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This rainy, rainy summer has disrupted many a ballgame, drive-in movie and get-together. We�ve borne it with grace � OK, with grumbling � but now it�s really getting on our nerves.
This rainy, rainy summer has disrupted many a ballgame, drive-in movie and get-together. We�ve borne it with grace � OK, with grumbling � but now it�s really getting on our nerves.
I never thought I�d see an August arrive with so few cantaloupes available. Three sad specimens were all that were left the other day when I finally got to the farmers market. The farmers promise me a late crop, but, hey, I�ve got to get my melon and proscuitto fix soon.
I won�t buy cantaloupe that�s not from the Carolinas. I don�t like the idea of them being picked while they are bright green and ripening in the musty hold of a truck as they wing their way across country. So I bought one of the iffy contenders at the market last Thursday. We�re still waiting for it to ripen. I caught my husband sniffing it this morning while he was waiting for the coffee to brew. �Nope,� was all he had to say.
Cantaloupe symbolizes summer for me more than any other fruit, other than peaches. Its funky smell, offset by its sweetness and smooth texture instantly cool me down on sweltering days. Whether chunked, or pureed into a soup, or just quartered and salted, it has always been a summer treat.
So, of course, I thought that was true for everyone. Hmmm. Not so much. A couple of years ago, we went on vacation in Maggie Valley with our long-time friends from Wisconsin. As a treat, we brought three almost ripe cantaloupes. I should have known that wasn�t the kind of treat they were looking for, when my friend, Terri, kept complaining about a �stink� in the kitchen. She thought another renter had left food behind and it was rotting. After a thorough search of the kitchen, I eyed the melons and said, � Ummm , you want to take a whiff of those?� She did, and went bug eyed. �I think they�ve gone bad,� she said. �Nah,� I said, �they�ve haven�t even gone good yet.�
The entire family complained about the smell for several days, while my husband and I dutifully ate one of the melons by ourselves. On the last day, faced with the prospect of taking fragrant melons home in the back of our car, we came up with another solution. We held a Summer Cantaloupe Toss. Since the house was on the top and the side of a mountain, flinging the melons off the deck provided an awe-inspiring moment of silence followed by an immensely satisfying squashy, thumping landing in the woods far below. Everyone left happy.
If you�d rather eat cantaloupe, you can�t go wrong teaming it mild cucumbers and juicy tomatoes, along with something salty.
Cantaloupe Salad
� canteloupe , sliced into chunks
2 large tomatoes, diced (you can also use four tomatillos)
1 cucumber, diced
1 green pepper, diced
2 Tbs. grapeseed oil (or vegetable or canola oil)
2 Tbs. lemon juice
A couple of dashes of green hot sauce
6 strips crispy-fried bacon, crumbled
Salt and pepper to taste
Combine the diced fruit and vegetables in a large bowl. In a small bowl, whisk together the oil, lemon juice and hot sauce. Pour over diced ingredients and stir gently. Let sit for 30 minutes then place on serving plates and sprinkle with bacon, salt and pepper. Great served with Indian naan bread or tortillas.


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Obama laments 'shameful day'
Defeated and angry — and surrounded by Newtown families and former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) — President Barack Obama blamed a gun lobby that "willfully lied" and senators who "caved to the pressure" for the defeat of his effort to pass gun control through Congress.
Obama blasted the Senate's voting down the Manchin-Toomey amendment — a bipartisan agreement on background checks that was itself a compromise on a fraction of the comprehensive gun control package the president called for after the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary.
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"All in all this was a pretty shameful day for Washington," Obama said in the Rose Garden, after walking to the podium with his arm around Giffords and hugged the relatives of victims of the December shooting.
( Also on POLITICO: Senate rejects gun control)
Obama directed much of his anger at Republicans and seizing the political high ground for himself and fellow Democrats as he called out the opposition for rejecting an idea that polls show 90 percent of people support.
"Ninety percent of Democrats in the Senate just voted for (background checks)," Obama said. "But it's not going to happen because 90 percent of Republicans in the Senate just voted against that idea. A majority of senators voted 'yes' to protecting more of our citizens with smarter background checks. But by this continuing distortion of Senate rules, a minority was able to block it from moving forward."
But if the four Democrats who voted no had backed it, they would have needed to peel off just one more Republican — which would have been much easier to do.
Obama echoed the words of Mark Barden, the father of a Newtown victim, who introduced the president by saying his delegation of parents of victims is returning home "disappointed but not defeated."
( FULL TRANSCRIPT: Obama reacts to bill failure)
"This effort is not over," Obama said. "I'm making it clear to the American people, we can still bring about meaningful changes for gun violence as long as the American people don't give up on them."
But, he said, the next step was largely in the hands of people outside of Washington. Obama several times mentioned the National Rifle Association by name and called on supporters to show the same level of sustained passion and energy as their counterparts who oppose gun control measures.
"Those who care deeply about preventing more and more gun violence will have to be as passionate and as organized and as vocal as those who blocked these common sense steps to keep our kids safe," he said.
Obama said winning gun control measures will require a sustained effort and organization building to match the NRA and other pro-gun outfits. He urged people to rise up for gun control with the same force that the the NRA opposes it.
"They are better organized, they are better financed, they've been at it longer and they make sure to stay focused on this one issue during election time," Obama said. "That's the reason why you can have something that 90 percent of Americans support and you cant get it through the Senate or the House of Representatives."


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DENVER — The man accused in the deadly Colorado theater shootings wants to change his plea to not guilty by reason of insanity, his lawyers said Tuesday.
Attorneys for James Holmes said in a court filing they plan to formally ask for the change of plea at a May 13 hearing.
A judge in the case previously entered a standard not guilty plea for the 25-year-old Holmes. If the judge accepts the new plea, Holmes would be sent to the state mental hospital, where doctors would determine whether he was insane at the time of the July 20 shootings.
If the doctors do determine that Holmes was insane, a jury could still find him guilty.
Colorado law defines insanity as the inability to distinguish right from wrong, caused by a diseased or defective mind. The law specifically excludes depravity, "moral obliquity" or passion caused by anger or hatred from being considered insanity.
The insanity plea was widely expected given the compelling evidence against Holmes. He is charged with multiple counts of murder and attempted murder. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty.
Holmes' attorneys have said in court hearings and written in court documents that Holmes is mentally ill. He was being seen by a psychiatrist before the July 20 attack at a midnight screening of the latest Batman movie that killed 12 people and injured 70.
Prosecutors say Holmes spent months buying guns and thousands of rounds of ammunition, donned police-style body armor and opened fire in the crowded theater in the Denver suburb of Aurora.
Holmes could be executed if he's convicted of more than 160 counts of murder and attempted murder.
Last month, prosecutors filed a court document listing aggravating factors they plan to raise in a possible death penalty phase of the trial. The factors included the death of 6-year-old Veronica Moser-Sullivan, the youngest of dead.
Prosecutors also said in the filing that the slayings were "especially heinous, cruel or depraved."


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Right: Architect's view of proposed Children's Center.
