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I'm passionate about building cool and useable websites using clean and well written code. I specialize in standards-based PHP, MySQL, XHTML, CSS and JavaScript web development. Each site I develop is built to be search engine friendly, using the latest development principles and techniques.
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Here we have two freestyles for you to enjoy from no other than Common Sense. He drops two completely off the top freestyles; one Jay-Z’s “Streets is watching” and the other over French Montanna’s “Shot Caller”. His flow is too sick over the two – I’ve always rated Common when it comes to dropping bar and he never lets me down. Check out the audios below.
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Before I met Eric, I wasn’t much of a gin fan. Like most booze-related stories, this was due to a night of excessive consumption back in my college days. There was plenty of mixing, I’m sure… but the big drink from that night was gin. And it didn’t end well. For a while, I couldn’t even stand the smell of it. The scent of juniper berry gave me an instant hangover.
When Eric and I got together, I quickly learned that I needed to get over my aversion to it. In the summer, his family drinks gin and tonics nightly as they watch the sunset over the lake at the Cape house. So, I caved. It didn’t take long for me to fall in love all over again.
I have had the opportunity to sample quite a few different gins over these last few years, both locally produced and from all over the world. There are a number that I am fond of, but the gin that I am head over heels for is Watershed Gin in Columbus Ohio. As stated in the description on their website, juniper notes are layered with hints of citrus and this creates one of the most delicate gins I have ever tasted. If you are at all a gin fan, make friends with someone in Ohio and have them ship you a bottle.
Now that I’ve hyped up this fabulous spirit, let me tell you about this cocktail here, which was created by the folks at The Inn At Honey Run (located in Holmes County), which is where I stayed with a few other food bloggers when we toured Ohio’s Amish Country earlier this year. While the inn originally prepared The Tarragon with Watershed Vodka, I requested Watershed Gin and, I have to say, I think I liked it better this way.
These are irresistibly delicious and after your first one, I can promise you’ll be refilling your cocktail shaker. The tarragon simple syrup adds an additional component that brings the flavors in the gin together.
If you can’t get a bottle of Watershed Gin or Vodka, the simple syrup would be great with any other vodka or gin (heck, it even goes well with tequila). Happy weekend everyone! Cheers!
The Tarragon Cocktail
created at The Inn at Honey Run
Ingredients
1/2 oz. Simple Syrup (infused with fresh tarragon… see directions below for the simple syrup)
2 oz. Watershed Vodka or Gin
1 oz. Fresh Squeezed Lime Juice
Directions
Pour ingredients into cocktail shaker filled with ice.
Strain into martini glass.
Garnish with thin lime slice.
For an added touch, also garnish with candied tarragon leaves.
Tarragon Simple Syrup
Ingredients
1 cup water
1 cup granulated sugar
3 tablespoons tarragon leaves, chopped
Directions
Bring sugar and water to a boil in a small sauce pan. Add the tarragon leaves. Simmer until the sugar has dissolved. Take off heat and let the mixture sit for an additional 10 minutes before straining. Strain the tarragon leaves out of the simple syrup. Let the syrup cool completely before using.
Can be stored in a jar in the refrigerator for up to a month.
Brian Samuels is Managing Editor at The Boys Club and blogger at A Thought for Food.
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let nextNumber n = if n%2L = 0L then n/2L else 3L*n+1L let findSequenceLength n = let mutable count = 1L let mutable current = n while current > 1L do current <- nextNumber current count <- count + 1L count let longestSeq = [1L..999999L] |> Seq.maxBy findSequenceLength
Having played around with several other approaches, I finally settled down on this solution though I had to use mutable variables in a while loop which is somewhat dissatisfying but it performs quite a bit better than the more functional approach.
As you probably know already, in F# everything is immutable by default and to make a mutable variable you have to mark the variable with the mutable keyword. To assign a value to a mutable variable you need to use the <- operator.
Anyways, the above code is fairly simple, with the findSequenceLength function doing the bulk of the work and returns the number of elements in a sequence using a while loop. It can be equally be written using a more functional (but slower) approach but building the sequence with Seq.unfold and counting the length of the sequence
// the sequence returned by Seq.unfold does not include 1, so for completeness sake, add 1 to the length let findSequenceLength n = Seq.length(Seq.unfold (fun x -> if x = 1L then None else Some(x, nextNumber x)) n) + 1
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Thanks for all of the efforts
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"Your"?
Your performing a wonderful job.
Most entertaining! But, sadly, you're illiterate. And your ignorance are only to be succeeded and exceded by the ignorance of your " favorite child " .
Please keep it up!
But for you and yours, to paraphrase Twain, the rest of us could not succeed! !
God bless you.
Why send these guys home?
They are only going to get back on the battlefield and plan more attacks against the west. This is insane. At least before you send them back, debug them with some flea medication so they do not spread diseases to the people of Qatar. Sending these terrorists back is a huge mistake.
They will return to the battle field and they will do battle again. It just does not make any sense. We need to take all their belongings and sell them in storage auctions to pay back all the room and board we gave them during their luxurious stay at camp gitmo. I am sure they all weigh about 50lbs more than when they arrived there. Sending them home is plain idiotic.
Why send these guys home?
Answer: They are either relatted to President Obama or have the
same goals in common of destroying the United States.
or maybe the Obama administration are all on drugs.
what the dictator is thinking...
I would inject them with some fatal disease thius assuring their participation in future killing of US soldiers null...
The whole idea of negotiating with Taliban and releasing dangerous criminals that took so much effort, money and human sucrifice to capture isn;t just insane I consider it treasonous....
OMG
Barak Hussein Bin Laden is doing the same thing his namesake (Hussein)did. That is-in his last days, knowing his regime was crumbling, he released all the criminals and looney bins from their prisons.
Stay tuned for more, especially with this justice dept.
Why are they sending these guys home.
Maybe he's just trying to make room for him and all his friends and family when they are tried, convicted and imprisoned for High T reason.
Dems running from the "Good War".
After telling us that we needed to be concentrating on the "good war" in afghanistan- instead of Iraq-. Iooks like the administration can't wait to capitulate to the Taliban
These terrorists won't spend the night in Qatar. They'll be off to Pakistan on the next doonda boat.
We're having Rogan Josh for dinner!
America's Neville Chamberlain
Obama is America's Neville Chamberlain and the military's bed wetter-in-chief.
Could not have said better. He is a muslin mole, set to destroy the USA. The people gave him a chance, let's not give him four more years to complete his mission.
I live and work for the last 15 years outside of the US because I see the end coming.
It hurts.
there is more suprises coming...
Looks like Obama may well be finally revealing Who he really is.....the release of those killers in just a beginning...
Weakening our country, muslimatization of our country, disappering personal freedoms, making the decisions without congression approval or in spite of it - all are very dangerous signs....especially since the media is doing all in it's power to cover up , to lie , to attack the critics and opponents ...race blame game had been taken to unbelievable proportions....
This just shows how naive
This just shows how naive this administration is. The Taliban is not to be trusted. War is a dirty game, yet Obama believes we can 'talk' them into living in peace and respect of other views. The Taliban will lie through their rotted teeth to get free from GITMO. We cuddled them and gave into their every demand. We have sacrificed our best and bravest, then called them criminals for pissing on dead enemy bodys.
Wake up America!!!! We are not living in a fantasy world, we live in the real world with bad people who will kill us or behead us at their earliest opportunity, then piss on our bodies.
Levin, McCain and Obama: Master Bridge Salesmen
" But he said the possible transfer was not a significant concession to the Taliban, provided the prisoners remain in custody. "If that's what [the Taliban] are getting, it's not much of a gain [for them], going from one prison to another."
MORONS.
I have a better idea - ship half of Congress and most of the WH back to "Pockeestan", as Ø calls it. I am sure Ø can get them superb accommodations from when he visited as a student and started planing his career with the ISI and Rashid Khalidi.
Maybe Panetta can get McCain and Levin seats at the execution of the Pakistani MD who will soon be killed by the "Taleebahn" / ISI for helping us get OBL, now that his name was released BY THE ØBAMA ADMINISTRATION.
Obama and the Dems (surface
Obama and the Dems (surface at least) are the idiots. McCain and Chambliss were the ones saying this was stupid and we shouldn't release them. McCain said he doesn't think Qatar will hold them in prison and neither do the Taliban, otherwise why would they be negotiating for this exchange? Unfortunately, he also said there's nothing much Congress can do to stop the Administration from making the transfer.
What is sad, is that Americans do not grasp that there are only two conditions in the world according to the Koran. Islam and non-Islam. If you are not Muslim, you are at war with Islam. Plain and simple. There is no compromise with Islam. To capitulate constantly is indeed a show of weakness that the Muslims will use to their advantage. Iran has already said they will destroy Israel and the United States.
This just shows how naive our country truly is...it is indeed a sad state of affairs.
There is the operative phrase. Rope A Dope. I keep saying that you just can't make this stuff up! But there they go again.
This just sickens me. These
This just sickens me. These guy's should have been put to death for their crimes against America, now the Obamanation is going to let them go! Let's see, commit an act of terrorism, kill several people, spend less than 10 years in prison, go home a hero to your people. Thank's Obama I have no words to express the way I feel about you and your policies.
Terrorists first Americans
Terrorists first Americans seconds. Love that pos democrat in office.
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AMEN
Obama is the result of ...the dumbing down of America?
The sooner we increase charter schools, the better.
Got a link for that article?
What is the village idiot, Jimmy obama, doing about getting our people back? The taliban has atleast one prisoner that it has held for the last 2 years.
Obama to release 5 Taliban prisoners
Stupid is as stupid does. Do not vote for 4 more years of stupid.
2012 Vote for Americans, The Constitution & Personal Freedoms...and prosecuting fraudster politicians and bankers.
'..Taliban reconciliation
'..Taliban reconciliation efforts' - What the..?
Michigan residents, are you aware your 'representation' wants to make nice with a peoples who have a 'religious police' which publicly beats, kills women and children, is partnered with Al Qaeda, employs suicide bombers, destroys other than Islam places of worship, at most times with people in said place of worship, knowingly and with pride keep their people/ country living as dolts in stone-age like conditions, has thee most strict Sharia Laws thought possible? Ad infinitum..
And Levin wants to offer an olive branch to these POS?
Heck Levin's an American, supposedly and is wanting to recognize a terrorist organization as an equal?
The dude sounds like an enemy of the state..
...we also make Qatar take Reid, Feinstein, Levin, and Kerry into custody too? Put all twelve of them in one dark, dank cell together. Maybe even toss Pelosi in for good measure. Let's see what they think about the Taliban THEN!
From being there in Afghanistan, I have seen known Taliban released immediatly (within 1 day) after attackingAfghan civilians and soldiers and ISAF soldiers by local Afghan officials. If you think President Obama's orders releasing GITMO prisioners is horrific, the quagmire/corruption of the Afghan government and restrictions placed on ISAF under ROEs is the true horror. The members being released from GITMO have been out of the fight so long their usefulness on the battlefield is marginal.
usefulness on the battlefield
If a person can strap a bomb on their body, at least once, I wouldn't call that marginal.
I don't have a problem releasing them as long as we hang them first, video the process, let the corpses get smelly for a few days, pin a flash drive with video of the hanging to their eyeballs, and drop them into the "presidential" compound of Pockistan. We're going to have to kill these dirtbags in a most wholesale way sooner or later. The sooner the better for everyone. Mark my words.
Good idea...better yet....
Why not arm them as they leave so we can track their activities once freed...better yet...let's free them in different American cities with plenty of ammunition to show them just how much we trust them....Better yet...
we can put them in witness protection programs throughout the country give them new identies, Jewish names would be a nice touch and if by chance they do kill again we can have Haley Barbour commute their sentences so they know we're a forgiving christian society...
A statement is what Obama is after?! Hitler made a statement, even signed it, that he wouldn't attack Britain. The Taliban are, at the very least, as bad as Hitler, as untrustworthy, and as ruthless. They will be thrilled at the ignorance and naivity of the American president - IF - that is what is making this decision, but I don't believe so. He is just helping his muslim brothers (bortherhood) and the expense of lives everywhere else. Anyone who thinks these murders won't be in the field shorthly after exchanged hasn't been following radical islam.
While Retarded McCain is briefed on continuing unAmerican activities by the Obama Muslim regime, Americans continue to sleep, watching this illegal muslim destroys America. I wonder how long it will be for the American Stream to march on Washington to get this illegal dictator out of office...As this muslim continues to destroy America, I thought only blacks were the dumbest group of people on this earth...That is a fact, and there may be a few exceptions, but not many...The world sits back as this SOB, and rightfully stated, his mother was a Bitch, going from black man to black man, continues to destroy this great country...I do understand affirmative action, as mentally blacks cant (in most instances) compete on the same level, and must be given an opportunity to achieve some success in this world, However, this total useless idiot who was taught to read an idiot board, who makes his own laws which are unconstitutional, while the news media, along with the corrupt congress sits back and watches, needs to be tried for treason...It is really important, while and not for long...Free Speech should be screamed from every corner of the US, until this muslim Obama is defeated, and imprisoned for his criminal background...
Please re-read the article.
Please re-read the article. McCain does not agree with this transfer. If only the ultra-conservatives would have just voted for McCain instead of sitting it out we wouldn't have Obama in office. Now they are going to do the same thing with Mitt Romney because people like Rush Limbaugh say he's not conservative enough. Whether he's conservative enough or not, he's a thousand times better than Obama, so please, I beg you, vote for him if he gets the Republican nomination!
Well, Edwin, I just actually
Well, Edwin, I just actually read your entire post and now I don't want you to vote at all. You're a racist idiot!
Remember the Lockerbie bomber? The same thing will happen here.
I suggest that as these idiots impose on every doctor in Amerika, they present "Outcome based data" on this plan before being allowed to release anyone.
OR
personal responsibility: any of the released violate conditions of transfer or parole, the senators put their money where their mouths are and serve the rest of the time OR pay from their vast personal fortunes made off their meager government salaries for the recovery effort, OR if the released kills another human the Senator be held for contributing to the murder.
get real you bozos
There once was a terrorist thug,
Locked up in Gitmo safe and snug,
Instead of the noose,
Barack turned him loose,
Our soldiers again he will plug.
Why wouldn't He release them?
Why would obama not release his muslim brethren? You can tell what kind of person he is by the church and preacher he went to for 20 years, all his Anti-American policies, and antics, his Anti-White stance, his race baiting, his condemnation of Israel and pro stance for hamas and hezbolah...this is to be expected from the muslim-in-chief.
Obama is Public Enemy #1 - He is a Marxist
And we have had how many GIs die so this fool can do this to look good in the eyes of the Left, the world's Socialists and the Enemies of America? Obama must be Impeached now so that we can limit the damage he is doing to America and her
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I’m living two blocks away from this library—and I don’t know why I was so elated about this—but I’m in my mesh jogging shorts in the elevator and I saw that my book “Swamplandia!” was their book club selection. And I was over the moon…So I just thought about what would happen if came in some kind of black raincoat and sat in on the book club meeting and then was like, ‘You’re all wrong!’
Karen Russell (via thebronzemedal)
Awesomeness would happen, Karen Russell.
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Apparently, someone has taken the Harry Styles and Taylor Swift break-up a bit hard. The UK music magazine NME has nominated Mr. Styles worthy of wearing the “Villain of the Year” crown.
Luckily, Harry isn’t the only one, and faces stiff competition from Prime Minister David Cameron, Skrillex, Azealia Banks, and Psy, reported Perez Hilton .
As if that wasn’t hard enough, Harry, along with the rest of One Direction, has been nominated for NME’s Worst Band, along with Muse, Mumford & Sons, Alt-J, Ed Sheeran, and Justin Bieber.
But this should probably be no surprise for the band as they were nominated for worst band last year as well and even took home the title, reports SugarScape .
Of course, 1D fans are outraged! Entertainmentwise says Super fan @michaelwood tweeted, “That One Direction are up for Worst band at the NME awards says more about the lamentable state of the NME than it does One Direction.”
The ceremony will occur February 7th. Will you be watching or boycotting?
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NDC Organiser is a joker …says NPP parliamentary candidate
From Isaac Akwetey-Okunor, Koforidua
The opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) Parliamentary Candidate (PC) for New Juaben South Constituency in the Eastern Region, Dr. Mark Assibey-Yeboah has described the Eastern Regional Organizer of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) Mr. Bismark Tawiah Boateng as a joker.
According to the NDC stalwart, the ruling party would arrest the “ghost” that has hounded the party in the area for some timen now as the country goes to the polls in December. The NDC Regional Organizer claimed the impressive performance of the party in the entire region and the constituency in particular would lead the party to victory in the December elections.
Making the prediction during a zonal rally of the party in Koforidua last Tuesday to introduce the Parliamentary Candidate of the party, Dr. Kwaku Owusu Acheapong to the constituents, Mr. Tawiah Boateng said not only would the party win the parliamentary seat but would get at least 50 percent of the presidential votes in the region.
Mr. Tawiah Boateng hinted that, the NPP did not do anything to improve the lots of the people in the region in the eight years of their governance and that the NDC has demonstrated its commitment towards the development of the people in the region.
Responding to these claims in an interview with the Chronicle, the NPP candidate said the NDC organizer was day dreaming and called on him to wake up from his dream.
Despite admitting that he would not be complacent with his chances of winning the elections with a wider margin since elections cannot be predicted, he was still confident that NPP would retain the seat in the December elections. According to Dr. Assibey-Yeboah the NDC has not done anything for the people in the region which could woo them to turn their back to the NPP. He appealed to members of the party not to relent on the massive development record of the NPP but rather go out to campaign for the party towards victory.
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“Wanted” in Cincinnati!
Wanted- homes and condos to sell in greater Cincinnati!
In February 2012, the Multiple Listing Service of Greater Cincinnati had over 11,000 homes and condos for sale- this year the inventory is below 9500 properties. Buyers are turning up the steam by closing on 1899 properties during the first 6 weeks of 2013 compared to 1452 during the same time frame last year.
Bottom line if you are entertaining any thoughts of selling your property this year-now is the time to list.
Need help with buying or selling your house or condo- call for detailed market analysis. Or Subscribe.cincinnati homes for sale
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Still think we won the Cold War? Of course you do…you are brainwashed. The US is having an economic crisis, but Russia isn’t? Why is that?
Russia’s Muslim terror proxies in Iran have been draining the American economy and Military since 9/11 (War against Capitalism). The sheep don’t believe anything unless a blond from Fox News is reporting it.
According to the list, compiled by analysts of WealthInsight, there are 64 billionaires in Moscow. The Russian capital thus comes second after New York City, which is a home to as many as 70 billionaires.
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- Koch Me Up Before You IndieGoGo: Advocacy Group Trying to Crowdfund the Purchase of the LA Times By Steve Cooper
- House Republicans Have Spent 15 Percent of Their Time Trying to Repeal Obamacare By Zaid Jilani
- CO Governor Doesn't Fine Company Responsible for Toxic Waste Spill By checks-and-balances
- Yet Another Soldier In Charge of Sexual Assault Prevention Arrested By AP
- Abusing Independent Contractors: KY Business Ordered to Pay Millions in Back Pay By Chaz Bolte
- New Fracking Rules Show U.S. Bowing to Industry By Jacob Chamberlain
- Here are Eight Companies that Desperately Owe Their Workers a Raise By Chaz Bolte
- Abercrombie Would Rather Burn Clothes Than Give Them to Poor People By Abby Zimet
- What's Your Connection to Rainforest Destruction? By Vanessa Moraless
- In Georgia, Homosexuality is Against Religious Values, but Violence is Not By Misha Dzhindzhikhashvili
- The Real IRS Scandal: Agency Audits Found Wealthy Taxpayers Failed to Pay $4.8 Billion in Taxes By Zaid Jilani
- 'The Only True Republican Alternative to Obamacare is Nothingcare' By Katherine Haenschen
- What Deficit Problem? By Dave Johnson
- The Right Wing Outrage Industrial Complex’s Complicated Week By Tina Dupuy
- Cambodian Shoe Factory Collapse Kills 2, Injures 7 By Sopheng Cheang
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Devastated Savings and Home Values Drive Americans to Retire Abroad
Living abroad is a life-long dream of many and retirees and soon to be retirees; with mild climates and a lower cost of living, Central America’s easy access seems like an ideal place.
Exact numbers of people already in retirement overseas is difficult to find. Approximately 350,000 American retirees currently receive Social Security benefits abroad, according to the Social Security Administration’s annual report.
According to industry publication, Travel Market Report, approximately 3.3 million American baby boomers are planning to retire abroad.
Costa Rica has historically been a retirement haven for expats and has become one of the top destinations in Central America for Baby Boomers looking for a quality, healthy, convenient place for their retirement.
Costa Rica is famous for its natural beauty, laid back healthy lifestyle, fast and easier access from North America, it has all the key points retirees are looking for such as convenient hospitals and clinics, lower cost of living, little to no tax issues, political instability, personal safety, and climate.
Of the 10,000+ Baby Boomers retiring every day for the next 19 years (Pew report), one of their most pressing financial concerns is whether they will have enough money to pay for medical and long-term care expenses.
In a nutshell, Baby Boomers are looking for somewhere they can make their savings last and enjoy an active lifestyle, while staying healthy.
Most potential expats looking to retire in Costa Rica come first on vacation to get a firsthand look at what this country has to offer. The rental market is attractive for potential buyers exploring the country, for example, rent in San Jose can be over 50% less than most equivalent places in the USA.
Retirees looking to make their dollars go further are finding plenty of opportunity in Costa Rica’s real estate buyers market and discovering a new and exciting lifestyle in Central America.
The Costa Rica News (TCRN)
San Jose Costa Rica
Related articles:
- Baby Boomers Expected to Cause another Costa Rica Real Estate Explosion
- Reduced to Sell – Chalet Style Luxury Country Home
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Imagining The Future Of Visual Storytelling: We Hosted A New Cinema Hackathon At Eyebeam
The this weekend were tasked with only one objective: to imagine and prototype new and unusual forms of visual storytelling. Their approaches were varied both in content and in tone, but the projects were united by their fearless experimentation and enthusiasm for the ideas being explored.
We’ll be unveiling the projects in the coming weeks on the blog, as well as on the New Cinema and Eyebeam websites. A public presentation of the completed projects will be exhibited at Eyebeam from January 29th-February 3rd.
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I recently graduated with a doctorate in Leadership and Global Perspectives. What does that mean? What are my plans now? Maybe this short video will help explain:
For what it's worth, the choices I make are not always an indictment of your choices. Not always.
I recently graduated with a doctorate in Leadership and Global Perspectives. What does that mean? What are my plans now? Maybe this short video will help explain:
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A couple of months back, I won a jacket from Return to Sender’s blog! What are the chances right? Finally, after finding my camera charger and getting my camera charged, I needed to snap away!
Now, it has been HOT as Hades in Southern Cali (I have moved home!) and I had a fashion event (the really cool LA fashion blogger community- Fashion Two Point Oh!) to go to last night that was more lax than anything else, so I opted for my New CarmaKoma jacket and my Svoboda jeggings!
The jacket was quite roomy, lightweight, but held no punches on the funky and fierce factor!
I must give a big hug and kiss to my lil sister who shot my pics as I came in from the night’s festivities! Thank you sissy poo! Also, please forgive the lack of accessories, I could not find my fun pieces to play with!
What do you think? Want my jacket? You can snap up the Sagrada Jacket ON SALE! over at CarmaKoma!
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Interview: Mike Allred Pt. 1
Categories: Interviews still had any doubts on the matter.
The book also helped to galvanize Allred, who began work the character’s latest staring role, Madman Atomic Comics, now on its seventh issue, which finds the artist rejuvenated and daring as ever.
We sat down with Allred to talk about how the new anthology helped the artist rediscover his old friend.
What was it like finally getting to hold the Gargantua in your hands, looking over the history of this character?
Definitely a milestone. First of all, it’s kind of an eye-opener to realize that I’ve done that amount of work [laughs], that we’ve amassed this collection that’s large enough to be used as a lethal weapon. It was also a great benefit in launching me forward and progressing my development, because I was almost forced to objectively revisit my progress, and I was able to look at moments where I was happy with the direction I was going in, and others where I was maybe treading water or regressing. So I saw my work with fresh eyes, and by doing so, I was able to really reassess what I wanted to do, and for that reason it kind of gave me a whole new lungful of air. I was really gratified and excited that this could come to exist, but also it reignited my enthusiasm for what I had in front of me, and where I wanted to go.
That second wind that the book gave you—was it really a personal thing, or was it specific to the Madman character?
That’s a good question. I always blur that line, so I’m not really sure. I put a lot of myself into all of the characters, and also people I know—friends, family members, character traits, quirks, experiences all kind of go through this filter that is my own mutant brain and kind of filters out on paper. Sometimes I’ll have a hard time looking at things objectively, at a distance—collecting Gargantua helped with that. Also, since I hadn’t done Madman for quite a while, as far as on a monthly or bi-monthly basis, when I’m in and doing it, it’s hard to maintain any kind of objectivity.
I have certain disciplines with my plots and notes and outlines that get lasered into a script and a series of scripts in a story arch and then attacking it with the best style I can—with what I want it to look like. I think, overall, I have a pretty consistent style, but I also try to do something a little different with each project, so X-Force looks a little different—even X-Statix, I tried to give it its own flavor. Even now with Madman Atomic Comics, there’s probably been one major artistic experiment with each issue. I’m also very conscious of trying to keep it settled, so it retains a certain consistency, so all of these things are consciously or subconsciously floating around inside of me, so then to differentiate from what’s personal and what’s character-driven—I don’t really think about it that much. I don’t even know how to answer that question [laughs].
You say that there’s a lot of you in these characters—I assume that goes double for Frank Einstein [Madman]—when you go back and read all of these arcs, do you ever find parts of you that you didn’t realize were there, when you were writing them?
Oh, absolutely. And that’s one of the things I’m most excited about, as far as where I am now. There are little elements that were just kind of laid out or seeded in passing, and looking back, I get excited. “Wow, I never took that to its full potential. I can do that now.” With the first story arc in Madman Atomic Comics, I realized that there was this main subplot that I had just left dangling, and that was this idea of Frank Einstein being one of The Four, with his great cosmic destiny. So this first story arc was completing that, tying that up. So, what I learned was that I didn’t really want to leave things dangling for so long.
What I wanted to do more of, which I had done with previous Madman arcs was to do a self-contained story and then move on to another one, which was really my original intent after the first series. Madman Adventures was going to be a series of self-contained adventures. That was a thing I realized I wanted to reconnect with. I want to do very genre-specific story ideas, as well. The first arc with the new series had this central theme that tied in with the whole cosmic space adventure idea. So now I’ve got film noir ideas and westerns.
Very genre-specific.
Yeah. But they are an initial inspiration, but that comes through what is a Madman adventure story. I’m not really forcing it, or making a point of it, but the inspiration is there, and if you’re aware that these things are what I’m excited about, you may recognize that. Otherwise, I’m hoping that it will be a little more subtle than that. But I really want that feel for everything that happens in here. And being that this is the one place where I can do anything I want, I want to take advantage of that, and looking back at what I’ve done over the past fifteen years with this character, I can see where I loved doing certain things and where I wished I’d pushed things a little further and where I forced things.
I’m trying to be my own most severe critic, but at the same time, after I’ve written it on the script, that’s where I just let go, and the joy of it comes through. Each part of the process becomes more enjoyable for me. With writing, I get excited to lock down an idea, but once they’re locked down, more enthusiasm comes in, because I’ve got that foundation there, and I can really relax more or let loose more with the artwork, and then it’s another series of locking things down, whether it’s the layout or the penciling or the inking or the tones at the end, and then I just sit back and Laura [Allred, Madman colorist and Mike’s wife] just punches those colors in, and “wow!” And then the book comes out and it’s really thrilling.
