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Other than the size of the room which is typical of NYC, overall a nice hotel. We travel to NYC 3-4 times a year. We liked the lobby area of this hotel, friendliness of staff and location on the upper westside. Room cleanliness could have been better and there is a large construction project going on next door so if you are traveling during the work week ask about room location
Great room, location and a friendly staff Nothing really
comfortable, cosy rooms and friendly staff. Nice neighbourhood with a laid-back feel. The only problem was that the wifi is slow, unreliable and expensive.
The room was nice and clean. It was close to Central Park and easy to get to the subway. The staff was very accommodating. The walls were a little thin so you could hear people in the next room or in the hallway.
Valet parking, the friendliness of the staff, having Star Bucks coffee in the lobby - the lounge area in the lobby where 11 of us had take-in dinner - good place for the 3 children to have space to relax. The children thought the glass doors to the bathrooms were funny - they could see the shadows of the person in the bathroom!
The location is convenient and access to shops and restaurants in the proximity makes it an easy stay. The staff is friendly and assists in a professional manner when approached. The rooms are OK, but seem to be a little overloaded for a 2 bed configuration, which makes moving around difficult. The bathroom is OK, yet looks a bit sterile with a stainless steel sink. Good for a short stay, a bit uncomfortable for a longer stay.
The staff was very friendly and the location was perfect for us. They were decorating for Christmas when we were checking out, and it looked beautiful. Loved the Starbucks coffee bar in the lobby.
The overall feel of the hotel was very unusual, I felt a bit like a genius going back to my secret speak-easy lair in the 80s in an alternate steam-punk universe. The feeling of the hotel is loudly industrial modern. The industrial modern feeling of the hotel left everything feeling cold and dark, making it hard to really ever feel "at home"
Liked the location, next to good restaurants, shopping, coffee shops, Central Park, museums. Subway is a five minute walk, can get downtown in 20 minutes. Digital thermostat was great for temp control in the room. Came with a Keurig and replenished with 3 k-cups every morning. The staff, especially the doormen, were very friendly and helpful. Serafina is connected to the lobby, has a great brunch. Some reviews stated the rooms were loud, we had no problem during our stay, it was quiet. The bed was very comfortable and sheets were soft. The room was on the small side, but expected in NYC and honestly all the room we needed for 2 people. Decor felt a little like a college dorm. The whole back wall with the TV was full of black scuffs and brown globs - looks like it has rarely been washed. Wish it would have came with a refrigerator as we weren't able to keep any cold drinks in the room. They are trying to be minimal with the decor in the bathroom, but only one towel hanger? Come on.
The bathroom/shower and large flat screen TV. Internet facilities ample and very useful. Hotel reception area not particularly well lit. Milk not readily available to make a drink in the room despite what appeared to be a top of the range coffee machine.
Ambience , location and aesthetic Slowest elevators in the goddam world. Really need to fix that.
Location is great. Rooms are clean and big enough. Beds are high and a bit nerve racking with small children.
Hotel is in an excellent location. Two blocks away from Central Park, near subway and great restaurants. Hotel Staff very pleasant and professional, Concierge was great. Hotel room was spacious and very clean. Requested room not available (plumbing), alternate room was very accommodating. Later check out.
Got a great deal. Very clean, great staff, great location, would definitely stay again.
Very clean room in a relatively quiet part of the city. Shower flooded the bathroom upon showering. Not a big deal, but had to clean up the bathroom after a shower.
location small lobby-no lounge
Great location.
I was very pleased with my stay at the Lucerne. The room, though small, was very comfortable. I was particularly impressed by the comfort of the mattress, pillows and linens. Our in room coffee maker was not in the room at check in. We did not realize until the second day that we could request it from the desk.
I've stayed at the Lucerne multiple times, and it is consistently a great hotel on the upper West Side. Rooms are comfortable, staff great, and overall just a very nice experience
Our room was very clean and a very nice size. Big construction project going on next door -very noisy at 7 am. Also, mattresses are tired and saggy.
Great location. There were lost of restaurants within walking distance. The subway is one block away. It is a beautiful building. It was NYC-hotel to an extent - small elevators, fairly small room but not too small.
Friendly staff, location and the upgrade I was given was a wonderful surprise. No complaints.
Recently renovated and beautifully done. Every detail was very carefully thought out and the crown molding in the room and hall are gorgeously done! A lovely place to stay.
high quality establishment with attractive look and feel in excellent location
My wife and I were in town for an awards ceremony and wanted to have a special first class stay near Central Park. The hotel was so nice and the staff were friendly and very accommodating. They even provided us with a limo ride to our event with just a quick call to the front desk. Everything was first rate and the room, view, and decor was very upscale adding to the New York experience. The location was within walking distance to all the best shops, dining, and attractions so that we did not need a cab while we were there. The best part was a view of central park and the room was very quiet with no typical street noise or horns blowing during the night.
A well thought out room layout (jr suite) and everything clean and working. Very friendly employees. An effortless hotel experience where you can tell they are sweating the details. it's not a great room lobby hotel and the views aren't city vistas. But if you value functional comfort Trump Int'l is the best value at the higher end of NYC hotels.
Great location, bed was comfortable, TV was nice, clean for age of hotel, sheets and pillows were comfortable. Very Dated! Poor quality construction. bathroom WAY TOO SMALL. Bedroom HOT, Living Room FREEZING! Asked to fix 3 day in a row...finally changed rooms.I could NOT HAVE BEEN FIRST? Old towels, cracked toilet, dated fixtures. $70 half bottle wine?
In addition to the beautiful suite and comfortable bed the hotel staff makes the guest feel welcome and at home. I highly recommend this hotel if you want luxury, a feeling of warmth and friendliness, and safety.
Excellent location. Awesome rate. Was in town for a training workshop but decided to come a couple days early with my boyfriend and found a great rate for weekday in January. Close to subway. Only problem I had was that it can be quite noisy. It is located between Broadway where it crosses an avenue, so even at night there is a lot of traffic. Our room faced Lincoln Center, which seems quiet at night, but it was also the side of the hotel which has service entrances so a lot of trash trucks and deliveries coming in on that side. I'm a light sleeper anyway so I always bring earplugs and that worked perfectly.
The Empire Hotel was much, much nicer than I expected, considering that it is one of the more affordable options in Manhattan. The lobby was very stylish and featured a nice bar where people were meeting for drinks and snacks etc. The room was very small, but that is typical in big cities, and it was really nicely done, with a lovely bed, lots of towels and toiletries, etc. It felt very comfortable. The location is amazing: Lincoln Center is literally across the street, the subway is half a block away, and you can easily walk to dozens of attractions and the park. This will be my go to hotel from now on in NYC. The movies were a bit expensive to rent ($19!) but the internet was strong and cheap, so it didn't matter. I could hear the folks in the next room, but they were having an argument (whoops) and otherwise I couldn't hear anyone. NYC is noisy, so there's always going to be some noise. I really don't even consider these complaints, to be honest.
The value of the rates given the the area is great and it is centrally located in mid-town. The staff is very friendly and helpful. My room was noisy in the morning but quiet most of the other times.
Room very very small for paying that price. My window view was of another building like 3 inches apart. Sink wouldn't drain, remote control wouldn't work. Otherwise, the staff was nice and the bed was comfortable.
Location Too old and the room was too small worthless
The rooftop deck had great views and location was good They charge you for everything and it's super overpriced. The pool was a disappointment it's as big as a pickup truck
Proximity to Lincoln Center Dreary, small room Charge for wifi Bathroom so small that one had to close the door to reach the toilet paper and there was no surface on which to put a dopp kit
Our stall shower was missing the sliding door. The bathroom got soaked during every shower
The room and lobby were beautifully decorated and the hotel was in a great location right in the middle of manhattan. The staff was very professional and extremely helpful. The room was agonizingly small for the amount of money we paid for it. When we checked in the lady behind the desk said she was "upgrading" us, and we barely had enough room to walk around the bed. I shudder to think of how small our room was before the "upgrade".
Friendly, helpful staff from the front door men onward... The Concierge , he is always a pleasure to deal with. House keeping are quick and helpful, should you require more of anything. Starbucks on the corner... Good to go!
