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But since that plot point wasn't mentioned again, ever, we have to assume that Rankas dissociative amnesia debuff procced once again, although the show doesn't communicate effectively.
|2010-11-01, 13:39
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She does throw herself between Ai-kun and Alto's gun at least, or tried to.
As for the Vajra, I wouldn't know about worst portrayed. I think they achieved what they set out to with the Vajra, and that was a truly alien race and mindset that we couldn't understand due to the lack of communication between the two sides. It's that fear of the strange and unknown, as well as complete misunderstandings due to the lack of communication, that drove them to fight one another.
Ranka was at least in a unique position to understand them. There are scenes to suggest that she had started to, notably in ep 14 when she's crying after Frontier starts nuking the crap out of the Vajra fleet and doesn't know why she is, and feels their pain when enough of them die. Just... thought I might drop that in here in case that helps any.
I still lean more toward her making a gut call (pun intended~).
|2010-11-01, 13:43
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|2010-11-01, 13:44
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We have a male protagonist who doesn't communicate clearly, and thus have mixed response from watchers.
We have a female protagonist who doesn't communicate clearly, and thus have negative response from many viewers.
We have an alien invasion that fails to communicate their objectives several times.
We have Michael and Klan unable to communicate their feelings.
We have Ranka's memories unable to communicate clearly with the rest of her brain.
We have Luca who rides the antenna valkyrie being the weakest pilot.
We have Ozma and Cathy just about to start communicate.
And then we have the complete outsider, Sheryl, communicating extremely clearly.
The show is actually a statement on how we, 9 times out of 10, all fail to adequately communicate with one another.
And Yot-chan, everything I write is my opinions and observations. Sorry if I didn't make that clear.
Anyway, with Movie!Ranka now at 0, she actually has a chance on going into + in the second movie! Go Ranka! *Waves finger-pompoms.*
|2010-11-01, 14:03
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That's an interesting theme you've come up with there. It seems reasonable, especially given the end scene. Sheryl never had to thank anyone, but Ranka and Alto certainly came to thank her. With regards to Ranka though, Ranka is perhaps a personification of that missing communication. Shy, a little awkward, she kind of serves as a bridge between the Vajra and Frontier, not quite fitting in with either, maybe kind of a midway point between the two. I do feel that Ranka to some degree represents the Vajra as a faction, while Sheryl rather comes to represent Frontier. At least as far as idol singers go.
|2010-11-01, 14:29
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Isn't "the importance to be able communicate with others" the main-theme of the show?? In ep 25, Ranka explicitly stated that it was important to communicate with each other (That's also the reason why this time Ranka is determined to have a "good communication" with Alto...)
I always thought "communication" was the main theme of this series...if this is the sub-theme, then what is the main-theme of this series??
|2010-11-01, 14:40
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imo, those are more like the main elements...just like gundam series...the main element is always gundam, but the main theme is "supposed" to be anti-war....(even tho in each show they have to create uber gundam )
Anyway, glad to know that others also think communication is one of the themes (main or sub) in this Frontier series
|2010-11-01, 14:51
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If it was, it was shoddily handled, as we still haven't had any clear communication by the end of the last episode.
We don't hear what Alto wanted to say to Sheryl in the make up room. We don't know the meaning of the Alto-Klan rooftop scene. We don't know what Ranka meant when she said that she wouldn't lose in love (does this mean that she's going after Alto? Or that she'll make sure that she and her-boyfriend-who-isn't-Alto have a much better love than Sheryl/Alto?).
No, I think Alto's and Grace's exchange is the Main Theme of the series: Because people are individuals we can love (as I loosely translated their exchange in the final battle).
Vajra and Galaxy are both the antithesis of that statement, and the main villains of the series, and it is the main character who delivers that statement to the villain just before the final blow.
It would also fit with Alto accepting himself and his past. He doesn't have to be a macho man in order to be a man, he is who he is.
Same with how he expected Ozma to be this responsible brother/mentor figure, which he superficially resembled (at least if you're used to stories and characters, like through kabuki), but Ozma as an individual isn't just a stock character from the stage.
Same with Ranka's belief that Alto's flight was a declaration of love, despite the fact that the coordinated flying was not from Alto as an individual.
The fact that Alto become more a part of everything in Frontier after accepting that everyone goes their individual ways also fits.
Main Theme: Individuality (Main conflict)
Sub Theme: Communication (The source of many conflicts)
Sub-Sub Themes: Everything else
And this just became so off-topic. Um, so what does everyone think about the Ranka promos for the next movie? Personally, I'm apprehensive. TFS went and aged up Ranka a bit, but from the promotional posters, it seems like WoG will undo that work.
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|2010-11-01, 20:52
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About your theory on the main theme of this series...fair enough, individual struggle could be the main theme of this series...it's just that every time I think about the series, the first thing that comes to my mind is the Ranka's speech about communication at the end..I forgot Alto's speech completely until you mentioned it
I still don't think Ranka has changed a lot in the movie, but I don't wanna drag in this issue anymore so I will just let it go
|2010-11-02, 09:28
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1. Alto now lives with Sheryl, and the rest of Frontier believes that they're in a relationship, if Ranka were to publically chase after Alto that wouldn't be good for her reputation
2. Alto already knows that Ranka likes him, she already conveyed her heart to him but he didn't return the sentiment, and he is also not obliagated to return the sentiment.
3. How is she gonna get out from under Ozma's nose to even try?
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1. it's already a lot better than the misunderstanding they had (episode 22? or 21)...the setting is a lot better too...they were at war and now the peace has come...besides, I think Sheryl lived in Alto's house (or vice versa) was because of Sheryl's sickness...I think Sheryl can go for independence now that she is fully recovered (Plus, now Alto should go back and have a talk with his daddy...maybe he will move back to his daddy's house)...As for the reputation, I don't think it has anything to do with reputation but just to answer your question I don't think Ranka and Sheryl were the types that would weigh reputation more than their own goal/dream/desire...
2. That's where the part we read the line "You are both my wings" differently...I always consider that communication as the main theme of this series...and that's why I think Alto meant what he said in ep 25...during the series he always had angst on lot of things and he had trouble to understand/realize what he really wanted..in the episode 25, however, he finally realized his own feeling...to him, at least in that very moment, Sheryl and Ranka were as important to him and he couldn't lose either one
3. If anything I would count that as advantage for Ranka lol, Ozma is Alto's boss...not to mention that now Breza is now getting ready to give her sister a little push...no one can underestimate what Ozma+Breza can do
|2010-11-02, 09:54
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4. What if she's arrested and separated from the rest for aiding Grace, waiting for an investigation and trial.
