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Claudia Jordan may be the newest housewife to hit Atlanta's "Real Housewives" franchise.
According to Cynthia Bailey's husband, Peter Thomas, Jordan is joining the cast of "The Real Housewives of Atlanta" for the show's upcoming seventh season -- and she recently began filming with her new co-stars.
"Bravo crew came out, Kenya, new girl Claudia, my wife, Kordell [Stewart]. We shot at the bar last night until 2 in the morning," Thomas revealed in a recent interview, according to an Aug. 11 report by Reality Tea. "The two new girls are extremely beautiful, so there was a lot of chemistry in the house."
In addition to being a model, Jordan, who once starred on "Deal Or No Deal," works as a DJ for DishNetwork's Rickey Smiley Show, where Porsha Stewart recently got a job. Earlier this month, Stewart was named as a permanent co-host of the Rickey Smiley Show, so it's safe to say she'll be spending plenty of time with Jordan.
Jordan has also been spending time with a couple other members of "The Real Housewives of Atlanta," including Kandi Burruss and Cynthia Bailey.
Demetria McKinney, a singer and philanthropist, is reportedly joining the show for the upcoming season, as well, and is sure to bring the drama -- especially since her boyfriend is said to have had an intimate relationship with fellow housewife, Kenya Moore.
A premiere date for the seventh season of "The Real Housewives of Atlanta" has not yet been announced.


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Just about every president in modern history arrives at a time during his administration when some people would like to see his term in office cut short with impeachment. Richard Nixon avoided impeachment by resigning the presidency. Bill Clinton was actually impeached, the second president in history to suffer that humiliation, but was not removed from office. Now Sarah Palin, former governor of Alaska and by some accounts the most powerful female politician on the planet, has called for the impeachment of President Barack Obama in a Tuesday piece in Brietbart Big Government.
While others have noted that a variety of offensives ranging from the IRS scandal to the promiscuous use of executive orders to circumnavigate the law are impeachable, the straw that broke that camel's back for Palin is the border crisis now afflicting the United States. Obama's failure to secure the borders against the flood of illegal aliens, many of them unaccompanied children, is the impeachable offense that Palin believes should remove the president from office.
"The federal government is trillions of dollars in debt, many cities are on the verge of insolvency, our overrun healthcare system, police forces, social services, schools, and our unsustainably generous welfare-state programs are stretched to the max. We average Americans know that. So why has this issue been allowed to be turned upside down with our 'leader' creating such unsafe conditions while at the same time obstructing any economic recovery by creating more dependents than he allows producers? His friendly wealthy bipartisan elite, who want cheap foreign labor and can afford for themselves the best "border security" money can buy in their own exclusive communities, do not care that Obama tapped us out.
"Have faith that average American workers – native-born and wonderful legal immigrants of all races, backgrounds, and political parties – do care because we're the ones getting screwed as we're forced to follow all our government's rules while others are not required to do so. Many now feel like strangers in their own land. It's the American worker who is forced to deal with Obama's latest crisis with our hard-earned tax dollars while middle class wages decrease, sustainable jobs get more scarce, and communities become unrecognizable and bankrupted due to Obama's flood of illegal immigration."
While Palin lays out the legal case for impeaching and removing President Obama. Hot Air is pretty sure that the political case is lacking. An impeachment campaign would be the one thing that would motivate Obama supporters, especially African Americans, to turn out to the polls, thus blunting expected Republican gains. Even if the Republicans, as expected, take the Senate, they will not have enough votes to remove Obama from office. With two and a half years to go in the Obama administration, it is pointless to mount an impeachment effort. A Republican Senate will help minimize the damage Obama could do for the remainder of his presidency.
Hot Air offers the idea that the impeachment proposal is stratagem on Palin's part to not only put pressure on Republican RINOs but also give fuel for a Ted Cruz for President campaign in 2016. The idea is that if the congressional Republicans fail to start impeachment proceedings or try and fail, Cruz has an issue with which he can run to "purify" the Republican Party. Republicans and some independents will be outraged that Obama was allowed to get away with violations of his oath of office sufficiently to make Cruz the Republican nominee and, presumably, president.
Or that is the theory anyway,

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The Cobble Stone is easy to miss if one if racing down Anderson Hill Road, late for a class at SUNY Purchase or a meeting at Morgan Stanley, but for those who pause to take a busy moment out of their day to recuperate with a hot lunch and a cold beer, it provides not only comfort, but a sense of local history.
The sign on the outside of the building reads, "The Cobble Stone, Est. 1933." However, the history starts a bit earlier than that. The building was built in 1917 by Joe Sala, the great-grandfather of the current owners. The stones that make up the walls of the bar area were taken from the grounds of Purchase College, which at the time was farmland. Many will notice that upon entering the Cobble Stone, they lose cell phone service – this is because the stone walls are up to twenty-two inches thick. Not exactly the place to go if you are waiting for a phone call, but just the place to go in the event of a zombie apocalypse.
The reason that the sign states that the bar opened in 1933 as opposed to 1917 is because the business became official on December 5, 1933 – Repeal Day, the day Prohibition ended. Before then, the Cobble Stone was a speakeasy. Don, whose grandfather owned the Hilltop, a bar that was located just up the street from the Cobble Stone, said: "The Hilltop and the Cobble Stone were both speakeasies. The Harrison cops would drink in both of them, and when they got a tip that the Feds were going to do a raid, they told Joe and my Grandad and they went and locked up all the liquor." Behind the bar is a trap door in the floor and a ladder leading down to the basement, left over from Prohibition days. Today the bartenders use it as a quick way to get to the basement and bring up ice, liquor and beer. It could also function as a quick getaway in the event of a zombie apocalypse.
The next time you have a break from class at SUNY Purchase or Manhattanville College, are out for Happy Hour after a long day at one of the many businesses in the area or are escaping a zombie outbreak, take a trip to the Cobble Stone for a sip of history.


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It was hard enough to get them to request what they felt like reading next - I have had more enthusiastic book clubbers in previous years. I mean, yes, they turn up at meetings and chat quite happily about things bookish, but there aren't the same cries of joy as they dive into a box of new books and too many of them read one book at a time and firmly refuse to borrow another one till it's finished.
But in the end, I had a decent shopping list from them - and, oddly, from some non members who turned up today, just in time, asking for such things as the next Magisterium novel(Holly Black and Cassndra Clare) and a series by a Polish gentleman which inspired a video game. And I found both! I bought the first novel in the series, and Book 2 of Magisterium(it was in the children's section instead of the YA and the Polish novel was in the SF). In the SF also I easily found a Terry Goodkind book for one of my book clubbers who wanted to read it because she had seen a TV show based on it. Fine. I imagine some of my spec fic lovers will read it after her.
There was a request for "more Diary of A Wimpy Kid, miss" from a Year 7 - I bought the latest, which we don't have.
I'm afraid the vampire fans will miss out yet again. I did find a couple of the requested books, but not all, and the only Morganville Vampire book they had was the first, which we have. I must ask our bookseller if she can get hold of some more. I keep disappointing that young lady.
My young history lover, who was in my class in Year 8 the other year, asked for "anything about war." I found a couple of books about WWI which he should find of interest but which Year 9 students can also use after him. One of them was actually on the CBCA short list a few years ago, but I must have missed it - I mostly read and buy the Older Readers books.
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Hello everyone! I am happy to announce a great giveaway today--1 winner will receive hardcover copies of Journey and Quest, by Aaron Becker, to celebrate the August release of Return, the third book of this wordless picture book trilogy. US & Canada only please! Giveaway ends on 7/10/2016. Read on for more about the books.
