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What does playing cards have to do with science? A resource-rich view of African American young men
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The study examines the resources related to science that African American young men learn and develop by playing a card game called Spades, a common cultural practice in African American communities that dates back to the Civil War Era. The qualitative study examines what the Spades players at a local high school consider when making decisions about what cards to play. A significant finding is that the players use, learn and develop resources such as the ability to make observations, draw inferences, and use empirical data to inform future actions and decisions. Such reasoning bears a resemblance to central practices of science and challenges long held deficit views of African American young men. Implications of the research findings are discussed.
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Research Output for Vu Thanh Le
Note: The 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 publications have not been audited.
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2013 Centre for Intelligent Systems Research
Nahavandi, Saeid, Creighton, Doug, Johnstone, Michael, Le, Vu Thanh and Zhang, James (2013) Simulation-based knowledge management in airport operations, in Fathi, Madjid (eds), Integration of practice-oriented knowledge technology : trends and prospectives, pp. 83-95, Springer, Berlin, Germany [B1]
DRO entry for this publicationAbdi, Hamid, Le, Vu and Nahavandi, Saeid (2013) Integration of resident's energy costs in short stay accommodation billing system, in Unknown (ed.), ISGT 2013 : The 4th IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference, pp. 1-7, IEEE, Piscataway, N.J. [E1]
DRO entry for this publicationLe, Vu Thanh, Zhang, James, Johnstone, Michael, Nahavandi, Saeid and Creighton, Doug (2013) Dynamic control of skilled and unskilled labour task assignments, in Unknown (ed.), AIM 2013 : Proceedings of the IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, pp. 955-960, IEEE, Piscataway, N.J. [E1]
DRO entry for this publicationAcaroglu, Gorkem, Vincs, Kim, Divers, Peter, Skovli, Daniel, McCormick, John, Le, Vu, Fielding, Mick, Watson, Matthew, Abdi, Hamid, Abdelrahmen, W., Mullins, James, Nadjovski, Zoran, Nahavandi, Saeid and Wei, Lei (2013) Robots, avatars and ghosts, Deakin Motion Lab, Deakin University, Melbourne, Vic. [J2.1]
DRO entry for this publication2012 Centre for Intelligent Systems Research
Le, Vu Thanh, Zhang, James, Johnstone, Michael, Nahavandi, Saeid and Creighton, Doug (2012) A generalised data analysis approach for baggage handling systems simulation, in Unknown (ed.), SMC 2012 : Proceedings of the 2012 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, pp. 1681-1687, IEEE, Piscataway, N.J. [E1]
DRO entry for this publicationWei, Lei, Le, Vu, Abdelrahman, Wael, Hossny, Mohammed, Creighton, Douglas and Nahavandi, Saeid (2012) Kinect crowd interaction, in Unknown (ed.), SimTecT 2012 : Simulation-integrated solutions : Proceedings of the Annual Asia Pacific Simulation Technology and Training Conference, pp. 1-6, SimTecT, Adelaide, S.Aust. [E1]
DRO entry for this publicationZhang, James, Le, Vu, Johnston, Michael, Nahavandi, Saeid and Creighton, Doug (2012) Discrete event simulation enabled high level emulation of a distribution centre, in Al-Dabass, David; Orsoni, Alessandra and Cant, Richard (eds), UKSim 2012 : Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Computer Modelling and Simulation, pp. 470-475, IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, Calif. [E1]
Citation counts: Scopus - 1
DRO entry for this publication2010 Centre for Intelligent Systems Research
Le, Vu Thanh and Nahavandi, Saeid (2010) A haptic training environment for the heart myoblast cell injection procedure, in Unknown (ed.), ICARCV 2010 : 11th International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision, pp. 448-452, IEEE, Piscataway, N.J. [E1]
DRO entry for this publication2009 Centre for Intelligent Systems Research
Nahavandi, Saeid, Creighton, Douglas, Johnstone, Michael and Le, Vu Thanh (2009) Airport operations : a system-of-systems approach, in Jamshidi, Mo (eds), Systems of systems engineering : principles and applications, pp. 403-419, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Fla. [B1]
DRO entry for this publicationJohnstone, Michael, Le, Vu, Nahavandi, Saeid and Creighton, Douglas (2009) A dynamic architecture for increased passenger queue model fidelity, in Rossetti,M. D.; Hill, R. R.; Johansson, B.; Dunkin, A. and Ingalls,R. G. (eds), WSC 2009 : Proceedings of the 2009 Winter Simulation Conference, pp. 3129-3139, IEEE, Austin, Texas [E1]
DRO entry for this publication2007 Centre for Intelligent Systems Research
Le, Vu T., Creighton, Doug and Nahavandi, Saeid (2007) Simulation-based input loading condition optimisation of airport baggage handling systems, in Unknown (ed.), ITSC 2007 : Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE Intelligent transportation Systems Conference, pp. 574-579, IEEE, Piscataway, N. J. [E1.1]
Citation counts: Scopus - 5
DRO entry for this publicationCreighton, Douglas, Johnstone, Michael, Le, Vu Thanh, Zhang, James and Nahavandi, Saeid (2007) Accelerated simulation model development for aerospace production and logistics support, Advanced technology for a future JSF : The Third Australian JSF Advanced Technology and Innovation Conference, p. 74, Department of Defence, Australian Government, Australia [E3]
DRO entry for this publication2005 Centre for Intelligent Systems Research
Le, Vu, Creighton, Doug and Nahavandi, Saeid (2005) A heuristic algorithm for carton to pallet loading problem, in Unknown (ed.), INDIN 2005 : Proceedings of the 3rd IEEE International Conference on Industrial Informatics 2005, pp. 593-598, IEEE, Piscataway, N. J. [E1.1]
DRO entry for this publication2004 School of Information Technology
Le, Vu T., Gunn, Bruce and Nahavandi, Saeid (2004) MRP-production planning in agile manufacturing, 2004 Second International IEEE Conference "Intelligent Systems" : proceedings : June 22-24, 2004, Varna, Bulgaria, pp. 405-410, IEEE Xplore, Piscataway, N.J. [E2]
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Johnstone, M, Nahavandi, S, Le, V and Creighton, D. IXL Solar Rollforming and Assembly Line Analysis [V]
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Kevin says he was so thrilled to work with his good friend on the film, but their mixed-race romance was almost too scandalous for the big screen!
