in 2004....;”
“Obama hired over 1600 new IRS...;”
“Mr. Obama has never run for...;” | http://topics.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324556304578119363373952862.html?mod=WSJ_article_MoreIn_AutoRacing | 2013-05-18T10:31:49 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Men are silhouetted against a video screen with as they pose with a Samsung Galaxy S3 smartphone in this photo illustration taken in the central Bosnian town of Zenica, May 17, 2013. Overtaking Apple Inc as the world's leading maker of smartphones has stretched Samsung Electronics Co's in-house supply lines, and the South Korean firm is now courting some of its rival's main parts suppliers as they jostle to rule the $253 billion smartphone market. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic (BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA - Tags: BUSINESS TELECOMS) | http://topics.wsj.com/person/o/peter-oppenheimer/490/photos/dd408f0fff354d749fdeb9cbd4ee0827 | 2013-05-18T10:32:42 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
NEW YORK, NY - MAY 17: Patrick Vieira, former World Cup-winning soccer star and current head of the Elite Development Squad for Manchester City Football Club, stands on the field before the game between the Toronto Blue Jays and the New York Yankees on May 17, 2013 at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx borough of New York City. Vieira threw out the ceremonial first pitch. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images) | http://topics.wsj.com/subject/s/Soccer/3898/photos/17b52befd70c498aa05e20c9069fb583 | 2013-05-18T10:17:34 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Cyber Monday marked the biggest day ever for online retailers, with sales skyrocketing 30 percent over the same day last year. That same enthusiasm continues at the MLB.com Shop, where fans are taking advantage of the extended sale to buy one item and take half off another of equal or lesser value through 11:59 p.m. ET on Tuesday.
Want to know how to use that savings for your holiday shopping? Let's take a look at the most popular items sold on Monday at the MLB.com Shop.
1. Giants fans are reveling in their glory. The top three sellers are ways to celebrate another title. In order, buyers went for the Club House T-shirt, the Legacy of Champions Hood and the A&E Home Video Giants 2012 World Series Collector's DVD Set.
2. The next two items that weren't Giants goodies involved the Cardinals' new "St. Louis" look for 2013. First is the Replica 2013 Alternate Jersey, then Yadier Molina's No. 4 Replica Alternate Jersey. Note: The current buy-one-get-one sale does not apply to those new jerseys.
3. It's never a surprise when the Yankees show up high on the Shop's "hottest sellers" list. We'll list their top two sellers here; both seem appropriate given the snow in New York on Tuesday: the Authentic Triple Peak Premier Jacket and the Men's Custom Hooded Sweatshirt.
4. Though Tigers fans would like a World Series do-over, they are still going wild over their team at the Shop. They come in right behind Yankees buyers, led by sales of the Authentic Triple Peak Premier Jacket and the 2012 Property Of Playoff Hooded Sweatshirt.
5. Everyone seems to want the Astros' new look. Leading the way on Cyber Monday was the club's Authentic Cool Base BP Jersey. You'll see that around the American League cages next season.
6. D-backs fans were busy creating their own Men's Custom Hooded Sweatshirts. And as long as they bought another item of at least the same value, they were doing so for only $25, or half off the usual price for that item.
7. What will Mike Trout do for an encore? Sell a lot of No. 27 stuff. Angels fans are reeling in the Youth Replica Mike Trout Player Jersey from Majestic Athletic. Not far behind that was his Name and Number T-shirt.
8. Red Sox Nation, it looks like you are in good hands. The Red Sox Youth Replica Home Jersey was Boston's top-seller on Cyber Monday, ready to be customized any way a parent desires.
9. How about another Chipper Jones farewell tribute? The Braves No. 10 Replica Home Jersey made the list again.
10. Washington led the Majors in wins during the regular season, and Cyber Monday reflected that success. Leading the way is their Authentic Triple Peak Premier Jacket, followed by Bryce Harper's Youth Replica Jersey and Replica Alternate 1 Red Jersey.. | http://toronto.bluejays.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20121125&content_id=40411996&vkey=news_tex&c_id=tex | 2013-05-18T10:42:18 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [
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Our modern take on the classic cap-toe, the Kaitlin Ballet is impossibly chic in a rich nude-colored quilted leather with a contrast metallic gold toe and small logo.
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Padded insole. | http://toryburch.com/Quilted-Leather-Kaitlin-Ballet-Flat/22128328,default,pd.html?dwvar_22128328_color=251&start=83&cgid=shoes-view-all | 2013-05-18T10:42:39 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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We ordered their chinese platter. Service was slow. Food quantity was ample but quality was pathetic. Manchurian didnt feel fresh at all so did the drum stick. Roof top environment was good anyways.
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Here’s a steal of a deal for Turkey Day: All 6 bottles, plus an eco friendly carrying bag, for under $50.