I didn't sleep well- the bed was as hard as a rock. Good location
The Empire charges mini bar rates for Keurig coffee in room. The bathroom was very, very small which made it difficult to use comfortably, and we are very small people.
Location and layout of the suite (separate bathroom so no one had to go through the bedroom). Lovely, responsive maid.
Good location for visiting the American Museum of Natural History and the Metropolitan Opera House. The shower doesn't have much water although water comes lot from the tap for bathtub.
Room was available for early check in. The bed and bedding were really good quality and comfortable. Fridge even had ice in the freezer. Across the street from Fairway; great for provisioning the room. There were no bedbugs!!!!! Taxes are very high in NYC hotels, so while the rate looked very attractive on Booking.com, customers should be aware that our three night stay cost over $100 more than the booking.com rate because of taxes. Was okay with us because we were happy with room, location, etc. but NYC is expensive.
Location was great!!! It's next to a market and a block and a half from 1,2,3 metro stop. Nicely maintained. Excellent stay!
The price, the location Old room and furniture, old bathroom
I was rather surprised that the price quoted did not include taxes. Coming from Europe it came as a nasty surprise at the end.
localization, cleaning and confortable room and the little kitchen when I arrived I had a small problem with the book. But I think the problem is the booking.com, not the hotel. And after some trouble they solved the problem.
Kichenette facility; cleanliness poor mattress on fold-out bed; did not fix the heating element during our stay
location of hotel. Comfort of room. Nothing
Very friendly and helpful staff. I had a non smoking room, but I could smell cigarette smoke in the morning, presumably through the air conditioning system. Ugh! Disgusting.
Felt like a home away from home. Great neighborhood , everything close at hand, Cafes, Markets,subway all on your doorstep. Highly recommended, wouldn't stay anywhere else!
Love the location, staff helpful & friendly. Windows did not close properly, drafty & noisy.
I loved the location.
I love the Excelsior, the staff, the location, the cleanliness, just so easy, so accommodating. Always the desk personnel are lovely, the last day, the 29th, the desk man was a bit condescending. I've never had that experience before, but upon asking him about leaving my bags after check-out, asking about a taxi to the airport, he almost dismissed me, as if I were an annoyance. Unfortunate, but true. The desk man when I arrived on the 2nd, was lovely, very patient, very accommodating. I've stayed here before, never had that experience, so it must've been a bad day for him.
The location was great. Half block to Central Park, subway and bus. Bed comfy. Bathroom small but clean and plush. Restaurant had great food. Scaffolding obscures view and workers during daytime decrease privacy. Friday am, noisy road work started 4:30. No doorman to help when leaving and needing a cab. Pay for in room WiFi. Room cost increased by ~25% various taxes.
Great service and close to many destinations
The hotel was nice, but it is really the location that sells the place. Can't beat it. A block from Central Park, across from the Museum of Natural History. Bathrooms were a bit dated, and the plumbing seemed temperamental, but it was more than adequate.
From the location to the helpful, friendly staff, I loved this hotel. It was clean, comfortable and beautiful. The on-site restaurant was very good as well. I didn't like leaving to go home!
The staff was friendly and helpful providing subway directions and breakfast suggestions. They had umbrellas available when we had rain.
The Excelsior is a classic hotel that is the absolute opposite of an impersonal chain hotel. From management to front desk to housekeeping the Excelsior staff is welcoming and extremely accommodating. We have stayed at the Excelsior several times during the prior couple of years and our rooms are consistently clean, comfortable and quiet. Rates will vary based upon the season and supply and demand factors but typically we have found the Excelsior to be the best hotel value in the upper west side. Fee for WI-fi but as a workaround we used our smartphone as a hot spot for our tablets so really no problem.
Great location, pretty, away from the hustle and bustle of Times Square/Midtown Not a business hotel. Need to pay for WIFI. No room service. No coffee machine. Only coffee available is at the breakfast room and they charge you $2.50 just to get a cup in the morning. Not the expense but the nuisance and inconvenience. No shops on site. Just vending machine. They try to pretend to be upscale here but nothing about it is upscale - from the property to amenities to service. Hugely disappointing.
Drained very slowly
comfortable beds large TV very clean great location nice sitting room quiet hotel Small bathroom, no shelf for toiletries , not enough room in the kitchen easy meal prep
This is a great, convenient hotel on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Just a few steps from Fairway Market and Citarella and short blocks to the subway. If you have family nearby as we do, it is a perfect place to stay. We had a suite with a tiny kitchen area- microwave, refrigerator, and a small electric kettle. Staff was friendly and helpful. Try Maison Kayser across the street for breakfast or brunch. Very comfortable king bed. although very strange huge king pillows. Tiny bathroom, has everything you need, but no room.
Clean, nicely designed rooms; comfortable and cozy Construction work in rooms opposite - woken up by loud drilling and hammering at 9am for two of my three night stay. I think I should have been alerted to this fact before I registered.
It was in Manhattan, and had a bit of character- though not original to the time period so that's a bit unfortunate. There's decent coffee for sale in the lobby. Appeared to not overcharge me, and no sign of bed bugs! Room was 13' by 9' -that is being generous with the arms pan - that didn't really matter since we didn't hang out there, but it was laughable. Also had a shirt fall of a hanger just to retrieve it covered in dust bunnies. Key cards stopped working halfway through, not a big issue except it's a stair run up/down as the elevators are a bit wonky. Was hoping for old charm, didn't have much of it. Not really worth spending extra, overall. Seems like over $300 will get something special, otherwise might as well just book a Holiday Inn or something basic.
Great location near Central Park Professional and friendly staff Close to transportation Good coffee and hot chocolate Extremely small rooms, small bathrooms Bed size - standard No free coffee
three windows in my room. Three urns of cold drinks in the lobby every afternoon. only one small elevator working for the entire week
Flight was delayed a full day, so we headed over to the hotel and was pleasantly surprised at the how much we got for our money's worth! The staff was extremely accommodating as well.
The stay was excellent and the staff was always very helpful and attentive to my friends and my needs. The location was very good and there is a 24hr market just around the corner. I didn't like that I had to leave aside from that my stay was exquisite I highly recommend this hotel
Very good location. Just a block away from subway and lots of little shops to get something to eat or do a little shopping. Very clean room, well furnished and very clean. Bathroom was huge! I asked for a car service and got a driver that drove way too fast and just wasn't very professional. Not the hotels fault but it was scary.
Location is perfect, hotel is beautiful, clean and comfortable. Desk staff was consistently rude over 4 days. Not so much to me but anytime I walked through the lobby I overheard snippy sarcastic remarks being made in response to questions.
Location Price Cleanliness
Nothing! The worst hotel in my life ever. They should change the category to one star. The hotel is old, dirty, noisy and the staff are not interested in help you. The guests were are strange, like drug addicts. I saw policemens going there loooking for people. You can watch porn movies in tv, like a motel. Don't go there. It's better pay more and stay in midtown area.
It's location, very convenient. The bar, unprofessional staff, no atmosphere. Expensive.
Good location, cute lobby, friendly staff Bathroom very small, but room was comfortable
This hotel said it had a refit, It was very dark and rooms were shabby, The plus side was the staff were fantastic. Also it's quite a long way out, On the ourskirts of Harlem.
Cocktail bar and happy hour. Beautiful decor. Well-furnished rooms. Extremely friendly and personal staff. Had to pay for breakfast. Rooms could have had better lighting (i.e. table lamps).
Location is brilliant, just next to the subway, staff couldn't of been more helpful with luggage, our room standard and cleanliness was great, checking our limo was on schedule, giving us takeaway menus when we were tired etc. Room had everything you needed and was a decent size. Nothing really just that there was no lift but it wasn't an issue as the staff helped with our luggage.
