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Social networking sites self-destruct more regularly than depressed Bond villain lairs full of Mission Impossible messages, leaking oil drums and a drunken fire juggler.
Networking sites replace troublesome "meaningful relationships" with an easily-tracked number. Unlike friends, logging on doesn't require effort. Or showers. The instant it becomes possible to conceive over the internet the human race will start evolving backwards.
The precise moment a social networking site turns to shit is when the makers realise "Wow, we've got an army of millions of obsessives - how do we make money from them?" MySpace turned their entire site into a commercial break, Facebook lets anyone who can hit a keyboard two tries out of three poison the place with crapplications, and Twitter are just hoping the problem will go away/one of the team will find a treasure map.


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President Lazy, President Selfish
President Lazy
President Obama recently admitted to suffering from a terrible condition:
Asked by Walters to name "the trait you most deplore in yourself," the president — who was interviewed alongside his wife Michelle — responded, "laziness."
"You're lazy?" Walters asked.
"You know it's interesting, there is a deep down, underneath all the work I do, I think there's a laziness in me.
"It's probably from, you know, growing up in Hawaii and it's sunny outside, and sitting on the beach," Obama said with a smile.
He grew up in paradise and that made him lazy. Aw, poor baby.
You know, if I were a lazy person, I would not run for the most important position in America, and one of the most important positions in the world. If I knew that about myself, I simply would not run for an office that requires such massive effort and constant work in order to be effective. And if I were lazy and was still somehow thrust into the position, I certainly wouldn't admit it to Barbara Walters and then go and set new personal records for golfing.
But then, I'm not Barack Obama:
With this one, Obama reaches a new milestone, having gone golfing 90 times in less than three years as president. That's about three months of golf, given that the excursions generally take about five hours – much of the useful portion of the day.
What's more, it's the 32nd time he's been on the links this year, a record for the president. His 32 outings eclipses the 2010 mark of 30 and is far ahead of his 2009 tally of 28 rounds as president.
President Selfish
As it happens, President Obama managed to make his golf addiction extremely inconvenient for Marines and their families . . . on Christmas:
President Obama might be the most selfish president ever. Instead of staying home with his family, President Obama had to go golfing on Christmas day.
Big deal, you say?
Well, the big deal is that a bunch of Marines had to work–blocking roads and doing other miscellaneous security detail–instead of being home with their families.
Here are some of the comments from the wives of these men. (I am not going to include the link to this page, nor am I going to include names, because I don't want anyone in trouble. I do, however, have the screen shot and have copy and pasted the comments verbatim.)
"You also have to understand that, a lot of people were unable to get to their homes during Christmas Eve, Christmas and even today. That's a major inconvenience for families trying to enjoy their holiday. Also all of those guys out there missed out on Christmas, leaving their wives and children at home alone so the President can play golf. It may not affect you, or be important to you, but to the families affected it's a sensitive subject and frankly I feel that people are allowed to be upset by that. You are entitled to your own opinion, but you really should consider expressing your opinion in a different way. Cursing and calling people names isn't respectable."
"Because he's here, I didn't get to see my husband all weekend, on our baby girl's first Christmas, so he can have his vacation. So when I can't get to my house because he wants to play golf it just adds insult to injury and yeah, gets on my nerves. I agree that it's a sensitive subject for some of us who are more effected by his being here."
"I was so angry! They blocked off my driveway… -_-"
"It takes him forever to play too because he isn't good at it either lol!"
"hahahahahahaha i hate when hes here. last year her and the kids where at the big park (which is across from my house) and i couldnt even turn onto mokapu! they wouldnt let you walk over either! i actually feel really bad for the kids"
There are more where this came from, but these comments captured the general mood.
Obama has managed to make a lot of superlatives applicable to his record, and to his august personage, during his three years in office. None of them positive.
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The Columbus Dispatch - June 04, 2012 03:11 PM
Ohio State University is about to give its outdated planetarium a star-treatment facelift, according to a school press release.
The planetarium, which was built in 1967, will close June 4th for a long-awaited overhaul. Located on the fifth floor of Smith Lab, the planetarium, has been plagued for years by outdated equipment, a water-damaged dome and time-worn chairs, officials said in the release.
It will re-open in the fall, and university officials are telling people to expect to be wowed -- and not just by the beautiful decor.
The university is replacing its circa 1960s Spitz Starball with a Spitz SciDome XD, the latest in digital-projection technology. The XD will use two projectors to display more than 6.5 million pixels onto the planetarium dome. Most HD televisions show about 1.3 million pixels.
SciDome allows an operator to guide the program live – taking audiences on a virtual tour through time and space. Audiences, for example, will be able to view the night sky from anywhere in the world, as well as leave the Earth, to fly through the solar system or even distant galaxies. They'll also be able to see how the skies looked millions of years ago -- and how they will look years into the future.
Ohio State will be one of only four institutions in the nation to install this state-of-the-art equipment. The old equipment will be donated to the Perkins Observatory in Delaware.


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Satmar Getting Ready for Metzitah B'peh Court Fight
The Satmar Rebbe R. Aaron Teitelbaum instructed his followers to each give $100 towards legal cost of the Metzitzah B'peh (oral suction of the cut following the circumcision) lawsuit, Jacob Kornbluh tweeted.