Book # 1 in the Journey Trilogy
A 2014 Caldecott Honor Book
Follow a girl on an elaborate flight of fancy in a wondrously illustrated, wordless picture book about self-determination — and unexpected friendship.
A lonely girl draws a magic door on her bedroom wall and through it escapes into a world where wonder, adventure, and danger abound. Red marker in hand, she creates a boat, a balloon, and a flying carpet that carry her on a spectacular journey toward an uncertain destiny. When she is captured by a sinister emperor, only an act of tremendous courage and kindness can set her free. Can it also lead her home and to her heart's desire? With supple line, luminous color, and nimble flights of fancy, author-illustrator Aaron Becker launches an ordinary child on an extraordinary journey toward her greatest and most exciting adventure of all.Q&A with Aaron Becker The Journey Trilogy Activity Kit
Aaron Becker, creator of Journey, a Caldecott Honor book, presents the next chapter in his stunning wordless fantasy.
A king emerges from a hidden door in a city park, startling two children sheltering from the rain. No sooner does he push a map and some strange objects into their hands than he is captured by hostile forces that whisk him back through the enchanted door. Just like that, the children are caught up in a quest to rescue the king and his kingdom from darkness, while illuminating the farthest reaches of their imagination. Colored markers in hand, they make their own way through the portal, under the sea, through a tropical paradise, over a perilous bridge, and high in the air with the help of a winged friend. Journey lovers will be thrilled to follow its characters on a new adventure threaded with familiar elements, while new fans will be swept into a visually captivating story that is even richer and more exhilarating than the first.
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written by Carmen Oliver
illustrations by Jean Claude
Elizabeth talks about "Heart Art," the part that makes the illustration magical. For a writer. For me, "Heart Art" or "Heart Story" is author intention. My heart is in everything I write. I believe it's in every author's work.
Embedded. Woven. Waiting to be discovered.
The real reason behind why the author wrote the book. And when a writer tells a story with their heart stitched into the fabric of a manuscript well, then, success. Magic. Bliss.
Donald Mass in his novel The Breakout Novelist said, "Success as an author requires…a big heart." I agree.
A big heart reaches out and extends a hand to fellow writers. Knowing helping them achieve success is a reward unto its own. By serving them, you receive something too. A big heart knows there's room for everyone.
A big heart is open to all possibilities. Knowing that there is more than one way to get to the destination. Knowing that failure is needed to get to success. Knowing that humility and humbleness make us do our jobs better. A big heart knows anything is possible. And we don't have to step on people to get there.
In my heart, I know there are no coincidences in life. That if you allow your heart to be open, big and wide, well there's nothing you can't do. So let the people in. Learn from whoever is willing to teach you. Love the work. Lift others.
Don't worry about success. It'll find you. All you need is a big heart.
If you're in Austin, TX this summer, Carmen is teaching Perfecting the Picture Book I at The Writing Barn and later this September at Highlights with Don Tate's workshop The Journey: Your Path to Publication with special guests, Alison Green Myers, and Kathleen Hayes.
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I am so excited that in Sketchbook Skool, we keep adding amazing artists to our Fakulty. Nina Johansson, who is a fantastic illustrator, urban sketcher and watercolourist is officially joining us, and I just got back from Stockholm, where we filmed a bunch of lessons with her.
She is very inspiring, and so is her art, but Nina is also my kinda gal – positive, passionate, skillful and she has a great sense of humour to top it all off.
We'd been preparing for the video shoot via email and Skype – and then meeting in person is such a treat – especially since she's been such a great host to make my stay in Stockholm convenient and fun.
Thanks to all great prep work and to our creative film crew, everything went smooth and we had a lot of fun during the shoot!
An extra treat after wrapping up was having dinner and a sketch with Nina in the center of Stockholm, celebrating our accomplishment.
And on my way back, I made good use of my travel time and enjoyed drawing.
I absolutely love how the drawing below turned out – using just a fountain pen and a grey brushpen. It also opened up an interesting conversation with two of the flight attendants who spotted my drawing. I love how art can connect!
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With the Nook dragging down profits all around, Barnes & Noble reported a 3,1% revenue fall for fiscal 2016, with a net loss of $24.4 million. In 2015 B&N had a profit of $36.6 so that is…a $50 million swing. Ouch. Actual book sales were still strong however. Revenue in fiscal 2016 was $4.16 billion, down from […]
I love Barnes and Noble. Amazon has opened a few stores, so there is hope! They just need to find the right model
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I am excited that Babl Books, whose mission is to offer bilingual picture books, including mine, to kids everywhere, will be at ALA this weekend. They are sharing a booth with We Need Diverse Books. Check them out if you go! BABL BOOKS will exhibiting at the ALA Conference in Orlando – Jun 24-27 Find […]Add a Comment
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Ms Marvel & Squirrel Girl! But are they friend or foe? Guess you have to read the Avengers Annual to find out! pic.twitter.com/haMU15eeeE — Faith Erin Hicks (@FaithErinHicks) June 23, 2016 The All-New, All-Different Avengers Annual #1 comes out in August and was announced with an all-star cast of creators including Mark Waid, G. Willow […]
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Sofia Carson Answers Our Would You Rather Questions
In the Disney TV movie Adventures in Babysitting, goody two-shoes Jenny (played by Sabrina Carpenter from Girl Meets World) and artsy rebel Lola (played by Sofia Carson from Descendants) accidentally swap phones. As a result of the swap, Lola ends up babysitting for one of Jenny's clients and getting into BIG trouble. The night turns into a chaotic adventure as Jenny and Lola hunt for one of the kids who snuck away.
Watch my video with Sofia Carson as she answers my Would You Rather questions. Would you rather . . .
Be best friends with Evie from Descendants OR Lola from Adventures in Babysitting?
Be best friends with Prince Charming from Descendants OR Jenny from Adventures in Babysitting?
Be a world-famous photographer OR a straight-A student?
Babysit the worst kids in the world OR owe $1000 in parking tickets?
If you could accidentally switch phones with anyone in the world, who would you choose and why?
Do you have any babysitting rules or tips for a first-time babysitter?
Adventures in Babysitting airs tonight at 8 p.m. on Disney Channel. Will you be watching? Leave a Comment and answer the Would You Rather questions for yourself!
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"This is a classy toilet book, a 'Paris Review toilet book.'"
How do I find the print run on some of these titles?
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समाज को झंझकोरती बिहार टॉपर धोटाला की खबर 20 लाख रुपये देकर टॉपर बने बच्चे आखिर कसूरवार कौन… बच्चे, माता पिता , शिक्षण संस्थान या हमारा समाज (तस्वीर गूगल से साभार) समाज को झंझकोरती बिहार टॉपर धोटाला की खबर 20 लाख रुपये देकर टॉपर बने बच्चे आखिर कसूरवार कौन… बच्चे, माता पिता , शिक्षण […]
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It has been a big week in news from Dynamite and here's a big old round-up with lots of art! § A new original series by Ben Fisher and Adam Markiewicz, The Great Divide In The Great Divide, humanity awakens in the near future to the horrifying reality that the faintest touch from another's skin results […]
The unlettered preview for Boo is by Tony Fleecs.
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Another new video showing more of my illustration process from the picture book Take Ted Instead (written by Cassandra Webb).
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Keep your Master Chiefs, bearded Kratos, fancy flux capacitor powered hardware. E3 2016 had one of the best line ups for those of us who love big comic book experiences in gaming. Batman, Spider-Man, Walking Dead just to name a few. Here's the games based on comic book characters we're most excited for from E3 2016: Spider-Man […]
YES!!! Afterall… Who wants originality? Let's pump out another 300 Batman:Arkham games, and a spiderman game that barely promises to be better than the dreadfully produced Spiderman 2 on PS4. LEGO games by the hundreds aren't enough for the barely educated to stay entertained… so lets just make MORE of them.
