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Love your painted window in the snow! The red birdhouse roof looks so inviting! birds must love it. All the snow covered or partly covered items look so cozy! TFS Jan |
- Posted by concretenprimroses 4B NH (My Page) on Tue, Jan 24, 12 at 6:54
It all looks beautiful in the snow. The blue bottles sparkle and the red touches here and there are delightful, I really love that sphere. I'm almost ready to take apart my old barrel that I use as a stand on the porch to get at the metal bands. Inspired me to search for recycled wine barrels and look what a vinyard is doing! I wonder if they reuse the metal on new barrels as there aren't any spheres! TFS Kathy |
Here is a link that might be useful: recycled wine barrels
I just love that blue bottle fence. I just may start collecting blue bottles after seeing that! |
- Posted by marylee_2010 (My Page) on Tue, Jan 24, 12 at 9:30
Jeanne, Everything is beautiful! Love the painted window. That is something I want to try. Thanks so much for sharing. Marylee |
- Posted by marlene_2008 7 (My Page) on Tue, Jan 24, 12 at 14:01
Everything is looking so great in the snow Jeanne! Love the red sunshine and the red topped house in the snow. Your bottle fence looks great too! Looks inviting even though it looks really cold...beautiful! |
Great photos! |
Beautiful pictures but I am glad the snow is there and not here! I love it all! Thanks for sharing! Jlily |
- Posted by spedigrees z4VT (email@example.com) on Wed, Feb 1, 12 at 11:18
Jeanne, your garden ornaments look just as lovely in winter as in summer! What a treat your photos are! |
- Posted by jeannespines 4 (My Page) on Wed, Feb 1, 12 at 16:09
Thanks for lookin' & commentin', GJers! Feb is here now ...lookin' forward to Spring ideas! Jeanne S. |
- Posted by tshallow74 z4-5 WI (My Page) on Sat, Apr 13, 13 at 13:09
I absolutely love all of it! Can you tell me what kind of paint your friend used on the window? |
I missed this one until now. There's something inspirational in every picture! I need to find a pic of Grandpa's Rake Garden while it's blooming! |
- Posted by jeannespines 4 (My Page) on Sat, Apr 13, 13 at 20:24
tshallow ...my friend just used outdoor acrylic paints & it's been out there for some time...it's faded some & it's in the shade alot ...but still looks great! Here's a July '11 pic of Gr'pa's rake garden w/a visiting friend, Campbell, sitting on the sit! LOL! Thanks for your comments, GJer's. Jeanne S. |
Hi Campbell! That is the blackest hollyhock that I've ever seen! I love this garden in green and in white! |
- Posted by jeannespines 4 (My Page) on Sun, Apr 14, 13 at 13:33
Yes, I love those dark Hollyhocks ...I've been getting more to seed back in another garden, too. They're called 'Alcea rosea nigra.' Cold & rainy around here yet... here's pic from the other day...still waiting on Spring ...but the moisture is so appreciated!! Thanks, GJer's. Jeanne S. |
Was the moss already on the birdhouse roof or did it just grow there? Such a pretty look! Pam |
- Posted by jeannespines 4 (My Page) on Mon, Apr 15, 13 at 12:13
pkponder ...the moss grew there ...my hubby & I make old barnwood birdhse & that one has been out there many yrs! Thanks! Jeanne S. |
I love your pics of the snow. We don't get any snow here so, your pics are a treat. Thanks for posting them. |
- Posted by laurastheme (My Page) on Thu, Apr 25, 13 at 1:27
LOVE the red sun and the painted window! |
Some great ideas here! Yes, still cold here, too, and snowing at the moment. Have been in the process over the past couple of years, of moving my perennial garden into the same area as my veggie garden. Will save this page for reference - thanks for posting the pics; it was worth the wait! :) |
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If the folks at Geffen were expecting Beck to fill his debut album for the imprint with more tunes like his unexpected hit single, they were no doubt shocked by 1994's Mellow Gold, an offering that seemed as much a thumb in the eye of the commercial music business as an actual album. The package was a tossed-off lark that made absolutely no concessions to the marketplace--or to listenability, either. Cuts like "Beercan" and "Mutherfucker" were entertaining in an offbeat way (especially if you took into consideration how much David Geffen probably hated them), but they didn't come close to approximating the shaggy mix that made "Loser" so appealing. Neither did Beck's live appearances during this period. Typical was an April 1994 turn at Boulder's Ground Zero, in which Beck meandered through a slovenly set of unidentifiable tunes capped by a version of "Loser" that suggested self-satire: After playing a minute of the song at punk velocity, Beck's anonymous backup group segued into a cocktail-jazz melody over which the main man screamed the lyrics to Rod Stewart's "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?" and A Flock of Seagulls' "I Ran." From a performance-art standpoint, this tack was intriguing; it implied that the music-industry machine turned everything into homogeneous cheese, whether it was good or not. But it also conveyed the impression that Beck was too good to bother doing anything as unhip as entertaining people.