The Satmar Live tweet confirms this, asserting (over several twets which we condense here) that "every Rosh Mishpucha (head of household) has to give $100 – Koifer Nefesh (lit=ransom, fig=atonement). The money will go for the legal cost of Metzitzeh B'Peh. For those who fast the price will be $72, which has to be paid till Y"T Shvies (Shavuot). Yoim HaTanis: This last Thursday of Shovevem Truma-Tetzaveh. L'Hikuhel V'Lamoid Al Nafshieny! (to gather and defend our souls).
Mind you, this entire uproar on the part of Satmar, complete with war images and fasting, is not over the banning of Metzitzah B'peh, rather it is about the mohel-ritual circumciser informing the parents of the procedure and having them sign a consent form.
The Mishnah (Shabbat 19:2) mentions two steps in the Bris Milah, following the actual circumcision: P'riah-the exposure of the crown and the severing of the membrane under the foreskin, and, Metzitzah-suction. The Gemorah teaches (Shab. 133b) that a "Mohel who does not suck, should be dismissed from practice." Rashi explains that this step is in order to squeeze some blood from deep inside the wound to prevent danger to the baby.
Mordechai Halperin, writing for the OU Jewish Action (Winter 2006), explains: "Immediately after incising or injuring an artery, the arterial walls contract and obstruct, or at least reduce, the flow of blood. Since the arterioles of the orlah-foreskin branch off from the dorsal arteries (the arteries of the upper side of the organ), cutting away the foreskin can result in a temporary obstruction in these dorsal arteries. This temporary obstruction, caused by arterial muscle contraction, continues to develop into a more enduring blockage as the stationary blood begins to clot. The tragic result can be severe hypoxia (deprivation of the supply of blood and oxygen) of the glans penis.
However, this third procedure in the Bris Milah need not necessarily be done orally, with direct contact. Many mohalim have long since adopted Metzitzah with an instrument, which is just as effective.
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Consent Forms For Metzitzah B'Peh: Empowering Parents Or Interfering In Religious Practice?
In Defense of Parental Consent fo Metzitzah B'pehYori Yanover
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this is not religious observance. it is a mischigas.
Metzitazah b'Peh is not halachically required, and can cause transmission of herpes and other infections. This obstinacy plays right into the hands of anti-Semites who wish to abolish brit mila! Choose your battles!
A consent form in a Holy Torah State of Israel is not required.
Dear Larry ~ You are correct about this practice playing right into the hands of anti-Semites…but even more importantly — it even turn our own into a category of "anti-Semite." Feh! A mishigas! And we are to follow such rabbinical leadership's wisdom? This is as crazy as swinging the chickens for slichas to absolve sin! Forget goyim — they've turned off the mass majority of Jews. Can the majority all be that "traif"? These Satmar's have done more harm than good for G-d's people!
by the way most ashkenazim do not do this, we do not do metzitzah b'peh, it is a minhag, not a must according to halacha!!! why are these crazy people insist on doing this and therefore might be harming innocent babies??
It is clear that some segments of the haredi community place protection of their cultural norms ahead of protection of their children. MBP violates every protocol and standard of safe and sanitary practice for medical procedures. There will be those that defend the practice by asking why society tolerates driving due to the incidence of injury and death from auto accidents, but are critical of MBP. The difference is that everything is done to make cars and roads safer. Nothing is done to make MBP safer. MBP is a practice that should be banned, for the safety of haredi infants. It is unconscionable that it is still practiced.
Haven't they heard of using sterilized instruments It does not go against the law
no mention of herpes at all in this article?
i DON'T UNDERSTAND THE FUROR. i AM NOT A SATMAR, BUT I AM NOT ABOUT TO TELL THEM WHAT TO DO. iT IS NOBODY'S BUSINESS BUT THERES.
The Satmar in Europe chopped off half the beard of the Spika rebbe. They threw nails(screws) and frogs into the Spinka mikvah. In Williamsburg they physically had the Klausenburger chasidim evicted and they fled to New Jersey. Later they started beating Lubavitchers Chasidim and the late Rav Dworkin ,RAVAD of Bais Din Crown Heights put a Cherem against Satmar food products. The Hailmeaner rebbe Reb Gross met with me in Boro Park to inform me as a then Satmar schochet, their shcheita is treif. It was also found that they were also selling Chalev Medoerahsow and many stopped eating from their sheichtah. Their Central Rabbinical Congress-Hisachdus HaRabonim put ads into the New Times that Jews have no right to Israel, that Israel stole the land from the Arabs and that Israel starts all the wars! Ahl Pe Halacho Mehtzetah BPah can be altogether not done, and can be done with a tube. Pikuach Nefesh is another reason not to do it. Igros Moshe pakens bedeahvahd not neccessary!
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It all looks and sounds like Apotemnophilia crossed with vampirism/canibalism. These are psychosis to most people but are part of their indoctrination and we should accept it. They are under their covenant which cannot be broken or retracted. The only way to break the covenant is to help them become educated in the physiological development and neurological functions, safe and proper use, care and hygiene of both sexes prepuces, so their sons and daughters can grow up with healthy, functioning, non traumatised reproductive brain chemistry and prepuces.