… but yeah… a banner year for comic book games.
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These colourful blooms are by Erin McMorris from her 'Noe' fabric collection with Free Sprint Fabrics. The bright graphic prints were inspired by a trip to San Francisco where she loved the city's crafty vintage style. The collection is available now from stockists including Fabricworm. Erin's very latest collection for Free Spirit Fabrics is Noteworthy (below) which
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In a wide ranging interview with THR to reflect his being named the most powerful person in Hollywood, Disney's CEO Bob Iger was asked about his relationship with Marvel's Ike Perlmutter: and the state of the relationship is good, we're told. How's your relationship with Marvel CEO Ike Perlmutter these days? My relationship with Ike […]
Your fascination with Ike makes sense. Rich Johnston's fascination with Ike is odd since his take on him goes from hot to cold depending on the day.
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Staying with Free Spirit Fabrics we have some highlights from a collection by their newest designer Juliana Horner. Juliana is the daughter of well known designer Anna Maria Horner and her first fabric collection for Free Spirit is called 'Fast Friends'. Juliana says the designs are a celebration of not one inspiration but of many, and they explore the inclusiveness and togetherness that is
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Alex Lu takes a look at SNOTGIRL #1, the first ongoing comic from SCOTT PILGRIM writer Bryan Lee O'Malley that introduces the singular Leslie Hung on art!
Augh I have to wait another month augh augh augh
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i used some photos from the www to make these example-sketches of warm-cold color combination of media and papers. soft pastels on coloured paper. approx 15 x 20 cm
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AfterShock Comics, announced with much fanfare last year, has been rolling out dozens of comics since December, but they've just announced the one that MAY be their breakout hit. At AwesomeCon I got to catch up with writer Paul Jenkins (Wolverine: Origin) quite a bit, and he couldn't stop talking about ALTERS, a book about […]
Does a non-super hero in a superhero universe count? If so, Milestone's Marisa Rahm – protagonist of "Deathwish" – predates this by a couple decades.
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स्टार्टअप इंडिया और सच का सामना स्टार्टअप इंडिया से भारी उम्मीदें हैं देश को पर इसकी धीमी रफ्तार एक बार फिर सवालिया निशान खडे कर रही है … शायद इसी लिए अब इस ओर बदलाव के सकेंत दिए जा रहे हैं … PM Narendra Modi's dream project 'Startup India' to be revamped to […]
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DC Comics Rebirth has renewed fans love affair with their stable of characters by bringing back much of what we missed about super hero comics. It's also brought another group of fans out in full force; followers of the late Michael Turner, who passed away in 2008 after a long struggle with bone cancer. The artist […]
Brilliant idea; and are we assured that the royalty payment for the late Michael Turner's published art will go to his estate? Just say it.
[…] The Justice League #1 variant will be sold individually, and as a set — which also includes Turner's black and white sketch — exclusively through Aspen Comics. Pre-orders begin at 9 a.m. Pacific on June 26 on AspenComics.com. Both Turner's Batman #1 and Justice League #1 will also be available in limited quantities at the Aspen Comics booth (#2321) at Comic-Con International in San Diego on July 21 to July 24. You can see the color version of the cover down below: [Comics Beat] […]
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Okay. So now we're finally getting some interesting picture book biographies on a regular basis. When I was a kid you had your Helen Keller and your Abraham Lincoln and you were GRATEFUL! These days, people are interested in celebrating more than just the same ten people over and over again. Why this year alone I've seen some incredibly interesting picture book biographies of comparatively obscure figures. These include . . .
- Ada Lovelace, Poet of Science: The First Computer Programmer by Diane Stanley, ill. Jessie Hartland
- Ada's Ideas: The Story of Ada Lovelace, the World's First Computer Programmer by Fiona Robinson (Ada's really hot this year)
- Anything But Ordinary: The True Story of Adelaide Herman, Queen of Magic by Mara Rockliff, ill. Iacopo Bruno
- Around America to Win the Vote: Two Suffragists, a Kitten, and 10,000 Miles by Mara Rockliff, ill. Hadley Hooper
- Cloth Lullaby: The Woven Life of Louise Bourgeois by Amy Novesky, ill. Isabelle Arsenault
- Esquivel! Space‐Age Sound Artist by Susan Wood, ill. Duncan Tonatiuh
- Fancy Party Gowns: The Story of Ann Cole Lowe by Deborah Blumenthal, ill. Laura Freeman
- I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark by Debbie Levy, ill. Elizabeth Baddeley
- The Kid from Diamond Street: The Extraordinary Story of Baseball Legend Edith Houghton by Audrey Vernick, ill. Steven Salerno
- Lift Your Light a Little Higher: The Story of Stephen Bishop: Slave‐Explorer by Heather Henson, ill. Bryan Collier
- Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean‐Michel Basquiat by Javaka Steptoe
- Solving the Puzzle Under the Sea: Marie Tharp Maps the Ocean Floor by Robert Burleigh, ill. Raul Colon
- To the Stars! The First American Woman to Walk in Space by Carmella Van Vleet & Dr. Kathy Sullivan, ill. Nicole Wong
- Whoosh! Lonnie Johnson's Super‐Soaking Stream of Inventions by Chris Barton, ill. Don Tate
- The William Hoy Story by Nancy Churnin, ill. Jez Tuya
And those are just the ones I've seen!
It's encouraging. And then I wonder – do people need suggestions for more fun biographies? Because if they do have I got the woman for you!
First off, meet Kate Beaton. You may only know her from her two Scholastic books, last year's The Princess and the Pony and this year's King Baby. But Kate has been running an online comic site called Hark, A Vagrant! for years. There are many lovely things about the site, but I'm particularly fond of her brief biographical comics on obscure historical figures. She's been doing them for years and once in a while I really do see one turned into a picture book (paging Ada Lovelace . . .). So in today's goofy post I'm going to pull out some of Kate's work in the hopes that maybe there's an author or illustrator there who'd like to write a picture book biography about someone awesome and relatively unknown.
By the way, you can follow these links to read these comics in a clearer format, if you like. And I think you can even buy prints of them, if you want.
First up:
I legitimately had never heard of her. A badass Asian-American aviatrix heroine? Um… how is she NOT in a picture book bio? Because quite frankly we could use a huge uptick in our Asian-American women bios in general. Particularly if they involve air stunts.
Is it weird that there isn't a really well-known Henson picture book biography out there? I guess his life wasn't completely perfect (second family at the North Pole and all) but as African-American explorers go, he's fantastic. As it happens, this was the first Hark, A Vagrant! comic I ever read. I was a fan for life afterwards.
She helps to discover DNA! She doesn't get credit for it! This story has everything!
She's so often just linked to Typhoid Mary, but Ms. Baker did wonders for infant mortality rates and just generally sounds like an amazing woman. And I like how Beaton draws her hair.
I'm pretty sure we've had picture book bios on her before, but the only one I can remember was for older kids.
Again, never heard of her. And as Kate put it regarding Nightingale, "She is no longer my favorite Crimean War nurse." This is timely too since as of three days ago there was a report in The Guardian over the huge furor over a statue honoring Seacole's achievements. Read it, when you get a chance. Then write a bio of Seacole.
Maybe not so obscure thanks to his biopic, but sure as shooting lacking in some significant pic bios.
Of course when all is said and done, Kate should really just make her own picture book biographies. Or, do a book for older readers of Biographies You Should REALLY Know and Don't.
Oh, it would work.
Happy writing!
