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Sapphire Puzzle Engagement Rings in 3 Styles
For a puzzle ring with a princess-cut or a round sapphire, then there are three potential styles for you to consider.
So let me take you on a tour – though I will caution you that some pictures won't have a sapphire, as I want to show you the different styles, and not all have been photographed with a sapphire. Indeed, not all of these styles will be shown with an open weave, and that is the weave preferable for mating with a shadow band.
I'll give you prices at the end, as for a given stone, the price would be the same in all three styles. The price only changes if the weight of the puzzle ring goes up for a larger stone, which I'll also mention at the end.
No matter what style or puzzle ring or shape of stone you want, we'll need to look at how we can get the darkest blue stone that you want.
As for pricing: Please feel free to call me toll-free from the U.S. and Canada at 1-866-573-7381.
Mostly what is available in sapphire right now is AA. It is usually a bit darker than the AAA, though AAA is a slightly higher grade. Truthfully with a lot of stones, we like to use AA, because it saves you money and most of us (other than trained gemologists) can't tell the difference. But I tend to think the AAA has more flashes of medium blue in it than does the AA.
We can also source larger, certified gemstones, if you prefer. Certified stones are certainly desirable – they usually have some outstanding characteristics. They are normally larger – about 3/4CT and up.
Aquamarine Celtic Engagement Ring with Diamond Shadow Band
Simply stunning! A 0.70CT, AAA-grade, marquise aquamarine on a four-band, Celtic knotwork-inspired, puzzle engagement ring is paired with a fitted, diamond shadow band holding one-half carat total weight diamonds. Light blue stones, are believed in folklore to represent love, devotion, loyalty, and communication for a perfect "quadrafecta" (probably that is not even a word, but there are too many qualities for a "trifecta!") for marriage. Click here to view this set and learn more!
Celtic Engagement Ring with Narrow Shadow Wedding Band
Blue Diamond Guinevere Celtic Puzzle Engagement Ring with 1.65mm Shadow Band
So fresh and sparkly – a princess-cut blue diamond (full disclosure – this is a heat treated diamond) on a genuine, 4-band puzzle ring is shown with a very narrow shadow band. All platinum, but available in 14K rose or yellow gold or palladium (a naturally white, platinum-family metal). This bridal set is made to order with your choice of diamond size, metal(s) and shadow band design.
Celtic Engagement Ring and Claddagh Shadow Band
The Romantic Story of One Couple's Custom Celtic Wedding Ring Set
In June, 2014, Dan E. of New York City approached me (Mandira from www.crystalrealm.com) about creating a diamond puzzle engagement ring for his beloved, Kelly V. Dan wanted the diamond to be about 1CT, and he wanted it to have beautiful specifications while also saving money on the stone and ultimately the ring.
I told Dan that his request was right up my alley, because I specialize in hand-selecting diamonds with an eye to achieving our client's objectives. As it turned out, the diamond that we placed in Dan's ring was one of the most gorgeous diamonds I have ever seen, and here is the story of how we created not only the engagement ring but a bridal set which Kelly now wears with pride.
The diamond was to be a marquise, and so I set about examining diamonds in the 1CT range. The one that Dan and I selected was 0.93CT with an excellent length and proportions: 10.59mm x 5.24mm. I love to place very long marquise diamonds, because they often look like a larger carat weight than they really are. This occurs when the depth of the diamond is a bit shallow, so there is more "real estate," so to speak, in the length and the width.
This diamond had the almost perfect 2:1 length to width ratio that is considered ideal in a marquise diamond, and it had the visual appearance of a diamond of a little over 1CT. Granted, you may find diamonds bigger or smaller for varying carat weights, but this size does appear to be typical of diamonds slightly over 0.93CT.
I usually pledge that your diamond will have D-E-F color, but if there is a strong reason to accept a G or H color, we may propose this. In this case, the diamond was absolutely perfect in every way for my customer, so I did suggest that he accept the G color.
In fact, two of this diamond's characteristics resulted in savings: One was the 0.93CT weight, which was a little under 1 whole carat; and the second was the color, which was G. Top of the range is D-E-F, which are the "colorless" ratings, but "G" is the very top of the near-colorless rating, and to the untrained eye, there is no difference to be discerned. It takes a trained gemologist with the proper equipment to discern such minute differences in color.
The savings on the color and carat weight were spent on the VS2 clarity rating of this diamond. The diamond had an EGL certificate, not a GIA certificate, but I guarantee that the specs for every diamond will be confirmed by a GIA analysis, should you ever decide to have one done. And if the specs are not confirmed, I'll replace your diamond for you.
I often marvel that diamonds are not rated for beauty and sparkle on the hand, when those are the most important things. But who would buy a diamond with a low sparkle rating? So we are all subject to the famous 4 C's: color, cut, clarity, and carat weight, and then we must evaluate sparkle for ourselves when we get the diamond in. The verdict on this diamond? It sparkled immensely! It was downright gorgeous and was one of the most sparkling diamonds I had ever seen.
I sent the diamond to Dan, who took it to two diamond dealers in Manhattan's 47th St. Diamond District. Both of them declared the diamond specs and the price to be just right, so back the diamond came to me for the ring to be made.
Shortly after Dan took delivery of the finished, 14K yellow gold, four-band, marquise diamond puzzle ring, he sent me pictures of his proposal and his beautiful fiancée. Below see the ring in the glass slipper on a bed of rose petals.
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In early 2015, Kelly approached me about creating a claddagh shadow band accented with diamonds to go with her puzzle ring.
Kelly wanted a diamond in each cuff of the claddagh symbol, and after some back and forth with regards to design, Fedex picked up her ring, so we could make her band.
The first step was a hand-carved wax, from which the wedding band would be cast.
Once Kelly and I had approved her wax, it was cast in 14K yellow gold, and two 0.06CT diamonds were added into the cuffs.
See this bridal set at Crystal Realm
Now, a little less than a year later, the happy couple has shared wedding pictures
Celtic Engagement Rings and Celtic Wedding Rings
Affordable Custom Celtic Wedding Jewelry – Celtic Inspired Puzzle Engagement Rings and Celtic Wedding Rings
At Crystal Realm, we specialize in making some of the most unique Celtic and Celtic-inspired jewelry in the world. Our custom, hand-woven puzzle rings will spark your imagination – diamonds, colored gemstones, an assortment of precious metals – so we can make your dream manifest and provide you with rings that will inspire endless fascination and mystify your friends and loved ones. Yes, our puzzle engagement rings really do come apart and go back together. You can learn to assemble your puzzle ring easily with our online animated, written, and video instructions. It will take some time, at first, to learn to assemble your ring, but with practice, you can put it together in under 15 seconds.
We specialize in meaningful and beautiful rings – custom engraving of "poesies" (pronounced like posey and meaning poem) expressing your love and commitment, stones representing a wide array of qualities, shadow bands that fit perfectly with your puzzle ring, partner bands in complementary designs.
Here is a small selection of our custom rings. You may see more at www.crystalrealm.com. Click on any link or image, below, to go to the product page.
Celtic Engagement Ring with Celtic Claddagh Shadow Band
Express your loving devotion with a Celtic-knotwork-inspired puzzle engagement ring with a Celtic claddagh shadow band. This set, exclusive to Crystal Realm, features a custom, hand-woven, four-band, working puzzle ring in four colors of 14K gold and a marquise diamond in your choice of sizes, paired with an original claddagh shadow band made from a hand-carved wax and then cast via the lost-wax casting method. Notice the trinity knots in place of cuffs.
The claddagh symbol, believed to date to over 300 years ago in Galway, Ireland, features two hands, a heart, and a crown. The hands represent friendship, the heart, love, and the crown loyalty, for an overall meaning of, "Love, loyalty, friendship: May love and friendship reign."