SOCORRO, N.M., July 27, 2007 – The capital campaign for a new children's center at New Mexico Tech has been officially kicked off by an alumni event on July 26, announcing plans to match private donations received through Dec. 31, 2007.
The new Children's Center is planned to replace the current one, which was made from an older, remodeled house and has a long waiting list. The new center, as planned, will be New Mexico Tech's first LEED building, which will meet the nationally accepted benchmarks for the design, construction, and operation of high performance green buildings.
Left: Architect's view of proposed Children's Center.
An effective child care center is essential for students and faculty at New Mexico Tech, who can take and teach classes while knowing that their children are well-cared-for. The Children's Center also serves residents of Socorro, who may send their children there.
However, a child care center is not paid for by state appropriations.
The $2 million cost of the building, plus a $500,000 endowment to fund maintenance and operations, will be raised through private donations. An anonymous donor has agreed to match all private donations received through Dec. 31, 2007, dollar for dollar up to $700,000.
In addition, many companies match donations that their employees give to non-profit causes.
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Facebook filing for an initial public stock offering isn't exactly a surprise, but it does provide a first-ever opportunity to look inside some of Facebook's business fundamentals. Guess what? Some of those business fundamentals aren't exactly what potential investors and the general public expected — and a few point to the ways Facebook will have to behave in the future to keep its new investors happy.
What could that mean for Facebook users? For starters, expect Facebook to build on its already-aggressive targeted marketing. That means more — and increasingly personalized — ads throughout the entire Facebook experience. Second, Facebook may have to start looking at ways to start earning more money from users directly, perhaps through new partnerships with app and game developers, or perhaps by charging users directly for premium services. Third, Facebook users should prepare for Facebook to start providing opportunities for people to let it pry into even more corners of their lives.
Follow the money
For years, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg claimed going public wasn't on his agenda: Facebook was happy to be a private company that could make its own deals, live its own "hacker culture," and innovate quickly, rather than having to deal with the headaches of being a publicly traded stock and having to respond to every whim, rumor, earthquake, or imaginary shadow that might cross the public markets. However, Facebook's hand on the IPO was forced by federal regulations: The company already has more than 500 individual shareholders, meaning it would either have to go public or begin providing much more detailed reporting to the SEC on its inner workings. Either way, the veil on many of Facebook's inner workings was going to drop, and Facebook decided to go with the way that would likely bring it a ton of spending cash.
As a result, Facebook's 197-page filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission contains a wealth of information about how Facebook runs its business, while still keeping some important information in confidence. For starters, the filing confirms that Facebook is rolling in cash, raking in some $3.7 billion in revenue last year and producing $668 million in net profit off that income. Back in 2009, Facebook managed to keep $122 million on $777 million in revenue. That means Facebook is currently keeping nearly one of every five dollars it brings in (put another way, spending four of every five it's paid). That proportion has improved a bit as the company has experienced massive growth: Facebook keeps a bit more of the money it pulls in today than it did in 2009, when the company's earnings were about 15 percent of revenue.
The SEC filing also reveals where Facebook earns that money. Some 44 percent of Facebook's revenue last year (or about $1.63 billion) came from outside the United States; further, some 85 percent of Facebook's revenue — about $3.14 billion — came from advertising. Most of the remainder came from the 30 percent cut of sales it takes from apps and games using the Facebook platform.
Facebook says it ended 2011 with 845 million users, which puts the company on track to crack the 1 billion user threshold by mid-2012. Back-of-the-envelope math reveals that Facebook's revenues translated to about $4.38 per user in 2011. To some industry watchers, that's a bit of a disappointment, since it compares unfavorably with other major Internet companies. For instance, Amazon generated an estimated $189 per user per year in 2011 — although, of course, Amazon is in the business of selling things. Online auction giant eBay generated some $39 per user in 2011. And Google — which, like Facebook, is primarily in the business of offering free services and generating revenue via advertising — produced an estimated $24 per user in 2011.
Another interesting revelation: Facebook says some 425 million of its monthly active users (that's more than half its total user base) used Facebook mobile products in December 2011. That means about half of Facebook's users got an ad-free experience, which in turn decreased Facebook's revenue per user.
Cash cow
So, with all that revenue and favorable earnings, why is Facebook interested in an IPO? Facebook doesn't make and sell physical products, so it avoids the supply chain, retailing, warehousing, and similar logistic concerns faced by companies like Apple, Samsung, HP, Amazon, and others. However, the company does have significant costs both in terms of human resources (hiring the best and brightest isn't cheap) and the complex data centers that are the heart of its operations. All these things take money. While Facebook has a strong revenue stream, the SEC filing reveals that the company's cash horde only amounts to about $3.9 billion. To be sure: $3.9 billion is a lot of money, but it's utterly dwarfed by companies like Google and Apple, which have in the neighborhood of $45 billion and $100 billion in the bank.
So, the motive behind Facebook's decision to go with an IPO — rather than merely complying with increasing filing regulations — becomes clear: It's all about cash. Although the filing doesn't reveal how many shares Facebook plans to offer to the public or what their eventual pricing might be (it's still too early in the process for those things to be set), the company looks like it wants to raise about $5 billion in cash, more than doubling the amount of spending money the company has onhand.
Why would Facebook need spending money? One expense is infrastructure. Facebook has been sinking funds into its own custom data centers: the first was in in Prineville, Oregon, and a new facility is going up in North Carolina. Facebook has never said how much these cost, but it's safe to bet that the two custom data centers clock in at half a billion dollars or more. (Disclosure: a long-time acquaintance is the lead tech at Facebook's Prineville facility.) Facebook also has leased data center facilities in Virginia and California; Facebook says it thinks these existing data facilities will tide it over for the time being, but if Facebook continues to experience phenomenal growth (particularly in international markets) it will likely have to invest in additional infrastructure.
Cash will also fuel acquisitions. Facebook's IPO filing reveals the company spent $68 million last year acquiring other companies: Snaptu, DropIO, Beluga, Nextstop, and Push Pop Press all spring to mind. However, while the details are a bit thin, one pattern does emerge: Facebook has increasingly been acquiring other companies through offerings of Class A stock, where early buys (like Parakey, Facebook's first acquisition) were granted Class B stock. Class A stock has one tenth the voting power of Class B shares, so folks brought on board recently with Class A stock have less influence on the company. Raising an additional $5 billion in cash will not only enable Facebook to begin to focus on making larger deals (rather than acquiring startups with a handful to a few dozen employees), but will also enable the company to sidestep much of the issue of offering stock to potential acquisitions. Cash talks.
The same thing goes for employees. When Facebook goes public, many of the company's early employees and top players will find themselves transitioned into millionaires overnight. (Zuckerberg himself is expected to buy 120 million shares of Facebook stock and voluntarily reduce his own salary to $1 a year.) However, once the company is public, it will be more difficult for Facebook to bring key employees on board with promises of stock options. Until now, Facebook has been able to lure key employees with stock-option grants that would likely be very profitable when the company went public, but that windfall is only going to happen once. Although Facebook will continue to incentivize and retain key employees through stock grants and scheduled vesting, it will no longer be able to attract people by the promise of a sudden payday. Instead, it will have to pay cash.