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He didn't express it perfectly but Boris Johnson sees how all of us benefit from free enterprise
I want to talk to you about Boris and what he had to say about greed. But I'd like to start by inviting you over to dinner at Kim Jong Il's house.
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Nancy and Howard Wenocur of Elkins Park announce the engagement of their son Samuel Benjamin Wenocur to Brooke Leah Lichtenstein, daughter of Arleen and Jeffrey Lichtenstein of Morris Plains, NJ.
Sam received his Bachelor's degree from the School of Industrial & Labor Relations at Cornell University, and a Juris Doctorate from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. Sam is an attorney with the law firm Inglesino, Pearlman, Wyciskala & Taylor in Parsippany, NJ.
Brooke received her Bachelor's degree from the Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University and a Juris Doctorate from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. Brooke is an attorney with the law firm Reiseman, Rosenberg, Jacobs & Heller in Morris Plains, NJ.
Sam is the grandson of Vicki and the late Harold Lipton of Boynton Beach, FL and Sylvia and Isadore Wenocur of Philadelphia.
Brooke is the granddaughter of Dorothy and the late Joseph Rubin of Montville, NJ and Claire and the late Murray Lichtenstein of South Orange, NJ.
Sharing in the couples' happiness are Sam's sister, brother-in-law and nephew, Rachel, Andrew and Max Zidel, as well as Brooke's sisters, Lindsey, Allie and Jodie Lichtenstein.
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That actually makes sense!!
To all who recommended I should try a "white" sauce less pizza from yesterday, I will if I can find one.
Too many people like them, so they can't be bad, just different. (Maybe I'll order one specially.)
re: alexikakos
a reasonable facsimile would be to take a pizza crust, then take alfredo sauce or similar italian white sauce (safeway carries them, and I know Safeways are in the Sound area).
And my cat can take up more than half the bed, side to side. But only when I want to sleep or take a nap.
Yesterday's discussion prompted me to pick up a frozen Margherita while shopping earlier. Come to think of it, there's still two slices left.
Right you are! And it's the middle half!
Kittenheight is an ever-changing metric.
19" is very warm today…. by this time next month it'll mean pleasantly sunny.
By next year the scale will be Catheight, and 19" will signify cool weather…
On the flip side, one of my mom's cats used to love laying on the floor heating vents in the winter. She was able to ooze out to exactly cover the 1' square vent in the bathroom. Very odd to see a square blob of cat.
Cats are shape shifters….They can go from 3 ft long to a little kitten depending what they want…It's kinda spooky
Hi Susan, just ran across a card with a picture of a smiling tomato on the front…Somebody very clever made it….
Nice rendering of a cat, Jef…
Some are better than others, which I assume is because different people have different tastes. I happen to like the white pizza at Cici's, one of the only decent ones on their menu.
There's a saying that "You can tell the heat of the day by the length of the cat."
sonorhC: We called that a "fur gasket".
My daughter's cat functions as well as a rock. I haven't seen her move in hours.
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No friends the limit comparison test doesn't go like that.
Also, the limit of the sequence is 1, not 0, so by Divergence Test the series diverges.
Does it converge or diverge? If it converges, then what does it converge to?
Series with n = 1 to infinity
This one would use the limit test, but I can't find (The series to compare it to). Any strategies for finding it?
Limit Test is: Limit as n goes toward infinity of
If is infinity then diverges
If then converges
If comes out to a value, then if converges, then converges, and if diverges, then diverges.
Limit comparison test is like this:
Given a(n), comparing it to b(n), both of which are positive.
The test is valid only if lim(n-> inf.) a(n)/b(n) gives you a non-zero finite value: b(n) converges then a(n) also converges; b(n) diverges then a(n) also diverges.
One thing you have to do is find out what should be. Therefore, you have to simplify the n terms. Correct? How would we go about this? The correct should be How do we get there using the arithmetic of exponents?
How is simplification and exponential arithmetic done on
$\displaystyle \begin{align*} \frac{n^3 - 3}{n^3 + n^2 + 1} &= \frac{n^3 + n^2 + 1 - n^2 - 4}{n^3 + n^2 + 1} \\ &= \frac{n^3 + n^2 + 1}{n^3 + n^2 + 1} - \frac{n^2 + 4}{n^3 + n^2 + 1} \\ &= 1 - \frac{n^2 + 4}{n^3 + n^2 + 1} \\ &= 1 - \frac{\frac{1}{n} + \frac{4}{n^3}}{1 + \frac{1}{n} + \frac{1}{n^3}} \\ &\to 1 - 0 \textrm{ as } n \to \infty \\ &= 1 \end{align*}$
The terms do NOT approach 0, so the series diverges!


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Who Are The Most Hated Celebrities In Showbiz?
Despite having millions of fans around the world, countless Twitter followers and lots of talent (well, most of them), there are a handful of actors, actresses, singers, reality TV stars, etc., who people just love to hate.
Kim Kardashian's family built a empire on the base of a sex tape that leaked to the public, and now they're all household names. Millions watch the television show, but millions more can't stand them and resent the fact that Kim's sex tape with an R&B singer is what started it all.
