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The Perfect Valentine's Day Date…in Oregon!
If you were to concoct the perfect Oregon date, what would it consist of? Building sandcastles at the beach? A romantic dinner for two? Or maybe even mountain biking or camping? Our staff has compiled a list of their favorite Oregon locations, to inspire couples everywhere this Valentine's Day.
"My perfect date would include dinner at the Portland City Grill and an Oregon Ballet Theater show at the Keller Auditorium."
~Submitted by Amy N.
"I would start with a fondue dinner (cheese to start and chocolate to end) with my husband at the Melting Pot before walking over to see a great live performance by the Portland Opera at the Ira Keller Auditorium. Then of course, our date would finish with coffee and a fabulous dessert at Papa Haydn's (open late!) on Portland's trendy NW 23rd Avenue! Since it would be late at this point and we would probably be too tired to drive the hour back home, we'd have to spend the night at Portland's hip hotel, Ace Hotel. After sleeping in, we'd head to the Cadillac Café on NE Broadway for a breakfast of the custard French toast. Now that's a date!"
~Submitted by Carole A.
"Northern Lights, a theater in Salem, offers a four course meal, dessert, and a bottle of wine while enjoying a movie. This year the movie playing is Stardust. It's only $50 per couple. It's a simple, romantic night out, but more for those wanting to keep it casual."
~Submitted by Jamie P.
"The perfect Oregon date: A powder-filled day of skiing at Mt Bachelor, followed up with a great dinner at the Pine Tavern Restaurant in Bend and then cuddling up in front of the fire at your Condo at Seventh Mountain Resort."
~Submitted by Teresa O.
"My ideal Oregon date would include strolling through the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, followed by a romantic walk at Spencer's Butte. Then dinner at Beppe & Gianni's Trattoria or Ambrosia, followed by dessert and coffee at Sweet Life Patisserie. Top the night off with a stay at Campbell House Inn & Restaurant, and you've got yourself a pretty good date!" ~Submitted by Ashley M.
For more fabulous Valentine's Day ideas, please check out our Trips We Love section. We also have a variety of fun activities for adventurous individuals and families. Happy Valentine's Day!
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Dinner in Bend on Valentine's Day : The Pine Tavern is OK but have you tried The Blacksmith Restaurant ? This place is really WOW !! Check out their website at http://www.bendblacksmith.com. I've been there several times and have been very impressed – nothing like it in Bend. You need to try it. Thanks for the opportunity to comment.


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Chalitz was a city in the Republic of Gorasnaya.
Massacred by StrandedEdit
Sometime after the Locust War began, an organization of Stranded fought against the remnants of the Republic of Gorasnaya. They massacred the civilians of Chalitz, who were buried in a mass grave. This act and another massacre at Meschov earned all Stranded the hatred of the remaining Gorasni.[1]
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"Excelsior" Brand Of Hams, Beef, Lard, And Bacon
The front cover features a drawn illustration of ham and bacon with the company name written on both in white lettering. The title "Excelsior Brand of Hams, Beef, Lard, and Bacon" is written in red and blue lettering. The back cover contains a silver frame around the heading "J.H. Michener & Co. Packers of Kettle Rendered Lard Excelsior Brand" with a silver bucket of lard in the center. There is a pink ribbon at the bottom consisting of the phrase "We pack but one grade of lard and that the best." The front end page is dedicated to the trademark for Excelsior which is outline in yellow and has a drawn color illustration of a man holding an Excelsior flag. The following inside pages feature Frost's Comprehensive Calendar. The years range between 1776-1955 and include all months from January to December. At the bottom of each calendar, the phrase "The years for which this calendar stands are found in the index" is stated. The back end page begins at the top with "J.H. Michener & Co. General Provision Dealers" and continues with a drawn blue star with the words "M&M Phila" written in the center. At the bottom, "Gold Medals Awarded For Meats and Lard, Paris Exposition 1889" is written in red and blue lettering.
Donor: Sliker, Shirley Brocker
Brand Name: Excelsior Hams, Beef, Lard & Bacon
Publisher: J.H. Michener & Co. (Philadelphia, Pa.)
1898 (ca.)
14 p.
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Citation: "Excelsior" Brand Of Hams, Beef, Lard, And Bacon. The Alan and Shirley Brocker Sliker Collection, MSS 314, Special Collections, Michigan State University Libraries. Available at http://www.lib.msu.edu/exhibits/sliker/detail.jsp?id=7421


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April Kauffman was semiconscious when she was found on her bedroom floor May 10 with what appeared to be a cut on her arm, according to a police report obtained by The Press of Atlantic City.