This engagement ring is a true, working puzzle ring that you can take apart and put back together, following our excellent online video, animated, and written instructions. We can custom make a bridal set for you in any design based on a puzzle ring with your choice of stone or stones and a shadow band in the design of your choice. Four colors of 14K gold; 14K rose, yellow, or white gold; palladium or platinum. All metals are non-allergenic – our white gold is nickel-free, and both palladium and platinum are used 95% pure, so they are the ultimate in non-allergenic metals.
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Celtic Engagement Ring – Puzzle Ring
Rose Gold Celtic-Knotwork-Inspired Puzzle Engagement Ring with Open Weave
14K Rose Gold is hot, hot, hot!! Here is our four-band, medium-weight, Guinevere puzzle engagement ring with a round diamond mounted with a 14K white gold setting. The diamond shown is 1/2CT, and the weave of the puzzle ring is open. What do I mean by an open weave? See the center top (north) and bottom (south) loops (that is, these loops are at top and bottom in the image, but they are on either side of the diamond when it's on your hand), and see how these loops extend out so each side of the puzzle ring has a very curved shape to it? This results from an open weave. All of our puzzle rings are available with an open, standard, or tight weave, so each ring is very custom. They are hand-woven, so no two are alike! Please visit us at Crystal Realm to see more of these amazing rings that really do come apart and go back together – they are working puzzle rings!
Below is a Guinevere puzzle ring with a tight weave. This is most popular for wearing with an eternity band. Eternity band? Well, people usually think this means stones all the way around the ring, but that's not necessarily true. What eternity band really means is a ring that is a uniform width all the way around.
And a standard weave is below. See how this puzzle ring has center top and bottom loops with the tips just showing? This is another ring that is usually paired with an eternity wedding band, but you get to see a little more of the "puzzleness: of the ring than you do with the tight weave.
In my next post, I'll show you some Guinevere puzzle rings with wedding bands, so you can see some options for bridal sets. Until then, have a wonderful holiday, however you celebrate it! And be sure to visit us at crystalrealm.com to see our lovely puzzle engagement rings and exclusive bridal sets.
Celtic Engagement Ring – Puzzle Ring
Guinevere Royale puzzle ring with step-cut Swiss blue topaz and diamonds
We just made this blue topaz and diamond puzzle ring for a client who had lost hers. It's a 14K white gold, Celtic-knotwork inspired, four-band puzzle ring with a 4mm, step-cut, Swiss blue topaz and two 5-point accent diamonds. This is a genuine, hand-woven puzzle ring that really does come apart and go back together. For more information, please contact Mandira directly.
Celtic Engagement Ring: Puzzle Ring with Claddagh Shadow Band
New Claddagh Shadow Band with Marquise Diamond Puzzle Ring
Our client wanted the addition of trinity knots to her claddagh band along with a very narrow shank. We delivered the finished set this week, and our client stated that she received exactly what she had envisioned.
She wrote, "I would never have gotten this level of perfection anywhere else, and I am so grateful for all of the work that you and your artists put in to this creation."
This set is not yet on our site at www.crystalrealm.com, but you may contact Mandira directly to inquire about your own custom bridal set.


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Our parents are no longer with us, and the holiday is a little less bright because of it. Naturally, with December 25th approaching, Marc longed for a batch of his mom's chocolate fudge. And since I was scheduled to post a recipe here for Christmas week, I thought I'd combine the two while trying my hand at my mother-in-law's "add-in" tradition. My choice--macadamia nuts.
Makes enough fudge to fill a 9x9 pan (for thicker fudge use 8x8)
4 tablespoons butter
(2) In a medium-sized saucepan (non-stick, if possible), over low heat, melt the butter. Then add the sugar, evaporated milk, Fluff, and salt. Stir over low heat until ingredients are well blended.
(3) Increase the heat until the mixture is boiling. (Not simmering or burping but truly boiling.) Continue to boil while slowly stirring constantly, for about 6 minutes (do not cut this time short). Remove from heat and let cool for about about 2 minutes. (Why? If the mixture is still boiling when you add the vanilla, the intense heat will destroy the extract's full flavor.) Now add the vanilla and chocolate chips and stir until chips are melted and everything is blended. Fold in the nuts.
(4) Pour the mixture into your prepared pan and let cool at room temperature, uncovered, for at least two hours before cutting. Store the fudge in an airtight container at room temperature for up to ten days. (That's in theory. Ours is always eaten long before then!)
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wtkJams KE (Kiosk Edition) is intended for use by KJ's or venues that use kJams Pro or kJams 2. Your singers can use wtkJams KE to search for songs by Artist or Title, add themselves to the rotation, change pitch & tempo of songs, maintain a list of their favorite songs, view their own song history and view the current singer rotation, from any large size device.
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New McKeesport Area school gets vote of confidence
McKeesport Area staff and officials are dispelling rumors that Twin Rivers Primary/Intermediate School was not ready to open when students transitioned there, beginning a month ago.
The new building, located along Cornell Street in McKeesport, opened for students in third through fifth grades on Jan. 23 and for kindergarten through second grade on Feb. 6.
Intermediate and primary students began the 2013-14 academic year in the former George Washington and Centennial buildings, respectively. Rumors circulating throughout the district claim there is teacher unrest because students should have remained in those temporary classrooms for the duration of the school year.
The Twin Rivers building was not complete when teachers and students made their transition, but Superintendent Rula S. Skezas said nearly everything that remains on the contractors' punch list is aesthetic.
"It doesn't affect the instruction of our students at all," Skezas said. "A lot of it is cosmetic, and people will realize once the weather breaks that the harsh winter really held workers back from completing the building's exterior."
On Wednesday, the school board is set to approve $76,420.30 in change orders for the project. The largest item is a $34,000 fence in the area of Spring Street.
Inside the school, classrooms are complete with the technology that made Twin Rivers a state-of-the-art priority for the school board and district administration. Promethean Boards and other "smart" resources are fully functional, Skezas said.
The cafeteria is complete, and the nutrition staff is serving breakfast and lunch daily.
School board president Patricia Maksin said she's heard "nothing but positives" from Twin Rivers teachers and other employees.
The McKeesport Area Education Association released an official statement last week, thanking the school board and taxpayers for making the Twin Rivers school a reality.
"The school is beautiful asset to the McKeesport community," union president Matthew Mols said. "The teachers enthusiastically welcomed the move, and upon arrival expectations were exceeded."
Teachers are looking forward to scheduling an open house to share the building with the community, Mols said.
"Students of McKeesport Area School District have a brand new innovative learning facility that they can call home," Mols said.
Maksin said she's pleased to learn the education association took a formal stance in favor of the Twin Rivers move.
"We just felt it was important to get our kids into the best learning environment as quickly as possible without jeopardizing safety or health at all," Maksin said.
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Confusion at Kawa
KAWA BAY — The entrance to Kawa Bay is a mishmash of mixed messages.
A bright yellow gate blocks vehicle access and a glaring sign advises, "Government Property. No Trespassing." But read the small print on the other signs, and you will learn the site is actually open to foot traffic seven days a week from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Almost three months after Hawaii County evicted Abel Simeona Lui and a group of Native Hawaiians claiming indigenous rights to the 784-acre oceanfront parcel, the property, purchased with taxpayer money through the public lands and open space fund, remains in limbo as the county works with community groups on how best to proceed.
County officials have scheduled a public meeting Wednesday to address community concerns. It's scheduled for 5 p.m. at the Naalehu Community Center. Mayor Billy Kenoi's executive assistant, Karen Teshima, and representatives from the state Department of Land and Natural Resources will be there to answer questions and take comments.
Teshima said she's met with Kawa Bay descendants, surfers, fishermen, kupuna and community members separately, and now she's ready to bring them together. The goal, she said, is to come up with a management plan that has the community taking over stewardship of the site.
"They have some suggestions on how to move forward, so we're just going to listen and go from there," Teshima said.