One star is a huge diva, yet super-talented in all facets of showbiz. Another has quite the voice, but she's a home-wrecker.
One is possibly the greatest guitar player of the modern era, but his womanizing ways overshadow his chops.
Another thinks he's a god; and one beats women.
Here are the most hated celebrities in showbiz...
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AJ LeeApril Jeanette Mendez
- Birthdate: 3/19/1987 (age 29)
- Height: 5'2"
- Weight: 115 Ib
AJ Lee is a self-professed "nerd", as she loves...
"Obviously, I have a similar background and experience as the men you mentioned, but that's where those similarities end. If you look at me, what you see is someone with the physique and build of a true WWE Superstar."
-- WWE RAW General Manager AJ Lee recently spoke with WWE Magazine about a return to the ring. Here is what she had to say…
"I actually do miss the ring. I think the funny part is that I've always thought I would be wrestling the ring and didn't believe I'd be useful in any other capacity. I just never saw myself in any different way. It's hilarious to me what I'm most known for these days! There are so many layers to this business than just getting in the ring. I spent a year performing at live events, but I didn't get much time on television. I think I'll use it to my advantage. Hopefully, I'll have a very long career, and time for that - and I'll be able to surprise people."


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How Songza Gets Heard: Getting Digital Right
The search for the perfect (online) DJ is on. This week, I'm investigating how Songza, a carefully curated online music streaming site, gets digital right.
The Weekly Compete Pulse
If a brand tweets in a forest and no one is around to hear it, did they even tweet at all? According to study by Buddy Media, tweets containing fewer than 100 characters receive 17% higher engagement than longer tweets. Marketing Profs pulled together a distillation of the study's results, looking at how user engagement can fluctuate based on the time of day, the day of the week, and industries.
Scion Music Measures
Scion has always been somewhat of an experimental brand, from marketing tactics to product design. Music continues to play a lead role in Scion's strategy: In July, Pandora and Scion announced that Pandora's service would be offered in the Scion xB and tC. And Scion recently announced it was going to effectively become an indie music label, with the Scion AV project (see scionav.com). However, Jack Hollis, Scion senior vice
The New Music Landscape
It's no secret that the music industry has undergone massive changes over the last ten to fifteen years. According to the Recording Industry Association of America, total US music sales have dropped an average of 8% each year since 1999, from $14.6 billion to just over $6 billion. Having heard this, you probably wouldn't expect that in the first half of 2011, US sales are up by 1%. Okay, so
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The Ann F. Baum Memorial Elder Law Lecture on March 3 featured Professor Lawrence Gostin of Georgetown University Law Center. Gostin discussed how the shift to an older demographic in the coming decades will be a fundamentally important dynamic for global health and must shape the way the international community works towards the goal of addressing health disparities within and across societies.
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America's number 3 airline is making a ratings grab. Starting this Friday, August 1, Delta Airlines will roll out Delta Studio, the carrier's own branding of a Gogo wireless in-flight entertainment (IFE) system called Gogo Vision, and will begin offering free access to movies, TV shows, music and video games on all of its domestic flights that last 90 minutes or more. Delta passengers can access free Delta Studio entertainment through seat-back screens where available or via a video player app downloaded on their own smartphones, tablets or laptops.
On Delta and Delta Connection domestic aircraft that are equipped with IFE (in-flight entertainment), Delta Economy Comfort, BusinessElite and First Class passengers will get free, unrestricted access on their seat-back systems to in-flight entertainment that includes live satellite TV channels, music and games, as well as premium movie and TV selections. Regardless of whether seat-back IFEs are available, passengers in these classes will also receive free streaming access to movies and TV shows on their mobile devices via the Gogo video player app (for iPhone and iPad as well as Android) or Delta's Fly Delta app for iPad, either of which must be downloaded pre-flight.
For Economy passengers, access to a limited selection of free on-demand movies and TV shows will be available, while premium entertainment content will cost $6 per movie and $1 for each TV episode.
At present, Delta has 140 domestic aircraft equipped with embedded IFE, and as part of its fleet-wide interiors upgrade program, the airline plans to add these seat-back entertainment systems to more than 150 additional domestic narrow-body planes through 2016; these planes will include many of Delta's 757-200s, 737-800s and Airbus A319s. Additionally, Delta's 100 new Airbus and Boeing aircraft scheduled for delivery through 2018 will also be equipped with embedded IFE.
Though I'm still less than thrilled about Delta's recent changes to its loyalty program, it's great to see the airline offering such a welcome perk aboard its domestic flights. In an industry that's often monkey see, monkey do, I can only hope that more domestic airlines will soon follow suit.
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Cena's Five Essential Exercises
This is the exercise that made John Cena the man he is today. You should squat hard enough so that you can walk out of the gym after squats and consider it a good workout even if you do nothing else. You should at least be able to squat your bodyweight to call yourself strong. Try to get to sets of 1.5 times body weight for some reps. John can squat with more than 550.