Gaming the system
One particularly curious thing Facebook revealed in its SEC filing: social gaming company Zynga accounted for a whopping 12 percent of Facebook's total revenue in 2011 — and that's an increase from 10 percent in 2009 and 2010. The money Facebook earns from Zynga is a mixture of the 30 percent cut Facebook takes of every Zynga transaction as well as Zynga's own advertising buys on Facebook.
No other Facebook company accounts for more than 10 percent of Facebook's revenue, and the distinction potentially puts Zynga in a powerful position: If Zynga were to withdraw or scale back from the Facebook platform, it could significantly impact Facebook's revenue. That, in turn, could anger investors. Although Zynga operates many popular Facebook games, the company has endured consistently bad press for outright copying games from smaller developers. The latest accusations come from tiny game developer NimbleBit, whose Tiny Tower was Apple's iPhone Game of the Year. Mud on Zynga's face also sullies Facebook… and Facebook has locked Zynga into the 30 percent deal through 2015. With Zynga out of the equation, Facebook only generated $3.85 percent per user during 2011. That figure doesn't factor in the network effect of Zynga's games driving users to the Facebook platform, so in an imaginary world where Zynga didn't exist, Facebook's revenue per user would be even lower than that.
What to expect
So what will Facebook's IPO mean for everyday users?
Expect more ads. Throughout 2011, Facebook was already been increasing the number of ads that appear on many Facebook pages in an effort to generate more advertising revenue. Expect this trend to continue in 2012 and accelerate after an IPO as Facebook faces increased pressure to earn more money for every user. This will probably mean Facebook will start bringing ads to its currently ad-free mobile apps.
Expect more opportunities to spend. Facebook is almost certainly going to ramp up its efforts to get users to buy (and spend!) Facebook credits as well as actual money through the service. Facebook will continue to work with game developers and content providers to provide paid services through Facebook, claiming 30 percent of every transaction. After all, Facebook would love to reduce its dependence on Zynga and further diversify the revenue generated through the Facebook platform. Facebook may also choose to cut out the middle man and begin offering premium services to those who wish to pay for them. These might include new account paid types for corporations, public figures, and celebrities (augmenting existing "fan pages"); Facebook might also start rolling out more cloud-based services to compete with the likes of Google and Apple's iCloud. Another good bet here would be Facebook leveraging its 425 million mobile users and getting into the mobile payment arena: Imagine getting discounts at retailers for paying in Facebook credits using your phone.
Expect more opportunities to disclose information about yourself. Facebook's efforts to increase advertising revenues won't be solely based on putting more ads on pages: The company realizes if pages become too ad-laden, they will turn people off. Facebook will also be focused on charging advertisers a premium to reach Facebook users, and Facebook will justify that premium by offering advertisers ever-more-precise demographic targeting, zeroing in on traits like users' age, gender, and location, but also their expressed interests as well as the interests of friends in their social networks. To pull that off, Facebook will continue to deploy new features (like Timeline) that encourage users to fill in ever more information about themselves that Facebook can analyze and use to target advertisements. But this is a tricky path for Facebook: it's already subject to a 20-year agreement with the FTC that requires bi-annual reviews of its privacy practices, and proposed regulations in the EU (including a "right to be forgotten") could significantly limit Facebook's ability to leverage user information on behalf of advertisers.
Expect Facebook to slow down. Right now, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's primary responsibility is growing Facebook's business and reach. As soon as Facebook goes public, his responsibility will change to maximizing value for shareholders. That's a very different job, and while Zuckerberg has established a solid grasp of what many social-networking users want, it's not clear he's the right person to lead a large, publicly traded company. At the very least, Zuckerberg's attention will be divided between the interests of investors and the interests of Facebook's users — which means the rapid pace of change and evolution that's characterized Facebook's recent years is likely to slow down. Facebook might also find itself in a situation like Yahoo and Google before it, where the whiz-kid founder(s) cede the CEO position to someone with broader industry and business experience. That might enable Facebook to continue evolving along the lines of Zuckerberg's vision for some time… but it could also accelerate the pace at which Facebook becomes just another boring company.


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Ghadeer al Shareef, Assistant Director of Human Resources, Amman Marriott Hotel
"As an extension of the "Spirit to Serve" initiative, Marriott has taken on the role of champion for the implementation of YCI within the hotel industry, and the Amman Marriott Hotel led the way in creating the first YCI programme in the Middle East. Over the years, we have helped young people while respecting local customs and traditions. "
YCI Mexico City, Mexico graduate
"At first I didn't believe in myself, I was so shy. Now, I love building connections with people and can talk to anyone with confidence. I can see how much I've developed and I love being creative and thinking outside the box."
Guillermo Olguin Cruz
Graduate, 2007 Presidente InterContinenal, Mexico
"I can apply the contents of this programme to my everyday life, now imagine what I can do once I graduate."
Hadit Sibaja
Graduate, 2008 Marriott Costa Rica San José
"YCI is a great opportunity for us to learn more about the working environment. Once I complete the program, I will feel more confident finding a new job. I love to see how the different departments work."
Hiba Tarazi
Human Resources Manager, InterContinental Amman
"We at InterContinental Amman believe in the potential of young people to pursue their dreams through the first step of training and skills development. We see YCI as a valuable partner to our IHG Academy which helps young people do this."
Hoang Van Linh
YCI graduate, 2010 Sheraton Hanoi Hotel, Vietnam
"I have learned communication skills, hospitality and restaurants knowledge from this programme. I would like to become a good Bartender and make people feel happy and satisfied with my service. "
Ian Carter
President, Global Development, Hilton Wordwide
"We recognise the value and the huge potential of schemes such as the YCI in helping to leverage the industry's capacity to foster local pools of talent among disadvantaged communities."
Igael Porecki
General Manager of JW Marriott Bucharest Romania
"Being part of YCI is more than special. The students - at maybe the most decisive stage of their lives - actually become part of our family, and we get to see them blossom right before our eyes."
Inge Huijbrechts
Global Vice President, Responsible Business, Carlson-Rezidor
"YCI is a valuable programme for our hotels to be a good corporate citizen of their local community and to make a real difference in the lives of the graduates and their families."
Iva Trifonov
General Manager, Sheraton Amman al Nabil
"By working with YCI, we ensure that we train enthusiastic young people who will become future leaders in the company."
Jorge Berrio
Former General Manager at JW Marriott Mexico City Mexico
"When they arrive on the first day, they barely look you in the eye. But on the day of their graduation, they are speaking English, giving speeches and interacting with customers. It is a magical transformation."
Karam Shanaa
Student 2014, Kempinski Aqaba, Jordan
"The hotel industry is a great place to work and to develop your skills. You get to know many people and you all become a one big, hard working family. We can add value to our country by serving our guests in a genuine way that reflects our culture and traditions."
Kareem Tuqan
Former Area HR Coordinator Jordan & HR Director, Sheraton Amman Al Nabil Hotel, Jordan
"YCI makes opportunities available by refining the skills of the trainees, by qualifying them and by offering them the chance to improve their socio-economic status."