CONTENTS:
- Fizz 56 – delicious, sweet, fruity, fizzy Bracchetto.
- Marius Blanc – Vermentino & Terret (both white grapes), easy drinking with a hint of spritz.
- El Cortijillo – Tempranillo that tastes like a Rioja but for half the price.
- Vina Esmeralda — 85% Moscatel + 15% Gewurztraminer, just ... | http://totalbeverage.net/category/blog | 2013-05-18T10:52:45 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
United States Gets Just Two-Month Extension on Payroll Tax Cut
On December 23, 2011, U.S. President Barack Obama signed into law the Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 20111 which extends through February 2012, the 2-percent payroll-tax reduction that was set to expire on December 31, 2011. The United States Congress is expected to take up once again the debate on a full-year extension of the payroll tax cut.
U.S. Social Security tax is imposed on both the employer and employee. The tax is composed of two parts: (i) the old age, survivors, and disability insurance (“OASDI”) tax equal to 6.2 percent of covered wages up to the taxable wage base ($110,100 for 2012), and (ii) the Medicare hospital insurance tax amount equal to 1.45 percent of covered wages. In 2011, the employee portion of the OASDI tax was reduced from 6.2 percent to 4.2 percent,2 while the employer portion remained at 6.2 percent. Now, the reduced employee rate of 4.2 percent is extended through February 29, 2012.
Special rules for 2012 were added to prevent taxpayers with higher incomes (or workers able to accelerate a large amount of wages into the first two months of 2012) from receiving the maximum benefit from the payroll reduction in just two months. If a full-year extension of the payroll tax cut is not enacted, taxpayers with income for January and February that exceeds $18,350 (two-twelfths (2/12) of the 2012 Social Security wage base of $110,100) will be required to recapture 2 percent of any wages received during the two-month period in excess of $18,350 (and not greater than $110,100) on their 2012 income tax return.
The IRS announced3 that employers should implement the extension of the reduced payroll tax rate as soon as possible in 2012, but not later than January 31, 2012. Any Social Security tax over-withheld during January should be remedied by an offsetting adjustment in the worker’s pay as soon as possible, but not later than March 31, 2012.
The IRS will issue additional guidance as needed to implement the provisions of the two-month extension, including revised employment tax forms and information for employees who may be subject to the recapture provision. | http://totallyexpat.com/news/united-states-twomonth-extension-payroll-tax-cut/ | 2013-05-18T10:21:03 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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The Poltergeist Mansion (Sōreiyashiki, 騒霊屋敷) is home to the Prismriver Sisters. It was formerly the mansion of a human aristocrat in the outer world, but was transported into Gensokyo by the invocation of an unknown ritual.
Although the poltergeists that reside within are clearly not alive, the mansion seems to exist outside of the Netherworld.
Not much is known about the mansion itself beyond the fact that its inhabitants are noisy and that its precincts are probably dangerous to mentally unprepared visitors. | http://touhou.wikia.com/wiki/Poltergeist_Mansion | 2013-05-18T10:31:18 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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There are also new questions about the length of the final segment.
The idea of making it just 10 laps was obviously to create a frantic, all-out, sprint to the $1 million prize. But Carl Edwards proved last year that if a driver can get a good start, he can build enough of a lead that can't be overcome in 10 laps.
After Johnson won the race down pit road on Saturday night, he, too, got a good restart and checked out from the rest of the field. Nobody had a chance to catch him in such a short sprint, but Keselowski said Johnson was so good, he wouldn't have been able to catch him in 100 laps.
Kenseth, who restarted second and finished third, thought 10 laps gave Johnson a decided advantage.
"You got somebody as fast as him out front, there was no way I was going to have a shot in 10 laps," Kenseth said. "Ten laps is kind of short, but yet the fastest car was out front. It was hard to beat that."
Regardless of the format, the consensus among drivers seemed to be that the best car won the race. And for Johnson, it put him alongside the late Dale Earnhardt and teammate Jeff Gordon as the only drivers to win three All-Star races.
Johnson's win came a week after he gave team owner Rick Hendrick his 200th Cup victory with a win at Darlington. With five Sprint Cup championships on his resume, this latest All-Star win was yet another feat in Johnson's bid to rewrite the record books.
"I've got a lot of years left ahead of myself," he said. "I want to leave my mark in this sport when I hang up my helmet. We're doing a great job | http://townhall.com/news/sports/2012/05/20/sandbagging_in_allstar_race_irritates_fans | 2013-05-18T10:53:33 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
In the first quarter of the year, the U.S. economy slowed from last quarter's 3 percent growth to 2.2 percent, according to the latest.
Bloomberg, at least, was looking for a 2.5 percent growth rate:,. … | http://townhall.com/tipsheet/erikajohnsen/2012/04/27/in_first_quarter_gdp_grew_less_than_expected_unexpectedly | 2013-05-18T10:13:28 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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