HOW TO DO IT: Grab the bar tightly, hands as close together as is comfortable and elbows pointed down-this will make sure your upper back is contracted. Come up under the bar, resting it on your traps, and lift it off the rack. Step backward, and stand with your feet a bit wider than shoulder-width apart and toes turned slightly outward [1]. Take a deep breath, forcing your abs outward, and bend your hips back as far as you can. At that point, keeping the arch in your lower back, bend the knees to lower your body as far as you can (try to squat to where your thighs are below parallel to the floor) [2]. When you've squatted as low as you can without losing the arch in your lower back, contract your glutes and thighs and explode back upward to the starting position, exhaling the breath forcefully. That's one rep. Do not let your heels come off the floor at any point.


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To make room for the monster, ladder truck at the C.M. "Smitty" Smith Central Fire Station, the BVFD had to move one of its older pumper trucks out of the garage.
The department decided the best thing to do with the 1980 Ford truck being moved out of the building would be to donate it to a fire department that does not have a pumper.
That was where the TVFD came in.
"McMullen County doesn't have a pumper at all," BVFD Assistant Fire Chief Bill Burris said. "They only have brush trucks and one tanker."
The truck being donated should have everything the TVFD will need, including a 1,000-gallon water tank, a 1,000-gallon-per-minute pump, a generator, a 35-foot ladder, a 10-foot attic ladder and a pike pole.
The truck will first go to the Texas Forest Service and then be passed on to firemen in Tilden.
James Barrie, regional fire coordinator for the TFS in Beeville, said the transfer will be made through Texas' "Helping Hands Program."
State law, House Bill 680, makes it possible for fire departments to donate surplus equipment, like fire trucks, to the TFS to later be presented to fire departments which could use the equipment.
The law also allows donating departments to designate the recipient.
"We take the donation from the city and title it to the State of Texas," Barrie said. "That takes the liability from the city and the BVFD."
The folks in Tilden could not be happier with the decision.
TVFD Chief Jason Cooper said he and his assistant chief came to Beeville, looked at the truck and were happy with what they saw.
"They approached us and said they were getting a new ladder truck and asked us if we would like to have it," Cooper said. "We don't have a pumper."
The chief thought the vehicle and its equipment had been well maintained and were in great shape.
"We could use a generator," Cooper said. And the pumper has a separate compartment for the Jaws of Life.
"Right now we have our Jaws in the back of a pickup and not in a special compartment," Cooper said.
Currently, the Tilden department uses a couple of the county's vacuum trucks for tankers and it has three new brush trucks, including a 2011, four-wheel-drive vehicle that the county bought.
Cooper said the volunteers will need to learn to operate the equipment on the pumper.
"We're anxious to get it, get started on it and get it into service."
Barrie said there is some paperwork to be completed between Beeville and the TFS before the truck is passed on to Tilden. He said the McMullen County department should acquire the truck sometime after the first of next year.
"We haven't used the truck in years," Burris said. "We're really happy to see Tilden get it."
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Hoodies, a key ultra-casual wintertime item. But did you know how fashionably precarious they can be? Oh yes, much trades on the color, material, branding, the shape of the hood, etc. – your reputation could be at stake. Better keep reading, gents…
Nor Cal Nautical 2 Hoodie
INFEASIBLE: Thin hoodies featuring bad branding choices
First and foremost, a hoodie's got to have some thickness to it. Insulation from the elements during a jog, cigarette break, or quick trip to the supermarket is what necessitates some hoodie action. A piece like the above Pacsun would hardly protect you from a light gust, let alone the wind tunnel audaciousness I've had to brave lately. But check what else this piece gets wrong: placing a big, bright yellow version of their logo right above the heart on a black piece. A pretty foul color match if you ask me. And what shape does this fit anyway? It's ambiguous.
Sergio Tacchini Sportswear Dallas Hoody
Feasible: Hoodies that fit form and use color tastefully
Here's an item that gets it right. The hood is tight, the general shape is form-fitting, and logo is small and of course matches the tasteful green. By the way, this men's Dallas hoody from Sergio Tacchini is exclusive to online merchant, JD. Some other nice features of the piece: a press stud fastening kangaroo pocket on the front, metal tipped drawstrings, branded metal eyelets and ribbed cuffs. Quality. If you're looking for fitted hoodies, try looking at Macys with these coupons.


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EXCITING CONCERT NEWSTuesday, January 5th, 2010
Anyone who reads this blog knows that I like Joanna Newsom, like, a lot, and I missed her tour way back in 2006 because I didn't think she could possibly sell out the 700ish-capacity Black Cat mainstage. Well, after years of no news, she's finally up to something, after that teaser of a "secret show" last year. Playing a mini-tour of seven cities in the U.S. this spring, including a date in DC on March 22 at Sixth & I Historic Synagogue. I'm so there. This WILL sell out fast as Newsom's legend has grown mightily since that last tour, and Sixth & I's capacity is only a couple hundred more than the Black Cat.
Also, there is yet another Wilco tour, which is hardly news since these guys seem to be practically Jucifer-like in their capacity for living on the road. But, the press release says that the tour will consist of "extended, varied sets exploring material from each of the accomplished Chicago sextet's seven studio albums." Since I don't like the past couple albums very much, this is pretty great news. DC date is at Strathmore on March 30.