5. Will she concentrate on Alto while Ozma is arrested along with Quarter crew for running away with weapons of mass destruction, waiting for their investigation and trial? When Brera is arrested for his part in Grace's plan, waiting for his investigation and trial?
6. Will she run after Alto while placed under protection until people, who watched her lead a charge of killer bugs that killed at least a few hundreds, if not a few thousand, people, and doesn't believe the government when they say that she didn't know what she was doing and therefore is not even tried for accidental manslaughter, anyway, until people stop trying to mete their own justice against her?
7. Will she try to catch Alto even after learning that he and Sheryl already live together?
8. Will Alto even return her feelings?
|2010-11-02, 10:04
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While Ranka is facing criminal charges Alto and Sheryl will be hitting every talk show as the heroes of Frontier and than head home together for some "dinner".
But it's even right lol.
If Sheryl vs Ranka was a boxing fight.. than what it would be like is if an even match for the first 6 rounds turned into a slaughter in rounds 7-11 and that something happened to stop the fight and it was called a no decision. Everyone knows who won the fight, just some BS stopped it lol, in this case lack of balls on Kawamori's. I'm sorry but I don't forget most Ranka fans going this is bullshit during the last 7 or so episodes as well as them being happy with this "no decision". Of course you're happy, you weren't leading, you weren't in the drivers seat.
Sad thing is if Ranka wins in the movie (something I'm inclined to think will happen) than that will mean she was going to win in the tv series, lol f outta here.
|2010-11-02, 10:06
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Wow, you manged to change the happy ending with the sad ending where everyone from the Quarter will get arrested and possibly executed....(your charge--running away with WMD was a very serious offence lol--the only fitting penalty for that crime got to be death-penalty)
Using your logic to go further, I would say that Frontier wants to develop their own songstress to control Vajra, so Ranka and Sheryl got to be terminated
Therefore, Frontier creates a little accident--unfortunately Alto (that player XD) get involved and all 3 of them, along with the crew on Macross Quarter, gets united in heaven
No wonder they don't give us season 2...
This is getting off-topic so I would stop
But your analogy doesn't include Alto..my analogy would be, a kid (Alto) always likes Toy A (Ranka), but due to the circumstance his mom got him toy B (Sheryl)..well after some period of time, the kid happens to like toy B but he never forgets toy A...now that he has the chance to have Toy A, he decides to collect them (Toy A and B) all
I doubt 2nd movie will have a resolution either...Kawamori will not be that dumb so that a fan base on certain side will not buy the DVD..I think the movie won't have a resolution, but there will be Ranka ending and Sheryl ending in the DVD...
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What Is Hepatitis C?
Hepatitis C is a disease of the liver caused by the hepatitis C virus (HCV). Over time, HCV can cause serious liver damage including cirrhosis (scarring), liver cancer, and life-threatening liver failure. For more information on HCV, including how it is spread, tests for HCV, and co-infection with HIV and HCV, see our article on Hepatitis C.
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Treatment options for those infected with HIV and HCV have improved a great deal in recent years, and there are several promising new drugs in the research pipeline. In the past, the standard backbone of treatment was a combination of two medications:
Victrelis and Incivek
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The makers of Incivek removed it from the US market in the fall of 2014 due to poor sales and stiff competition from Solvadi (see below). Incivek continues to be FDA-approved and is still available outside the US.
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There are also several HCV drugs and new combinations of recently approved drugs in the development process. The treatments currently being studied are interferon-free, direct-acting antiviral combinations.
Treatment Guidelines
In April 2014, the World Health Organization (WHO) released guidelines for the screening and treatment of hepatitis C. These guidelines suggest that all people living in areas where hepatitis is common ("high prevalence areas") be offered a HCV test. People who are co-infected with HCV/HIV can be treated with pegylated interferon + ribavirin + either Victrelis or Incivek or Olysio or Solvadi. People who are co-infected with HCV/HIV can also be treated with ribavirin + Solvadi.
The 2015 clinical treatment guidelines released by the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL) recommend that HCV treatment be prioritized in people living with HIV and HCV. Moreover, the EASL suggests that HCV treatment be prioritized regardless of the degree of liver cirrhosis (scarring). It recommends interferon-free treatment regimens when possible, in part because they are more effective in curing HCV, and in part because they have fewer side effects. Lastly, the EASL guidelines recommend that those co-infected with HIV and HCV receive the same treatments as those with HCV alone (mono-infected).
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Friedrich-Paul von Groszheim
Born: April 27, 1906
Luebeck, Germany
Friedrich-Paul was born in the old trading city of Luebeck in northern Germany. He was 11 when his father was killed in World War I. After his mother died, he and his sister Ina were raised by two elderly aunts. After graduating from school, Friedrich-Paul trained to be a merchant.
1933-39: In January 1937 the SS arrested 230 men in Luebeck under the Nazi-revised criminal code's paragraph 175, which outlawed homosexuality, and I was imprisoned for 10 months. The Nazis had been using paragraph 175 as grounds for making mass arrests of homosexuals. In 1938 I was re-arrested, humiliated, and tortured. The Nazis finally released me, but only on the condition that I agree to be castrated. I submitted to the operation.
1940-44: Because of the nature of my operation, I was rejected as "physically unfit" when I came up for military service in 1940. In 1943 I was arrested again, this time for being a monarchist, a supporter of the former Kaiser Wilhelm II. The Nazis imprisoned me as a political prisoner in an annex of the Neuengamme concentration camp at Luebeck.
After the war, Friedrich-Paul settled in Hamburg.


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Seafood recipes for easy, restaurant-quality meals
If seafood is something you save for eating out, these creative recipes might just inspire some restaurant-quality meals of your own.
Hoisin shrimp with sugar snaps
1 tablespoon canola oil
1½ pounds shrimp, peeled
1 tablespoon minced ginger
4 cloves garlic, minced
¼ cup hoisin
¼ teaspoon Asian chili sauce, such as sambal oelek
12 ounces sugar snaps
½ cup chopped scallions
1. Heat the oil in a large, nonstick skillet over medium high. Add the shrimp and cook until just opaque, about 2 minutes on each side. Transfer to a plate.
2. Add the ginger and garlic to the skillet; cook, stirring, 15 seconds. Add the hoisin and chili sauce and cook, stirring constantly, 1 minute. Add the sugar snaps and cook, stirring, until bright green, about 1 minute. Stir in the scallions and shrimp and cook 1 minute until heated through. Makes 4 servings.
