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A magical, heartwarming memoir from one of Hollywood's most beloved icons
Over the past four decades, the landmark NBC hit television series I Dream of Jeannie has delighted generations of audiences and inspired untold numbers of teenage crushes on its beautiful blond star, Barbara Eden. Part pristine Hollywood princess and part classic bombshell, with innocence, strength, and comedic talent to spare, Barbara finally lets Jeannie out of her bottle to tell her whole story.
Jeannie Out of the Bottle takes us behind the scenes of I Dream of Jeannie as well as Barbara's dozens of other stage, movie, television, and live concert performances. We follow her from the hungry years when she was a struggling studio contract player at 20th Century Fox through difficult weeks trying to survive as a chorus girl at Ciro's Sunset Strip supper club, from a stint as Johnny Carson's sidekick on live TV to tangling on-screen and off with some of Hollywood's most desirable leading men, including Elvis Presley, Clint Eastwood, Paul Newman, and Warren Beatty. From the ups and downs of her relationship with her Jeannie co-star Larry Hagman to a touching meeting with an exquisite and vulnerable Marilyn Monroe at the twilight of her career, readers join Barbara on a thrilling journey through her five decades in Hollywood.
But Barbara's story is also an intimate and honest memoir of personal tragedy: a stillborn child with her first husband, Michael Ansara; a verbally abusive, drug-addicted second husband; the loss of her beloved mother; and the accidental heroin-induced death of her adult son, just months before his wedding. With candor and poignancy, Barbara reflects on the challenges she has faced, as well as the joys she has experienced and how she has maintained her humor, optimism, and inimitable Jeannie magic throughout the roller-coaster ride of a truly memorable life.
Illustrated with sixteen pages of photographs, including candid family pictures and rare publicity stills, Jeannie Out of the Bottle is a must-have for every fan, old and new.
©2011 Wendy Leigh, Barbara Eden (P)2011 Random House Audio
"Polite,funny and honest."
I wasn not born until 2 years after the last episode of Jeannie was aired. I did however watch the series during the 80. and loved it. For some reason Barbara made a lasting impression on me, so when i read that she had released an autobiography, i bought it immediately. This biography is well written and very honest. She is polite and although Barbara does dish out a little bit she is, with few exeptions, very polite and always has something positive to say about everyone mentioned in the book. She narrates the book herself smiling, laughing and even crying through the pages.
"My Favorite Jeannie"
This is an autobiography well worth the wait. Barbara has always been one of my favorite actresses and this book does not disappoint! She was always a natural for the field she went into and this book shows that, even down to the personal little giggles and inflections Barbara puts into her own narration. I grew up on Jeannie and enjoyed every episode that aired. The behind-the-scenes look that she gives us into the making of that series only enhances the experience for me, even after all these years. I couldn't think of a better reader for Barbara's book than the lady herself. This was a great listen and worth the credit spent on it.
"Light and fun...everybody loves Jeannie"
Everybody loves Jeannie and if so, you will enjoy her book also.
This is on a par with Betty White's book which I enjoyed also.
My personal taste runs to more serious and educational books
but in between these I need to take a break and enjoy quicker and
more entertaining reads. Jeannie was fun and enjoyable.
I can't Imagine the print version being any better.
Ms. Eden is so personable and so warm and cheerful it is impossible not like this book
Again she is wonderful always has been.
Overall a great read and heart warming.
This book is enjoyable and an easy read for anyone.
"Perfect book by a classy lady"
Jeannie Out of the Bottle is one of my favorite audiobooks... I owned the hardcover, but never got around to reading it, but the audio book was a pleasure to listen to on my commute
Lot of great moments in the book, but when Ms Eden started talking bad about Husband #2 Chuck, I was surprised... Normally these books avoid controversy like that and it surprised me (in a good way)
My favorite scenes are when talked about her meetings with Elvis and Marilyn and how lonely they were. And when Ms Eden played Vegas she realized exactly that feeling. But then she had soup with George Burns - which was a great turnaround.
When Ms Eden - who doesn't like people to see her cry, started to break down when telling the story of her son's passing. Got a little misty myself..
Ms Eden has such a sweet voice and personality, and whenever she was telling a pleasant story, she would chuckle to herself. I loved hearing it because she is a wonderful and classy lady
"Classy book, no lurid details"
Nicely told story, spoken with true passion of a life lived with much success but an equal amount of tragedy.
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"Very Cute and Enjoyable"
As far as Celebrity Bios go, this wasn't bad! It's dips into the cutesy side a little too much on occasion, but it's honest and interesting.
"Not a fan"
I am a huge fan of biographies and expected more from this book. It may have helped if someone else narrated it as her overly cutesy voice and all the "Jeannie Blinks" that took you back in the story were annoying. I didn't finish listening to it and don't recommend it.
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3D Printing's Expanding Role
By providing solid prototypes of proposed part designs, one company has saved enough money in avoided rework to pay for its new 3D printer several times over.
Jesel's Ray Frattone reflects on the company's use of 3D printing.
If communication between people was perfect, then Jesel Inc. would rarely need prototyping, says company manufacturing manager Ray Frattone. The company, which makes valvetrain components for racecar engines, bought a Dimension 3D printer from Stratasys to print models of proposed part designs. Sharing these models with customers is a way of asking, in effect, "Is this what you had in mind?"
Being able to provide a solid prototype in this way, which allows the customer to study the part design and test-fit it in assembly, has saved Jesel enough money in avoided rework to pay for the 3D printer several times over.
Meanwhile, having the 3D printer in-house has been liberating. The company continues to find uses for it. After prototyping, another valuable application has involved making holding fixtures for the shop's laser marking machine. Setup time is now quick on this machine, thanks to fixtures that are tailored to particular parts.
The printer has even played a role in marketing. At a tradeshow important to Jesel (the recent Performance Racing Industry show), parts in Jesel's booth were mounted for optimum display using custom holding panels that had been created through 3D printing.
Photo A: Parts don't have to be rigidly secured in this laser marking machine, but they do have to be held stationary so that the part surface to be marked is presented to the laser. 3D printing provided an economical way to create part-specific fixtures for this machine, speeding setup.
Photo B: The red component in this assembly is a 3D printed prototype of a CNC-machined metal part, the cylinder head stand. Test-fitting plastic prototypes in assembly is a way of validating the design.
Photos C & D: Here is a laser marking fixture with and without the pieces to be marked.
Photo E: Here is a more complex laser marking fixture holding a larger number of pieces.
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Raising a Glass to Ol' Blue Eyes

We head to the launch of Jack Daniel's Sinatra Select. It was ... interesting.

Everyone has their drink of choice. Frank Sinatra, The Voice, did it his way with a glass of Jack Daniel's and three ice cubes. Myself, I usually take my No. 7 with a sloppy pour and a slice of pizza, but to each their own. It was funny to be attending a tasting to "celebrate a legendary friendship that lasted more than half a century" (that would be Jack's and Frank's friendship) when I've been celebrating my own relationship with Jack Daniel's all this time (we're at our ten-year, or tin anniversary), but I was there to learn how to drink a snifter of good old No. 7 Tennessee whiskey properly in the name of Ol' Blue Eyes.
Sinatra Select is aged in specially designed "Sinatra Barrels" that have been toasted and etched with grooves to allow for more barrel-to-whiskey contact. The result? A "bolder, oakier version of Jack Daniel's with an incredibly smooth vanilla finish and a bottling at 90 proof."