Katarina Radziszowska
Graduate, 2007 Poland
"I believe that the YCI programme will help me to build my future and help me to achive my goals."
Khien Nguyen
Executive Sous Chef, InterContinental Hanoi Westlake,
"By working with the young people, we all become great teachers. We teach them to love a brand, a job which is the very foundation for their future."
Kidist Chibsa
Graduate, 2007 Sheraton Addis, Ethiopia
"We learned different skills during the last 6 months. Skills that will be valuable to our future. And real life work experience, that we will not be able to get somewhere else."
Krystal Hans
Graduate, 2006 Surfers Paradise Marriott Resort, Australia
"The knowledge and different types of skills that I have learnt throughout this Youth Career Initiative have not only made me more confident within myself but will stay with me throughout my life."
Kylie Foster
Graduate, 2006 Surfers Paradise Marriott Resort, Australia
"I now have a greater understanding of what I want to achieve out of life and luckily for me that involves hospitaility. But I know that if I did not want to continue in the hospitality industry that the skills I learnt will help me in any career that I choose to do."
Liya Mulat
Graduate, 2007 Sheraton Addis, Ethiopia
"We learned to take responsibility for our mistakes, accept assignments with a smile and accomplish tasks according to standards."
Low Iulia
Graduate, 2007 JW Marriott Bucharest Grand, Romania
"I am confident that the YCI experience will open the doors to a better future for me and I feel lucky to have taken part in it!"
Mark Hoplamazian
Chief Executive Officer, Hyatt Hotels Corporation
"We support YCI's mission and proudly take part in the program's educational efforts of empowering today's less fortunate youth to maximize their opportunities for success in all future endeavors."
Martin Pacheco
Graduate 2012, JW Marriott Mexico City, Mexico
"I have learned not to take things for granted and to really appreciate people, and that by working hard I will be able to achieve a better quality of life."
Mary Mukiri
Assistant Learning and Development Manager, Norfolk by Fairmont, Nairobi
"Working with YCI was such a pleasure. Everything was well coordinated and the team were always on hand to help out or answer any queries that we had. The six YCI students also proved to be a great asset for the hotel and the Fairmont Brand and we are very proud of all of them, who recently graduated after completing YCI successfully."
Mekasha Muluiopia
Graduate 2012, Sheraton Addis Ababa Ethiopia
"As YCI graduates, we are more confident. We feel that we are independent and have something positive to offer our community. We are no longer in the dark about our future."
Miriam Cristobal Antonio
Graduate, 2007 Presidente InterContinental, Mexico
"My future started when I got accepted to this programme."
Monica Suri
Complex Director HR & Training at The Westin Gurgaon & The Westin Sohna Resort & Spa India
"YCI is a great initiative and we are more than happy to be associated, because it provides us with a chance to "care for the community" and to reach for the greater good of society which is line with our business ethos. "
Mustafa Daoud
Training Manager, Sheraton Amman al Nabil
"YCI is very motivating for local young people who, thanks to the programme, have the chance to explore working in various departments of the hotel so they can choose to follow the path they are passionate about."
Nguyen Kim Anh
Director of Human Resources, Sheraton Hanoi Hotel, Vietnam
""Care for Community" is part of our Starwood Cares culture at Sheraton Hanoi! I believe this initiative is meaningful and will create a sustainable impact to those children. We all can grow throughout this program."
Nguyen Thi Thuy Anh
YCI graduate Sheraton Hanoi Hotel, Vietnam
"The programme offers me and those in difficult situations exposure and training in a hotel. From that, I will be able to find a stable job to earn my living. "
Niki Zoli
Director, Social Responsibility and Community Engagement, Marriott International
"Investing in youth and programmes like YCI are really critical to the success of our industry. It's helping to make for stronger communities, and also a great pipeline of talent for our hotels."
Paul Papanicolaou
Former GM, Surfers Paradise Marriott Resort, Australia
"To be able to impact someone's life in a positive way is a very rewarding thing to do. They and their families become your friends."
Peter Simson
Cluster General Manager, Hilton Hanoi Opera and Hilton Garden Inn Hanoi, Vietnam
"We fully support the Youth Career Initiative in creating employability for the country's youth and we are honoured to be a part of this important project in Vietnam."
Phan Thi Anh
YCI graduate, 2010 Sheraton Hanoi Hotel, Vietnam
"I wish that my dream to find a job in the hospitality industry would come true. Therefore, I've decided to join this training course and would like to become a receptionist. "
Raed Hasanat
Training Manager, InterContinental Aqaba
"With IHG, there is always room to grow. YCI students are part of our team and enjoy the working culture here, where they can create their own path for personal and professional development."
Rahel Araya
Graduate, 2007 Sheraton Addis, Ethiopia
"We learned how to interact with different types of people in work situations and to adapt to situations and present ourselves better."
Rahul Giri
Student 2012, Four Seasons Mumbai, India
"It's a lifeline for us. I want to make sure I perform to the best of my ability so that I may be able to secure a job here some day. I am learning more and more about the hotel industry each day."
Raiane de Paula
Graduate 2012, Marriott Airport Sao Paulo, Brazil
"I learned to further develop my professional side, follow rules and cope better with different kinds of people. I have become a better human being in other areas of my life."
Rania Srouji
Human Resources Manager, Le Meridien Amman
"At Le Meridien Amman we target creative minds, people who are looking for better chances and opportunities in their lives, and want hope for better lives. This is why we work with YCI as it targets enthusiastic people who are inspired by the programme."
YCI Delhi, India graduate
"YCI was an opportunity to explore the hotel industry. Now I have opened up, I am more confident, I can talk a little English now. I want to work in a hotel. There are many kids like me at my village who will get benefit from this if these hotels continue their support further."
Rimal D'Silva
Assistant Director of Human Resources at Four Seasons hotel Mumbai, India
"We fully support the Youth Career Initiative in creating employability for the country's youth and we are honoured to be part of it."
Roeland Vos
Former President, Starwood Hotels & Resorts - Europe, Africa & Middle East
"YCI is an extremely worthwhile programme which provides young people from disadvantaged backgrounds with life and vocational skills to give them better opportunities to thrive. "
Rosa Martha Brown
President of Fundación Infantia, Mexico
"Fundación Infantia is proud to be part of this programme. We tell our youths: now you start your path to success, the sky is the limit. You are the architects of your future."
Rosy D'Souza
YCI Mumbai, India graduate
"I would like to tell all those wishing to enrol for the YCI programme that they must take it seriously and work hard, as this is a wonderful opportunity for them to make a career in the hospitality industry. "
Silvia Novoa
National Director, World Vision Mexico
"The young people of Mexico are the ones who will build a fairer and more secure future for our country. To lead this change, all they need is the opportunity to develop their skills so they can become independent individuals. We believe that YCI helps young people do this, which is why we forged a partnership with YCI in 2015."