Lobster mango avocado salad
2 ripe avocados
1 lime, cut in half
1 1/3 cups (about 7 ounces) chopped cooked lobster meat
1 mango, diced
1 tablespoon lime juice
1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon extra-virgin olive oil
1 tablespoon cilantro, chopped
1. Cut avocados in half and remove pits. Scoop out interior of each half, leaving a 1/4-inch-thick wall all the way around. Rub top of wall with a cut lime and set aside. Chop scooped out avocado into 1/4-inch pieces.
2. Toss the chopped avocado, lobster, mango, lime juice, oil and cilantro together in a bowl. Taste and add salt, if desired.
3. Serve in scooped-out avocado halves. Makes 4 servings.
Scallops with capers, tomatoes and fig balsamic
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, divided
1 clove garlic, finely minced
3 tablespoons drained capers
2 plum tomatoes, cut into ¼-inch dice
1 tablespoon fig balsamic vinegar
1½ pounds dry sea scallops, patted dry
½ teaspoon salt
? teaspoon black pepper
1. Heat 1 tablespoon of the oil in a large, nonstick skillet over medium high. Add the garlic and cook, stirring, 15 seconds. Add the capers and tomatoes and cook, stirring, 1 minute. Add the vinegar and cook, stirring, until the liquid becomes thick and syrupy, about 2 minutes. Transfer to a bowl.
2. Season the scallops with salt and pepper.
3. Wipe the skillet out with a paper towel, add the remaining 1 tablespoon of oil and place over medium high. When the skillet is well heated, add the scallops in a single, uncrowded layer. (If necessary, cook them in 2 batches.) Cook until the undersides are golden brown, 2 to 2½ minutes; turn and cook until again golden brown on the undersides, another 2 to 2½ minutes.
4. Serve scallops with tomato mixture. Makes 4 servings.
Grilled branzino
2 lemons, divided
2 whole cleaned branzino (Mediterranean sea bass), each 1½-2 pounds
½ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon black pepper
6 sprigs parsley
6 sprigs fresh thyme
1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil, divided
1. Light grill for indirect cooking.
2. Cut 1½ lemons across into 8 thin rounds. Squeeze the juice of the remaining ½ lemon into a bowl.
3. Brush lemon juice in cavities of the fish; season the cavities with salt and pepper and fill with parsley and thyme.
4. Coat entire outside of both fish with 2 teaspoons of the oil. Brush remaining oil on both sides of lemon slices.
5. Wipe the grill lightly with oil; place the lemons in two rows over indirect heat across the grill grate and place the fish on the lemon. (The lemon acts as a rack for the fish and prevents them from sticking to the grill.)
6. Grill 15 minutes; turn the fish over on the lemon slices and grill until the fish flake easily with a fork, another 15 to 17 minutes. Makes 4 servings.
Spice-rubbed salmon on caramelized onion and spinach
¾ teaspoon salt, divided
¼ teaspoon black pepper
¼ teaspoon ground cumin
¼ teaspoon ground coriander
¼ teaspoon cinnamon
4 (6-ounce) pieces salmon fillet
2 tablespoons olive oil, divided
2 cups thinly sliced red onion
½ teaspoon smoked paprika
1 (10-ounce) box frozen chopped spinach, thawed
1 teaspoon lemon juice
1. Combine ½ teaspoon salt, pepper, cumin, coriander and cinnamon; sprinkle evenly over salmon, patting lightly to help the spices adhere. Set aside.
2. Heat 1 tablespoon oil in large, nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add onion, remaining ¼ teaspoon salt and smoked paprika and cook, stirring occasionally, until onions are very soft, 12 minutes. Stir in spinach and lemon juice, and cook, breaking up spinach, until it is heated through, 4 minutes. Remove from pan and cover loosely to keep warm.
3. Heat remaining 1 tablespoon oil in the skillet; add salmon and cook until golden on the undersides, 4 to 5 minutes. Turn and cook another 3 to 5 minutes, or to desired degree of doneness. Serve salmon over the spinach. Makes 4 servings.
Seared scallops with spinach and bacon
1½ pounds large sea scallops
½ teaspoon salt
? teaspoon black pepper
3 slices bacon
9 ounces baby spinach
1. Pat scallops dry and season with salt and pepper.
2. Cook bacon in large nonstick skillet until crisp. Transfer to a plate lined with paper towels to drain.
3. Add the scallops to the pan and cook until well-browned on the undersides, about 3 minutes. Turn and cook until well-browned and nearly cooked through, about another 3 minutes. Remove from pan.
4. Add the spinach and cook, tossing, until it is just wilted and bright green, about 1 minute. Crumble the bacon and stir into the spinach.
5. Serve the scallops on a bed of the spinach. Makes 4 servings.
Blackened shrimp with mango-avocado-mint topping
2 mangos, peeled and cut into ¼-inch dice
1 red bell pepper, cut into ¼-inch dice
1 avocado, peeled and cut into ¼-inch dice
¼ cup finely chopped red onion
¼ cup mint, chopped
1 tablespoon lime juice
¼ teaspoon salt
1½ pounds peeled shrimp
1½ teaspoons blackening spice
1 tablespoon canola oil
1. Combine the mangos, red pepper, avocado, onion, mint, lime juice and salt in a bowl and set aside.
2. In a second bowl, toss the shrimp with the blackening spice until it is well-coated.
3. Heat the oil in a large, nonstick skillet over medium high. Add the shrimp in a single layer (working in batches, if necessary) and cook until the undersides are lightly browned, about 2 minutes. Turn and cook until the shrimp is just cooked through, another 2 minutes.
4. Serve with the topping. (Can be served over rice, if desired.) Makes 4 servings.
Ginger-lime teriyaki salmon
2 tablespoons lime juice
3 tablespoons lower-sodium soy sauce
1 tablespoon honey
2 teaspoons minced ginger
4 (6-ounce) pieces salmon fillet
1. Combine lime juice, soy sauce, honey and ginger in baking dish just large enough to hold salmon in a single layer, and whisk until honey is dissolved. Place the fish in the baking dish, skin-side up, marinate 15 minutes, turning every 5 minutes so each of the 3 nonskin sides face down.
2. Heat broiler. Transfer salmon, skin-side up, to a baking sheet coated with cooking spray. Broil 5 to 6 minutes, turn over and broil 1 to 2 minutes, until fish is cooked to desired degree of doneness and tops are browned. Makes 4 servings.