I talked for a while with Jack Daniel's representative John Breckon, who quickly became the 21-and-over Bill Nye the Science Guy after I motioned to my partner and said that he enjoys home-brewing. "The process is all very personal, that's the magic of oak!" said our Sinatra Select representative. His voice was hoarse from the constant city-to-city traveling he does, launching the premium whiskey over and over again. Once the conversation reached optimum geek, turning to molecules and barrels swelling and contracting under certain circumstances, my mind wandered into the bottom of my glass. Their brewing method is incredibly old school, almost archaic, and that's something Frank Sinatra Jr. appreciated when he visited the brewery in Lynchburg, Tennessee, and it spurred the partnership for the creation of the high-end whiskey.
"Dad would be very flattered by the association," said Sinatra Jr. "This fine Tennessee Whiskey, or Old No. 7 as he referred to it, was a favorite part of my father's life, and he loved both sharing it with his friends and introducing it to new acquaintances." He added, "I'm very pleased to continue to be a part of the Jack Daniel's family and feel the introduction of Sinatra Select is an appropriate tribute as we near my father's 100th birthday in 2015."
After schmoozing with the beautiful people of the Jack Daniel's utopia and eating a cracker topped with duck mousse and a cube of Jack Daniel's–infused orange Jell-O, I wondered if Sinatra would've enjoyed his Jack Daniel's party. Would he have gotten his shoes shined by the dapper young gentleman stationed directly beside the jazz band who made me wish I had brought my leather boots, still all scuffed from last year's winter? I don't think so. I think he would've been at the bar outside the room being the life of the party.
Sinatra Select has a limited run, but you can purchase the flashy orange bottle and limited edition box until the batch runs out (Sinatra himself designed the Jack Daniel's Country Club logo). Anyone who buys a bottle, which goes for upwards of $300 (the price of a nice Lagavulin 21 scotch) will be inducted into the Jack Daniel's Country Club.


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At this point I sit a little unsure what there is to say that hasn't been said by the countless reviews Kuedo's Severant LP has received already. It's the week of release and it remains as tough to truly get into as it is engulfing once you do. Upon finding the right mood, the right level of depth and immersion the album is a very powerful thing. Full of fraught, frowning synths that sing from the root node of Vangelis' vocal chords it's layered and seasoned with the kind of frenetic percussion you'd find on a juke track – a combination that sounds a lot more ridiculous here than it is on this record.
From the arpeggiations of tracks like 'Flight Path' it's clear that Jamie Teasdale's penchant for science fiction odysseys runs a little deeper than the pictures of Dune and the accompanying futuristic-scapes that populate his tumblr; but there's something a little unsettling about calling what he does 'futuristic.' In my mind, Kuedo appropriates sounds and atmospheres, the same sounds and atmospheres that might have moved you subliminally when they're soundtracking something visually, but in using himself and his love of hip hop and footwork as a filter, he's contorted all these heralded touchstones to produce something wholly unique.
Simply put, the palette Teasdale paints with his scruffy, full of gritted pads, mid range heavy synthesizers and explosions of delay. He imbibes each track with that primitive, '80s view of the future,' sense of wonderment and in doing so he captures the same kind of imagination that made the soundtracks and films (that are so readily referenced when people write about him) seem so daring and alien. 'Scissors' ruffled take off powers away behind the sublime 90s R&B chimes and 'Salt Lake Cuts' ends up as would-be-boogie, albeit a funk addled montage sequence that's wrapped up in shards of beaming light and powered by heavy boom bap. 'Truth Flood' uses a similar upwardly lilting melody to one of his breakout tracks, 'Star Fox', but it's Kuedo's new and aggressive use of percussion that quells any sense of similarity; his wanton over egging hi hat rushes careering through every evolution.
Stylistically Severant is leagues ahead of a lot of dubstep affiliated producer albums. It veers so far away from the concept of anything Teasdale did with his first musical incarnation, Vex'd, that it ends up in some other twinkling galaxy, looking down through the glass on those so quick to jump to assumptions; but in a way, much like a big chunk of the Vex'd work, this album is kind of a hard ass. There may be less of the concrete fist slamming through the dubstep chug about it, but there is definitely the same level of seriousness to it. Listening to the ticking trickle winding fruitfully passed the peaked frequencies and into that maddening footwork quickness, it all sounds so gloriously sepia tinged, and for all the moments of genuine ingenuity, shimmering brilliance and absolute, unequivocal genius, there are times when you just wish Teasdale would just say 'fuck it,' and throw down one clusterfuck of a party.
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With the looming anniversary and the new movie out, I was reminising the other day. I remembered that my parents would always talk about what they were doing on the day JFK was shot. 9/11 is like that for our generation. What were you doing on 9/11?I was on my way to my son's kintegarden class. It was his birthday. We has 15 cupcakes for the party and party favors. We had rushed to the car dealership to pick up our GMC Safari from the service department where it had recieved its third gasket to the windsheild. We were also getting ready to go on our Disney cruise on the 12th, our 9th wedding anniversary. Then my mother in law called, frentic. We stayed at the birthday party then went home. I couldn't turn on the TV. Of course, we did. We tried to see if we could get our money back if we cancelled the cruise. They said no. We went on the cruise. Man was the secutiry tight. We sailed away on a half empty boat. Tried to have fun, too tense. I was glad to be away from home because I knew that I would be glued to the TV. It was as if someone knew that was how I could handle this. My son to this day still says when his birthday rolls around, that it was on 9/11, the day of twin towers. Kinda sucks to have your birthday linked to a national tragedy.
Well, 9/11 is my dad's birthday. And we were going to leave for vacation to South Carolina early that morning, but mom kept saying she had the feeling something bad was about to happen and we shouldn't go. Of course, I admit, dad and I basically laughed at her and told her she was crazy. But, we cancelled the trip anyway. Good thing huh?Then, we decided to drive to this one state park in Indiana; we left about mid-morning, and didn't have a clue what was happening because we didn't have the radio on, until we stopped by an antique shop and they had the TV on. Then, the details became all to clear. We went ahead and went to the state park, a beautiful place, but it's hard to have fun when something like that is on your mind. Then we went back home, and I was able to finally see the footage of the towers falling. We headed out to a restaurant, but before we got there, a couple jets flying over broke the sound barrier and caused a sonic boom, something that has never happened around here before and has never happened since. In the restaurant, I remember all the talk about what had happened, and I remember one guy saying, "I ain't gettin' on no airplanes and I ain't goin' in no tall buildings!" Airplanes didn't fly for months after that, and it was strange to look up and not see contrails everywhere...I remember that day vividly. It's something you'll never forget.
Tuesdays were my day off work at the time, so I was sleeping in. I lived in New Mexico at the time (so I was 2 hours behind the east coast). My friend (who lives in boston) called me about 8:30 or so my time and said "Are you watching TV?" I said "No, I'm sleeping, what the hell do you want?" He said "Go turn on the TV", so I got up and turned the TV..and that's when I saw it.We talked for a long while about things when that happened, until the phone's battery died. It's still disturbing to think of that day--and it absolutely SICKENS me to see Hollywood trying to make a fast buck on this tragedy--first United 93, now World Trade Center. Those two movies simply prove to me that those people are a bunch of soulless, heartless greedy money-grubbing wastes of oxygen.
I was in class... English lit 200, i think. A gil came in, sat next to me and said; "Hey, did anyone else hear that a plane crashed into the world trade center?" I immediately thought the one in boston and that it was an accident and said "Worst. Pilot. Ever." Then went back to finishing my homework. A few minutes later one of the school's secretaries came in in a huff looking a bit like a personification of a flamingo screaming, this is verbatim, "They bombed the pentagon! We need to evacuate!" As for the movies, I'm not surprised or bothered people are trying to make a buck off of it. It's how the world works. Especially here in Aerica...tradegdy= money. If the government can use it to push through legislation why should I be surprised someone wants to use it for financial leverage?