Other shows I am really psyched to see this spring: Atomic, Epica, Between the Buried and Me headlining with Cynic supporting. Also very curious to see how the Scion Rock Fest lineup shakes out this year - it's apparently scheduled for March 13 but I can't get much in the way of confirmation on that date.


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Vassar graduation portrait, 1933
Physical Details: Photographic print : 1 item : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm.
Creator: unidentified photographer
Description: Identification on verso (handwritten): ABS as nurse's aide World War II
Forms part of: Aline and Eero Saarinen papers, 1906-1977
Rights Statement: Current copyright status is undetermined
Citation: Vassar graduation portrait, 1933 / unidentified photographer. Aline and Eero Saarinen papers, 1906-1977. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Digital ID: 4738
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Zollar joins Bellin Health Family Medical Center
GREEN BAY — Tracey Zollar, a board certified nurse practitioner specializing in family practice, recently joined Bellin Health Family Medical Center-Siegler Street.
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Straight Outta Brno
Budoár Staré Dámy is a quintet based in Brno, one of the cities in the Czech Republic that isn't Prague. (There are a lot of them.) The group was formed in 1999, when they were all in their teens, and its name means "The Old Lady's Boudoir". That indisputably kicks ass.
Budoár Staré Dámy are fronted by singer/songwriter Marta Fúú Svobodová, who also plays guitar and mandolin and does the enigmatic cut-paper illustrations in the CD booklet. I don't speak Czech, so I don't know if she is a great lyricist or not, but the words sound really cool and interesting when she sings and shouts and declaims them in one of her voices. (She has several.) Plus, her middle name is Fúú. So, y'know, role model / crush right there.
Budoár Staré Dámy
My O Vlku
US: 13 Sep 2005
UK: 5 Sep 2005
Inspired by Nirvana and Hole, their music is muscly indie-rock, with a violin high up in the mix and lots of stoppy-starty parts and stabby parts and dramatic passages that sound like lots of '70s/'80s bands that didn't suck: Talking Heads, X, Blondie, R.E.M. They don't sound at all like the Pixies, but Marta's voice often intertwines and plays off violinist Eva Svobodová's voice like the Deal sisters' voices did in the Breeders. They also do one song that sounds like country-reggae except that on the chorus it gets suddenly Slavic, like everyone is all drunk at Oktoberfest ("Oná Osudná") So there are your signifiers if you need them.
Budoár Staré Dámy intentionally makes their songs hard to categorize by turning each one into a labyrinth; things never end up where you think they're going to go. "Uneste Si M?" starts out as a march, relaxes into a slow groove, and then bounces back up again with searing guitars and double-time drums from t?pán Svoboda (Marta's brother, natch). They pull out some surf-band stuff on "Boí", and then it's gone but your head is still swimming. The minimalist funk of "Noc Co Noc" is Talking Heads-ish but keeps exploding into Skye Sweetman-style girl-punk. I love it, and I don't see how any other reaction could happen.
It can be nerve-racking, reviewing CDs from foreign countries when you don't live there or know much of the context. I have had angry people writing me about "Oh, you don't know what you are talking about, you idiot American," and they've been right. So I guess I'll just say that this sounds more sparkly and weird at the same time than other Czech rock/jazz/pop/etc. that I've heard.
Brno must be the jam. Maybe I'll move.
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Please don't mistake my absence for a baking hiatus. I definitely have been baking. I'm sure you can sympathise though with how quickly the days disappear. Whilst my intentions have been honourable, I'm afraid I haven't followed through! My apologies, along with a personal pledge to never let it happen again! Another pledge: following my own frustration at recipes which only provide volume measurements (i.e. cups), and those which only provide weights (i.e. grams) I'm now going to include both, all the time. That way you can choose the easy route (volume), or go with the more accurate (but more time consuming) weight. Apart from tea/tablespoons. Ain't nobody got time for (weighing) dat! But I will try to add ml measurements where possible. No fluid ounces for you, 'Mericans. Not sorry.
This most recent baking adventure started with a teeny bit of research. I'd be wondering for a while why red velvet is a thing. I mean they're really just a light chocolate cupcake, with a big kick of red food colouring, right? While mostly right now, this was once WRONG. Thanks to Wikipedia, the homepage to my life, I learnt this little morsel of info: during food rationing in WWII bakers often boiled beetroots and added the liquid to their cakes, to enhance the colour and ensure they still looked appetizing. Whilst I didn't this time, I'm interested to try baking red velvet with beetroot juice… I think the sweetness could definitely bring a different dimension to the flavour! I will keep you posted when I get to that experiment.
Now, onto the important part. This recipe was recommended to me by a friend and it did not disappoint! My pretty minimal kitchen efforts yielded moist, rich cupcakes that were gobbled up pretty quickly. Plus, who doesn't like a good cream cheese icing? Apart from the poor lactose-intolerants among us, I really don't think I could trust someone who 'doesn't like cheese'. I suppose even the lactose-intolerants probably still do like cheese, but can't eat it. Now, that IS a tragedy.
Red Velvet Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Icing
Makes 12
1/4 cup (60g) unsalted butter, at room temperature, cubed
2/3 cup (140g) caster sugar
1 large egg, at room temperature
1/2 tspn. (2.5ml) vanilla extract
2 tbsp. (20ml) red food colouring
2 tbsp. water
pinch of salt (I just know you'll want to skip this, but please don't!)