It is well located close to Central park and the Timesquare subway route. The staff were also very nice and freindly. It's hotel prices for hostel accommdoation! The rooms were small and the ehating didnt work very well. It was often either too hot or too cold. The radiator in our room would wake us up at 6am without fail every morning by making loud ratteling noises.
it's very convinent because it is near the subway. room is quite clean
Room smelled like dirty socks and urine. The heat was about 80 degrees inthe room and we could not get window open for relief Carpet was filthy and all night there were strange shouts or screams with doors slamming. We were glad to get out of this really tacky dirty hotel . Never go there if you want peace and cleanliness. Same as above
Convenient for subway. Attractive decor. Helpful staff Room very small with inadequate storage and lighting. No elevator and a very narrow dark stairway.
comfortable bed,next to subway,cheap there was not hangers for clothes at all
Good location and for New York,it is a good size room. Right across street for the Subway and 3 blocks from Central Park. The beds are so hard and linens are very old. Towels are tiny and old. Our room was not cleaned even after I told them we were leaving and would l ike room serviced.
This is a great location in the upper west side. Lots of little places for coffee or food. Several drug stores, diners, etc all within a block. Located across street from red line (1/2/3 train) so very convenient to rest of city. Nice neighborhood. I made a mistake & requested 2 "superior double rooms", which could not accommodate a rollaway bed. Wasn't a huge deal, I had a sleeping bag for my (10 year old) son, and we weren't in the room much anyway. The other room had room for the pack & play for an infant, so it all worked out - just realize that a double room is for a double bed, desk, & not much else in most cases. But for 2 nights in NYC, for 2 rooms on short notice, a great price (140/rm/night). Heat in room couldn't be turned off - we ended up running the AC to offset the heating.
The front desk guys were exceptional. Truly cared to make sure I was a happy customer. It will be my permanent go to on the west side from here on out! No hotel at these great prices can be perfect so there is no point in complaining when everything else was spot on!
Great location Shared bathroom for 4 rooms on the floor. This should be stated front and center when booking as opposed to the description information afterwards.
subway station right in front hotel, all types of stores nearby. expensive parking, cheap window ac unit with very poor sound insulation. few outlets in the room. very old hotel badly needing a facelift. but what do you expect in NYC for $300?
My only critique was that the bed was a tad uncomfortable for me, but both my mom and aunt were quite comfortable. The room was small and cozy, but it has everything a visitor needs. The staff was wonderful and kind. The location is excellent - right next to a subway stop that makes it easy to see NYC in minutes. Also blocks from Central Park. Neighborhood is safe and clean. Next to a drug store, n case you forgot something. Loved it and would stay there again.
The room was exactly what we'd reserved. It was small but clean and quiet. The hotel staff was very nice. The location is excellent. Plenty of shops and restaurants nearby and the subway right outside the door.
Clean. Small.
We came to bike the Five Boro and the hotel staff was very accommodating - the hotel is also well situated close to the west side bike path.
Nice place to stay for the Thanksgiving parade. Short walk to the subway on 96 street and central park. Would stay here again! Father and two sons. Had to pay $7 for internet connection.
It was a great location. Next to central park, easy access to subways. The room was clean, the staff was helpful. and i would stay there again if i was in new york.
the location is good and safe poor services and facilities, unreliable hotel staffs
Some of the workers Run down
Poor service, no help at all. Phone not working, hairdryer not working, room freezing cold. No early checkin nor late checkout.
convenient location, recently updated facilities, staff was courteous they claim wi-fi is available, but the signal was so weak as to be unusable; couldn't get a $20 broken down at the front desk, air conditioner in my room was broken, room too hot;
Friendly staff, fast speed internet, clean room The hotel is being renovated and obviously this causes some discomfort as to the elevator and corridors that were not very clean. I am sure once the renovation is finished, this will be a spotless hotel.
the waiter's attitude are very nice could this hotel use more bright bed sheet? it can makes people feel not so much presure.
The location near the underground station is very conviniet.The neighborhood is very calm.The room is clean and comfortable.We liked our staying in this hotel. The location and the room.
Quiet zone, well comunicated, good price.
near the subway internet speed/cleanliness of the chairs/no breakfast
location Very dirty
The place was ok, and reasonable. We exchanges all comfort for the low price so it was not any thing new. The place was very clean and well furnished and a bit spacious for such a small room. The only problem was the the lobby people told us to go to this specific parking garage and the garage or the lobby duse totally scamed us saying that the discount voucher wa's not rezconized at the garage and the customer support people for the hotel blamed us for going to to wrong place. We ended up paying a lot for a over night parking than anywhere else.
Small rooms but clean and located very close to the 1 subway train, Central Park, and natural history museum.
Clean. Friendly/helpful staff. Great value Small room.
Convenience. Walk to central park, walk the opposite way a few feet to catch the subway, 24 hour diner and deli conveniently nearby. We will for sure stay here again. Beautiful location. The hallways are slim, rooms are small BUT...it's perfect for the couple that likes to get in and out, tour, with ease.
Comfortable bed, clean, fresh paint. Great value. But indeed the smallest room I have ever been in. As a single, was no problem.
It was VERY clean and staff was great
Location, Really clean, comfortable beds and linens. No late check out signs posted everywhere almost yelling at you.
Hotel is pretty much the cheapest in town. Expect very small rooms - basically just the bed and a bit leg room. Bathrooms were impressive - renovated and clean and a flat screen TV - so just the basics....
Very clean with nice decor and accommodations. The sound proofing was pretty awful though. I was able to sleep through the night, but I could hear everything that went on in the hallway and even the kids in the building next door. Bring ear plugs if you are light sleeper.
Location and cleanliness Nothing
Great location; good value, friendly staff, super clean room, the ability to request a certain type of room (eg, quiet, bed type, bed number) Housekeeping entered my room even though I had the "Do not Disturb" sign on the doorknob. Minor glitch.


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many picture books carry meaning and thought provoking stories. the lessons learned through picture books often run deeper than the lessons learned through the "popular" "easy to read" chapter books that abound.
now i'm not here to debate i'm here to encourage the love of picture books. don't ever stop adding them to your children's library....even when chapter books are introduced.
if you have the option...buy them in hardcover
add them to birthday and christmas lists! make sure to write a sentiment in the front cover including the date :)
my 9 1/2 year old daughter is as captivated by the stories in picture books as her 5 year old brother. (i am too as i read them aloud!) :) :)
without further ado, i am going to showcase several of the picture books in our personal home library.
there are sooo many more than this. please share your favorites in the comments!!
help me be good series - by: joy berry
when i first read 'the person i marry' i cried. the story is beautiful...and the pictures by jan are breathtaking.
these books are offered through Answers In Genesis. go peruse the site....they have a LOT of wonderful resources!
this is just fun!
this is a beautiful story!
one morning in maine - by: robert mccloskey
God's wisdom for little boys - by jim & elizabeth george
these are favorites! beautiful pictures, important lessons.
we also like his collections from 'where the sidewalk ends'
p is for putt - by: brad herzog
these books are fun to collect. other titles include: 'T is for touchdown', 'H is for homerun' and 'K is for kick'.
the giving tree - by: shell silverstein
this is nice because it is a story about the JOY of snowy days!
first hundred words - by heather amery
this is our second book...the first one became soooo worn. pointing out these pictures and saying them is a favorite with little ones!
c is for caboose - by: chronicle books
fun for the train fanatics!
the kids love this tale of little tinka...they made me include a picture. :)
the poetry for young people series makes a wonderful collection. walt whitman, emily dickinson etc.

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MOVIES: Gummo, Donnie Darko, Pee Wee's Big Adventure, Happiness, Anchorman, Big Lebowski, Naked Lunch, Buckaroo Banzai, Robocop, Down By Law, Fight Club, Evil Dead, Office Space, Repo Man, Pink Flamingos, the Road Warrior, Goonies, Warriors, Bad Lieutenant, Blade Runner, Sexy Beast, Drive, Wet Hot American Summer
MUSIC: Johnny Cash, Tom Waits, Bowie, Dr. Octagon, the Misfits, the Cramps, Joy Division, Devotchka, Ween, Radiohead, the Pixies, Talking Heads, Los Super Elegantes, Flaming Lips
TV: Breaking Bad, Rick & Morty, Its Always Sunny, Adventure Time, Game of Thrones, The Walking Dead, Fargo
FOOD: I like it all... Well no offal or shellfish
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Stocks Retreat; Dow Loses 69
Stocks fell at the open of trade on Tuesday as Wall Street focused on Chinese growth worries after a BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP) executive said that demand for iron ore will flatten as China's economy cools. Profit taking also likely contributed to the market decline. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell around 69 points to close at 13,170. The widely watched blue-chip index traded in a range between 13,123 and 13,238.
The SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSE: SPY) shed 0.29% to close at $140.44, well off of its worst levels for the day. Volume was light with just 121.5 million SPY shares trading hands compared to a 3-month daily average of 142.6 million.
The PowerShares QQQ Trust ETF (NASDAQ: QQQ), which tracks the performance of the Nasdaq 100, added 0.18% and closed at $67.11. Strength in large-cap tech names such as Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) helped the Nasdaq 100 outperform on the session.
Crude oil pulled back as the U.S. Dollar strengthened. NYMEX crude futures fell 2.30% to $105.60 while ICE Brent contracts lost 1.25% to $124.14. The United States Oil Fund ETF (NYSE: USO) lost 2.08% and closed at $40.43.
Precious metals also lost ground amid the cautious trading atmosphere. COMEX gold futures fell 1.14% to $1,648.30 while silver futures lost 2.99% to $31.97. The heavily traded SPDR Gold Trust ETF (NYSE: GLD) registered a decline of 0.90% to $160.13 on the day.
Treasuries rose as risk assets were sold off. The iShares Barclays 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NYSE: TLT) gained 0.40% to $110.54. The yield on the 10-Year Note fell 1.8 basis points to 2.36%.
The U.S. Dollar was moderately stronger on Tuesday, but finished off of its best levels of the day. The PowerShares DB US Dollar Index Bullish ETF (NYSE: UUP), which tracks the performance of the greenback versus a basket of foreign currencies, added 0.23% to $22.10. The closely watched EUR/USD pair was last trading at $1.3230.
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Group River Run10:00am - Hole BrothersThe more the merrier at the Black River. Come join a large group of paddlers on a trip down the Black River. This is a great opportunity to learn the lines from experienced locals. The Hudson River Rafting Company will help with shuttle and there will be plenty of time to get back to the put-in for the King of New York race later in the afternoon. Open to all paddlers with the requisite skills to paddle class IV whitewater.
Black River Race4:30pm - Hudson River Rafting CompanyThe King of New York downriver racing point series begins with the Black River Race on Saturday afternoon. Racers will have all day to learn the lines before the 4:30 start. This is the endurance event of the series so come out and tally points towards the grand prize Dagger Green Boat being awarded at the end of the 2012 racing season.More info: www.whitewaterkingofnewyork.com.
Floateeo6:30pm - Hole BrothersThis year we continue the infamous freestyle event where athletes trade their kayaks for pool toys and perform stunts for the judges. Creativity counts but surfing is the name of the game. Open to everyone, the floateeo features some of impressive feats of inflatable prowess. A favorite of participants and spectators alike, come witness this unique Black River Festival tradition.
Superheros & Villains Party9:00pm - Hudson River Rafting CompanyThe Black River Festival party is the most infamous rager in whitewater paddling...and that's saying something. Leave the kids at home and come dressed as a superhero or villain. There will be live music, beer, and debauchery.
Free CampingFri-Sun - Hudson River Rafting CompanyWe want you to rage at the Black River Festival. We don't want you to drive away after raging. Free primitive camping right at the party provided by the Hudson River Rafting Company. If you come to party, please plan on staying.
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Animal Adventures: Frog Frolic - Teatown Lake Reservation
Hours: 1-3pm
Ages: All
Price: $5/person
1600 Spring Valley Road - 914-762-2912
Ossining, NY 10562
Description: Meet a few of Teatown's ambassador animals in this program featuring frogs. Please note this program is for families with children ages 4 and over. Programs fill quickly so registration is strongly recommended. Call 914-762-2912 x110 to reserve.


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A Justice Site
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Volume 16, No. 7, Week of April 21, 2003
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Illusion and Reality
This is a photo that Arnold or I took in Florida, a couple of years ago, when we were visiting the Dali museum. I chose it for this week's image because it's such a good example of reality merging into illusion. The duck is real; the images that surround him are illusion. Where does the one become the other?
The phase of turning Iraq over to the Iraqis, which I hope and pray, we will do as promised, is a phase in which we're going to need to share both each other's reality, and each other's illusions. Maybe one day I'll find the time to paint it.
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NEW for the Week of April 21, 2003
Previous Issue: Weeks of April 7 and April 14, 2003
Announcements:Father Agjakpe of Ghana will be visiting with us on Wednesday, April 23, 2003. Please be sure you've read colonization and proselytization by then for our discussions. jeanne Last minute: Pat says he's going to come on May 21 instead.
OK, enough of this bi-weekly stuff. It's too much. And it doesn't seem to slow me down; the issue just gets longer. A student and very dear friend from 30 years ago called to say she needed us to ski at Mammoth over Easter. Strange request, but I'm getting used to strange requests. Most of them turn out to be fun. I decided to put up this hint at a new issue for next week, since I won't get back to L.A. till next Tuesday. Pat said she would still cover Thursday, April 17, for us, so those of you who need us can find her at school tomorrow. I'll be packing ski clothes, that barely fit, and imagining two old folks skiing down the mountain with their pants split. Maybe I'll paint that while I'm up there. Next week we're scheduled to meet on Wednesday, April 23, and we have the Dean's Conference Room in SBS behind the elevators. Same hours as usual, and I promise I'll try to be on time.
Please review the last issue because I've been trying to answer all your e-mail on the site, and sometimes I just plain forget to go back and alert you. One little piece of organizational structure I don't have under control yet. f Ive failed to answer you, please send an e-mail to alert me. I can't write whole essays for each submission, but I am trying to be sure that I answer each of you. If you'll read the weekly issue, my comments should help all of you. It's really a no-no not to follow the site. Remember, distance requires me to put my lectures on site, and requires you to read them. I know it's long, but you need to at least scan the weekly issue, or you'll clearly not be able to join in the discussion or meet the class requirements.
Happy Easter and Happy Passover weekend to all of you. I'll certainly return with stories. love and peace, jeanne
Thursday night, April 17, 2003: The Ongoing Saga of jeanne's e-mail: As of now, hours and hours and techs and techs later, my e-mail is functional and happy and I'm getting it. But in absolute desperation we wiped out 171 messages that I hadn't gotten because none of us could figure out where they were or how to get them. Now, I should be able to respond to your messages. Be sure to tell me when you come to class (or the office) if one of your e-mails went missing in that group. Sorry. Could somebody please lend me a nice normal computer problem to which they really do have answers? jeanne
- Shared Discourse for Wednesday, April 23, 2003
Things I'd like you to review for Wednesday, April 23, 2003, so we can all discuss them knowledgebly.
April 17, 2003: Colonization and Proselytization Essay on Christianity in Africa as a prelude to understanding Christianity and Islam. Of major importance for illocutionary discussions now in the Middle East. Discussion questions included.
April 16, 2003: How to Request a Letter of Recommendation Jennifer Glass' sample of a request. Please read this as a guide. It will help us both be more effective at writing good letters.
April 16, 2003: Being Painted Black Poem by Laura Phillips, 16, of Port St. Lucie, Fla. The poem was published in Parade Magazine on Sunday, April 13, 2003, as the winner of a poetry contest judged by Billy Collins, Americas' Poet Laureate. Although the poem and Tatiana's response were up last week, I didn't do the painting until yesterday, April 15. I'd like to share the poem, the contents, and the painting, as they relate to illusion and reality, our Topic for the Week.
April 16, 2003: Comment by Tatiana Melendez on Laura Phillips' Being Painted Black
April 16, 2003: jeanne's first version of Being Painted Black
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- Sociology of RealityClass Page for Sociology of Reality
- Theses
- April 16, 2003: Berthena Kemp: Got your new material, Berthena. Check out my responses, and START WRITING. jeanne
Restructuring Berthena Kemp's thesis.