Whitney Houston's Feb. 18 funeral brought the attention of the world to the New Hope Baptist Church in Westfield, New Jersey, wher Whitney's close friend Kevin Costner spoke warmly about his beloved Bodyguard co-star. But one story about their time together was very shocking!
Whitney, who died at 48, was paid tribute by her close friend, 57, at the ceremony. He discussed the scandal he faced while pitching her as the perfect lead for the film.
"The red flags [from movie executives] came out immediately," he said. "Maybe I should think this over a bit. We could also think about another singer, was a suggestion. Maybe somebody white. Nobody ever said it out loud, but it was a fair question. I told everyone that I had taken notice that Whitney was black. The only problem was, I thought she was perfect for what we were trying to do."
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Posted at 2:29 AM on March 21, 2012
Whitney houston is in hell. Whitney was a drug and alcohol addict who partied till the point of her death. Whitney houston was an immoral shameless whore with a bad temper. Repent and come to Jesus christ for salvation from sin. Hell is real. Accept Jesus as lord and saviour. Turn away from your evil and immoral ways.
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Posted at 6:27 PM on February 19, 2012
Tuan Zubaidah
Posted at 10:44 PM on February 19, 2012
When I watched "The Bodyguard" I was hoping that the story would end with a happy love ending for Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston to be together forever. I was sad and touched that they both had to go on separate ways with the song, "I Will Always Love You" played in the background. The impact of the two co-stars were breathtaking and splendid!
stephen e hansen
Posted at 11:44 PM on February 19, 2012
so many commenters say they should have gotten together. well he had a mrs costner at the time, and she, tragically, had bobby thug running around in hers. you could credit both for being monogamous and loyal to their partners at that time. but for whitney, it was tragic that she stuck with bobby.
Tiara Jade
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Myla Maramba
Posted at 3:48 AM on March 8, 2012
Pat, I second that thought. I also think that one of her fans could have written moving letters to her fan club to reach out to her, letting her call them to lend an ear, their arms open to give her a hug, hold her hand in her darkest moments, & letting Whitney be herself. We regular folks might have been able to show her what an impact she made in the music industry & in the world. She wouldn't have given up if there was someone who would do these things.
Posted at 6:16 PM on February 19, 2012
Kevin Costner ggave the best remebrance of Whitney. It was warm,heartfelt and sincere. I do believe Kevin really cared for Whitney. Wished he could have been a real bodyguard in her life, and rushed to rescue her, and showed her how real love by a man could uplift her life and make it sparkle even more. Rest in peace beautiful Whitney. We love you.
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Bodyguard was done 20 years ago.There have been many interracial movies since then.Everyone's talking about it like it happened yesterday.I don't know anyone who gives a crap about these things.I'm glad he got her into the movie,the Hollywood exec's were dummies anyway.I watched it 20 years ago and I didn't know anyone who had a problem with it then.They don't know that much about moviegoers anyway,the crap they put out tells me that.Whitney Houston was beautiful,talented and I never knew anyone who thought otherwise.
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Tuan Zubaidah
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i kinda thought the same— not necessarily that he's a nobody, but what a small part he had in her life? right? but maybe the family wanted to show the depth of her success at its peak— so, to showcase her movie career, he was relevant. an odd choice of speaker, when you look at her life as a whole, but… whatever the family wanted to see/hear, that's all that matters.