Tilapia teriyaki en papillote
Roll of parchment paper
½ teaspoon cornstarch
1 teaspoon fish sauce
1 tablespoon light soy sauce
2 tablespoons lime juice
2 tablespoons honey
4 (5-ounce) tilapia fillets
8 ounces zucchini, cut across in ¼-inch slices
¼ cup chopped scallions
¼ cup shredded carrot
1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Cut 4 (18-inch-long) pieces of parchment paper or foil, and fold each in half and unfold.
2. Dissolve the cornstarch in the fish sauce and whisk in the soy sauce, lime juice and honey.
3. Work 1 at a time to make the packets. Place a piece of fish on one side of the fold; arrange the zucchini decoratively around the fish. Spoon one-fourth of the sauce over the fish and top with 1 tablespoon each of the scallions and carrots. Crimp the edges of the packet to ensure it is airtight and place on a baking sheet pan. Repeat with remaining ingredients. (You will need 2 pans.)
4. Bake for 12 to 14 minutes, until packets are very puffed. Remove from oven, place a packet on each plate, and cut the packets open, taking care to not get burned by the escaping steam. Makes 4 servings.
Catfish with lime-cilantro butter
1½ pounds catfish fillets
½ teaspoon paprika
½ teaspoon dried oregano
½ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon black pepper
2 tablespoons butter
2 teaspoons lime juice
½ teaspoon grated lime zest
¼ cup cilantro, chopped
1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Coat a baking sheet pan with cooking spray and place the fillets on the pan. Combine the paprika, oregano, salt and pepper in a small bowl and sprinkle over the fish. Place in the oven and bake until no longer translucent in the centers, about 10 minutes.
2. Meanwhile, melt the butter; whisk in the lime juice and zest and cilantro. Spoon over the cooked fillets just before serving. Makes 4 servings.
Lobster with ginger-scallion dipping sauce
4 (1½-pound) lobsters
3 tablespoons minced ginger
¼ cup lower-sodium soy sauce
2 tablespoons rice vinegar
2 teaspoons sesame oil
1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon honey
¼ cup chopped scallions
1. Bring water to boil in very large (5-gallon) pot; submerge lobsters, head first and partially cover pot. Boil lobsters for 10 minutes, until shells are bright red.
2. Meanwhile, make sauce: whisk together ginger, soy sauce, vinegar, sesame oil and honey until honey is dissolved. Stir in the scallions. Serve the lobsters with the dipping sauce. Makes 4 servings.
Broiled sockeye with orange-basil sauce
½ cup parsley leaves
1½ cups basil leaves
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1 teaspoon balsamic vinegar
1 tablespoon orange juice
½ teaspoon orange zest
¾ teaspoon salt, divided
1¼ pounds wild sockeye salmon fillet, cut into 4 pieces
? teaspoon black pepper
1. Preheat broiler; coat a broiler pan with cooking spray.
2. Combine the parsley, basil, olive oil, vinegar, orange juice, orange zest and ¼ teaspoon salt in a blender or food processor; puree. (Add salt and pepper to taste.)
3. Season salmon with the remaining ½ teaspoon salt and black pepper. Place on prepared pan, skin-sides down, and put under broiler for 4 minutes, until very lightly browned. Turn skin-sides up and broil another 3 to 4 minutes, until the fish just loses translucency in the center and the skin is crisp. To serve, turn again so skin sides face down and brush the sauce over the top. Makes 4 servings.
Pollock with olives, artichokes and lemon
1½ pounds pollock fillet
1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
½ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon black pepper
½ cup dry white wine
2 tablespoons lemon juice
¼ cup pitted Kalamata olives, halved
1 (8-ounce bag) frozen artichoke hearts
2 teaspoons lemon zest, sliced into thin strips
2 tablespoons parsley, chopped
1. Brush the fillets on both sides with olive oil, then season with salt and pepper.
2. Combine the wine and lemon juice in a 2-inch-deep pan wide enough to accommodate fillets in a single layer. Bring to a boil; immediately reduce heat to a gentle simmer. Add the fish, olives artichoke hearts and lemon zest; cover the pan and cook over low heat until fish is no longer translucent at the thickest part, about 20 minutes. Sprinkle with parsley and serve immediately. Makes 4 servings.
Tuna tacos
½ cup light sour cream
1 teaspoon lime juice
? teaspoon cayenne
24 ounces tuna steak
½ teaspoon ground cumin
½ teaspoon salt
? teaspoon black pepper
8 corn tortillas
1 large avocado, thinly sliced
2 cups mixed lettuces
1. Combine sour cream, lime juice and cayenne; set aside.
2. Season tuna with ground cumin, salt and pepper. Coat grill pan or cast-iron skillet with cooking spray; heat over medium high. Add fish and cook 4 to 5 minutes on each side, or until browned on outside and pink in center (or to desired doneness). Remove from heat, let cool slightly, and cut into ¼-inch thick slices.
3. Heat corn tortillas according to package directions; stack under damp paper towel as you work. Place a tortilla flat on your work surface; spread half with about 1 tablespoon of the sour cream mixture. Fan ? of avocado slices over the sauce; top with ? of the tuna followed by the lettuce. Close the taco and repeat with remaining ingredients. Serve immediately. Makes 4 servings.
Cod baked in kale
6 cups torn kale
4 ribs celery, chopped
¼ cup pitted Kalamata olives, coarsely chopped
¼ cup parsley, chopped
1 (14.5-ounce) can petite diced tomatoes
4 (6-ounce) pieces cod
½ cup white wine
½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon thyme
1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees, Coat an 8-by-8-inch baking dish with cooking spray.
2. Combine the kale, celery, olives, parsley and tomatoes in the baking dish; top with the cod. Sprinkle the wine over the fish and vegetables, season with the salt and thyme.
3. Cover loosely with foil and bake 15 minutes. Remove the foil, spoon some of the pan juices over the fish and bake another 5 to 8 minutes, until the fish is tender but not dry. Makes 4 servings.
Salmon Nicoise salad
For the dressing
½ cup olive oil
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1 teaspoon grated lemon zest
¼ teaspoon salt
Ground black pepper
For the salad
2-pound salmon fillet, skin on
1 tablespoon olive oil
Ground black pepper
1 pound small Yukon Gold potatoes
¾ pound green beans, trimmed
2 heads Boston lettuce or Romaine hearts, washed and dried
1 cup cherry tomatoes
8 hard-cooked eggs, peeled and halved
½ cup pitted Kalamata olives
2 tablespoons capers
1. Make dressing: Whisk together oil, lemon juice, lemon zest, salt and pepper to taste. Cover with plastic wrap and set aside.