- April 16, 2003: Carolyn Ibekwe: Last week we discussed that I have only hardcopy which is impossible for me to work with extensively. Look at Berthena's work above to see what we need to do. Primarily, give source identification for data which seems to rely on secondary analysis. Also give more detailed approaches to the problem so that you will have more potential for significant recommendations. jeanne
- April 16, 2003: Charles Barlow: Got whole thesis in WORD. I can work with that. But the way this works is that I make changes I think are needed, and you make those changes, and then, we go on. I can't anticipate how the changed copy is going to read until you make the changes as we go along. Waiting to hear from you on the Introduction to Chapter I and then on the rest of Chapter 1. jeanne
- April 17, 2003: Jolie Gibbs. Has entire first draft of thesis in on disk. Abstract and start of chapter 1. Jolie, you're writing very well. I particularly like your description of the thesis as a learning tool. Because there is so little I need to change, I stopped highlighting my changes in green, and just started changing them as they were. I'll continue as fast as I can and will let you know each time I post another section. Thank you for your patience. I know it's hard getting my attention when you're away, and I have many more students than I had planned on. jeanne
- No other progress last week on theses. jeanne
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Theoretical Musings for Us by Us
KIDS' Stuff
Helping Your Student Get the Most Out of Homework National PTA. National Education Association. Link added April 13, 2003.
New for Kids this Week:
April 17, 2003: Westpoint At the American History Museum. Now, with the military playing such a big role in our lives, it seemed like a good time to take a close look at Westpoint.
The Magical Illusion of Niagra Falls
Art Shenanigans
Link on image for larger version.
jeanne's first version of tryinig to imagine the way that the male gaze interferes with women's ability to form an identity independent of male power. Some of the things I was playing with as I did this first version. A male, he tends to be larger than the females. Surprise. Size = power and authority. His head covers the head of the woman with whom I started. He just happens to block any view of her face, her identity? The first woman was Barbie shaped, slender with large boob, around which he has his right hand. But woman denies his ideal of her and shows herself large, almost as large as he is. Her boobs don't stand erect and inviting as Barbies'. Will we read that as he rejects her, and we tell her to diet? Or she rejects him, and denies him the power of the image she is creating of herself? She can deny him, but can she really make him go away, as they are shown here? They're in front of a mirror. The gaze. And another woman looks down on them from the mirror. She's not a blond Barbie. Her hair is dark and kind of spiked. She doesn't seem to reach into the group of bodies, or try in any way to change things, as far as I can tell. Then there's the right hand edge of the painting. A flower. One flower. One yellow flower. Spring colors. Woman's time. And the stem of the flower turns into a snake. Now we're back to Eden and Eve and Lilith. Could that be Lilith in the upper corner of the mirror? Hmmm, knowing me, I'll bet it could. I like Lilith. Notice that none of them are gazing at us. Well, maybe the snake is. We're just Peeping Toms here.
What does it all mean? What does a dream mean? They are all images in my apperceptive mass. They draw fully on all the many stories I've known. But once it's out there on the Internet, it becomes your story, too. And it means whatever it says to you. When Berthena told me she disagreed with Dorothy Smith's discussion of the problem of the male gaze as being woman's only mirror, I never once thought of Eve and Lilith. But maybe I should have.
A couple of pieces you might want to read on this until I get back to put up essays:


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Half a Nation of Victims
"There are 47% of the people who will vote for the President no matter what.....who are dependent on government, who believe they are victims...47% of Americans pay no income tax." Mitt Romney (1)
If Romney is right, all Obama needs to win a 51% share of the popular vote is to gain the support of about 4% of people who do pay federal income tax. With a mere 10% of taxpayers, Obama gets a 57% landslide victory!
The good news for Romney is that about a third of voters earning less than $24,000 per year are for Romney, and he leads among voters over 65, most of whom rely on Social Security for their income. Since all workers pay FICA (Social Security) tax, only about 18% of households pay no federal tax at all (2).
The question is, "What would Romney, as president, do about it?"
He has proposed a 20% tax cut for all Americans, which would reduce federal revenues about 20%, but he would make up for the loss by "closing loopholes", which means ending deductions. He has refused to disclose which deductions to end before the election, so as not to lose the votes of those who now take these deductions. If Romney wins the presidency, it is extremely unlikely that any loopholes will be closed, since doing so would raise taxes on some people, and most Republican congressmen have signed a pledge not to raise taxes under any circumstances, which would include a Romney victory.
So, the most likely fiscal consequence of Mitt Romney becoming President ( as improbable as that would be, using his own estimate of Obama's base of support) is that the tax cuts would pass and the loopholes would remain, so federal revenues would drop. He would try to compensate for this decline in revenue by reducing funding for programs that encourage recipients to stay dependent upon government, such as Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid. food stamps and the like. If the GOP wins control of both houses of Congress in November, these cuts may pass, although even some Republicans may balk at cutting Social Security and Medicare, both of which are very important to large groups of senior voters.
Although the quote cited above was not from a public speech, but a private meeting with big donors, it is good that we now have an unscripted look at how Mitt Romney really feels about government programs and those who depend upon them. Even without intending to do so, he may have helped his prediction of Obama's vote come true.
Gerald S Glazer
(1) Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Sept. 19, 2012, page 16A (from Mother Jones magazine.)
(2) Christian Schneider, same issue, page 17A.


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What Would Today's Ads Say About Us To Future Civilizations?
'Mad World' is a multimedia exhibition that takes the audience to a distant future, where five commercials are the only traces of our society left behind.
Audio Tour Hack was commissioned by The One Club and Creative Week — currently taking place in NYC, to create a new multimedia exhibition. 'Mad World' transports the audience to a time where five ads are the only traces of our civilization left behind. It puts a unique twist on recent TV commercials and raises questions about ads as representations of real-life experiences and cultural symbols in general.
The audience is taken to a distant future where the only traces left of our own civilization are 5 digital relics discovered in the ruins of an ancient human settlement called Old York. Little do the archaeologists of the future realize, they are actually just ads. Each commercial is interpreted as a serious documentation of what life was like for our ancient culture, much like how hieroglyphics are interpreted as depictions of Ancient Egyptian life. (Maybe they were just advertisements too.)
The five digital relics cover politics, city life, the environment, health and medicine, and mating ritual. The exhibition debuted this week during Creative Week 2013 and after will move to its permanent home at The One Club exhibition hall. You can check out an introduction and some of the relics in the videos below:


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Simples Hey Andrei!
By David Hamill
The midfield maestro, reportedly mocked by his own team-mates for sounding like Aleksandr Orlov – a meerkat who fronts a car insurance advertisement – has certainly lived up to expectations at the Emirates.
And the dynamic little Russian has also led the line with some eye catching performances – but that's enough about Aleks.
Arsenal's limited striker options have been well documented over the last few weeks and boss Arsene Wenger has looked for Arshavin to provide the inspiration by solving their crisis upfront.
The Frenchman has a history of converting players from one position to another and the way Arshavin has adapted to his new role is reminiscent of the time Thierry Henry made the successful transition from a good left winger to an even better striker.
Arshavin will revert to a deeper role when Arsenal's recognised strikers return but for now he is proving to be a very capable solution.
His four-goal haul at Anfield last season showed the clinical accuracy the midfielder possesses and he was at it again with a stunning finish against Liverpool on Sunday – rifling home from the edge of the box despite leaning backwards.
The Russian rose to prominence for the national side at Euro 2008 but considering he was 26 and yet to establish himself in a top European League, it left a question mark over his ability to deliver week in, week out for one of Europe's elite club's.
That question has been emphatically answered and when it comes to high-profile eleventh hour buys in the January transfer market, there really is no comparison.
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Rashida Jones' Gray Getup: Yay or Nay? (PHOTOS)
This Parks and Recreation star took a fashion risk that may not have the best pay-off. Rashida Jones showed up at the Giorgio Armani/Vanity Fair private dinner party in Los Angeles, Calif. Tuesday night in a very peculiar getup.
The actress wore a pair of ankle-length, harem-esque pants and a sequin collared blouse that didn't seem to set in the right places. She paired this ensemble with a tusseled hairstyle and maroon clutch. We're not the biggest fans of this ensemble but what do you think? Rashida's gray getup: Yay or Nay?
Cast your vote in the poll and leave a few reviews while you're at it!