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cuando filmaron la peli, el famoso era Kevin, quién puede ignorarlo, o piensan que se hace famoso hablando ahora, por favor!!! El mismo dijo que la peli la hizo famosa ella por su canción, es honesto y tiene humildad. Kevin no necesita figurar porque su carrera fue y es un éxito. Lean chicos antes de opinar. Perdimos a una GRANDE pero no podemos tapar a otro GRANDE con un dedo (comentarios).
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Carson Joyner
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james Roye
Posted at 7:26 AM on February 19, 2012
The film "Body Guard" could not have been made and allowing Whitney Houston to be part of the marketing packages without the breaking down of racist ideals as inherited in the film industry.
Kevin Costner put up resistance to these racist barriers in order for the film to become a success for both him and Whitney Houston. Of course, she was black and also beautiful but she could be successful in the genré of acting.
That is what Mr Costner discovered, not the colour of her skin but of the talent she possessed and inherited.
It appears that most of the comments on these pages are intertwined with racist connotations.
No wonder why Hollywood is still racist today as it was in the days of making of "Star Trek" on TV and as depicted in "Guess Who Is Coming To Dinner".
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Except for the braces on his teeth, it's hard to tell Cody Kreutzer is a 15-year-old sophomore.
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Except for the braces on his teeth, it's hard to tell Cody Kreutzer is a 15-year-old sophomore.
Kreutzer, who has performed in more than 20 musicals and/or plays the past seven years, got over stage fright a long time ago.
His experience belies his age, and Kreutzer was chosen for the lead male role in this year's fall production at Thomas More Prep-Marian High School, oftentimes a privilege given to upperclassmen.
Curtain time for the "Anything Goes" musical is 7 p.m. Thursday and Nov. 2 and 2 p.m. Nov. 4, all in the TMP auditorium. Tickets are $7 per person and can be reserved by calling the school at (785) 625-6577 or can be bought at the door.
"He's a veteran of the stage already," director Travis Grizzell said of Kreutzer, who performed in his first musical at age 8.
That was back in the summer of 2005 with the Heartland Community Theatre, and Kreutzer said there is a difference between community theater and high school productions.
No matter, because this is Kreutzer's fifth TMP musical, having performed during his fourth-, seventh- and eighth-grade years as well as last year.
Grizzell, longtime actor and board member with Heartland Community Theatre, said he noticed Kreutzer, from little on, was a special talent.
"For a kid that age, it's about getting out there and not having stage fright," Grizzell said. "He's always liked getting out there on stage and performing."
Even with all that experience, Kreutzer said he is looking forward to his first lead role as Billy Crocker in "Anything Goes," a love story that takes place on an ocean liner bound for London from New York. Kreutzer, alias Crocker, is a stowaway in love with an heiress who is engaged to another man.
"This is different for me this year," said Kreutzer, who played a crazy old man in last year's musical, "Murder at Coppersmith Inn."
"But we have a really good group," he added. "Everybody is really willing to work. It's been a lot of fun."
Senior Emily Leiker, who also got her start in community theater, agreed.
"There's a different atmosphere in high school," she said. "There are a lot of people your own age to bond with. We have a really young group this year, but there's some experience there, too."
Leiker -- who plays Evangeline Harcourt, a wealthy American widow, in "Anything Goes" -- is another veteran in this year's TMP cast, as is Adam Flax. Like Kreutzer, Flax is a sophomore who was in several community theater performances before entering high school. Also like Kreutzer, Flax has a main role in this year's production, playing Moonface Martin, a gangster.
"I started using some of those kids really young (at TMP)," said Grizzell, in his fourth year as TMP's director, "because I had seen their talent in community theater."
While the big bulk of the cast is sophomores and freshmen, as well as several junior high students, Grizzell said he still counts on experience from older students such as Leiker and classmate Kade Megaffin.
Megaffin originally had decided not to participate in the musical this year because he went out for football for the first time since his freshman season.
But when TMP came up short a character, Grizzell knew right where to turn.
"(Kade Megaffin) was hanging around practice, there to pick up his younger brother," Grizzell said of Trae Megaffin, one of five seventh-graders in the musical. "We were still needing a guy for a part and convinced him to step in."
"People will probably wonder why he has such a small part," Grizzell said of Kade Megaffin, who plays a minister in the musical. "But he helped us out in a pinch. He is only on stage for about a minute, but you can't do without (the part) because of the plot. And it's just great having him around."