What happened between this period--one that included a series of tepid appearances at the 1995 Lollapalooza festival--and Beck's tours in support of Odelay, which have received good notices even from those scribes who'd previously written him off as a one-hit wonder? Nothing much, Beck insists with more than a touch of disingenuousness. He contends that he never purposefully set out to alienate ticket-buyers and blames his previous weaknesses on his supporting cast. "You know what it is?" he asks. "It's that I have a really good band now. And before, the other bands I had weren't that together--so I was spending most of the show trying to keep everything together musically and technically on stage. I couldn't put my attention on performing at the time. But with this band, we've totally worked everything out, and it's pretty amazing what they can do. We've sort of gone beyond the album now: We can re-create the album, but totally take it on its own terms and create all these dynamics in the songs. So now I can step up and I don't have to worry about how everything's fitting together. I can just engage the audience and put my attention there.
"The attitude of our shows is straight hip-hop. It's something slightly different from showmanship; it's about, I don't know, embracing the audience and getting shit going instead of just getting up there and playing your songs. It's much more of a participation thing, which a lot of people in rock music have been getting away from. You go back to old rock and roll and R&B and blues, and you see people stepping up and revealing themselves completely. It's not a pretentious thing at all--and it's not so many things that rock has become."
This philosophy extends to Odelay's words, which generally dispense with soul-searching narratives in favor of disparate images that collide in unpredictable ways. "On this album, it was a very conscious thing to take the 'I' out of it," he says. "My whole attitude was to write about the 'we.' I wanted to be more inclusive, because so much of the spirit of grunge music and alternative music was all about me, me, me, me, me. It was sort of sickening after a while. But folk music has never been about that. That's what I always loved about folk. It was always about this continuous community and all the generations getting together--sort of a collective history. So I wanted to tap into that kind of consciousness in my songwriting."
Not everyone in Beck's circle was wowed by this approach, or by the music he and the Dust Brothers assembled to enhance it. "When I was making Odelay, people were telling me not to put it out. They told me it was terrible," he reveals. "I'm not going to tell you who said it, but they were people large in the music industry. Large. But I liked the record from the beginning, and I liked what I was doing. It was a drag that these people were saying that, but at the same time, I was like, I can't listen to what people say. I've got to believe in what I do, and if nobody likes it now, maybe eventually they'll come around to digging it."
They did. Although modern-rock radio types were initially cautious about championing Odelay's first single, "Where It's At," because of its hip-hop elements, they eventually capitulated, and followups "The New Pollution" and "Devil's Haircut" were plugged into an even wider variety of formats despite their bastard natures. "I make things a lot harder on myself as far as that goes," Beck admits. "The genres are so defined and segregated at radio now that to be making music that embraces different genres means that you're making people stretch a little bit. And that's not an idea that radio people like very much. The reason they have to separate the music is because they can market it more easily. If the music is ambiguous at all, it can be much harder to define and thus a lot harder to sell--because to sell something, you've got to simplify it. It takes a lot more work to put something over that people aren't conditioned to hearing. But that's what I like to do."


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1 "Then we turned, and journeyed into the wilderness in the direction of the Red Sea, as the LORD told me; and for many days we went about Mount Se'ir. | 1 Then we turned back and set out toward the desert along the route to the Red Sea, as the LORD had directed me. For a long time we made our way around the hill country of Seir. |
2 Then the LORD said to me, | 2 Then the LORD said to me, |
3 'You have been going about this mountain country long enough; turn northward. | 3 "You have made your way around this hill country long enough; now turn north. |
4 And command the people, You are about to pass through the territory of your brethren the sons of Esau, who live in Se'ir; and they will be afraid of you. So take good heed; | 4 Give the people these orders: 'You are about to pass through the territory of your brothers the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. They will be afraid of you, but be very careful. |
5 do not contend with them; for I will not give you any of their land, no, not so much as for the sole of the foot to tread on, because I have given Mount Se'ir to Esau as a possession. | 5 Do not provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of their land, not even enough to put your foot on. I have given Esau the hill country of Seir as his own. |
6 You shall purchase food from them for money, that you may eat; and you shall also buy water of them for money, that you may drink. | 6 You are to pay them in silver for the food you eat and the water you drink.' " |
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The hedges are trimmed. You've got a full tank of propane for the grill and plenty of fixin's. The cooler is stocked. Your neighbors are due over in a few minutes. Then you see it. A mysterious brown patch on your lawn that was not there a couple of days ago. Your good mood evaporates quicker than dew in a drought.
The fact of the matter is that the harmful microorganisms that put a damper on your party didn't just appear. They're present in almost every yard. Dwelling in your soil and upon your lawn are a myriad of thread-like forms of life called fungi.
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There is a disturbance on the freeway. A dashcam video parody shows what happens when a popular "Star Wars" vehicle gets in an accident on Earth.
The walking dead would like to join your carpool. And it won't cost an arm and a leg -- unless you're a zombie.