Other celebs at the event included Emma Stone (who hosted the dinner), Peggy Lipton (as pictured with Rashida), Colton Haynes, Chord Overstreet and Armie Hammer.


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Discipline Versus Punishment in the Dominant /submissive World
What is the Difference Between These Two Terms?
These two terms have been used interchangeably
for way too long in my opinion. There is a big difference between
them and how they are supposed to be used in training of a new or
experienced submissive. I am going to give you textbook definitions
as well as examples to make it really clear.
Also understand that for those that are truly living a lifestyle of
24/7 D/s or M/s, this is a very important issue that is not play. I
know that people who like bondage and discipline more will disagree
with me, but this is specifically for the group of people who aim to
make dominance and submission the basis of their relationship.
Discipline are those actions taken by a Dominant to teach and prevent a submissive from doing something that is in no way an act of willful disobedience. It could be that a submissive chops up some potatoes into square cubes after receiving the command to prepare the potatoes for a curry. The potatoes should have been prepared differently as this is not what the dominant had in mind. First off the dominant could have been more clear in his instructions, but since a dominant is never wrong, the dominant is now responsible for teaching the submissive to do this correctly in the future to his or her exact specifications. This process could involve a training session showing the submissive what to do and explaining why the outcome of the task displeased the dominant. It could also involve having the submissive do all of it again to ensure that the lesson has been effective.
In some cases there are protocols for handling
situations like this. A submissive may kneel in front of the
dominant and say the following:" Master/ Mistress/ Sir/ Madam, your
submissive/ slave has to confess to being disobedient. Your
submissive did not do so willfully and would
appreciate it if it would please you to correct her and train
her to do this task without displeasing you in the future. Thank you
for taking the time to train and correct your slave." A slave or
submissive may also inadvertently have done something wrong in the
process of obeying the dominant and corrections could be talking
about it or having the submissive write out the correct way of
handling an assignment like that as many times as the dominant would
Discipline does not normally include physical punishment.
Punishment is when a submissive or slave has been willfully disobedient and has knowingly disobeyed a command or done something incorrectly due to reactance or any other reason. In cases like these, punishment will be administered to see to it that the submissive or slave is aware that disobedience has consequences and it generally is not a process that any of the parties involved, enjoys.
The slave or submissive has willfully broken a plate out of anger. The slave or submissive will now kneel in front of the dominant and might say:" Your slave or submissive has been willfully disobedient by breaking the plate out of anger. Your slave or submissive accepts full responsibility and asks if it would please you to punish your slave or submissive in any way that pleases you. Your slave or submissive begs your forgiveness as well." The dom will then administer punishment which could include physical punishment, confinement to a room or a corner, the removal of privileges etc. The golden rule is to make sure that the punishment fits the crime. It makes no sense to punish someone by withholding Internet privileges if they broke a plate out of anger. The idea is to provide absolution for the submissive or slave and to prevent it from happening again.
The last and most important guideline is that when a punishment or discipline session is over and all is forgiven, it must be forgotten too. It is a toxic thing for a relationship if all the negative things are constantly brought back to life after it has been handled.
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What has inspired you lately? PLEASE share!
Friday, January 20, 2012
Natural Inspiration
I've been working on loads of projects that I'll be sharing with you very soon. Until then, I wanted to share with you a few things that have inspired me lately. I'm a summer girl at heart and loved that these little treasures gave me a bit of greenery and sunshine in the middle of winter. I hope they brighten your day a bit too :)
Posted by marla grace Posted at 9:44 AM
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- DoodleBird said...
Thank you so much for including my thimble planters!!!! xoxo
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Ted Simons: Tonight in our look at Arizona Giving and Leading we focus on Waste Not, an organization that delivers food from restaurants and grocery stores to the hungry. Executive Director Dee Mitten joins us now to tell us more. It's good to see you again.
Dee Mitten: Thank you.
Ted Simons: Last time you were winning all sorts of awards. Everyone was finally recognizing what you were doing. What are you doing? What is Waste Not?
Dee Mitten: We are feeding the hungry. Collect excess food from restaurants, resorts, Caterers, grocers and we currently deliver it to more than 100 agencies and organizations that feed the hungry. Very, very diverse group of people. Schools, after school programs, senior facilities, daycares, transition homes, some homeless shelters. Everyone that needs a helping hands.
Ted Simons: This is excess food not food that I didn't finish at my meal but food that wasn't presented?
Dee Mitten: Exactly. It's excess food that has been properly maintained. Give you an example. If there's a dinner for 500 people and only 400 attend, 100 extra dinners. If that food has not been placed on the table, not plated, but has been held in the kitchen, there's 100 dinners that are going to waste. Going to go to waste. That's the type of food that we rescue.
Ted Simons: As far as how Waste Not got started, give us a little history here of the was the original goal X, now it's turned into Y?
Dee Mitten: We have had our entire history, which is more than 25 years, singular mission. We take excess food from people who don't want or need it and give it to those that do. That's what we still do today. We're very good at it. We're very precise. We're not a food bank.
Ted Simons: Compare. Compare yourself to a food bank.
Dee Mitten: That's why it's harder for people to get their arms around us because we're behind the scenes. We're a mobile operation out there working behind the scenes. The primary differences between Waste Not and a food bank are we don't warehouse food. It's easy for people to go to a food bank and participate in a mission. But with Waste Not we're behind the scenes very lean, efficient. Our team of five drivers are on routes. They pick the food up in the morning and are distributing it throughout the day. That is one primary difference. The other is that we do collect food from restaurants, caterers.
Ted Simons: So Ted's Restaurant figures out we had a special on meatloaf and I don't think we'll be able to sell all of it. By, what, 6:00, 7:00, 8:00 I call you?
Dee Mitten: Absolutely.
Ted Simons: I say we're doing a special on meatloaf I may have some extra?
Dee Mitten: Give us notification. As much as you can. That's all there is to it. It's very -- we're so easy, so flexible. We just want people to be aware of us. The need for food, Ted, is overwhelming. My gosh, it's devastatingly hot out. People are hungry. When you think about one in four kids going to bed in our community hungry every night we all need to step up to the plate. If there is excess food or you know of it, certainly call Waste Not.
Ted Simons: You deliver to schools, senior centers, all points in between. Homeless she shelters?
Dee Mitten: Yes, we do transition homes, rehab centers. Homeless shelters much currently more than 100 organizations.
Ted Simons: Your relationship with restaurants, Caterers, were people raising eyebrows and how difficult is it to get a restaurant to say, okay, let's do it?
Dee Mitten: Well, that is our strong suit is establishing great relationships with our donor barns. That's the life blood. That is our life blood. Without our donors People are going to go hungry. We spend a lot of time. We cultivate that relationship. They need to know they can depend upon us. We can depend upon them. Here's the thing. We don't know every day exactly what we're going to receive. We don't. That's another facet of it. Our drivers are constantly making decisions as to how, what food can best be used where. So it's a logistics marvel out there behind the scenes.
Ted Simons: What are your greatest challenges? The challenge is the heat. Our vehicles, we have been in a circumstance that's very unusual, we had two trucks down. I will tell you when we can't deliver food, first of all the people that are donating food are depending on us to pick it up. So when our trucks are down the people that are receiving food, it's devastating for our drivers to have to tell them that we have got the heat has gotten to our vehicles and that's exactly what's happened. But we are through that. So those are expenses that come along that you don't anticipate in the summer. People that need food that weren't served, so those are ongoing challenges.
Ted Simons: Last question. What's next for Waste Not?
Dee Mitten: Well, we are in the process of creating another route. We will be. A little bit further on into the summer and the fall. It's -- I'll put it this way. We never have to look for people that are hungry. They find us. But we are seeking new food donors, new opportunities, new relationships, so anyone that could work with us in that regard we would be very pleased to talk with.
Ted Simons: You're doing fantastic work. Continued success. Thank you so much.
Dee Mitten: Thank you, Ted.


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Today's Devotional
The OneRead Galatians 6:1-3 and consider the importance of helping other believers in Jesus.
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Country News!
It's the news a lot of Miranda fans have been waiting for.