2. Cook salad ingredients: Preheat oven to 500 degrees. Line a rimmed baking sheet with heavy-duty foil. Place salmon on pan, skin-side down, brush with olive oil, and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Roast until medium-rare (fish will continue to cook as it cools), 12 to 15 minutes. Transfer to a plate and let cool slightly. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for up to 1 day.
3. Place potatoes in a large saucepan, cover with water and bring to a boil. Lower heat and simmer until tender when pierced with a skewer, about 10 minutes. Drain, cool, cover and refrigerate for up to 1 day.
4. Bring a small pot of water to boil, add green beans, cook until just tender, 1½ to 3 minutes, drain and rinse under cold water to cool. Drain again, pat dry with paper towels, place in a zipper-lock bag or airtight container and refrigerate for up to 1 day.
5. Arrange lettuce leaves on a large platter. Remove skin from salmon, cut fish into 8 or 10 pieces and place on top of lettuce. Arrange potatoes, beans, cherry tomatoes and eggs around salmon. Sprinkle with olives and capers. Drizzle with about half of the dressing, and serve with remaining dressing on side. Makes 8 to 10 servings.
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About 20 people attended a revision session of the 2004 Cumberland Official Community Plan — considered the overarching tool to guide municipal decision-making — Wednesday at the Seniors Centre.
An OCP is a provincially mandated document that defines a community's long-term vision in terms of land use, infrastructure, the environment and other topics. A review/revision session aims to maintain what worked from the previous OCP while considering 2013 and beyond.
"It has its challenges," Coun. Roger Kishi said of the process. "It's not perfect."
Key issues identified Wednesday include:
• Availability of locally grown food;
• Developing a healthy community;
• Maintenance and preservation of the Village's independent water source;
• Sustainable economic development;
• Municipal encouragement for alternative energy solutions through bylaws.
New development pressures along with increasing tourism and pressure for recreational development are among new challenges and opportunities for Cumberland.
The village is considerably young compared to the entire Comox Valley, which has fewer children and a greater number of people more than 50 years old than Cumberland does.
The median age in Cumberland is 38. In the Valley as a whole, it's nearly 54. The median age for B.C. is just under 42 years.
A quarter of Cumberland's population is 19 and younger. Sixty-two per cent of village residents over the age of 20 are married or living with a common-law partner.
Cumberland's population grew from 2,726 in 2006 to 3,398 in 2011. It is forecast to reach 3,692 by the end of the year.
Council has approved a steering committee to guide the final stages of the OCP. The committee consists of Village CAO Sundance Topham, senior planner Judith Walker, a technical staff person and a planner from the Comox Valley Regional District.
There is also an OCP Local Citizen Advisory Group, formed to advise Village staff and Stantec Consulting on the strengths and areas to improve upon the 2004 OCP.
The Village expects to have the document revised in October.
Another eight community engagements are scheduled before council adopts the OCP in November.
Residents can provide input via PlaceSpeak at www.placespeak.com/cumberlandocp. Registration is free.
For more information, visit cumberland.ca.


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This is a good one.
While we've all been gearing up for our first full year of Pegula hockey, "Hockey Heaven" (sponsor) has been very busy – making t-shirts, giving away tickets, and putting together some really great Sabres videos.
The latest installment from their Youtube channel, "Buffalo Sabres Owner Speaks with NHL," is a venture into the world of animation, and superheros.
And it's outstanding.
There is so much that is awesome in this video that it's hard to nail down one singular thing that makes it great. Maybe it's the Superhero outfit. Maybe it's the Justice League-like "Fortress of Solitude" at the F'N Center. Maybe it's the… oh never mind, just click "play."
Love that Pegula cartoon swagger.
13 days until our season opens in Helsinki. Until then, we have our preseason, and we have our home-grown businesses like "Hockey Heaven" that have sprung up in Pegulaville to make this ride even more important, and even more fun.
Go Sabres.
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The residential pesticide applications against the Asian fruit fly:
|We have no choice, and must act now to save our citrus.
|19 votes
|To be on the safe side, do Santa Barbara as well.
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|Stop and consider alternatives that will spare the bees.
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You wishful thinkers need to read the UC DAvis IPM report on this pest. It's spray now to get rid of the psyllid, or wait until Huanglongbing disease appears, and say goodbye to organic citrus forever.
Here is the link: http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/EXOTIC/dia...
This is a clear case of going with the lesser of two evils.
blackpoodles (anonymous profile)
April 5, 2013 at 11:53 p.m. (Suggest removal)
That's a great link blackpoodles. Can you imagine what would happen if that psyllid spread to the Filmore area? Bye bye to locally grown oranges.
Here's a shout out to Friends Ranch and Buckhorn Canyon Ranch. Their navel crop is pretty good this season. I wonder how long they're going to be able to stay organic?
EastBeach (anonymous profile)
April 6, 2013 at 10:06 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Ahh, so are we are spraying our neighborhoods now instead of the fruit, so we in the neighborhoods can continue to have organic fruit?
I want organic fruit too, so I do feel this is worth discussion..
loonpt (anonymous profile)
April 8, 2013 at 10:32 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Without bees there'll be no citrus or other fruits and vegetables.
Ken_Volok (anonymous profile)
April 8, 2013 at 12:45 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Strange that some want to use pesticides (Hello Monsanto & friends) instead of the parasitic wasp that was imported from Pakistan and currently used in Los Angeles. This bug is not going to go away, so we need to adapt to keep it under control. Citrus trees will need to be selected for resistance to the bacteria. I vote for the honeybees at this point.
sbindyreader (anonymous profile)
April 9, 2013 at 12:14 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I'd love more info about this parasitic wasp. Do you have a link?
I love bees. I garden organically. Nevertheless, I think we have to be willing to look at non-organic controls when the stakes are as high as they are here.
In the meantime, if you take citrus to friends, snip off the leaves. Don't buy citrus with leaves attached. That's how the psyllid is spreading.
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Lord of the Ringlets
With no prior announcement and none of the PR fanfare the 'rabbi' is so adroit at, Yesodey Hatorah Secondary School for Girls, to give it its full name, last week welcomed Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks to its hallowed corridors. You read it here first as it appears to have been too late for last week's Hamodia where the 'rabbi' acts as an unpaid advisor, which must mean that a front page photo every other week is of no value or payment in kind doesn't count.
The girls themselves were told only the day before thus denying more right wing elements the chance to galvanise and arrange some form of protest. Some parents may even have withheld their dear neshomolech from school for the day. Since the 'rabbi' respected his girls when they refused to take an exam paper on Shakespeare he would undoubtedly have respected them on this point of principle too. But it is a moot point since the Chief's visit passed off without incident and one must now wait for the weekend papers to see Sacks beaming on an N16 platform he so covets and Pinter with an equally broad smile in the company of yet another semi-Jew as far as we in Stamford Hill are concerned.