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Evan Perez and Brian Todd, CNNUpdated 2303 GMT (0703 HKT) February 24, 2014Just WatchedDetails emerge in drug lord's capturereplayMore Videos ...Details emerge in drug lord's capture 03:01Story highlights During raid, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman had an AK-47 next to his bedThe Sinaloa cartel boss was captured after more than a decade on the run Official: Investigators used infrared scanners to pinpoint Guzman's locationWiretaps and informants helped authorities to close inJoaquin "El Chapo" Guzman had an assault rifle handy when authorities raided his beachside hideaway over the weekend, but the world's most wanted drug lord never opened fire.That's because marines used infrared and body-heat scanners to pinpoint the locations of everyone inside the condo and make sure they were asleep, a Mexican official told CNN.Saturday's pre-dawn operation that captured Guzman in the Mexican Pacific resort town of Mazatlan marked a dramatic twist in a case that has long captivated the country and frustrated investigators on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border.The notorious Sinaloa cartel leader's nickname, which means "Shorty," belies the tall and near-mythic status Guzman achieved in recent years for his ability to elude capture by using bribes, safe houses and an army of cartel helpers. His 13 years on the lam ended Saturday inside a no-frills condo tower, where investigators found Guzman lying shirtless next to his beauty-queen wife.Just WatchedLife on the run for notorious 'El Chapo'replayMore Videos ...Life on the run for notorious 'El Chapo' 02:01PLAY VIDEOJust WatchedDrug lord 'El Chapo' no longer on the runreplayMore Videos ...Drug lord 'El Chapo' no longer on the run 01:17PLAY VIDEOJust WatchedUS seeks to extradite Mexican drug lordreplayMore Videos ...US seeks to extradite Mexican drug lord 03:23PLAY VIDEOThe Mexican official, who asked not to be identified because he's not authorized to speak publicly about the case, said that Guzman's body guard and the drug lord's 2-year-old twin daughters were also sleeping in the condo."He had an AK-47 next to the bed. When the Mexican marines entered the condominium, he was still asleep," said Michael Vigil, a former Drug Enforcement Administration official who says he was briefed on the raid. 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The time it took Mexican marines to get past the house's reinforced steel doors was enough to allow Guzman to escape via a hidden hatch under a bathtub, the officials said."But the investigation was so thorough that we continued," Murillo said.With authorities temporarily off his trail, Guzman slipped out of Culiacan through the sewer tunnels, the Mexican official told CNN. Eventually he made his way to Mazatlan, a beach resort city about 125 miles (200 km) away.Informants and wiretapsMonths before authorities nabbed him there, U.S. authorities made a major break in the case.In November, they arrested Serafin Zambada-Ortiz at the Nogales, Arizona, border crossing. He is the son of Guzman's closest lieutenant, Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, likely the Sinaloa chief's heir apparent.The arrests intensified in recent months, with each providing phones that led to a trove of new data that helped map associates in ever-closer touch with Guzman, U.S. officials familiar with the hunt said. Agents from the DEA, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and the U.S. Marshals Service have fed intelligence gleaned from wiretaps and informants to Mexican authorities for years.Each cell phone led to dozens of others over time. "It went from phone to phone, just basic law enforcement," one of the U.S. officials said.In recent months, investigators focused on five wiretaps -- four operated by the DEA and one by ICE, which yielded valuable intelligence, the officials said. As the hunt intensified, Guzman and his lieutenants stopped using certain phones, apparently aware of the surveillance. In the final days, the ICE wiretap was the only one still producing activity, the officials said. Captured alongside Guzman was Carlos Manuel Hoo-Ramirez, who U.S. authorities say appeared to serve as "El Chapo's" communications conduit. He carried multiple phones that proved crucial to finding the drug boss, the officials said. Hunt marked by rumors, close callsEver since his escape in a laundry cart from Mexico's Puente Grande prison in 2001, the hunt for Guzman has grabbed headlines.During the drug lord's nearly 13 years on the lam, rumors swirled about his whereabouts.From time to time, investigators suggested they were hot on his trail. But even as Mexico stepped up its pressure on cartels, he remained an elusive target. Many in the country suggested that his whereabouts were an open secret -- and that the government must have been deliberately steering clear of capturing him.Just WatchedNotorious Mexican drug lord arrestedreplayMore Videos ...Notorious Mexican drug lord arrested 03:02PLAY VIDEO 5 photos 5 photosMexican drug lord 'El Chapo' arrested – Mexican drug trafficker Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is escorted by Mexican marines as he is presented to the press on February 22, in Mexico City. Hide Caption 1 of 5 5 photosMexican drug lord 'El Chapo' arrested – Marines stand guard as Guzman is presented to the press. Hide Caption 2 of 5 5 photosMexican drug lord 'El Chapo' arrested – Guzman was arrested early this morning by Mexican marines at a resort in Mazatlan, northern Mexico.Hide Caption 3 of 5 5 photosMexican drug lord 'El Chapo' arrested – The operation was heavily guarded. Hide Caption 4 of 5 5 photosMexican drug lord 'El Chapo' arrested – Guzman was marched toward