Instead of relying on drugs to kill tumors, Georgia Tech researchers engineer artificial pathways to lure malignant cells to their death, using a "Pied Piper" approach to treating cancer.
A strip of "smart" highway with glow-in-the-dark road markings has opened in the Netherlands to improve road safety.
Tesla's souped-up electric car takes acceleration to the next level, eliciting priceless reactions from surprised passengers.
At CES 2015, Valeo demonstrates the next generation of adaptive cruise control, with fully automated steering to stay in its lane.
It was a stunning CES for automotive tech, with major advances in self-driving car technology being shown off by Audi, Mercedes-Benz, BMW and a number of automotive suppliers. In addition, Apple CarPlay and Android Auto will connect with your favorite phone in many cars.
Valeo demonstrates its InBlue virtual key tech for smartphones and smartwatches and gives us a peek at its Mobius autonomous dashboard of the future.
Audi takes its self-driving A7 development car on a 550-mile trip from the San Francisco Bay Area to CES 2015 in Las Vegas.
Watch this incredible, funny low-budget remake of "The Force Awakens" trailer, with cardboard versions of the Millennium Falcon and TIE Fighters.


text: …and what's the big deal with this "one-transaction-per-day" rule? I could see if it was a cumulative ounce (supposedly they're keeping personal information to make sure they don't come back--how hard would it to keep a running amount instead?) I see a common situation where someone buys a small amount and returns with more money to buy a larger amount (well under an ounce) because s/he liked it. That person will have to be turned away under such idiotic rules.


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Denise's Party Time Appetizers & Drinks!!
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my favorite hummus. I just decided to measure out all the ingredients after I was asked for the recipie by friends numerous times Submitted by TAPNGRL Carbs: 7.7g | Fat: 8.9g | Fiber: 1.6g | Protein: 2g | Calories: 114.3
Fried, battered, dripping sauce--hot wings are calorie bombs! But not these. Submitted by CHEF_MEG Carbs: 16g | Fat: 4.3g | Fiber: 1.6g | Protein: 28.8g | Calories: 223.2
By choosing a darker chocolate and fat-free evaporated milk, we've cut the calories of this chocolate dip in half! Submitted by CHEF_MEG Carbs: 14.7g | Fat: 3.5g | Fiber: 0.6g | Protein: 1.2g | Calories: 88.8
Who can resist thick, creamy decadent cheesecake? Try this low-fat version in the single serving size. Carbs: 14.4g | Fat: 4.4g | Fiber: 0.1g | Protein: 6g | Calories: 120.6
This recipe is really easy; it's really more of a process than a recipe. Rice paper wrappers, which are available in the ethnic sections of most larger supermarkets these days, are a great way to wrap your veggies and protein for a quick snack or light lunch. Submitted by CHEF_MEG Carbs: 18.3g | Fat: 1.9g | Fiber: 3.8g | Protein: 16.6g | Calories: 156.4
Fresh and juicy during spring and summer months, strawberries are delicious when combined with tender spinach, creamy goat cheese and crunchy toasted almonds. Submitted by CHEF_MEG Carbs: 6.4g | Fat: 16.6g | Fiber: 2.3g | Protein: 4g | Calories: 181.2


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Sergio Marchionne, the Chief Executive Officer of both Chrysler
Group LLC and Fiat S.p.A. has been named the Industry Leader of the
Year and Europe CEO All-Star by Automotive News.
"Over the past year, Marchionne has been the most vocal, visible and successful agent of change inside the automotive industry," the industry publication said in its annual All-Star edition. "His audacity and pedal-to-the-metal approach to reshaping the industry has made him Automotive News' Industry Leader of the Year for 2009," Automotive News said.
In a separate audio portion, Automotive News said:
"Marchionne is changing the culture at Chrysler and putting
the company on a new track, with a new brand-driven organization
and a robust product plan using Fiat-based models. For his bold and
decisive moves, Sergio Marchionne is our choice of Europe CEO
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If you're a vegetarian or considering it as one of your New Years resolutions, I would highly suggest Ella Restaurant and Bar as your first choice during Dine Downtown week. In its 8th year, this event has many wonderful restaurants participating but none that focus entirely on pleasing the ever-challenging vegetarian, except Ella.
As a member of an all-Italian family who choose many years ago to become a vegetarian, I created a lot of grief and got a lot of questions implying "what are you doing!?" I'm happy to say I've been meat free most of my life. I love it and would never change it. But, you won't see me preaching vegetarianism… except when given the opportunity to review the fabulous menu at Ella during Dine Downtown week.
Our very charming and accommodating waiter delivered the first course. I had the Nantes carrot soup and my dining partner had the Treviso greens. I'm not sure how to best describe the first course and I would say a picture is worth a thousand words. However, once our food arrived it looked so delicious we dug right in, forgetting the specific instructions to first take a picture of the food. Our bad…bad manners, bad etiquette, and too bad we can't share the mouth-watering visuals of the first course. Nonetheless, I will do my best to share the details. The creamy, hearty carrot soup had a touch of vadouvan or French curry and was topped with melted shallots. It was absolute perfection. The salad consisted of brightly colored Treviso greens, with a slight bitter taste similar to a radicchio, balanced well with the sweet mandarin oranges and tarragon cream. Now, you understand why we began eating without taking the photo.