Medics found Kauffman, 47, unconscious and unresponsive when they arrived at her Linwood home at 11:33 a.m., four minutes after a 911 call was placed, the report states. The well-known veterans advocate died of multiple gunshot wounds.
Police were not making their first call to the home Kauffman and her husband, James, shared on Woodstock Drive. An Open Public Records request by The Press of Atlantic City revealed complaints were made to police from the residence about 30 times over the past 10 years. None was in response to a domestic incident.
An additional 33 responses by police were made to the home because of the burglar or fire alarm going off; all appeared accidental or with no crime involved. No alarm was reported the day of the attack on April Kauffman, despite a still-active account with Schuler Security, according to company records.
Little information has been released about the homicide case, but Atlantic County Prosecutor Ted Housel said the case was being worked on diligently.
"Although we have forensic tools, this is not 'CSI,' where things get done within the hour," he said, referencing the television crime show. "Some things take days and weeks to do, as is the case in any type of technically oriented investigation. We can't say how long something like this takes."
Housel has not even released the full details of the autopsy, including how many times Kauffman was struck by bullets or any other injuries she may have suffered.
Will Gonzalez, however, indicated at least one injury to Kauffman when he called 911. Gonzalez was employed by Kauffman to take care of her birds.
"My boss is flat on the floor in her bedroom," he says in the edited 911 call the Prosecutor's Office released. "She has a cut on her arm. She's not answering."
Gonzalez is not heard saying that she is conscious anywhere in the partial recording, but the police report from that day indicates the information that April Kauffman was semiconscious was given over the phone — and that James Kauffman was also at the scene.
Attempts to reach Gonzalez were unsuccessful through either the phone number or address listed for him in the police report.
Since the killing, Dr. Kauffman has received threats, according to a police report filed by a friend of Dr. Kauffman on May 13. The friend "reported that he is receiving emails from individuals stating that they want to kill/harm James Kauffman because they feel he is responsible for the death of April," the report states.
The report also indicates that Margate police were made aware of the information ahead of April Kauffman's funeral service there.
Dr. Kauffman's attorney, Ed Jacobs, previously said his client has fully cooperated with police and even gave a statement before contacting an attorney.
As for the threats — or insinuation that the doctor may be a suspect — Jacobs said he would not comment. Housel's policy is not to name anyone until charges are filed or an arrest is made.
"We're keeping a deliberately open mind and not focusing on any one person or group of persons," Housel said. "I don't authorize arrests unless I'm confident we're going to prove it at trial. We only get one shot (to prosecute a case). Someone gets acquitted, there's no going back and trying that person again."
"The Prosecutor's Office is obligated to do a thorough investigation, and we're glad they're doing that," Jacobs said. "It's not fitting for Dr. Kauffman or myself to make any comment based on rumor or innuendo, and there's plenty of both floating around right now. We're not going to contribute to it."
Jacobs said he would not be able to comment on any discussions he has had with Dr. Kauffman regarding his safety.
The nearly 30 complaint calls made over a decade to the home were mostly from April Kauffman and indicate she was a vigilant neighbor.
On one occasion, she reported a car parked at a home while the residents were away on vacation. Police found that the two men were doing floor work and that the owners had returned.
In a call made June 25, 2009, Kauffman said that she was being harassed on the Internet and that a firearm had been missing from her home for several weeks.
The Kauffmans had several registered guns, although authorities have not commented on how many were at the home, or whether any was used in the fatal attack. The registration information would be filed with State Police, but it is not publicly accessible.
April Kauffman did not pursue the Internet harassment claim, which is not detailed in the report.
Three days later, Dr. Kauffman went to the station to say the gun had been in a drawer in the bedroom. Police entered it into the national system, indicating there were no suspects in the disappearance.
The last complaint made from the home was May 7, 2011, when Kauffman accused a worker of stealing jewelry from her. She declined to sign a complaint at that time, saying the man had agreed to return the items, the report states.
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Spinach Frittata
Recipe by misskorny
I made this to use up a bag of Spinach + Eggs that were going out.
Top Review by ImPat
I scaled this back for 1 serve and used a whole tomato as it was rather small and it only took 5 minutes to cook in the oven at 200C fan forced. The only change I would make would be to deseed the tomato as I wasn't keen on the soft taste but just loved all the flavours that came together and I did use 2 whole eggs. Thank you for a very filling breakfast misskorny, made for My 3 Chefs game.