a waiting helicopter for transport to jail. Hide Caption 5 of 5EXPAND GALLERYIn 2009, the archbishop of Mexico's Durango state told reporters that Guzman lived near the mountain town of Guanacevi. "Everyone knows it, except the authorities," he said. Days later, investigators found the bodies of two slain army lieutenants in Durango's mountains, accompanied by a note: "Neither the government nor priests can handle El Chapo." A year later, when asked by reporters again about Guzman's whereabouts, the archbishop said, "He is omnipresent. ... He is everywhere."In 2012, a Mexican official told the Associated Press that authorities nearly caught Guzman in a raid on a beach mansion in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, barely a day after Hillary Clinton had met with other foreign ministers from across the hemisphere in the same resort town.Last year, Guatemalan authorities said a man who resembled Guzman died in Peten, Guatemala, during a shootout. Later, they changed their story and said Guzman wasn't killed and the shootout may never even have happened.Family still in spotlightWhile Guzman managed to avoid authorities' attention, the wrath of his rivals and the media's glare, other members of his family weren't so lucky.Authorities arrested Guzman's brother, known as "El Pollo" (The Chicken), in Mexico City in September 2001. Three years later, he was shot to death by a fellow inmate in a maximum-security prison. Legend has it that "El Chapo" Guzman was also once arrested in Mexico's capital, according to an account in Malcolm Beith's book "The Last Narco: Inside the Hunt for El Chapo, the World's Most Wanted Drug Lord.""At the police station, he lifted up a suitcase and put it on the desk of the capital's chief of police," Beith writes. "Inside was $50,000 in cash; within minutes, Chapo was out the door."Members of a rival cartel gunned down Edgar Beltran Guzman, one of El Chapo's sons, in a Mexican shopping mall parking lot in 2008. Police found more than 500 bullet casings at the scene.Last year, authorities arrested Guzman's father-in-law in Sonora, Mexico, charging him with drug-related crimes.But not all of the focus on Guzman's family has been tied to organized crime.In September 2011, word eked out that Guzman's beauty-queen wife, Emma Coronel -- a citizen of both the United States and Mexico -- had given birth to twin girls at a hospital in Lancaster, California.About a year later, authorities arrested Alejandrina Gisselle Guzman Salazar, one of El Chapo's daughters, at a border crossing in San Ysidro, California. She was deported back to Mexico several months later. Her attorneys said she was pregnant and had been coming to the United States to have a baby.More from americasLost city discovered in Honduran jungleReputed boss of Zetas drug cartel captured in MexicoVenezuela gives U.S. 15 days to reduce embassy staffPowered by Livefyre


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Slouchy Minnie Mouse vest - looks cool with my grey skinnies and white canvas shoes. I'm gonna attack it with the scissors later though to "rough" it up a bit. Wish me luck!
Stripy frill sleeve top - I actually noticed this about 3 weeks ago and made a note to go back for it but it was sold out in the Bluewater branch when I was there last week. It's so cute, I love it.
Also a few goodies arrived in the post.
MAC Shimpagne MSF & Gingerly blush (courtesy of a recent blog sale)
Revlon Matte e/s in Aubergine (don't need to hunt down MAC Graphology now)
GOSH Let's twist up liner in Hot Flamingo
I got the Revlon e/s and GOSH liner so cheap! I always look for any high street make up product that costs over £5 on Ebay as I can almost always find it on there. I got the e/s for £2.80 inc postage and the liner for £1.75 - I love a bargain.
I also picked up a Collection 2000 nail polish in Ebony (black). I had a 20% off Boots voucher for Collection 2000 that was due to expire and the stand had been ransacked as the polishes are on special offer at the moment. I thought I'd pick up black to save me getting spending extra by buying Nocturnelle polish when MAC release Style Black. It only cost me £1.94 so happy days!
This is my first black nail polish too so I'm intrigued to see what it'll look like on me. I won't be wearing it until Autumn's here so I have a while to wait but it was nice and glossy when I swatched it on a nail.
I'm so over Summer now as the weather in England is a friggin' joke at the moment. Roll on A/W. I cant wait to see what the shops have in store for our winter wardrobes.
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- Lovesgreyboy said...
very cute minnie t shirt :) would love to see it once you have "attacked" it xx
- Thursday, July 23, 2009
- xoladiihoneyxo said...
I love Minnie Mouse!!! I used to have the plush when I was younger. haha.
- Thursday, July 23, 2009
- Helen said...
Yey you got the Revlon eyeshadow!
Cute buys hun, like the frill top especially :) - Thursday, July 23, 2009
- Victoria said...
I love the Minnie Mouse top! Post some pics when you have customised it if you can? xx
- Thursday, July 23, 2009
- VexInTheCity said...
@ Lovesgreyboy - Yeah I will if it turns out ok! LOL
@ xoladiihoneyxo - I'm being thick here..'plush'?? What's that and why didn't I have one??
@ Helen - Yeah, cos it looked so fab on you! Cheers hun x - Thursday, July 23, 2009
- MissDollyGal said...
Excited about seeing the Minnie top customised! I cannot wait for A/W too. what shoes can you wear at the moment? Is it going to rain? are my feet going to be cold? or hot? Give me winter and my boots over this any day!
xx - Thursday, July 23, 2009
- Ondo Lady said...
The t-shirts look cute, you can never go wrong with a cute t-shirt. Glad you had such a successful shopping spree.