I love this post — I'm such a fan of picture book biographies and Kate Beaton (she's a hoot)! When I spew random facts about historical figures that my family has never heard of, it's often because I read about that person in a picture book biography!
I also wish there were more biographies in general about Asian American women. It looks like there's a chapter about Katherine Sui Fun Cheung in Women Aviators: 26 Stories of Pioneer Flights, Daring Missions, and Record-Setting Journeys, but that's a middle school and up nonfiction book. There's a picture book biography about a different Asian American female pilot: Sky High: The True Story of Maggie Gee, which I used when I worked in the library.
Yes, let's petition Kate to write a kids'/teens' version of Hark! A Vagrant/Step Aside, Pops … it would be fabulous!
Fun Asian-American picture book bios. We should make demands. It's not that the bios don't exist, they're just never get to be quirky. I am a big proponent of more humor in our nonfiction. More fun, please!
Hi —
Carole Boston Weatherford wrote (and Eric Velasquez illustrated) a lovely picture book biography of Matthew Henson called I, Matthew Henson: Polar Explore (Walker, 2007).
Yes indeed, back in 2008. Perhaps Walker & Co. should consider rereleasing it.
Since you're the one who introduced me to Our Kate, I had to come back and say OF COURSE we need to encourage her to just do ALLLLLL the picture book biographies. I could enjoy a Seacole one from her for sure!
Dibs on Rosalind Franklin. Unless Kate does it first. Or anyone else…
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Ultimate Naruto
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Ultimate Naruto is a new browser-based Action RPG inspired by the popular Naruto anime series. The game recreates the competitive world of Ninja where players can enter the role of their favorite characters in the anime to protect their own village and spread the fame of their own school.
Ultimate Naruto borrows many elements from the original that cover the in-game characters and classes, story episodes, skill designs of each school and the visual presentation and so on. The Naruto fans will get into a familiar world immediately from the very beginning. Players can take up one role from six options categorized in the three classes known as Nin, Gen and Tai. While the initial choice is limited, players will be gradually able to recruit the most powerful like Naruto and Kakashi when they reach specified levels and can interact with many other fighters who give out quests and drive on the storyline.
The game is designed mainly for casual players and the anime fans with its strong connection with the original works and generally simple gameplay. Questing and combating constitute the bulk in their usual way as in a typical browser game. Players will accept various righteous quests to defend their village or help the person in need, most of which lead to battles.
The battle of the game is turn-based and fully animated. While it is great to involve the common designs such as the battle formation and skill use, it is disappointing when it comes to the strategy and immersion the battle offers. It is because the battle is completely automatic, which means players are left out of the battle process, to speak nothing of the strategic deployment in it. What's worse, it cannot be skipped unless you are at or above VIP level 6.
Ultimate Naruto provides almost every established element expected in a web game and presents it in the most common way. Players will start with quests, fighting battles against NPCs to earn Exp, gears and team members, and then gradually level up to unlock such features as battle pets, greater skills and PvP-based arena and so on.
The game incorporates the essence of the original drawing style and integrates it with the latest web technologies and established features in a browser game. It is not really an exciting or challenging title for players who look for something hardcore or fresh, but a choice for Naruto fans to have some casual fun being a ninja like their favorite characters and fighting with them together.
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When we are sleeping a lot of interesting things happen, it seems that plants are no longer growing but they do, buildings get a different atmosphere, the street changes and so do the people in the streets.
This book is a short story on my own personal life. Society considers nature to be natural, but isn't nature unnatural because it is beyond are grasp. Is our limited brain capable of defining whether others are unnatural?
Another theme in my work is how we as people divide the world in nature and the environment we create ourselves. How do we live in that environment, do we create it and use it in the right way?
Through photography I create a new world, a world of fantasy but at the same time a world of reality. The contrast in my work lies in my esthethics and the roughness at the same time by mixing portraits with landscapes for example. A constant theme in my work is identity and how it is formed, how it is enhanced or softened by whatever factor that may influence it
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NY man released after DNA tests, due in Vt. courtMay 15,2013
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MONTPELIER — A suburban New York man released from a life-without-parole sentence after new DNA tests cast doubt on his conviction for killing his wife in a Vermont condominium almost two decades ago is due to be arraigned again in the killing.
John Grega is scheduled to appear in court Thursday in Brattleboro on a charge of aggravated murder for the August 1994 death of his wife Christine Grega, who was killed in a Dover condominium where the couple and their young son were vacationing.
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|Dressage Canada Announces 2009 European Fall Competition Tour
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September 17, 2009 — Dressage Canada and the Own the Podium Task Force are pleased to confirm that three athletes will be participating in the Dressage Canada 2009 European Fall Competition Tour. The upcoming European Fall Competition Tour is a development tour aimed at providing valuable European competition experience for some of Canada's up and coming combinations.
The participating athletes are Cheryl Meisner of Blandford, NS, with Paganini; Belinda Trussell of Stouffville, ON, with Anton; and Diane Creech of Caistor Centre, ON, with Wiona. The Dressage Canada Own the Podium Task Force has been working with the identified athletes and their personal coaches to determine the most appropriate competitions for each of the combinations. At this point it is anticipated that Trussell and Creech and their young Grand Prix horses will begin the competition tour at the Kaposvar CDI3*, Hungary, October 9–11, followed by the Weikersdorf CDI3*, Austria, on October 14–18. Trussell and Creech will then meet up with Meisner and her more experienced mount, Paganini, at larger CDI3* competitions in Germany. From there Meisner and Paganini will continue to compete in Germany throughout December.
One of the initiatives of the Dressage Canada Own the Podium Task Force is to provide Canadian athletes with opportunities for international competition exposure. Ashley Holzer and Pop Art were recipients of an Own the Podium grant earlier this year to compete at the Hickstead CDI5* where they finished in the top five against some of the highest ranked combinations in the world.
About Dressage Canada
Dressage Canada, as a committee of Equine Canada, is the National governing body for Dressage in Canada. Dressage Canada's objective is to foster the growth of Dressage and the pursuit of excellence in the sport at the local, national and international levels. Dressage Canada provides support and guidance to both amateur and professional through the following programs: coaching education and programs, officials' education and programs, rules & qualifying criteria, sport development, publications & awards. For more information about Dressage Canada, please visit the Dressage section of the Equine Canada site.
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Associated Press Twitter Account Hack Hits US Stock Prices
The Associated Press Twitter account was hacked and a false tweet informing followers of a bombing attempt at the White House was posted on The AP's behalf. The attack was claimed by the Syrian Electronic Army.
Saying President Obama was hurt during the incident, the tweet caused a seven-minute stock price plunge that recovered after The AP reported the hack and confirmed the tweet was bogus.
"The @AP Twitter account has been suspended after it was hacked," confirmed an unaffected Twitter account belonging to The AP. "The tweet about an attack on the White House was false."
While the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 150 points, business news site Quarts explains that someone – possibly the Syrian Electronic Army hacking group – could have profited by quickly purchasing stocks at the lower price.
"And imagine if whoever hacked the A.P.'s Twitter account intended to profit from it," said Quarts. "He, she—or, as it currently appears, the Syrian Electronic Army—could have shorted an index fund, or bet that it would fall, then quickly purchased stocks before the rest of the world realized what happened."
The attack comes after a series of other Twitter account hacks. McDonalds faced a similar situation in early February when hateful, obscene and false messages were posted by an authorized party via the fast-food chain's Twitter account.
About 250,000 users earlier had their passwords stolen due to a Twitter hack. Even after they urged an immediate password change, apps using Twitter's API allowed access to the services without asking users to input the new password.
Although Twitter has not yet introduced two-factor authentication, Mark Risher, co-founder of Imperium, a start-up that aims to help social networks, believes it would still not be enough to avoid such attempts as there are more than one way to steal user credentials.