Sonu Shivdasani
Chairman and CEO, Soneva
"We are proud to bring the YCI model to the Maldives and offer talented young Maldivians a chance to develop skills in the hospitality sector. We see that several of the students will become valuable hosts with the potential to grow into managerial positions."
Summer Starr
Executive Director of Reality Gives, India
"I was thoroughly impressed with the YCI graduation. Our girls really blossomed in the 6 months they were in the programme."
Tabita Haures
Graduate 2012, JW Marriott Bucharest, Romania
"I have learned technical skills that are related to the hotel business, and how to communicate with the foreign customers. The hotel staff are very receptive and helpful, answering any questions you might have. "
Tigist Adamu
Graduate 2013, Radisson Blu Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
"The training is your springboard to where you want to be in the future."
Tran Thi Kim Dung
SOS Children's Villages Vietnam
"Participating in this programme is one of the very good ways of giving opportunities to our young people, resulting in not only basic knowledge but also professional skills for their future life and career."
Urszula Huber
Human Resources Manager at the Radisson Blu Centrum Hotel, Warsaw, Poland
"While giving training to YCI students our employees have the opportunity to check their capabilities as trainers, mentors and teachers, which is a form of personal development for them."
Yasmin Poonegar
Director of Corporate Communications, Hyatt International
"With its professionally run structure, organised curriculum and reach within the community, YCI is ideally suited to work in partnership with us."
Yazan Shakman
Learning Manager, Grand Hyatt Amman
"YCI gives young people in Amman an opportunity to start their careers in hospitality, with many of them showing how talented they are. The programme is valuable to us, because these young people go on to become success stories in their departments."
Zsuzsanna Kiss
Market Director of Human Resources, Budapest Marriott Hotel and Courtyard by Marriott Budapest City Center Hotel, Hungary
"YCI is a great project. We, as Marriott, are keen to help our communities. I am proud that we could be the pilot for Hungary."
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2015 in Review: 100 MN Artists - Minnesota's great quality of life is certainly due in no small part to the artists, poets, musicians and crews who live here, and the audiences who support them. Here's 100 of the many who inspired, informed and entertained this year .
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We owe the obsessive self-taught collector, George Costakis, our gratitude for two great exhibitions of Russian art of the early 20th century now on view in Paris and London. The Maillol Museum on the left bank in Paris is home to the exhibit The George Costakis Collection of the Russian Avant Garde. The exhibit Rodchenko and Popova: Defining Constructivism, now on display at the Tate Modern in London, owes much to Costakis as well.
Costakis was born in and raised in Russia. Born in 1913, he was too young to participate in the avant garde movement. Rather, he discovered his love of panting and collecting as a teenager and began seriously collecting the Constructivists in the 1950s and 1960s. During his time as the director of personnel at the Canadian embassy, he amassed the world's largest collection of early 20th century Russian artists. His small Moscow apartment, literally stuffed with their work, became a Mecca for visiting scholars. He left for Greece in 1974, taking half his collection with him. The remainder was donated to the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow. In 1997, more than 1250 of these works were purchased by the Greek government. They are now part of the permanent collection of the State Museum of Contemporary Art in Thessalonica.
The exhibit at the Maillol Museum is a feast for the eye. This collection is about art for art's sake; political narrative is absent. The curator, Yves Koby, presents the depth, breadth, and complexity of the Russian avant garde movement, arranging more than 100 beautiful canvases and drawings in roughly chronological order. More than 20 artists are represented, many unknown to the non-specialist.
There are some real surprises. Ivan Klioune emerges as a talent equal to that of Popova and Rodchenko. His inventive canvases combine strong form with delicate shadings uncommon among his contemporaries. Nikritine large figures in black and grey serve as powerful expressions of angst and agony. A large 1943 painting by Rodchenko could be mistaken for a later Jackson Pollack drip painting.
The exhibit at the Tate Modern is also a blockbuster, a comprehensive summation of the works of two exceptional artists. Popova and Rodchenko were great friends and colleagues who worked closely together to form the core of the avant garde movement. Together with Rodchenko's wife, Varvara Stepanova, they established an intellectual, creative, and social focus for the movement. The exhibit, which is housed in spacious galleries, can be viewed as symphony with two interweaving themes: the simple, abstract forms of Rodchenko and the lyrical curves, colors, and textures of Popova. Rodchenko uses a limited range of pure color on flat surfaces. Popova's works are hard edged, and geometrical--he works with a range of subtle color, adding granularity with marble powder and sometimes emphasizing the texture of a raw plywood surface. Both are interested in reinventing painting, a goal this is nowhere more explicit than in three Rodchenko canvasses hung side by side in pure blue, red, and yellow. The artist himself described these works as the end of painting.
As at the Maillol, the backbone of the Tate exhibit is drawn from Costakis' collection. The majority of the works are either on loan from the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow or the Modern Museum in Thessalonica. Nonetheless, the Tate curators, working with their Russian counterparts, have made what appear to be heroic efforts to locate and place on view works that have been tucked away in obscure provincial galleries. Paintings are credited to the Iaroslasvl State Art Museum, Ivanovo Regional Art Museum, The Museum of Fine Arts: Tula, and the Vasnelsova Regional Art Museum. Viewing all of these works side by side, one is struck by Costakis' foresight and care. The paintings and drawing credited to the Costakis collection are in excellent condition, contrasting with the relatively poor state of most of those from the Russian museums.
Both of these exhibits highlight the creative energy unleashed by the Russian Revolution, a force that redefined modern art design. Art in the first half of the 20th century was powerfully shaped by Constructivism and Supremicism in the East and by Cubism, Futurism, and Surrealism in the West. But it is with a sense of shock that we recognize the impact of the early Russian painting on postwar American art--including Abstract Art, Abstract Expressionism, and Minimalism.
The exhibits are also a chilling reminder of the repressive political forces that emerged with Stalin's rise to power in 1925 and snuffed out this bright creative flame. Before 1925, creativity in Russian art was exuberant. After 1925, those artists who survived either fled to the west, worked as propagandists for the state, adopted the style of Social Realism, or stopped working altogether. We must thank the memory of George Costakis for preserving this fragile flower of the human spirit.
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There's a lot of war about these days. I know that's sadly usually the case globally, but I meant in daily life here in cushy western society. And I don't mean this in the most literal sense. I'm not regularly experiencing mortar fire every time I go to Morrison's to buy some bin bags. I meant the word 'War' is, as far as I can see, popping up seemingly everywhere. And words are funny things, aren't they?
Actually, forget that, most of the time they're not. Words can be quite bland. Slate, Grey, tepid, felt, step, moored, these are just some words which provoke little or no reaction in your average person, they just exist to fulfil a function. Like windowsills. They're useful and we'd miss them if they were gone, but I doubt anybody has ever said 'I do love those windowsills'. If I'm wrong about this and you know someone who does say that, then fair enough. But I'd give that person a wide berth if I were you.