The next course got off to a much better start. Pictures first, consumption next. I had the cauliflower tagine with green olive, preserved lemon, and couscous. My dining partner had the pappardelle and poached egg. The cauliflower tagine was rich in flavor-African spices fused with cauliflower, lemon and vegetables layered over supple couscous to create this exotic vegetarian dish. The homemade pappardelle was melt in your mouth good. A perfect storm of deep flavors emerging from the mimolette cheese, roasted cabbage and truffle beurre fondue and topped with a soft poached egg.
Just when we thought it couldn't get any better, dessert arrived.
I had the seasonal Pavlova. For those of you who are not familiar with a Pavlova, this beautifully shaped meringue based dessert with a crisp crust and soft, light inside, is as amazing to consume as it is to look at. With a sweet, amethyst colored huckleberry sauce and a creamy, marshmallow center there wasn't much left but the spoon I ate it with. The carrot cheesecake with blood orange sauce was topped with giant size house made oats. This decadent cheesecake was smooth, creamy, and the most elegant way to end a meal.
Overall, this was an inventive vegetarian menu that is a way of life, celebrating vegetables and putting them at the forefront. Ella focuses on vegetables, grains, herbs and unique spices in a wonderful way that often isn't found in more Dine Downtown menus. This was one fantastic vegetarian find that didn't feel like an 'add-on' to the menu.
Valerie is DSP's Business and Recruitment Manager who loves her veggies. She truly enjoyed Ella's Dine Downtown menu and applauds them for their creativity. For more information on Dine Downtown visit our event page, like us on Facebook, or join in the twitter conversation, using the hashtag #dinedowntown.


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A great post workout food, lots of fiber, good fats, protein and flavor! Stores in the fridge really well! A great alternative to chipotle... Submitted by MANDIJOJOHN Carbs: 26.4g | Fat: 23.7g | Fiber: 10.1g | Protein: 27.7g | Calories: 410.9


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There, I said it.
But I've always been curious.
I recently had the chance to host a Chex mix "party" where I invited family members over and we holed ourselves up in the kitchen and made a mess.
And we ate way too much.
Seriously, way too much.
We started out with the goal of making the Caramel-Chocolate Drizzles and the PB and Chocolate Blast mixes.
We had gathered all our ingredients and started out with #1 on the recipe card.
Then we learned that microwaving white vanilla chips is not all that easy.
It is actually a difficult task.
So we scrapped microwaving things and just hit the stove with the double boiler.
Then somehow we canned making two recipes and merged the two into one.
We made a chocolate, peanut butter, caramel and pb chip Chex mix.
It was heaven.
Everyone was able to take some home and we spent the entire weekend munching on Chex mix.
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The environmentally friendly Springtime ice cream carts have been recently released on behalf of the Dutch design group. Large ice cream trucks are viewed as a staple of summer, and while they do maintain a sense of authenticity, the waste and toxic fumes that the machines emit are considerable.
These ice cream carts are different from the rest insofar as they are powered by solar panels. Beams of light are directed to a battery-operated system that cools pots of chocolate mint and neopolitan flavors.
This sustainable engineering concept makes perfect sense, especially given the prevalence of the confectionery buggies during the warmer months. Its adoption and support on behalf of green advocates will certainly follow.


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This room mixes styles and eras — a Chesterfield sofa, a modern sofa, a shabby chic credenza — and brings it all together with that burnt-orange color in the upholstery, art and pillows.
Bright white unifies this jumble of dining chairs, giving the set a modern Scandinavian farmhouse look.
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This mixes color and pattern. But it also mixes feeling or, as I like to say, vibe. The ikat has an ethnic, boho thing going for it, while the pillows are more traditional. Mixing it up keeps the area from looking too themed.
Oh, I just love this. It's like cottage shabby chic with all sorts of patterns and colors thrown in (check out that bright red wall). A neutral focal point (in this case, the white sofa) allows you to play around. What brings it all together is warm hues.
What can I say? It just works. Mostly because the exuberant pattern is kept to three places, and the rest has a really low profile.
Color, pattern, era — it's all a mishmash. And yet it's all warm, welcoming and well put together.
Big, wide-open architecture, a dainty footed sofa, a modern red chair, patterned curtains and a bold striped rug. The matching things in this room are those two white table lamps.
I love the look of layered rugs. As long as they are the same basic weight, you can go crazy. They give a room that lux, boho, exploring-Medina feel.
It's all mixed up, but it sure is elegant.