1/4 (30g) cup cocoa
1 1/2 cups (225g) plain flour, sifted
1/2 cup (125ml) buttermilk
1/2 tspn (2.5ml) cider vinegar
1/2 tspn bicarbonate of soda
1 cup (200g) cream cheese, at room temperature, cubed
2 tbsp (30g) butter, softened
2 cups (260g) icing sugar, sifted (I know this is a pain…but really is necessary)
Preheat your oven to 180°C and either grease with spray oil / butter a 12 hole muffin pan, or line with paper cases. Tip: if you do want to use cases, use only a very dark colour as the red food colouring will stain them quite heavily. I'd recommend you go with just greasing, as that way the red-velvet-ness of the cupcakes will be on display for all to see!
Beat together with electric beaters (on high) the butter and sugar (for the cupcakes, not the icing just yet!) until very pale in colour and fluffy in texture. This should take 4 to 5 minutes. Add the egg and beat until incorporated.
In a small bowl, beat together with a fork the vanilla, food colouring, salt and cocoa (no sifting required, woohoo!) until they form a smooth, thick paste. Beat into the butter mixture until all combined. At this stage if you've been a bit enthusiastic with the beaters, or if they're a bit unruly, I'd recommend cleaning up any splatters. The food colouring in such a concentration will stain bench tops and anything else it sticks to. Not fun.
Turn your mixer down low… and add about a third of your (sifted) flour, and beat til just incorporated. Add a third of your buttermilk and beat again. Repeat this twice more with the flour and milk until all incorporated. Next, in a small cup combine the cider vinegar and bicarb soda. Add this to the batter and using big, gentle motions with a spatula fold in. Leave for 3 minutes.
Spoon evenly into the prepared pan and place into the oven for approximately 15 minutes, or until top of biggest one springs back when lightly touched. Leave to cool in the pan for 5 minutes before removing and placing onto a cooling rack. If you're in a rush to ice them, place them into the fridge as they need to be 100% cool before you put anything on top!
And now time for the best part. The icing. Obviously. Put the cream cheese and butter in a large bowl and mix with electric beaters until smooth. Gradually add the (sifted) icing sugar until well incorporated and very smooth.
Now: pipe, smooth, dollop, throw or smear the icing onto your (cooled) cupcakes. Then, EAT.
In case you're wondering: yes, you definitely should refrigerate these cupcakes due to the cheese content of the icing. If you don't want to serve them cold however, just leave them out to for an hour or so before serving to get closer to room temperature.
Thanks to A Zombie Ate My Cupcake (you should seriously check it out, much scarier looking cupcakes than mine!)


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Sea bass & seafood Italian one-pot
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Nutrition: per serving
- kcal329
- fat11g
- saturates2g
- carbs7g
- sugars4g
- fibre2g
- protein45g
- salt1g
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- 4 sea bass fillets (about 140g/5oz each)
- crusty bread, to serve
Heat the oil in a large saucepan with a tight-fitting lid, then add the fennel, garlic and chilli. Fry until softened, then add the squid, basil stalks, tomatoes and wine. Simmer over a low heat for 35 mins until the squid is tender and the sauce has thickened slightly, then season.
Scatter the mussels and prawns over the sauce, lay the sea bass fillets on top, cover, turn up the heat and cook hard for 5 mins. Serve scattered with the basil leaves and fennel fronds, with crusty bread.
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I did this for a dinner party for 6 people. I doubled the recipe and did the seabass separately under the grill (3 mins on a baking tray, skin up, w/ oil and pepper, very hot grill) as I did not have enough room to do it all in the casserole pot. it worked a real treat. folks were delighted with it. I served it in a big terrine and we helped ourselves. As another reviewer mentioned - I also added way more garlic than this recipe states. if we are eating southern med style - I say pile it on. I think I did 8 or 10 cloves. guests are all still friends so I did the right thing.
I cooked this as a special treat for my seafood loving husband and myself, i bought my fish from a Loch Fyne restaurant which cost £17.00 and it was well worth the effort, a tad expensive for 2 but as we are both seafood lovers i catered seafood for 4 but only bought 2 fillets of sea bass, served it with fresh bread and it was immense! The flavours were fabulous, will definitely make again, not really a meal to eat with people other than loved ones though due to wanting to get into the shelled stuff with your hands!
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Winners of the morning round were:
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Welcome to Arakkal Family
- The one and only Royal Family in Kerala.
There is a consensus among scholars that the Arakkal family had Nair origins.
In the 17th century, one of the Padanairs (generals) of Kolathiri, Arayankulangara Nair, converted to Islam. His wife was the daughter of Kolathiri, and they later came to be known as Arakkal. Around this time,
many Muslim merchant families became financially influential in the Malabar
region. When the Arakkal family took control of Lakshadweep, they achieved
near-royal status.
There is a legend that,
centuries ago, Kolathu Nadu
(presently Kannur district)
was ruled by Chirakkal Raja.