One thing that’s happened is, each time a book comes out, there’d be this tense anxiety, because something would always go wrong. The plates would be off or the colors wouldn’t be working as well. Especially when we first started working with computers. When we first started, Laura would watercolor these graylines, that would then get printed on this horrible paper with the registration off. We’d be excited—it’s our first color book—an then we get it back and it’s just crushing. And then we working with Bernie Mireault, where he’d do these animation-style cell colors and they came back looking beautiful, and how do we work toward that? And he, of course, being the colorist, had a different reaction, but we hadn’t seen the colors. We weren’t able to go online and see proofs, so now here we are, closer and closer to where what we see on the monitor is almost exactly what we see in print. So that’s one of the most exciting things in this progression. Once we let go of it, it’s almost exactly what we were hoping it would be, when it sees print.
Where there any moments in retrospect that didn’t seem like Madman stories? Where perhaps you had to force the character in there?
Not really. But sometimes I was focusing maybe more on a plot or a gimmick than his potential as a character, like his relationship with Dr. Flem had become strained. Frank Einstein—I see him as a child developing, and now he’s kind of like a high school graduate. And Flem being the last father figure in his life—I think at every point, a son has to stand up to his father, whether it’s as a sign of respect or rebellion, depending on what the relationship is.
Frank is now emotionally realizing that Flem has never really seen him as person, but more as a guinea pig—someone that he can take advantage of, and utilize in his experiments. So Frank is trying to come to this place where he can stand up to Flem and demand this respect or stand up to him like a father, and say, “hey, dad, I’m a man now. You need to treat me like one.” Before, where it would be plot-driven, now I’m able to integrate more of the characters into the plot. So that’s one thing I recognize from the past, but fortunately, I lot of people already assumed that that kind of deep characterization was already on the page. Hopefully it was there, but I’m seeing that it wasn’t there as much as I would have liked it to have been.
One story that I’m pleased about is when people reacted when they thought that his girlfriend, Joe, was killed. I wanted it to have impact, because I know what I want to do with this, and I know where this is going, and it’s ultimately going to lead to something really fun and joyful and a big payoff, but initially, there were some real angry people out there. I thought that I had laid enough of a path where they would know that this wasn’t just some blatant…
Way to sell books…
Exactly. It wasn’t like the death of Superman, a very cynical way to sell comic books. No one with half a brain their head that was aware of comic books really thought that Superman was dead.
Or that he’d stay dead.
Yeah, so it was just laughable when you saw mainstream media just go insane with this story. All of these people got taken advantage of, thinking that they were buying historical documents. But that wasn’t my approach. “This is going to be a collector’s item, the death of Joe.” No one really reacted that way, but what I didn’t expect was that people would really feel something. What’s really gratifying are the the people that reacted on the forums or wrote letters. That kind of involvement is really where I want to be with what I’m doing, where you really enjoy what’s on the page in front of you. Where you get excited about where you’re going, and where you’ve been.
[Continued in Part Two.]
–Brian Heater
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Last week LeBron James invited everyone to blame their problems on him. So, with the open invitation, that’s exactly what New Orleans Hornets coach Monty Williams did Monday. Continue reading →
USA Basketball chairman Jerry Colangelo is expected later this month to officially announce the preliminary roster for the team that will compete at the 2012 Olympics in London this summer. But a report by Chris Sheridan details the 19 names that Colangelo has allegedly settled on. Continue reading →
A week-and-a-half into the NBA season and the Chris Paul trade is still generating buzz, this time because of one of the players Paul was traded for. Continue reading →
From left to right, here’s Al-Farouq Aminu, Eric Gordon and perhaps one of the Sons of Anarchy at their introductory press conference Saturday. All three were acquired from the Clippers in the Chris Paul trade, and all three look absolutely thrilled to be playing in New Orleans this season.
Smile for the Christmas card, fellas!
Photo via AP
The Clippers had some sort of sham public relations stunt Wednesday, giving fans the chance have an exciting bus ride around town with a few of the players. DeAndre Jordan and Blake Griffin were among the players involved in the event, and a camera filming the whole thing happened to capture Jordan and Griffin acting like a giddy couple of high school girls gossiping when they found out who will be giving them alley-oops this season. (I guess they forgot that their coach was still Vinny Del Negro and their owner was still Donald Sterling.)
At one point Jordan asks the person he’s talking to on the phone, “Who’d we give up?” Well, DeAndre, maybe you should ask Eric Gordon, who was also there part of the Clippers event. Yep. Awkward, indeed.
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The Oneonta Charter Review Commission appreciated the opportunity to present the first full draft of the proposed Oneonta City Charter to the mayor and Common Council on June 7, and to a League of Women Voters forum on June 21.
This first draft is the next step in a process stretching back more than a year, during which the commission has:
"¢ interviewed former mayors, council members and department heads;"¢ compared the present charter with how city government actually works;"¢ held several public hearings;"¢ studied charters of over a dozen other cities similar to Oneonta in New York state;"¢ invited mayors, city managers and council members to Oneonta to learn from them; and
"¢ spent several months arriving at this draft.
As the process continues, as the commission will hold numerous briefings and public meetings with citizens and officials to gain further input and suggestions and to make modifications. The final draft will not be completed until September, and then will be put before voters in November. We welcome comments and questions from both city officials and residents.
As expected, most interest has centered on our proposal to provide a city manager for Oneonta. The commission feels strongly that, under the present charter, the Common Council is seriously overburdened having both to set policy for city government and to supervise its administration, and effective administration of an $18 million government is too much for a part-time mayor.
The best solution is a city manager, a full-time top administrator who will head up a new leadership team of city departmental directors, and who will be hired by the Common Council and report to the council.
Having a city manager will strengthen the Common Council by freeing it from the micromanagement of running the city on a day-to-day basis, enabling council members to focus on making policy. The council will have more time to think about how to solve our biggest problems and about what we want Oneonta to look like in the future. Most former mayors and many present and former council members agree with this recommendation.
The proposed charter retains a strong part-time mayor who presides over the Common Council. The mayor will remain the one elected official in the city who represents all the citizens of Oneonta.
Everyone from cities with a city manager stressed two points: one, clear and continuous communication by the city manager with the mayor and Common Council is vital; and two, if the council finds the city manager not complying with its wishes, it may fire the manager. Checks and balances are built into the draft charter, with the council ultimately in charge.
Other questions that have been raised include:
"¢ How would the city budget be prepared?
The mayor and council will set budget parameters, but the actual preparation will start with the departments under the direction of the director of finance (the present chamberlain), a process supervised by the city manager. The final budget will be decided, as now, by the mayor and council.
"¢ How would city employees be hired and fired?
The city manager will have these powers, which are not clearly stated in the present charter. The present and former mayors and many council members agree the city manager should have those responsibilities. Our recommendation is based on the need to simplify and clarify city employees' complex supervisory lines. City employees' legal job protections will not change.
"¢ Would the city manager be too strong, diminishing the role of department heads?
Oneonta is fortunate to be served by dedicated, capable department heads and employees. However, the challenge every city faces is to have all departments operating in smooth coordination with one another within the framework of city-wide policy and priorities set by the mayor and Common Council. The addition of a city manager will enhance the role of department heads by providing them expert and professional leadership, support and supervision — important functions that cannot be expected from a part-time mayor and Common Council.
The Charter Commission looks forward eagerly to more meetings with city officials, employees and citizens to gain further input and improve the present draft. Several public meetings on the draft charter will be held in coming weeks, focusing on the city's wards. That schedule will be announced soon. The public is invited to any or all of these meetings.
The next Charter Commission meeting, open to the public, will be 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 6, in the Council Chamber of City Hall at 258 Main St.
Copies of the draft charter are available from the City Clerk's office in City Hall and at Huntington Memorial Library. The draft may be viewed and downloaded online at. Questions and comments may be telephoned to 431-1351.
This commentary was submitted by Paul Scheele on behalf of the Oneonta Charter Review Commission. The commission is chaired by Dave Rissberger. Other members are Scheele, John Dudek, Martha Forgiano, Karen Geasey, Tom Kelly, Steve Londner, Larry Malone, Sarah Patterson, Kathryn Stuligross and Laurie Zimniewicz. Kathy Wolverton, city personnel director, serves as non-voting liaison to the commission.
Guest Column
Changes to city charter will be good for Oneonta
The Oneonta Charter Review Commission appreciated the opportunity to present the first full draft of the proposed Oneonta City Charter to the mayor and Common Council on June 7, and to a League of Women Voters forum on June 21.
- Guest Column
- The evangelical view of same-sex marriage
The issue of same-sex marriage seems to appear on a daily basis in the media these days.
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- A closer look at our economy - Part II
We have talked about the public sector component of our economy. Now let's take a brief look at the manufacturing and retail/services sectors.
- Use fracking to fill budget gaps
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- Saturday, March 23, 2013
- The true meaning of the story of Easter
The weather for Easter 2013 promises to cooperate in helping us to ponder the real mystery of Easter more deeply.
Easter is not about fuzzy bunnies, bonnets, colored eggs or budding azalea bushes. Easter is not a way to mark the return of warmth and light after a long winter. Easter is the foundation rock of all that is Christian â€" the Gospel, the Church, the Sacraments, the Scriptures.
- Saturday, March 16, 2013
- A flesh-and-blood expert won't hoodwink you
- Saturday, March 9, 2013
- Let the markets determine our energy sources.
- Saturday, March 2, 2013
- Taking a closer look at our regional economy
- Saturday, February 9, 2013
- Investment in DEC isinvestment in state's future
What?
- We need to work toward living in love’s not that the rules and religion are useless, but that the challenge to do better never goes away. Consciousness is constantly on the move to overcome its own challenges.
- Saturday, February 2, 2013
- All downtown Oneonta lacks is you
- Saturday, January 26, 2013
- America at a crossroads in 2013
Our country is at a crossroads. After four straight years of trillion-dollar deficits, our national debt now stands at over $16 trillion. If we don’t change course, based on the policies contained in President Barack Obama’s most recent budget proposal, we’ll continue to have trillion-dollar deficits as far as the eye can see.
- Saturday, January 12, 2013
- Obamacare won't cure what ails our system
- Saturday, December 29, 2012
- Oneonta's First Night is too good to miss
- Sunday, December 23, 2012
- The right to live free from gun violence
- Saturday, December 8, 2012
- The reality of renewable energy sources
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Was Chicago Doctor Serial Killer London’s Jack The Ripper? Descendant Of American Murderer Investigates Links Between The Notorious Criminals – Daily Mail
One descendant of H.H. Holmes, the notorious Chicago man known as America’s first serial killer, now suggests his ancestor could actually have also been the London serial killer Jack the Ripper.
Jeff Mudgett, the great-great-great-grandson of the killer, has submitted handwriting samples from both Holmes and Jack the Ripper for review and handwriting experts have confirmed the likelihood they could stem from the same hand.
Now Mudgett is on a quest to see if the American, believed to have killed 200 victims before he was caught in 1894, had made any documented visits to London around the same time with the killing wave swept through London.
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Serial killer: H.H. Holmes confessed to killing 27 people before he was caught in 1894, but many believe he was responsible for the deaths of 200
Scene of crime: The Murder Castle, circa 1893, was designed by Holmes to have secret passage ways and body chutes to transport bodies
Herman Webster Mudgett, known as H.H. Holmes, was a wealthy and well-educated doctor in Chicago, where he moved in 1884 from his native New Hampshire.
He eventually became owner of a drugstore and opened a hotel in Englewood, a suburb of the Windy City.
But the 60-room boarding house was a murder trap – having been constructed to allow the proprietor easy access to his victims.
Dubbed ‘the murder castle’ he designed the structure with windowless rooms equipped with gas lines
and body chutes so he could transport his sedated or already dead victims to the basement of the hotel.
Hidden: A diagram that appeared in the Chicago Tribune showed the secret passage ways inside of the ‘Murder Castle’ where Holmes could easily move his victims to the basement
Striking: Jeff Mudgett enlisted handwriting experts to compare the handwriting of H.H. Holmes and Jack the Ripper. The experts say they likely came from the same hand
Some victims were locked in their bedrooms, that were soundproof and fixed with gas lines, so they would be asphyxiated.
Others were kept in a soundproof bank vault, where they would be kept and ultimately would suffocate.
Once the victims died, hidden body chutes would allow Holmes to drop their sedated or dead bodies to the basement of the hotel, where he would dissect the corpses – selling the skeletons to medical schools.
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Deadly: Jack the Ripper (portrayed in the 2001 film From Hell) is believed to have killed five prostitutes in London in 1888
Holmes was finally caught and admitted to killing 27 people, though some suspect he was to blame for 200 deaths.
He was hanged in May 1896.
He had been married to three different women and had an unknown number of children.
Jeff Mudgett learned of his terrifying heritage when his grandmother decided to investigate their lineage as part of a growing tend among families wishing to find out more about their family tree.
‘It left him questioning everything he thought he knew about himself and his family. The new information forever changed him, propelling him down a new path in search of the truth,’ according to an interview he gave to Ancestry.com.
He began looking into the heinous crimes of his ancestor and the inquiry took a turn, when he began to notice similarities in Mudgett’s modus operandi and that of Jack the Ripper.
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Jeff Mudgett learned of his family history at the age of 40
‘Jeff per cent match.’
Jack the Ripper was the title given to the unidentified killer who preyed upon the poor and immigrant communities of London in 1888, killing five.
It’s believed that this killer targeted female prostitutes, whose throats were slashed before the perpetrator mutilated their internal organs.
The abdominal mutilation caused many to believe the killer was surgically trained.
The identity of the murderer has remained unknown but he has arguably become the world’s most famous killers, even a century after his deadly spree.
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“A lot of undergraduates are wondering whether they will find jobs that allow them to use their degree,” said Del Campo in an interview with Breitbart News. .
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Nathan Bransford is a pretty cool literary agent (even tho he isn't interested in my book at this time). As he mentioned recently, the publishing industry is in a contraction mode, in the midst of overall growth.
Simultaneous contraction and growth? How could that be? My explanation: there is more than one publishing industry - there's the big old dinosaur publishing houses, and the smaller, indie/self-pub companies (like Lulu, or Peachpit Press - also cool, also not interested at this time). Guess which one I'm more interested in, philosophically and practically.
As Nathan writes, ."
I understand the math behind blockbusters - JK Rowling is richer than the queen (and her publisher probably didn't do too bad either). But chasing after that rare blockbuster doesn't make much sense to me, as a corporate strategy. It's the whole "all your eggs in one basket" scenario. Far wiser, it seems to me, to tap in to that long tail and have a bunch of writers (ala netflix, amazon, etc), selling more (in aggregate) than the blockbuster writer ever could. And this interweb thing is making it faster, cheaper and easier to do most of the traditional tasks done by big publishing houses. My prediction - the indie guys win in the end.
And by the way, Nathan, I'm selling tens of copies, not two's of copies...
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GSI Tower in the Form of Fish Scales
GSI Tower is designed by Sanzpont Arquitectura, and will be located in Cancun, Mexico..
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The M-City Porject Redefines Tower Typology
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THE DOLCE DIET: 3 WEEK SUMMER SHAPE-UP CONTEST
Summer’s coming! There’s nothing we can do to stop it so we might as well get in shape! We thought what better way to help motivate you than to run a friendly little contest?! So here it is…
During the next three weeks we want you to chart your progress with simple photos from the front, sides and rear as well as a brief update on your weight and how amazing you’re feeling. This will be done through our easy-to-use UPDATE FORM.
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It seems to be a recurring theme on Freakonomics. This new NBER working paper by economists Scott E. Carrell and Bruce Sacerdote deals with the idea of educational incentives. They found that even those incentives that are offered to students late in their senior year of high school, can impact college outcomes, but not if it’s only money given and the impact is not the same for all students , as you already can discover in the abstract (you can download the paper here):.
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Just a friendly reminder that I want to own one of these. It’s been a little while since we talked about it. And I only bring it back up now because I’m keeping the dream alive. This puppy could cost you up to $3,000 from Design Within Reach. I am DIABOLICALLY opposed to that sum of money. But the other night I was cruising down Lincoln through Venice at warp speeds when I passed a storefront that had one of every imaginable color out on the sidewalk. I have to get back over there on a Saturday to see what the asking price is there.
Design completely out of anyone’s Reach!
I went into one the other night, and left mad… Upset.
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During a ceremony at the Jack Brooks Regional Airport Jefferson County Sheriff's Office aviation hangar Friday, April 19, JCSO honored three individuals for assisting law enforcement in apprehending two shooting suspects in a manhunt April.
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UPDATE 10:42 a.m. Wednesday Feb. 27: Police have released the name of a man they say accidentally caused his own death after he died of smoke inhalation inside a Cardinal Exxon dumpster early Tuesday morning.
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Beaumont Police gathered to present honors to officers and community leaders Thursday evening, Oct. 18, at St. Jude Thaddeus Catholic Church in Beaumont at their 2012 Annual Awards Banquet..
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Jul 31 in Blog tagged appreciate, enough, funeral, good things, happiness, I wish you enough, in life, joys, loss, possess, rain, satisfy, sustain, wanting, wish, your love | Comments Off
Recently I overheard a elderly couple in their last moments together at the airport with their daughter. They had announced the departure. Standing near the security gate, they hugged and the father said, 'I love you, and I wish you enough.'
The daughter replied,'Dad, our life together has been more than enough. Your love is all I ever needed. I wish you and Mon enough, too.' They kissed and the daughter left.
The Couple walked over to the window where I was seated. Standing there I could see they wanted and needed to cry.
I tried not to intrude on his privacy, but they welcomed me in by asking, 'Did you ever say good-bye to someone knowing it would be forever?' 'Yes, I have,' I replied. 'Forgive me for asking, but why is this a forever good-bye?' 'We are old, and she lives so far away. We have challenges ahead and the reality is - the next trip back will be for one of our funerals,' he said.
'When you were saying good-bye, I heard you say, 'I wish you enough..' May I ask what that means?' The elderly man began to smile. 'That's a wish that has been handed down from other generations. My parents used to say it to everyone...' He paused a moment and looked up as if trying to remember it in detail, and he smiled even more. 'When couple again!!!
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Hello Country/Goodbye Nightclub–Vibrant florals, electrifying graphics, and a dynamic collision of street and sportswear string together Stolen Girlfriends Club’s spring/summer 2012/2013 collection. Combat boots and deconstructed knits appear amongst casual, military-influenced separates, injecting a healthy dose of 80s grunge, and making for an edgy collection that breathes ease and style. Available this coming September and October, the collection offers refreshing silhouettes and hues to energize any man’s wardrobe.
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To continue my proclamation of amor for my favorite food group, let’s play a little game of name that tune.
I love carbs, carbs, carbs, carbs
Carbs, I do adore
Sound familiar? No? Okay, maybe it’s not a real song. Maybe I just replaced the word carbs for girls in Jay-Z’s “Girls, Girls Girls.” But it’s catchy, no? Perhaps it’s time for a food-themed remix, jigga.
So you’re probably wondering: ¿por que are we still talking about carbs?
I don’t doubt that I effectively communicated the fact that I love my carbs on Friday. However, while most of you embraced my carby adoration, I did receive one anonymous carb-condemning comment.
It went as follows:
Wow you really eat alot of carbs. Ever heard of “everything in moderation”? I find it interesting that your studying nutrition yet promoting such a reckless dietary approach. Your clients are gonna be obese.
Lovely, no?
I usually let negative anonymous comments fall by the wayside—and I won’t bother addressing the grammatical mishaps (oh, wait…)—but I do feel obliged to come to the defense of my beloved carbs.
Dear Anonymous Carb/Me-Hater,
Yes, I eat a lot of carbs. (Some may even go so far as to call me carbzilla.) And, yes, I’ve heard that whole “everything in moderation” spiel. (In fact, it’s sort of the backbone of my food philosophy.) But who says high-carb equates to a “reckless dietary approach?” Sure, there are a lot of nutritional experts who preach low-carb, high-protein diets. But, for every R.D. telling you to put down that piece of bread, there’s another telling you to open up wide, chew that carby goodness and get skinny. My point is that there is no one right dietary approach. We’re all different. And we all have different dietary needs. My body happens to feel its healthiest when I give it lots of carbs. Yours may not (in which case, I send my condolences).
Carbingly yours,
Sarah a.k.a. Carbzilla
Don’t believe me on the high-carb thing? Let’s take a gander at what I studied en escuela this weekend.
Well, what do you know? I’m not alone on this whole “carbs can do the body good” thing.
Can you imagine how excited I was to open my handout folder and find this at the top of the pile? Yes, the first order of business at escuela was studying the history, progression and validity of high carb diets. (This made me wonder if IIN has ESP/reads my blog?) Needless to say, I was fascinated and jotted down every word mi profesor said regarding the benefits of getting our carb on.
I also used this carbspiration as an excuse to wander down to Whole Foods during my lunch break and pick up some new carb goodies.
(Yea, I shop at Whole Foods with a Trader Joe’s bag. Blasphemy.)
I can’t wait to experiment with these—especially the millet!
Among other topics like protein, calorie requirements and the macrobiotic diet, we also learned about the principles behind The South Beach Diet. (This further fed my suspicion that my school has ESP/reads my blog, as I just mentioned The South Beach Diet on Friday.) Our guest lecturer was Dr. Arthur Agatston, the author of The South Beach Diet. Despite having a not-so-fun personal foray into South Beach dieting, it was fascinating to learn about how and why he developed the diet. For the record, even Dr. Agatston addressed the benefits of carbs. Just saying…
Since all this carb talk is only further perpetuating my carbzilla reputation, I will now switch gears to another (newly) beloved c-food: cottage cheese.
Since we last spoke, I’ve been through three containers of cottage cheese. In defense of cottage cheese/me, I really wanted to try out so many of your cottage cheese recommendations. All in the name of experimentation, mis amigas.
Let’s get to the cottage cheese creations.
En el bol: 1/2 cup oats cooked in 1 cup almond milk with 1/3 cup pumpkin, 1/3 cup TJ’s high fiber cereal (random) and 1/3 cup cottage cheese stirred in at the end. Dressed in maple syrup, pumpkin pie spice and whipped crema.
I’m not sure what inspired this crazy concoction—I was mostly just craving a ridiculously creamy bowl of oats—but I’m glad I went with it. I usually just cook my oats in water, but the almond milk, plus the cottage cheese addition at the end, created the perfect creamy consistency.
One more point for cottage cheese being the greatest thing ever.
More pumpkiny cottage cheese oats were had.
This time, eggs were added. And, OHMYGOD, make this now.
The mezcla: 1/2 cup oats, 3/4 cup water, 1/2 cup egg whites. 1/2 cup cottage cheese and 1/2 cup pumpkin stirred in at the end.
Okay, the abundantly eggy (almost custard-like) oats mixed with creamy cottage cheese and pumpkin gloriousness? I’m pretty sure my taste buds discovered new heights of ecstasy.
Onto some cottage cheese snack recommendations.
Almost all of you mentioned the cottage cheese + preserves combo, so I knew I needed to go there.
Increible. In this concoction, I used put the raspberry preserves atop 2% whipped cottage cheese, per another recommendation.
I liked the whipped version—but I have to say, I really missed the little chunks/curds/whatever other gross term can be used to describe the consistency of cottage cheese.
Worry not, I got my curd fix in my next snack experiment.
1/2 cup applesauce + 1/2 cup cottage cheese.
Definitely one of the most brilliant cottage cheese suggestions thrown my way. I’ve eaten this combo at least once a day since trying it—mostly because it sort of reminds me of cheesecake.
I also did a bit of savory cottage cheese investigation.
Another suCCess.
Lastly, we have the least photogenic—but possibly the most delicious—of my experiments in cottage cheesedom.
Cottage Cheese and Hummus Stuffed Portobello
1 Portobello cap brushed with EVOO + sea salt on both sides. Baked at 400° for 5 minutes. Removed from oven and smeared with 2 tbsp. roasted red pepper hummus. Topped with 1/2 cup cottage cheese mix with 1 diced roasted red pepper. Returned to the oven to broil for 3 minutes.
Broiled brilliance. I was pretty skeptical of how cottage cheese would taste post-broilage, but the crispy cottage cheese layer that formed was amazing.
The only fail was the fact that—due to aforementioned skepticism—I only made one. Muy triste.
Preguntas: I didn’t go into too much detail about escuela because I wasn’t sure how much you want to know. Do you want to hear more on what I’m learning? Or more about the experience as a whole? Oh, and, since you gave my such amazing cottage cheese recommendations last time, do you have any more that I must try? I’d be happy to oblige
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Hope you’re having a bueno you-kn0w-what día, mis foodies!
Amor,
Sarah
What brand do you find the whipped cottage cheese in? I hate the curds/chunks but would love the whipped!
oh snap girl! LOVE yo CREATIONS!! isnt eggs and CC the BEST things since PB to put into oats?! soo freaking DELISH!! love it!!
i am dying to try whipped! i cant find it!
ahh sorry about the carb HATAAAA. nobody ever died from eating a lot of healthy carbs!
love youuu!
i JUST rolled my eyes and yelled, “GET OVER THE CARB THING” at one of my co-workers who looked at my plain sweet potato and sighed, “oh i wish i could have a sweet potato. too many carbs…”
I want to hear all about school
You NEEEEEEEED to try my cottage cheese/raisin/Thousand Island/red onion combo. I know it sounds hideous, but it is so.freaking.amazing. I just wrote cottage cheese on my hand so I remember to buy some. Granola + CC + banana = next week’s breakfasts.
We don’t get whipped cottage cheese here
Though we do get some crazy flavours- tomato basil, shrimp, chilli, etc.
Love this post! Carbs are not the enemy, just like fat isn’t the enemy. Some veggies have the same carb value as a bagel. It’s all portion size!
Good for you for standing up to that rude anon comment!!
Have you tried red quinoa, it is awesome!!
Seriously, some people are just carb-phobic (thank you Atkins). Apples, bananas, all carbs, no? Jeez. Carbs are my friend, all day every day.
Sadly cottage cheese is forboden in my diet
but yeah it goes with everything if you can eat it. One of my top 3 comfort foods growing up was bowtie pasta with cottage cheese. Holy amazing.
That anonymous commenter may suck it.
Glad you liked the Cottage Cheesecake
way to put the anonymous carb-hater in his/her place
and yes! i’d love to hear more about escuala! and i think i need to go restock pumpkin so i can make those amazing pumpkin cottage cheese oats–yummm!
It sounds like you are loving learning about all of that great info! I am happy to see someone who is absorbing everything they are paying to learn! That is rare…
ha, great post – I love carsbs as well!
Omg what a silly thing to say…carbs=my life…having fought an ED i feel that comments like that are why so many girls in society are too scared to pick up a piece of bread and eat the darn thing. Thank you for addressing this and showing ppl that its not about fitting into what society thinks is right but doing whats right for your body!
Great post!
Keep it going sarah!
-Lena
I swear you can mix cottage cheese with anything and its awesome. IIN sounds sooooo interesting, I would love to hear more about what you’re learning. It seems like the type of place I would enjoy learning at.
I am so happy you commented on my blog. It lead me to yours, and it is absolutely terrific!
I love your background…i love writing…i have university science degrees though and stuck in a career that i hate …but so much debt i am seriously “stuck” there…i love writing…i just actually need to do it more…currently spend more time reading
what a great blog !
omg so glad you stood up for ourself- its not like carbs are ALL you eat- wtf… idont know why he/she would make such a rude comment?? i love your eats! so delicious
xoxo
shelley
I was cheering and fist pumping throughout this whole post. From your defense of carbs to you cottage cheese concoctions…I just love you.
Carbs and I are best friends. I’m pretty close with fats and protein, too, but carbs and I just have a connection. Ignore the haters and keep on chowing!
Hey! I’m happy to have found your blog too
I’m also a carb-lovin’ nutrition student. When will people learn that no macronutrient is “bad??”
A life without bread, oatmeal, sweet potatoes? Craziness!
I’ve tried Millet once before and it was good! But those little grains get EVERYwhere
um so seriously anon has some unresolved issues with carbs. I want to shove that millet in their boca.
on that note, i’m going to go eat peanut butter and *gasp* TOAST. oh yes I di-idddd.
Psssh, dude I say eat whatever you want. I love carbs, and completely agree that different foods work for people in different ways, and we all process food in different ways. Enjoy your carby-goodness!