The closest this comes to matching are the two lamps and the color yellow. Otherwise, it's an exuberant mashup of iconic (Andy Warhol) and personal (the wall of snapshots) with a lot of citrus colors thrown in against an aqua backdrop. Amen.
Isn't this lovely? Something about black walls really adds gravitas to a room. But the décor itself is a mixture of traditional, ethnic, formal and modern. Plus, there's that tongue-in-cheek Union Jack pillow.
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Three months have passed since a viral outbreak wiped out 99.9% of the worlds population, turning its victims into flesh-eating living dead. In the UK, a surviving band of soldiers and civilians have taken refuge at a rural military barracks. Life in this new world is tough and brutal, but hope appears when a high level communication is received from a military base on the coast, telling of sanctuary elsewhere in Europe... But just as salvation appears to be in reach, the base suffers an overwhelming defeat at the hands of the living dead! The surviving handful of troops and civilians must now make their way to the coast to uncover the truth behind the message. Their perilous journey takes them across a now treacherous, death-ravaged landscape, where the living dead are vast in number and wandering bandits impose their own malicious sense of law and order. What follows is a journey into hell and a desperate battle against all odds for the very survival of the human race.


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FEMA Employee Charged with Embezzling over $149,000
Greenbelt, Maryland - Sheila Ann Howard, age 55, of Capitol Heights, Maryland, has been charged by criminal complaint with embezzling over $149,000 from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The complaint was filed yesterday and unsealed today upon the arrest of the defendant. Howard had her initial appearance in U.S. District Court in Greenbelt this afternoon and was released under the supervision of U.S. Pretrial Services.
The charges were announced by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein and Acting Special Agent in Charge Michael Dawson of the Department of Homeland Security - Office of Inspector General, Washington Field Office.
According to the criminal complaint, Sheila Howard began working at FEMA in 1990 and since June 2008 has been employed as a Human Resources Specialist.
As part of her responsibilities, Howard processes payments through FEMA's Special Payroll Processing System, which handles payments that cannot be processed through the normal payroll system, such as cash awards and special bonuses, compensatory time payments and restored annual leave. The complaint alleges that between December 7, 2009 and March 31, 2011, Howard processed 26 fraudulent payments, totaling $149,459.23, in the names of 16 former FEMA employees, and one current FEMA employee. The payments were allegedly for compensatory time, restored annual leave, or cash awards and special bonuses. Each of these payments was deposited into one of four bank accounts associated with Howard. Law enforcement contacted seven of the former employees to whom payments were allegedly made. According to the complaint, these individuals reported that they did not received any of the funds, nor did they recognize the bank account into which the deposits were made.
If convicted, Howard faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.
A criminal complaint is not a finding of guilt. An individual charged by criminal complaint is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty at some later criminal proceedings.
United States Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein praised DHS Office of Inspector General for their work in the investigation. Mr. Rosenstein thanked Special Assistant United States Attorney Erin Pulice and Assistant U.S. Attorney Hollis Weisman, who are prosecuting the case.


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I found this while I was surfing today and thought I would share. The strawberry cupcake things look good enough to eat! :) Becky |
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MMMM! These look good enough to eat, and just what I was looking for. I have been looking for a site I visited that had lots of "food" soap recipes and can't find it. This will be a great start. Also, has anyone ever made PEANUT BUTTER BREAD LOAF SOAP? Ingredients include peanut butter and ground nuts. Not sure about adding peanut butter. Any comments? |
This is great! Thanks a bunch for posting this link. This will keep all of us busy (busier?). I had been thinking about trying to do the gardeners soap. Susan |
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May 19th 2008 5:21PM Those who are saddened will mourn regardless, if they choose to do so. Any government imposing shutting down of any business, including entertainment, is violating the rights of its citizens to receive services from private sector. It's complete BS. I'm sad for those who lost their lives, beloved ones and/or wealth in natural disasters, but I will not mourn and I refuse to be prevented access to WoW. I'm curious whether Blizzard condones this violation by the Chinese government and the conformation by The9. Does Blizzard have a say in this decision by The9?


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This is what you call relevant content. An NBA player talking about Valentine's Day on Valentine's Day? That's a no-brainer.
Also, the fact that DeMarcus Cousins and Tas Melas have the exact same musical taste makes things even funnier. Not to mention, DeMarcus Cousins on a white horse with a pocketful of crushed roses singing a song about Twinkies that he wrote with Donte Greene is a pretty stellar image to paint with your mindbrush. Sounds like a beautiful evening.
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Preserving state's heritage: Why Spokane is central
Spokane recently played host to the prestigious National Preservation Conference, put on by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Heritage advocates from all across the country, including the storm battered East Coast, made their way to the capitol of the Inland Empire. It was a chance for Spokane to show off its preservation efforts and architectural legacy, which has been key to revitalizing its downtown.
Spokane boasts an enviable stock of wonderful buildings, such as the historic Davenport Hotel designed by local folk hero Kirtland Cutter (in Seattle, he did the Stimson-Green mansion and the Rainier Club). The hotel was closed for years and faced the wrecking ball. That it has been impressively restored is a triumph for both the city and the possibilities of restoration and revitalization of city landmarks. It has also spawned a 21-story high-rise hotel tower across the street.