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Ingredients Nutrition
- 3 eggs
- 4 egg whites
- 340.19 g fresh spinach
- 4 garlic cloves
- 2 tomatoes
- 14.79 ml skim milk
- cooking spray
- 14.79-29.58 ml salt, Pepper, Turmeric, etc
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- Pre-heat oven to 400 F.
- Chop Garlic and 1 Tomato.
- Spray skillet with Pam
- Cook Garlic and Tomato.
- Add Spinach, cook until wilted.
- In another Bowl, combine Eggs + Whites + Milk + Seasonings.
- Add to Spinach Tomato Mixture.
- Stir so everything looks distributed.
- Slice Second Tomato into 4 circles and place on top.
- Bake at 400 F for 15 minutes, then Broil for about 3-5.
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I'm placing this blog on haitus as I prepare for what's next.
In the meantime, here's some food for thought.
I'm placing this blog on haitus as I prepare for what's next.
In the meantime, here's some food for thought.
Ed Glaser in the The Boston Globe:
We must weigh the environmental benefits from shipping less food against the environmental costs of producing and storing local food in a state that doesn't exactly have ideal conditions for every kind of produce. One recent UK report found that the greenhouse gas emissions involved in eating English tomatoes were about three times as high as eating Spanish tomatoes. The extra energy and fertilizer involved in producing tomatoes in chilly England overwhelmed the benefits of less shipping. Even New Zealand lamb produced less greenhouse gases than English lamb. Berkeley graduate student Steven Sexton estimates that an American switch to more local corn production would require 35 percent more fertilizer and 22.8 percent more energy.
David Streitfeld and Christine Haughney on Jeff Bezos in the Times:
No one, apparently including Mr. Bezos himself, seems to know what he intends to do with that fabled newspaper. This is, after all, a man who once said the quality he most wanted in a wife was the ability to spring him from a third-world prison. He can probably be counted on to think unpredictably.
What more could a guy want?
Language changes, and so must we. But I'll reserve use of the word "impact" for the astronomer, the jackhammerer, and the dentist.
A fascinating look inside the new Tesla factory.
From The Kickstarter Blog:
In 1713, Alexander Pope set out to translate 15,693 lines of ancient Greek poetry into English. It took five long years to get the six volumes right, but the result was worth the wait: a translation of Homer's Iliad that endures to this day. How did Pope go about getting this project off the ground? Turns out he kind of Kickstarted it.
Hugo Lindgren writing for the Times:
Ideas, in a sense, are overrated. Of course, you need good ones, but at this point in our supersaturated culture, precious few are so novel that nobody else has ever thought of them before. It's really about where you take the idea, and how committed you are to solving the endless problems that come up in the execution.
An excellent essay throughout.
NPR listens to some fascinating excerpts from newly released Supreme Court audio recordings going back to 1955. The clip from Roe vs. Wade is especially interesting.
"I'm not going to leave the Quiet Car," I told him, "but since it's bothering you, I will move to another seat." He thanked me very courteously, as did the woman in front of me. "It really was quite loud," she whispered.
When the train came to my stop I had to walk by his seat again on my way out. "Glad we could come to a peaceful coexistence," I said as I passed. He raised a finger to stay me a moment. "There are no conflicts of interest," he pronounced, "between rational men." This sounded like a questionable proposition to me, but I appreciated the conciliatory gesture. The quote turns out to be from Ayn Rand. I told you we talked like this in the Quiet Car.
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Is this the main reason we don't have better mass transit in the U.S.?
American taxpayers will shell out many times what their counterparts in developed cities in Europe and Asia would pay. In the case of the Second Avenue line and other new rail infrastructure in New York City, they may have to pay five times as much.
Amtrak is just as bad. Its $151 billion master plan for basic high-speed rail service in the Northeast corridor is more expensive than Japan's planned magnetic levitating train line between Tokyo and Osaka, most of which is to be buried deep underground, with tunnels through the Japan Alps and beneath its densest cities.
An interesting fact that's mostly shoehorned into this David Brooks article:
Robert Oprisko of Butler University found that half of the jobs in university political science programs went to graduates of the top 11 schools. That is to say, if you have a Ph.D. from Harvard, Stanford, Princeton and so on, your odds of getting a job are very good. If you earned your degree from one of the other 100 degree-granting universities, your odds are not. These other 100 schools don't even want to hire the sort of graduates they themselves produce. They want the elite credential.