"In the case of a phishing message, two-factor authentication would not eliminate the problem," said Risher. "There are ways to circumvent this. I could create a fake Web page for Twitter and ask you to enter your user credentials."
Investigations into how attackers managed to get control over The AP's Twitter account are still underway. An employee who was not authorized to speak for the organization said it could have been a phishing campaign spread via the news organization's email network.


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At the nearby National Constitution Center, kids can sing along with Two of a Kind and join in quilting and sewing projects for charity.
Learn more about the nationwide MLK, Jr. Day of Service — and register to lend a hand in your community.
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The sequel to "Pitch Perfect" will begin filming in Baton Rouge, La. in May and will be directed by Elizabeth Banks according to a report released on Feb. 14, 2014. The sequel will be appropriately named "Pitch Perfect 2" and will be Bank's directional debut.
"Pitch Perfect 2" is set to begin filming in Baton Rouge, La. in May and will more than likely have some scenes shot at Louisiana State University, as did the original movie. "Pitch Perfect" also filmed at Baton Rouge Community College and Southern University, also in Baton Rouge.
Anna Kendrick and Rebel Wilson will be returning to reprise their roles in the film, but will be seniors in the new sequel. No other details about the plot have been revealed.
The original movie had a fresh plot loaded with humor, as Kendrick and Wilson played misfits just arriving at college for their freshman year. They form a collegiate a cappella singing group that goes into competition with other collegiate singing groups.
"Pitch Perfect" was a box office hit making over $110 million in national and international sales.
"Pitch Perfect 2" will be distributed by Universal Films and is expected to be released one year after filming begins in May of 2015.


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saturday morning baking
August 25, 2012
Well, not technically baking I suppose, since these don't need to go in the oven. Three ingredients. What could be more simple? Or delicious? : )
Recipe here.
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simple living: in the kitchen
August 17, 2012
A few cute bits and pieces for those who love to get busy in the kitchen (um, I mean cooking!)...
cute tea towel to dry your cups and plates.
A rustic metal basket to collect fresh veggies from the garden, or to take to the market.
And you can never have too many aprons!
simple living: the urban homestead
August 12, 2012
I've been thinking a bit lately about how to live a more self-sufficient life, particularly while living in the city. I suppose I always assumed that to be self-sufficient you needed a lot of land - to grow food on, keep animals, have a rainwater tank etc. But this 4 person family in the States has proven me wrong - their urban farm is just 15 minutes from downtown Los Angeles and exists on a mere 1/10 acre of land. From that they successfully grow approximately 3 tonnes of organic produce per year, accounting for 90% of their vegetarian diet. They even have excess which is supplied to local restaurants and businesses.
But the farm is not just about growing delicious organic produce. It is a model for environmentally sustainable living. The Dervaes family lives consciously - they make a lot of their own food from scratch (bread, cheese, honey), they eat dinner together around the kitchen table, they reduce their waste through composting and recycling, and they have many facilities in place to conserve energy. They have also taught themselves a range of traditional skills such as forging, carpentry, sewing, and preserving. The girls in the family also have a love of aprons and they have a few pet rabbits, I think I could be quite at home here!
The Urban Homestead as it is known is an inspiration for simple living and has reminded me that it is possible to achieve a lot with very little.
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I'm most certainly not going to say I was jumping up and down with anything remotely resembling joy when I read that NBC was moving forward with a Rosemary's Baby mini-series. The 1968 Roman Polanski film remains one of the creepiest horror films of all time, an exercise in pure paranoia. Mia Farrow gives a pitch-perfect performance as a naive young housewife who comes to believe she's carrying the spawn of the devil. And John Cassavetes, whose good looks had dark and sinister built right in, is the perfect spousal foil, calmly yet firmly assuring his increasingly petrified wife that there's no demon in his seed. But the film really belongs to the elderly set: Ruth Gordon, Sidney Blackmer, Maurice Evans, Ralph Bellamy, all of whom swarm around poor Rosemary like a murder of ravenous crows.
It might have been bad enough if they were remaking the film itself, but a mini-series? What good can possibly come of that? Let's take a taut narrative and paaaaaad it out as much as we can. The story has been transplanted from Manhattan to Paris, so there's that little nugget of novelty. The possible saving grace? Agnieszka Holland (Treme, Europa Europa) has been hand-plucked to direct.
But who will star as the hapless, harried, heavy-with-devil-baby Rosemary? I offer NBC five suggestions:
Britney Spears — Just get her to shave her head again and run around, acting all amok. It's an Emmy just waiting to be delivered.
Amy Poehler — Because anything starring Amy Poehler is worth watching. Anything.
Chloe Grace Moretz — She may be a little young, but she has tremendous experience with horror remakes from the era, including The Amityville Horror, Dark Shadows, Carrie. She's like the bad remake queen.
Jenna Malone — Quite frankly, she kicked ass in Hunger Games: Catching Fire and could easily put a spin on this story, turning Rosemary from victim to victor. Why, she'd bite the head right off that uncuddly little creature. And then chow down on the afterbirth for kicks.
Amanda Seyfried — Actually, she'd be pretty good. Let's go with her. Hey, NBC, you paying attention here?
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Release Date: 2011-06-15 (Limited)
Genre: Musical, Comedy
Rating: NR
Duration: 2hrs 30min
The New York Philharmonic and EMK Productions are proud to present "Stephen Sondheim's Company with the New York Philharmonic" in movie theatres across North America. The production was shot in early April as part of the Philharmonic's spring gala. Neil Patrick Harris leads an all-star cast which included Patti LuPone, Stephen Colbert, Jon Cryer, Christina Hendricks, Craig Bierko and Martha Plimpton. Company's plot revolves around Bobby (a single man unable to commit fully to a steady relationship, let alone marriage), the five married couples who are his best friends, and his three girlfriends. It's a concept musical composed of short vignettes linked by a celebration for Bobby's 35th birthday.
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The 2015 Audi A3 proves that sometimes smaller really is better. Audi has successfully packed all the build quality, technology, fun and performance of their larger sedans into a smaller package. I got my hands on a new 2015 A3 2.0T quattro S tronic version finished in Scuba Blue and took this great little car on a roadtrip to Pacific Beach.
Pacific Beach This cool little city is just north of San Diego near Mission Beach and La Jolla. With miles of wide beaches, a long boardwalk constantly teeming with runners, bikers, skaters and walkers, it's a fun place to visit for a weekend. The area is also home to a whole lot of good restaurants and bars and is also known for its party atmosphere. I stayed at the ultra-cool Surfer Beach Hotel (711 Pacific Beach Drive), which sits right on the boardwalk.
World Famous Right on-site at the Surfer Beach is World Famous (711 Pacific Beach Drive) one of the area's best, and most beloved, restaurants. The menu is a great mix of hearty American food, seafood specialties and chef's specials. The prices are amazingly low, given the fine food, beachfront location and great service.
Woody's For a local's breakfast, head out in front of the hotel to Woody's Breakfast and Burgers (4111 Ocean Blvd.), another local institution. Pull up a bar stool along the dining area, for a front row view of the boardwalk and the beach and ocean beyond.
The drive Before heading to Pacific Beach, I drove the A3 around DTLA and found it nimble and quick yet comfortable. I didn't feel like I was riding in a small car, a feeling made stronger by the 12-way adjustable driver's seat with lumbar adjustment and all the Audi technology guiding me. On the freeway drive to Pacific Beach (about two and a half hours) it had good power for passing and freeway ramps, and had a nice solid feel while cruising at high (yet legal) speeds. Coming back after my weekend getaway, I got caught in traffic on the freeway and was quite happy to explore the radio and Audi connect news and information system.