Lui told West Hawaii Today on Tuesday that Teshima hasn't met with him, and the county didn't tell him about the meeting, although officials had notified others who, in turn, contacted him. He plans to attend, he said.
MaryAnn Omerod, a member of a Native Hawaiian family restoring an ancestral hale and other historical features on the site, said her family also plans to attend the meeting.
"They're hoping to bring everyone together to discuss the future of Kawa," she said. "I think that's a great thing. Everyone should be able to go down there, as long as they can be aware of and be respectful of the history there."
Omerod said her family had ceased working on the old hale when the county closed the site for 30 days to conduct an archaeological survey. The survey is taking longer than anticipated because of the number of burials and artifacts being discovered, but a report is expected next month. More than 60 burials have already been located on the property.
Omerod's family has resumed cleanup and restoration efforts now that Kawa Bay is open again.
"It feels good to be able to go down there without feeling like someone's always watching you," said Omerod.
Her family had been at odds with Lui and had reported to police that some of Lui's relatives had threatened them and tried to force them off the property. Lui has recently been spotted waving a flag in front of the Kawa Bay access, but there's no indication he or his relatives have moved back onto the property.
He told West Hawaii Today he's been visiting the site to check on how it's being managed. He said a shortage of police patrols has left the property vulnerable to overfishing and people removing too many crabs, opihi and limu. He worries about the archaeological artifacts and burials, too.
"For 20-something years when I lived there, nobody touched the iwi," Lui said.
A West Hawaii Today reporter's visit to Kawa Bay on Monday showed a very different place from that revealed in a trek through the property a year or so ago.
Gone are the green and yellow wood-frame house, the lush garden by the freshwater spring, the spectator's stand for surfing contests, the half dozen or so tents and campsites scattered over the property.
Instead, the pounding of the surf provides a rhythmic backdrop to a breezy nature preserve. Only three other people were enjoying the property on a sunny holiday Monday — a couple who lugged boogie boards down the roughly one-mile path from Highway 11, and a fisherman with nets looped over one arm.
On Monday, an occasional bird called from the woods. A trio of black piglets broke from the undergrowth and raced across the black sand to another hiding spot.
But the site is far from pristine. Shards of broken glass glitter in the bright sunshine near Lui's demolished home site. Abandoned plastic containers and heaps of debris litter various areas on the property. Handmade signs, rope barriers and plastic pipelines interrupt the natural ambience.
"Now that they removed Abel from the land, now they gotta put somebody on the land and they gotta pay them, when Abel do it for free," Lui said. "They come and say they own Kawa and they locked it down and now they don't know what to do with it."


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The most popular tweep of the House of Representatives has put her seal of approval on the #MCPIF.
Rep. Kimi Cojuangco (5th District Pangasinan) today filed the Magna Carta for Philippine Internet Freedom, as House Bill No. 1086. With her feisty tweets marshalling support from online advocates during the RH Law deliberations, Congresswoman Cojuangco understands the value of free expression and the exchange of ideas in the online space. She has a deep under standing of the benefits and challenges of ICT, especially in rural areas, given the ICT projects she has spearheaded in her district.
With the #MCPIF now filed in both houses of Congress, we of Democracy.Net.PH call on all our legislators to support progressive legislation enhancing Philippine cyberspace and the ICT sector. The MCPIF will safeguard our civil and political rights online and harness the power of ICT for governance, development, and security. It addresses the obvious constitutional flaws that had led to the legal challenges to the Cybercrime Law now before the Supreme Court.
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A family doctor who filmed himself sexually abusing female patients with his James Bond-style wristwatch has had his sentence cut from 12 to 10 years on appeal.
Dr Davinder Jeet Bains's original sentence was quashed by Lord Thomas, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, Mr Justice Sweeney and Mr Justice Nicol at a hearing at Canterbury Crown Court yesterday.
Bains used a secret camera hidden inside his watch to assault more than two dozen women at a medical practice in Royal Wootton Bassett, where he was a trusted GP.
At his appeal hearing, Lord Thomas told the court that although Bains's behaviour had been a "gross breach of trust" the original sentence imposed by Judge Douglas Field for 13 offences of assault by penetration would be reduced to eight years after taking into account that the "penetration had been minimal and brief" and that there had been "no violence".
He also resentenced Bains, 47, for 11 sexual assaults and 13 counts of voyeurism, to run concurrently to the eight-year sentence, and added a further two years of imprisonment for two counts of sexual activity with a child, bringing the total sentence to 10 years.
Bains, of Nyland Road, Swindon, committed offences against 27 women – aged from 14 to 51 – between July 2009 and June 2012.
Police described him as a "sexual predator" and said he had filmed up to 300 women while Judge Field branded him a "disgrace to the medical profession" at his sentencing hearing at Swindon Crown Court in May last year.
Some of his victims at the Tinkers Lane Surgery spoke of their shock at discovering what the "pervy doctor" had done to them.
One woman, in her 30s, said she felt "violated and humiliated" at seeing the footage and said she had "lost faith in the NHS".
Malaysian-born Bains filmed the attacks on his Tieex 4GB Waterproof HD Spy Watch DVR, which has been likened to something out of a 007 film.
It had a built-in camera on the face – with simple on and off buttons to record – and can be bought on the internet for less than £60.
Bains admitted a total of 39 charges at Swindon Crown Court: 13 of assault by penetration, 13 of voyeurism, 11 of sexual assault and two of sexual activity with a child. He also asked for a further 65 offences to be taken into account and his not guilty pleas to four other charges will lie on file.
Bains was also placed on the Sex Offenders Register indefinitely and given a Sexual Offences Prevention Order.
The police investigation began in June 2012 when a 17-year-old girl told officers she thought Bains had filmed her as she showered and said she had been sexually assaulted by him.
Lord Thomas said Bains had been found in possession of two films involving the girl and that the complaint she made had led to the discovery of the offences he had committed on his patients.
He said Bains had filmed 293 patients at his surgery or elsewhere although the material had never been circulated and he had deleted some of it.
Lord Thomas said: "He accepted the penetration was sexual but asserted and accepted that it was reasonable for the purposes of a legitimate examination."
He said Bains also accepted assaults had taken place as there had been no consent to be filmed while the examinations were taking place.
He said Bains's activities had been "planned" and this was compounded by the lack of a chaperone in the room on most of the occasions intimate examinations were taking place.
Following his conviction, Bains was struck off the medical register when the independent Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service panel found his fitness to practise was impaired.
NHS England also published a report in November last year into the safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults at Bains's former practice which found a senior colleague had "ongoing concerns" about his behaviour but was unsure what to do about it.
Four areas where the practice could make improvements were identified in the report.
These were complaints, chaperoning patients for intimate examinations, reporting and investigating serious incidents of concerns, and supporting and protecting staff who wished to raise issues.
The surgery confirmed that all identified actions had been undertaken and had provided evidence to demonstrate it, an NHS England spokeswoman said.


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Ingredients Nutrition
- 100 g feta cheese
- 100 g kasseri cheese or 100 g mature cheddar cheese
- 4 medium eggs
- 4 tablespoons mint leaves, finely chopped
- 1⁄2 teaspoon nutmeg, freshly grated
- 500 g phyllo pastry
- 100 g butter, melted
- 250 ml whole milk
- 100 g cold butter
- black pepper, to taste
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- Preheat the oven to 180 C or 350°F.
- Grate the cheeses into a mixing bowl.
- Add 2 of the eggs and then blitz to a purée using a hand blender.
- Add the mint, nutmeg and black pepper (to taste).
- Mix well.
- Take two sheets of filo.
- Brush one with melted butter and then lay the other directly on top.
- Cut into strips about 5 x 20 cm.
- Put 1 tablespoon of the filling in the centre of the strip, about 2 cm from the end.
- Fold over one corner to form a triangle.