- Thursday, July 23, 2009
- Em x said...
Love both of those tops. I really like NL at the min. You will love the black polish, i have a Barry M one and wear it all the time x
- Thursday, July 23, 2009
- Hope said...
So that is your Ebay secret......LOL! Well, Off to Ebay!
- Thursday, July 23, 2009
- Fey said...
Minnie Mouse is my inspiration!!! Great purchases! I've tagged you for a little game/quiz on my blog if you've got the time.
take care! - Friday, July 24, 2009
- VexInTheCity said...
@ MissDollyGal - Annoying isn't it?
@ Hope - Well, that's ONE of them *wink*
@ Em - Yeah NL has some nice bits in at the moment.
@ Fey - Thanks will check it out :-) - Friday, July 24, 2009
- VexInTheCity said...
@ Ondo Lady - Thanks. I'm just getting started ... LOL
- Friday, July 24, 2009
- Rai said...
Cute stuff! I love that Minnie Mouse top.
- Friday, July 24, 2009
- SparklesandLipgloss said...
Love the NL tops :) xx
- Friday, July 24, 2009
- Celly said...
such cute tops!
- Friday, July 24, 2009
- LaaLaa said...
Girrrrrrrrrrrrrrl, that minnie top is so cute..how did the roughing it up go? lol
- Saturday, July 25, 2009


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PRESIDENTS CAN WALK, CHEW GUM, AND FILL OUT BRACKETS AT THE SAME TIME.... President Obama made his NCAA tournament picks yesterday. Apparently, it's given the right something new to complain about.
...Obama may have given opponents another talking point by following through, despite the alarming news from overseas, on a promise to appear in a nine-minute ESPN segment to share his NCAA basketball tournament picks. "Most people when it comes to Obama, you know what they're anticipating? His NCAA brackets," Rush Limbaugh fumed on his syndicated radio show Tuesday. "Every year at this time people wonder what the president's brackets are going to be, who he's gonna pick? "We got the world on fire. We got Libya and the Middle East on fire and the guy's out playing golf," he added, referring to the round Obama played Sunday.
...Obama may have given opponents another talking point by following through, despite the alarming news from overseas, on a promise to appear in a nine-minute ESPN segment to share his NCAA basketball tournament picks.
"Most people when it comes to Obama, you know what they're anticipating? His NCAA brackets," Rush Limbaugh fumed on his syndicated radio show Tuesday. "Every year at this time people wonder what the president's brackets are going to be, who he's gonna pick?
"We got the world on fire. We got Libya and the Middle East on fire and the guy's out playing golf," he added, referring to the round Obama played Sunday.
Last night on Twitter, Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus was just as silly, whining, "How can @BarackObama say he is leading when puts his NCAA bracket over the budget & other pressing issues?"
First, the notion that the president is putting March Madness "over" pressing issues is ridiculous, even by RNC standards. Obama took nine minutes to fill out a bracket. Presidents are busy, but the Sports Fan in Chief investing nine minutes on this probably won't interfere with his duties. (I don't recall anyone at the DNC asking, "How can George W. Bush say he is leading when he puts brush-clearing and bike-riding over pressing issues?")
Second, have Limbaugh and Priebus seen what congressional Republicans are up to? While the president was making a brief appearance on ESPN, the House GOP was organizing an emergency meeting to discuss ... NPR funding.
Indeed, for months, the new House Republican majority has wasted time on health care bills they know they can't pass, abortion bills they know they can't pass, climate bills they know they can't pass, and budget bills they know they can't pass. They're also investing considerable energy in efforts ranging from recklessly accusing Muslim Americans of disloyalty to making English the "official" language to a proposal to better promote "In God We Trust" as the national motto (which will be getting committee attention tomorrow).
To quote Limbaugh, "We got the world on fire." I'm less worried about the president taking nine minutes with ESPN and more worried about congressional Republicans taking three months and going to lengths to avoid meaningful policymaking.
Or to paraphrase Priebus, how can the GOP say it's leading when it puts NPR funding over the budget and other pressing issues?
Uhhh...wasn't President Bush clearing brush for SIX WEEKS when he received the "Bin Laden determined to strike in US" memo?
House republicans could give him something to do. For example, he could sign a budget, if they would actually pass one.
Doesn't Boner golf?
Maybe Reince Priebus is "Steeling" some material that Michael left behind from last year.
And as for Bush clearing brush for 6 weeks, well, to be fair, there was a lot of brush since they had only just recently bought the "ranch," and it provided 6 weeks press coverage of manly-manning around for the boy cheerleader, Chickenhawk, President.
4 word flashback: "now watch this drive."
How can George W Bush say he is leading when he reads My Pet Goat while the country is under attack?
Oh yeah, and Republican are jealous of Obama.
Their last President couldn't even SIT AND EAT PRETZEL'S without nearly choking to death.
And he ate with his mouth full - YUCK!!!