The A3 As someone who has spent a lot of time in a lot of Audi models, especially the A7, A8, S8 and R8, I felt right at home in the A3 and found the same responsive, convenient controls. The car was equipped with the Audi MMI Navigation plus package which uses Google Maps and Earth to provide an amazing experience. The MMI includes a small touch pad where you can simply spell out letters to find a destination. Mine was the Surfer Beach Hotel in Pacific Beach, so I started writing in S-U-R-F-E-R B-E and then it showed the hotel, allowing me to select it as my navigation destination. There is also a voice control mode that is equally resposive and accurate, I used it to locate a gas station in La Jolla and then guide me there, which it did smoothly.
Performance With Audi's 2.0 TFSI engine putting out 220 hp and 258 lb-ft of torque, it's enough to move this small, lightweight car quite quickly (5.8 seconds 0-60). The car features Audi's typically tight, solid suspension, but it's forgiving and creates a good balance between sporty and comfortable. The six-speed S tronic transmission, complete with paddle shifters, is responsive and also offers a good mix of sporty or comfort, depending on the setting. In other words, the sport setting is very sporty, with high revving and high shift points, while the comfort mode is quite docile and comfortable. With the tight space, firm handling, Formula 1-inspired steering wheel and driver-centric controls, there are also comparisons to be made to Audi's mighty R8 supercar.
Economy The base A3 starts just under $30,000 but buyers will need to spend just under $40,000 to get a properly equipped, 2.0T model with the larger engine. The 2.0T offers 27 MPG (combined highway / city) which I feel can be manipulated five points up or down depending on driving style.
Convenience With rear seats that fold down flat, in addition to having a pass-thru, this small car offers a lot of accessible space. A trip to a hardware store to pick up an eight-foot long piece of wood molding was no problem, as the wood fit inside the car. We put the rear seats down and the wood rested on the front arm rest. The rear trunk / rear seat area with the 60/40 rear seats folded down is a big area, offering hatchback-like space.
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Giovanni's Room
by James Baldwin
American, Born and Bred
Symbolism, Imagery, Allegory
When David first leaves Brooklyn, he says,
Perhaps, as we say in America, I wanted to find myself. This is an interesting phrase, not current as far as I know in the language of any other people, which certainly does not mean what it says but betrays a nagging suspicion that something has been misplaced. I think now that if I had any intimation that the self I was going to find would turn out to be only the same self from which I had spent so much time in flight, I would have stayed at home. (1.1.76)
What is key here is that David's sense of self is bound up with the fact that he is an American. He claims, half in jest, that he left America because he was searching for himself. Of course, the search for self is not a physical one and might as easily have been conducted alone in his room in Brooklyn. Yet David feels the need to move, to physically enact his mental search, even if he suspects that he is not so much searching for himself as attempting to lose himself.
The latter possibility, that David is actually in flight, is something that often gets left out of soul-searching narratives. Americans are famously (and, in Europe, notoriously) known for their optimism, their sense that everything will work out in the end, that history is moving forward in one progressive direction.
In their first conversation, Giovanni mocks this American ideal. David says that, in contrast to Paris, in New York, you feel "all the time to come" (1.2.92). Giovanni seems to regard American optimism as twinned with naïveté, as a result of the fact that it is a young nation. He jokes about how time sounds like "a triumphant parade" for Americans, and they think that with enough time, "everything will be settled, solved, put in its place." Then, in a scathing indictment of America, Giovanni says, "And when I say everything, I mean all the serious, dreadful things, like pain and death and love, in which you Americans do not believe" (1.2.101). It's not lost on the keen reader that this accusation closely resembles the one that Giovanni later makes when David leaves him; his ideas about America and his ideas about David are intertwined.
There is some difference between Europe and America that Giovanni has hit on, even if he has exaggerated it. For one thing, Europe has a much longer history than modern America. Of course, America also has a history that begins well before 1492, but the textbooks are just a wee bit biased. Yet this bias affects the way that we think, and in relation to European nations, America is quite young.
It is also an isolated nation, and neither Canada nor Mexico has posed a significant military threat for a long time. As recently as 60 years ago (and, in the book, ten years ago), Europe found itself ravaged by the most destructive war in world history. And the war unfolded in major European cities and on a European landscape. As awful as the World Wars were for Americans, imagine how much worse they would have been if battles were waged in the fields of Ohio and Arkansas, if cities like New York and Philadelphia were taken captive.
It's for these reasons that an Italian like Giovanni might think that Americans are naïve, that they are optimistic only because they can afford to be, because they don't know what it's like to have their nation taken over by a fascist leader. Yet the national talk is also extremely personal. When Giovanni makes comments about America, he is also, indirectly, making comments about David. When David responds and defends America, he is also defending himself.
The vision of America presented in the book, then, is one that is bound up in David and Giovanni's relationship. For David, America is the place of his youth, the place of people he loves and understands. Yet he would not have left it if he thought that his identity was not something else too, that he was not completely hemmed in by the fact that he was an American. As David says when Giovanni coyly refers to his nationality:
I resented being called an American (and resented resenting it) because it seemed to make me nothing more than that, whatever that was; and I resented being called not an American because it seemed to make me nothing. (2.2.12)
America, like his sexuality, is the identity from which David flees and yet he can't help the fact that it is an identity that defines him. Giovanni perceives this, but he picks on David because he thinks that David, like his nation, is young and naïve and inexperienced. When we learn about Giovanni's horrific past in Italy, we begin to understand why he can't take things quite so lightly as David does.
As Giovanni says quite succinctly, "The Americans have no sense of doom, none whatever" (2.2.218). America, then, functions not just as a physical place but also as a symbol of youth and innocence and naïveté, of a past from which David wants to escape and to which he longs to return.


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I have a MySQL server with the MySQL root password is an empty string. If I try to connect to MySQL without a password, I am denied. Like this:
# mysql
ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: YES)
# mysql -p
Enter password: <-- I just hit enter, without typing anything
Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g.
How can I get MySQL to let me connect without prompting me for the password first? I have other servers where I can connect just fine without prompting for any password, and those other servers aren't using a .my.cnf file either.


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Indian Cookery Demonstrations
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"Who's the leader of the club that's made for you and me…M-i-c-k-e-y M-o-u-s-e!" Enter a world of nostalgia, happy and fun with this classic-themed birthday party from Elle Steadman starring that oh-so-familiar, iconic mouse-eared silhouette that can be recognized in just about any household.
From adorable iced sugar cookies that look as if they arrived straight from "the happiest place on earth", to mouse-eared Oreo pops and marshmallow treat pops, one peek at the fun details in this party will have you – and your little party guests – smiling from ear to ear!
Read on for more happy images + party details…
PARTY DETAILS, as told by Elle…
Food: Mickey Mouse shaped chicken nuggets, Mickey mouse shaped cheese and crackers, Hot diggity dogs (pigs in a blanket)
Candy Bar: Starburst, gumballs, suckers, pixi sticks, jelly beans, laffy taffy, rock candy, Mickey Mouse Pez, fruit slices, jolly ranchers, Swedish fish, bubble gum, dots, nerd rope, runts and Mickey Mouse sweet tarts. The candy was purchased from Oh Nuts and Candy Warehouse.
Desserts: Mini brownies, cupcakes, Mickey Mouse Cake, cookie sandwiches, Mickey Mouse shaped rice crispy treats on a stick ordered from Etsy, Mickey Mouse shaped Oreo cookies on a stick ordered from Etsy, and Mickey Mouse shaped cookies from Nelli's Custom Cakes.