- Turn in the edges by about 5mm and then continue folding over the triangle until you reach the end of the filo strip, buttering well with each turn.
- Continue making pastries until you have used up all the mixture.
- Arrange them on a baking tray.
- Beat the milk with the remaining eggs and pour this liquid over the triangles.
- Let the tray stand at room temperature until the liquid is absorbed.
- Place a bit of cold butter on each triangle and bake for 35-40 minutes or until golden.


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Brussels: Europe's leaders resisted calls to quickly baptise Luxembourg's Jean-Claude Juncker as the next European Commission president, tying the appointment to a broader package of high-profile posts.
Allies of Mr Juncker, a key figure in the creation of the euro in the 1990s and its defence during the debt crisis, ran into opposition led by British Prime Minister David Cameron at a summit over dinner in Brussels that spilled into the early hours of Wednesday.
Mr Juncker's detractors said his advocacy of a more centrally steered European Union makes him the wrong man for the top post following a surge in populist, anti-EU sentiment in Europe-wide elections.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who went into the summit endorsing Mr Juncker, came out of it saying "we now need to have consultations" about positions including foreign affairs chief, economic commissioner and the president of summits.
The first post to be decided in the appointments made every five years is head of the commission, which proposes and enforces EU laws, oversees euro fiscal policy, manages the EU single market and negotiates trade accords.
EU-wide unemployment of 10.5 per cent, the scars of the debt crisis and hostility to immigration led to the anti- establishment groundswell in elections for the parliament, which has growing powers over European legislation.
French President Francois Hollande, stung by the far-right National Front's rise to the most popular party in France, said the next commission must promote growth and jobs. He backed Mr Juncker, who beat rivals from four other parties, and accused critics of lacking alternatives.
"There are some countries that don't want any of the candidates," Mr Hollande told reporters in Brussels. "It's up to them to find solutions and internal coherence."
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Canon Pixma MP970
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The Canon Pixma MP970 is 46x40x22cm when closed. The output shelf opens automatically at print time and initially this adds 13cm to the depth. Having paper in the rear mounted tray adds 18cm to the 22cm height.
All the controls surround the screen that flips up in the central part of the top at the front and as this goes to just beyond 90 degrees you can choose the display angle. The screen is 7.5x5.5cm there are twelve buttons -all clearly marked- and a multi position joystick to control the unit.
The default action when you turn the unit on is to copy but click on the joystick and you can toggle through print, DVD/CD label print, photo index sheet, settings, film print, easy photo reprint and memory card so this is certainly no dumb unit.
When printing there are four modes high, standard, fast and custom. In fast mode printing the 200 word test document it prints at 16PPM, printing a more normal 1500 word document spread over four pages prints only slightly slower at 14PPM. In both cases the out is fine for memos etc, should you go up to standard the output is excellent but of course slower. This is a seven ink printer that contains two reds, two blues, a yellow and two blacks. Printing an A4 image on photo paper borderless takes less than two minutes from sending it to taking a slightly tacky to the touch image out.
As a scanner the flatbed lifts on the landscape and small books hardly seem to raise the lid giving excellent scan results. The software provided gives all the options and choices, Colour Photo, Black & White Photo, Colour Document, Black & White Document, Magazine Colour and OCR. Select the one you want and press go. In round figures it's about 15 seconds a black & white page and 20 seconds for a colour one. There are also options to scan film (the default for this is 1200DPI) and even images from a photo card although assuming they are already images why would you want to scan them?
Copying can be done either from the unit where it is a lot easier than on some AIO units as all the options can be changed (one at a time) from a single on screen menu. A single colour copy takes around 40 seconds and the same in black & white 20 seconds. These are as good as the original when you are copying colour documents on plain paper, even tiny print reproduces as sharp as the original. Copying from Windows is slightly easier as any changes are slightly easier to make although the difference is not as great as with some AIO units as the menuing here is much better.
You can also fit a provided CD/DVD holder and it is possible to print directly onto specially coated media please do not try printing onto standard media as the ink will never dry and you will end up with a yucky mess.
When printing direct from photo cards it uses the thumbnail method, printing six images per line and six lines of images so up to 36 images per page you then mark a thick clear mark is required in the specified area below the image here are the choices available, firstly paper size, 4x6inch, 5x7inch, 8.5x11inch or A4. Next paper type photo paper or plain paper, then bordered or borderless. Then do you want date printed, auto image fix and or red eye correction. Next print each image one, two or three times each. Certainly no dumb unit this.
Doing my Internet searches found the Canon Pixma MP970 at a best price of £201 including delivery from the first link below. Not by any means cheap but it is a quality unit.
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What, no answer from Deb Fischer on what government programs shes going to vote to cut? Well thats no surprise.
She doesnt know or doesnt have a plan. She just wants you to trust her to make the right choices for Nebraskans once she gets to Washington.
She knows exactly what programs shes going to vote to cut, but doesnt want to tell us, because it might ruin her chances of being elected.
They say that actions speak louder than words. Well the way you treated your neighbors, Bruce and Betty Kime speak volumes about your character. They were generous enough to let you have the use of their land and then you tried to cheat them out of that land but the Courts ruled against you.
You were then vindictive enough to use your power as a state senator to prevent the Kimes from selling their land to the state, an effort that also failed. Those are not the values that Nebraskans value.
Oh, and by the way, what favor do you owe Joe Ricketts for helping you win the primary election with his injection of cash?
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A FORMER professional footballer is launching a project in High Wycombe to help youngsters get into the sport and into employment.
Jean Black kicks off the Life at the Edge programme on The Rye later this month - which will provide football coaching and training tips to potential coaches aged between 16 and 24.
Mr Black, who lives in Chesham and is studying for his UEFA 'A' Licence, played all over Europe and was on the books at Watford before injuries took their toll.
The Cameroonian said he is a believer in the "empowerment of youngsters" and hopes the course will not only help young people with their footballing abilities but also provide them with essential life skills.
He said: "I was called in after a series of anti-social behaviour incidents in Chesham - I have also done some work in Wycombe and with the district council.
"This is an open project for everyone - people with disabilities, teenagers, school drop-outs etc – where we will provide training sessions to help them hopefully gain employment opportunities within football and sport.
"I'm passionate about helping youngsters and giving them a chance, which I hope and believe this course will do."
Mr Black said he would be calling on a host of professional footballers and top coaches to assist with the course – which gets under way on March 31 at 6.30pm.
For more information about the project visit www.khawdash.com.


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Three men have been released on bail following the stabbing of a teenager on Monday.
Police were called to reports of a fight in Queen's Road at the junction with Pawsons Road, Selhurst, at 1.45am.
An 18-year-old was knifed and taken to hospital but his injuries were not life threatening according to police.
Eye-witnesses had said the fight was between two rival gangs and objects were thrown between the two groups.
Three men were arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm but have now been bailed until mid-March.


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Five years ago, Stephanie Cotton-Snell, a professional actress in Cincinnati, had a career worthy of a standing ovation. She appeared in independent movies, commercials and plays, and was co-founder of a local theater company. So when her husband received a job offer in Boston, she thought "What on earth am I going to do in this new city?"
What the petite, soft-spoken redhead did was have an idea: to combine her love of acting with helping women down on their luck. The 47-year-old, who holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in theater performance, had always been drawn to women who struggled, especially the homeless and impoverished. "I come from a very poor family, and this could have been me," she says.
A New Role
Enter the actress's second act, creating Girl Talk Theatre. In 2006, Cotton-Snell began teaching one acting class a week at a Boston women's shelter. That effort has grown into a 15-member theater troupe, where a participant or two has been known to show up in a bathrobe or with a tent to take her cues.
The women perform five times a year at community centers, shelters, and even on a professional stage. Much of the show material comes from their own lives and explores such issues as homelessness, addiction, poverty, mental health problems, domestic violence and sexual abuse. The Nora Theatre Company donates its space for Girl Talk's annual production.