Go ahead and get your carb on, girl! Good carbs = energy moron anon! I have one can of pumpkin left in my pantry, and thanks to that first bowl of oatmeal I’m pretty sure I will be breaking it out for breakfast tomorrow. My cottage cheese fix today was had with half a banana, Stevia, and cinnamon. Perfecto!
Hmmm, maybe I should rethink my dislike of cottage cheese?!
i would like to continue to hear about cottage cheese and carbs. because they are amaze.
seriously if you whip cottage cheese and pumpkin in a blender it makes amazingness. a-may-zing-aling-ness.
by the way your shroom caps are genius. just sayin
Ohh anonymous commenters are so annoying sometimes. I really think that diets are personal..some people do better with a higher carb intake. Obviously anonymous is nutrition ignorant.
Thanks for visiting my blog and for the sweet comment!
Oh my goodness I’m loving all the cottage cheese creations! I can’t get enough of that stuff, I’m definitely trying these combos!
And I would love to hear more about what you’re learning in school/how you feel about it!
defend carbs. I love oats, bread, more bread, cereal…carbs are friends. they provide fuel to workout! haha and Im so nt creeped out u caught that Auntie flow comment in my post lol… i jst hope she doesnt ruin my weekend day drinking adventures….
ahhhh come to chicago ASAP and por favor.
xooxox
lolomon
You’re giving me so many good snack ideas here, I LOVE cottage cheese!
Love this post. Carbs in general are not bad, but there are certain carbs that are healthier than others – you obviously eat an abundance of whole grain, healthy carbs so I’m not sure what the anon reader was thinking.
i have a whole carton of cottage cheese looking for inspiration! i’m gonna try your broiling method…
food looks amazing and the anons. girl. I get some doosies. WAY worse than that. Trust me. Between the vegan raw thing (ie. vegan police) and the fact that im in a sports bra doing yoga poses, you can imagine some of the choice words i get. Shrug em off, i know easier said than done, but you’re fabulous and we know it. xoxo
You’ve got to love how the catty commenters are always annoymous! If you want to discuss something at least have the guts to admit who you are.
I am totally in defence of carbs, mostly because the average Westerner eats waaaaay too much protein anyway and also carbs are the yummy!
Good on you for defending carbs! But… and I hope you don’t take this the wrong way… I sometimes find that I really don’t understand as much as 20% of your posts because of all the Spanish in them. I’m assuming you are from Spanish-speaking descent, so please don’t think I’m being racist or anything! I have nothing against that
I’m just saying – some words are very easy to assume a meaning from like escuela obviously = school. And most people know ones like para mi, mi casa, etc. But other times I just have no idea what you’re talking about, lol! It frustrates me to not understand what you’re saying because I’m interested in your posts – obviously haha. Please PLEASE don’t take this as a hater comment. It’s just… an opinion? Constructive criticism, maybe? Ugh, sorry. I sound like a b!tchface! I’ll stop now.
I get really frustrated when I hear people trash-talking carbs, too. I try to stick up for them, lol.
And cottage cheese is the only food that I’v been seeing all over that still grosses me out, but I want to like…and I think your successes with it may have me convinced to try it!
I for one want to hear ALL about your school and what you are learning! That way I can live vicariously through your experience, because it sounds amazing and you’ll be learning so much! So yes, share, share, share! Mmm your hummus veggie baked creations always look so good.
I would like to point out that the anonymous carb hater used the incorrect form of “your”. It should be “you’re”. Maybe if the person had some more carbs (which are the brains primary fuel) then she or he wouldn’t have made such a grievous error!
Whoa, that sounded a little harsh. Apologies!
Yay for carbs (and fats!)!
OMG. Whoever left that comment…..ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!!?!??!?!??!?!!?!? Wow, I’m agro(vated). Fa sho. You are probably one of my favorite bloggers because you ACTUALLY eat! You have such a healthy outlook on livin’, eatin’ and doin’ yo thang–and because of that you’re one of the most gorg, fit and fierce gals out there! You know what works for you….and damn, you don’t even eat THAT much carb. Que ridiculoso!
Onto the food…
So I’m trying that CC + apple sauce combo asap!! Cheesecake you say? I’m in. And that baked creation–pure genius right thurr.
YOU BETTER TRY THE CC MESS SOON!!!! Looove you!
Xoxo, lil’ J
yum i love cottage cheese to i am definitely trying that omelette…what i have learned about carbs( as a girl who ate meat for an entire year and nothing but meat) is that those who view carbs as “bad” arent going to change and those who view them as “good” arent going to change. different info from different sources…when the reality is genes and heredity have the biggest impact on how your body handles carbs. there is not fight in the fact that “dietary carbs are not needed by the body”
good lookin foods you got i think i need to read the previous carb post though!
People are so rude. I can’t imagine having so much free time that I could go around reading blogs and leaving nasty comments…ANY WHO
Lots of deliciousness on here! Quinoa is such a yummy grain- you can do tons with it- I need to do more experimenting.
Your oats bowl with cottage cheese looks SO good…I just wish I liked cottage cheese.
I would love to hear more about what you’re learning in school!!
That cottage cheese omelet looks incredible! Cottage cheese and pineapple is fantastic, but my fave is cottage cheese and FF French dressing. I eat it pretty much every day. (I buy 4 large tubs of CC every week BTW, as long as it’s low fat I feel totally okay about eating it.) Ooh and girl, I am with you on the carbs. My work girlfriends call me ‘carb whore’.
holy moly cottage cheese…and i’m not talking about the kind on my ass. these concoctions are unique, brilliant and FABULOUS! i don’t believe for one minute you are uninspired
okay, so i have professed this before, but i am mucho scared of sweet cottage cheese. please convince me it will be okay. i need it.
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CHICAGO (thefutoncritic.com) -- The latest development news, culled from recent wire reports:
THE BIG ISLAND (A.K.A. UNTITLED PETER ELKOFF PROJECT) (FOX) - Peter Elkoff's ("Mr. Beautiful") drama project at FOX has been given the go ahead to produce a pilot. The drama, which tracks a group of twentysomething employees who work at a luxury hotel on Hawaii's Big Island, has been in development since February of last year (read the story) at which time music video director Dave Myers was attached to helm the pilot. It's not clear if Myers is still attached to the 20th Century Fox Television project, however Kevin Falls ("The West Wing") has come on board to executive produce along with Elkoff.
BOSTON PUBLIC (FOX) - In a follow-up to our earlier story about the series being placed on hiatus (read the story), sources close to the show have indicated production will halt after the 15th episode wraps shooting this week. Despite being widely believed to have a full season order of 22 episodes for its fourth season, "Boston" apparently was only picked up for 13 episodes this season and extended for an additional two last month. FOX was reportedly considering ordering even more episodes however plans to bring on a new female lead to revamp the series never came through. Networks reps nevertheless are insisting the show hasn't been canceled and remains in contention for FOX's fall 2004 schedule. Should it be axed however, FOX is said to be open to ordering a 16th episode to wrap-up the series.
THE CATCH (A.K.A. UNTITLED J.J. ABRAMS PROJECT) (ABC) - J.J. Abrams' bounty hunter drama has been given the green light to produce a pilot. The project, which stars Greg Grunberg ("Alias"), is expected to be considered for midseason 2005 as the prolific producer will focus on "Lost" (see the story below) first before moving on to "The Catch."
THE D.A. (ABC) - Felicity Huffman ("Sports Night") has signed on to appear in a multi-episode arc on the midseason drama. No additional details were available.
EDEN (NBC, New!) - Mark Burnett ("The Apprentice," "Survivor") is once again trying to get into the scripted game as the producer has landed a script commitment from NBC for a new series about young people on a summer study cruise who end up shipwrecked on a remote island. Burnett has teamed with writer Douglas Day Stewart ("An Officer and a Gentleman") on the project, which will be co-produced by Brunett's production company and NBC Studios should it go forward. NBC has committed to a pilot script, a backup script and a series bible for the series as well as a substantial penalty should it not go to pilot. While the original scope of the series is for a limited run of 13 episodes, the project could evolve into an ongoing weekly soap. Burnett, Stewart and Conrad Riggs will executive produce.
THE GOODBYE GIRL (TNT) - A somewhat lackluster 3.5 million viewers (1.6 million among viewers 18-49) tuned into the cable channel's premiere of its "Goodbye Girl" remake on Friday. The telefilm however delivered 6.2 million total viewers overall (5.5 million viewers in 18-49) over the course of its three-day play on the network (Friday, Saturday and Sunday this past weekend).
HARRY GREEN AND EUGENE (A.K.A. JOE GREEN AND EUGENE) (ABC) - The Alphabet's dramedy from the team behind FOX's short-lived "Keen Eddie" - actor Mark Valley, writer Joel Wyman, director Simon West, executive producer Warren Littlefield and Paramount Network Television - has been given the go ahead to produce a pilot. Valley stars in the dramedy as Harry Green, a Los Angeles private investigator whose life is complicated when his inept brother Eugene comes to town. As previously reported West will direct the pilot from a script by Wyman with the duo executive producing along with Warren Littlefield and Jib Polhemus. The Littlefield Co. and Frequency Films are also behind the Paramount-produced project.
I WANT TO MARRY RYAN BANKS (ABC Family) - Just 1.8 million viewers tuned into the telefilm's premiere on Sunday, off 36% from the network's last original - December's "Picking Up and Dropping Off," which scored 2.8 million viewers.
KAT PLUS ONE (UNTITLED MAGGIE FRIEDMAN PROJECT) (ABC) - The Alphabet has given a production green light to produce a pilot for the drama, which comes from writer Maggie Friedman ("Dawson's Creek") and "Everwood" executive producers Greg Berlanti and Mickey Liddell. The project revolves around a New York publicist who must suddenly raise a 6-year-old boy when her sister and brother-in-law die. Berlanti and Liddell's Warner Bros. Television-based Berlanti-Liddell Productions is behind the pilot.
THE L WORD (Showtime) - 936,000 total viewers watched the two-episode opener to the much-hyped lesbian drama, which averaged a 0.5 national rating among adults 18-49. While far from spectacular, both scores are on par with "Queer as Folk's" third-season opener (1.1 million) and the premiere of the controversial telefilm "The Reagans" (1.2 million).
LIFE OF LUXURY (ABC) - ABC has committed to four additional installments of the Robin Leach-hosted special, which premiered to a strong 9.3 million viewers this past December. Two of the new "Luxury" specials are expected to roll out this spring with the other two coming in the fall. Andy Friendly Productions is behind the project, which will add a contemporary co-host to serve alongside Leach for the new installments.
LOST (ABC, New!) - J.J. Abrams ("Alias") and Damon Lindelof ("Crossing Jordan") are set to team for a new drama at the Alphabet which follows a group of people stuck on a Pacific island and are forced to build a new society after surviving a plane crash. The project is actually a revamped take on "Nowhere," a drama from executive producer Aaron Spelling and writer Jeff Lieber, which ultimately did not go forward. ABC has ordered a pilot and six additional scripts for the new project, which comes from Touchstone Television, with Abrams and Lindelof executive producing. The producers plan to shoot the pilot, as well as the series should it go forward, on location.
LUCKY US (FOX, New!) - 20th Century Fox Television and Original Television are behind a new comedy at FOX about a mismatched couple who wind up permanently linked after their blind date results in an unexpected pregnancy. Holly Hester ("Sabrina, the Teenage Witch") will write and executive produce the project, which has been given a pilot commitment, along with Original's Marty Adelstein, Neal Moritz and Dawn Parouse.
MY BEST FRIEND IS A BIG FAT SLUT (Oxygen, New!) - The cable channel has pacted with Carsey-Werner-Mandabach ("That '70s Show," "Whoopi," "The Tracy Morgan Show") for the network's first original scripted series, a half-hour comedy about a pair of Minnesota twentysomethings who move to L.A. in search of the Hollywood life. Writer Claudia Lonow ("Less Than Perfect") created the series, which is being targeted for an April premiere date. Bree Turner ("Bring It On Again"), Joy Gohring ("Not Another Teen Movie"), Kevin Christy ("Love Don't Cost a Thing"), Brent King ("Without a Trace") and Nicole Hiltz ("Cold Case") have all been cast in the comedy, CWM's first original series for cable.
RELATED BY FAMILY (FOX) - Amy Yasbeck ("Wings") has joined the cast of the comedy pilot, which comes from writer/producer Victor Fresco ("Andy Richter Controls the Universe") and Paramount Network Television. Yasbeck will play the mother in the comedy, which focuses on two very different teenagers forced to live under the same roof when their parents remarry.
UNTITLED EILEEN HEISLER/DEANN HELINE PROJECT (NBC, New!) - The Peacock has ordered a pilot from writer/producers DeAnn Heline and Eileen Heisler ("Three Sisters") for a new comedy about a romance between an unlikely couple. No additional details were released about the project, which will be produced by NBC Studios.
UNTITLED SHELDON TURNER PROJECT (FOX, New!) - Feature writer Sheldon Turner ("The Longest Yard") has landed a blind script commitment from 20th Century Fox Television to develop a new drama series for the network and studio. Turner spent the past development season on an untitled drama set in the world of gunrunning at 20th from feature director John Woo's Lion Rock Productions.
UNTITLED VICTORIA GOTTI PROJECT (A&E, New!) - Star magazine gossip columnist, and daughter of the late mob boss John Gotti, Victoria Gotti is set to be the focus of a new reality series about her personal life and career as a tabloid journalist. Production is already underway on the untitled pilot, which could air as soon as this summer should it be picked up to series. The project is expected to track her transition to editor-in-chief of Red Carpet, a new magazine from Star publisher American Media.
Sources: Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, Reuters
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William Shatner Rocks Out on a Cover of Black Sabbath’s ‘Iron Man’ [VIDEO]
William Shatner lent his distinctive vocal stylings to a cover of Black Sabbath’s heavy metal classic in a behind-the-scenes video from the recording of his new album. I…am…Iron Man!
While best known as ‘Star Trek’s’ Captain Kirk, Shatner has also had something of a second career as a singer, er, interpreter of classic songs like ‘Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds’ and ‘Mr Tambourine Man.’ His distinctive talk-singing style has been featured on the cult classic albums ‘The Transformed Man’ and ‘Has Been.’
Shatner’s latest symphonic opus, ‘Seeking Major Tom,’ will be dropping soon. Listen to the irrepressible 80-year old TV legend rock out on a Sabbath classic below.
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Butternut Squash & Apple “Cobbler” Bake, crockpot style
Filed under: desserts, healthy stuff, low fat, product review
I really really wish autumn would get here and stay here already. Here in middle Tennessee, we're experiencing cold-ish nights and 80-something degree days. Ick. Because I recently started school again, I decided it was time to invest in the grand daddy of all crockpots--the programmable kind with automatic warm setting when your dish is finished. This baby even has a meat probe that will turn the appliance to warm once the meat's internal temp reaches the desired heat. AND I caught a sale at Kohl's, so it wasn't nearly as expensive as I was thinking it was going to...
Stuffed Portobella Mushrooms: Pizza Style
Filed under: easy dinners, fancy made easy, healthy stuff, vegetarian dinner
Have you ever gone to the grocery store, and they have these portobello mushrooms all wrapped up and prettily stuffed with mozzarella and spinach? I see them all the time, and I always think to myself, "I could do that." But I never do. This past week, though, I did. I could not think of anything for dinner. I didn't really have any instant cravings for anything, so I grabbed my own portobellos, and I brought them home because I had the cheese and baby spinach at home. As usual, something else struck me as I was making these, and I...
Ashley’s Flourless Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
Filed under: desserts, you have got to try this!
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Recipe Review: Paula Deen’s Gorilla Bread
Filed under: breakfast ideas, desserts, fancy made easy, recipe reviews
My husband saw this recipe this past weekend, and he insisted on making it. His mom usually makes monkey bread for Christmas morning, and it is a serious favorite. Gorilla bread is apparently monkey bread on steroids...meaning the sweet biscuit bites are filled with cream cheese and cinnamon sugar. I'm gonna go ahead and tell you that it is a 5 out of 5, a 10 out of 10, and 100%! I was going to take off points for the high calorie content, but these little nuggets of deliciousness are just too good. And I just can't make myself care because...,...
Dropped off the face of the earth.
Filed under: healthy stuff, life and the like, vegetarian dinner
So school started back at the beginning of August. But I was there at the tale end of July for teacher meetings and stuff. And I have been trying to get a chance to post the entire time! Things have gotten crazy around here. I haven't even had time to read my friends' blogs and the other usual daily blogs I read. So I guess I should recap what's been going on and tell you what some future posts are going to be about. 'Cause I've had a reawakening in the kitchen. What's been happenin': had a great 4th of July...
Honey Lime Shrimp Kabobs
Filed under: easy dinners, fancy made easy, healthy stuff, you have got to try this!
You know when you have a big project and you tell yourself you will not do anything else until it is finished? That is what I feel like these days. A 264 page publication is set to come out in August, and I need to get it done. But I do have to cook. And last night I had a creative moment in the form of this marinade. We bought some great shrimp at Publix, and the evening had cooled off enough to use the grill. Unfortunately, our propane tank lost its juice. But that's okay because these kabobs can...
Pam’s Broccoli Salad
Filed under: salad, you have got to try this!
Recently, my mom visited our old home town (the one they moved away from after Katrina because it would never be the same anymore). She stayed with my cousin Pam. I always did enjoy going to her house for Thanksgivings and Christmases because I am an only child, but I love LOVE big family gatherings. Pam has two great kids who I used to babysit when I was in high school. I can't believe one has graduated high school, and the other is a senior this year! While visiting, Pam made this broccoli salad. When m0m told me about it, I...
Mama’s Summer Peach Pie
Filed under: desserts, fancy made easy, Truly Southern Recipes, you have got to try this!
Sometimes I could just hit myself. I made a peach pie yesterday, ate a slice before it set in the refrigerator, and only THEN realized that my blogger friends might like this! I am smack dab in the middle of finishing the yearbook, and I think I am delirious. If you've ever worked on a yearbook, you understand the nightmares involved in publishing 268 pages of (mostly) student work. I say "mostly" because I simply have to do some of it because folks disappear in the summer. But it's cool. I don't mind it...too much. Which is why this pie is...
Mojito Love
Filed under: beverage recipes, recipe reviews
I have loved mojitos for as long as I can remember. I have always tried to make them by some recipe I found online or in a cocktail book, but it just was not good. We have SOOO much mint that grew back this year, so I really felt the pressure more than ever to make a good mojito. It didn't help my cravings when we were at the beach one day, and my sister-in-law mentioned how a cabana boy would make our little (almost) private beach perfect. Because it so nearly is perfect already. No high rise condos, no...
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I haven't posted in a while because, frankly, there has been nothing to post! Since we returned from vacation, we have done just about nothing everyday. I must admit it has been very nice though. The guys have finished the downstairs bathroom remodel, and they will finish the upstairs this week. It is looking great! I can't wait to post pics. We were without our shower for a whole week though, so things were getting a little smelly around here! We took sponge baths and washed our hair in the kitchen sink. This weekend my sister and the kids are coming!!! I am soooooooo excited! I am putting her to work; she is going to help me pick out a shower curtain and rugs to match our "searching blue" Sherwin Williams paint. I think I like this one the best - from Kohls.
Thursday we take Cleo to a new dog care place called Dogtopia. It is really awesome ... and clean! Seriously, there was no dog smell at all! We just walked in unannounced and got a tour and loved it. They don't have kennel runs. It is indoor (w/ac) group play with other dogs the same size. The dogs are always supervised - and played with - by the workers. They have toys, slides, beds, and all kinds of stuff for them to play with/on. Also, they have a "dogcam" where we can view Cleo's playroom for any computer! I like that alot. We never like going anywhere over night unless we can take Cleo because we don't like the kennels around here, and neither does Cleo. But this place is great! They evaluate her on Thursday to get to know her (just that alone says something about the quality!), and then we are going to bring her in for a half day a few times to see how she likes it. We will probably do that at least once or twice a month, so when we do need to leave her, she will be used to it.
So that's what's going on in our lives... so interesting! LOL
Did I tell you my parents gave us a Wii for an early Xmas gift?!!!!!!! It has been a lot of fun. Roy has been playing his beloved Zelda on it while he can - summer school starts for him on the 13th. He knows he won't have time for fun then. Actually, he won't have time for fun until next May! I am praying this semester will be easier than the last. Only seeing your husband at his desk every night with books and a computer takes its toll. This summer has been great to just hang out with each other and be together.
Okay, so you know I am off the pill with hopes of getting pregnant in Aug/Sept, right? Well, I guess I have been really moody w/o those extra hormones - at least that's what Roy tells me. The other day he said I needed to start taking them again!!!! It was quite funny (though I didn't think so in the moment; I was frustrated w/him for about the third time in two days). I started thinking about it, and I am indeed moody. So I have been trying to work on that. I remember almost 12 years ago when I got on the pill that I was really moody for about 2mths. I thought it was becaue I was in college and planning my wedding at the same time, but I think the change in hormones affected it too. I guess now the reverse has the same affect! Poor Roy! Maybe it's good preparation for when I do get pregnant!
I start teaching summer school next week. I am excited to see my students; I really miss them. I spent five hours Monday night making one week's worth of lesson plans, schedules, and assignments, and it really got me excited (you have to be a teacher to understand that one, I guess.) Yesterday I was going to go to school, but we realized we had a flat tire! Roy put on the spare, and we got the tire changed. Thankfully I had purchased the warranty when we bought all the tires, so it cost us nothing, but I made up for that by spending $20 at Target while they were fixing the tire!
Jewelry making is going well still. I have posted several new pieces on the "sets" page, and I now have a "Shades of wood" section on the "earrings" page.. When my sister comes, we are going to have a jewelry making frenzy when the kids go to bed! I can't wait!
So that's what's going on in our lives... so interesting! LOL
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Wow! SO impressed with the dogtopia place. So cool! Also, I really like the second necklace. Gorgeous. You are so creative! :) Glad you're looking forward to school! Oh, and the moodiness...yeah...it's worse with the pregnancy hormones. They are insane and change suddenly and drastically. Some days are fine and others are like WHAMMO! Seriously! This time has been the worst for me by far, and maybe it's because I'm feeling overwhelmed or whatever, but I really cried ALL DAY on Sunday because I'm stressing about being a good enough mom for 3 so yound. Cary was really sweet about it and surprised me with ice cream. It's been rough though... but then I'll have weeks and weeks that are awesome, so I guess hormones can swing you both ways. I just prefer the up side. ;)
Thanks so much, Deb! It really does mean the world to me!!
Hey there! So excited for you guys!!!(You being off the pill and everything.) I remember how excited I was just doing that part. Can't wait to see the blog that says we're pregnant!! Hormones, they are a funny thing. So impressed with your jewelry making! I'll have to keep you in mind when I need something unique!! Glad we found your blog!
Alicia
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Kirkwood Community College presents the final concerts in the Fall Performing Arts series, Dec. 7 Part I of Handel’s “Messiah.” Three Kirkwood faculty members and seven Kirkwood students will be showcased as soloists. A small professional orchestra of Kirkwood faculty members and area musicians will assist the Chorale’s 45 voices. While not belonging to Part I of “Messiah,” the evening’s performance will end with what has become a somewhat customary finish, the “Hallelujah Chorus,” from the end of Part II.
Saturday evening the Kirkwood Concert Band will perform selections in a wide variety of both European and American styles. Under the direction of Beth Zamzow, the concert opens with the “Star Spangled Banner,” then continues with pieces spanning musical eras from the baroque to the 20th century.
The night takes the audience into the holiday spirit with tunes “The Holly and the Ivy” and “Fum, Fum, Fum.” The concert concludes in true American style with “The Free Lance March,” by renowned American march composer John Philip Sousa..
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By The Mason City Globe Gazette
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It’s a nice perk if you can get it. And Gov. Terry Branstad doesn’t think Iowa legislators should get it much longer.
We’re talking full coverage of state health insurance premiums, which lawmakers now receive.
But the governor would like them to pay 20 percent of their premiums, just as he and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds started doing voluntarily last summer, and we think that would be a nice gesture to taxpayers.
Having state workers chip in on their health insurance premiums has become a point of contention with Branstad. He reiterated it again recently.
“We think it makes sense for the Legislature and others to do the same thing,” Branstad said of those paying part of their premiums. “I think it’s time they lead instead of follow.”
Cynics among us might argue there’s been darn little leadership out of lawmakers. But we won’t go that far. Plenty of work gets done under the golden dome; it just seems like major issues such as property tax relief, the gas tax increase and a few others always seem to stall and thus get the headlines.
We actually think we get a decent bang for our tax buck out of Des Moines. Now, we’d like to see some of those lawmakers’ bucks going to something many private-sector Iowans must contend with — health insurance premiums that grow every year.
Some may see a drawback in taking away this benefit. Maybe some highly qualified candidates wouldn’t want to run, for example.
We can’t imagine that stopping legislators we’re familiar with. They aren’t doing it to get rich (they are paid $25,000 annually with leadership posts paying more) but rather are sincerely interested in serving their constituents. Some would even call it being driven to serve.
Yet, reaction to Branstad’s call is mixed.
House Speaker Kraig Paulsen, R-Hiawatha, said he would support legislative branch officials and employees paying 20 percent of their health insurance premiums, saying “contributing to our health care is the right thing to do.” He noted House Republicans have supported the concept in the past and said the matter may be taken up by the Legislative Council between sessions of the Legislature.
On the other hand, Senate Majority Leader Mike Gronstal, D-Council Bluffs, said he doubted the Senate would consider the idea.
“We have always treated ourselves consistently with how we treated other state employees,” he said.
That’s regrettable, and we almost might think there’s some partisanship at work.
But whatever. We think it’s time for lawmakers to take a giant step forward into reality where, according to Branstad, Iowa is one of just six states not requiring all state workers to pay a share of their health insurance premiums. Federal employees, he noted, pay 25 percent and, of course, most private-sector workers share the costs with their employers.
The governor doesn’t believe Iowa will long be able to hold on to the “1970s-style plan where the employer pays everything.”
And we have to believe that he’s right in saying the public sides with him on this issue.
No offense to legislators. We just believe it’s fair for them to help cover the cost of their insurance, just like most other Iowans are doing. The next session would be a good time to start.
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A New Name, A New Track!!
Jasper and I decided that mymycrew would not fit any more for us, since we want to become professional djs and producers. It's just not grown-up enough and moreover mymycrew did not really have a meaning....
ContrAVersy does have a meaning: jasper is sort of introvert and then you have me who is extrovert. Contra= different, so this is where the idea came from. We are different in that perspective. but when you look at the way Jasper or I look at live and in manners we both think one should act we agree all the way. That's why we are such a good team.
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Wilberforce and goofing off
One evidence of without an attempt to show him in the midst of his loving family and friends. His had always been a curiously disorganized household. Robert Southey, the poet, tells of a visit to Keswick in 1818. ‘Wilbeforce has been here with all his household, and such a household! The principle of the family seems to be that, provided the servants have faith, good works are not to be expected from them, and the utter disorder which prevails in consequence is truly farcical. . . . I have seen nothing in such pell mell topsy turvy chaotic confusion as Wilberforce’s apartments. His wife sits in the midst of it like patience on a monument, and he frisks about as if every vein in his body were filled with quicksilver; but with all, there is such a constant hilarity in every look and motion, such a sweetness in all his tones, such a benignity in all his thoughts, words and actions, that . . . you can feel nothing but love and admiration for a creature of so happy and blessed a nature.’”
Patrick Cormack, Wilberforce: The Nation’s Conscience (Basingstoke, 1983), pages 108-109.
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The appearance of this anthology assessing the significance of Martyn Lloyd-Jones (hereafter MLJ) is to be warmly welcomed, not because the outlines of the life of this venerable preacher (1899-1981) have previously gone unexplored (indeed the impressive introduction evaluates four previous attempts), but because this is the first attempt to assess the man's career in a way properly characterized as multi-perspectival.