– Event Styling: Elle Steadman
– Photography: Artography by Allie
– Candy: Oh Nuts & Candy Warehouse
– Mickey Mouse cookies: Nelli's Custom Cakes
– Mickey Mouse rice crispy treats & Oreos: Celebrations by Luisa (etsy)
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1Marki Williams SAYS:
Adorable! This just makes me happy looking at it!
2Whitney Lovatt SAYS:
Amazing! I love the way you made a character birthday not so "character-ish." I am planning a Dora-inspired birthday for my Daughter's 2nd and it is so hard to come up with ideas that won't look too cheesy. Thanks for all the inspiration!
3Christine SAYS:
Everything is so cute, I love all of the different PEZ dipensers! Great job!
4Katie SAYS:
Very cute Mickey Mouse theme! It's always great to see character parties go beyond just the branded paper plates and napkins.
5melodie larsosa SAYS:
Very creative work
6Kathryn SAYS:
Great job!! Everything looks perfect…makes me wish I was little again :)
7Intertwined Events SAYS:
Absolutely love this!
Disney has such a touch of whimsical magic and nostalgia that is irresistible!
Thank you for your adorable event ideas, keep them coming!
8sami SAYS:
my son mickey would LOVE this party!
9Get Wedding Centerpieces SAYS:
Anything Disney is wonderful to me, so this is just perfect and so fun to look at from top to bottom! :)
10Jamie W. SAYS:
I especially love your T-shirt. We are planning a trip to Disney in November…where did you find such cuteness? :)
11Liz SAYS:
I love it! How did you do the cupcake toppers?
Thank you!
12Michelle Milstead SAYS:
Hello! I love all of your fresh whimsical colors! Where did you get your favor/thanks bags and boxes and what did you put in them?
13Karen SAYS:
Absolutely adorable! I'm a Disney nut so this is the perfect party!
14Leslie SAYS:
I love your "sweet treats" table. Great pictures! Thanks for sharing and posting!


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April 17, 2014
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -
As the practice day for the 2014 NCAA Gymnastics Championships rolled on Thursday at the Birmingham Jefferson Convention Center ahead of Friday's semifinals competition, Alabama head coach Sarah Patterson was preparing her team for the challenge of advancing to Saturday's team finals. It is a task that began when the Crimson Tide got off the plane from Los Angeles following the 2013 NCAA Championships, where the Crimson Tide posted its fifth top-3 finish in a row.
While there are still three very important days left in the season, Patterson has already been given an assignment for next year. Starting this September, in addition to preparing her team for the season ahead, Patterson will also be working with a select group dedicated to making collegiate gymnastics as a whole better as part of the NCAA Gymnastics Committee.
"I feel extremely blessed to have spent my entire professional career at the University of Alabama," Patterson said. "I don't think there are many coaches these days that can say that they've only worked at one school. I also count myself very fortunate to continue to be a part of a sport that I truly love. Being a part of the NCAA Committee allows me to do everything I can to make sure our sport continues to grow and thrive."
Patterson, who has led Alabama to six NCAA Championships, including back-to-back titles in 2011 and 2012, previously served on the NCAA Gymnastics Committee from 1985-90 and as part of the NCAA Recruiting Committee from 1991-96. She also served on the Southeastern Conference Executive Committee from 1988-91.
While her role with the committee begins next fall, her focus now is on the next three days as the Tide competes for its seventh national championship and third in four years. The Tide will be in Friday's second semifinal session that will begin at 7 p.m., along with defending NCAA Champion Florida, past champions UCLA and Utah as well as Nebraska and Penn State.
The top three teams from the two semifinal sessions will advance to Saturday's Super Six Team Finals, which gets underway at 6 p.m. Tickets information is available at www.gymnasticschamps.com.
Fans can keep up with the Tide via Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and YouTube by following BamaGymnastics.


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World Oceans Day on Friday, June 8 draws attention to the 70 percent of our planet covered in water and the animals and plants that call the oceans home.
The New Frontier
While it's been relatively easy for man to explore the terrestrial side of our world, when it comes to our oceans, exploration has been more challenging. But now, technology is finally making it possible to explore the depths, breadths and diversity that up until so recently have remained undiscovered.
According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), only 5 percent of the oceans have been explored. This is the new frontier for adventurers and scientists, going where no man (or woman) has gone before. In March, filmmaker James Cameron completed the deepest solo dive ever attempted, cruising the bottom of the 6.8-mile-deep (11-kilometer-deep) Mariana Trench, the deepest point on earth in his "vertical torpedo" sub.


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TC TO ALEXANDER CARLYLE; 24 October 1834; DOI: 10.1215/lt-18341024-TC-AC-01; CL 7:318-320.
5. Cheyne Row, Chelsea, London / 24th October, 1834—
My Dear Alick,
It is many a long day since you sent me the scrape of a pen; you are in my debt too I believe for one very long Letter (or more?), and still persist in Silence. This is not right; tho' I know writing is a great burden to you, and from day to day some new thing or other is turning up to frustrate the purpose you may form in my behalf that way. Well! I look for a Frank today; and will send you this thin memorial of me: whether you answer or not, I shall know that it gives you pleasure, and never doubt that you send me (in heart at least) your thanks and best brotherly wishes.
We have a new winter at our door; all, as I fancy it, has been got under thatch and rope about Catlinns; not without an effort, as I often fancied when thinking of you on the wet harvest days. But the thing I have no means even of guessing here is what arrangement you have formed, or whether any yet, with your poor needy and greedy Landlords. Are you to leave that Knowe-head [knoll-head] at Whitsunday; or have they lowered your rent so as to make it tolerable and payable? This last is perhaps the way I ought to wish it, so wasteful are all changes. However, I am very anxious to know.— In any case, be of good heart, my dear Brother: let no difficulties darken your mind, or beat down the rigorous energy that is in you. "To be weak is miserable,"1 says the Poet Milton: that is the only misery for a man. I am a poor comforter for I preach up nothing but toil, toil; yet such is the truth, if we saw it, for all men: and for all genuine men, is there not the sure hope of a reward? Persevere, then: "in due time ye shall reap if ye faint not."2
What passes with myself here I have mainly described in Letters to my Mother, and others of them, which most probably you have seen. The world looks rough on me, but not hostile; I feel that I shall have labour enough, and what payment I ask from the world: meat and clothes. There is nothing like the deep sulkiness of Craigenputtoch troubles me here: I see always that I am in the right workshop, had I but got acquainted with the tools properly; here I must stand to it; here or nowhere!— My Mother will tell you that I am getting on with my new French Book: it is calculated that I ought to have it out about March next (that being what they call "a good time," the Parliament and Fashionables all on the spot): but whether I can keep my day or not, will depend somewhat on fortune. I strive to be as diligent as possible in all senses and do my best.— You have got the old Puttoch Teufelsdröckh (I hear), the last I wrote near you; and will prize it on that account, I believe: it is printed there you see, and cannot now be burnt or lost; and so if there be any good in it, the world has it; if none there is little harm done. I find strictly few to admire it, but then actually a few; and great multitudes to turn up their eyes in speechless amazement.
I saw the fire of the two Parliament Houses; and, what was curious enough, Matthew Allen (of York, you remember) found me out in the crowd there, whom I had not seen before for years.3 The crowd was quiet, rather [gratified] than otherwise; whew'd and whistled when the breeze came as if to encourage it: "there's a flare-up" (what we call shine) "for the House O' Lords!"— "A judgement for the Poor-Law Bill!"— "There go their hacts" (acts)!—such exclamations seemed to be the prevailing ones. A man sorry I did not anywhere see.— They will have to build a new house; and it may produce consequences not generally forseen yet.