But undeniably, some words can trigger intrinsic emotional responses. This is actually used in clinical assessment in a few ways, one of which is a version of the stroop test. To briefly describe it, subjects/patients are asked to say the colour of each word in a list of words, not to read it. Of course, people tend to be unable to stop themselves reading words, even if it's made more difficult, it's an automatic process much of the time. The emotional stroop test, as it's known, gets participants to give the colour of a list of words, some of which have strong emotional connotations. For example, if the test is intended to assess whether someone is depressed or not, a lot of the words will have strong, 'bleak' connotations (murder, suicide, cancer etc.). In theory, a depressed person will divert more attention to these loaded words than they will to more neutral, generic ones (leaf, wheelbarrow, melon etc.). Depression tends to be a self-perpetuating condition due to the psychological preoccupation and emphasis on the negatives, and this test arguably reveals indications of this.
So words can and do have intrinsically powerful meanings, is what the overall point is.
This has been brought up a lot recently, with the controversy over Workfare in the UK, the government scheme to get the unemployed back in work but without all that pesky payment to sort out. Whatever you think of it as a concept, it's definitely caused a lot of controversy, and there are plenty of other, better informed blogs/articles out there if you want to delve into that.
What struck me was the fact that many people are comparing it to slavery. Some were doing it for satire, which is fine. But many people objected to those objecting to workfare by comparing it to slavery. No doubt a fair bit of the latter is intellectual posturing, people wanting to show that they're even more 'right on' than the 'right on' bandwagon, but there's obviously some relevance to the complaints. I don't think that being compelled to work for several hours a day in order to justify benefits, however unpleasant and unfair it may be, can be seen as directly analogous to being kidnapped, beaten, sold as property and forcibly made to toil all day every day for the rest of your (undoubtedly short) life. Obviously, a lot of people feel strongly about the casual use of such a loaded word as slavery, one with such terrible historic implications.
Some words are too loaded, apparently, unless used with 100% contextual accuracy. Whether this is a good thing or a bad thing is largely subjective and depends on your views on free speech, censorship etc. I've mentioned before how the previously used term 'depression' may be too generic, meaning sufferers might get short shrift as a result. And the casual use of the term 'rape' is not something that usually ends well, as I may have discussed.
What confuses me, though, is why the same consideration and gravitas isn't applied to the term 'War'. I don't think there are many rational people who actually think war is a good thing. Those who are 'pro war' are almost exclusively people who are very unlikely to actually experience it directly. I may be wrong about this, but I'll go out on a limb and say that people who genuinely think war is a good thing are unlikely to be the sort of people who would object to using a specific term in an incorrect context. They're clearly an 'ends justify the means' type.
But of those who do object to the casual use of meaningful, loaded terms, I've not yet seen anyone object to the causal use of the word war. I'm just wondering why this is?
War is, at best, viewed as a necessary evil. And when the most positive spin you can give to something includes the word 'evil', that's not a good sign. The very existence of war has often been used as a shortcut in sci-fi to show that humans = evil (check out The Fifth Element, or any series of Star Trek). War is bloody. War is destructive. War involves armed conflict and invariably a high death toll. War kills people, usually in their thousands, often indiscriminately. Cultures, societies, populations, environments, there are many examples of each that have been utterly devastated by war. Historically, that's what war does.
In a historical context, War has killed countless millions over thousands of years, and with the invention of nuclear weapons it has become something that could wipe out the human race altogether, and relatively easily. We still have remembrance day and many other occasions across the world to honour those who went to war (and never came back) so we don't have to now. So, historically, war clearly has the same resonance and connotations of words such as slavery, or genocide, or holocaust.
Now, imagine if there was a TV advert for a bleach or toilet cleaner with the slogan 'It's like a bacteria holocaust!' It would be pulled from the air in seconds and those who made it would be pilloried mercilessly (and rightly so, I hasten to add). However, if the slogan was 'go to war on bacteria', that would be fine, people probably wouldn't even register it as anything unusual. Because it wouldn't be.
Just through the use of google autocomplete, here are some wars that are apparently going on at the moment.
War on Women
War on Waste
War on Want
Welfare state
War on Free Speech
War on Christmas
War on Drugs
War on Terror
War on Binge Drinking
War on Teenagers
War on Poverty
War on the working classes
War on Piracy
War on Censorship
War on Islam
War on Christianity
War on Religion
War on atheism
War on science
War on Democracy
War on Unions
Price War
Bidding War
That's a lot of war to be getting on with, and I've not even mentioned the actual armed conflicts (which are these days, contrastingly, being described as 'police actions', 'insurrections' and so on, not 'wars').
The term war is clearly thrown around so casually that I worry it's become largely devalued. Vince Cable declared that he'd 'declared war on [Rupert] Murdoch'. As much as I like the idea of Vince Cable recruiting an army and forcibly storming the offices of the Sun at Wapping, I don't think that's what he meant. I'm pretty sure for something to actually be a war, both sides involved have to actually be aware that it's happening.
War on women, war on waste, war on want, war on working classes, war of words, I now move we declare 'War on words that begin with W purely to take advantage of the phonetic similarity'.
The war on Christmas has been going on for many years now. I guess that's inevitable, as it's one of the only wars where you can't say 'it'll all be over by Christmas'. It's the opposite, if anything.
The War on Poverty was declared in the 60's, apparently. I'm going to assume it didn't involve carpet-bombing impoverished areas with shell casings filled with banknotes and jewels. If anything, the war has stepped up in recent years, with the 'Make Poverty History' campaign calling for all-out eradication of poverty. A poverty-genocide, if you will.
If you believe what you read these days, most of the major religions (and also atheists) are having war waged against them, although none claim to have initiated hostilities nor to be actively taking part in said war. Indeed many are engaging in some bizarre form of pre-emptive retaliation, which doesn't seem logical when you think about it
A lot of these 'wars' are shorthand ways of describing a seemingly orchestrated campaign by a particular organisation or powerful body to limit the powers/rights of another group, or to undermine a process or principle which they see as a threat. I'm not saying these are good things or that they aren't happening, but I just question the appropriateness of describing them as 'wars'. And I'm aware of the irony of me questioning whether or not 'War on Freedom of Speech' is an acceptable term.
It would be easy to blame George W. Bush and co for starting all this, with their 'War on Terror', an official armed conflict against an abstract concept. But there's plenty of examples before this. The Cold war, which had the threat of war but no actual conflict. The Cod war, which was purely about fishing territories, but at least was an official disagreement between 2 countries, which is one of the aspects that normally defines a war. But these days it seems that someone can declare a war against something/someone at the drop of a hat, and nobody even registers it. People even use the phrase 'been in the wars' to describe someone who's had a run of bad luck. Not even one war, several!
You could argue that the term is being used correctly, as war can be described as 'active hostility, contention, conflict'. Indeed, not arguing that; hostility and conflict can easily occur without actual violence or weaponry or death. But then a slave can be defined as 'a person entirely under the domination of some influence or person'. People on workfare could be said to meet this description, as they are under the domination of the government/social services who will remove their life sustaining benefits if they don't work for free, but this is argued to be an inappropriate term because of the historical context around slavery. Fair enough. This is the case for slavery. Not for war, though. Granted there are still people experiencing slavery today, the fallout from it is still very real and it's undeniably a very real problem that ruins lives. But this is also very much the case for war.