On 9-11 I was in Band class going abot our normal day. The seniors were having a class meeting, so it was a very lax day uf us goofing off as usaal. Until one of the seniors came in to the band room. She very flustered and was crying and telling everyone "the world ios going to end." She was my friend and this very out of the ordinary so a bunch of us were talking to her and she kept going onabout something that about the World Trade Centre being hit by a plane. So I dismissed it as an accident. The bell to change class soon rang and we all left the band room. My next class was World History, but I noticed the halls to be oddly quiet. I saw a bunch of people using the pay phones, more than what I have ever seen. Arriving at my class it was also weird to see everyone sitting quietly before the bell rang, all looking at the television. Now I knew something was obviously very very wrong, this teacher never had the T.V. on, ever. I got to my seat and set my books down, looked up to see on CNN a single Tower of the World Trade Centre ablaze. It was sobering to watch the uncensored live news broadcsat of this building on fire. Police, fireman rushing to the scene. Then on the camera you could hear rumbling and people begging to scream, and out of the corner of the screen a plane. It hit the second tower in a explosion on a level I've never seen before. Soon after we learned the pentagon had been struck as well. Our teacher then went on to give us a lecture of what, we will see as a result of this. I remember her distinctly saying, "Now you will see what this country will look like at war." The most impressionable scene I remember is watching people jump from the towers to their death.What the camera zoomed in on and thought was debris but was a person, blue slacks, white shirt, blue tie, and grey hair. That is an image I'll never forget.
I had just finished law school in May 2001 and found out that I passed the bar at the end of August. I had landed my first job as an attorney the week before and had a couple weeks before I started, so I was home, and I was super happy; A lot of good things had happened. That morning my roommate called me moments after the first tower was hit and asked me to turn the news on to see what was happening. So I turned on the TV and was watching Aaron Brown with CNN. At first, nobody on CNN knew what was happening, and then all of us watching that morning saw the second plane hit, live. I was dumbfounded and extremely upset. It was only then, after the second plane, that anyone on the news started saying "we're under attack"
That started a frenzy; do any of you, who watched all of it unfold, remember all the reports of trucks blowing up in DC and all over the eastern sea board? Anyway, I watched CNN all day as the attacks began to unfold and I saw each tower fall--horrible, horrible memories. This is crazy, but when the first tower fell, I remember thinking "at least one of them is still standing". That day I expereinced one of the most dramatic mood shifts in my lifetime. I'll not see the movie, the real events still play themselves out in my head.
It was the second such event in my lifetime. I was a senior in high school when the challenger exploded. While not as terrible as 9/11, it was the worst thing to happen to the US at that point in my lifetime.
Several people were watching the Challenger take off in the library because one of our elementary school teachers had been a finalist for that mission; Our school had a peaked interest. They cancelled school that day, I remember driving home and seeing the look on my dad's face when I walked in. I'll never forget it.
9/11. It was a Tuesday as far as I can remember. I was at work. I was in a lab, full of people, in the back of a machine, trying to fix it, when I look up, and almost everyone is gone. I saw some people running to a window. I went to my office and looked out the window. Since I have a view of Manhattan, I saw tons of black smoke. The first plane had hit just a couple of minutes ago. I rushed to the cafeteria. There on the TV (channel 2-the only one that was working), they had the whole story. I'm also the manager of the hospital's lab, so I told some my workers to get back to work. After two hours, more people start running. I look again out my window, and to my surprise, it was foggy. The smoke from the crash had rolled on over. I ran to the lab, and surprisingly, found no one there. I ran to the cafeteria, where everyone was and saw that a second plane crashed into the Towers. Then I got a call from the Emergency Room. It was trouble. There are very few hospitals in NYC, so many of the people hurt in the crash would be coming here. I freaked. Since I manage the lab that does work with blood(storing, testing, transfusing, ...), I would have to get to work. I turned off the TV and told everybody the news. They ran back to work, as I instructed them to walk. The rest of the story is pretty hectic. I worked for about 42 hours straight. When I finally got home, I had about 17 messages or so on my answering machine. Most were from my mom and dad wondering where I was. After about a 3 1/2 hour nap, I got a call. It was the hospital. They needed me. I worked for about another month straight.
Wow, thanks for sharing that.
o that daystill makes me shiver to the bones and sometimes cry knowing about what some people went throughi was at skool, and they told us nothingrumors in the scool were out, but nothing for surethen at a golf lesson i was waiting for my instructor and watched some TV in the clubhouseCNN was on and i was horrifiedi wanna watch wORLD tRADE cENTER IN HOPES THAT I CAN GET SOME TRFUTH OUTTA ITdamned caps lock!andi wanna watch every show about it on discoveryo that day sucked
i was on my way to school and heard some DJ on the radio say that some lady flew into a building in new englad, i just laughed and made a sarcastic about how if women cant drive how could we expect them to fly. then once i got to school we started like a normal day... for like 15 minutes then my teacher got a call and she turned on the TV. we were watching the live feed when the 2nd plane hit. my mom came and pulled me out of school for the day and once i got home i just sat in front of the TV. i watched them fall. still remember that day.as for the movie, i dont have a problem with it. honestly what american tragedy besides this one hasn't been made into a movie yet? i'm actually glad they're making the movie because it might get some media attention back on the subject. i dont think we'd have near as much anti-war sentiment if they pull the footage off the air. please, "it's not good for the general public to see it on a day-to-day basis". my ass it isn't, if i was in charge there would be footage, or at least a photo, every day on the news, up on billboards. i think people forget who actually started all this, it sure as hell wasn't Bush... vent over, for now anyway.
Quote: as for the movie, i dont have a problem with it. honestly what american tragedy besides this one hasn't been made into a movie yet? i'm actually glad they're making the movie because it might get some media attention back on the subject. i dont think we'd have near as much anti-war sentiment if they pull the footage off the air. please, "it's not good for the general public to see it on a day-to-day basis". my ass it isn't, if i was in charge there would be footage, or at least a photo, every day on the news, up on billboards. i think people forget who actually started all this, it sure as hell wasn't Bush... vent over, for now anyway
WMD10, that's an amazing story from an amazing perspective. I really appreciate you sharing that.
It was tuesday, and thus - the wake up early day. I was in 4th grade getting ready for Chorus practice and as i walked by the TV to tell my dad i was ready to go, I said "Dad, come see this." I got that "i'm busy" reply of "what is it?". Of course, I was stupid, don't say i wasn't - How was i supposed to comprehend what was happening or how it happened, let alone feel extreme amounts of emotions about it. I replied, "There's some building falling down." I seem to remember smiling somewhat, an action i now regret - I mean hey, how often do you see a building falling down? I thought it was some sort of demolition. As i said, i just didn't know much. I don't remember much of that chorus practice, but when i got to my classroom, I heard the words for the first time in my life - "world trade center". The teachers tried to get us to understand, and eventually we did, and i realized the grand scale of the situation. And I was saddened, but a somewhat restrained sadness because I couldn't relate and was simply naive. Nothing like this had happened before. All i could do was sit and stare at the TV. Now I'm older i get it, REALLY get it - and worry that 9/11 certainly, and sadly, isn't the last. Heck, thank god for security today! Who know what could've happened today if the brits hadn't caught those terrorists. Its hard, even now, to imagine.
I was working at a newspaper as a pressman and someone came into the press room and said, "A plane just crashed into the World Trade Center," so I went to the break room to watch the TV there, and that's about the time the second plane hit. I also watched them fall. It seemed terrible and a bit surreal, but it didn't seem to affect me like it did the people around me.I remember Kennedy getting shot, I was in third grade attending St. Xavier's Grade School, in Mrs Turners class. They wheeled a black and white TV into the hall and we all watched the news unfold. Students, nuns and lay teachers alike were all stunned. We had never watched TV at school before, it seemed very unusual. It was the end of an era that very day he died. The US was in turmoil after that, race riots, anti-war demonstrations and assassination attempts became common....