Attendees, more than 1,600 of them, had the opportunity to go on tours of Spokane's wonderful Craftsman neighborhoods and taste its mid-century modern moods (who doesn't enjoy the anachronistic wonder of the downtown concrete Parcade?). They also had the opportunity to go on tours farther afield to see Palouse barns, Hanford's B Reactor, even Grand Coulee dam, which was surely eye-opening for those who might regard Eastern Washington as little more than wheat fields and "Coug Mom" license plates; a not untypical Seattle view.
The technical term for such historic riches is "cultural resources," which sounds like something to exploit. And to a degree, that's true: heritage tours and the like can be good business and lead to sprucing-up projects that have wide benefit (see Walla Walla, Dayton, Ellensburg, Ritzville). But the exploitation is not designed to abuse or use-up the "resource." Rather restore, preserve and manage it for the long term.
I participated in the conference as a speaker and panelist. My panel was called "Landmarks of the Future: The Heritage, Legacy and Promise of World's Fairs." I talked about the 1962 Seattle World's fair, and my co-presenter was Professor J. William T. Youngs of Eastern Washington University. Bill Youngs wrote the definitive book on Spokane's Expo 74, The Fair and the Falls: Spokane's Expo 74: Transforming an American Environment (1997), which is one of the best books ever written about a modern world's fair and its impact on a city. The headquarters of the conference was at the Spokane convention center, which is located on the former fairgounds, which are now the beautiful Riverfront Park.
Seattleites' brag about the legacy of Century 21 fair because of the massive cultural complex it left at Seattle Center. Few fairs leave such a gift, and it was intentional. The purpose of the Seattle fair was to build a civic center, it was no afterthought. Spokane acted with intention as well. Expo 74 left an amazing legacy too. A central park along the river is just one of them.
As Youngs laid out in his presentation, Expo 74 was designed to boost re-development of downtown Spokane, partly in response to the draining of business to a suburban mall. But unlike Century 21, Spokane's expo was focused on restoring the environmentally damaged Spokane River and falls, which are in the middle of the city. Photographs show that 19th and early 20th century development had overwhelmed the river, first with mills and then with railroads trestles and bridges. The falls became nearly invisible. There was even a proposal to pave over the river to create a parking lot. The falls, Youngs told us, were visible from only a single bridge, and it was illegal to stand there to look at them!
The falls, of course, are why Spokane came to be; an important gathering place for Native Americans, attractive to early settlers looking for trade, then to generate power for mills and factories. Early on, they were a scenic wonder. In the 1870s, Youngs told us, some travelers compared it to the wonder of Yellowstone's falls. Youngs is also an expert on National Parks, and he says the original falls were impressive on that scale.
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Posted Tue, Nov 6, 8:57 a.m.
You need to spend more time in Spokane.
Per the big red lighted letters on it, it is
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Posted Tue, Nov 6, 9:05 a.m.
I grew up in Spokane, and left in 1968 never to look back. (Aside from the climate--I'm more duck than snowworm--too conservative for me.)
Around the time I left, the 1909 Yiddishkeit synagogue (Keneseth Israel) was torn down for the freeway. When I went to visit the fairgrounds in the mid-70s I was surprised to find much of the old part of downtown gone as well--as if half of Pioneer Square had been torn down in Seattle. So, it's nice to have some preservation sensibilities appear in Spokane, but much was lost early on.
Posted Tue, Nov 6, 7:27 p.m.
Thanks for the piece on Spokane's fair legacy, Knute! Too bad they just demolished the fair's headquarters on the Spokane River. That was a loss. The curtain wall building could have been converted to a terrific accessory to the convention center, with its large rooms perched picturesquely right over the falls. And too bad that they demolished so many downtown buildings for surface parking lots for the fair. But Riverfront Park is spectacular. The legacy of the fair is, overall, much more positive than negative even so.
Posted Wed, Nov 21, 4:34 p.m.
And sad that two magnificent railroad stations couldn't have been saved and folded into Expo 74 - nah, not "modern" enough. Spokane wasn't concerned about preservation in 1974, only putting a "modern" face on the city. But that said, it did transform the downtown area. Not that that's always a good thing...
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Via Talking Points Memo, a poll from Public Policy Polling drilling down into the nonsense regarding whether President Obama is a naturalized citizen of the US.
According to the poll, 24% of the population do not believe Obama was born in the US. That's not a huge surprise, because that's about the % of the country that supported Bush until the end of his presidency (though, it's obviously not certain these are the same people). More of these people (10% to 7%) believe he was born in Indonesia, rather than Kenya, which is weird because as TPM notes, everyone knows that Obama was born in Kenya, or at least that's what they say.
Most telling, tough is the 10% of people who acknowledge Obama WAS born in Hawaii. 6% of them don't think Hawaii is part of the US and 4% aren't sure.