Poor Edward Irving is at this moment I believe in Glasgow: the accounts I get of him (from Willm Hamilton)4 fill me with pain. He is in the worst state of health, and will not rest; threatened with Consumption; it now at last begins to seem too likely to me, that the conclusion of all that wild work, will be early death! Oh dear, what a tragedy is Life to most of us; often to those that seemed the luckiest! I know not what to do in this matter of poor Irving, and can for the present do nothing but grieve.
Alas, my dear Boy, here is the en[d of my] Paper! There will be more franks going soon, and I shall afford you better measure— Give our love to Jenny;5 lovingly guide and encourage her in all right ways, as is your duty and engagement. Little Jane I suppose is become a very "conversical" little Kimmer [gossip] by this time: even Tom must be beginning to make his observations. Be thankful for them, and yet earnestly anxious: regard them as a gift and a solemn obligation. Write soon. May all good be with you and yours my dear Brother! I am ever Your affectionate,
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Miley Cyrus can't stop and she won't stop. The 21 year hosted her first MTV Unplugged event and she pulled it off with different wigs and outfit changes. Unlike most unplugged legends, Miley had props, and sets to go along with her drooping tongue and twerking performances.
The former Disney star entertained her audience by twerking with a big, brown fake horse, and by bring Madonna onto the stage for a duet; How fab! The 55 year old Material Girl groped and danced Like A Virgin with MC as she song along to Miley's "We Can't Stop" and her own country themed single "Don't Tell Me" from 2000.
With a mainly R&B album, Miley channeled her inner southern roots by keeping her show pure country themed, but not too lady like I must say. The twerkaholic sung to acoustics and gave you what you would expect from her. "I tried to bring Nashville here for the tonight."
Once again, the southern belle is reinforcing how she doesn't care about what you think and her continued outrageous performances prove it.
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We are all about the color blue this week, with our latest lookbook, Blue Belle. It got us thinking about the color blue, and how we would wear blue makeup. Brightly colored makeup can be tricky — we like it done in subtle ways, with little other makeup. We came up with three looks we (…) Read more
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A photographic journey through Vietnam in 2008.
Like most of us, Graham Meale spent a good deal of his life hostage to a mortgage. In 2004, at age 47, he realised that there was more to life, got his first passport and began working hard to fill it up. His goal is to see every nation on Earth that doesn't have a McDonalds.
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Here below are the first batch of answers we received. Look for more in the week ahead.
"It looks interesting. I'm not really crazy about the texturing, but I like the cape attachment. I need to see it in motion before I make a judgement call. It's certainly an effective first image, although I do wander if it reflects the tone of the movie." - Jamal Igle (Comic Book Artist)
"WOW! Henry Cavill looks powerful, majestic, and ready to beat the hell out of some bad guys! I'm now more psyched for "Man of Steel" than I was before, and I didn't think that was possible! I love the way the cape comes off of his shoulders, too. Great looking Superman." - Sterling Gates (Comic Book Writer)
"Looks Cool! I always liked the rugged Superman. Smart of them to show him doing something "Super" for the first pic released instead of a pose. Seems fresh and reverent. The royal colors on the suit look nice. Very Majestic!" - Scott Cranford (Previous Official Town Superman for Metropolis, Illinois)
"To be honest I'm not at all thrilled or impressed. The colors are too dark for Superman, I know that they are wanting an edgier story and version of Superman but he represents light and purity. Also there are no red trunks. I feel they are trying to make the suit edgy and hip with the raised rubber ridges, like Spider-man but there is no need to do that with such an iconic character as Superman. As Richard Donner, said Verisimilitude, stay true to the character and story. He's been around for nearly 75 years, people know what they want and like. These execs today at Warners make things more difficult than they need to be." - Josh Boultinghouse (Official Town Superman for Metropolis, Illinois)
"I think it was the right choice to present a dramatic and dynamic first pic of the costume instead of any of the classic poses that we've seen a million times before. This pic has an air of kick-ass-ery that is badly needed for our dear ol' Superman. I still think they went a little dark on the color scheme but that could be the lighting. Either way - lookin' good!" - Brandon T. Snider (Writer)
"Henry Cavill looks badass as Superman. So excited for 2013." - Jim Lee (DC Comics Co-Publisher)
"Plastic man" - Jeff East (Actor)
"I keep making a terrible pun. I'm reminded of a phrase that's frequently used by the critic John Simon: Only a churl would Cavill. Meaning, he certainly *looks* like the comics' image of the character. And we know he can act, sort of, though so far he hasn't really been called on to do much more onscreen than preen and posture in a sulky pretty-boy sort of way. It will all depend on whether he can sound credibly like he was raised in Kansas or sounds more like James Bond in Spandex. This will make or break the performance, especially if they want us to believe that the adoptive father from whom he's learned Englishis everybody's favorite Walking Bowl of Tapioca, the Bandit of Sherman Oaks. I note with some amusement that the photo seems carefully chosen to be coy about whether he's wearing red panties or not. Beyond that, there's not much to say except that Cavill is fortunate that the bar has not been set very high; after Brandon Routh and his clunky Christopher Reeve impression, there's nowhere to go but up." - Martin Pasko (Comic Book Writer)
The final word from this batch of responses goes to Jon Bogdanove (Comic Book Artist)...
"I'm genuinely optimistic about the new Superman blockbuster. I haven't seen The Tudors, but I think it's reasonable to assume that Cavill will be pretty good. Since Superman abandoned his U.S. citizenship, I don't see any reason he shouldn't be played by a British actor. It seems half the actors in Hollywood are British now, anyway. Maybe it has something to do with education.
Anyway, I think this publicity still looks pretty good. I love the Golden Age-inspired "S" shield. I rather hope the finished version won't look quite so textured or raised. A frustration to modern costumers, I think, is the plain-ness of Superman's design. As the prototype for all comic book superheroes, his costume is absolutely old-school, basic– holding more in common with 19th century circus strongmen and aerialists than with the high-tech molded armor of movie Batmen. Also, since canonically it was literally knitted by Ma Kent from the fibers of Kal-El's baby blankets, the costume should have a somewhat home-made look. The wool costumes worn by Kirk Alyn and George Reeves are probably closer to the mark than the shiny spandex of the disco era version, but at least Chris Reeve's costume didn't arbitrarily elaborate on the comic book design.
I totally understand the commercial and artistic impulse to trick up the old, rugged cape and tights. DC itself can't resist changing things up occasionally. But personally, I'm a bit of a purist. Rubberized bodysuits and plasticized "S" shields, adorable electric skating unitards or new panty-less turtle-neck armor just feel like emperor's new clothes to me. Perhaps the best effect of these variants is that they re-invigorate my appreciation for the original. Meanwhile, the basic costume remains the world's most recognizable brand identity, so why mess with the "S"?
Ultimately, what will make or break Man of Steel is story. I think Christopher Nolan and David Goyer are absolutely capable of doing it very well indeed. I hope they aren't being pressured to force Superman into Batman's mold too much. The gray tone of the colors in this photo are cause for concern that somebody thinks Batman's formula for success is applicable to Superman, too. Most of us think that Superman and Batman are the Yin and Yang of each other. In many ways visually and thematically, Superman is the opposite of The Dark Knight. I hope Nolan and Goyer can take on Superman on his own terms.
A fun coincidence for me is that this movie's working title is Man of Steel, and the comic I'm most known for is Superman: The Man of Steel. Even more coincidental is the similarity between Cavill's pose in this photo and a signature Superman motif of mine, exemplified by the cover to Superman: RetroActive 1990s (on sale Aug. 24th). :)" - Jon Bogdanove (Comic Book Artist)
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