Great thread. I believe I was in 7th grade at the time, in the middle of singing happy birthday to a friend of mine. We heard an announcement through the PA to the faculty and staff to cease whatever they were doing and turn on a radio or a TV, that something devastating had just happened. None of us knew what was going on so we just laughed at the fact that our friend's birthday had just been ruined by this event. We found out what happened as soon as the teacher turned the TV on (it was on every channel, so there was no need to look for it). We were all quiet the rest of the day. Anyway, my mom came and picked me up early for fear that some sort of invasion was upon us and we went home and watched the story on the news. The rest of the week was pretty dreadful...everyone was expecting another attack in another city somewhere, so we were all nervous. I'm surprised I remember all that so clearly.
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There are some cute ones here, Gumdrops or the sugarplum would work well, you would just have to add a plain fabric http://www.fatquartershop.com/Free-Q...es-Fabrics.asp
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There are some cute ones here, Gumdrops or the sugarplum would work well, you would just have to add a plain fabric http://www.fatquartershop.com/Free-Q...es-Fabrics.asp
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I don't have any suggestions but what a nice appreciation gift, beautiful fabric.
You might go visit the Missouri Star Quilt Co. site and look at their Jelly Roll and 3 Dudes video. It might be really stunning in your fabrics. Wish I had their website handy, but I don't. Easy to google though, if you are interested.
I think they would make a stunning French braid with either black cornerstones or that deep purple, using them in the order you have there.
I have an October 2000 McCall's magazine with a neat quilt that would look great in those fabrics. It is by M'liss Rae Hawley and I think I found the same quilt on her Facebook page but in different colours. Check it out, it is log cabins with shooting stars around the outside border. I'll try to post a link http://sphotos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphoto...50262517_n.jpg
Wow!! I just got home to my computer and found all of these wonderful ideas! I went to the Timeless Treasures web site and found two I really like. Outside the Box and Chaos at the Courthouse (which I really like..but would have to buy the Pink Lemonade to go with it...oh darn). I like the Bento Box too. I like the strip idea too! I like all of them...oh woe is me!
I vote for a bargello!
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Why not a Bargello quilt
Yeah, I'd eyeball them for a while..so beautiful!!! Eventually I'd make a strip quilt or log cabin....light to dark...


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Sunday, April 8, 2012
In My Mailbox (11)
In My Mailbox is a meme created by Kristi at The Story Siren that features books I've received/purchased/won during the current week.
Have I told you that I honestly LOVE my iPad? No? Well, I do xD You know why? Because right now I'm not home and I won't be for the next 16 days so I can't read the books that are awaiting me there, sigh... But, since I'm a member of NetGalley I can read the books that I request (and they aprove, of course). That's why I'm jumping up and down since yesterday evening, hahahaha.
Here are the books I received for review:
- Flirting in Italian by Lauren Henderson
- Romeo Reddemed by Stacey Jay (I can't wait to read it!!!)
- Bad Hair Day by Carrie Harris
- The Immortal Rules by Julie Kagawa (OMG, I can't believe I'm going to read it tonight!)
- Dark Kiss by Michelle Rowen
- The Girl in the Clockwork Collar by Kady Cross
Here are the book I bought
- Grave Mercy by R.L. LaFevers
- Fever by Lauren DeStefano
- Pandemonium by Lauren Oliver
Despite the problems life is good :D And books, as always, are great friends.
Happy Easter everyone!!!
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Micro livestock: The fried bugs keeping Thailand's tourists nourished
A British tourist opens her mouth, delicately grabs a fried grasshopper by the head, hesitantly tongues the insect's spindly hind legs, and bites the bug.
"Ooooooooooooooh," says 55-year-old Beverly Burnett, her face creasing with laughter, amazement, triumph and glee.
The fried grasshopper, also known as a locust, tastes "like crispy chicken," she says.
"I ate a grasshopper, silk worm and coconut worm."
Salivating at the sight of other bugs, Burnett asks the vendor, "What else is good? They are all good? What are these? Beetles? Crickets? Oh, let me try crickets. One of each."
A small crowd of other tourists gather and gape at her daring diet.
Looking at some flat-bellied water bugs, Burnett balks.
"No, I'm not eating that. I can't eat cockroach."
Told that the creature is not a cockroach and actually a water bug -- a common misconception among tourists -- she relaxes a bit, but averts her gaze.
Her favorite? "Grasshopper!"
Would Burnett dine on bugs back home in England?
"Probably not, because they don't sell them like this, do they? It's the whole thing about being in Bangkok, innit?"
More on CNN: Mike Leahy's 10 terrifying creatures for travelers
'It looks like a witchetty grub'
Now it's your turn.
When you've overdosed on opulent Thai food, and can't quite stomach another bland Western meal, it may be time to bravely approach the pushcarts in Thailand's streets where edible creepy-crawlies are offered as tasty treats.
Rich in protein, a big pile of insects could even serve as a main course.
Most diners, however, nibble a handful as a Darwinian snack, displaying a human twist to the cuisine cliché of cat-eat-mouse.
"It tastes like chicken, yeah, a little bit," says Mark Spedding, 25, a bar manager from England, after sampling silk worm larvae for the first time.
"It looks like a witchetty grub that you see on telly. It's not as juicy as I thought it would be. Quite dry."
More on CNN: Bangkok's most bizarre eating experiences
It's OK to eat bugs
Insects are eaten in many countries throughout the world, especially across Africa and Asia.
Various religious texts give locusts the thumbs-up, and -- issues of blasphemy aside -- international health officials advise that insects can be high protein, low cholesterol and also pack plenty of minerals and vitamins.
In the United States, a Montana State University determined that 100 grams of grasshopper packs more than 20 grams of protein and 35 grams of calcium.
The trendy commercial label for them is "micro livestock."
"I sell about 10 different insects -- I like to eat these silk worms, but tourists like these grasshoppers," says Rawiwan Khamnoi, 32, who has been selling fried insects for the past two years.
"It will cost you 30 baht for one bag of about five grasshoppers, or one spoon of silk worms," she says displaying an oversized, stainless steel spoon to scoop up the puffy oval larvae.
Rawiwan sells a small bag of fried water bugs -- known as "maengda" in Thai -- for 50 baht, and also offers worms, four different varieties of cricket and some tiny fried frogs.
More on CNN: 5 extreme foods at Beijing's night market
Bugs are her business, and business is good
Parked most evenings on tourist-packed Khao San Road, Rawiwan's pushcart is accentuated with two stylish battery-powered lights displaying her vivid victuals.
Rawiwan buys her bugs in Bangkok's Klong Toey market, where one kilo of grasshoppers -- "takataen" in Thai -- costs her 400 baht.
"They are dead already, not alive," so she fries all her insects in vegetable oil.
When she hands bugs to a customer, Rawiwan sprays on some soy sauce, to zing the piquancy. Some vendors sprinkle salt and vinegar.
Customers often like to eat fried insects while drinking beer, as a healthy and exotic replacement for popcorn or peanuts, she says.
Bugs take only a few minutes fry in a wok. To cook enough to stock her pushcart for the evening, however, takes about two hours.
She prefers to sell insects instead of fruit, noodles or other common food. "I think it's amazing, wonderful. Some people say, 'Oooooh, it's very amazing.' Some like to see. I think it's funny too."
Rawiwan comes from Suphanburi province, just north of Bangkok, and ate bugs when she was a child.