Miranda Lambert may have a starring role in a movie.
The film -- Something in the Water -- was written by country music video director Trey Fanjoy and screenwriter Cindy McCreery. It's the story of five women who challenge their husbands in a bass fishing tournament, and 'Ran would be one of them.
Trey is responsible for many of 'Ran's videos, including her latest clip with Carrie Underwood for "Somethin' Bad."
Source: Deadline.com
Kristian Bush just released his first solo single, "Trailer Hitch," from his upcoming album, Southern Gravity.
Kristian says the biggest reaction from Sugarlandfans have to his solo career is that they never realized he could sing.


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Michigan State Releases White Uniforms With White Helmets [VIDEO]Do you like the new look for the Spartans?
Indoor Football Player Penalized For Toilet-Themed Celebration [VIDEO]When you think of football players being penalized for celebrations, usually it's the NFL but now the Indoor Football League is trying to take fun out of the game.
Spartans Announce Complete Nonconference Football Schedules Through 2020Michigan State has announced its football nonconference opponents through the 2020 season.
It's Not Pigskin! How The NFL Gets Its FootballsWhen the Patriots and Falcons meet in the Super Bowl on Feb. 5 in Houston, they will use approximately 120 footballs, including those selected for the kickers.
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Felisha N. Grice (born 31 May 1982; age 35) is film production worker from who worked on 2009's Star Trek as a set production assistant. She was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Southern California's School of Cinema-Television in 2004.
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Hey everyone, I'm a youngster from Toronto Canada who recently became very interested in Buddhism. I've been reading up on Theravada and think i now have a basic understanding, so now I'd like to learn about Mahayana and Vajrayana, the latter I only learned existed while reading the subheading of this page haha... I'm interested in learning the main differences in the vehicles and can't wait to get started! Glad to meet you all!
I'm about to dive into "THE WAY OF THE BODHISATTVA" section, but is there anything anyone else would suggest I read specifically?
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How's it goin' eh!
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Salatier wrote:is there anything anyone else would suggest I read specifically?
Buddhist Thought: A Complete Introduction to the Indian Tradition by Prof. Paul Williams
Vision of Buddhism: The Space Under the Tree by Prof. Roger Corless
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Welcome fellow Newbie! Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche is always a good bet too. His books are quite poetic.
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NHS39: The Evil Antacid Myth28.02.2013
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The Truth: LOW Stomach Acid Causes Heartburn!
Dear Reader,
You need minerals, the basic minerals. Chloride is their most compatible companion that is most needed in your body, especially for digestion. Without it you suffer from heartburn and GERD (Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease). You do not need Tums, Rolaids or Prilosec... you need Chlorides.
You can supplement sodium chloride with either
- Himalayan Crystal Salt Brine Therapy (drink, breathe or bathe)
- Magnesium Chloride from Crystals, Drops, Gel or Oil.
Either way, you will strengthen your digestion when you do.
One cold, hard fact:
The older we get, the less stomach acid (HCl with pepsin) we produce.
Mother nature works this way with gastric acid and digestive enzymes, and also with most all biologically necessary substances.
For example, older people produce less glucosamine and SAMe, so arthritis develops. Additionally, advanced in years, people produce less CoQ-10, so heart problems may result.
A conservative estimate is that 75% of people over 50 have do not have enough HCL/pepsin available for proper digestion. That is a huge number.
Conversely, if we could know the accurate percentage of people with actual - real - hyperacidity, or too MUCH acid, I suspect that that number would be surprisingly low, not high.
Mainstream medicine talks exclusively about too much acid - NEVER too little. This then facilitates the manufacture of expensive substances to suit this peculiar misinformation.
What is going on? How can this be so?
Could it be because two very expensive prescription antacids are among the top five pharmaceuticals sold? Uh-huh...
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The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 23.0352 Friday, 24 August 2012
Date: August 21, 2012 5:17:39 PM EDT
Subject: Re: Shorthand
Camp Counselor Stevie Errorowitz here again, calling for another "delay-of-game FOUL" in the continuing round-robin game of Name That Reviser being played out here in Textual Studies Summer Camp. We've had a l-o-n-g exchange about some very small, nearly microscopic, linked King Lear variants found at the end of 3.6, where Gloucester urges Kent to bring the sleeping Lear away to safety. I 'd like the judges and bystanders and visiting grown-ups to raise their eyes a moment to be reminded of the larger context of this particular mini-bone of contention.
The form of Gloucester's speech in Q1 as it was first printed has Gloucester say " "take up to keepe" ; after press-correction of this page, later copies of Q1 read instead "take up the King." About ten years later, Q1 was reprinted and, as luck and the perverse gods that torment us kids in Textual Studies Summer Camp might have it, the four word passage of interest here again came out, "take up to keepe." (I should be writing "vp" for "up" to be accurate, but Summer Camp allows for some relaxation of rigor.) Then, just a few years later, the Folio prints those words as, "take up, take up."
(Confession: When I was writing Shakespeare's Revision of King Lear. I completely overlooked this "Q1 uncorrected- Q1 Corrected- Q2 - F variant." But I plead forgiveness because back then I did indicate many more interesting things that happen right hereabouts.)
If you've been reading the Gerald Downs correspondence, you'll see that he feels that either of the two alternatives to the first shot, "take up to keepe," ain't anything but typesetters or your odd corrector in the printing house doing what typesetters and correctors always did, or maybe stenographers and their auxiliaries may have done: he says, "for one thing, "take up" looks . . . like emending . . . graphic error; achievable by anyone, and not to be taken as evidence for Shakespeare" (ellipses here from Downs' own quote of his earlier writing).
Wakey, wakey! Here comes the good part. Please turn in your Shakespearean Textual Camp Quarto and Folio Songbooks to (1) page G4-verso in the 1608 Quarto and lines TLN 2047-62, or (2) to your Norton Shakespeare Facing Pages texts, pages 2408 and 2409 or (3) to pages 48-50 in your very own copy of Shakespeare's Revision of King Lear .
Look even briefly at the text surrounding the miniscule variant four-word passage. Ka-pow-eeeeeee ! Big stuff happening! Stuff visible and comprehensible even to someone watching who doesn't understand a word of the language. Both the quarto and Folio versions start this chunk of action when Gloucester comes in with news that a crew intending to slay the King will arrive within a half-hour.
Q1 (corrected) has this degree of urgency:
GLOST Good friend-I prithy take him in thy armes
. . . .
take up thy master . . . .
take up the King and followe me, that will to some provision
Give thee quicke conduct.
KENT: Oppressed nature sleepes.
This rest might yet have balmed thy broken sinewes.
After Kent here addresses the sleeping Lear, he enlists the Fool to help carry Lear off. Glouster has another urgent speech: "Come, come away." Then Edgar has fourteen lines of philosophical soliloquy, beginning "When we our betters . . ." He exits, and Cornwall and the other nasties bustle on, whipping themselves forward about their devilish business. "Post speedily . . . Show him . . . Seek out . . . Hang him . . . . Pluck out his eyes."
The Folio, here as in a number of other scene-ends, gives a tighter ending, far more urgent, more abrupt in its transition into the entrance of the baddies.
Glou. Good friend, I prythee take him in thy armes . . .
. . . Take up thy Master,
. . . .Take up, take up,
And follow me, that will to some provision
Give thee quicke conduct. Come, come, away. Exeunt
Scena Septima
Corn.Post speedily . . . .
No revery over the sleeping King, no command to the Fool, no philosophy from Edgar.
Now, you have to see that this kind of end-of-scene variant—with a reflective, relatively slow-paced passage found in Q but not in F—is patterned, a re-design carried out repeatedly between the Lear texts. Of course, I've been criticized unmercifully for saying that this is a "Shakespearean" or "authorial" change, and that actually anyone at all could have cut the Q material to leave what we find in F. Sure. Like anyone at all could carve Michaelangelo's David by simply cutting out the marble that isn't the statue.