Eleven contributors, many of them distinguished researchers in their own right, met at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford, in December 2010 to assess the career and influence of MLJ, longtime minister of Westminster Chapel, London. At the distance of thirty years from the eminent preacher's death, there is both advantage and disadvantage in making fresh assessment. As for the former, there has been much settling of the dust of the controversies in which MLJ found himself embroiled after 1960; the passage of time can have made the needed work of reassessment only easier. But as to the latter, the passage of thirty years means that a whole fresh generation of evangelicals has reached mid-life with little or no knowledge of MLJ. This means that the contributors to the anthology have their work cut out for them in reestablishing the significance of this evangelical leader.
Among the weighty questions taken up in the 2010 conference were those of MLJ's place in the twentieth-century resurgence of Calvinism (ch. 1). D.W. Bebbington concludes that MLJ was propelled by a Reformed resurgence already underway in the 1930s. We are helped by David Ceri Jones to see that MLJ's being Welsh by birth and earlier pastoral experience, yet positioned in the heart of London from 1939 onward, cast him as something of an 'outsider' standing near the center of English Christianity (ch. 2). The skillful writing of Ian Randall (ch. 3) depicts MLJ-who had been enamored with the eighteenth-century evangelical revival-consumed with preaching and praying for national revival in the somber 1950s, a time of national retrenchment. MLJ was not the only evangelical leader sounding the trumpet this way; yet he with others did not live to see his aspirations fulfilled.
The fourth chapter, by William Kay, is particularly striking. It addresses both the question of MLJ's relations with various expressions of Pentecostalism, with which he shared a belief in a second work of grace in the believer (while disagreeing over what that work entailed), and the corollary of how the conservative Reformed constituency that had looked to MLJ for leadership fractured over their leader's ambivalence on such questions. This chapter, taken in combination with that of Bebbington (above) requires that readers reassess the conventional wisdom that MLJ was nothing if not the great Calvinist standard-bearer of his time. MLJ's affinity with Pentecostalism was, to a considerable degree, an expression of his dismay with what he took to be conservative Calvinist rigidity.
Two persons closely associated with one expression of the MLJ legacy, the London Theological Seminary (founded in 1977), explore the preacher's ideas about theological education and about twentieth-century theology in general. Though MLJ had trained and worked as a medical doctor of considerable distinction, his own ideas about theological education were highly ambivalent. Theologically self-trained, he seemed to harbor an aversion to the formal academic study of theology (at least on the university model) out of fear that the secularization underway in public universities was undermining theological education conducted in conjunction with them. He initially supported and eventually withdrew his support from the London Bible College (founded in1946), now London School of Theology, and from 1977 threw his weight behind the new, less-pretentious school. Philip Eveson, long-time principal of London Theological Seminary, explores MLJ's sometimes-conflicted views on this subject. One finds that MLJ would have been willing to be nominated to be the principal of a Welsh theological college in 1938! Robert Strivens, current principal of London Theological Seminary, on the other hand, demonstrates MLJ's quite extensive personal reading of the works of Karl Barth. There is complexity here that resists easy categorization.
Coeditor Andrew Atherstone offers the single best account known to this reviewer of the public confrontation of 1966 involving MLJ with the equally prominent John Stott (ch. 10). The context was that of a surging ecumenical movement, with evangelical congregations and ministers within doctrinally comprehensive denominations feeling quite unprovided for as union talks proceeded apace. MLJ, having accepted the invitation of the umbrella-like Evangelical Alliance to address that current bewildering situation, took the opportunity to advocate the coming together of Britain's evangelicals who were now scattered across and within various denominations. Atherstone, while allowing that the MLJ appeal was lacking in clarity, considerably advances our understanding of this key episode by his explaining that Anglican evangelicals were seceding from their denomination in considerable numbers at this time, quite apart from the sentiments of MLJ. The intervention of John Stott, immediately on the heels of the MLJ address (an intervention for which Stott later apologized) was, on this explanation, his attempt to staunch an exodus already underway (as well as what might yet be encouraged by MLJ's exhortation).
Of similar sterling quality is the eleventh chapter, provided by Puritan scholar John Coffey, regarding MLJ's love of church history and especially Puritan history. This is not the esoteric inquiry one might imagine. MLJ was, after all, as responsible as any evangelical in the period since 1950 for the marshaling of the opinions of the sixteenth-century Reformers and the Puritans of the subsequent century on contemporary theological and ecclesiastical questions. Coffey's concern is to observe that MLJ's use of history was not characterized by any particular rigor. While MLJ left evidence of having digested some twentieth-century analyses of his favorite epochs of church history, the overwhelming impression gained is that MLJ's appeals to history were too harnessed to his polemical concerns. Coffey also observes that the Puritan publishing program, so energetically advanced by the Banner of Truth (of which MLJ was a principal backer) was, in effect, a program that put into circulation the "canon" of Puritans favored by MLJ.
Taken all in all, this excellent volume is a demonstration of how much the study of church history gains when it is "re-complexified." Virtually every contributor to the anthology communicates deep respect for the memory and leadership of MLJ and shows that such reverence is compatible with serious efforts to untangle and reinterpret the contested legacy of a great Christian leader. If there is a caveat to be raised, it would simply be that the volume devotes no segment to exploring the legacy of MLJ outside the UK. When one considers that MLJ discovered the writings of B.B. Warfield in Toronto, was first observed by the man he would succeed in London (G. Campbell Morgan) while preaching in Philadelphia, came to the attention of post-war evangelicals outside the UK by a preaching series at Wheaton, delivered his lectures on homiletics (later published as Preaching and Preachers) in Philadelphia, and whose ministry was emulated by the erection of "Westminster Chapels" in cities all over North America, we can acknowledge that the influence of this Christian leader was far wider even than this excellent volume suggests.
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What lies across the Water- Why History, International Law and American Values matter in the case of the Cuban five
The following text is my presentation at the panel organized by Wayne Smith about the book "What lies across the Water", at the Center for International Policy, April 18, Washington DC.
I want to thank Dr. Wayne Smith and the Center for International Policy (CIP) for the invitation to discuss the book “What lies across the Water”. As a Cuban-American who thinks constantly about the difficult relations between Cuba and the United States, it is an honor to be part of the effort of the CIP to improve the knowledge about the complex history of these links and the need to approach them with creativity and goodwill.
Whatever you might think about the Cuban Five, if you want to know how their case fits into the history of relations between Cuba and the United States, you must read this book. The author Stephen Kimber presents a well written short narrative about how the Cuban five ended up in US prisons. The book reads more as reportage for the general public than as an academic report. The author has studied the long history of conflict between Cuba and the United States and the use of terror as a political weapon by Cuban right wing groups in Florida.
Terrorist on the Dais at University of Miami's ICCAS
This morning, a congressional staffer forwarded the latest "Cuba Facts" received from the University of Miami's Institute for Cuban and Cuban American Studies (ICCAS). The Institute regularly produces briefing papers and shares them with interested colleagues in the academic and policy community, and, of course, with staff on Capitol Hill. The Institute isn't afraid to take a policy position when it comes to Cuba and U.S. sanctions, or - in this blogger's opinion - to sacrifice an honest representation of the facts in order to convey a particular point of view. (And, let's not forget that until this year, the University of Miami's ICCAS received millions in taxpayer-funded support from USAID.)
But the latest Cuba Facts memo isn't what interests me. I'm more stunned by the quaint little event the Institute hosted last week to celebrate the "50th Anniversary of the Guerilla Struggle Against Totalitarianism." But what does it meant to honor the "guerrilla struggle" anyway? Perhaps taking a look at the honorees might give us a clue?
Twitter, Terrorism and Tightropes Over Cuba
Where’s a good ombudsman when you need one? Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve received comments from readers on two very sensitive topics that remind me just how hard it is to find middle ground when it comes to Cuba.
Two days ago, a contributor for THN passed on what seemed - to him - plausible news. A group of Cuban bloggers, especially prominent abroad for their criticism of their government and prolific use of social media, were unable to send their 140 character messages to Twitter. One of them, the much-admired and maligned Yoani Sanchez, made instant headlines for publicly wondering if the Cuban government had blocked their access. After all, her blog is blocked in Cuba, so maybe it wasn’t a leap too far?
“Bloquearon la publicacion desde moviles cubanos a twitter. Parece que pusieron el filtro aqui dentro.1 amigo publica por mi este tweet”
Sanchez then went on to wonder – via friends to whom she dictated her tweets – whether Twitter had been the one to block access. That too had (an even more) plausible precedent. In May 2009, to avoid getting in trouble with U.S. authorities, Microsoft blocked access to its instant messaging software for countries subject to U.S. sanctions, including Cuba. And that, observed Sarah Stephens of the Center for Democracy in the Americas, was, ironically, just weeks after the Obama administration announced it would issue new regulations to increase telecommunications access for the Cuban people.
As it turned out, nobody was censoring anybody. Tomas Bilbao, who originally posted Sanchez' s concerns, did some investigating. And, as he reported here yesterday, Twitter simply made a change to how customers must dial in. That broke the Twitter link to which Yoani Sanchez and others in Cuban had become accustomed. Bilbao admitted that he jumped the gun without all the facts in hand, and I hope that Sanchez will do the same. If she doesn’t, she’ll only prove her critics right, who accuse her of being more interested in building the momentum her creativity and criticism have won her, than in building a constructive dialogue. And that’s where the real damage is done. Unfortunately, both sides are too quick to judge, take names and call the press.
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Christine Todd Whitman is “delighted” that some Republicans are abandoning Grover Norquist.
She’s tough on Republicans who bashed New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) for praising President Obama.
In a wide-ranging interview with The Hill, the former two-term governor who later led the Environmental Protection Agency from 2001-2003 reflected on her party and busy post-politics career.
“The things I have always loved about government and politics is it is hard to get bored because you can be all over the place, all sorts of different areas, and I like going up the learning curve,” Whitman said in late November. “That’s what keeps me going.”
Whitman wears many hats today — she’s active on energy, security and healthcare policy, and much more.
She is president of the Whitman Strategy Group, which helps companies and groups navigate environmental rules and boost sustainability — and not just in the U.S. Whitman advised on a major sustainable-city project in Korea.
Whitman also travels around the U.S. as co-chairwoman of the Clean and Safe Energy (CASE) Coalition, which seeks to build public support for construction of new nuclear power plants.
A few more of Whitman’s many affiliations: She is on the boards of the American Security Project, the Corporate Eco Forum, the Aspen Institute’s Health Stewardship Project, the Council on Foreign Relations and companies including Texas Instruments Inc.
It’s not all work, however. Whitman is happy she gets to spend time with her five grandchildren.
“The balance in life is nice,” she said.
Balance is something that for years Whitman has called missing in the GOP.
Her 2005 book, It’s My Party Too, lamented a party controlled by “extreme conservatives” on reproductive rights, the environment, gun control, taxes and more.
The book’s subtitle: “The Battle for the Heart of the GOP and the Future of America.”
For years, it’s a battle Whitman and other centrists have fought from a defensive stance.
Republican centrists are increasingly rare in Congress amid the Tea Party ascendancy, the GOP-controlled House that has sought to dismantle environmental protections and, until recently, the party has shown a steadfast resistance to higher tax revenues in fiscal policy showdowns.
But Whitman, who is now in her mid-60s, sees signs of a turning tide.
“I am delighted to see now that, for instance, you have some of the leaders here saying, ‘Forget the pledge,’ ” Whitman said, referring to no-tax-increases pledge maintained by anti-tax crusader Norquist that most Republican lawmakers have signed.
Whitman is quick to point out her tax-cutting record as New Jersey governor and says federal spending is “out of control.” But she says tax revenues must be in the mix, too, in fiscal policy talks.
“I think it is a very good sign. People are finally saying, ‘We are going to have to negotiate,’ ” she said of some Republicans’ recent willingness to break the pledge. “It is pretty tough to negotiate when you are not willing to give up anything, when you can’t talk about what clearly needs to be part of the discussion.
“It does not mean you embrace taxes as the way to solve the problem. It just means you allow yourself some room for discussion of closing loopholes and that sort of thing,” Whitman said.
More broadly, Whitman said Romney’s loss among women, Latinos and African-Americans and young voters shows a party that needs to change.
“Unless you are living in a different world, you don’t see much of a future for the Republican Party. You cannot rely on 60-plus-year-old white men. It is not enough to win a general election,” she said.
Whitman sees disconnect between public sentiment and the political establishment, arguing that there’s dissatisfaction with both parties right now among a public hungry for discussion and leadership.
Whitman finds evidence of this disconnect in her home state. She took notice when Christie drew attacks from GOP insiders for praising Obama’s handling of Hurricane Sandy — which devastated the New Jersey coast — just days before the election.
“You had … the pundits here [in Washington, D.C.] and the talking heads within the party damning him. But the people in New Jersey, and the people you talk to around the country, they said, ‘That’s what we need,’ ” Whitman said.
“They didn’t see this as a repudiation of the Republican Party. They saw it as an executive doing what they elected him to do, which was govern the state and try and get it through a crisis,” she said.
While she isn’t claiming victory, Whitman sees a party ready to move back in her direction.
“There are some people who will never, ever accept moderation,” Whitman said, but adds that increasing numbers of Republicans are “starting to make the moves that give themselves the ability to reach consensus.”
Whitman is now calling for a more centrist GOP as a private citizen, but she also has battled in closer quarters.
She was to the left of the George W. Bush White House during her 2001-2003 stint as EPA administrator, notably backing limits on carbon dioxide, only to see Bush walk back his pledge on the matter.
On Capitol Hill in recent years, Republicans have blocked proposals for greenhouse gas limits and are seeking to scuttle EPA climate regulations.
But Whitman says the public is ready for more action on climate change. “If you get out of Washington, in the real world out there, people get it,”.
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Supermodel Rose Huntington-Whiteley looks beyond fabulous in her white sexy white cut-out Max Mara dress. The open back detail sends chills down my spine!
She completed her look with nude and metallic Sergio Rossi heels.
I am not crazy about her hair either. I just feel it needed to be a little more polished.
I am just delighted that her weave looks half way decent.
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Milocrorze: A Love Story by Yoshimasa Ishibashi
There dwells a lov’d one,
But cruel is she!
She left lonely forever
The kings of the sea.
the distance between worlds
He tries not to think. When he thinks, he remembers, and he doesn’t want to remember. He wonders if she does the same thing. He knows she doesn’t. He thinks that things are getting better now. He has always wished for her absence, and now he has it and things are just fine. He’s fine. He wishes she could see just how fine he is, how relieved at the fact that she’s gone. He wonders, though, why he has to keep telling himself that every day. Maybe, but no. Everything is all right. He’s okay.
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“Are you okay?” she asked, looking at him curiously. There was a strange intense expression on her face as she studied him. It made him uncomfortable.
“I’m always okay,” he replied lightly.
“Really?” she raised an eyebrow at him skeptically. “Then how come I get this feeling like you’re pissed off or something? You look like, I don’t know, like you’re upset with me, I think.”
“I don’t have any reason to be upset with you,” he told her.
She still looked doubtful, but she nodded. “Okay. So we’re fine?”
“Of course.” He wouldn’t meet her eyes, though.
Finally, she looked away from him. “Okay.”
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He likes to pretend that he never knew her, that she never existed at all. So he turns a deaf ear when other people talk about her. He feels glad when he hears them say things about her that aren’t exactly flattering. He wants to tell them that he completely agrees, that she’s an insane bitch and they’re all better off without her in their lives. But he has noticed to his annoyance that whenever someone talks about her, no matter how hard he tries to ignore it, he listens anyway. He wants to know how she’s doing, wherever she’s gone. He wants her to be okay.
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“What the hell did I ever do to you?” She was so furious that he could see she was practically shaking with the effort to keep some semblance of calm. “Why does it seem like you’re trying to deliberately piss me off?”
He knew it would push her over the edge, but he chose to say the words anyway. “So, it’s working?”
For the first time that he could remember, she was rendered speechless. He walked away knowing that he had won their battle. It served her right for thinking that she could manipulate him into doing what she wanted.
After that encounter, she was the one who tried to reach out to him, the one who tried to act like they were friends. It always gave him a perverse sense of pleasure whenever he could show her that he didn’t want her to be his friend. She pretended that it wasn’t a big deal to her, but he knew that it hurt her every time he ignored her. He was glad that he could hurt her.
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He doesn’t ever want to see her again. He wants her to be completely gone. So he’s not exactly sure why he keeps looking into the faces of people he passes by on the street, half expecting that maybe it would be her. But, of course, it’s never her. And of course he’s glad. Now he just has to keep repeating that to himself until he begins to believe that it’s true. It has to be true. He doesn’t want to think about what it could possibly mean if it isn’t true.
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“You ever think about parallel universes?” she asked him once.
He was a bit taken aback by the question. Just a few seconds ago, they were talking about cartoons, and then this abrupt change in their conversation happened. He found it amusing. She was so unpredictable sometimes. “What about parallel universes?” he replied to humor her. He wanted to hear what she was going to say next.
“Well, people say that there are many universes that exist at the same time in the same space, but like on different wavelengths or different dimensions. So, for example,” she suddenly took his hand and placed it palm to palm against hers. He was startled by the unexpected contact, but he allowed it. In fact, he had this curious feeling that he wanted their hands to stay linked like that for a long time, maybe forever. She looked into his eyes then. “So, we could actually live in different universes and hold out our hands like this, and we would never even know that we were together because of the distance between our worlds.”
“That would be weird,” he said, “that we would be so close together without even knowing it.”
She smiled. “You know what’s even weirder?” Her voice had dropped to a whisper, like she was telling him a secret.
“What?” All he could see were her eyes.
“Though we live in different worlds, our worlds exist in the same space. So the distance between worlds,” her hand closed around his hand, “is really no distance, at all.”
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He sees her one day across the street. For a moment, they just stare at each other. Then she turns away and disappears into the crowd. She never once looks back at him. He turns away, too. They never see each other again.
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We made some home made finger paint today and had great fun with our little group of Mums and tots with babies as young as 6 months getting involved in the action! It’s totally edible (though not that delicious!) and completely non-toxic, and the best part is it was so easy to make and will last!
This is the recipe ( I googled a few, found the common denominator and went from there):
* 2 cups of corn flour (corn starch in the US I think)
* 1 cup of cold water
* 4.5 cups of boiling water
* Liquid food colouring
Method:
Mix the cornflour with the cold water and stir together. Pour in the boiling water and stir between each cup. It goes really strange (you are basically mixing a hot oobleck goop) but keep stirring and it literally seems to “melt” into a wonderful, custard-like consistency. We then separated it into individual jam jars before adding colouring, but you can do it however you like and this is the stage to add colour.
Edited to add:
Some people have found that the paint remains liquid and doesn’t thicken up as it should. I have no idea why this should be, but I have two possible solutions, based on the fabulous commenters below!
1. Try simply adding up to 1 more cup of cornflour/ cornstarch and see if that helps to thicken it.
2. Try mixing the paint in a pan on a medium heat instead of just in a bowl, as that will help to bring it together.
It’s always frustrating posting recipes that work brilliantly when you try them yourself, but for some reason don’t work for everyone! I can only assume it’s down to slight change in ingredients used and perhaps how the directions are followed. Do try it as it is LOVELY stuff! Thanks
C helped me to spoon this into the jars and she absolutely LOVED every minute of the whole process!
I added a squeeze of colouring to each jar and then between us we mixed them up.
During mixing they looked fabulous!
And the finished paints look like a little work of art Almost too good to paint with…but not quite.
All lined up and ready for action. I put in some thick paint brushes for the toddlers but expected babies to use their fingers. They seemed to understand that perfectly
Baby Boy is 6 months and this was his first little painting. We weren’t sure how impressed he was!
Kiddies getting stuck in and a couple more crawling on the floor, waiting for their turns!
That’s more like it baby Boy, get those fingers in and give it a good squish!
J having a whale of a time!
Big boy N knows how to paint properly!
Someone got a tad possessive of all “her” paints. “Dey Mines!”
And then we introduced edible finger paint number 2! Chocolate and strawberry Angel Delight pudding mixes (although these were actually a Sainsbury’s Basics range for 7p each!) We just mixed the powder with milk and whisked it until lovely and thick, then put it on the table for them to touch and add to their paintings. There was no added food colouring, but lovely brown, chocolatey messiness everywhere nonetheless
Baby J was very interested in the chocolate pudding goo! Who can blame him?!
It’s important to use ALL of the senses when exploring! Yum yum!
And C did a little bit of mark-making with a fork through the lovely, thick, gloopy mess.
Little Pop found the brush very tasty and had her fair share of pudding paint too.
This activity is good for:
* involving all ages of children
* creativty and expression
* using fingers and tools to do mark-making
* exploring the senses and discovering new textures
* knowledge and understanding of the world: following a recipe, mixing and stirring, combining materials and mixing colours
* gross and fine motor skills (mixing the colours into the paint was hard work!)
We have another home made paint recipe to share tomorrow! Enjoy messy, creative, fun!
Great messy fun! Love the fact that u dont need to worry about it going in their mouths too.Adele x
Love it! A great (outdoor?) birthday party activity idea!
What is cornflour to you? Is it ground corn, which we in the states call corn meal? Or corn starch? I think you mean corn starch, which is a little different. Is it a very powdery white substance with a gritty feel?
The recipe I’m reading calls for corn starch and that would produce the consistency, look, and feeling described in this activity. Corn starch has a powdery thick feeling not gritty.
Hi Anon! I think it is corn starch although on Googling it it seems they are slightly different. But both work as a thickening agent so I’m guessing the starch will work in exactly the same way. Our corn flour has the exact appearance of ordinary flour. Hope it works and I’m sure it will!
How fun! I have been looking for something to do with my 2 year old while my 4 year old is at school! Thanks for the idea!
What great fun! I will definitely give it a go! Love all the pics too! Kerri
Anonymous, cornflour is cornmeal in the US.
Anna, those paints look delicious! What lovely bright colours and I can see from the photos what a fab consistency they were. How great for the babies to get stuck in with the older kids. Katy is often muscling in on Max’s play, and she isn’t always welcome! This is a nice idea for encouraging Max to include his sis.
Nooooo, cornmeal is polenta! Cornflour is the same as cornstarch.
Hope you make some Sarah! It’s great for messy play
The words vary a lot by region. In Australia the cornflour sold in supermarkets can be made of wheat or corn. When it is made of corn it is the equivalent of what US recipes call corn starch.
Usually you have to look at the ingredients to know if it is wheat or corn based cornflour. I think this might go some way to explaining why the recipe works for some and not others, they may actually be using a different product. I think the wheat cornflour needs a bit more heating before it thickens up.
I did love doing this activity it was great fun. However, how long do you feel you should stay on this activity for the only reason I ask is because my daughter appears to have a short concentration span is this normal for one year olds? your daughter looked like she would be happy doing this all day.
Hi Bella! Thanks for your comment and I’m glad she enjoyed it. `i would say that a 1-2 year old has a very short attention span and probably will only want to do things for 5-10 minutes at the most. But they tend to like to come back to the same activity and repeat it over and over. As adults we find this frustrating but it’s how they learn! My girl is 2 and a half and is more interested in some things than others. She could probably paint/ stick/ play with play dough for well over half an hour, but that’s only a recent development and she tends to flit between things to try them out.
Exactly what I needed for my 7 m/o nephew, thanks!Found via
Oh my oh my!! How fun!!! Looks just perfect for the little ones! Clever idea!
Maggy(thanks for linking up to Kids Get Crafty)
oh we can go through the finger paint. How fun that I can make some new paint with stuff I have in my cabinets. Thanks for the recipe!
Yummy! ha ha… what a Fab idea!
I’d love to have you share at my For the Kids Friday Link Party! I’m sure you’ll find some fun ideas while you are there! Come join the fun!
What a GREAT idea! I have been letting my 17 month old paint lately and he ALWAYS wants to eat it – I will be trying this out today! Thanks for the wonderful idea!!
I just can’t get over the pics. To cute!
Thanks so much for sharing this at For the Kids Friday at Sun Scholars!
rachel @ SunScholars.blogspot.com
How long will this last?
Hello “Anon” I think out of the fridge no more than a couple of days. In the fridge maybe a week at a guess? I think ours was best the day we made it, and it was best at being a sensory play material rather than long-lasting paint. Lots of fun though!
Cute Idea! I repinned it on pintrest.
I love this! all those cute chubby hands in the squishy paint is too cute! I am going to do this with my 2 year old soon!
hello! thanks for the post. i’d need some follow-up, finally could you store it in the fridge? and for how long?
sorry, i didn’t make it through with the comments.. now i see, you already answered to the same question
No problem at all! Ours didn’t keep very long in the end. Maybe only a day or two? Use it up with lots of messy play!
wow great idea thank you my grandchildren will love this and very welcome as half term is coming up … happy crafting and love sandy xx
Great idea, do you think the food colouring stains? i’m thinking in the bath or on the kitchen floor… thx
I love this idea. I really want to try finger painting with my 13 month old and this recipe sounds great. Any as ConsciousMama asked, does it stain? He doesn’t really have any “grungy” clothes so I’m a little worried about the food colouring dying his clothes? Has anyone found out if it stains yet?
I tried making this, following the directions exactly, but for some reason the consistency was pure liquid…I tried adding more corn starch, but that didn’t help. Suggestions? Thanks so much!
Hi Lauren, that is really weird! You did use hot water right? It should thicken just like it would if you added the cornflour to stock to thicken it for gravy or to a stew to thicken it.
Mine was the same, just zap it in the microwave for 30-40 secs and give it a good stir before it becomes a big lump!
We tried this today with our mothers group of 8 month olds. It was a moderate success, but still a little too advanced. My little boy did enjoy eating it and throwing it however! )
Lauren – mine was liquid until about 2 mins of stirring and then it turned thick and custard like all of a sudden. I thought I had stuffed up but then it turned.
The food colouring did stain – skin, clothing everything! – but we thought this would be the case and had all the bubs in disposable nappies and naked – it is summer here in Australia!
Storage: I made it last night and stored in the fridge overnight. It went solid overnight but all I needed to do was add a little more boiling water and give it a good stir and it went back again. It wasn’t as good as the fresh stuff however. I would advise making this the same day as you need it and not storing it.
Lauren I’m sorry to hear that! I don’t know what to say as ours was so waxy and custard-like. If anything I’d have thought people may find it to thick, not too thin Perhaps follow Stephanie’s (great!) advice and try stirring it for longer? It feels like you are mixing up goop, but with hot water. AS your stir it begins to get more and more thick. Were you using a flour like substance ? Corn starch? Over here it is Corn flour but in the US it;s cornstarch? Sorry not to help more!
I used a cup less boiling water and a cup more corn starch (or there about) and it was perfect. I know it’s no longer edible, but to color it I used the ends of my tubes of crayola finger paint. I had just a little left of each color. No staining and way cheaper!! Great idea.
Brilliant and well done for making it work!
Thank you for this! Mine turned out a bit on te runny side, so I just shook a bit more cornflour into it, it got thicker as it cooled too. I made a stencil with a dozen little Christmas trees on it, coloured the paint a darkish green, and stirred in some gold edible lustre dust to give it a sheen… Paint smeared over the stencil onto card underneath, and my baby girlhas made her first Christmas cards! Thank you for showing me that messy is doable with a baby!
that sounds SO wonderful!!
My solution to a runny mixture was to cook it on the stove for a few minutes, just like custard
perfect solution!
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Thanks for the great post!I made this just now. It was briljant! Allthough it was less silky than yours. I used a cup more corn flour and it was perfect! Our 12 month old was particularly keen on eating it.. So we ended up with a blueish, cyanotic lipped boy;)
Oops!! But glad it worked out well!
Mr 1 loved this goopy paint. We only used one cup cornflour, one cup cold water, then just added boiling water and whisked until it seemed a good consistency. We used food colouring for some colours, cocoa for brown, and a few drops of non-toxic acrylic paint for others. Looked like a ridiculous amount for one boy, but he used it all up smearing on paper, cardboard, himself…… Very cheap entertainment.
So glad it worked out for you and very good ideas for the other colourings!
This is a really great idea!