Silk worms taste "like peanuts" but "grasshoppers are spiky," she says, giggling.
Some of her competitors also sell big, black, fried scorpions, or termites, spiders, cicadas and other creatures.
If a lot of customers flock to her pushcart, Rawiwan can pocket 1,000 baht profit in one night, which is "a good business" that she can do by herself.
Are you addicted to insects? Tell us why you can't stop munching in the comments box below.


text: I found my "Bookmarks", but I am also trying to find function where you could also save all your links like in a folder that you named. I do not remember what it used to be called... I was away from the message board for awhile. I remember people discussing it, like craftybear... she used to put all the links she saved on the message board into categoried type folders. Well, I had done that with my most favorite quilt designs here on the board, and now they are gone.


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Can we have internet governance without internet rights?
NAIROBI, Kenya, Sep 27 (APC)
Tuesday September 26 – Many important technical decisions about internet architecture are being made right now — decisions that will have consequences for decades. At present, policy choices are being made largely without the input of civil society and without sufficient consideration of the public good. It is clear that civil society needs some innovative thinking, a new paradigm through which we can ensure the right policy outcomes.
This is why APC's pre-event at the sixth Internet Governance Forum focused on developing a rights-based approach to access. Any debate surrounding ICT policy must be informed by respect for human rights in order to be effective. In light of this, APC put forward the proposal that the theme for the next IGF should be human rights.
As Joy Liddicoat of APC's Connect your rights! campaign explains : "Human rights are as essential to internet governance as the TCP/IP protocol is to the domain name system."
A rights-based approach is the best method toward ensuring just outcomes from ICT policy.
A rights-based approach to gaining access
It is the best way to ensure universal, affordable access. Monopolistic conditions, and a lack of economic incentives means that markets in developing countries have largely failed to provide affordable access to a majority of users. The promise of the internet as a tool for development and empowerment continues to be unrealised by large segments of the population. Disparities in access between rich and poor, urban and rural areas serve to exacerbate existing social inequalities.
Telecommunications companies simply do not have the incentive to provide access to marginalised groups. Access will only be assured when states are obligated to provide it, as with a right.
A rights-based approach to maintaining access
Worldwide, governments are moving towards restricting access and this securitisation of the internet is a major threat to civil and political freedoms. This translates not just into outright censorship, but often creates the conditions — such as surveillance and lack of anonymity — for self-censorship.
Recently the Pakistani government passed regulation banning all encryption. Likewise, the Indian government now requires all cybercafé visitors (disproportionately poorer citizens) to register with ID. This kind of extreme legislation has profound implications for the security and anonymity of users.
Equally alarming is the emergence of draconian measures for IP protection. "Three strikes" laws — where users can be disconnected or even imprisoned for copyright violations — are a clear distortion of the law.
A rights-based approach would rule out these kinds of reactionary legislation.
In light of the increasingly complex issues facing internet policy-makers, including many at the IGF, there is a real need for a clear set of guiding principles for internet regulation.
Such a set of principles already exist. They are on paper – in existing international human rights declarations. It's now up to the international internet community to learn more about them and start to apply them in their own policies and regulation.
Human rights must be the underlying theme for the 2012 IGF.
The Association for Progressive Communications (APC) is an international network and non-profit organisation founded in 1990 that wants everyone to have access to a free and open internet to improve lives and create a more just world. www.apc.org


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352nd star on the Palm Springs Walk of Stars to be awarded today
PALM SPRINGS - Architect A. Quincy Jones will posthumously receive the 352nd star on the Palm Springs Walk of Stars today.
The 2 p.m. dedication ceremony is being held during Modernism Week, an 11-day celebration of mid-century modern design, architecture and culture in Palm Springs. It started Thursday and runs through Feb. 24.
Jones, who died in 1979, was a Los Angeles-based architect and educator who pioneered planning and design of greenbelts -- common park areas in housing developments -- and was the designer of Ambassador Walter Annenberg's Rancho Mirage home.
He brought style and landscaping to California tract homes and introduced new materials, according to Walk of Stars officials. His houses, churches, civic and university buildings are considered "quintessential" examples of mid-century American architecture, they say.
Jones opened his Los Angeles office in 1945 after serving in the U.S. Navy in World War II. He and Paul Williams contributed to the modernist development of Palm Springs through the Tennis Club addition in 1946, Town & Country Center in 1947 and Romanoff's on the Rocks nightclub in 1950.
Starting in 1950, Jones worked with developer Joseph Eichler on several projects throughout California. It was through that relationship that Jones was able to implement his concept of greenbelts in housing developments, according to the Walk of Stars.
Jones was a professor and later dean at the University of Southern California School of Architecture, from 1951 through 1967. In the 1960s Jones designed campus buildings and larger office buildings. In 1964, he designed Annenberg's 32,000-square-foot home as part of the successful publisher's Sunnylands estate.


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Allen Twp. residents berate supervisors about planned FedEx hub
ALLEN TWP. Pa. - Residents who feverishly oppose a proposed FedEx delivery hub in the township gave Allen Township Supervisors a piece of their collective minds Tuesday night.
FedEx is currently in talks with Allen Township and Northampton County officials to potentially build a massive packaging and distribution center featuring between one million and two million square-feet of warehouse space on 253 acres of land currently owned by the Lehigh-Northampton Airport Authority.
Residents, many of whom spoke out at an Allen Township Planning Commission meeting last week, turned their angst on the Board of Supervisors Tuesday night, even though the FedEx project was not on the agenda.
Board of Supervisors Chairman, Paul Balliet, told the public that they'd all attended last week's Planning Commission meeting, where developers representing FedEx presented a preliminary land development plan for the first 818,000 square feet phase of the project.
The proposed distribution center is planned for construction on land that is zoned industrial.
"We heard all your commentary and concerns," Balliet said. "Be aware that the Board of Supervisors have not received the plans. We will consider them when they reach the board."
That wasn't enough to satiate residents who reiterated their pleas concerning quality of life issues concerning 5,000 truck trips per day, tens of thousands of vehicles on township roads and possible lower property values throughout Allen Township.
"I'm appealing to the members of the board to look at the heart of the matter," said John Mattaboni of County Road. "I cannot imagine a worse application for this land. This is going to affect the whole Lehigh Valley. It will cause gridlock on Route 22 and into (Catasauqua)."
The land in question is in the vicinity of Wayne Grube Park, Catasauqua High School, the Lehigh Valley Airport's control tower and a retirement community on W. Bullshead Road.
Resident, Robert Napa, of Bullshead Road implied that fewer jobs than the expected 800 will be created and that FedEx will receive significant tax breaks for building an Allen Township hub.
"Follow the money," Napa said. "We're digging deep and we're going to learn about the tax breaks. There's got to be a financial reason or cost benefit for Fed Ex to build off Route 22 and not (Interstate 78). We're going to work as hard we can to find out and ask you to say no. And if you don't, we're going to work tirelessly to replace you on the board."
Resident Rick Goch, who stood outside the board room prior to the meeting asking for legal donations, asked supervisors "to leave no stone unturned and make it hard for (FedEx). Dig and dig and dig." he said.
Other residents asked supervisors to investigate why the current Lehigh Valley Airport control tower will need to be relocated for the FedEx hub.
Mattaboni asked Allen Township Solicitor B. Lincoln Treadwell to provide him with a copy of the zoning ordinance that allows building heights in industrial zoned areas up to 60 feet from its previous 35 feet.
"It's funny how a week before FedEx comes in with this proposal that the zoning ordinance gets changes. I want to know why. I want to know who did it," Mattaboni said.
Treadwell said the zoning laws apply to all industrial zoned land in the township.