You may wonder why the 'rabbi' had to turn so far west, and so far left, and to such high altitudes for a speaker for his girls. Isn't bringing a rabbi to Stamford Hill a bit like taking coal to that suburb of Gateshead? Before even our own chief Padwa has addressed the girls along comes a Lord from a different manor to shepherd our sacred sheep.And it's not as if the lesser local rabbis have been exhausted since rabbis rarely step foot into that place lest anyone suspect that history is not as it's been rewritten. That what has been turned into the sole domain of a single extended family was actually established by rabbis and individuals with different family names.
Inviting dignitaries from foreign shores whose sheep would never be welcome in our greener meadows comes with its own reciprocal kickbacks. And if in this instance it provided a photo opportunity with an ermine backdrop then all the better. As to the addressees, those precious neshomelech, they too provide a pretty setting for opportunistic photo shoots. And supine too, for his Lordship was not taken to the boys' school where a different reception may have awaited him assuming he was received at all.
So it was left to the acting head who actually runs the school (bar admissions and external relations which by convention are the domain of the 'principal'), and who by remarkable and as yet unexplained coincidence happens to be none other than the 'principal's dear wife, to advise the children the day before of their noble guest and then give way to her husband to officiate on the day. I mean he is the 'principal' after all though mind you his appearance in front of his flock is almost as rare as that of the Chief himself. It may even have been his debut address to 'his' school had not the former prime minister but one popped round some years ago which forced the 'principal' to bring forward his maiden speech to the maidens.
In line with the school's mission of developing the girls' thinking, initiative, creativity and leadership skills, questions to the Chief would be allowed. Questions however are a dangerous tool in the wrong hands for one cannot predict the answers from the Chief. Worse still once cannot foretell questions some of the girls may be harbouring in their delicate brains. Questions such as which we are told are never posed in our postal areas.
For instance, why do we celebrate our freedom by subjecting our womenfolk to slavery in the weeks running up to the festival? Which may have prompted, why do girls break up 2 weeks early to 'help their mothers' while boys study on blissfully for an extra week to keep them from under their mother's feet? Questions also have a horrible habit of veering from their course. A question may have been popped to our own paragon of inclusivism and bridge-building: should not a publicly funded school with a mission to 'understand the world we live in' have a day off for the national holiday of the royal wedding especially when an honour from those quarters is so hankered after?
But trust the 'rabbi' to come up with a solution. Yes, question will be asked but only by the highest class. Yes, questions will be asked but we will decide who will ask them. Yes, question will be asked and we'll even set the questions for the questioners. The mission does after all also include moral understanding and we cannot afford to allow morals to fly out of the window for the sake of satisfying a guest as exalted as he may be. So a question on anti-Semitism will do very nicely thank you but as for more pressing issues, girls, that's not for our sort yidn.
As for Rebbetzin Sacks, well that's a bit of a touchy matter. It is after all a girls' school so perhaps it would be fitting for the Chief's wife to come along. But then there are rebbetzins and rebbetzins. In our environs we like them plump with 15 layers of clothing, skirts till the Maginot line to repel would be invaders, shrapnel proof hosiery and sheitels if not evocative of a mop then hidden away altogether under some contraption of a kerchief. If you are a chief rebbetzin like, say, Padwa you must also instigate campaigns of tznius (and more on that shortly). But rebbetzins of the Sack's variety, well how shall we put it, she may just give the girls some wrong ideas. You know, that rabbis' wives too may look presentable and even attractive, and that, we're afraid, is not quite part of the school's mission. It is just possible that the rebbetzin too didn't particularly cherish pre-Pesach meetings of the haggard-eyed sisterhood in turbans with one hand on their hips and another cupping their chin, 'and where are you up to with Pesach?'
Truth said, since her photo would not appear in the papers and definitely not in the company of the ever so photogenic 'rabbi' she was hardly missed. The meeting of the two titans, nos. 1 and 8 respectively in the Power List (of which more here) served its purpose very well without her. Each can go back to his respective constituency enhanced by the visit. No. 1 can demonstrate how his clout reaches even in darkest N16. It might even earn him a rare photo in the Hamodia or Tribune as part of the bargain notwithstanding that to all intents and purposes he was brought in through the tradesman's entrance to address as softie an audience as could be mustered.
And no. 8? Well, he can yet again parade his Cheshire cat grin showing off the extent of his reach to parts others can't even touch with the ever so subtle subtext that from a perch so high nothing can be toppled.


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There were two things I planned to do today - visit Pine Hill Cemetery in West Bridgewater and Brockton Public Library,
I've been wanting to visit Pine Hill Cemetery for the past couple weeks after discovering that there are a few more family members of mine buried there. Once I got there, I spoke with a woman at the cemetery office who gave me the section and plot numbers of the graves I was looking for along with a free map of the cemetery. After this, I was able to find the graves I was looking for quite easily. However, these past few days, Massachusetts has received quite a few inches of snow. And although it didn't snow today, the clouds in the sky combined with the snow left on the ground did make it difficult to get decent pictures. So I need to go back at some point when the sun is out and take new photos.
One surprising thing that happened while at the cemetery was that I located the grave of John A. McRae. John was the son of Walter L. McRae and Laura Belle Spaulding. I knew John had died before Walter (Walter died in 1966; John is not listed as a survivor in his obituary). I called Pine Hill Cemetery the other week and asked if John happened to be buried there. They checked and told me he wasn't. And that was that.
So today, as the woman was going through the files, she pulled out the card that listed all the McRae's buried in Pine Hill. I glanced at it and noticed Walter's name, Laura's name, and two others. One was a female named Gracie whom I have never heard of. And the other was of a John Alton McRae. Curious, I asked her if John was buried with Walter and Laura. She looked it over and told me he was! So much for him not being buried there. . .
Following my trip to the cemetery, I went to Brockton Public Library so that I could search through some newspaper articles and look through the Brockton Poll Taxes once more. On my top list of priorities was finding John's obituary (I now had a death date), the obituary of his niece, Cheryl Scibetta, and some "In This City" articles (articles that tell of the activities of Brockton residents).
But when I got there, I started out looking through the poll taxes and got so wrapped up in them that I didn't have time to find search through the newspapers.
I have been trying to figure out more about the marriage between my great-grandparents, Fred J. McRae and Maude Monroe, and when my great-grandmother would have been committed. I had a breakthrough today thanks to the poll taxes.