We’ll have to try this recipe next. We just posted about fingerpainting with banana pudding. My little ones loved it! us out! I linked your website on our blog since we tried out one of your finger paint recipes! Thank you for the fun idea -lifeasawife
thank you!
I did some yoghurt finger paiting and linked to this post as I mentioned your recipe, thanks
Thanks Elsie!
I just tried this and it’s pure liquid I followed the instructions exactly and even used less water…darn!!
darn it indeed!! so frustrating. Sorry. Did you cook it for longer to see if it would come together?
I started making this by following the exact recipe but by the 2nd cup of boiling water it was pure liquid so I stopped the water, added more corn starch and some flour until thicker and then let it cool in the fridge for a couple hours. Then added more flour to thicken. Still wasn’t custardy all the way through but was thick enough to paint and my 7month old LOVED the feel of the cool mushy paint. She cried when I tried to end the activity so I let her paint her high chair tray for awhile too. It all washed off (no stains) and she had a blast!! Thanks for posting this recipe!! Loved seeing your pictures too!
Glad you were able to adapt it to make it work! This is the one recipe that people have had to do that with the most. I think cornstarch/ cornflour is partly to blame! (but wish i could work out why!)
yeah this stuff leaves stains on everything it want come off!!!
Oh no! Very sorry to hear it. Too much colouring? That didn’t happen to us at all, so sorry!
This may be my all time favorite paint to use with the kids. Super easy to make. It’s edible (and non-toxic). A great tactile experience. By far the easiest paint project to clean up on the boys and everything else. The boys played with this stuff forever. Will be making this a lot!
I didn’t read through all of the comments so this may have been asked already. Does the food dye not stain their hands?
What a fabulous website with great ideas. Going to try this one today!
We made edible finger paint using plain yogurt for our 14-month old. Worked really well:
I never thought of involving babies to paint! I think I will add some food coloring to my 6 mo. old’s rice cereal and let her go to town!!!
Can you all share what type of paper you used with the paints? I am so excited to try this with my 9 mo old, who LOVES touching everything!
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Hi, I just tried this awesome ricipe out with my 1yr old daughter. She spent most of the time with her fingers in her mouth and was able to explore the wonderful world of colour without me worrying about poisonous substances Thank you!
Oh, I have answered the staining and cleaning up issues – She was wearing a disposable nappy (as mentioned above) And I used an old inflatable pool sans water as the painting area. Clean up was a breeze!
I’ve made this twice now. The first time it worked perfectly. The second time it didn’t. I don’t know if it made the difference or not, but when I made it this time I mixed the cornstarch into the cold water instead of the water into the cornstarch. I just cooked it for a bit on the stove and it thickened after a few minutes. Thanks for a great recipe!
I’ve made this before and my son loved it, but I was just wondering how long the paints last in closed jars before they start growing stuff?
I wondered how to store it too?!?
I sealed the jars & put it in the pantry & within a week it absolutely stank I was so disappointed! The batch made more than I needed, so the uncoloured batch I had kept in the fridge, & that’s find weeks later!
I’ve just made this and the recipe worked a treat! Although, instead of stirring lots I left it for a few minutes then started stirring and it became gloopy and custard-like. Love the recipe, thank you so much! We’re going to have fund tomorrow
wow this looks fab, and it does actually look tasty even if its not, lol
Corn flour and corn starch are not the same. Corn flour is milled from the whole kernel, while cornstarch is obtained from the endosperm portion of the kernel. Corn starch is just that – starch. It is chemically separated from the protein and other components of corn flour.
The confusion stems in that they can SOMETIMES be used interchangeably, such as in soups and stews as a thickening agent. However, for bread baking and deep frying, you cannot substitute corn starch for corn flour.
Corn flour is available in the US, but it is typically located with the other specialty grains. My local grocery store carries it in Bob’s Red Mill brand.
That being said, when I decided to attempt this “recipe,” I didn’t have any corn flour handy. However, as I am located in the southwest US, I did have masa harina, a flour made from lime soaked corn, which is most commonly used to make tortillas. So, I decided to try using it instead. While I cannot comment on substituting corn starch or US corn flour, I can attest that the masa harina worked.
My 12 month old daughter wasn’t initially impressed by this project, but, with a little encouragement, she quickly became thrilled. I’ve already made it three times this week! It seems to entertain her in about 30 minute bursts.
Thank you for providing such a great “recipe” I’ve tried multiple versions of edible finger paint and have found this version to be the best yet. The finished product had a nice, slightly thick, consistency. I have since recommended it to all of my friends with children who still taste everything.
I almost forgot to mention…it did stain her skin in a few spots, but it was easily removed with a little soap and some unappreciated scrubbing.
Good luck to everyone else!
I made this for my 14 month daughter as her first experience with paint. She had a great time. Thank you
If it helps anyone, a cup in the UK is actually slightly less than a cup in the US. That may have affected how some of the batches turned out for people. ) Thank you for posting. I’m trying it with my 7 month old today!
I made this today for my 18 month old twins and they loved it. I cooked it in the microwave for a couple of minutes after I’d put the hot water in – no different to making custard really!! Think I might add some glitter next time too I’ve linked you up in my blog post about it too, if that’s ok!
My kids loved this!! Although mine was very watery :S but it was still fun gloop! My 5 month old and 2 1/2 yr old loved it!! ( especially sliding with his feet ) thank you!!
Did this with my 10 month old today and had a blast!
the consistency of mine was great, even better after I cooked it for a couple of minutes. My 4.5yo sensory seeker and 2.5yo had a ball! I gave them an assortment of edible sprinkles to throw in, along with chopped up apples, sultana’s and dried paw paw. My 2yo thought this was fantastic and everything went straight in the mouth. The older one knew best, despite me telling him this was special paint he could eat, he said ‘I’m worried mummy, you shouldn’t eat paint!’ Will definitely do this again! I used the food colouring sparingly and only had a little staining on their hands, sure it will be gone after bath time
What an amazingly simple yet awesome idea!! I just made a whole batch and they turned out GREAT. I’m waiting for the little one to wake up so I can try this out! I think I might add a bit of flavoring to the dyes next time! (vanilla, orange zest etc!). Thanks for sharing!
Note to anyone making this – put it in the fridge! I left mine out and opened it 4 days later and boy did it stink!!
Saw this on Pinterest and tried it out. It didn’t work that well. I think my water was not hot enough. After i put it on the stove and stired it, it was getting better. And I had to add tons of food colouring. I think I am going to try it again Anyway, if it doesn’t work again I will put it on the stove again. Doesn’t matter
I tried this today with my 7mo and it was fabulous. I did use corn starch instead of corn flour (they are similar, but definitely not the same thing), so mine turned out a little more translucent. Next time I might try adding a little flour or more dye to turn out deeper colours. After reading all the comments I went straight to mixing it on medium heat on the stove, which worked beautifully. I don’t know how the original instructions with the boiling water would have turned out, but I definitely had success on the stove. The mixture gelled together in less than 2 minutes, though I had to stir it constantly.
Thanks, Anna, for this wonderful site! I have 1 baby so far (only a small bit older than Baby Bean), so I can’t use everything on here yet, but I love all the ideas. Things that I can’t try yet I’m filing away in my brain for later!!! I’m ALL about sensory play for my 7mo right now. I want him to play in the dirt, splash in water, taste everything that’s non-toxic, and generally explore the world as much as possible! I am having so much fun already, introducing the world to him and letting him make discoveries. And he’s young – I know there is so much more ahead of us!
I did this last night and it never thickened. I live in the US and think that you might have meant oz instead of cups? Because I added 2 additional cups of corn starch to the mixture and it still didn’t thicken. It got to a milky consistency so I had the kids use it anyway and it stained them from head to toe lol. It was a mess!
I haven’t tried this yet, but I wonder if it is the different size of UK “cups” vs. US “cups” is causing the inconsistent results. My husband is Australian and they have their own size “cups” as well. I have had many many many recipes turn out poorly because the ratio of dry to liquid isn’t the same. I’m going to try making paint this afternoon and see how it goes!
Last time I checked babies 6 months old shouldn’t have corn starch and why you would want them to have food coloring which is linked to cancer starting out, is beyond my level of comprehension….Parents, if you are using food dyes go all natural, regular food dyes are not good for babies or toddlers.
Last time I checked the article was not suggesting that you feed this to your baby as food. Get a grip. The obvious interpretation of the activity and resources prepared here is that, although this is not food, if it gets in your baby’s mouth it isn’t going to harm them. Small quantities of corn starch or food colourings are unlikely to do any lasting harm when used on an occasional basis. Also, you are clearly guilty of a typical America-centric assumption here, perhaps being aware that there is a world outside the US is beyond your comprehension too (I’m assuming by your spelling and your choice of CBS as your news source that you are probably from the US). The food dyes referred to in your linked article have been phased out in the UK (and Europe in general) where this blog is written. In fact, it even says as much in the article. Perhaps parents such as yourselves in the US need to be as proactive at getting companies to change their products as we have been in the UK (). It is quite possible to pick up natural food colourings off the shelf in UK supermarkets unlike in the USA () (I live in Texas, currently, so am well aware of how hard they are to come by here). Granted, there is still some chemical sounding stuff in those natural ones, but at a drop or two in a whole batch of paint that they are going to get a small fraction of in their mouth on maybe a day or two a month, let’s keep it in perspective!
Thank you for that excellent comment anon! Thank you x
Corn (because it’s a starchy carb) is kind of an empty calorie food and not a huge nutritional value for baby therefore some people opt not to give their baby cornstarch until after 12 months but as early as 10 months. It can cause gas/diarrhea and can be hard to digest. Having said that, some infant formulas have derivitives of cornstarch such as corn syrup. Further to that, jarred baby food will sometimes have cornstarch especially if it’s a gravy type mix. I’ve recently started giving my 11 mth old creamed corn (homemade) and she seems to have no problem with it. On the dye side of things, try something for red such as beet juice/beet powder (straight from the beet or the water), blue and purple from dark berries, carrots for orange, saffron for yellow and those are just a few suggestions. A quick google search will help with that.
Oh my gosh what a great recipe! Thank you so much for sharing this. I am going to try this out with my two little ones. I know they are going to have so much fun!
Here in the UK the majority of our food colourings ARE natural.
The finger paint is not a food. It is a paint that if it gets into babies mouth then baby will be okay. Therefore it is not necessary for it to be highly calorific or nutritional as that is not it’s primary function.
Thank you very much for that measured and intelligent response!
Hello, I love the paint, anything I have ever tried simply turns to liquid, or just doesn’t have the right consistency. I credited your page on my blog today, for making the edible paint. Thanks for such a wonderful recipe. niftythriftymom.1.blogspot.com
Thank you!
I made this today and added a small amount of vanilla essence into it and added some food colouring, not much, but it came out really vibrant!
Ooo what a lovely idea to add the essence! Thanks!
I love the idea of this. I’m always worried about what’s in regular finger paints. This takes all of that worry away. I’m eager to try these with my charges this week.
I have been looking for finger paints to do with my daugther who is just 10 months she loves messy play now I am happy in knowlege that I can now make safe paint for her and we can now make christmas cards togethers for her grandparents
Hey I think this is a great idea..
Just wondering would it work on canvas?
Another way of making edible finger paint is usung vanilla pudding or plain, or vanilla yogurt. And mixing in food color.
Worked great for me, and my 1 year old preferred to use a brush (she’s a bit princessy like that – didn’t want to get her hands dirty, but was happy to have it everywhere if she used a brush) – how do you store the leftover paint and for how long?
I’ve just made this and it was incredibly easy! Really looking forward to letting my 16 month old get stuck in.
Great activity. Just a warning to be careful with the mix if letting little ones gets in and help make it, as it can get pretty hot… I know that is an obvious point- but I’m all for protecting the little ones, and we all forgot common sense at times. My tip for this recipe is to stir it a lot! When you think it is perfect, stir some more! We kept stirring and stirring, and ours eventually became a very similar texture to the paints we used to use at school! We used HEAPS of colour- we got some great brights, but yes beware of staining. My little one has gone down for her afternoon nap a little more yellow than usual (sort of like a Simpsons character). Thanks for this post… I have it earmarked this task for a group activity for one of my Speech Pathology language development groups. I can imagine it will be a hit!
Oh one more thing…. old baby custard glass jars (the heinz branded ones in Australia) are a perfect size for paint pots…. and I feel all green for reusing someonthing
Just done this with my 6 month old, she loved it! It kept her attention for half an hour, which for her is an achievement! The recipe worked great for us, we did need to put in the microwave for a minute, but it came together brilliantly after that. Will be doing it again with big brother later – thanks for the idea!
Can this be stored room temp? Or does it need stored in the fridge? Thanks!
Great so when you give it to the kids they will eat it and love it. But when they go to school and they see paint and they eat it they r going to die. Teaching kids bad things. I don’t allow this happening.
By the time children are school age they are able to understand about what they can and cannot eat. The whole point of this is that babies too young to understand they can’t eat paint can join in.
Wow! Thanks so much for this wonderful recipe! Just a quick question: how long do I need to fridge it after adding colouring?
Just shared this idea: it is so clever!
I wish all preschool teachers took the time to make such a child friendly paint and to raise awareness about the many chemicals that are present in many things that are labelled “non-toxic”.
Thanks for sharing this recipe!
just a thought, powdered coloring would give a more vibrant color
Cute idea.when I was a kid we used pudding as finger paint.
Just made this recipe for my kids and they are painting right now! I used cornstarch and it turned out slightly lumpy but it adds to the texture experience Mixing the cornstarch with the cold water until smooth before adding the hot water would fix this problem but I let my 3 year old mix up that part… I didn’t have much food coloring in my cupboard so I used things like coffee grounds, curry powder, paprika, dill, etc… to make the colors. Worked great and added some scent and extra texture
I am going to make this for my daughter’s b-day party. Just thought that I would share what I read on FOOD.com:
. Substitutions: cornmeal pulverized in a food processor.”
I’m sure any whole foods or health foods store would carry it.Thanks for the fun looking recipe!
Tried this. Got soup. Transferred to pot, added more cornstarch and cooked. Ended up with lumpy soup. Very disappointing.
can i store this for later use? how long does it last? Fridge or room temp?
I tried mixing the cornstarch in cold water first, and then instead of adding boiling water, I just added 4 and a half cups of cold water, mixed it again and microwaved it. Super consistency!
I just made this for the first time today for our mums and babies (ages from 6 months to 3 years) and we LOVED it! Thank you so so much for this great recipe. I’m never buying store-made paint again! I loved the consistency of it. I only put in 3.5 cups of boiling water as it seemed enough. The colours turned out beautifully too. It was great that we could hang them up to dry without the paint dripping on to the floor because it’s nice and thick. Will DEFINITELY be making this on a regular basis!
By the way, I’ve linked up to you on my blog, hope that’s ok. Have a look at our homemade paint results.
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Now, consider three brothers of Orange County: Michael, GOB, and Buster (‘Georgeovich’?) Bluth:
And now let’s compare. The first of each set, Ivan and Michael, is intelligent and plagued by a sense of duty to God and family. The second, Dmitri and GOB, are impulsive, greedy, yet blissfully naïve. How can you hate them? The third, Alyosha and Buster, are young, lovable, and saintly in their devotion to God or family. Or Lucille 2.
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Parallels abound. TBK holds the storied dialogue of the Grand Inquisitor, confronting Jesus about the problem of evil in the world. Why free will, he asks, if God allows it to be misused? In response, Jesus kisses the elderly inquisitor – right on the lips. Alyosha gets up and does the same to his doubting brother Ivan. Awkward, or endearing?
One wonders if that chapter wasn’t behind this scene between GOB and Michael?
GOB: “Taste the happy, Michael!”
Michael: “Tastes kind of like sad.”
Michael Bluth stays true to what he knows to be good, even when his brain tells him to cut and run. Like Ivan Fyodorovich, he’s rarely sure it’s worth the effort to do good – but he does it anyway.
I’ve one more comparison worth throwing into the mix: both Arrested Development and Brothers K are acquired tastes. I’ve coached friends to stick with AD for at least three episodes before they get the humor. And I’ve ditched TBK after reading thirty dread pages more than once. But hard-won treats are worth it, which explains why both keep popping up, with promises of an AD movie (praise the Lord!) and fourth season (praise all His works!).
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You may still be doubting. I can respect that.
But consider this: AD’s creator Mitch Hurwitz has a degree in theology and English from Georgetown. No tricks – and no illusions.
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Yesterday, the Daily Telegraph reported that the UK’s creative industries generate £36 billion per year for the economy and employ 1.5 million people. The Chancellor, George Osborne, called them “massively important”. So why does no-one take comedy seriously?
The English Arts Council will not give grants to comedians staging shows at the Edinburgh Fringe, because they do not consider comedy to be an art.
But, last year, the University of East Anglia (UEA) got a £300,000 grant for a three-year study into “the nature of creativity within the British television comedy industry by exploring the working practices of industry professionals, and the industrial, institutional and policy contexts that shape and inform what they do.”
The study is called Make Me Laugh. It started in January 2012 and ends in December 2014. The ‘Principal Investigator’ is Dr Brett Mills. He is Head of the UEA’s School of Film, Television and Media Studies and I chatted to him a couple of days ago.
“We’re working with loads of writers, producers and commissioners,” he told me, “following comedy projects from initial idea through to broadcast or, as is often the case, non-broadcast and abandonment and resignation and unhappiness. We’re trying to look at what makes creativity – however you define that – happen and what are the things that get in its way.”
“You’ve done previous studies of comedy,” I said. “Isn’t this just a way to get another £300,000?”
“The first project was about £4,000,” laughed Brett. “and I just interviewed people, but interviewing individuals doesn’t give you a sense of relationships and networks, the development of a project and how things change over time. One other problem was that, when I asked people how decisions were made, the answer I tended to get was Gut instinct and, to a researcher, that’s utterly useless. The aim of this project is to try to unpick that.”
“Have you read Adventures in the Screen Trade by William Goldman?” I asked.
“Very deliberately no,” said Brett.
“Why?”
“Because,” explained Brett, “it’s one of those books everyone says you have to read – and because there is a split in academic terms between Film Studies and Television Studies. The set of approaches you would use in Film Studies would use that book. The set of approaches you would use in Television Studies would be totally different in academic terms.”
“Mmmm,” I said, “You know the often misunderstood quote about Nobody knows anything...?”
“Yeah,” said Brett wearily.
“…which” I continued, “basically means that creativity is an art not a science. Aren’t you trying to make it a science?”
“A gut instinct, in a way,” said Brett, “is just an internalised set of things you have learned. In most industries, you develop a gut instinct.”
“So is creating and commissioning TV shows a science or an art?” I asked.
“Well, it’s a bit of both,” Brett replied. “And, if we get into the area of whether something is ‘good’ or not, are we talking about critically acclaimed or watched by a lot of people or loved by a lot of people? Or about having a legacy and being watched 10 or 15 years later? It depends what you’re measuring.”
“Anyone who makes something VERY popular,” I suggested, “is immediately attacked as being ‘trite’ and ‘low-brow’ and ‘bland’.”
“Well” said Brett, “I don’t think anyone we’ve spoken to is embarrassed about making something popular.”
“Can your research,” I asked, “explain why Mrs Brown’s Boys is loved by audiences but hated by a lot of so-called cognoscenti in the media and the comedy industry?”
“No,” said Brett, “because that’s a different project I’d love to do, which is talking to audiences. This current project is about the process by which things come into existence. Miranda would be fascinating because there is a gender division: women love it.”
“Women of all ages?” I asked.
“Yes,” said Brett, “and, this is purely anecdotal, but it’s a kind of family thing where the women sit down to watch it and the dad leaves the room because he can’t stand it.”
“Is there statistical evidence that more women like it than men?” I asked.
“It’s probably very likely,” said Brett, “because – although these are statistics from seven or eight years ago – the vast majority of mainstream sitcoms on television are always watched by more women than men. Men Behaving Badly was watched by more women than men.”
“Doesn’t studying comedy academically make watching comedy less interesting?” I asked.
“No” said Brett, “people who read recipes like food; it doesn’t mean they start hating food. In fact, in some ways, you start appreciating it more. Even the stuff that doesn’t make me laugh I can still find fascinating.
“I grew up in the 1980s with The Young Ones on TV and the Alternative Comedy people doing their stuff and Malcolm Hardee doing his stuff.
“I’m very anti this idea that the aim of academic research is about cultural hierarchies and we should only look at the best: that we should construct a ‘canon of good work’.
“That’s one of the interesting things about the department I’m in at the moment: most people are interested in the popular, the mainstream. We don’t see our job as deciding what is good culture and what is crap culture.”
“I suspect,” I said, “that the audiences who originally went to see Shakespeare’s plays went to see them as Brian Rix farces or blood-soaked splatter tragedies.”
“Exactly,” said Brett. “Most of the creators of stuff that’s held up as ‘art’ now – Shakespeare, Dickens – were unbelievably popular in their own day. It was mainstream culture. Dickens wrote serial fiction. It’s not as if he had an artistic vision. He was thinking: Oh, that character’s popular, I’ll write more of him in the next episode.
“The idea that you retrospectively construct these people as artistic visionaries and so on… No… Shakespeare was writing for an audience. He was a populist.
“Exploring popular culture is an interesting battle, because our field – Media Studies – often gets criticised as a Mickey Mouse subject, not ‘proper’. And, by looking at popular culture, you actually feed into that prejudice… I have a colleague who does research on reality television and people do just go Oh! That’s a stupid subject! But No. We’re having to have that fight and we will man the barricades.
“This current Make Me Laugh project very definitely connects to that.
“Lots of film directors and novelists whose work is seen by far fewer people are interviewed and profiled and their views are kept for posterity. And yet you have people creating popular mainstream culture consumed by millions and millions of people and they’re going to disappear into history. Nobody’s interviewing them. Nobody’s exploring their working practices whereas any old Croatian art house film director has probably been interviewed by Sight & Sound twenty times and had five books written about him.
“I sometimes ask my students: Give me a list of film directors and they can rattle off a hundred. Then I say: Tell me a television director. And the only ones they can tell me are film directors who’ve done television. They’ll say Oh, Quentin Tarantino directed an episode of CSI didn’t he?
“They’ll know Miranda Hart herself. But the producer of Miranda? The director? No. They don’t even know their names.
“These people are creating a whole range of culture, but nobody’s heard of them. To me, that’s a real outrage. And it’s backed-up by the fact that, when you contact people, wanting to interview them, their first response is: Why would you want to talk to me?
“I tell them: If you were an art house film director, you wouldn’t ask that question. You’re writing a comedy that’s watched by ten million people every week and you’re confused that I find you of interest!” That, in itself, is fascinating to me.
“One of the ways Britain defines its national identity is via comedy. We see that as really important. How did we define ourselves last year in the Olympic Opening Ceremony? With Mr Bean… and the Queen jumping out of a helicopter. It was comedy, comedy. comedy!
“Comedy is central to our idea of national identity and the economic value of the comedy industry is massive. Just take Mr Bean and the amount of money that’s produced around the world.
“The economic value of the comedy industry – including films, television and stand-up is absolutely massive. Yet the amount of public money that goes into theatre and opera and other cultural forms… compared to the amount that goes into, say, stand-up comedy (even though there is public money via the Licence Fee going into BBC TV) is virtually nil.
“But, then, if you talk to people in small independent production companies and suggest Shouldn’t the government be supporting you more? they tell you No! We wanna stay separate. That’s the whole point. We’re outsiders. We’re mavericks.
“The creative industries in Britain employ more people than the engineering industry and the pharmaceutical industry. The creative industries contribute more to the economy than the financial industries.”
“Really?” I asked.
“Yes,” said Brett firmly. “Television, film, architecture, design, music, computer games. The scale of the creative industries is absolutely massive. And it is still one of the areas where Britain is accepted internationally as a world leader.”
“So why are you not aspiring to be a television producer or commissioner?” I asked.
“Because I don’t have that gut instinct,” replied Brett. “Not at all. Not at all.”
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Folkadelphia Session: Spirit and Dust & Small Houses (dual album release edition)
Spirit & Dust and Small Houses are two Philadelphia groups that I admire and have frequently played on the radio show. While they make markedly different sounding music from each other, bringing them together for an upcoming dual album release show this Saturday, the 23rd, makes total sense.
Spirit & Dust, in full band configuration (a standard rock formation plus trumpets, keys, and harmonies), work up to music and lyrics that are informed by the band’s evident love for emotional Americana and lead member Kristen Sylvester’s mystical and spiritual leanings. On the other hand, Small Houses, the moniker for Jeremy Quentin’s music, takes a more stripped down approach and winds up approximating the now classic songwriters of the ‘70s (someone recently told me that Quentin’s newest album Exactly Where You Wanted To Be invokes the same vibe as Springsteen’s Nebraska).
But it’s the common elements between Spirit & Dust and Small Houses that led me to record this week’s Folkadelphia Sessions and subsequently present their release concert happening this coming Saturday, February 23rd at Studio 34 in West Philly with Sean Hoots. Both groups write music that is just so organic, so rich in imagery and story-telling, and so attuned to their emotions that for them to share a stage will be a chill-inducing night at an intimate venue. These are the kind of musical pairings I think about daily! Make sure to mark it on your calendar as you check out the sessions.
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I thought Senator McCain, who became the mortal lock for the Republican presidential nomination with the suspension of Mitt Romney's campaign today, gave a strong, meaningful speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference today.
It was no stemwinder and the Senator isn't a naturally gifted speaker but it was a success because he was forthright but conciliatory, didn't flip-flop, attacked both Senator Clinton and Obama and struck the right notes in terms of how differently he or either of his opponents would lead America.
Opening with a quote from Edmund Burke that liberty was bestowed by the Creator and protected by the government rather than the opposite was a nice touch. So was describing himself as a 'foot-soldier of the Reagan Revolution' (though I am told this has been a staple)
What McCain needs to do now is assemble the coalition and get folks like James Dobson on board because he'll need every vote in November, especially if his opponent is Senator Obama. Romney would not be bad as economics czar and possible Secretary of the Treasury. And on the short list of VPs, a solidly conservative, well respected, well connected governor like Haley Barbour of Mississippi might be just the ticket. (You heard it here first.)
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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7404148200980668115.post8530989281605548639..comments2009-06-06T16:32:05.705-04:00Comments on The Kitchen is My Canvas: Here Goes Nothing!LynnieBee general, I would say yes, definitely! You reall...In general, I would say yes, definitely!<br />You really can use any type of bread in soup, even fresh bread will work, but my personal preference is to use bread that is a day or two old, because then it dissolves better in the soup and gives you the best consistency. Really fresh bread doesn't dissolve as well. Bread works as a thickener, giving soups substance and making them "creamier" without adding actual cream. If you have no slightly stale bread on hand, you can slice some fresh bread into cubes and toast them under the broiler for a few minutes to give them some crispness, and then it will work basically the same way that stale bread would :)LynnieBee know, I've never been brave enough to put ...You know, I've never been brave enough to put bread in soup any longer than necessary for dunking, lol. I saw Rachel Ray make a bread soup once that looked SO good, but I was too scared to try it. Is it a pretty fail-safe technique?Brande
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CLICK TO PLAY EPISODE for the pros and cons of this seemingly contentious issue. Even Discover Magazine is covering this hot topic–spurred by a video from Brazil that cheers: Pee in the shower, and you’ll save a tree!
Save even more water by showering with your partner. We may not change your mind about where you let it flow, but we may cause you to think twice! And that makes us happy. Listen in!
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Alicia Keys has been hit or miss with her live performances during the last few months but last evening at the 2013 NBA All-Star game, her vocal cords finally packed up their belongings and left. On the bright side, their neighbouring body parts, abdominals and clear skin, stayed behind to help Keys look good during her set.
Everything seemed fine when Keys started her NBA All-Star show with a rendition of “Empire State of Mind (Part 2)” but things quickly fell apart when she tried to sing “Girl on Fire”. Despite the lower key of the revamped version of the tune, the diva still struggled to hit the right notes and her voice noticeably cracked on numerous occasions.