Mattaboni then asked supervisors why a non-binding referendum couldn't be placed on November's ballot, to take the pulse of the community. Treadwell informed him that it is against Pennsylvania law.
Even after the meeting adjourned, residents surrounded supervisors and the township engineer, peppering them with their objections.
The Lehigh Valley Planning Commission's Comprehensive Planning Committee is scheduled to review the FedEx hub plans Thursday night at 7:00 p.m. during its regular monthly meeting.
The next scheduled Allen Township Planning Commission meeting is Monday, Feb. 17 at 7:00 p.m.
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A $300-Billion 'Stimulus' Bill, With Questionable Economic Benefit
There should be no illusion about the $300-billion "stimulus" plan now being promoted by the Democratic Majority. It will not address the core problems of the current financial crisis and economic weakness. It may even worsen them by adding hundreds of billions of dollars to Federal deficits and debt, which are already reaching historic highs.
The Democratic proposal has several fundamental problems:
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March 21, 2013
Hayden police officer Mark Berkley examines a Ford F-250 that caught fire and burned in the Hayden High School parking lot Thursday morning. The school briefly locked down its classrooms as a precaution while firefighters from the West Routt Fire Protection District battled the blaze.
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August 4, 1979
Stevenage, UK
Knebworth Festival
The Song Remains the Same, Celebration Day, (Out On the Tiles intro) Black Dog, Nobody's Fault But Mine, Over the Hills and Far Away, Misty Mountain Hop, Since I've Been Loving You, No Quarter, Ten Years Gone, Hot Dog, Rain Song, White Summer ~ Black Mountainside, Kashmir, Trampled Underfoot, Sick Again, Achilles Last Stand, Jimmy Page solo, In The Evening, Stairway to Heaven, Rock and Roll, Whole Lotta Love, Heartbreaker.
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Knebworth 04/08/79
This concert was and remains the highlight of my life (wife, kids & God excepted) - it was Led Zeppelin at their very, very best and a life changing experience. They created a magical event that entranced us all as we shared the moment - a moment in time that has shaped musical history and my life. Most people (including my wife) do not understand my love of ZEP - but it is a music and fellowship that moved me both emotionally and spiritually - these guy's understood the soul of a generation. They also spoke to a generation of kid's who were not sure who they were (nuclear weapons, Vietnam, etc) and presented four sterotypes that allowed each of us to feel good about ourselves - Robert Plant the high pitched 'some would say girly' Love God who filled his jeans extremely well, Jimmy Page the slightly framed weaver of magic - often reported as 'sickly' but a collosus on that Les Paul whom nobody would mess with - or could equal when playing with the other three, JPJ who stood quietly at the back and thundered away underpinning the Page and Plant show, and last but definately not least - Mr John Henry Bonham - the greatest goddamn drummer that has ever lived (sorry Jason) and I don't just mean the obvious numbers like Moby Dick and Montreaux - listen to the whole catalogue - he is always there providing the heartbeat (and clealry the erection in Whole Lotta Love). But great sadness is also attached to Knebworth - I have seen Page & Plant since (NEC) and Robert Plant & the New Sensation (Wolverhampton) but - having waited 28 years I cannot get a ticket for the Reunion. So please guy's keep the Zeppelin afloat as (and I know this sounds a bit sad for a 51 year old Psychotherapist from Shropshire) you are part of my life and I miss you like crazy 'Since I've Been Loving You'.
Despite my not being there - I hope the 10th of December becomes another 'Classic' concert that will be forever remembered in the pantheon of ROCK!
God bless you all - Clif


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Cass board OK's two-year pacts with unions
The Cass Board voted March 19 to approve one of five pending two-year union contracts with county employees.
Union membership for Teamsters 320, which represents deputies and jailers, approved the contract earlier.
Administrator Robert Yochum reported tentative agreements have been reached with Teamsters 346, which represents dispatchers and records personnel in the sheriff's office; with the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) unit representing courthouse employees; and with the International Union of Operating Engineers 49 unit representing highway department employees.
Employees in those three bargaining units must vote to accept the tentative agreement before it would take effect.
Negotiations with the AFSCME unit representing health, human and veterans services employees are still in progress.
The approved contract calls for 2.5 percent increase to the county pay plan, effective Jan. 1, 2013, and a second 2.5 percent effective Jan. 1, 2014. It also grants a July 1 step increase in 2013 and in 2014.
The new 2013-2014 contracts call for the county to pay $944 per month toward the county's cafeteria health insurance program that provides a $2,500 deductible plan. Employees can then choose whether they want to pay additionally toward a family plan or a plan with more coverage.
In 2013 only, employees will also receive a one-time $240 contribution toward insurance expenses.
Once Cass settles all union contracts, past practice has been to grant on an annual basis the same terms to elected officials, non-union county personnel and probation officers who work under the district court as are contained in the uniform union agreements.
The county board does not have a grade on the pay scale. The board reduced its pay in 2010 by 3 percent to match the 64-hour reduction they asked employees to take and has taken no raises in 2011 or 2012 or 2013.


text: Sorry people, Ihad to do this. There is a thread about why we hate Tony Romo. I think the real guy to hate is McNabb. This guy is a jerk plain and simple. The guy doesn't even know the rules of the NFL. He acts like a moron on the sidelines, and IMO he has no class.


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High altitude, no problem.
It's a commonly known fact that most butane lighters don't operate properly in elevations that are drastically above sea level. But for Xikar's new Stratosphere lighter, that's not a problem. It's equipped with a special high altitude turbo flame torch that's ready to light anywhere, even on the top of a mountain. But it's also a great little lighter for anywhere else too. In addition, it features a rugged, rubberized body, fuel viewing window, and a handy lanyard hook. All the essentials and a flame that'll light even in the most extreme conditions.
... well worth the price of admission, and as WB says, this lighter works well at altitudes and as advertised. I've had mine for just about a year now... it's my everyday lighter and has yet to fail me. I work (and live) at about 5000 feet in the 'Stan and have used this lighter at altitudes close to 9000 feet with no issues whatsoever. To it's credit, it even tolerates crappy butane from the local region... imagine that! I'll probably get another (or two) for backup...
I bought this a year ago because regular torch lighters do not work reliably in the mountains. I live at 7400-foot elevation in the Sierras. The Xikar lighter is the best I have ever owned, sparking up reliably and working without problems for a year. Most other torch lighters fail within a month or two if they work in high elevation at all. It also works fine at sea level. This is a must-buy for high-altitude cigar smokers.
This lighter is great only had a few days,it performers as good as my quad lighter.
I really like this lighter especially for a single flame. I have two. One is a back up that floats around my truck as a just in case lighter. After three years it always lights up! Always! The lighter looks beat up, but it always works. I highly recommend this lighter. It's very tough and as I said it always works. Another plus is the price is right.
I've only had this lighter a few days now, so I can't comment on long-term issues, but so far it's reliable and being a Xikar, it should have their lifetime warranty. This thing seems to spew much more heat and in a much wider area when compared to a conventional butane single-jet. Result: you spend much less time and effort lighting a cigar, especially big-ring cigars. Cigars light faster and you don't have to keep sweeping the tightly-focused jet over every little area of the foot. With this thing, a few broad strokes are sufficient, and lighting happens FAST. It's also got a see-right-through-it fuel tank (fully transparent on both walls) and an easy-turn thumb wheel for flame adjustment (no screwdriver needed). Quite a nice lighter.