His daughter began to drown while bathing in the Chirakkal kulam (pond). Her friends cried and shouted but were unable to rescue her. A passing Muslim boy heard
the shouting and came to find out what was wrong. He recognized the girl drowning in the pond as the princess, but was hesitant
about saving her because untouchability and if a lower-caste person touched an upper-caste person it was considered a sin, possibly punishable by death.
However, the boy rescued her and gave her his mundu to cover herself. When the news reached the Chirakkal Raja, he called his daughter and the Muslim boy
to him.
At that time, if a man gave a "pudava"
(a long cloth used for covering the body) to an unmarried woman, they were considered married. The scholars of the court told
the Raja that since his daughter was touched by a Muslim, she was no longer allowed to enter the palace. However, the boy
had given her his pudava so she was married to him as well. As per the custom the king had no other choice but to give his
daughter to the Muslim boy. The Raja was unhappy to give his daughter to a poor family, so he made the boy ruler of part of
the country.
The area given to the boy was
known as Arakkal and his family was called the Arakkal family. The ruler's daughter was known as Arakkal Beevi.Location
The palace is three kilometers from Kannur, Kerala, India, in what is now called Kannur City. The Arakkal family was the only Muslim royal family of Kerala to control parts of the coast and Lakshadweep.
Rajas and Arakkal Beevis
The Arakkal family
followed a matriarchal system
of descent: the eldest member of the family, whether male or female, became its head and ruler. While male rulers were called
Ali Rajah, female rulers were known as Arakkal Beevis.
Aysha Aliraja was the ruler until her death on the morning of September 27, 2006.
Muslims of Kerala believe their origins can be traced back to the 7th century CE when the religion originated
in Arabia. The history of Muslims
in Kerala is closely intertwined with the history of Muslims in the nearby Laccadives islands. Kerala's only Muslim kingdom was Kannur's Arakkal family. Historians however,
disagree about the time period of Arakkal rulers. They see the Arakkal kings come to power in the 16th or 17th century.
By 1909, Arakkal rulers had lost Kannur and the Cannanore Cantonment. By 1911, there was a further decline with the loss of chenkol and udaval (sword). They allied and
clashed with the Portuguese,
the Dutch, the French and the British. The British played the biggest part in removing
all vestiges of titles and power from the Arakkal rulers. One of the last kings, Arakkal
Abdu Rahiman Ali Raja (1881 -1946), was active in helping his subjects. The last ruler was Ali Raja
Mariumma Beevi Thangal. After her rule, the family broke up.
During the time of the Samuthiries the Muslims of Malabar played a major role in the local army and navy, as well as acting as ambassadors to Arabia and China. They forged alliances with the Moslil rulers of Gujarat and Bijapur. Muslims from Pandi Desham migrated to trade with Erattupetta, Kanjirappalli, Mundakayam, Peruvanthanam and
Vandiperiyar in the Kottayam district of Kerala. In the 17th
century, trade links were established with places like Kayamkulam and Aleppy in the west. It was during the time of Samuthiris that the title of Marakkar was created. Muslim influence reached its peak at the time of Kunjali Marakkar, the fourth in the line.
After Kunjali Marakkar and Samuthiri parted company, Muslim influence declined.
During the Dutch period, a prominent Muslim trader named Moosakoi spearheaded the development
of trade centers in Chenganacherri,
Pandalam, Kayamkulam and Alappuza.
the time of Hyderali and Tippu Sultan there was a revival amongst
the Muslims of Malabar. The Arakkal king signed a treaty with Hyderali. Samathuri followed up with his own treaty with Hyder.
The durbar hall section
of the Arakkalkettu (Arakkal Palace) has been converted into a museum housing artifacts from the times of the Arakkal dynasty.
The work was carried out by the Government of Kerala at a cost of Rs. 9,000,000. The museum opened in July 2005.
Although renovated
by the government, the Arakkalkettu is still owned by the Arakkal Family Trust and does not fall under the control of the
country's archaeology department, the Archaeological Survey of India. The government had taken a keen interest in preserving the heritage of the Arakkal Family,
which had played a prominent role in the history of Malabar. A nominal entry fee is charged by the Arakkal Family Trust.
Aadhara petti (document box) at Arakkal Palace Museum.
Copies of the Holy Qur'an from Arakkal Museum.
An ancient telephone at
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There will be quite a few great teams in the NBA this season, but only one can hoist the Larry O'Brien Trophy at the end of the postseason.
The nature of the sport is that 30 teams begin training camp dreaming of winning an NBA title, when in reality only a handful of teams have a realistic chance at winning it all.
It's almost cruel how excellent seasons consistently end in heartbreak and despair, but it's one of the things that makes the NBA so addicting.
The 2011-12 San Antonio Spurs appeared unbeatable for two months until the Oklahoma City Thunder proved that the Spurs were very beatable in four straight games. As well as the Spurs played during the 2011-12 season, it's hard to consider the season a success because they failed to win the title.
It can be tough to differentiate the title contenders from the pretenders, but that isn't the case with the league's elite teams.
If a team not named the Miami Heat, Los Angeles Lakers or Oklahoma City Thunder were to win the 2013 NBA title, the world might stop spinning.
OK, maybe not, but that's what you would think by reading season previews.
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