"I'm struck by the courage of these women and by Stephanie's generosity of spirit," says Mary Huntington, artistic director at The Nora. "She is using her skills to illuminate lives that don't have a voice."
A shelter that offers acting lessons is rare. That an arts nonprofit would be dramatically impacted by the recession is not. Last year, when many of the company's funding sources bowed out–Girl Talk receives most of its $18,000 annual budget from foundations, individuals and donations at performances–Cotton-Snell's salary was eliminated. (Yet she still pays the women $50 to $100 per show "as tangible evidence that they worked hard," she says.)
All the World's a Stage
Until a year ago, Cotton-Snell toured as an actress with a professional repertory company twice a month. She stopped traveling so that her family and Girl Talk could take center stage. But then her husband lost his job, prompting Cotton-Snell to look for a paid, part-time teaching position. She is about to begin a stint as theater director at a local school. That will be in addition to putting in 20 hours a week with Girl Talk and about twice as many hours in the weeks before a performance.
"Whether it's to push themselves to memorize lines, be on time for rehearsals or help with costumes, the women are doing things they didn't know they were capable of," says Cotton-Snell.
And so is she. In addition to being the company's founder and fundraiser, Cotton-Snell writes (with extensive input from the group), produces and directs the shows. Her biggest role, though, is that of advocate for women like Candy, 47, who lived on the streets of Boston for 23 years, spent time in prison and currently battles mental health problems.
"From the first class I took two years ago, Stephanie has made me feel nurtured. I never got that as a child," Candy says. "It was the first time in my life I could say 'I belong somewhere. I'm important.' Girl Talk has been therapeutic. It frees my gut and my soul."
While Cotton-Snell insists, "I'm not a therapist and don't pretend to be," you can't persuade Lois Frazier otherwise. The 54-year-old has had alcohol and drug problems and was involved in a "sick relationship." Three of her four sons are in prison. "When I act, I'm showing that it's never too late to turn your life around," she says. Frazier hopes to become a probation or parole officer so she can help others. She has been part of the theater group since it began.
Says Cotton-Snell, "The women and I firmly believe that every time they perform, there is someone in the audience who is homeless or addicted, and they can look at my students and say 'They've been there and they've come out of it, and I can, too.' It empowers them."
In class, members briefly talk about how their week went; many ideas emerge from these discussions. Cotton-Snell leads the women in stretches, relaxation techniques and a series of trust-building, memory and voice exercises. Then it's time to act out moments as a group from a member's life.
Coming Attractions
The shelter class is creating an original piece the group plans to debut in September. Cotton-Snell also teaches a second "alumni class" at a nearby church, and those women are working on a longer play on invisibility–what it's like to feel invisible in society, and the times they have wished they were invisible.
After one recent performance, a Girl Talk actor told Cotton-Snell: "I didn't used to feel good about myself, but now I do." Beaming, the veteran actress remarked, "Now how simple and beautiful is that?"


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The Padres have not won a season series from the Atlanta Braves since taking five of six games in 2005.
Sunday afternoon at Petco Park, the Padres have a chance to take the 2011 season series from Atlanta in left-hander Cory Luebke's first start of the season.
The Padres and Braves have split their first eight meetings going into the Sunday afternoon rubber match at Petco Park (1:05 p.m.; TV: 4 San Diego).
Luebke will be facing Atlanta's Tim Hudson, who is 5-0 lifetime against the Padres and has the second-lowest, day-game earned run average in the National League this season – 1.88 to the leading 1.73 figure of the Padres Dustin Moseley.
The Padres have two lineup changes.
Chase Headley, who missed the first two games against Atlanta with a sore shoulder, will be back at third base. And Chris Denorfia will get a start in left for Ryan Ludwick, who is riding a nine-game hitting streak at Petco Park.
The Padres also promoted right-hander Anthony Bass from Double-A San Antonio and returned rigjht-handed reliever Evan Scribner, who allowed eight runs on seven hits while getting just three outs in his last two outings, to Triple-A Tucson.
Bass takes over Luebke's long-man role in the bullpen and could be following the same type of starter-in-waiting program that Tim Stauffer was on in 2010 and Luebke was on this season before being promoted to the rotation.
Padres manager Bud Black said Sunday morning in his pregame media session that Aaron Harang (stress fracture of the third metatarsal bone in his right foot) probably won't be able to rejoin the rotation until after the All-Star break.
BRAVES (44-34) at PADRES (33-45)
Time: 1:05 p.m. / Game 3 of 3
TV: 4 San Diego.
Radio: 1090-AM, 1700-AM, 860-AM (Spanish)
Pitching Matchups
Braves Tim Hudson (6-6, 3.73 ERA in 15 starts)
Hudson vs. the Padres: 5-0 career, 3.31 ERA in 10 games, nine starts (0-0 this season, 1.50 ERA in one start).
Hudson at Petco Park: 1-0 career, 6.52 ERA in three games, two starts (first appearance this season).
Although his overall ERA is 3.31, Hudson has the second lowest ERA in the National League in day games (1.88) to the 1.73 mark of the Padres Dustin Moseley. Hudson also ranks 10th in the National League in both opponents batting average (.229) and fewest walks per nine innings (2.0). In 9 2/3 innings at Petco Park, which is also the site of his only career relief appearance, Hudson has allowed seven runs on 15 hits. Hudson has a 171-93 career record with a 3.43 ERA in 360 games (359 starts). Padres Will Venable and Cameron Maybin have both homered off Hudson
Padres vs. Hudson
Jason Bartlett: .000 (0-for-2, SO)
Alberto Gonzalez: .154 (2-for-13, BB, SO)
Chase Headley: .111 (1-for-9, 2 SO)
Orlando Hudson: .182 (2-for-11, 4 BB, SO)
Nick Hundley: .000 (0-for-3)
Rob Johnson: .000 (0-for-2, SO)
Ryan Ludwick: .286 (2-for-7)
Cameron Maybin: .417 (5-for-12, HR, BB)
Will Venable: .200 (1-for-5, HR, BB, SO)
Padres LHP Cory Luebke (1-2, 3.23 ERA in 29 relief appearances)
Luebke vs. the Braves:1-0 career and this season, 0.00 ERA in four relief appearances).
Luebke at Petco Park: 2-2, 3.67 ERA in 18 games, two starts (1-1 this season, 4.22 ERA in 15 relief appearances).
Luebke, 26, will be making his first start of the season and the fourth of his major league career. To add depth to bullpen and length behind Luebke, the Padres are recalling right-handed starter Anthony Bass from Double-A San Antonio. Luebke, who worked 3 1/3 innings in Boston Monday, will be limited to 60-70 pitches. Luebke was 1-1 as a starter in 2010 with a 4.60 ERA. In his last 25 relief outings since April 14, Luebke is 1-1 with a 1.65 ERA in 25 outings. Over the span, Luebke has 35 strikeouts in 32 2/3 innings against 11 walks and opposing hitters are batting .170 against him. He has faced the Braves four times in relief and not allowed a run in 6 2/3 innings.