Obama took a shit last night. How can he do this when the world is on fire. We should start the impeachment process. What did Geitner know? Was he in on it? Did Gibbs provide the toilet paper. Why wont the liberal media report on this? We have to defund PBS
Can you run for new DNC Chair if Kaine runs for Senate? PLEASE? Failing that, could we just insist that they use your blog for all of their talking points?
You are better at messaging than anyone the DNC has put up for years. (my entire lifetime)
Something is on fire. Obama is black, and basketball players are black. Those crosses aren't gonna light themselves.
I agree that bloggers have better political instincts than Obama's political team. How is it that a GOP pol can be at 13% but still forcefully push through his agenda and repeat talking points. But dems somehow have to adopt the GOP talking points.
C'mon Steve - Liberals are just as ridiculous. If anything of a sports nature shows up on the front page at Huffpo, liberals start posting how all of the ills of the world should supercede any sports article. I expect to see many liberal comments at Huffpo, today, on this Obama bracket dustup. Both sides do this harping.
However, I am very pleased the President did not select my beloved Jayhawks once again. He chose Pittsburgh instead. Last year, I was split between thinking he had jinxed us by picking KU on top, or that it was the outstanding and deadly 3 point shooting by the UNI guard which did us in. Yeah, Ali was more of the cause.
Remind me again: what was George W. Bush doing while New Orleans drowned?
What is this 'HuffPo' of which you speak?
I heard they've hired(do they actually pay anyone for content?) Brietbart as a columnist.
The Republican "Just Plain Nuts" Party is really pathetic. Going after President Obama for the brackets just shows they got nothin. But just like clockwork, we knew this was coming. Clearly the relentless focus on education by President Obama was just for show.
I am sure someone in the feckless White House Press Corps will parrot this nonsense at the next press briefing. They would not be able to formulate an original question on their own without some help from the GOP.
All you need to do is look at the Presidents schedule for the last three months to know there has been an endless supply of emergencies to deal with. Also, whitehouse.gov shows there is a beehive of activity across the administration. Amazing projects and initiatives are being implemented and ignored by the traditional media firewall on a daily basis.
Facts are to the RepublicansParty is like garlic is to vampires.
In other news, Obama spends ten minutes EVERY morning, on SSS! (Vets will know what that is-hint: One of them is 'shower'. . .)
er, Holmes, the majority of comments at Huffpo on any subject come from Obama supporters. Brietbart would be torn apart, should he post a thread.
Drunk twittering no doubt.
bertheclock, I was being serious. I heard they brought Brietbart on board as a regular columnist.
Nevertheless, I avoid that place(and Politico) like the plague.
...but not support working people seeking to exercise the right for collective bargaining.
These are the Republican Talking Points. Even Don Imus on Fox tv was quoting them verbatum. They are having problems coming up with real crits.
Every moment spent on grooming and recreation are moments , as Mr. Benen has been kind enough to exercise for us , spent on defeating any attempt at seriously contending with the issues threatening our children's future . If we leave a robust economy with an articulated defense of the vulnerabilities of our culture exposed to broad daylight , the nasty things that could only survive in a secretive policy of hiding the truth from the citizens through appeals to vestigial organs of reptilian simplicity might be threatened . As a further indication of how remote the possibility of common sense being employed in emotionally charged discussions of brown people , sexual discrimination , choice and a woman making unsupervised decisions about her own body , to name three there are the costs of a robust economy . Those would be the annihilation of world domination by powerful individual families . In a vital , well functioning economic environment , crazy decisions like bending the rules past tolerances for ancient nuclear reactors would never be considered . The removal of mountain tops for the ease of access to minerals would also suffer the same fate . If it is common knowledge that the actual cost being borne by the local residents , the ecologies of places being destroyed , all for the mere profits for one individual or family , would mean confinement for self protection against a prudently judged uncontrollable insanity .
If Obama hadn't filled out the brackets, the right wingers would be saying he was too afraid to. The new presidential seal should contain the Latin phrase for "Damned if you do, damned if you don't."
Between golf, a film shoot for ESPN, and an upcoming vacation to Rio, I'm feel safe knowing the executive branch is prepared to face any of the existing crises, as well as any new ones.
Here's my plan, every day I am going to send @ReincePriebus a tweet asking if the House GOP has introduced a jobs bill yet with the hash tag #GOPcantGovern
If you're so inclined, please do the same and pass it along.
I've also asked a couple of blogs I read to put up a widget for: Number of Days that the GOP HoR Has Gone Without a Single Jobs Bill.
Please share that suggestion with blogs you read.
And, again, if you're so inclined, help these thoughts go viral.
Who dares to question the outstanding leadership of Pres**ent Obama.
So what about his picks?
Oh holy crap...bitch to bitch. This is the strategy. He's not doing THIS, he's not doing THAT...where's WALDO??????????? Honestly, the media HAS to come up with some 'new' thing to complain about. I am not a Pollyanna but has anybody actually read the HEADLINES lately??? There is a s@##load going on and these numbnuts need to comment on MARCH MADNESS???????????????