I just can't help but wonder why this casual use of the term war has come about unremarked upon. I can't imagine someone who has written a successful book talking about it being subject to a studio 'bidding war', to a WWII veteran with one leg. Odds are it could happen and neither party would think anything of it. It just strikes me as odd.
Maybe people are more comfortable with using the term war as it is taken to mean 'conflict', and it's very hard to avoid conflict in normal everyday life, whereas most people can easily go their whole lives without enslaving anyone or committing genocide.
I don't have an answer or any real alternative for this situation, other than to highlight a supposed double standard that nobody else seems to have picked up on. If I were a conspiracy theorist, I could suggest that this was an orchestrated attempt by those in power to rob the term War of its gravitas, so that when the next full-on military war is declared (let's say against, oh, I don't know, Iran, to pick a country entirely at random), people are more likely to just tut and sigh, rather than stage massive protests. Another war? Just add it to the pile.
I guess we need a new word to describe initiating a conflict without a violent military component. I propose 'Bilgefest' or 'Lubeathon'. It would be hard for politicians or powerful individuals to declare a 'Bilgefest' and retain any credibility, so they might not bother?
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International AME Awards Announces 2013 Shortlist
New York, NY – February 13, 2013: The AME Awards® for The World's Best Advertising & Marketing Effectiveness™ has announced the Shortlist for the 2013 competition. The Grand Jury of interactive and multidisciplinary marketers, planners, and creatives selected the Shortlist from entries submitted from 27 countries worldwide.
Two categories newly launched in 2013, Social Benefit and Branded Entertainment, exhibited an uptick in entries achieving Shortlist status with brands including CNN International, Volkswagen, DuPont, Intel, Bench, and Cornetto. Trends dominating the Shortlist include a robust number of entries employing celebrity interaction, interactive consumer participation, contests, green-themed, and cause marketing. The case briefs also showed trends in advocacy-led strategy, brand reinvention, and public responsibility.
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Contest marketing helped gain brand awareness and provided a fast track to the medalist round: Fred & Farid Paris "Kisser Casting" for Martini; DDB Canada/Vancouver "'Pass the Present' Facebook Promotion," for Best Buy Canada; and Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO UK with both "Going from Good to Great" for Pepsico and "Escape the Map" for client Mercedes Benz.
Entries in the Social Benefit categories concentrated on brand initiatives that contributed to the greater good including Green-themed "The Donation Army" by Ogilvy Germany for OroVerde Rainforest Foundation; Heimat Werbeagentur GmbH's "CNN Ecosphere"; and TBWA\Santiago Mangada Puno's campaign "KNOxOUT Project: EDSA" for Boysen Knoxout.
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The United States was recognized with 15 Shortlisted entries; the Philippines with 9; Hong Kong 7; England 5; Canada, and France each with 4; China and Sweden each with 2; and Denmark, Egypt, Japan, Malaysia, and UAE were each recognized with 1.
To view the complete the AME Awards Shortlist please visit: http://www.ameawards.com/shortlist/2013/. The 2013 International AME Award medalists will be announced in March. For more information please visit: www.ameawards.com
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About the AME Awards for Advertising Marketing Effectiveness: Founded in 1994, the AME Awards® honors work that demonstrates ground-breaking solutions to challenging marketing problems. To earn a coveted AME Award, an entry must exhibit specific marketing goals and objectives accomplished through creative execution and strategic planning. Entries are judged by an international panel of top interactive and multidisciplinary marketers, media planners, strategy directors, social media experts, and creative directors.
About International Awards Group: International Awards Group, Founded in 1957, IAG organizes advertising and programming competitions for the following brands: AME Awards® for the World's Best Advertising & Marketing Effectiveness™; Midas Awards® for the World's Best Financial Advertising™; The Global Awards® for the World's Best Healthcare Advertising™; New York Festivals® for the World's Best Advertising®; New York Festivals® for the World's Best TV & Films™; and New York Festivals® for the World's Best Radio Programs™. Entries to each of the competitions are judged around the world by panels of peers in their respective industries. For more information, go to http://internationalawardsgroup.com/
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Dolphins at Bengals: Last week, Ryan Tannehill came within a yard of Cam Newton's rookie single-game passing yardage record of 432.
Packers at Colts: The Packers are 23-0 when Aaron Rodgers starts at quarterback and generates a passer rating in excess of 115.0.
Ravens at Chiefs: The Ravens are 25-2 when Joe Flacco generates a passer rating of more than 100.
Browns at Giants: Eli Manning has thrown for 200-plus yards in 23 straight games, the second-longest streak in NFL history.
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Weekend Cat Blogging 65
Darlin' Darla and I would like to thank everyone for sending their links in for WCB 65.
We miss Clare from Eat Stuff, but have not heard anything from her. Hope you are okay, Clare. Weekend Cat Blogging is Clare's, and we thank her for this opportunity to cat blog.
We had Hurricane Ernesto pass through our area yesterday. Lucky for us, no problems. Today, it is beautiful here in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Here is the round-up for this weekend:
To begin WCB65
- At Miss Ellie's Page please check out the 4 photos of Darlin' Darla, a full-blooded, declawed Himalayan kitty, who needs a home at http://misselliespage.blogspot.com/2006/09/darlin-darla-pure-bred-himalayan-22020.html Anyone interested?
- Next at ScamperDude are Feline Foster Mom, Ellen, and the baby brother & sister kittens she is fostering. There are 2 entries: http://scamperdude.blogspot.com/2006/08/then-and-now-foster-kitten-22013.html and http://scamperdude.blogspot.com/2006/08/then-and-now-foster-kitten-22014.html See their very first photos at only 3 ounces and 4 ounces and see them now at 1 pound thanks to Ellen's excellent fostering. Anyone interested in adopting them?
- See Bustopher who looks a bit like ScamperDude and is also living a terrific life now, but loves to taste his food (again and again), and Harmon who is sunbathing on the kitty hammock at Kate in the Kitchen at http://cooknkate.wordpress.com/2006/09/02/wcb-hows-that-food-tasting/
- From the House of the (Mostly) Black Cats, I think that kitty better wake up and run, run, run. http://catsnmom.blogspot.com/2006/09/no-way.html
- Upsie has mom at What Did You Eat worried and saying, "Where have you been?" http://whatdidyoueat.typepad.com/what_did_you_eat/2006/09/wcb_whats_the_b.html Not to worry though, Upsie is looking enchanting, as usual, among the flowers.
- Jelly Pizza had her worries with Hurricane Ernesto too. Check out Taboo resting beside the computer and hoping the storm will pass through at http://jellypizza.blogspot.com/2006/08/if-i-ever-needed-ark-7-rain.html We hope you are both okay.
- From Farm Girl see "New Cat" in Daily Farm Photo: 9/2/06 at http://foodiefarmgirl.blogspot.com/2006/09/daily-farm-photo-9206.html and then see "New Cat" before at http://foodiefarmgirl.blogspot.com/2006/03/weekend-cat-blogging-40.html That is one beautiful "New Cat".