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Pleasant Room in Eco Village
Størrelse13 m²
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|Understensvägen, 12153 Johanneshov, Sverige
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The room itself has two comfortable single beds, normally united but that can easily be separated. A comfortable third bed can be added. Guests have access to the toilet and a separate shower next door, bathroom with a washing machine downstairs, the living room, the outdoor patio and the fully equipped kitchen. Coffee, tea, hot chocolate, and cooking oil are always available. Simple fishing equipment is available as well as cross-country skis and boots in the winter.
In 7 minutes on foot and another 12 by metro, guests can reach Stockholm's Old Town (Gamla Stan). By bike, it can be reached in 30 minutes. Many kilometres of forested trails start 200 metres from the house in a large nature reserve. See www.nackareservatet.se/bilder/nackareservatet_72dpi.jpg
Fifteen minutes' walk away there is a lake, which is a great place for swimming, fishing, and canoeing. In 30 minutes guests can reach a sauna open year round at another lake. The house is built with ecology in mind, with solar panels and natural decor.
Host Nils is always happy to help with anything guests might need. On prior arrangement he offers a real Swedish meal made with elk from his forest.
HusreglerThe house is safe for people with animal and other allergies.
No smoking indoors. Smoking is permitted on the patio.
The host is happy to accommodate special diets (gluten-free, vegetarian, vegan, etc.).
Keep noise to a minimum at night.
We follow the Swedish custom of taking off our shoes when entering the house. Slippers available.
Children sleeping in their parents' bed are free.
Various equipment like computer printer, hairdryer, umbrellas, iron and ironing board are for guests to use.
Pickup anywhere in the Stockholm region can sometimes be arranged by the host with his car for a fee. E.g Arlanda airport 500 SEK.
Cars are not allowed in the Ecological Village, but you can drive up to the house to leave your luggage. There is parking on the street 100 metres from the house, weekdays it costs 10 SEK per hour 7 am - 7 pm.
The host will give you detailed information about how to get to the house and on travel with the public transportation system in Stockholm.
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The nice location will give you the possibility to reach the city center really fast (13 min by the tram and 7 minutes walk, direct connection to Gamla Stan station) and also to walk in the nature. His house was clean, well organized, breakfast, WIFI, so everything was great. Nils tried to help us with all things which was needed, so +++
Vera and Carsten
We had a wonderful week in Stockholm in the Eco Village.
Nils is a good host en he was very kind. We were there with 3 other guests from Germany. Nils surprised us one evening and cooked for us a delicious vegetarian meal. It is a short walk to the Metro station and from there you go in 12 minutes to the hart of the city Gamla Stan, which is very beautiful.
We like to come back some day to see the rest of the city.
We had such a wonderful stay in Stockholm. Nils was very nice and did everything for us to make us feel very comfortable. For us this vocation was very successfull and we will come back to Nils house.
I have spent 6 magical days at this wonderful place. You are surrounded by Nature, trees, flowers, many plants and peaceful environment. Very well situated:15 minutes to the centre by the subway, 20 minutes biking. 20 minutes walking you can swimming into a very nice lake. The owner is really a kind person and the house is lovely. Thanks Nils for share this especial place.
We were very satisfied with the location. Nils and his son were very friendly and helpfull.
The area around the location is quiet nice, within forrest and you can reach the lake within 20 minutes by walking.
We can recommend this location!
Frank and Karin from Germany
Nils was not present when we arrived as he was on a holiday (and we were aware of it) however he had made all arrangements to make our stay so very comfortable, as we prefer vegan food he had organised vegan bread, milk, snacks and also a chocolate to receive us in our room.
Maja was very cooperative and helpful and just didn't say no to anything we asked her...the day we were leaving she waited for us till 11 pm so that we could pick the bags....touched by the way she extended herself...the serene environment surrounding the house made the atmosphere very relaxing...thank you Nils
Nils is a very nice host, very friendly and always trying to improve his service and rooms. The house is located in a beautiful green environment but at the same time near the city of Stockholm. You can get to the city with the subway very easy, the station is within 5 minutes from the house. We enjoyed our week there and can only recommend it.
A beautiful house located in a nice neighbourhood. The place is combining the spirit of Swedish nature and the culture of Stockholm.
The house was clean and well organized. Nils and his son Emil are anticipating the wishes of their guests beforehand. A great B&B.
Thank you for the wonderful time spent and hoping to come back soon.
It has been a great time in Nils place! It's a perfect spot to start your Stockholm tour from there! You are close to the center (15 min by train ) but you can still enjoy the beautiful nature right behind Nils house! Go jogging, hiking, swimming, riding by bike...
We can definitely recommend to stay at Nils place and we sure will come back soon!
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Today Terrance Donnels is making Les Miles dance. Over the years he's done a lot of things to LSU's football coach: Dropping Miles on motorboats, fleeing exploding buildings or using a machine gun to obliterate a Webster's Dictionary all in doctored videos called GIFs that he posts on the internet above the jagged signature of "LSUFreek." Wonderful is the symmetry when a satirist finds his perfect foil. LSUFreek mocks all the SEC coaches and much of college football, but nobody has proven a better fit for him than goofy old, grass-eating, syntax-mangling Les Miles in his LSU baseball cap. LSU coach Les Miles as Elvis.
This time Freek is altering an image of Miles at a press conference to make the coach look like a fat Elvis clad in a garish bejeweled jumpsuit. The image moves in the slightly jerky style of a GIF but if you watch it long enough, allowing yourself to be entranced by the gyrating coach in baubles and beads, you can almost feel Elvis even if you don't see it in Miles' face.
Freek is quite proud of this Miles as Elvis, which took four hours to complete. Soon he will send it to his friend Spencer Hall, who will post it on the blog Every Day Should Be Saturday. Hall will write a few words about Miles as Elvis and then the GIF will spread like a digital virus through the vast underground community of SEC message boards to whom LSUFreek has become something Terrance Donnels never imagined he could be himself: a sensation.
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One of the cool developments of the past decade has been the reassessment and historical embrace of the founding feminist art of the 1960s and '70s. Shows like "WACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution," which toured nationally in 2007; "Seductive Subversion: Women Pop Artists, 1958-1968," on view at Tufts University in Boston through April 3; and the RISD Museum's recent surveys of Lynda Benglis and Pat Steir have been well-deserved celebrations of these women's work.
They've also made plain that the centrality of video, performance, and perhaps photography in contemporary art owes much to feminist artists of the '70s. And the evidence suggests that post-modernism's interrogation of history is a direct descendent of feminist questioning of art (and world) hierarchies.
"Crossing Currents: Feminism Now" at the University of Rhode Island's Feinstein Providence Campus Gallery (80 Washington Street, through March 31) showcases more than 40 artists affiliated with two Rhode Island women artists collectives: Hera Gallery and the Hive Archive.
These days, when it comes to living artists, men still seem to get featured a bit more than women, though women outnumber men in art schools and women are the majority of curators of contemporary art. The view of "feminism now" presented in "Crossing Currents" is a widely varied art. It mainly eschews explicit feminist statements, while continuing to address the female body or traditionally female crafts like quilting or cake decorating. But mostly it's just art by women. Unfortunately, "Crossing Currents" features a lot of so-so work — which is unrepresentative of a community in which many of our best artists are women.
But do check out Lisa Gabrielle Russell's sharp, small, thickly daubed abstract paintings in greens and grays; Jen Raimondi's perhaps too-predictably-goth-but-impressively-made pink leg bone and pelvis bone sprouting little white mushrooms and curly blonde hair; and Millee Tibbs's digital photos of herself reenacting her childhood photos paired with the originals. Tibbs adopts the same outfits, expressions, and poses — with a dog or swinging in a tree — of her younger self for a funny, strange, smart reflection on girlhood versus womanhood.