I found out that in 1923, my great-grandparents, Fred McRae and Maude Monroe, were living at 136 Myrtle Street, Brockton, Massachusetts. But in the 1924 Poll Taxes, Maude disappeared. She was no longer living with Fred and wasn't listed as living with her parents either so I can only guess that some time between 1923 and 1924, she was committed. Maude shows up again in the Poll Taxes for 1940. It lists her living with her parents and half-brother and her occupation is listed as "At Home". It said she had been living with them in 1939 too but she didn't actually appear in the 1939 Poll Taxes. So based on evidence, Maude was released between 1939 and 1940, meaning she was institutionalized for about sixteen years.
I also discovered that Maude's father, Harvey, was a restaurant proprietor. I'm not sure how long the restaurant lasted but I'm very interested in finding more information about it (such as a name, for starters).
The other thing I'm interested in finding more about is the death place of my great-great grandfather, James R. McRae. His death certificate (he died in Brockton on March 5, 1910) lists his death place as "City Farm". When I first read it, I simply assumed it meant he owned a farm in the city. But I've heard recently that a city farm was a type of jail for people with debts and such. I want to look more into it and figure out what exactly a city farm was and why James would have been in it.
Monday, January 23, 2012
Motivation Monday - Follow Up Visits to Pine Hill Cemetery and Brockton
4 comments:
- AnonymousJanuary 24, 2012 at 4:57 PM
Did Gracie die 11 Dec 1880?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 24, 2012 at 6:03 PM
I have her on my tree as the daughter of James Mcrae and his first wife Catherine Morrison. She is on the 1880 census with them in Brocton MA.ReplyDeleteReplies
I have the same census. That's how I found out about James' other children.Delete
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ASHLAND, VA – The Randolph-Macon Football team opened its 2011 schedule with a well-balanced effort on both sides of the ball as it knocked off visiting Methodist 43-7 on Saturday afternoon.
The teams both used the beginning of the contest to knock off some rust, before R-MC took over at its own 26 yard line on its second possession and used 15 plays and 7:11 of the clock on its way to the first score of the game when Kyle Norton caught a four-yard touchdown pass from Zac Naccarato. Norton then added the two point conversion to put the Jackets up 8-0.
On Methodist's ensuing drive, Patrick Moses caused a fumble on the fourth play and it was recovered by Ian Candelaria at the Monarch's 47 yard line.
R-MC needed just 3:32 to double their lead when Thaddeus Scruggs capped off a nine play drive with a three-yard scoring plunge. Norton would convert the two-point conversion again, putting the Jackets up 16-0.
After a Josh Storm 41 yard field goal put R-MC up, 19-0, Methodist got on the board when tight-end Nathan Kindley slipped behind the R-MC defense on a play action pass and scored on a 27 yard pass from Travis Murphy.
The score stayed that way through halftime and after the teams traded possessions to start the second half, MU set up for a punt deep and in their own territory, which was blocked by Terry Clark and recovered in the end zone by Norton. Storm would tack on the extra point, extending the R-MC lead to 26-7.
R-MC put the game away scoring on its next three possessions, taking a 43-7 advantage on a touchdown run by Steven Boyser with just under five minutes to play.
Joe Pricone led a balanced attack on defense for R-MC, making five tackles, two for sacks, and forced one fumble. Abel Simpson also had five stops, while Jeremy Bowry had four.
Naccarato was an efficient 16-of-23 for 153 yards and two scores in his collegiate debut. Seven different players helped R-MC rack up 201 yards on the ground, led by Drake Sanders' 65 yards on the day.
R-MC had the ball for over 37 minutes of the game, ran 76 plays and rolled up 393 total yards of offense.
Murphy was 7-of-15 for 67 yards on the day. John Flanagan ran the ball 10 times for 43 yards fpr the Monarchs. Jacob Hunt made a game-high 10 tackles on the day for Methodist.
Randolph-Macon heads to Averett next weekend to take on the Cougars at 1:00 p.m.'
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The thick layer of custard hidden in the centre of the cake:
"Custard" is one of those words that makes me smile and anticipate nice things. If given a choice I will always pick the dessert or cake that involves custard; there's something so pleasing about it – the vanilla scent, the thick creamy texture, the satisfying density of it!
Last December I made an Apple Custard teacake and it remains one of my all time favourites. What caught my attention with today's recipe is that it's very similar to the apple custard teacake but without the apples. I rather liked the idea of a cake where the vanilla and custard got to be the stars of the show!
The cake batter also contains custard powder and I find that this makes the batter very yellow but also thicker than a normal sponge resulting in a denser more crumbly texture. The thick layer of custard in the cake means that it might sink a bit in the middle so don't worry if this happens; having said that, mine didn't (yay! I rule!).
How do you stop a skin forming as the custard cools? Lay some clingfilm onto the surface:
I served the cake with a cup of tea, but it would also make a lovely dessert cake served with some fruit – perhaps some baked apple?
I choose to make this in a paper case simply because it's easier to move the cake. When you make the batter, you will think that there isn't enough to enclose the custard and it is a tight squeeze, but by making it in a paper case you have more stability. My tips for spreading the batter over the custard – which is the trickiest part of the recipe, as you don't want to have custard leaking out - is to take your time, use a knife rather than a spatula and be gentle. Here it is fresh from the oven; it's worth taking your time to ensure no custard can leak out over the batter:
For the cake:
125g unsalted butter, at room temperature
75g caster sugar
1 egg
110g self raising flour
35g custard powder
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
For the custard:
1 tablespoon custard powder
1 tablespoon caster sugar
160ml milk (whole or semi skimmed)
15g unsalted butter
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
How to make:
- Preheat the oven to 180°C/fan oven 160°C/350°F/Gas mark 4.
- Line a 20cm round springform cake tin.
- Start by making the custard: place the milk, custard powder and sugar in a saucepan and stir constantly over a medium heat until the custard is smooth and thick.
- Remove from the heat and stir in the butter and vanilla.
- Place clingfilm directly on the surface of the custard to stop a skin forming, and place to one side.
- Now make the cake batter: Beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Beat in the egg, then the flour, custard powder and vanilla.
- Spread half the batter into the cake pan. It will be a thin layer but make sure there are no holes as the custard will sink into them.
- Spread the custard onto the batter making sure that it doesn't spread right to the edges – you want the custard to be enclosed in the cake batter.
- Carefully spread the remaining cake batter over the custard. I always leave a spoonful in the bowl so I have something in reserve for patching holes where I can see the custard seeping through. This takes some time and you need to be gently to ensure that you don't disturb the custard.