- Lisa from Champaign Taste says Louis is dining al fresco and wants to know "Where is the tuna in the salad nicoise?" http://champaign-taste.blogspot.com/2006/09/weekend-cat-blogging-lunch-al-fresco.html
- Rosa sends us King "Kiki Der Dritte" who has reached nirvana at http://rosas-yummy-yums.blogspot.com/2006/09/weekend-cat-blogging-65.html
- Bloggers, you must see Rufus, a bobcat, and he is the "King of the Jungle" with his friend Mattie, the yellow labrador retriever, at My Bountiful Diary. Rufus returns this week-click on the link to see the neat photos http://belgazou.typepad.com/my_bountiful_diary/2006/09/weekend_cat_blo.html We are glad to have you with us, Eleanor, and hope you will blog again next week.
- Boo at Masak-Masak shows her grey and white kitty at http://masak-masak.blogspot.com/2006/09/weekend-cat-blogging-wcb-65.html who is sleeping and enjoying a peaceful moment and recovering from his recent injury on the one side of his face. Did he need to wear the Elizabethan Collar to prevent him from itching his wound?
- Here is another post from Feline Foster Mom Ellen who has to say goodbye to 5 of her foster kittens: Chip, Pippa, Kona, Mocha, and BonBon, so she can devote all her energy to raising the newest of her baby foster kittens who require full-time attention and care. So sorry for you, Ellen. It is s-o-o-o-o hard to say good-bye to those you love. They are all at the window on the ScamperDude Blog Page at http://scamperdude.blogspot.com/2006/09/5-bears-foster-kittens-off-to-school.html
- Once again, as every week since I first found Kamikaze, I present Jelly of I Got 2 Shoes holding the enormous big boy. He is what we would call "A Handful" of cat that is! http://igot2shoes.blogspot.com/2006/09/wcb-65-naptime.html Please see my Blog page for more pictures from Jelly's Blog of the big Kamikaze at http://misselliespage.blogspot.com/2006/08/kamikaze-biggest-black-ninja-sumo.html
- Next from Cindy in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia we have Bella who is sunbathing. What a beauty! They are having springtime there, so my mistake it is not "Indian Summer", as they are moving towards summertime not autumn. Enjoy your weather. It is very nice here today as well. See "A Few of My Favourite Things!" at http://fewofmyfavourites.blogspot.com/2006/09/wcb-65-soaking-up-sun.html
- If you love videos, here is one of Tiggy and her Red Fluffy!!! (toy that is) presented by ChefSarahJane at sweetsarahj.blogspot. There is a Chupbacabra creature hanging around in Sara's backyard!!! Oh, No!!! Please see http://chefsarahjane.blogspot.com/2006/09/weekend-cat-blogging-65.html and also http://sweetsarahj.blogspot.com/2006/09/chupacabra-has-name_02.html. We have a lot of those types of Chupbacabra creatures here, which are native to Virginia.
- Kaji's Mom at A Transition to Vegan shows us Molly with a very expressive face, see http://kajismom.blogspot.com/2006/09/weekend-cat-blogging-molly.html Her dog Kaji and her kitty Molly say no to vegan for them, but fine for their mommy. (smile).
- Cate from Sweetnicks Food & Life sends a picture of Calli the beautiful Calico with her new lovely blanket, which shows off Calli's Autumn colors at http://sweetnicks.blogspot.com/2006/09/comfort-food.html Do try the Smashed Potatoes Recipe courtesy of Rachael Ray. It sounds yummy. I do love watching Rachael Ray on TV.
- Kitchen Mage shows us her kitten at 4 months old who is still "Tied to his mom's apron strings". She won't allow that for much longer! Those are 2 beautiful cats! Is the kitten the one you named fluffThing? See http://blog.kitchenmage.com/2006/09/wcb_some_babies.html
- What great photography! These photos are almost identical after one year's time. See Luna the cat, from CatSynth Blog Page, then-August-one year ago and now-August 2006-featuring stained glass window sunlight at http://www.ptank.com/catsynth/index.php?entry=entry060903-101903 Luna has filled out a little, but looks about the same as one year ago. She looks like my kitten Little Al.
- Kevin at Seriously Good Blog Spot sends us a photo of Sweet Thing, a beautiful Torti kitty, at http://seriouslygood.kdweeks.com/2006/09/sweetthing.html Yes, I do believe we can see how she got her "Sweet" name!
- Riana from Southern France and These Days in French Life Blog Spot sends a photo of her kitty, Lucky, in the baby crib again, and looking S-O-O-O cute at http://frenchtoastfrance.blogspot.com/2006/09/weekend-bad-cat-blogging.html Dear Riana, hope you are feeling well through this pregnancy and everything goes smoothly. Lucky and Igor will keep one another company when they are finally together.
- Please meet Mandy and Devon submitted by Annika at Annikafox's xanga site, who has recently fostered these two kittens that are available for adoption. The little female, Mandy, loves to play and play, and the little male, Devon, who was a little shy at first, is now also playing and is a lap kitty with a purr motor. Please see http://www.xanga.com/Annikafox/521869543/item.html
- Lisa from Restaurant Widow sends us a picture of Ike and Abe, 2 Not-So-Tiny tuxedo cats napping at http://www.restaurantwidow.com/2006/09/weekend_cat_blo.html. Are they excited about the Opening Day College Football Game? On a serious note - please see last week's entry from Lisa about the Himalayan momma cat, Fluffernutter, and her 2 "Tinies" kittens that are strays and need homes. http://www.restaurantwidow.com/2006/08/wcb_64_good_pic.html Remember how cute they are? If you live in Lisa's area, please considering adopting them.
- Tina from A Blip on the Radar Blog Page sends us a photo of Mr. Neelix, whom I might say looks like Mr. Fluff Puff (so handsome). He is enjoying the backyard, but soon, due to the weather, will be back staying inside the house. What a comfortable addition to your home through the winter months. http://ablipontheradar.blogspot.com/2006/09/weekend-cat-blogging-65.html
- We have Stephen from StephenCooks Blog Page sending a photo of Betty, a beautiful Torti kitty with big expressive eyes. Betty is AKA "Boopster", "Betty-goo" and "The Secretary of Homeland Security". Betty looks to be doing a good job of "securing" her rightful place at the household table. http://www.stephencooks.com/2006/09/betty_at_table.html
- Here is a photo of the beautiful Dutchess, one of the 2 cats, from Ramona at Kross-Eyed Kitty Blog Page. The other one not pictured this week is Mao the cross-eyed Siamese kitty. The humans of the 2 cats are still house-hunting after returning from a long weekend at their trailer. They also had Hurricane Ernesto pass through their area. Glad they and we did not sustain any damage.
Hope to see and read all of your Cat Blogs next weekend. Thank you all for your excellent cat blogs this week. We really had a great assortment of Kitty WCB's this weekend. Thanks everyone.
That seems to be about it for this long holiday weekend in the United States. I very much enjoyed hosting WCB #65.
Hope we hear from Clare of Eat Stuff soon. If Clare does not come back next weekend, does anyone want to do the hosting and the round-up for WCB #66?