Braves vs. Luebke
Blake Conrad: .000 (0-for-1)
Freddie Freeman: .333 (1-for-3, SO)
Alex Gonzalez: .000 (0-for-4, 3 SO)
Jason Heyward: .000 (0-for-1, SO)
Eric Hinske: .000 (0-for-1)
Chipper Jones: .500 (1-for-2, 2B)
Brian McCann: .000 (0-for-4, 2 SO)
Nate McLouth: .500 (1-for-2)
Martin Prado: .500 (1-for-2, SO)
Dan Uggla: .500 (1-for-2)
Starting Lineups
Atlanta Braves
- Jordan Schafer (L), CF -- .221-1-4
- Jason Hewward (L), RF -- .232-7-18
- Chipper Jones (S) -- .265-7-43
- Freddie Freeman (L), 1B -- .273-8-30
- Dan Uggla, 2B -- .180-11-27
- David Ross, C -- .327-3-10
- Alex Gonzalez, SS -- .248-7-24
- Nate McLouth (L), CF -- .238-3-12
- Tim Hudson, RHP -- .071-1-2
San Diego Padres
- Will Venable (L), RF -- .237-1-11
- Jason Bartlett, SS -- .249-1-20
- Orlando Hudson (S), 2B -- .241-1-10
- Chase Headley (S), 3B -- .295-2-28
- Anthony Rizzo (L), 1B -- .178-1-2
- Chris Denorfia, LF -- .295-5-15
- Cameron Maybin, CF -- .251-5-18
- Kyle Phillips (L), C -- .239-2-8
- Cory Luebke, LHP -- .000-0-0
Looking Ahead
Home: 7:05 p.m. TV: 4-SD
Royals LHP Jeff Francis (3-8, 4.76 ERA) at Padres RHP Mat Latos (4-8, 4.22 ERA).
Home: 7:05 p.m. TV:4-SD
Royals RHP Felipe Paulino (0-1, 3.09 ERA) at Padres LHP Clayton Richard (3-9, 4.21 ERA). Wednesday
Home 12:35 p.m. TV: None.
Royals LHP Bruce Chen (4-1, 3.88 ERA) at Padres RHP Tim Stauffer (3-5, 3.09 ERA).


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WOOSTER -- Gladene "Deanie" Collins of Wooster died Jan. 10, 2013, at her home, with her husband, Gord, holding her hand.
Deanie was born in Fairport, Mo., on Feb. 23, 1937, to Gladys and Stewart Sherard, two years before her brother, Col. Stewart Sherard (U.S. Army Ret.). Brother Stu still holds the West Point free throw percentage record.
Deanie lived most of her life in Missouri until she married Gordon Collins in 1997 and moved to Wooster. Deanie fell in love with Wooster and with The College of Wooster -- its chorus, its men's basketball team, its men's tennis team, and the loveliness of the campus. She had many friends at Coccia House, Morefield Pottery, Buehler's, and other establishments in downtown Wooster. While she lived in Wooster only 15 years, she made dozens, maybe even hundreds, of friends over those years.
Deanie contracted polio at the age of 9 and spent over a year in a full body brace, but by learning to tap dance and ballroom dance, she recovered and became a high school beauty queen and Marshall High School drum majorette.
Deanie taught high school physical education and business in the Kansas City area for a number of years and raised a family of four children. These four children are Dr. Kurt (Stephanie) Kavanaugh, Kent (Donna) Kavanaugh, Dr. Kirby Kavanaugh and Kelly Kavanaugh (deceased).
In addition to raising these successful children, Deanie was the quintessential believer that "everything is up to date in Kansas City," and she helped to make it so. She helped to make it the "City of Fountains," and she was a major player in making the "Northland Boom." She loved Kansas City first as she came to love Wooster.
Deanie also had a number of grandchildren whom she loved dearly: Katie, Tyler, Matthew, Molly, Madison and McKenzie. Plus she had almost more step-grandchildren than you can mention, but they will be mentioned anyway: Andrea, Melissa, Kailee, Kiera, Kasey, and Megan; and, finally, one great-grandson, Karson. Finally, there are two special "adopted" children in Deanie and her husband Gordon's life: Dr. Dan Jones and Ms. Kate Dolan.
Those who loved Deanie and wish to celebrate her life may memorialize her by contributing to the Deanie Collins Dance Scholarship in the Department of Dance at The College of Wooster, in care of Department of Development, The College of Wooster, Wooster 44691.
There will be two memorial celebrations of Deanie's life at a later date to be determined, one at The College of Wooster and one in Kansas City. Online tributes may be made at www.RobertsFuneralHome.com.


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Open Spaces
Speculations on Openings, Closings, and Thresholds in International Public Media
Sunday, January 24, 2010
"So how long will you be in China?" probed an academic friend in Ithaca, New York, where I live and work.
I explained I would be teaching and researching in Singapore, a tropical island city state just north of the equator tucked between Malaysia and Indonesia, a little red dot on the map--and a completely different country from China.
"So if I write to you, would the address be Singapore, Shanghai, Japan?" she continued.
No, I answered. Send mail to Singapore. Shanghai and Japan were further north. Different latitudes.
"Do you speak the language? When did you learn Chinese?" another friend asked. "How will you teach?"
Yes, I speak the language, I replied. The language of business and education is English in Singapore. Singapore, I elaborated gently, is multilingual, with signs in English, Malay, Mandarin and Tamil, recognizing the four major ethnic and language groups in the country.
Singapore is in some ways the Montreal of Southeast Asia—signs are multilingual. The aural landscape is a fugue of languages and dialects, including the multitude of languages spoken by the ex-patriate communities here who work in the major industries of banking, oil, high technology, health, pharmaceuticals, educations, media, the arts.
In their quest for networks that insured empire, the British established Singapore as a port in 1819. It remains one of the biggest and busiest ports in the world, although shipping has declined in the current recession. Containers and container ships line the south side of the island, monikers of global capitalism and the flow of goods.
Formerly part of Malaysia, Singapore established self-governance in 1959 and became an independent country in 1965. A major global city on par with London and Hong Kong, four million people live here. It is a clean New York, a warm London, a less polluted Mexico City.
Ten years ago, Singapore was known to most Americans as the place that banned chewing gum and caned spray-painting, delinquent American teenagers. Now, according to one guidebook, it is a country of "bests" in the world: best airline, best acoustics in a concert hall, best public transportation, best healthcare system, best students , and, according to many of my colleagues here at NTU, best food.
FLEFF digital arts curator and now one of my colleagues here at NTU, Sharon Lin Tay, claims Singapore invented fusion cuisine in the 19th century, with its Perankan (Straits Chinese, part Malay, part Chinese) culture. It's also one of the model countries for creative industries public policy, marshalling the arts for economic development. More on that initiative in another blog.
To confess, before I journeyed to Singapore to teach at Nanyang Technological University in what is now the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information in 2003, I didn't fully comprehend the complex histories, identities, ethnicities, languages and cultures of Asia. It was a continent to me, not countries, people, cultures, arts, music. It was a unified concept: ASIA.
After living here, Asia dissassembled into Southeast Asia, and Southeast Asia broke down into Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, and these countries came into focus as regions. And regions sharpened into neighborhoods. And neighborhoods into streets like Joo Chiat in the Katong distict of Singapore, where Stewart (my partner and also a visiting professor of health communication in the School of Communications) bought hand-made rattan furniture for our balcony overlooking the forest and jungle.
Despite my obsessive study of postcolonial theory (a major influence on critical historiography, one of my research areas), I admit now that preconceptions warped my thinking. These preconceptions were probably stoked by Hollywood films like Martin Scorsese's Kundun (1997) and Joseph von Stenberg's Shanghai Express (1932) as well as New York Times stories about Asian economic crises, Asian economic tigers like Japan, Singapore, Korea and Hong Kong, and Asian massage techniques like Indonesian long stroke and acupressure.
On the 18 hour flight from Newark to Singapore on Singapore Airlines, I noticed that the bathroom had a purple and pink orchid in a small wooden vase. When I got on the plane, a close friend called to wish me farewell. I mentioned to her that I was relieved to finally be on the plane after dealing with some very grave family issues.
When I closed up my cell phone, the steward wrapped me in a hug and said welcome. I could not imagine an American airline with flowers in the bathroom and steward's repairing worn-out psychic states.
With more movies than I could watch ( I did Steven Soderbergh'sThe Informant!—thought it was okay but rather dry) and more music than I could possibly listen to (I reveled in the new Kronos Quartet album, Floodplain), the flight across the north pole, Europe, the Middle East, India and then Thailand felt like an aerial spa kneading the kinks out of my mind.