It's when we line up instance after instance of patterns that most people don't notice that we develop an argument for authorial revision. Interrupted speeches—signaled by incomplete grammatical structures at the ends of speeches—abound in F where the equivalent moments in Q do not call for a second actor to cut abruptly into the speech of the preceding speaker. Interrupted exits, where an exit move is announced by a character but that move is blocked by an action (such as a counter-command) initiated by a different character, also appear repeatedly in F but not in Q. That's the kind of thing that I track and illustrate in my Revision of King Lear book. They are NOT like what may be found as cuts and changes in scripts being altered for "normal" presentations.
Could these distinct and repeated patterns of theatrical scene-making indeed be the result of some agent other than Shakespeare at work. Sorry. That isn't what any other worked-over script from the period looks like. But could the "take up to keepe (Q1 uncorrected, Q2) / take up the King (Q1 corrected) / take up, take up (F)" possibly have been done without an "author-function" ? Yes, but it is supportable or even minutely important if and only if you rip it from its surrounding context.
An aside about putting on Shakespeare's plays in modern environments: If you look at the Norton Shakespeare pages of this passage, you'll see that there is a lot of nice white space left after the end of scene 3.6. I used to rehearse my productions as if that white space was a convenient place to stop working on a scene. My bad. I found that if, instead, I ended work on such scenes after practicing the opening of the scene following, then I found that the play in production moved along like lightning because the transitions had been practiced and incorporated into the actors' physical memories from the get-go. So, my dears, let me suggest that you use as a rehearsal unit NOT "the scene" but rather the transition into the scene—then the scene itself—and then the transition into the following scene.
And that, boys and girls here in Textual Studies Summer Camp, is why we leave home, come into the wilderness, and learn how to play nice with other kids.
Now wash up for supper, the sweet-corn is going into the pot in a few minutes.
Counselor Steevie.


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by Christopher Freeburn | June 13, 2013 10:07 am
[1]Starring as Star Trek's Lieutenant Sulu, George Takei piloted the Starship Enterprise for three seasons on network TV and for a decade more in big screen movies. But, apparently, he doesn't write his own jokes[2].
The actor maintains a popular page on Facebook (FB[3]), which fans believed contained his own witty observations and jokes. Now those fans are outraged after comedy writer Rick Polito said in an interview that he penned the jokes on Takei's Facebook page and was paid $10 for each joke, notes.
Fans expressed their dismay on a variety of social media channels.
Takei appeared bemused by the controversy, noting that he has a number of assistants, including his husband, Brad, who help generate content for his Facebook page, which has 4.18 million followers.
Polito has issued an apology to Takei, insisting that he hadn't intend to "expose anything."
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Hello Chickaniddy Friends! It's Wendy Sue here today, sharing my latest Chickaniddy Crafts layout! My topic for today is "Vacations." Our family hasn't gone on a lot of big vacations...we're more the "day-cation" or "stay-cation" types. We have, however, visited Disneyland a few times - so I dug through some photos from one of our last trips (and if you know us, you can see this was several years ago - the kids are so much bigger now...makes my mama heart a little sad to see how quickly they are growing up!).
I loved the orange Dumbo hat, and started pulling some orange papers and accents from both the Date Night and Twirly Girly Collections. I found that many of the orange papers had pink on them, so instead of fighting it, I opted to embrace the pink and pulled more pink out too!
I added a few teal accents as well, forming a visual triangle between the large star, the hot air balloon, and the butterfly at the bottom.
I didn't really have a plan when I started this page - just started pulling out papers and accents. I ended up layering random papers together, adding bits and pieces of accents, stickers, etc. The final result is definitely a fun remembrance of a great family vacation and will fit very nicely in our big Disneyland album!
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Gallery: How to Make Swiss Buttercream
The decorator's buttercream
Swiss buttercream is my favorite kind for decorating large celebration cakes. Its light texture and delectable flavor, combined with its stability make it a dream for cake decorators and diners alike.
Getting set up
Begin by filling a pot halfway with water. Make sure you use a pot that is large enough to set the stand mixer's bowl over to use as a double boiler. Bring water to a boil. While you're waiting, weigh the egg whites in the mixer bowl until you have the proper quantity. Add cream of tartar and salt, and whisk by hand until the whites are frothy.
Add the sugar
Continue whisking the egg whites and begin slowly adding the sugar as you go.
Whisk, whisk, whisk
Once all the sugar is added, continue whisking. The mixture should get light and the bubbles dense.
Protect your hands
Wrap a towel around the handle of the mixer bowl so your hands don't get burned.
Whisk over the water
Once the water is simmering, place the mixer bowl over the top so it rests on the edges without touching the bottom of the pot. Whisk the mixture vigorously to create the most volume possible. Don't stop mixing or the mixture will overcook in spots.
Continue whisking
Continue vigorously whisking the mixture in the bowl over the boiling water. Check the temperature as you go. You'll want to bring it up to 140 degrees, which will make the eggs safe for consumption. If you go any higher, you will overcook the mixture, which will begin to look chunky and dull. If this happens, you will need to start over.
At 140 degrees Fahrenheit
The mixture will look shiny and wet, with dense bubbles. It will still be runny.
Attach the mixer bowl to the mixer
Use protective towels or gloves to handle the mixer bowl, which will be very hot to the touch.
Using the stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, whisk the mixture on high until the bowl feels cool to the touch and the meringue holds firm, shiny peaks—this will take 7 to 10 minutes.
Prepare the butter
As the meringue whips and cools, cut the butter into 1 inch pieces. The butter should be cool but pliable.
Add the butter
Once the meringue has cooled (this is important, if it's too warm, the butter will melt), begin adding the butter a little bit at a time. Allow the butter to fully incorporate between additions.
Scrape down the sides
While mixing, stop periodically to scrape down the sides for even mixing.
Changing textures
As you add the butter and whisk, don't be alarmed if the mixture suddenly becomes soupy. Once all the butter has been added, turn the mixer speed up to high and continue to whisk.
The mixture comes together
After whisking on high, the mixture will firm up to the proper consistency. It should look slightly shiny and stand up on its own.
Add flavoring
Once the buttercream has achieved proper consistency, lower the mixer speed and add flavored extract or the seeds scraped from the inside of a vanilla bean and whisk until the flavor is completely incorporated.
Add color, if desired
Once the flavoring is completely mixed in, add color gel, if desired. For coloring, gel is preferred because it contains less water than traditional food coloring. Add the color gradually and whisk well, until you have the desired hue.
Ready to decorate
Scrape down the sides and bottom of the bowl thoroughly and whisk on high until the color is even. You may either decorate with the buttercream immediately, or chill it, covered in the fridge for up to two days. When ready to use, allow the buttercream to warm up a bit, then whisk it on high until the consistency is spreadable.


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Handwoven textile wallet with zip closure. The textiles used are handwoven on traditional backstrap looms and naturally dyed with locally sourced materials.
Dimensions: 5 x 8 in
How is it made?
Awamaki's woven textiles are made on a back-strap loom by artisans from the cooperatives of Patacancha and Kelkanka nestled in the mountains above our office in Ollantaytambo, Peru. The process starts when weavers shear their own sheep and spin the fiber on drop spindles to create yarn. Once the yarn is spun it is dyed using natural plants, fungus and cochineal beetles. After dying, the weaver must spin the yarn a second time to make sure it is strong enough to stand up to the tension placed on it during the weaving process. Back-strap looms are made of two straight sticks, one at each end of the piece. To set up a loom weavers pound the two sticks in the ground and then get a partner to roll balls of yarn back and forth. The women will also use yarn purchased in Cusco if needed. See our women weaving. (video/photos)
Textiles made on a back-strap loom are among the defining features of Awamaki's style. This weaving method stretches back thousands of years and is found across the Andes. Weavers of the Patacancha and Kelkanka use unique local iconography and symbolism in their textiles. The bright reds, distinctive geometrical motifs, and endless variety of organic animal shapes make the textiles from these communities unmistakably unique.


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In 2010, he discovered and wrote about the secret diary of civil rights singer, Nina Simone, for The Believer, which was selected by Alex Ross of The New Yorker for publication in Da Capo Press' Best Music Writing 2011.
In 2013, Joe partnered with photographer Tim Davis to create a series of portraits, using both image and text, about the American Dream, for Los Angeles artist Doug Aitken and his traveling art caravan, "Station to Station."
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