Keys then attempted to finish her set with performances of “No One” – as in no one told her that singing that tune was a bad idea – and “New Day”. What resulted were several uncomfortable moments for Jay-Z, Beyonce and John Legend, who probably looked on from the crowd and wondered if they could politely sneak out the back door without hurting their friend’s feelings.
Watch Keys perform at the NBA All-Star Game below:
How I felt while hearing Alicia Keys sing “No One”
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5: 05 A.M. In Church’s Early Days, a Handful of Non-European Popes
As news accounts have noted, Pope Francis is a man of many firsts: the first Jesuit selected to lead the Roman Catholic Church, and the first pope from Latin America. And the media has also highlighted that he is the first pope from outside Europe in 1,300 years, which raises the question: under what circumstances did Catholicism embrace a non-European pope?
In fact, during the first First Millennium it was not that uncommon to have popes who were born or had roots outside Europe, with several having been born in northern Africa or the Middle East. Most notable, of course, was Saint Peter, a disciple of Jesus who, as the first bishop of Rome, was considered the first pope and for whom Saint Peter’s Basilica is named. According to Catholic Online, he was born in Bethsaida on the northeastern shore of the Sea of Galilee and, according to Catholic teaching, established the church with the Apostle Paul in Rome, where he was crucified under Emperor Nero.
While early details about the lives of popes from the First Millennium are scarce, three popes are believed to have been either born or have had roots in Africa: Pope Victor I, who served for a decade starting in the year 189; Pope Miltiades, who served from either 310 or 311 until 314, and Pope Gelasius I, who had African roots but was believed to have been born in Rome. The popes with African roots reflected how at the beginning of the First Millennium, Rome still controlled large parts of coastal North Africa at a time when Christianity was spreading through the empire.
At least one pope, Theodore I, was born in Jerusalem and was considered Greek. And the last pope born outside Europe was John V, who was a Syrian born in Antioch in what is now part of Turkey. He oversaw the church for slightly more than a year starting in the summer of 685, ruling during the so-called Byzantine papacy, when Byzantium, which had previously controlled parts of Syria, held wide sway over the papal affairs.
— Gerry Mullany
In his native Argentina, the new pope’s ascension was welcomed by President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner in a statement posted online.
A su Santidad Francisco I
— Cristina Kirchner (@CFKArgentina) 13 Mar 13
But, as the Argentine newspaper La Nación reports, the president has had a strained relationship with the religious leader, particularly over his opposition to gay-rights legislation. In 2010, Reuters explains, Cardinal Bergoglio made his opposition to a gay marriage bill public in a letter, just days before it was approved. “Let’s not be naïve,” he wrote. “This isn’t a simple political fight, it’s an attempt to destroy God’s plan.”
As our colleague Alexei Barrionuevo reported at the time:.
Spanish speakers can read more about his opposition to gay marriage and abortion on La Nación‘s site, where there is also a video compilation of his “most controversial speeches.”
The Lede is signing off for the evening. Thanks for reading. We leave you with this report of confusion over the pope’s new name, from Iran’s state-owned satellite news channel Press TV.
Iran’s state television says “HABEMUS PAPAM” has been named as the new pope (well done state translators!) #Iran #newpope
— Saeed Kamali Dehghan (@SaeedKD) 13 Mar 13
— Robert Mackey
As our Rome bureau chief, Rachel Donadio, notes on Twitter, the conclave of cardinals in Rome appears to have made the same sort of choice that the Republican Party in the United States habitually does when it comes to nominating a presidential candidate — picking the previous cycle’s runner-up.
The Argentine Cardinal Bergoglio, a Jesuit, was seen as a close second behind Benedict in 2005.
— Rachel Donadio — NYT (@RachelDonadio) 13 Mar 13
The Catholic News Service adds:
A respected Italian journal said Cardinal Bergoglio, 76, was the cardinal with the second-highest number of votes on each of the four ballots in the 2005 conclave.
The journal, Limes, said its report was based on information that came from the diary of an anonymous cardinal who, while acknowledging he was violating his oath of secrecy, felt the results of the conclave votes should be part of the historic record.
The journal said it confirmed the diary’s count with other cardinals.
— Robert Mackey
In 2010, 33% of #Catholics in Argentina said #religion is “very important” in their lives. @pewglobal
— Pew Forum (@pewforum) 13 Mar 13
With 31 million Catholics out of 40 million residents, Argentina has the 11th largest Catholic population in the world, according to the Pew Center for Research.
A 2010 Pew study found that 33 percent of Catholics interviewed in Argentina cited religion as very important in their lives. Nearly 20 percent said they attended mass weekly, with nearly 40 percent volunteering that they prayed daily.
In 2010-19% of Argentinean #Catholics said they attend mass at least weekly, but 39% said they pray daily @pewglobal
— Pew Forum (@pewforum) 13 Mar 13
But despite the large number of Catholics, the former Cardinal Bergoglio was not always able to sway political leaders in Argentina over the years to support his views. He did not stop President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner from promoting free contraception and artificial insemination.
And in 2010 he clashed with political leaders over same-sex marriage. According to the National Catholic Register, he said the legislation, which was eventually approved, would “seriously damage heart.”
The country’s large number of Catholics also did not influence the ruling party to interrupt a ceremony for the late Hugo Chávez, noted a detailed report by Foreign Policy on the news media reaction to the first Latin American pope.
On Wednesday, Clarin, Argentina’s largest newspaper, reports that a dispute erupted in the lower house of Argentina’s National Congress over whether lawmakers should interrupt the ceremony to listen to the new pope’s first words. The ceremony was completed before attention turned to Pope Francis.
In Argentina, he focused his efforts on defending the poor and on social justice issues, according to The National Catholic Reporter. He chided priests last year for refusing to baptize children of single mothers.
“We live in the most unequal part of the world, which has grown the most yet reduced misery the least,” he told Latin American bishops in 2007. “The unjust distribution of goods persists, creating a situation of social sin that cries out to Heaven and limits the possibilities of a fuller life for so many of our brothers.”
Other reaction expressed on Twitter and in media reports in Argentina, while positive over all, raised questions about the role he may have played when the country was ruled by dictators and thousands of people, including priests, disappeared. In 2010, he was asked to testify about the disappearance of two Jesuit priests in 1976. His spokesman called any allegations that he was involved “scandalous.”
Global Voices reports that multiple users are questioning the new pope’s alleged involvement in Argentina’s 1976-83
— Jennifer Preston
As our colleagues on the Graphics desk report, the election of Argentina’s first pope, and the first non-European leader of the church in more than 1,200 years, could reflect changes in the relative popularity of the religion across the globe. “Over the last century,” they note, “much of the growth of the Roman Catholic Church has been outside Europe, and there are now more than 200 million more Catholics in Latin America than in Europe.”
As our Rome bureau chief, Rachel Donadio, notes, the church is also facing “growing competition from evangelical churches in the Southern Hemisphere.”
The election of the first Argentine pope prompted elation and plenty of jokes about soccer on Wednesday in Argentina.
I can barely believe what I’m listening. Bergoglio is the new Pope. Wow. Latin American, Argentinean. #blownAway
— Hernán Colmeiro (@peregrinogris) 13 Mar 13
First latin american Pope and from MY country :’) Omg gotta love this religion :’) #Bergoglio
— Eugenia (@AliciaWillTeam) 13 Mar 13
The former Cardinal Bergoglio is “a fan of the Buenos Aires soccer team San Lorenzo, which was founded by a priest,” Bloomberg News reports. Apparent visual confirmation of that allegiance soon appeared on Twitter.
Jorge Bergoglio, hincha de #SanLorenzo, es el nuevo Papa.
— Marcela Nicolau (@cuervamarce) 13 Mar 13
Some in Argentina responded to the news by suggesting that the new pope might soon eclipse even Diego Maradona and Lionel Messi in fame. Others noted that it seemed fitting that the new pope had reportedly once touched the “hand of God,” in reference to a comment Maradona made after infamously scoring a goal against England in the 1986 World Cup with his fist. After the match, Maradona came close to admitting that he had cheated when he said the goal had been scored, in part, by “the hand of God.”
Diego Armando #Maradona is no longer the most famous person in Argentina as Jorge Mario #Bergoglio becomes first Latin American #Pope
— Mark Boultwood (@GAdv_Boulty) 13 Mar 13
The Argentinian #NewPope once shook hands with Diego #Maradona, thus he has been touched by The Hand of God for many years already. ;)
— Jørgen A. Schyberg (@mrjorgen) 13 Mar 13
Pope is from Argentina. I’ll never look at the “Hand of God” goal the same way again. #pope #maradona
— Sid Seixeiro (@Sid_Seixeiro) 13 Mar 13
Like the current Argentine star Messi, the new pope is descended from Italian immigrants. On the first day of the conclave, as the first votes were cast, soccer journalists watching Messi score two outstanding goals joked that even as the world was without a pope, there was no doubt about the identity of god.
Genius from @petejenson and @filippomricci: they haven’t yet decided the Pope but Messi’s still god.
— Sid Lowe (@sidlowe) 13 Mar 13
— Jennifer Preston and Robert Mackey
The activities of the 115 members of the College of Cardinals to select the successor to Benedict XVI retained their mystery to the very end. But almost as soon as hints of white smoke puffed forth from the Sistine Chapel’s chimney, signaling the selection of Francis as the church’s new pope, people in and around Vatican City and Rome were sharing their experiences on social media services like Twitter.
Some visitors of the Vatican shared their excitement to be first to see the white smoke and its telegraphing of the news of the pope’s election:
White smoke! I have witnessed history. #witnessedhistory.
— Zach Sherburne (@Z_Sherbs) 13 Mar 13
Elsewhere in Rome, a resident caught a hint of smoke from his home, situated not too far from the Sistine Chapel:
La #fumata bianca da casa mia :) #papa #habemuspapam
— Matteo Manna (@matteomanna) 13 Mar 13
While not everyone in Rome could see the smoke, many heard bells across the city, informing them of the news in a way that evoked times when many people in the world weren’t glued to a smartphone or a television screen (even if their reaction was to share the experience on Twitter):
All the bells ringing cross Rome – the new Pope has been chosen
— Zeynep Esendemir (@zee_esendemir) 13 Mar 13
These sights and sounds led to some people in Rome to drop what they were doing and rush for the place where the words “Habemus Papum” would be declared:
You can hear the bells of the #Vatican ringing from my apartment. Off to #St.Peters I go!
— Minki Bai (@minkibai) 13 Mar 13
Currently sprinting to the Vatican with @pknowles2 @conormcgonigle
— Kevin Maher (@kevin_maherPSU) 13 Mar 13
Meanwhile, those who braved the elements to see Pope Francis I be introduced on the balcony expressed their amazement at being on the scene:
I cannot believe I just witnessed the election of Papa Francesco
— Erin Mishu (@ErinMishu) 13 Mar 13
Back in the United States, the University of Notre Dame found a way to share in the spirit of the moment, even if though it was far away:
The Basilica bells toll as white smoke comes from the Vatican
— Notre Dame (@NotreDame) 13 Mar 13
— Michael Roston
The White House released the following statement from President Obama.
Statement from @CardinalDolan on election of Pope Francis I
— USCCB (@USCCB) 13 Mar 13
Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York, president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, issued a statement: of New York
President
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
— Jennifer Preston
The official papal Twitter feed, @Pontifex, has now become active again.
HABEMUS PAPAM FRANCISCUM
— Pontifex (@Pontifex) 13 Mar 13
An earlier version of this update incorrectly identified another Twitter account as the former Cardinal’s personal account.
— Robert Mackey
The new pope has emerged onto the Vatican balcony. He begins by addressing the largely Italian crowd in their own language, “Buona Sera.” He goes on to lead a prayer for the retired Pope Benedict.
The new pope is from Argentina, but has Italian roots.
Although the speculation is that the new pope chose his name in honor of Francis Xavier, a Spanish founder of the Jesuit order, there could also be an Italian connection.
Hours after the world’s attention was focused on the seagull sitting atop the Sistine Chapel’s chimney, the first Latin American pope has apparently taken the name of the Italian St. Francis of Assisi, who was known for his love of animals, including birds.
Italians chanting “Francesco! Francesco!” Choice of St Francis’ name may indicate humble papacy #pope #reuterspope
— Naomi O’Leary (@NaomiOhReally) 13 Mar 13
Here’s the new Pope: Jorge Mario Bergoglio. He will be called Pope Francis. Live updates:
— Anthony De Rosa (@AntDeRosa) 13 Mar 13
— Robert Mackey
The announcement is that Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio is the new pope. Cardinal Bergoglio reportedly got about 40 votes in the early balloting last time, and has chosen the name Pope Francis.
— Robert Mackey
As we wait to hear the identity of the new pope, keep in mind that it will be announced in Latin, which has prompted observers to run through the names of some of the front-runners in that language. If you Marcus, for instance, the new pope is likely to be Marc Ouellet of Canada.
Lot’s of people hoping for a #pope from their own country! Lots of Canadians here praying for Ouellet #conclave #reuterspope
— Naomi O’Leary (@NaomiOhReally) 13 Mar 13
— Robert Mackey
As we continue to wait for the announcement of who the new pope is, here is video of the white smoke that poured from the chimney above the Sistine Chapel about 40 minutes ago.
— Robert Mackey
Our colleague Laurie Goodstein explains in a Twitter update that Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran is expected to appear on the balcony shortly and announce the name of the new pope, in Latin.
First guy out on the balcony is not the new pope: it’s Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran to announce “Habemus Papam” and Latin name.
— Laurie Goodstein (@lauriegnyt) 13 Mar 13
Pope’s first blessing is “Urbi et orbi,” – “to the city and the world.”
— Laurie Goodstein (@lauriegnyt) 13 Mar 13
— Robert Mackey
All eyes are trained now on the Vatican balcony in St. Peter’s Square, where the news of the new pope’s identity will be revealed shortly. Our colleague Rachel Donadio reports on Twitter from the scene that the announcement could take up to 30 minutes to come.
Absolutely electric atmosphere as bell rings, crowds shriek delightedly and rush towards basilica to see new #pope #reuterspope
— Naomi O’Leary (@NaomiOhReally) 13 Mar 13
Habemus Papam, the crowds cheer, but we won’t know who he is for another half-hour or so.
— Rachel Donadio — NYT (@RachelDonadio) 13 Mar 13
— Robert Mackey
As bells toll, the crowd gathered in St. Peter’s Square on Wednesday can be heard on the live video stream from Vatican TV’s YouTube channel cheering and chanting “Habemus Papam!” Latin for “We Have a Pope!”
Bells are now ringing all over Rome for the election of a new pope! This city is marvelous with bells.
— Rachel Donadio — NYT (@RachelDonadio) 13 Mar 13
— Robert Mackey
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When, at some future date, you are reading about the poor decision making that led to the demise of Fox Broadcasting you'll know that it started here.
What began as a visit to possibly the flattest and brownest place on Earth will now be at least one hour of television about flatness and brownness. It could all go horribly wrong, but I suspect that at a bare minimum we'll get a pretty trainwreck out of it. It's hard and occasionally forbidden to write about work, but I'll keep you in the loop to the extent possible.
If you wish to send congratulatory cookies I will name extras after you.
Monday, January 18, 2010
My Other New Baby
When, at some future date, you are reading about the poor decision making that led to the demise of Fox Broadcasting you'll know that it started here.
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How about a box of Rice Krispies Treats like they sell over at Sams Club? My dogs follow me around the house anytime I try to eat one. At least you'd only have to share with two kids and a wife.
Congrats on a show about one of my favorite places on earth. When do you start shooting the pilot?
You know the show would probably be much more interesting - and INFINITELY more sleazy - if it was called "Odessa." Seriously, it's a testament to your talent that you could make the tall city worthy of its own show. I'll get Mike baking on some cookies. P.S. Were the Hitler references part of this pilot? I mean it makes sense - we all know he's in hell.
Congratulations!
Thanks to all. To be clear, any type of sweets will be accepted as long as they're not fruit, which is a fake sweet.
@AME - No Hitler, he was threatening to work his way into the other project due last week, but you make an interesting point and I'll be sure to pitch him to the network as a surprise guest if we make it to series.
"Midland, Midland, that's my hometown." I think my parents still have the record recording of it from the 70s. You should look into it. Congrats!
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August is the end of the harvest season. There are celebrations everywhere. This is the end of this cycle and it is important to leave the land fallow. The cycle will be repeated year after year. This book gives a very important information about this crop and its care.
es fantasticament teresa tot això que fas !!!
petonassooooos
ramon
gracies, Ramon! Una que tambe s'ha passat als llibres! ja em diras quin t'agrada mes!
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And while Osama Bin Laden has been able to "elude" forces, Anne is walking around for everyone to see, getting booked on The View and Larry King and no one has arrested her for spewing her hate speech.
Besides, isn't she considered a danger to herself and others? You know, a 5150?
This terrorist has also been accused of being a man.
Her prominent Adams' Apple and giant hands have long been used to "prove" the theory. But I ask you to take a look at Science. Y'all are on the right track by looking at her giant hands, but you need to look a little closer.
It's all about the length of the fingers and this is difference is true about MOST people.
Basically, on a woman, the index finger is longer than the ring finger. Men's hands are built opposite. The index finger on men is shorter than the ring finger.
The pinkie finger is also longer on MOST men's hands.
Currently, with so many advancements made in cosmetic surgery, feminization operations exist for just about everything. Even an Adam's Apple can be shaved down. The only thing they can't do, is change the way the hand is built.
I could be wrong, but I'll let Anatomy speak for itself. In the meantime, compare and contrast with your female and transexual friends.
So I'm not the only one who thinks she's a trannie. Damn!
I've often referred to it as MAnn Coulter, but usually cunt, whore, bitch, etc.
She is clearly a terrorist, with a visible adam's apple.
I know we're not supposed to hate because that is what she does. I will just say I LOATHE her existence. If ONLY her mother had been pro-choice!
Oh, I need to edit my prior comment! Why can't blogger allow us to do this? Please replace 'she' with 'it' and 'her' with 'its'!
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Afterburner Roast by Ground Control
1964 was a great year!! One of my favorite events during this very historical time in our country was my birth at Luke Air Force Base near the White Tank Mountains of Arizona. LOL.
Last week I coerced my Mom into taking me to Base so I could reconnect with my past; to see what had changed and what had stayed the same after so many years. Our timing was perfect! Lucky for us we were able to see some of the new F-35 jets fly in formation, peel off one at a time then land one the flight line. As a kid, I remember parking next to the road at the end of the line watching the F-15s and F-16s land one right after another. I could sit there for hours … the precision, the sound, the strength, and oddly magical … it has always given me a thrill!
Still on a natural high, we took Litchfield Road south past the lower entrance and guess what we found? One of the biggest independent coffeehouses I’ve seen yet: Ground Control, owned by one of the training pilots at Luke, Sean Rassas and his wife Tara. They have successfully brought together their love of coffee, community, food, world class beer and wine. This is “where community happens”!
Luke AFB
They also roast their own coffee daily right there in the entry space that is both their roastery and the front counter. This multi-purpose room also serves as storage for their bags of green beans and the espresso machine where the baristas tamp out yummy shots of java. They recently delivered a select roast to Oskar Blues, a small brewery in northern Colorado. to brew up their very own coffee stout.
GET OUT OF HERE!!! How cool is that? ~LisaGround Control 4860 N Litchfield Rd.
Goodyear, AZ 85395
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Good sweet Wednesday morning to you ..... have we got some cool food colours for you this fortnight. The warm weather is just around the corner (no really it is!) and that means cold stuff to eat!
First up thank you to everyone who took the challenge last fortnight - it was a challenge and I guess that can be seen by the small number of entries received. Congrats to our winner Becci Sundberg!
Well ..... you have no excuses this fortnight, not to enjoy the sweet tastes of this challenge. I love ice cream, especially with choc topping on top. But a close second comes a nice cone of scrummy gelati .... like these:
Do they look tasty or what ... is making me want to reach for a spoon and my Sara Lee icecream right about now!
So this fortnight we want you to use the icecreams as inspiration and for those who want an extra, those waffle cones look they could of been made with Kraft card, so use some on your creation!
So what did our Candy Stripes get up to? Hey, we have an extra Candy Stripe this week .... Mel Pizzinga is joining us as a Guest Candy Stripe! Please welcome Mel along this fortnight....
Mel P (who used the colours and icecream)
Marcia (who used the colours on kraft)
Sammi (icecreams and summer are the focus)
Jasmine (colours and kraft!)
Tracey (icecreams all the way here!)
Chantelle (waffle cone texture and icecream)
Mel H (colours and icecreams!)
So have a go, the prize on offer this fortnight is a gift voucher from Mad for Markers
Fantastic samples from the DT! I hope to have time to join in this week - icecream is my absolute fave!
Lemon Galato is my absolute fav.....will have to brain storm with mojo for this one...oxo
Great challenge. I have a new ice cream chippie shape too!
I love ice cream too! So nice cards and layouts. :)
2 flat camera batteries that will teach me to leave things to the last minute will put it up on my blog later..love what everyone has done..oxo
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Biography: Jim Wootten
The Voice of Randy Meisner and Timothy B. Schmit, Bass Guitar
Long Run bassist Jim Wootten comes from a very musical family which bred many professional musicians, most notably, his father Red Wootten who played bass with Frank Sinatra, Benny Goodman and Woody Herman, and his uncle and aunt, recording artists Les Paul and Mary Ford. 8 years. "I particularly enjoy playing in tribute bands because of the challenge of trying to replicate an artist's music with note for note accuracy."
Jim has had the pleasure to perform with Carmine Appice (Vanilla Fudge, Rod Stewart), Howard Leese (Heart), Nuno Bettencourt (Extreme) and Paul Gilbert (Mr. Big) among others.
When Jim was approached about the possibility of filling the Long Run's vacancy at the bass position, he jumped at the chance. "The Eagles have always been one of my favorite bands, and knowing the quality of musicianship that existed in this group, I was very excited to come on board.
Jim also plays in the popular Led Zeppelin tribute Led Zepagain as well as Blue Bayou (a tribute to Linda Ronstadt).
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a paid advertisement first published in the San Francisco Bay View, October 29, 2003
Martin Luther King and other civil rights leaders walking in a funeral procession for Medgar Evers, 1963
WHY VOTE?
by Randall Knox & Matt Gonzalez
CHANGE BEGINS WITH YOU
While our system of democracy was designed to represent us all, in practice we find that government belongs only to those who assert their influence over it. Your influence is your voice. And your voice is your vote. The beauty of our political system is that every vote carries equal weight – whether your polling place is in Pacific Heights or in Sunnydale.
The right to vote is so essential to our process of civic leadership that many have given their lives to ensure this right was extended to all. Civil rights activists James Chaney, Michael Schwerner, and Andrew Goodman in Mississippi and Viola Liuzzo in Alabama were all murdered simply for registering African American voters. And their efforts came after decades of struggle to eliminate unfair poll taxes, literacy tests, and grandfather clauses, all of which prevented African American citizens of this country from exercising this fundamental right.
YOUR VOICE MUST BE HEARD
Today, in San Francisco, big businesses, the affluent, and the influential all go to great lengths to organize their families, friends and peers to ensure that they are represented at the polls. And most often, they vote to protect their own interests, not yours.
The wealthy in San Francisco don’t contend with polluting power plants in their neighborhoods. Police in their districts don’t behave the way they do in the Bayview. Street repairs don’t take months to get completed. Do you think it’s an accident?
If you want change you have to vote for it. Vote for someone who will champion your causes – jobs with dignity, affordable housing, a safe environment for you and your families, and access to quality education and healthcare.
TAKE ACTION. VOTE!
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How to create Mega Menu?
Positions in mega menu can be added just like normal posts (by using shortcodes of course) and after that you need to check option “Enable Mega Menu” in Appearance->Theme options->General
Positions for Mega Menu can be added in Mega Menu->Add new
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eVision is a premium Wordpress theme with 18 pre-made skins. This theme is perfect for all businesses, corporations and creative portfolio sites. It has powerful CMS functionality and a long list of premium features.
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Hey, is there a way to add a Page 1, Page 2, etc in the gallery sections? I have way to many thumbs at this point, would like to put some of them onto a second page
Hey there, yes ofcourse just copy the pagination code from the note section and link it to second page third page so on.
Hello, before purchasing it, I see that the home sliding image doesn’t resize on mobile view. Is it possible correct it?
Great template (purchased). I notice that on iOS devices (iPhone 5), the slideshow background images for index.html background are squeezed horizontally (or stretched vertically) when viewed in portrait mode. They are not squeezed or stretched when viewed in landscape mode. My images are sized according to suggested 1024px x 700px. Thanks in advance! For reference, dev testing page is located at
Hasan Same question as above ( this time from the purchased account ) When I use the flexslider I noticed that the navigation buttons below the slider do not work. Click on them does nothing. Any ideas how to fix this?
Also in the in the portfoliostrip.html file, if I only have 4 stripes and I comment out the rest, the last stripe disappears until I hover or move the mouse over it …
Your help much appreciated Thank you Sarah
Hey Sarah
Thank you very much for your business. I apologize you are having some problems. The fix to the home-page slider is as simple as adding img width 100% in css for supersized slider. If you want a more specific fix, as in exact code, feel free to email me and I will get back to you.
For portfolio stripe, you will need a minimum of 10 stripes to work perfect, because of the infinite scroll left and right, the stripes have to meet a minimum combined width to actually allow scroll.
For flexslider, I will have a look and get back to you.
Thanks again
Hey Hasan No issues with home slider, all good there. Portfolio stripe works well, I just added blank images and left 10 items there. I am sure I will be filling them up pronto
– Is there an easy way to not allow users to move stripes around. ie. disable it ?
Please let me know about the flexSlider issue
Thank you for your prompt response
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Hey Sarah
I checked the portfolio page slider on my android device everything seems to be working fine, and Other versions of this tempalte have not had any problems either, are you sure there isnt an issue on your end. Just to be safe I will have access to an iphone 5 this evening, I will confirm it.
For the stripe, do you mean you want to disable the scrolling of stripes? If so yes it is extremely easy, however it might end up breaking your layout, unless ofcourse you want to disable it because you dont have enough stripes yet. In which case simple remove the call for the script in main.js
If you have any problems with it feel free to email me through my profile.
Thanks
Hi maybe i didnt explain properly, sorry. On the portfolio stripe page its all fine now. Thank you.
Next I took the basic item .html file and customized it to what i need. However, the navigation at the bottom of the slide does not work. It displays fine ( 5 images, i get 5 items on the nav ) but if i click on any of the nav icons nothing happens. Lets say on I am on image number 4 on the slider, if I click on the first Nav icon, should it not display the first image again? clicking does not at the moment
Hope that makes sense
Thx
Sarah
Hey Sarah , yes it should. Well the issue is definitely on your side as you can see it works fine on the demo. However if you post your link, I will have a look. If you dont want to post the link here, you can email me from my profile.
Thanks
Thanks Hasan … will email you link to test site ciao Sarah
Hasan I cant find the sendmail/php package in the zip file. Should that be included to send email via the contact form ? Thanks Sarah
Nevermind, Robert it found it
Hi Hasan, Great theme, just wanted to know if you can make the header stick to the top of the screen when viewing the site on a mobile? if so how do you go about it? Also do .png image files show up on the mobile version? thanks in advance.
tezzataz , the header by default sticks to top on mobile devices.
Thanks for getting back to me Hasan, sorry I meant to get back to you about this but forgot. In mobile view when you go from portrait to landscape and then back to portrait (when you turn the phone sideways and then go turn back to normal view) the page doesn’t seem to resize back to normal, is there a fix for this? (i’ve only been viewing your template on ipad and iphones) thanks again.
Tezzataz no matter how many times I switch between portrait and landscape mode on my phone the page resizes accordingly. So I cant confirm what you see.
Thanks
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SONG OF THE WEEKJanelle Monae ft. Erykah Badu
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Fresh produce at Kumu Farms’ Molokai farm market., 2013
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SoulBoy #15
(Sam And Dave – Goodnight Baby)
Staying on board the Soul Train for this week as there are far too many cuts and artists who have yet to be featured..Marvin Gaye, Bobby Womack, James Carr, Sam Cooke, Teddy Pendergrass, Al Green, Aaron Neville, Bobby Bland, Solomon Burke and on and on and on in fact a year still wouldn’t be long enough to dig deep into the Soul Cellar so another week is the LEAST I can do.