Yesterday, Stewart and I bought four rattan chairs, a small rattan table and some footstools with caning from Miss Theng and her brother Mr. Theng at Teong Theng Co. at the junction of Joo Chiat Road and Duku Road.
The neighborhood is filled with classical turn of the 20th century Singapore architecture—two storey buildings in pink, blue, orange, the second floors with colorful shutters, detailed tiles imbedded in the walls, a contrast to the postmodern skyscrapers of downtown. Food stalls spill into the streets selling Katong laksa, a specialty curry soup found only in Southeast Asia, fish head curry, and dim sum.
Miss Theng suggested that we ride back to NTU with Mr. Theng in his truck--he needed to pick up the chairs and one of the footstools we had purchased from their warehouse in the Tampines district and then stop by one of their other stores in the HDB (Housing Development Building).
Mr. Theng's first language is Chinese. Crammed into the cab of the open-backed truck shuttling our new balcony furniture, we all had to speak slowly, excising adverbs, adjectives, and abstract concepts. Mr. Theng drove us through the warehouse district, where wood furniture from Indonesia and Thailand jammed the stalls. We then manuevered through the recycling district, where old cars and air conditioning units were pressed flat like spatulas.
On the ride on the PIE (Pan Island Expressway—Singaporeans transform almost everything into acronyms) to the Jurong district in the west where NTU and our university flat are located, we asked Mr. Theng about his shop.
He told us that his parents had emigrated to Singapore from a region of China right outside Hong Kong in the late 1930s to start a wood furniture business. With rattan and wood furniture stacked to the ceiling like puzzle pieces, Teong Theng Co. predates the Japanese occupation of Singapore during World War II and the formation of Singapore as an independent country. It has been in continuous operation for 70 years by the same family.
In Singlish, a local patois that blends Chinese and English, Mr. Theng asked where we were from. Upstate New York, near Canada, we replied. He said "You come long way to Singapura. You like?"
As we tried to figure out on the map if we were in the Seragoon or Tampines or Bukit Timah district, we said : yes, yes, we like Singapura. Good food. Good students. Good people.
My experience during a semester in the US as an exchange student was that most people would guess that Singapore was a part of China. And I often wondered why they thought that way because there was no way they knew I spoke Chinese and as far as I could tell, most people of East Asian descent look the same. Could the association have come from the media?
Anyway that map of Singapore looks like the one on the CIA world fact book!
Thanks for this comment--interesting to hear the perspective of a student from Asia going to the US and experiencing the collapsing of all of Asia into China.
Given that China is now inching towards the second most powerful economy in the world, and has pre-occupied the US and "western" news for at least a decade, it is perhaps the most salient Asia country in the US press at the moment. I also sometimes wonder if the vectors we as Americans use are always either going south to Latin America and Mexico, or east to Europe. Perhaps we Americans should reroute our vectors a bit to engage more of the world?
Just a passing thought that China/chinese imaginaries have a long history in Hollywood cinema and American popular culture, resulting, perhaps, in the collapsing of all the differences of "asia" into one large unified construct of ASIA.
I've watched several US reality programmes whereby some Americans were actually offended when people mistook them for being Asian or in the case of some other shows, the American-born Asians have to bear the brunt of racist jokes.
Personally, I think what exasperates most Singaporean Chinese isn't Western impressions of how we're a 'nanny state' or how we live under many restrictions over here, but to be mistaken for being Chinese (from China). Underlying a seemingly harmonious nation are tensions amongst the various races and also hostility towards foreign talents and workers (especially Chinese and Indian workers) that are settling down here.
I have Chinese neighbours myself and I have to admit it hasn't been easy trying to live together in the same area. Funny how we're all Chinese who share the same ancestors but we can't tolerate each other.
A few of my peers and I were at Joo Chiat this evening and have resolved to explore that area. The lighted shophouses, each with its own exceptionally quirky shop/cafe/restaurant was surprising even to us Singaporeans.
We realized that despite Singapore being as small as it is, it's usually the most local places that one wouldn't bother exploring. The modern Western-fare restaurants that dotted the lanes, situated next to a kopitiam (coffeeshops) with strangely upmarket name and stalls - D'Orange, with a Mrs Chee announcing the opening of her self-title Chicken Curry stall.
Welcome to Singapore, where we're just gonna mix everything we like and see what comes out.
On the one hand, I can't really blame others for not know a thing about Singapore just cos it's so small and distant. Coupled with all the stereotypes - which i find very amusing - that Hollywood's feeding the public. But people should at least find out if what they're portraying holds some truth?
As for Singapore, the thing I love most about it is the food. I know it's a topic that's covered time and time again. But the selection and variety of dishes offered here are unrivaled. I guess that's one of the ways to make up for the lack of vibrancy in other areas of this little city.
I've met Americans during my exchange programme in Sweden in 2008 who, like you mentioned, only knew about Singapore because of the chewing gum ban. And funnily, I was more often faced with questions about whether we'd go to jail if we were found spitting on the ground.
However, I don't think it's just the Americans who are ignorant about Singapore. I once met a Dutch girl who once said: "Oh, Singapore? You live in wooden houses?". Though to be fair, how aware are we of countries across the globe? I know for sure that there is a lot I do not know about the US.
Just some trivia, and adding on to what Wei Shan said about the media perpetuating certain stereotypes (or untruths), there was an episode on the drama series, "House", where Cuddy (one of the characters) said: "We're flying out of Singapore. If he has a credit card and a condom, he can get anything he wants." Makes me wonder what Hollywood thinks of Singapore (or Asia for that matter).
When I found out that my very good Jamaican friend was being sent back to his home after being laid off (and subsequently losing legal status), I remember asking him
"Oh, do you speak Jamaican well? It must be difficult being home,"
to which he responded
"I speak English... My family does too."
I find my own ignorance (even as close as Jamaica) to be disturbing. Much more so as the subject leaves the Western world.
And yet, I am less ignorant than some. That fact alone calls for action.


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9 AN ACT concerning public utilities; requiring certain conditions for ap-
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Type of Document Master's Thesis Author Forsman, Johan URN etd-03162005-092843 Title Quantitative Clay Mineralogy of Several Louisiana Soils Degree Master of Science (M.S.) Department Geology & Geophysics Advisory Committee
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Date of Defense 2005-02-25 Availability unrestricted AbstractA method was developed to simplify the approach to obtaining a better quantitative representation (QR) of complex clay mineral assemblages by XRD analysis. The method has eight steps: 1) preparation of samples with preferred orientation; 2) qualitative identification of phases; 3) peak decomposition to obtain precise locations of individual peaks contained within broad diffraction bands; 4) creation of a library of theoretical XRD patterns by modeling of one-dimensional XRD patterns; 5) selection of experimental library patterns; 6) employing the LINEST function found in common spreadsheet software to fit library patterns to experimental patterns; 7) evaluation of results to determine needed improvements; 8) fine-tuning of results by manual adjustment to contribution coefficients. Results obtained from the Kenner, Schriever, Mahan, and Ruston soil series indicate that the method is capable of generating improved QR data. Duplicate results were typically within 10% RSD. Those components that did not replicate at better than 10% RSD were typically present at less than 10% by weight. Results show high percentages of mixed-layer clay minerals present in all samples; between 16% and 57% by weight of crystalline material. The most common mixed-layer clay mineral was illite/smectite followed by illite/vermiculite and illite/chlorite. Correlation to CEC and ECEC measurements indicate that the method is capable of generating plausible mineral assemblages, based on good agreement between calculated composite exchange capacity values and measured exchange capacity values, and is able to differentiate between dissimilar mineral assemblages, reasonably able to differentiate between similar mineral assemblages, and in many cases able to distinguish similar sections within the same profile from one another. Files
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A poetic finish to high school
Will the second time be the charm for Woodbury High School senior Yemi Ajagbe as she readies for her second go at the National Poetry Out Loud competition next month?