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Music Review: Born Villain by Marilyn Manson
The king of Goth is back with his eighth studio album Born Villain
There are three times in my life I remember listening to Marilyn Manson. The first was when my older sister worked at one of those redundant Goth stores that littered all malls in the late '90s. I swear, all of those stores had a specific song list and "Sweet Dreams" played every half hour. The second Marilyn Manson milestone was when I was going through my own Goth phase that only lasted for however long "mOBSCENE" was charting on MTV. The third time I listened to Marilyn Manson was when I was washing my dishes while listening to his first album in three years, Born Villain, over the weekend. Sure, I wasn't outside on a church stoop smoking cloves and drinking out of a flask like when I first listened to Mechanical Animals, but I was still able to rock out to the king of shock rock.
Manson's eighth album, the first off of his own label, Hell, etc., aims to be different from the previous two. Cutting off his tainted relationship with Interscope records, Manson has said that he's in a more creative space this time around. Without the studio breathing down his neck, as they supposedly had with his past two albums, Eat Me, Drink Me and The High End of Low, he was able to be "very certain about what I wanted to say."
For someone like Manson, who has infamously been the reason for all things evil in the world, having meaningful connections with what you say is imperative. It's not as if he's checked in his Goth-metal daemon demeanor for something tamer; in fact, it's quite the opposite. From the first track "Hey, Cruel World…,", listeners are reacquainted with a more dominant Manson as he drawls out the first Manson-ism of the album, "We don't need your faith. We've got fucking fate." The fourth track, "Overneath the Path of Misery" opens with a fervent reading of Macbeth's "Sound and Fury" before going into one of the best tracks on the album, full of squeals, loose bass strings, and insistent guitar riffs.
I did, however, roll my eyes while listening to the beginning of "The Gardener." The constant reminders that he is different than the rest in 2012 are a little unnecessary, yet the song was catchy all the same. The bonus track, "You're So Vain," in which Johnny Depp performs for some reason, makes me wish he would put out an album exclusively of cover songs.
All in all, the album is without a doubt more enjoyable than his last two. You can hear an undeniable confidence throughout almost all of the tracks, save for a few filler tracks in the middle. Manson is the king of the misunderstood, and we're happy to see him climbing back into the limelight.


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While many people begin an exercise program to lose weight, there are individuals who start exercising with the intent of gaining weight, specifically lean muscle mass. If you are one of those folks interested in strength training for the purpose of muscle or weight gain than it is important to understand a few things about physiology in order to make your exercise program as effective as possible.
Understanding Body Types
The first thing is to understand that you cannot change your body type. The fact is, individuals with certain body types will easily add muscle mass while other individuals with different body types will have a more difficult time doing so. There are three primary body types - endomorph, ectomorph, and mesomorph. An endomorph is characterized as having a large bone structure, wide waist and high levels of body fat. A mesomorph is characterized as having a medium-sized bone structure, low body fat levels, wide shoulders and a narrow waist. An ectomorph is characterized as having long, thin bones, narrow shoulders and waist and low levels of body fat.
For the first two types, endomorphs and mesomorphs, gaining lean muscle can be relatively easy, although it is somewhat easier for the mesomorph than the endomorph, as the endomorph needs to monitor caloric intake in order to reduce the risk of gaining too much body-fat. Ectomorphs are known in the weightlifting community as "hard-gainers," and can have a difficult time adding lean muscle mass.
The Basics on Designing an Effective Exercise Program
There are two primary considerations for increasing lean muscle mass. First, we must consider what to do during the training session to stimulate growth with exercise, Secondly, we must consider what to do after the training session to promote optimal muscle growth.
The first consideration of what to do during exercise pertains to designing an effective exercise program with the appropriate application of the variables of program design. The variables of exercise program design are:
· Exercise selection – the type of exercise performed
· Intensity – the amount of load (weight) used, referred to as the % of a 1 repetition maximum (% 1RM)
· Repetitions – the number of times the exercise is performed in a row (determined by intensity)
· Sets – the number of repetitions performed at one time
· Rest interval – the amount of time to rest between sets
· Tempo – the speed or velocity of the exercise movement
The scientific term for muscle growth is hypertrophy, which refers to increasing the cross-width of muscle fibers (in most cases muscle growth comes from increasing muscle fiber cross-width and intercellular volume and not from adding additional muscle fibers). The ideal application of the variables to stimulate muscle growth is as follows-
Exercise Selection
Rest Interval
Compound, multi-joint exercises:
· Deadlift
· Barbell lunge
· Pull-up
· Bent-over row
· Standing shoulder press
· Chest press
1-2 sec concentric
1-2 sec eccentric
There is plenty of research which demonstrates that using a weight that fatigues (not allowing any more repetitions) in the 8-12 rep-range combined with a relatively short rest interval (approximately 45 seconds) can stimulate the optimal hormonal response for muscle growth. As far as exercise selection goes, use compound exercises which involve more than one joint and one muscle group at a time; for example doing barbell deadlifts instead of seated leg extensions to properly train the lower body. Also consider training movements (squatting, lunging, pushing, pulling and rotation) as opposed to training individual muscle groups since the brain and nervous system select numerous muscles at a time to perform a movement and the only time a muscle works in isolation is in a machine designed for muscle isolation.
Strength programs that feature compound movements with shorter recovery times between sets and three-to-five sets per movement or muscle group have been found to be effective for promoting muscle growth and strength gains. For optimal muscle growth, allow at least forty-eight hours of rest between training sessions for the same movements (or body-parts). A weekly training schedule might look like (keep in mind that the emphasis is on multi-joint movements, not muscle isolation exercises):
Monday and
Bent-over rows
Romanian Deadlifts
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45 sec
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Shoulder press
Front squats
Chest press
Wednesday and Saturday
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Aerobic intervals for 30-45min
(intervals should be 5-7 on a 1-10 scale of perceived effort, with 10 being the hardest)
The Importance of Proper Fueling and Rest
The second consideration is what to do AFTER the training session. When training for weight or muscle gain keep in mind that muscles grow during the recovery phase in response to the training session, so it is important to allow for adequate rest and recovery while properly fueling to promote muscle growth. The study of nutrient timing is a new area of research for nutrition which has found that when to eat is as important (if not more so) than what to eat when it comes to properly fueling for strength training. Research indicates that drinking a shake containing carbohydrates and protein before and after exercise is an effective way to increase muscle fiber cross-width (gaining lean muscle size).
The generally accepted ratio for pre/post training nutrition is a 3-4:1 of carbohydrate to protein ratio. The carbohydrates will stimulate an insulin response which helps muscle cells absorb the protein. It is recommended to refuel within 30-45 minutes of completing an intense training session in order to stimulate the greatest response. The recommended amounts are 0.2 – 0.4 g/kg of bodyweight for protein with 1.2 g/kg of bodyweight for carbohydrates. Taking carbs/proteins in the recommended ratio within the recommended time frame can promote an anabolic response leading to more production of testosterone, which is the hormone most responsible for developing lean muscle.
Another post-training consideration for creating the optimal environment for muscle growth is getting adequate sleep. Somatropin, commonly referred to as human growth hormone (HGH), is produced during sleep and is another hormone which promotes muscle growth. Inadequate sleep (less than six hours per night) does not allow the body to fully rest and recover from the stresses of the training session. Getting up to eight hours of sleep a night is the recommendation for creating the optimal environment for muscle growth.
If you are one of those individuals who is exercising to gain weight or increase lean muscle mass, then this should help you get a good start in the right direction.
Pete McCall, MS, CSCS, is an ACE Certified Personal Trainer and long-time player in the fitness industry. He has been featured as an expert in the Washington Post, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Runner's World and Self. He holds a master's degree in exercise science and health promotion, and several advanced certifications and specializations with NSCA and NASM.
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