Too many pieces to choose from…must have lined up at least 5 cuts…just as I’m about to prepare one a next piece floats out of the speakers to distract my butterfly mind. So without further delay hold this piece from one of the great duets Sam Moore and Dave Prater. So electric were they on stage that Otis Redding refused to go on after them. 1965 release on the Stax Label.
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L radios, their aesthetic and the metaphysics of connectivity between radio and listener. This series was shown at the annual Google Show at Hardware Gallery in Sydney..
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Craig Boehman: What brings you to San Francisco to pursue your art?
Lila Afiouni: Well, I am very much inspired by other artists and it is my belief that if you challenge yourself and get out into the world to see some seminal pieces of art, you will be inspired. So I came to SFO to see art I wouldn't normally see in Australia, such as Bruce Conner, Diebenkorn, and modern American artists that influence my work. I am also attracted to SFO as a city, a place that was surging with literature and art in the 1950s. This made a tremendous impact on my sense of what 'freedom' is and that is important to me as an artist.
CB: Talk about Bruce Conner...what aspects about his work do you admire?
LA: I first heard about Bruce Conner in connection to the Beat writers. I had been making collage work, but when I saw Conner's work, it was more delicate, unassuming and feminine. His body of work really is mysterious because he works in so many styles. He also makes films. I just like how eclectic he was. In regards to how he treated the mainstream media – he was deliberately subversive and this interested me because despite his illusive persona and his underwhelming presence in the art world (a premeditated act of his own), he was prolific and is very much a celebrated SF artist.
CB: And with Ginsberg, is there a direct correlation in some silent undertone that finds its way into any of your pieces?
LA: That's a tough question. As as you know I'm a huge fan of Ginsberg. I also write poetry. He has been an influence yes for sure, his writing, the context of his work in America, the grittiness and honesty of it. I mean, my work is not literal, it's abstract, so it's hard to find the correlation except that perhaps I am making work that could be reflected of his time, in terms of emotion and honesty.
CB: You've been in SFO for over a month now, right?
LA: Two months now.
CB: Do you find your methods of working changing at all with the change of view?
LA: Before I came to SFO, I was making work for a show at Hardware Gallery in Sydney, and I seemed to have a breakthrough. I am still carrying on that style of work which is essentially neo-geometric abstraction. The only change of view is that the colors are a little softer as I seem to be absorbing the color combinations of the Victorian houses here. Their facades are very beautiful, even the weathered ones.
CB: Does the architecture in Sydney inspire you?
LA: The architecture in Sydney is not as consistent; it’s more of a sprawling red-brick house suburban attitude and not so inspiring. I would say the ocean down the street from where I live is more inspiring as a body of raw energy and power. This new work takes me to a more spiritual level of harmony and balance.
CB: Are there any special places that you return to in SFO when you visit?
LA: I'm a sucker for Haight-Ashbury. It still has a great bohemian feel to it. I love North Beach, too. It's not so populated and you can feel the literary history there. It's great just walking the streets around North Beach.
CB: You just began a new painting...can you talk about this yet?
LA: Hmm. I think I began another new painting since we talked! I construct my paintings like an architectural piece, one part must support another. It must all fall into place otherwise it won't stand alone.
CB: A writer might have a conversation, read a news article, or something – and happen across a hot topic that must be addressed right then and there. Does it work like this for you?
LA: Not for me. It's like continuing an ongoing conversation that I have had for months. It might start with an idea of Pythagoras and his notion that the world is based on numbers and have a certain balance that exists in the world, and then it keeps going, harmony might be the next phase. It's like a time line that keeps unfolding.
CB: I notice I'm about 16 months late, but do you have any of those limited edition postcards left you mention on your site?
LA: I certainly do. I can post them over to you...
CB: Nice! Thank you. I love postcards. They're the only things left in the world I love to post to people. I can't write legibly, and my thoughts work different when I hold a pen. My first art postcards was a collection by...not Klimt...the other guy.
LA: Egon Schiele.
CB: Schiele! He's one of my favorites. I shouldn't have got stumped on his name.
LA: I think Shiele was Klimt's pupil but don't quote me on that.
CB: How did your Paris residency come about?
LA: I had to apply for the Paris residency through the Power Institute of Art and Culture in Australia. It's an award. I sent them my work and they liked it so I went over to the Cite Internationale des Arts for four months. I was given a live-in space and a studio in a complex of about 300 other studios. The energy was amazing, artists, musicians, writers from all over the globe lived there. You really felt like anything could happen. Often I would sit in my studio and wait for something to happen and sure enough, my phone would ring and I'd be invited to a show or some kind of happening. Things were going on all over Paris, obscure things that would never happen in Australia.
CB: I often wonder how many artists out there have mentors or great teachers that were instructional or influential during some part of their lives. Did you find yourself in the company of any such figure in Paris?
LA: Actually, while I was at the residency, a former lecturer from my art school had her own residency too, so we reconnected and she came to my studio and gave me some sound advice as it was my first time. I'm not sure what I was seeking when I got to Paris, certainly some kind of an experience and a challenge, which I no doubt went away with. It was difficult to make art when the Picasso Museum was up the road, five minutes away, and the Pompidou Centre is ten minutes away. I spent many a night in the Pompidou library, pouring over art books in silence, it was wonderful. What I mean is, that so many things pulled me away from my work, the thrill of visiting museums and walking the streets.
CB: I wouldn't be able to concentrate on a thing. How long did it take you to get rolling with your work?
LA: well even logistics were a big challenge – like how do I get to the other side of town? How do I read the labels on a can of soup in the grocery store? I took home a carton of Pampelmousse hoping it was orange juice...it turned out to be grapefruit juice. I didn't make anything significant in Paris. It's what I took away with me that was important. I started a new series when i got back to Sydney called 'The Paris Paintings'. I made some paintings in the Paris studio, but they failed to capture a consistency that I’d hoped for.
CB: So your Paris Series were all began and finished in Australia?
LA: Yes...
LA: Yes, that is understandable because they have such an effect on the artist. It is always the artist, and I mean all kinds of artists, that really take notice of things and see things in a different way, visually, emotionally. I remember so much from that Paris trip. It is saturated in my brain. And I still use that information when I need it.
CB: It's like jet lag for creativity, isn't it?
LA: Absolutely.
CB: Like it wasn't able to do its job on site.
LA: I think it takes time to absorb it all. It resonates when you get back home. The first of my Paris Series were the drawings, starting with Paris Street Map. I was quite disturbed that I'd gotten back to Sydney and hadn't worked very much in my studio for a month, so i sat on the floor and just started drawing and drawing, and that is the series that began and moved on to paintings on canvas.
CB: Who were your influences there?
LA: For the Paris Series?
CB: Yes.
LA: I would have to say Braque and Picasso were big influences while I was in Paris. Their use of brown during the cubist period really excited me...it had an antiquated look to it that felt so good. I had to use it myself.
CB: Now this is your second residency in SFO?
LA: First in San Francisco.
CB: On your prior visits, did you anticipate your eventual return to work on your art?
LA: Yes, or at least I knew I would rent a studio. I had planned to come here, find a place to live and rent a studio. When I got here I happened on Root Division and they were interested in my work and offered me a studio residency for 6 months. Actually, they would usually have a one year contract but my American visa is only 6 months and RD made an exception for me.
CB: Paris is potentially a vast subject. Let me back up...Is there anything else you'd like to add about your stay in Paris?
LA: It can't be compared to my residency here. It was such a different feeling being in a foreign country and not speaking the language – it is a vast topic. Needless to say there was amazing art and incredible experiences around every corner. But it was tough at times too, setting your own agenda. I wasn't prepared for that. I learned much on that trip...quite unforgettable. It very much prepared me for this residency. Now, I have more practical sense in that I have a set program with things to do. I allow myself to explore the city, but I must also be in the studio at least 5 days a week.
CB: I won't ask you about specifics of what you're doing right now, other than the fact you've been influenced by the architecture there – it's often a matter of reflection when you return home – but is there anything you're finding this time in SFO that brings out an immediate response that must be applied to canvas sooner rather than later?
LA: I keep finding that I am a very tactile person. I love surfaces, bumpy surfaces, things you can touch – so just the experience of being in a different city allows my senses to be nourished in that way. I touch the sides of buildings as I go by. I get familiar with my surroundings that way. So how does this effect my work? I make sure that the surface of my paintings reflect the softness of the architecture I am looking at, or if I add some wood collage, it resembles the built environment in some way.
CB: Along the lines of some of your mixed media work...
LA: Yes, much like the mixed media work I did for the ‘Rauschen-burger To Go’ series.
CB: If you could take back a barge full of material to work with back home, what would you take with you, and what would you make?
LA: Oh gosh, I have found so many art materials here that I like, certain paints, canvas pliers, all workers materials. I think I can pretty much get most things in Australia but I do think I'll take back lots of magazines for collage material, American stuff that you just can't get back home. I'm sure I'd make more mixed media works with them.
CB: Are you working with mixed media quite a bit now?
LA: When I first got here, I didn't use any mixed media; I was just painting my geometric abstracts. But I felt I needed to add more dimension to the works. One thing about my practice is that I can't sit still. I like to try different things or slip back to a style I was practicing ten years ago. So now I am adding some 3D relief to the paintings.
CB: Where are you getting your materials? I mean, are you finding them, purchasing them?
LA: The relief collage?
CB: Yes...
LA: I have been purchasing cord, wood, thread etc., and there is some left over wood in the workroom at the studio that I take before it gets recycled....haven't found much on the streets yet that took my fancy.
CB: Did you start off doing abstract or did you work in any other genres?
LA: My very first experiences in art were portraits and realist landscape paintings, then I moved onto abstracting those forms, and then finally non objective art. I was more into the feeling of the work. It had to take me elsewhere...that's what i was interested in, going someplace else. And that is what I got from looking at artists such as Motherwell and Rauschenberg.
CB: Was there a pivotal point in your schooling where a teacher took you aside and said, “Lila, you're an artist. Have you ever considered doing this as a career?"
LA: No, never. I was driven to be an artist. It was and is what I love. It wasn't a question of doing it as a career, it was just a question of doing it and not stopping.
To view Lila Afiouni's work, visit her website
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Trucks get their own FAST lane
Trucks heading into the United States at the Pacific Highway port of entry are getting their own expedited entry system to ease congestion. However, like the NEXUS program at that port, it won�t really be effective until the British Columbia government adds extra lanes to the highway leading to border crossing.
As the NEXUS program does for cars and travelers, the Free And Secure Trade (FAST) program is aimed at speeding up commercial border-crossers by separating the probably good from the potentially bad. �We want to expedite low-risk merchandise and drivers so we can take a good long look at the unknown,� Customs representative Debbie Engels said.
Engels said they have signed up several dozen drivers and carriers and application forms are available at the Pacific Highway Customs office. While NEXUS focuses on who�s travelling in a vehicle, both trucks and drivers need clearance for FAST participation.
For a truck to use the FAST lane the shipper, the carrier and the driver will all need to be pre-cleared. The party shipping the goods will need to be certified under the new Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) program, created under the December 2001 Smart Border Accord between the U.S. and Canada. �They need to give us information regarding the security of their facility,� Engels said. The carrier or trucking company will need to be enrolled in both C-TPAT and FAST, and participating vehicles will be inspected and mounted with a transponder to identify it to inspectors before it gets to the booth. Finally, drivers will need to be enrolled in the FAST program and be issued a radio-tagged identification card. �It�s very similar to the NEXUS card,� Engels said.
When a FAST shipment heads for the border, invoices for the goods on board are faxed to a customs broker in advance marked with a barcode. The broker transmits the information to customs for pre-arrival clearance and when the shipment arrives at the border the inspector matches the barcode on the invoice the driver is carrying with the one in his system. If it all matches up � shipper, driver, truck and shipment pre-cleared in the system � the shipment rolls across.
�What we�re doing is cutting out a few steps,� Engels said. �The driver doesn�t have to park, walk over to the broker, wait for paperwork, then wait in line.� The pre-clearance system has already been in place for several months in Blaine and is now being integrated with FAST.
As the program gets rolling FAST participants will wait in line with other commercial border-crossers, but because they will be faster to process the hope is all traffic will move a little quicker. All three primary inspection lanes have already been equipped for FAST entries.
�Once we have enough participants enrolled we�ll want that dedicated lane,� Engels said. With only two lanes for trucks leading to the inspection booths, she said they could not afford to take up one for the new system and squeeze all the regular traffic into one lane. �If we have one FAST lane and only one regular lane we�ll still have backups,� Engels said.
Engels said that, until the British Columbia ministry of transport expanded highway infrastructure leading up to the port it made little sense to establish a dedicated FAST lane. However, the wait shouldn�t be long. In November the Canadian and B.C. transportation authorities announced over $25 million would be spent improving border access in the next four years.
�We�ve got a long list of strategic highway infrastructure projects,� said B.C. ministry of transport Grant Smith. On the list are $8.6 million in improvements to the Highway 99/8th Avenue; $7.2 million to expand 8th Avenue to four lanes from the freeway to highway 15; and $3 million to improve the highway leading to the port of entry and add dedicated lanes for the NEXUS and the FAST programs.
Smith said there was not yet a set timeline for the projects. �They still have to go to design and depending on the complexity of the job it�s hard to nail that down,� he said.
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Natalie Sutinen has moved on in her work with the immediate, magical object. In the exhibition In between sleep and sleep, works are shown from an ongoing study of time, where the artist discontinues a logical chronology on behalf of the irrational, and creates a room where time is movement.
Time becomes a wet slippery soap in the hand. Incomprehensible traces, memories and dreams are gathered in floating grey zones. In the images and artefacts there are remains of faded generations. Previous pleasures and gravities live on in a dark or light coloured hair, under closed eyes, in a wing or in a feather. Here we find reminders of destinies and persons who no longer are available to tell us the truth about the past. At the same time it is like you somehow know anyway.
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We’ve had a nice little chat with two fellow music heads Tod Louie & Solaris… The boys have just started a very cool club concept in Oslo called Echo. They have both been organising parties for a while and are both very experienced DJs, and their new weekly concept has quickly proven itself to be very good quality! They have mixed it up nicely with local and international bookings, Shari & Vari loves their enthusiasm for music and their friendly approach to the scene. Vari is playing alongside these guys tomorrow night (27/4) at Bollywood Dancing! So now you know where to to spend your Friday nights…
What are you doing right now?
Tod Louie: Actually I’m in taking a break from looking up some new tracks. The Word Championship of Snooker is running on Eurosport, which is not to miss. Once you first start following it it’s really addictive in combination to the Norwegian commentator Torstein “TrickWik” WIk. You should check it out! Besides that I’m picking out some new tracks for the weekend at Bollywood. I’m really looking forward to play with Vari again.
Solaris: Living in Oslo and working for a marketing company. I also have my studio here, and most of my friends, and Dj gigs. As far as it goes! At the moment, I’m working on our (with Tod Louie) weekly concept ECHO at Bollywood Dancing, which is turning out pretty nice. We have some amazing bookings lined up for the coming Fridays, including Deniz Kurtel live In May. We are also doing “Det Gode Selskab” (In Good Company) on some selected Sundays as well as on some selected Mondays. These events will take place at secret locations, and at Fisk & Vilt.
Who are your musical heroes?
Tod Louie: Hard question.. My father is a pianist and built a big stage in his backyard throwing everything from swing festivals to techno parties. Got to admire that. But beside from that my musical influences varies from funk, disco, Chicago house to more deep, classic house. If I should pick one artist that is my musical hero I got to say Nina Simone. And my all time favorite is her track, Sinnerman! There’s so much good music out there, and my sets got a little bit from many genres. A bit eclectic, if you know what I mean?
Solaris: I would say there are 100 of them, but to scale it down I will pick out a few special ones. Music wise – Van Morrison, Pink Floyd, LTJ Bukem, Fleetwood Mac, Nightmares On Wax, Otis Redding and Lucien N Luciano. – DJ wise : Steve Bug, Zip and Four Tet.
Whats on repeat at the moment?
Tod Louie: I’ve found an old track from Joubert Singers called Stand On The Word. I think it has been remixed by Larry Levan as well. But this new remix from Hot Coins is a real smasher! Really funky, and its bass lines will definitely make an impression on the dance floor! Its quite slow, 105BPM. But if you can keep the BPM around 105-110 for a while, and then suddenly drop that song!.. That’s whats great being a Dj.
Solaris: There are defiantly a few tracks on repeat, but there are two tracks that stands out for me in my Dj sets, and that is ; Portable – One Way feat. Efdemin and DJ Slip – Available Light (Franco Cinelli Remix). Besides this I’m always listening to Van Morrison. You should all check out one of the most essential albums of all times – Astral Weeks from 1968. Stunning! See you at ECHO 27.04.2012 with Solaris, Tod Louie and wonder guest Vari
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Spring is here and so is HEAT #3, Friday April 6 @ Chez Moune (Paris). This time we have a very special German guest… Our friend, the very talented, ridiculously funky and not to mention super sweet, Marc Liebe aka MALIBEE (Dench Disko/Frankfurt). He’ll be playing alongside me (Shari) and our HEAT resident HEKO (that Frenchman that can mix like a demon, make a cake and talk on the phone all at the same time)…! ;-)
Come one, come many! What can you expect? Sore feet! Dancing imminent. ;-)
Malibee – HEAT @ CHEZ MOUNE (06.04.2012) Minimix
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Detroit Lions wide receiver Calvin Johnson (81) waves to the fans after an NFL football game against the Atlanta Falcons at Ford Field in Detroit, Saturday, Dec. 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Rick Osentoski)
ALLEN PARK — In the NFL there’s something magical about the elite 2,000-yard club.
Detroit Lions running back Barry Sanders ran for 2,053 yards in 1997. He’s one of only six running backs in NFL history to reach the 2,000-yard mark.
On Sunday against the Chicago Bears, Calvin Johnson could become the first NFL receiver with 2,000 receiving yards in a season. He broke Jerry Rice’s all-time record on Saturday night. Now he just needs 108 yards to reach 2,000.
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“That would be big, kind of almost put that thing away for a while,’’ Johnson said on Thursday. “All records are meant to be broken, but that’d make it tough.
“It’d take a long time for somebody to come and get that. You never know what could happen next year, but it’d be a tough one, you’ve got to put in a lot of work to get that,’’ said Johnson who would know.
Rice’s record had stood since 1995 and there have been plenty of top wide receivers come and go in the NFL since then.
“He’s taken it up another notch every year, he’s taken it up maybe a couple this year,’’ Lions offensive coordinator Scott Linehan said. “He’s had to pick up the slack for some guys missing, he gladly does it. It’s so impressive what he does, but it’s more impressive the way he goes about his business. I think that’s what sets him apart from a lot of other guys.’’ Continued...
Coach Jim Schwartz certainly would never take anything away from Johnson, but because of the way the game has changed offensive records may not last as long as they have in the past.
“Teams aren’t afraid to throw 50 times a game. It used to be you throw it 50 times a game because you’re losing and have to catch up,’’ Schwartz said. “But you see teams all over the league now that throw it a bunch of time and score a lot of points. The league is constantly changing. I don’t know how long any record, offensively in particular, can stand. Receivers catch a lot more balls, it’s just the way it is.’’
If Johnson reaches the 2,000-yard mark on Sunday, perhaps he will be the one to surpass it in seasons down the road.
Schwartz thinks the 27-year-old Johnson is just scratching the surface.
“When it’s all said and done we’re not going to be talking about this being the highlight of his career,’’ Schwartz said. “He’s going to do some great things.
Johnson and Matthew Stafford got off to a bit of a slow start this season. In the Lions’ 13-7 Oct. 22 loss at Chicago, Johnson had his least productive game of the season with just three catches for 34 yards.
That could make the 2,000-yard mark tougher to reach on Sunday at Ford Field. The Bears passing defense is tied for sixth-best in the NFL.
“They’ve been playing that Cover 2 system that they have since they’ve been there. They do real well with that and Cover 3 and you know disguise it,’’ Johnson said. “They do a great job of their safeties and bringing them down real late. In film we see they haven’t done it much, but for some reason when we see them they do a lot of disguising.
That reason could be one Calvin Johnson.
“It’s not that it makes it harder, there are some opportunities we missed,’’ Johnson said. “But they do a good job. We play them twice a year so they kind of know us inside and out like we know them.’’ Continued...
One of Johnson’s attributes is he can play at any receiver position. We will see that again on Sunday against the Bears.
“We’ve still got to let the game come to us. They’re going to need more attention on him with our receiving depth the way it is. If you’re not going to get attention going into the last week then you’re never going to get it,’’ Linehan said. “So I just think we go through the game, guys have to be good around him. I think he’ll still have a productive game, the way he’s locked in.’’
Johnson has averaged 156.7 yards over the last eight games. He’s had 100-plus yards in each game with two games of 200-plus yards.
He was named to the Pro Bowl as the Lions lone representative this week.
“That’s the biggest slam-dunk in Pro Bowl balloting,’’ Schwartz said. “We’re proud of him, we’re proud that he represents us, we’re proud when he’s on the field on Sund.
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Not the same old song-and-dance as "Smash" returns
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"Smash" returns with a two-hour episode at 9 p.m. EST Tuesday, Feb. 5, on NBC.
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“Sometimes you get an idea, you get into the (rehearsal) studio the next day, and you shoot it the NEXT day,” he says. “Choreograph, shoot it, move on the next one.”
It all makes for a dazzling experience to watch. Elaborate production numbers are organically integrated into a melodramatic yet complex storyline. And unlike many eye-poppingly visual series, “Smash” can’t rely on souped-up computer graphics.
“CGI is kind of easier,” says Jack Davenport, noting that CGI post-production is handed off to its own team of specialists to complete. “We have to do all our staging for real — an hour of television every eight days.”
With a little down time before his next scene, Davenport is chilling in his trailer dressing room, parked outside the theater on W. 176th Street.
His character has been a party to the series’ realignment, which calls for making things lighter, a little more comic than last year. On the premiere, take a look at how last year’s imperious lady-killer Derek has been humanized in a hilarious musical fantasy: A troupe of sexy women in a bar gang up on him as a mass rebuke to his chauvinist ways, to the tune of the Eurythmics’ “Would I Lie to You?”
But just because “Smash” isn’t scared to have fun doesn’t mean it isn’t close to the truth.
“To the untrained eye it might appear arch, high-camp, kind of over-the-top,” says Davenport with a laugh. “Not in the slightest. This virtually is a documentary.”
Furthermore, he notes, “Smash” is a perfect show for any viewer weary of [email protected] and.
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ZUI this article from CNN:.
Fifteen aboard the Hartford were injured but returned to duty, according to a news release.
ZUI also this article from the BBC:
The incident is being investigated and damage to both ships is being evaluated, a navy statement said.
The New Orleans' fuel tank was ruptured in the crash, causing a spill of 25,000 gallons (90,000 litres) of diesel.
No injuries were reported aboard the New Orleans, according to the statement from the Fifth Fleet, which is based in Bahrain.
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The navy said both vessels were on regularly scheduled deployments to the region and conducting security operations.
"Both ships are currently operating under their own power," said the statement.
Update 1150 20 Mar: Navy Times has an article with further information here.
Update 1820 23 Mar: Joel, as usual, has further coverage, including links to various Navy photos of the two ships arriving in port.
USS Hartford (SSN 768) arrives in Mina Salman, Bahrain
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What confuses me is that the straits have some of the strongest currents and undertows there. I know that our subs like to go under surface assets all the time, but doing it going through the Straits of Hormuz is downright stupid. Whoever that OOD was....he needs to be crucified to the tree of woe, and the CO along with him.
Remember the Victor class that pulled that off back in the mid-80's going under a cargo ship going through the straits of Gibraltar and it ended up having to get towed back to Murmansk?
This must be a real embarrassment to the Dolphin community.
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About four years ago, the first group of Open Table members was given the choice to help an impoverished man named Ernie (Search “Ernie” for his full story). At the time, Ernie lived at Central Arizona Shelter Services (CASS) in central Phoenix. He was a single, senior who was highly motivated to get out of [...]
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I painted these portraits of Osho over the last 10 years. I guess it really shows how much he means to me.
I really cannot put it into words, so I must show it…..after all I am an artist.
Osho, thank you for everything you have given me thru your teachings.
I only wish people would focus on meditation and improving their lives instead of talking about the impending doom and gloom.
Fix yourself, you help the world.
Leap and the net will appear.
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‘Boardwalk Empire’ Season 3 Teaser: ‘New Year, New Rules’ (VIDEO)
One of my favorite HBO show’s will be back soon, this fall to be exact. “Boardwalk Empire” has released its first Season 3 teaser, and Nucky Thompson is looking like he’s embracing being a ‘gangster’. In the “gangster” that Jimmy Darmody advised him to become during Season 1. Unfortunately, Jimmy won’t be around to reap the benefits after his former mentor put an end to their relationship in the season 2′s finale. Literally.
I can’t wait for season 3.
Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg Resurrect Tupac at Coachella 2012
The highlight of Dr. D. I’m still a little shook up by this, and I’m one of the biggest ‘Pac fans ever. Skip up to the 32 minute mark… and see for yourself. Shout out to Dre & Snoop though, these guys are so legendary, they have sooo many hits its riduculous.
Meet 7 year old rapper P-Nut
Talk about poise and charisma… This lil guy is going to be a star. I need to make a trip to Memphis.
Jay-Z’s Rocawear Partners With New York Yankees
After airing their first ever commercial during the NCAA championship game, Jay-Z‘s.
Facebook Buys Instagram For $1Billion!
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4 year old rapper/producer! The next Kanye West?!
I stumbled across this video late saturday night surfing… Insomnia did me some good for a change. I was in tears laughing. LoL. Hopefully little man can hone that musical interest into something special in a few years. I didn’t even know what a keyboard was at 4, much less what a music producer was.
Rocawear Presents: Jay-Z’s “Marcy to Barclays” Commercial
That guy Hov and the good folks at Rocawear put together a visually pleasing commercial in support of the upcoming Barclays stadium in Brooklyn. The soon to be home of the Nets, Jay will also be headlining a concert at the new venue in September. Hopefully they can hold onto Deron Williams this summer so some fans will show up for home games next season in that billion dollar arena.
New Music: T.I. “Love This Life”
Tip’s back in album mode… After dropping his F*ck the City Up mixtape earlier this year, the Grand Hustle general is now readying the release of his eight LP,Trouble Man, tentatively due out this summer. Tip says fans can expect the album’s next single, “Love This Life”—produced by Mars (of 1500 or Nothin)—to impact radio and itunes in the next few days.
“It’s speaking to woman, but from a man’s perspective,” Tip told XXLMag.com regarding the song’s concept. ’. — T.I. via XXL
Check the audio link out below.
New Video: Meek Mill “Lean Wit It”
MMG’s rookie of the year Meek Millie is back at it, as he releases the video to his street anthem, “Lean Wit It.” Expect this to appear on Meek’s Dreamchasers 2 and the Self Made Vol. 2 compilation album. Watch the DRE Films and Jon J-directed video above. Meeks debut should be one of the most highly anticipated albums of 2012. Look out for it this summer grinders!
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Plot: A young man named Joe Shimamura finds out that he has been made into a cyborg weapon by a mysterious organization known as "Black Ghost". With the help of eight others like him who have amazing abilities, he sets out to discover the global weapons organization's goals and thwart their evil plans. (A-)
Characters: Each one is well-explored and intriguing (A)
Art & Animation: B-
Voice Acting: A
Music: B
Objectionable Content: I watched the edited version that aired on Toonami, and I don't remember there being much besides blood and perhaps mild language.
Other: A sci-fi series that can range from light action/adventure to some very heavy sociopolitical themes. What I saw of the anime was very good; I have never read the book.