I don't recall anyone at the DNC asking, "How can George W. Bush say he is leading when he puts brush-clearing and bike-riding over pressing issues?"
I'd be surprised if they didn't, actually. They certainly should have--at least the fakey-fake yard work, which somehow took weeks at a time.
Filling out a bracket takes ten minutes. And if you're a really obsessive hoops fan, it takes five. But I wish the GOP well with their anti-March Madness media strategy.
I haven't read the comments above.
Has anybody mentioned the fact that President Bush set world records for vacationing while the terror alert lights were flashing and he was overseeing two wars?
(I don't recall anyone at the DNC asking, "How can George W. Bush say he is leading when he puts brush-clearing and bike-riding over pressing issues?")
I also don't recall a Democrat being inaugurated in 2005 after Bush's first term.
The RNC chair isn't criticizing Obama in the interest of some kind of fair balance with DNC criticism of Obama, he's doing it in the interest of pushing a picture of the President to voters in the effort to win an election. So, emulating the DNC's efforts against Bush is probably not high on the RNC priority list.
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From Mendenhal's comments, it seems like he's saying that he doesn't think 9/11 was a regular terrorist attack, rather an inside job or done with inside help. So if he doesn't think Bin Laden was actually involved then I could see why he wouldn't cheer his death. I'm not saying I'm a 9/11 "truther" but there is overwhelming evidence that it was not a regular terrorist attack. So why should voicing your alternative opinion cost you a sponsorship?
Oh boy, "OPEN GIANT CAN OF WORMS HERE."
Here's the thing. FACT: The "establishment" mows you down if you
are a public person (actor, sports person, politician, et al) and question
the official version of the story; you will be taken down. It is the ultimate 3rd rail.
It might not happen overnight, but it will happen. Now, we can debate why
that is, but there is no question that if you publicly question the validity
of the official story, they are coming after you to ruin you one way or the other.
Every public person I can think of who openly questioned their story has
lost their job, been framed for some BS charge or have been some
how ruined.
Again, we can debate why that is, but there is no question that those who
question it get systematically taken down. If Mendy doesn't change his
tune soon, he will be done in the NFL. Bank on it. Charlie Sheen
questioned it. He lost the highest paid gig in TV. Was it all because
he is crazy or did he get set up to begin with? He had easily contained
his partying to perform at his job - staring in the most popular sitcom
on TV. It wasn't until that "woman" came out with her lame story that
he lost his gig. She was about as credible as the woman who framed
the IMF banker president. Steven Jones had a professor gig at BYU. Not any more.
Oh, and before the ideologues rush to claim that anyone who questions
it is crazy, then maybe you should ask yourself why so many experts such
as engineers, arch. and pilots have openly asserted that the official version
is simply impossible. Thousands of them.
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Marbled Banana Nut Bread
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Cinnamon flavoured bread with banana, nuts & chocolaty marble designs. Ingredients 1 3/4 cups All purpose flour(Maida) 1/4 cup Wheat flour 2 large ripe bananas 7 tbsp Butter (room temperature) 2 Eggs 1 tbsp or more Milk 1/2 cup chopped nuts 1 tsp Vanilla...
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Banana is coated with cinnamon flavoured flour and coconut batter, then it is deep fried in vegetable oil. The combination of coconut ice-cream scoops and fried bananas gives this dessert a very unique taste! Ingredients 1 cup all-purpose flour(Maida) 1...
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Here is my second waffle recipe after the Apple Cinnamon Waffles. The method of preparation is the same but with different ingredients. If you want to have a yummy chocolaty breakfast, go for this recipe :) And please don't forget to check out the giveaway...
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SULPHUR, LA — A Sulphur man pled guilty Monday to one felony count of illegally disposing a substance that could endanger human health.
Dwayne Conner, 22, pled guilty to knowingly burning a large pile of waste tires in the Town of Evangeline within Acadia Parish. The tire burning incident took place in May 2010. Investigators with DEQ's Criminal Investigation Division conducted an investigation into the illegal burning and drafted an arrest warrant for Conner. Conner was arrested by local authorities in March 2012 for the charge specified in the outstanding warrant.
Tire fires generate a large amount of heat, which makes them extremely difficult to extinguish. Further, emissions from the burning of tires are a serious threat to human health because it contains significant amounts of the known human carcinogens.
"The burning of tires is an illegal and blatant act that has serious consequences upon the natural environment and the air we breathe," said Jeffrey Nolan, Manager of DEQ's Criminal Investigation Division. "Anyone found to be conducting tire burning will be investigated and dealt with to the fullest extent of the law by the DEQ and our network of local, state and federal law enforcement partners."
Conner was sentenced before the 15th Judicial District Court in Crowley to 12 months hard labor.
The case was prosecuted by Acadia Parish District Attorney Michael Harson's office.


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