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Love Love Love this color! If you are a fan of Everyday Mineral's eyeshadow in "Room Addition" and "In the Garden," then you will definitely like Juniper.
Juniper is a shimmery cool-toned gray-brown/pewter eyeshadow. The shimmer is not over the top - in fact, you can easily dust off the shimmer and you'll get a lovely satin layer of this color over your eyelids.
It kind of reminds me of MAC's pigment in Sweet Sienna (LE) but Juniper is less shimmery and has more color to it.
I ordered this from Everyday Minerals a few weeks ago, and since it arrived it's been one of my "go to" colours.
Firstly, the packaging. It comes in a normal mineral eyeshadow sifter pot, which means it can get a little messy. As EDM have fairly recently moved all their larger products to a slide-covered sifter, I wish they'd come up with something similar for their eyeshadows. It retails for $2.50 for a generous 1g sample pot, or $6.00 for the larger 2.5g "mini" size which is the full-size for EDM's eye products. I have the full-size version, and it will last me a long time.
Juniper is a neutral, deep brown with hints of silver shimmer in it. It's quite hard to describe as I haven't seen a similar shade before - most shimmery brown eyeshadows seem to glint more on the golden spectrum, which makes this stand out from the crowd a little.
This is one of my favourite eyeshadows ever. It's so versatile and beautiful! If applied with an angled liner brush it makes a pretty neutral but striking eyeliner, and depending on how you apply it as an eyeshadow, it can be anything from subtle to out-there sparkly gorgeous. It's very pigmented but also extremely blendable.
If you have other EDM eyeshadows, I find this goes beautifully with Driftwood on the lid, with a touch of Champagne lucent or Taj Mahal eyeshadow as a highlighter.
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I bought a sample size of this for 2.50. This is such great color. I agree with everything the poster below said. Its not exactly the color I expected but it is beautiful. Definitely one of my favorites from EDM. I'm actually suprised this doesn't have more reviews.
I was actually really surprised by this color - not at all a shade that I would have expected with the name Juniper - which I thought might be a greenish dark shade but actually to me, it looks almost exactly like fools gold - a deep grey with both gold and silver in it. Very beautiful. Its also one of the easier shades to blend that I've encountered among Everyday Minerals darker colors - I didnt even need a base to apply it along the crease. If you like In the Garden or Room Addition, this is definitely up in that league.
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Alright, we've surpassed the cusp of 2012 a few days ago and have now entered into a new year with a clean slate for all music artists. Therefore, which favorite musicians or singers would you like to see produce new albums and new songs for us to belt out inside our private quarters, cars, trucks, planes, cubicles; and while we strut down the streets of America, Canada, and elsewhere?
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Fuck the Border LyricsArtist: PropagandhiAlbum: Today's Empires, Tomorrow's Ashes Some people have to stay and fight for survival in the country they live in while others have to leave to survive. Corporations cross international borders all the time in search of people to exploit for profit and no one stops them. They call it globalization. On the other hand, the victims of corporate domination are told that they can't cross borders in search of better lives, and are forced to stay and deal with the social, economic and environmental messes the companies leave behind when they inevitably move their operations to places with even more "favourable business climates" (re: lower wages, lax environmental laws, tax breaks). Looks like capitalism and human-rights don't mix.
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I definitely agree with you. Yesterday I read all(well some)of LaBretton's posts and I think she is in for a rude awakening if she expects to go off property without her own car to eat.
Cheap Eats At Walt Disney World - A Short Excerpt from "Disney on a Dime" (The Book), Coming Summer 2005!!!
Food and drinks can really eat into the vacation budget. The amount of money people expect to spend on food is often underestimated. When you have a family eating out 3 meals per day and consuming snacks, the food bill can sky rocket! We have many tips and tricks for saving money at Disney World when it comes to food and drinks.
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I definitely agree with you. Yesterday I read all(well some)of LaBretton's posts and I think she is in for a rude awakening if she expects to go off property without her own car to eat.
There is nothing "cheap" at WDW--food included! However, you can save money on food by buying the children's items at the parks and resorts and/or spliting a chicken dinner, chicken strips, etc. The most expensive thing at any park, or anywhere else, is the popcorn and drinks.
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I agree that nothing is "cheap", especially when buying for a family. Bottled water for my family (6) runs $15 a clip. Multiply that by at least 3 or 4 a day and we can easily drop $50, just on drinks!! Biggest tip ever- bring your own water. We typically save $200-$300 every trip.Originally Posted by Jiminy Cricket
We tend to be a little more hard core than most, and usually don't spend a dime in the parks on most days. We took a trip last year for 8 days and only spent money in the parks on 2 of those days (ice cream). We aren't always like that, but it can be done.
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Mr. iwannabeminnie and I love eating at WDW. It is one of the reasons we go. However, we almost ALWAYS split an appetizer, entree, and dessert. That makes our meal 1/2 price. We are always stuffed!