Overall Score: B+
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okay it’s your turn to describe /me/ in 3 television characters
Silent Hill 2
In my restless dreams, I see that town… Silent Hill. You promised you’d take me there again someday. But you never did.
My reaction to seeing Layla’s pictures with Randy on Instagram:
Crazy ass Randy Orton fangirl’s reaction:
elphabaforpresidentofgallifrey:
college
Reblog this if you want Hawkeye in The Avengers 2, played only by Jeremy Renner and with a better development of his character
I wanna see if I’m alone here
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VIDEO: Chis Braiotta interviews the stars of Superbad
What do you think about the way adults seem obsessed with high-school movies?JH I don’t know, I mean, everyone went through high school and everyone’s got their own high-school experience to talk about. But the people who made Superbad, Seth [Rogen] and Evan [Goldberg], wrote it when they were in high school, so it wasn’t a recounting of high school at the time. It was more just wanting to write a movie about kids like them. The problem with most teen movies is that they’re not movies about teenagers. I was in high school, what, five years ago? And to even watch this movie is really awesome and nostalgic, because it reminds me of what it was like to be there.
What do you feel Superbad captures that other teen movies don’t?
JH Reality.CM-P Friendship.MC Yeah, it’s more about the friendship than this sort of come-and-go thing you might see elsewhere. I’m trying to think of other high-school movies, but I know that the main focus when we were making this, at least from our point of view, was to care about the friendship between the two guys, and the fact that they’re separating.
Do you think that comes out of the script or the direction or the chemistry between you guys?
CM-P All three, really.MC Everything that drives the movie comes from this fear of being apart from your best friend.JH You can’t get away with being vulgar if the emotional story doesn’t work. Otherwise people won’t buy it and they won’t like sitting through it. They’ll listen to you be dirty and funny if they care about your characters. Everyone’s intention was to make this feel like a real friendship, which I think we accomplished.
Jonah, you’re 23. Was there anything you had to change about yourself in order to come across as 18?JH I had to alter the way I carried myself, yeah. That was something Judd and Greg [Mottola, director] and I had talked about — trying to lose some of the confidence I’ve probably gained since being in high school. I moved back in with my parents.
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Moved and excited by pianist Leon Fleisher in Beethoven’s Emperor Concerto with the Boston Symphony, I wanted to hear it again. But at 6 pm a week ago Tuesday, Fleisher, with a bad stomach flu, cancelled, and the Austrian/Canadian pianist Anton Kuerti — in town to hear the debut of one of the BSO’s two new assistant conductors, his son Julian — agreed to go on, without rehearsal. I was disappointed — but not for long.
This also became the BSO debut of the 69-year-old Kuerti, a masterful and elegant player who studied with Rudolf Serkin and Mieczyslaw Horszowski and at the Longy School, and who played the first movement of the Grieg Piano Concerto at a children’s concert with the Esplanade Orchestra under Arthur Fiedler a week before his tenth birthday. Fleisher, at 79 still troubled by focal dystonia in his right hand, had to slow down the fast movements and still missed a few notes. (He played “beyond the notes.”) But Kuerti, playing from memory, hit them all, jawdroppingly full speed ahead. His sound is softer-edged than Fleisher’s jewel-like pointedness, but also crystalline, transparent, and so precise that every note is distinguishable, even flying by at hummingbird speed. The Emperor is full of trills, and Kuerti’s are virtually birdlike, rising over gravity before floating downward.
Kuerti doesn’t have Fleisher’s muscularity or heroic sense of drama, but he shares Fleisher’s extraordinary musical continuity. He seemed to play each movement, especially the slow, songful middle movement, in a single breath. His pacing was flawless, especially in Beethoven’s unbroken transition from the inward slow movement to the extroverted, dancing finale, which he plunged into with breathtaking daring.
This was the second consecutive BSO program during which a major soloist had to cancel. The previous week, baritone Thomas Quasthoff sang a set of Schubert songs and then lost his voice. At the remaining concerts he was replaced with the Brahms Serenade the BSO had played the week before.
Meanwhile, Kuerti’s 31-year-old son, who had provided such sympathetic and imaginative support for Fleisher, delivered the same for his father’s very different approach. Surely the BSO will reschedule this memorable pairing, and with some advance notice.
The following week, no one got sick. Italian conductor and Royal Philharmonic music director Daniele Gatti returned to the BSO with Garrick Ohlsson in the Schumann Piano Concerto and closed with Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony. Both were strong if slightly ragged performances. The old seating arrangement and oboist Keisuke Wakao’s unyielding solo work in the Schumann didn’t help. Gatti has a way of micromanaging musical events so that everything sounds impressive in passing — a string of sculpted moments — but nothing adds up. Intensity without continuity. The long slow movement of the Shostakovich seemed endless. Ohlsson was in good form, playing with both delicacy and sweeping power, but he seemed somehow abstract — impersonal and generic — rather than catching Schumann’s interior tug of war.
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Brandi Piacente, President & CEO
Prior to launching her own investor relations practice, Brandi was a managing director for the Anne McBride Company, a New York based global investor relations consultancy. At Anne McBride, Brandi assisted in doubling revenues over a one year period and was instrumental in the strategic sale of the company. Earlier, she was a senior account executive for Financial Relations Board working mostly in the Internet, technology, media and consumer industries. Prior to beginning her agency career, Brandi was investor relations manager for Evolve Software (acquired by Oracle). As an investment consultant for Bluedot Software, Brandi developed private investment and business development opportunities which eventually led to the acquisition of the company to Ambassadors International. She began her career as a broker for UBS (formerly PaineWebber and Kidder Peabody) in San Francisco.
Since forming The Piacente Group in 2005, Brandi has established offices in New York, California and China. She has built a client base with some of the leading companies in their respective industries. The firm is primarily focused in the tech, media, Internet, consumer, alternative energy, environmental services and industrials. The firm represents small to large cap companies based in the U.S. and China.
Brandi studied Chinese language and literature at the University of California at Berkeley and is fluent in Mandarin. Her firsthand knowledge of Chinese business and culture comes from extensive travel throughout the region since 2004 and long-established relationships in the Asian corporate and financial sector.
Brandi is a world Kung-fu champion (Taiwan 1992) and won several national and international championships in the U.S. and Hong Kong. In 2002, she became the first female executive referee in the world to be certified by The World Kung-Fu Federation. She went on to serve as Executive Referee for the full contact divisions during the first World Kung-Fu tournament in Brazil in 2003, the second World Kung-Fu tournament in Singapore in 2006 and again during the third World tournament in Germany in 2009. She also assisted the U.S. Head Coach in preparing eight of the U.S. Team members of the 2003 full contact team that competed in the World Tournament in Brazil. Brandi currently holds the rank of 3rd degree black belt in East West Martial Arts..
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Atlanta is coming off a 34-0 victory over New York Giants, putting the NFC South champions within a win of earning home-field advantage throughout the conference playoffs.
The Falcons, though, showed the previous week just how vulnerable they can be against one of the NFC's worst teams, losing by double digits to the Carolina Panthers.
"You can't just show up if you're going to beat a team," Atlanta tight end Tony Gonzalez said. "Maybe we learned that at Carolina. Maybe that loss was something good for us."
The Falcons (12-2) will find out soon if they learned their lesson.
It would be easy to overlook the lowly Detroit Lions (4-10) because they have lost six straight and were bad enough to lose to Arizona last week 38-10, allowing the Cardinals to end a nine-game slide.
Matt Ryan said the Falcons have too much at stake for a letdown.
"What's still in front of us in terms of the playoff picture and those kind of things, I think is all the motivation we need," Ryan said. "It's not something I worry about."
Atlanta will have some worries on defense Saturday night in Detroit. A pair of players that played college ball in the Peach State, receiver Calvin Johnson and quarterback Matthew Stafford, are the only sources of pride for the Lions and causes of concern for opponents.
Johnson, the first player in league history with 1,600-plus yards receiving in two straight seasons, has matched a league record with 100 yards receiving in seven straight games. He's 182 yards through the air from breaking Jerry Rice's single-season NFL mark.
The humble superstar from Georgia Tech didn't even know, earlier this week, what Rice's record was exactly.
"18-something, 46, maybe?" he asked.
Rice had 1,848 yards receiving with the San Francisco 49ers in 1995 and Johnson is a couple of his average games away from breaking the 1,900-yard mark.
"He's going to get his," Falcons safety Thomas DeCoud said of Johnson. "You always have to be aware of where he is. If we can limit his catches and keep him out of the end zone, we can't let other guys beat us."
If the Falcons let targets other than Johnson make a lot of plays, it would be more embarrassing than losing to Carolina.
Detroit has been without its second, third, and fourth receivers and No. 1 running back, and probably will be without top tight end Brandon Pettigrew against Atlanta because of injuries.
Stafford, like the team he leads, has taken a step back this season a year after spectacular results led to the Lions winning 10 games and ending an 11-year postseason drought.
But the former Georgia star throws so often - putting him on pace to break Drew Bledsoe's single-season record for attempts - and sometimes well enough to rank fourth in the league with 4,252 yards, and to give Johnson a shot to surpass a revered NFL record.
"Anytime I get a chance to, I'm going to try to give him a chance," Stafford said. "That's when our offense is at its best."
Ryan, meanwhile, might have a trio of targets with 1,000-plus yards receiving by the end of the regular season.
Roddy White has already passed the mark for a sixth straight season, and second-year pro Julio Jones has done it. Star tight end Tony Gonzalez is 120 yards away from his first season with 1,000 yards receiving since 2008, his last year with the Kansas City Chiefs. More importantly, they've combined for 22 touchdowns through the air.
"We've got a lot of guys that deserve opportunities to touch the football on our offense," Atlanta coach Mike Smith said. "It gives our offensive coordinator and our quarterback a lot of options when we're putting our game plan together during the week."
Part of the plan for the Falcons in a prime-time matchup in the Motor City is to take a struggling opponent more seriously than they did a couple weeks ago against the Panthers.
"I certainly hope we approach it differently," Smith said. "I believe that we will. This is a very good football team. Their record is not indicative of the type of team they are. Eight of their 10 losses have been by less than one score, so they've played some very close games."
The Lions' last defeat was an exception.
Detroit got routed by the Cardinals, which had lost nine straight, after losing four straight by a TD or less, including an NFL record-tying three games in a row after leading by 10-plus points. A year after playing for postseason positioning in late December, they're relegated to playing for pride.
"We are playing for each other on national TV with a good chance to show the country what type of team we are," Detroit tight end Tony Scheffler said. "The season hasn't gone the way any of us wanted, but to get a showcase game like this against a team fighting for home-field advantage, you couldn't ask for more."
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As part of this publication's effort to highlight candidates running in the upcoming municipal election in Fredericton, Mayor Brad Woodside was next up on the list yesterday. He took the time to give his views on topics ranging from what he wants to do for the city if he wins this term, to what he wants his legacy to be when he's done. If Woodside wins in May, it will be his eighth term as Mayor of the City of Fredericton. When asked, after the camera was turned off, if he felt any hint of a coming change of the guard with this election, and perhaps the torch being passed, Woodside replied emphatically, "No." He's in this race to win - again.
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TOP TEN: Glam Artists
Delia Sparrow
, September 14th, 2012 08:41
Delia Sparrow counts down her favourite glam artists, in a list with more glimmer than you could rotate a disco ball at
I like glam. But my boyfriend really likes glam. So I’ve heard a lot of glam... Some mornings I wake up because thud thud double thud – it’s the 2 Glitter Band drummers whacking tribal-shimmers out of their kits... or the cats are sent flying by the slithering shiny guitar triumphs of Sweet or Hector. So by osmosis – glamosis if you will be so cheesy - this is a top ten of the glam and glam-informed ("hey pop song! Did you hear that Gary Glitter track last week? How about adding some stomps & a ‘hey’ vocal breakdown to our fine ditty?")
*With tunes played into my ears and facts drummed into my head courtesy of Tim Purr.
Pantherman
Who could resist a mad producer from the Netherlands clad in black leather from his boots to the tippy-tops of his cat-eared mask? Clutching a little ceramic panther in his crazed paws... with lyrics promising “I am your Panther man – I’ll show you my paws... show you my CLAWS! I’M GONNA BITE YOU!” How can you resist his seductive snarl? Restless prowling guitars urge this feline performer onwards to a not very prolific output (3 singles I believe) but what furry greatness!
Bogdan/Billy Hamon
There are rules for glam. You can define glam by things like...
how many drummers the band has, how the bands dress (How many stacks do those platform boots have, Horace?), is there a drums and vocals middle 8? Does it go ‘hey!’ (with the rest of the band going ‘hey’ back?) And so on. And some songs/performers are indefinably and magically glam. Bogdan is one of them. Apart from playing a dysfunctional teenager in ‘Please Sir’ he released odd stuttering pop classics such as ‘Butch Things’ and of course ‘Oh Eddie’ with lazily magnificent twangy guitar solo and lyrics about teachers being mean to you in school when you just want to be a rock’n’roller...
Dump
A classic name for a glam band! One word names were quite the rage in the early 70s – Hector, Ginger, Kipper, Catapult... - possibly because they’d look better on a badge in a great bubble font. Anyway, Dump - a strange little squat man, dumpy in fact - prances around in dungarees and scary yeti hair singing about the lovely Annabelle while their cross-dressing pianist vamps his way through the rock opera-esque classic-that-should-have-been.
Sailor
This one was actually a hit (sorry junkshop purists). A concept group with songs about... sailing, and other nautical stuff! Playing with their Nickleodeon, a synth/piano/glockenspiel monster with a player on either side, and great harmonies this is one of my favourite songs. While I was looking for a good video to paste here I found out you can actually still book this band! Pop fact: a member of Sailor is married to one of Pan’s People! This is possibly why their new stage show includes dances choreographed by Dee Dee from Pan’s People.
Lieutenant Pigeon
Not my favourite band of the 70s (sorry...) but possibly the only one that had their mum in the band, giving hope to all ‘I’ll keep rocking til I’m dead’ rock mums and dads everywhere... ‘Mouldy Old Dough’ was their hit: a boogie-woogie instrumental with a penny whistle and featuring a gurning ma on second piano, while the band giggled their way through Top Of The Pops. Also known for releasing an album of train noises. Also known as Stavely Makepeace.
Mr Big
Sadly with a name now sullied by the not quite as good (ahem!) 80s pretenders, this fine bundle of chaps were led by the rough-hewn majesty of Dicken. A raggle-taggle muddle of chaps coming across like a bunch of Dickensian gangsters posing as choirboys – it’s a kind of low-rent but high-class take on 'Bohemian Rhapsody' with falsetto harmonies and glimmering majesty from a bricklayers' choir.
Chicory Tip
It’s good to dress up. And even those who get it wrong sometimes get it extremely right. Looking more like mutant super-heroes from another planet than pop stars, Chicory Tip had a hit with Giorgio Moroder’s 'Son Of My Father', with a rocking synth sound. Some of my favourite glam is synthy glam: the shock of the new with the stomp of the old. Like the cavemen in 2001 managed to break into the spaceship and make some tunes with HAL. I have to mention the dog connection here too: Chicory Tip sounded like The Association or Fifth Dimension until they found Giorgio’s 'Son Of My Father' and then they went all rocking synth-glam-tastic. That they also seem to have appropriated some of his dogs on record sleeves is good style (see above). This can only be a good thing.
Catapult
Big collars, glitter, racks of synths, dance routines, rock poses, the flaxen locks of Rubberen Robbie their smiley singer. 'Let Your Hair Hang Down (Hey Gather Round!)' and 'Teeny Bopper Band' are both great pop songs with a classic ‘Nederglam’ (the Netherlands had so many glam bands they get their own sub-section!) beat.
Also look out for Mabel (a Danish gang of Rod Stewart-a-likes) and Lemming (Dutch goth-tinged - yes, really - glam who often had a half-naked lady tempting the pouting singer).
Ricky Wilde
Rock’n’roll, rock’n’roll, who loves rock’n’roll? Well actually the Rock’n’Roll Children do with big kiddy choirs and hand-clappy enthusiasm. And in the 70s they seemed to love kids in bands... The James Boys doing manic dance routines to bubblegum pop, Darren Burn singing choirboy stompy pop, but mostly Ricky Wilde (son of Marty, brother of Kim) singing Quatro-esque rock like 'Teen Wave' as well as my favourite, 'I Am An Astronaut'. Pop fact: Ricky’s dad Marty re-invented himself in the 70s, too, as a sort of glam bike superhero ‘Zappo’.
Kipper
Sadly Kipper aren’t real. They were the musical stars of 70s sex (well – some short skirts and wobbly cleavages) comedy Confessions of A Pop Performer featuring the horribly unsexy Robin Askwith. Kipper were a leery, nasty bovver-boy boogie-glam monster fronted by glam-nightmare Nutter Normington. This band are so great they even have a fanclub. And as a glam farewell, sing-a-long-a ‘Do The Clapham’:
“Find a partner that's half your size
/ Then thump 'er right between the eyes /
And if you're bored and you want a larf
/ Kick a few members of the catering staff”
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Wired Up! Glam, Proto Punk and Bubblegum - A book of pictures sleeves from 1970-1976 is out now and click here for more information on the launch party.
Sep 14, 2012 6:43pm
You have learned well, Grasshopper.
Sep 16, 2012 11:36am
Great list of seventies songs....now can we have a glam top ten as well?
Sep 16, 2012 11:18pm
Why is this in the news section rather than, oh, features or something? I'm easily confused, don'tcha know.
Sep 17, 2012 7:35am
In reply to Johnny Nothing:
Well, we're long overdue a site overhaul, which we've been saving up for, for over two years now, which will basically give us more sections amongst other things. Until that time we're kind of hamstrung by only being able to put up three features a day without stuff getting lost, which is why we also put up feature content at the weekends. So simply by default, shorter features and newsier features go in news.
Sep 17, 2012 10:00am
nice riff by Kipper - with sub-punk lyrics
Sep 17, 2012 2:57pm
For Pantherman alone, I thank you, Delia!
Sep 17, 2012 2:57pm
For Pantherman alone, I thank you, Delia!
Sep 14, 2012 3:11pm
THE maddest article I've ever read on this site!
Reply to this Admin
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A return to familiar territory.
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A return to familiar territory.
Posted in Exclusive, Movies/ TV, Reviews
Tagged Close Encounters Of The Third Kind, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, Early Edition, Elle Fanning, Explorers, Friday Night Lights, George Lucas, J.J Abrams, Joel Courtney, Kyle Chandler, Noah Emmerich, Riley Griffiths, Star Wars, Steven Spielberg, Super 8, The Fugitive, The Goonies, The Walking Dead
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Check out this new Super 8 clip from the upcoming JJ Abrams/ Steven Spielberg collaboration.
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Part of the Fox’s Super 8 at 8… get it!
Tagged Bad Robot, JJ Abrams, Super 8, Super 8 Trailers
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Check out this brand new TV spot for Super 8 titled “Can’t Explain”.
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Tagged Can't Explain, J.J. Abrhams, Super 8, TV Spot
Hello out there in podcast land! Check out our latest show, recorded this past Friday night. It was a lively affair, until apparently it wasn’t. If you listen closely, toward the end, our esteemed editor began to fall asleep! To paraphrase sheriff Bart, “Always like to keep our audiences riveted.”
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Today’s the big day. Get an eyeful of this.
Posted in Movies/ TV, News, Trailers
Tagged J.J Abrams, star trek, Steven Spielberg, Super 8, Trailer
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One more peek behind the curtin
Posted in Movies/ TV
Tagged Bad Robot, Cloverfield, JJ Abrams, Paramount, Steven Spielberg, Super 8
One of our shorter shows, but you’d be surprised how much fun we packed into it. In this one, we look into our crystal ball. Topics range from a look ahead at the Super Bowl spots, future projects such as Dark Knight Rises, Ghostbusters 3, and the next season of The Walking Dead. Plus, we unveil our plans for a new podcast.
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Tagged Battle Los Angeles, Captain America, Christopher Nolan, Cowboys and Aliens, Denis Leary, Doctor McNinja, Fast Five, Frank Darabont, Ghostbusters 3, Johnny Depp, Joseph Gordon Levitt, Pirates Of The Carribean: On Stranger Tides, Rango, Super 8, Super Bowl, The Dark Knight Rises, The Walking Dead, Thor, transformers: dark of the moon, Tron Legacy
by: The HORROR Man source: Collider
What clues about J.J. Abrams film Super 8, can be found within its trailer?
Posted in Horror, Movies/ TV
Tagged Clues, Horror, J.J Abrams, Super 8, Trailers
by: The HORROR Man source: LA Times
Finally we get some actual details as to what we can expect with Super 8.
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How would this League opener go? We followed the action every step of the way.
Send us your thoughts and comments on this afternoon’s game. E-mail [email protected], tweet us @TheScoreGAA, find us on Facebook, or leave a comment below.
13.11 – Welcome to Salthill. It was frosty this morning out in the west, but conditions are now ideal. Injuries have impacted on Brian Cody’s team selection, but the Black and Amber still field a starting XV studded with classy hurlers. There is experience in every line, but significant interest surrounds how Conor Fogarty, Lester Ryan, and Tom Breen will fare.
For the locals the stationing of Joseph Cooney at centre back dominates the pre match conversations. Anthony Cunningham, Mattie Kenny, and Tom Helebert steered Galway back to respectability in 2012, but remaining at the top table will be a monumental challenge.
In attack Jonathan Glynn, who impressed in his Championship cameos last year, will be hoping to exhibit his ball winning prowess again. The Ardrahan youngster is adept in the air. How Glynn performs will be worth monitoring.
13.41 –
13.42 –
13.46 – A decent crowd is gathering at Pearse Stadium. Galway want to build on last year’s encouraging campaign, but they face a real test in the Salthill sun.
13.55 – One late change on the Kilkenny team. Eoin Larkin starts instead of Michael Fennelly.
14.05 – Galway 0-1 Kilkenny 0-0: 3 mins – Aidan Harte has struck the first point of the game. Lively start with two splendid clearances from Joseph Cooney in the early stages.
14.07 – Galway 0-2 Kilkenny 0-1: 5 mins – It is moving along at a nice clip here in Salthill. Joe Canning (free) and Richie Power have traded scores.
14.12 – Galway 0-2 Kilkenny 0-2: 11 mins – It is very tight in the early stages in the west. Richie Hogan has just landed a free from 63 metres to level it up.
14.17 – Goal for Galway!
14.18 – A second goal for Galway in 90 seconds!
14.20 – Galway 2-3 Kilkenny 0-4: 17 mins – The Tribesmen have pounced for two goals inside 90 seconds. Joe Canning deliveries created the two goals which were bagged by Davy Glennon and Niall Healy. An interesting first quarter.
14.22 – Galway 2-4 Kilkenny 0-5: 20 mins – Richie Hogan and Joe Canning swap frees and then Richie Power converts one from an acute angle.
14.31 – Galway 2-4 Kilkenny 0-7: 24 mins – Kilkenny have hit three points on the spin including a beauty from Tommy Walsh to trim the deficit.
14.33 – Galway 2-4 Kilkenny 0-9: 31 mins – Make that five points in a row from the Cats with Richie Hogan and Lester Ryan leaving only the minimum in it.
14.34 – Goal for Galway!
14.37 – Galway 3-4 Kilkenny 0-9: 34 mins – The third Galway goal was scored in the 32nd minute and it was all about Portumna. Again Canning was the creator and on this occasion Damien Hayes converted. After controlling Canning’s sharp cross field pass Hayes skipped away from Tommy Walsh before rattling the Kilkenny net.
14.39 – Half-time: Galway 3-4 Kilkenny 0-10: An Aidan Fogarty point ends the opening period scoring. Galway have been fairly clinical converting chances inside and that is why they leave at the interval protecting a three point lead.
14.48 – Galway 3-4 Kilkenny 0-10: It is very early in the year, but this has been a decent game in Salthill. Galway are fortunate to be ahead, but they have been efficient converting goal chances. Kilkenny have offered glimpses of class, particularly Richie Power, who has enjoyed a productive outing hurling plenty of ball at centrefield.
14.54 – Teams are back on the field in Salthill. Game has resumed.
14.58 – Galway 3-4 Kilkenny 0-11: 39 mins- Richie Hogan taps over a routine free as Kilkenny move to within two points of Galway again.
15.00 – Galway 3-4 Kilkenny 0-11: 41 mins – It has been a scrappy start to the second half. Richie Hogan has missed a scoreable free for the Cats.
15.02 – Galway 3-4 Kilkenny 0-11: 44 mins -Hogan surprisingly misses another free seconds after Davy Glennon was denied a fourth Galway goal by Kilkenny custodian Eoin Murphy.
15.05 – Galway 3-5 Kilkenny 0-11: 47 mins – Galway finally register a second half score courtesy of a nice Damien Hayes point on the run.
15.07 – Galway 3-6 Kilkenny 0-11: 48 mins- Joe Canning has nailed his fourth free of the afternoon from distance to edge Galway further ahead.
15.08 – Galway 3-6 Kilkenny 0-12: 49 mins – Aidan Fogarty has landed a fine score for Kilkenny, who have introduced Mark Kelly for Tom Breen.
15.10 – Galway 3-8 Kilkenny 0-12: 51 mins – Joe Canning rifles over another free and it is quickly followed by a tidy effort from Davy Glennon.
15.13 – Galway 3-8 Kilkenny 0-13: 54 mins – Richie Power scores a free for the Cats, who are still very much in this contest despite leaking three first half goals.
15.14 – Galway 3-9 Kilkenny 0-13: 55 mins – David Collins has just drilled over a delightful score for Galway, who are five ahead with 15 minutes remaining.
15.18 – Galway 3-9 Kilkenny 0-14: 58 mins- Richie Power blasts over a free after Kevin Hynes fouled Colin Fennelly.
15.20 – Galway 3-9 Kilkenny 0-15: 60 mins – A drop of controversy here. Referee Diarmuid Kirwan somehow didn’t award a free out to Galway and then Kilkenny were given a soft one which Richie Power converted. The locals aren’t too happy!
15.22 – Galway 3-10 Kilkenny 0-15: 62 mins – Joe Canning bangs over a 65, but Eoin Larkin responds with a point for play seconds after Galway custodian Fergal Flannery denied Richie Hogan.
15.23 – Five minutes left Galway lead by four.
15.26 – Galway 3-11 Kilkenny 0-17: 67 mins – Joseph Cooney scores a classy point for Galway, but a Richie Power free brings Kilkenny to within a goal of the Maroons.
15.29 – Galway 3-11 Kilkenny 0-17: 69 mins- Seconds remain, will Galway hold on?
15.31 – Galway win by three in Salthill.
15.34 – Full-time: Galway 3-11 Kilkenny 0-17 - It wasn’t a classic by the Corrib, but that won’t bother Galway manager Anthony Cunningham. The Tribesmen pocketed the spoils and at this stage of the year that is what truly matters. Joseph Cooney was a standout performer for the locals, who face Clare in Ennis in a fortnight. Kilkenny go to Thurles on Saturday week. Already that looks a crunch Division 1A fixture.
15.41 –
Scorers for Galway: Joe Canning 0-6 (5fs, 165), (4fs), Aidan Fogarty 0-2, Tommy Walsh 0-1, Lester Ryan 0-1, Eoin Larkin 0-1.
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For the first time ever, a few people in my Mom’s family have asked that we organize a time to get together to take a look at my family history information! So I’ve spent a couple of days trying to get my stuff into a more entertaining format that might “hook” me some more information. I will be giving them a Word print out of a 3 generation timeline/narrative format of my notes with as many maps, photographs and certificate images as I could reasonably put in there. I have information from my great-great grandparents births to my grandparents deaths. I also included a lot of pictures of my mom and her siblings growing up hoping to jog some memories out of my aunts and uncles.
It’s a 30 page, color coded, sources cited wonder to behold! (Well, at least to me!) We’re getting together tomorrow and it will be interesting to see the reaction and to see if they are interested in seeing more details or more generations. A warm-up for the DVD project to come!
Wish me luck!!
How exciting! Fingers crossed you hook a few. Let us know what happens!
Hoping to hear wonderous tales about the “fish that was caught”!
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