For the second year in a row, Ajagbe will represent Minnesota in Washington, D.C., at the National Poetry Out Loud finals April 28-30 after having won the Minnesota Poetry Out Loud competition on March 18.
"I actually dropped to my knees and almost started crying when they called my name," Ajagbe said. "It still surprises me that people think I'm good at this."
Poetry Out Loud is a poetry recitation competition where students perform poems aloud and are judged on a variety of criteria -- including dramatization, understanding of the poem, physical presence, voice and articulation, level of difficulty, accuracy and overall performance.
"I'm still growing into this gift that God has given me," she said. "It's a confidence booster, definitely."
This will be the third consecutive year that a WHS student has advanced to the National Poetry Out Loud finals. In addition to Ajagbe's two showings, 2011 WHS graduate Ian Wesley Taylor also advanced to the national finals.
A total of $50,000 in awards and school stipends is awarded annually at the national competition. Last year's national champion walked away with a $20,000 scholarship and $500 school stipend.
Ajagbe said she decided to compete in Poetry Out Loud for a second time because she wanted to continue to grow and improve her public speaking skills.
"It was definitely intimidating going to the last national finals last year," she said. "I just saw the great talent, and saw how much I could grow from that experience and how much I could learn and how much I could refine my recitation skills that I wanted to take that and try one more time for my senior year."
The poems
For the state competition, Ajagbe had to memorize and recite three different poems.
"I chose poems that spoke to me and spoke to who I am," Ajagbe said. "This time I also went with what do people need to hear. A poem can change lives."
The first poem that she selected was "Give All to Love" by Ralph Waldo Emerson.
"It's about how love is the No. 1 thing and you give everything to it," Ajagbe said. "Love like that is something that I want in my life and that I have because of my relationship with God."
The second poem she chose was "I Am the People, the Mob" by Carl Sandburg.
"It's about how as one collective society we need to remember what happened in the past and learn from it and not make the same mistakes again," she said.
Ajagbe's third and final poem was "Cartoon Physics, part 1" by Nick Flynn.
"This poem is about staying kids," Ajagbe said. "I've taken on all these responsibilities and I'm kind of growing up too fast, so this poem helped remind me that I'm a playful person and I don't want to grow up too fast."
Ajagbe will continue with the same three poems at the national finals.
Second time around
Ajagbe said she has taken a different approach to preparing for the national finals this year. She has reached out to a number of people who are involved in speech, poetry and theater to get critiques and feedback.
Additionally, Ajagbe said she has started watching videos of previous national champions to see what they did.
"But, I'm not going to copy them," she said. "I'm definitely keeping it 100 percent Yemi."
Since this is Ajagbe's last opportunity to compete in Poetry Out Loud, she said she wants to make it count.
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Czech designer Michal Sobel couldn't deal with the ad world any more, so he left to make art celebrating his favorite thing: space exploration. Read the rest
Czech designer Michal Sobel couldn't deal with the ad world any more, so he left to make art celebrating his favorite thing: space exploration. Read the rest
Robert Downey wore it well as Tony Stark in "Avengers: Age of Ultron," and you will, too. Read the rest
Isaac wore a different band t-shirt every day in a row for 1000+ days. And I thought I had a lot of rock shirts in the archive! Minor Thread (Thanks, Gil Kaufman!) Read the rest
In the early 1990s, I used to get a kick out of the horribly-drawn Bart Simpson bootleg t-shirts, particularly those created by college fraternities as party souvenirs. For example, I distinctly recall one of Bart in a rasta cap holding a bong to commemorate "Reggae Night" at some frat. Bootlegbart on Instagram is a feed collecting hundreds of badly-drawn Barts and other Simpsons characters. And yes, some of them are racist or otherwise offensive and horrible. Bootlegbart (Thanks, Gabe Adiv!) Read the rest
Special thanks to our sponsor Amorphia Apparel, makers of the wonderfully irreverent line of History League t-shirts. We've posted many times about Amorphia's witty t-shirt lines like "Teach the Controversy" and "Monsters of Grok" that replace iconic band name logos with scientists, and we're thrilled that Amorphia signed on as a Boing Boing sponsor! My favorite "teams" in the the History League are Colossus of Bletchley Park and the Tesla Lightning! Read the rest
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Complexin writes, "Drew, of daily webcomic 'Toothpaste for Dinner' and 'Married to the Sea,' among other sites, seems in danger of going offline. He's offering special discounts on t-shirts, a book, and original music in hopes of generating enough revenue to keep it going. According to his Twitter stream he's not interested in donations... but if you enjoy the comics consider purchasing some of the associated items from the Sharing Machine store. I own a few of the t-shirts, and they are well-made, sized correctly for women, AND bitingly hilarious. Bonus: comes in men's styles, too."
I don't own any of Drew's tees, but I do own, cherish and highly recommend his book.
Toothpaste For Dinner: Daily comics by Drew (Thanks, Complexin)
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The T-shirts were the work of Exit Deutschland, a group that helps young people transition out of militant right-wing lifestyles.
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Solar Dynamics Observatory Captures Images of Lunar Transit
On July 26, 2014, from 10:57 a.m. to 11:42 a.m. EDT, the moon crossed between NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) and the sun, a phenomenon called a lunar transit. A lunar transit happens approximately twice a year, causing a partial solar eclipse that can only be seen from SDO's point of view. Images of the eclipse show a crisp lunar horizon, because the moon has no atmosphere that would distort light. This image shows the blended result of two SDO wavelengths - one in 304 wavelength and another in 171 wavelength.
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Sony Pictures Animation will make a monster comedy flick of "Hotel Transylvania" as its third animated work.
Sony Pictures Animation is on board to make its third animated feature. Variety has learned that the studio will bring up a monster comedy flick entitled "Hotel Transylvania" to theaters based on the scripts penned by Don Rhyme of "Big Momma's House" fame.
Tentatively set for release in 2009, pic will be directed by Anthony Stacchi and David Feiss with Michelle Murdocca as the producer. The story revolves around creatures like Frankenstein, the Mummy, Dracula and the Werewolf as they hide out in a hotel located on the outskirts of Transylvania since the 21st century technology has seemingly made them irrelevant.
A division of Sony Pictures Entertainment established in 2002, Sony Pictures Animation is about to launch "Open Season" next month while being in production on "Surf's Up" for next summer release.


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Recent reviews :
- Waterloo Messenger. The life of Henry Percy Peninsula Soldier and French Prisoner (William Mahon)
- In the Peninsula with a French Hussar (A J M De Rocca. Intoduction by Philip Haythornthw)
- Grouchy's Waterloo (Andrew W. Field)
- Securing the Narrow |Seas. The Dover Patrol 1914-1918 (Steve R. Dunn)
- The Dutch in the Medway (P. G. Rogers)
- Hitler's Ardennes Offensive (Danny S Parker Ed.)
- The Irish Guards in the Great War (Rudyard Kipling)
- 21 Days in Normandy (Angelo Caravaggio)
- Battle of the Bulge. The German View (Danny S Parker Ed.)
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Book reviews for - Early Medieval
The Age of Chivalry
Bryant, Arthur
Messrs. Wm. Collins Sons & Co.Ltd., 1963
Chronicles of the Crusades: Eye-Witness Accounts of the Wars between Christianity and Islam
Hallam, Elizabeth
Wonderful insights into how the people who were there thought. Their truths and their propaganda are there in their own words.
Bramley Books, 1997
The Book of the Medieval Knight
Turnbull, Stephen
This book contains much more than its title suggests. The story of the period of the Medieval knight is illustrated with drawings and photographs of artefacts, buildings and locations.
Arms and Armour Press, 1995