- Bake for approximately 35 minutes or until a skewer comes out cleanly from the edge i.e. where there is no custard. Mine took 40 minutes.
- Leave to cool in the tin on a wire rack. As there is so much squidgy custard in the cake it may sink on cooling – this is normal.
- Bask in glory at the wonderful thing you have made.
- Eat.


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Emerald Jacket Petite
Added Nov 10, 2012
by LadyPetite
Nrw, Germany
I would like today to present to you my new favorite.
It's a blazer / jacket after the pattern from Burdastyle # 104 – 11/2011 in a petite size.
The highlight is the color – it glows in the shade of emerald gemstone.
In the photos, I really desperate, not available to me in camera, including a digital SLR, could represent the color correctly. It is almost always Petrol.
That annoys me already. How the pros do it? Image editing program?
The cut of the jacket can be really good and easy to sew. The collar is a little complicated, but with time and patience, anything is possible. This is my second jacket that I made and it did really well out of hand.
I have sewn a jacket to wear one No. Bigger also a thick sweater underneath. Now I have definitely sew a closure one, because the jacket is open not so nice (wrinkles in the chest area), I'll hook-and-loop one stitch to support the cut and the sleeves still make a tick shorter. I hope than fits better.
Why is it my favorite?
1. The Color
2. The cut (slight peplum – makes beautiful hourglass figure)
3. The diversity in the combination. Whether sporty, classic, casual. Pants, skirt or dress.
In the photos, I wear it with a dark blue dress, Pumps – Classic
Sporty with jeans and white blouse, I like it best with black. Here I am wearing a close-fitting trousers made of corduroy (H&M) with a basic shirt.
What do you like best?
(sorry for my english – I used a translator program, it's been too long that I have learned English and home and at work, I use it too little)
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Jan 28, 2017, 12.07 PMby roylaverne12
Nice share
Jan 1, 2013, 03.39 PMby rebeccawip
very nice! i esp like it with the skirt and thin belt – really cute that way and flatters your pretty figure
Jan 1, 2013, 03.34 PMby sym2006
Very very good!
Nov 30, 2012, 02.49 AMby 2bfabulous
Your jacket is lovely!
Nov 11, 2012, 11.47 AMby Mary Athey
this is stunning on you. greens my favourite colour, well i am from the emerald isle lol. i think you did a smashing job with this jacket xx
Nov 11, 2012, 10.45 AMby LadyPetite
Thank you!
The cut goes well. I have not changed anything. I am 160 cm standard size. The sleeve length I find a bit too long. But that is easy to modify.
Have fun while sew and greetings from Germany
Nov 11, 2012, 04.55 AMby smallone
Love your green version of this …. in fact I'd missed this totally in the magazine so thanks for bringing this jacket to my attention….I'm all for those petite patterns – save a whole lot of muslin work!
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Boston Radio Station Shutters Online Contest To Meet Taylor Swift Because Of 4Chan Shenanigans
from the aw,-come-on dept
Sadly, the radio station caught on once Charles "won" the contest and they decided to shut the whole thing down and allow for no winner.
Disappointingly, we have determined that the integrity of the "Taylor Swift's Biggest Fan" contest has been compromised. In accordance with our contest rules, effective immediately, the contest has been terminated. We apologize to all of our loyal listeners who have participated.Treachery! Two-faced, underhanded, sneaky and duplicitous Judas-ory! Yes, the rules of the contest state that Kiss 108 could pull the contest if they so chose, but I say let Charles have his day, damn it. They ran an internet contest and the internet is for tomfoolery. Tomfoolery, having ensued, he should be grandfathered in. Charles should get to serve as Swift's unholy coif, if only for the photographic possibilities.
With that, I call on Taylor Swift to make good for this man where radio has failed him. She must meet with Charles and at least discuss the possibility of giving him the gift of her bangs. We, the internet, will be awaiting your reply, Ms. Swift.


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The first full day of testimony in the Cleveland Strangler trial.
As is often the case, the first few witnesses in a trial are called to set groundwork for what is to come. But even in that, 19 Action News learned that there were early clues that something was wrong on Imperial Avenue, and that there were family rifts developing over accused serial killer Anthony Sowell.
All of the witnesses did not want to be photographed. So 19 Action News got a long look at Sowell's reactions to what was said.
As his stepmother's mother was asked to identify him, he stood. The 89-year-old warmly greeted him.
The hint of trouble in the family came from Sowell's half brother, who said Anthony had stopped paying rent to his stepmom for his third floor dwelling, and she was getting ready to have him evicted, but she became ill and was hospitalized. Her mother was on the stand and told jurors that another grandson told her he had visited the home and reported odors.
But a nearby store owner was the most damaging witness.
"Did you ever notice a smell or an odor?" asked the prosecutor.
"Oh, geez. Oh, yea, that smell forget about it," said store owner Assad "Sam" Tayeh.
"When did it start?" the prosecutor asked.
"Oh, a long time ago. It started....from 2004 and up...2005. I don't remember the exact date but it was a very, very bad smell," Tayeh said. "So I walked to the dumpster I open it and the smell is so bad and I saw like a garbage bag with duct tape and I close it very fast."
Tayeh said he also sold Sowell heavy-duty garbage bags.
Sowell faces the death penalty if convicted of murdering eleven women. The bodies of the victims were found in and around Sowell's Imperial Avenue home in late 2009.
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Listen to Maroon 5′s Piano-Driven 'Wipe Your Eyes'
Maroon 5's 'Overexposed' is due to drop on June 26 and one of the album's three bonus tracks, titled 'Wipe Your Eyes,' has landed online for your audio pleasure. The song is a piano-driven semi-ballad, lead by frontman Adam Levine's falsetto, which doesn't soar as high as it normally does. It shows his range and his dynamic scope. Besides, it's downright pretty.
It's quite the romantic song, dipped in a bath of sentimentality, with Levine crooning, "I'm here to wipe your eyes." In essence, Levine is stating that he is the support system for the lady he is singing to. Knees… meet weak.
It's such a sweet song, with a little bit of electronics and baby-like cooing in the beginning. The song also boasts a '60s vocal group vibe, too. While Maroon 5 usually have a rock 'n' roll edge, they show off their dreamy, piano pop side here.
Blur's Damon Albarn co-wrote the song with Levine and a host of others.
We can just imagine a 'The Voice' contestant singing this song during the blind auditions to try and curry favor with Levine in picking them.
Update: Audio has been removed at the request of Maroon 5′s label.