It's really the only way to do it when you've got two adults with similar tastes in food. It allows us to sample the more pricey/up scale places on property. We also split counterservice, snacks, and drinks.Originally Posted by iwannabeminnie
The only time for us this doesn't work is when DH wants fish/seafood....then we'll order 2 entrees with no appetizer or dessert.
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When my DD, DGD & I went to WDW in December 2000, the only food we bought in the parks was a carryout basket of fish & chips at Epcot. (It smelled so yummy on that chilly afternoon, and we really enoyed our "splurge".) We ate a hearty breakfast in our off-site rental condo, and packed lunches and snacks to eat while sitting on benches in the parks. We didn't want to spend the money or the time for sit down restaurant meals.
When we go this coming December, DD's fiancee will be with us (for his first time at WDW). He'll be in his electric wheelchair due to muscular dystrophy, and I have a feeling that things may be a little different. First of all, in order to feed himself, he needs to be where he can rest his arms on a table for leverage. My DD is looking into a table attachment for his wc, partly so he can use a digital camera - but this may also provide enough of a table for some snacks, etc. I'm not sure if he can be comfortable with the casual dining that we're used to. I kind of doubt that they'll do any sitdown restaurant meals, but they may choose to eat at some of the counter service places. If so, I guess I can still bring my own lunch, and sit at a table with them.
They are picking up the tab for our rented private villa, but I'll pay for my park passes, any meals I eat away from the villa, and anything else I want to buy. I'll be supervising my DGD at the villa while DD & fiancee go off on a 4-night cruise, so I don't feel like a total leech. However, I don't want them to have to pay for any meals for me at Disney, nor do I want to feel pressured to spend money I can't afford. This is very important to me because I am retired and live on a very limited, fixed income. We still have more than seven months to sort out the details, but I will definitely want to have these issues settled before we go.
BTW - one thing that DD and I agree on is taking our Brita filter water bottles. No way will we pay for bottled water when the Brita works great at filtering out the sulphur taste of Disney water.
Hey JoannaOhio,
First, Welcome to the boards!!!
I totally agree with your planning strategy. If it doesn't matter to you where you eat, don't waste the money. Feel free while you are there to bring in your own food and eat at the counter restaurant areas. They are not reserved for paying customers. You are a paying customer by paying to get into the park. No one will notice or question you if you bring your own food in. We do it all the time.
The water-filter bottles is a great tip that we put in the book. For some bottled water seems a little more secure, but filtering your water is just as good and can be cheaper if you use it a lot.
Again, welcome to the boards and enjoy your trip!!!
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Thanks for the welcome. I discovered this site in a rather convoluted manner, and I'm really glad to have found it. Also, thanks for the reassurance that we can bring our own food and eat at the tables at the counter restaurants. I have a phone date with my DD this afternoon, and I'll be sure to pass this info along. I'm sure we can find some take-along food that her fiancee will find acceptable, so maybe we won't have to buy any meals after all. YAY!!! (In any case, it's good to know that I will have that choice.) I don't object to occasionally splurging on a meal in a nice restaurant, but when I do, I'd rather it be a leisurely evening outing - not one where I'll be chomping at the bit to get back to the Disney rides and attractions - (or feeling rushed by the restaurant to finish my meal and get out so they can seat the next group waiting in line).
I think the cheaper eats in Disney are the buffets. I just love the Biergarten. The trick there is to get the last lunch seating(3:45 pm). You will get both lunch and dinner offerings at the lunch price.
We try not to spend a dime in the parks on food or drinks. . . . We eat at the WDW restaurants as seperate nights out, sometimes with the kids, sometimes without.
If we do get something in the parks it's maybe a Turkey leg to munch while waiting for Fantasmic.
The food is just too much, especially if you live in the area and can hit a $3.99 Ponderosa breakfast on the way.
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Hello all. This is my very first post! Yay for me! My girlfriend and I went to Disney last 2 years ago (her 2nd time, my like 20th). Too long, but anyway, we feel the biggest thing about going is sparing no expense. When we go there, we save to do it right. We want to go again soon (hopefully!).
But back to the topic. My favorite places to eat cheap in WDW are: Splitting a Turkey Leg in Magic Kingdom. This is a great, cheap meal for 2.
The Land at Epcot. I usually go and get the kids Mick-a-roni and cheese meal, and a baked potato. Fills me up on not that much.
Also, if you don't have a water bottle with you, we just buy 1 water bottle and fill it up at fountains. You don't really need 1 bottle per person, as I feel it is not necessary, and causes more stuff to carry.
Those are just my thoughts on it. I hope someone, anyone finds this helpful!
Welcome Swack.....enjoy the boards.... and I agree with ya on the bottle thing...lugging 3 or 4 water bottles around is a pain....especially if you got small kid stuff to drag with ya too(diapers, etc.) I have no qualms about drinking out of someone elses bottle...lol The fountain water doesnt taste that great but when you are thirsty anything is good.
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