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Simon Schama on Ian Fleming and British spy writers:
What these hoary pensioners all have in common is the talent to send up Britishness even as they affectionately rejoice in it. On this side of the pond (with the honorable exceptions of Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart, and The Onion), you don't dare celebrate America by mocking it. In Britain, where during the Olympics the queen became the latest of the Bond girls to surrender to the gentle joke, it's virtually a patriotic obligation.
I didn't plan on posting two look-at-America-through-British-media links today, but so it goes.
James Parker in this issue of The Atlantic on the appeals of Downton Abbey:
Americans eat this stuff up, of course. Why wouldn't they? Class in America is not the ancient, neurotic, and quasi-magical apparatus that it is in Britain… Class in America is a greasy pole: you go up, you go down.
The first season was quite good, but the second did go too heavy on the soap.


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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently cleared ResMed's home variable positive airway pressure (VPAP) device also known as bilevel PAP for the treatment of respiratory disorders such as COPD, giving severe COPD sufferers a weapon in the fight to stay out of the hospital. ResMed introduced its VPAP COPD device today; it will be sold in the U.S. and because of the FDA's clearance for the treatment of COPD, it will make bilevel therapy more accessible through Medicare's Respiratory Assist Device qualifying guidelines.
"Many stage 3 or stage 4 COPD patients are admitted to the hospital two to three times a year because of their condition, and hospital discharge planners need ways to reduce that figure with better at-home respiratory care," said Geoff Neilson, president of ResMed's Respiratory Care business unit. "Minimizing the likelihood of acute events that lead to readmissions starts at the point of discharge, sending patients home with the best tools like ResMed's VPAP COPD to help them breathe better when their lungs have been damaged by the disease."
The ResMed VPAP COPD is used at night, which helps ensure that COPD patients maintain their ventilation when they are most vulnerable. It customizes the breath delivered to the patient with a rapid inhalation phase and allows an extended exhalation. This can help overcome air trapping that is common in COPD patients, enabling better gas exchange in their lungs.
Built on the popular ResMed S9 Series platform, the VPAP COPD device is compact and easy for a patient to integrate into a sleep setting. Combined with the companion H5i heated humidification device, the VPAP COPD creates a comfortable patient experience, increasing the likelihood of patients continuing their therapy.
ResMed S9 Platform and EasyCare Online Monitoring Provides Total Solution
As part of the total therapy solution, the VPAP COPD device may be wirelessly connected to ResMed's secure, cloud-based EasyCare Online monitoring system. EasyCare Online allows physicians, hospitals and homecare partners to monitor patient use and patient respiratory health on a daily basis. This immediate and automated feedback is critical during the important 30-day post-discharge period, and can help reduce the time and labor hospitals invest in follow-up with these patients, while possibly achieving a better outcome.
ClimateLineMAX Oxy Tubing Seamlessly Integrates with Oxygen Therapy
ResMed has also created a special ClimateLine tubing between the humidifier and mask that has an oxygen line port next to the VPAP COPD device. Oxygen therapy can be easily combined with the VPAP COPD and its Climate Control humidification system.
"ClimateLineMAX Oxy gives patients a no-compromise solution with the best bilevel therapy and best humidification, with no condensation, and it connects quickly and easily to their source of oxygen," said Neilson. "ResMed takes advantage of each building block for a positive patient experience, from superior comfort to an attractive and easy-to-use device."
The ResMed VPAP COPD and ClimateLineMAX Oxy tubing with oxygen line input are both available now from ResMed authorized dealers.
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The Oklahoma inventory of cattle on feed for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head, totaled 325 thousand head on September 1, 2012, up 2 percent from the previous month but down 11 percent from September 1, 2011.
Placements during August were 67,000 head, down 11 percent from one year ago. Marketings of fed cattle during August were 60,000 head, down 10 percent from the same month last year. Other disappearance during August totaled 2,000 head.


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In April 2002, violent demonstrations known as the "water war" in Bolivia forced President Hugo Bánzer to cancel the contract with the only international corporation interested in taking on the most ambitious water project ever proposed in the country. Recently, another major popular upheaval ended a project to export natural gas to Mexico and the United States through a Chilean seaport.
This was the "gas war," which its leaders used to overthrow President Sánchez de Lozada and hold back the modernization process of strengthening institutions, opening markets, and integrating Bolivia into the global economy. These so-called "wars" are part of the same conflict that prompted the peasant blockades of September 2000, the continuing protests by coca growers against efforts to eradicate their crops because of their role in the cocaine trade, and the withdrawal earlier this year of a progressive tax project.
In essence, these are all part of an ongoing conflict between democracy and populism, with Bolivia's future caught in the crossfire. Neither side trusts the other, so social wars have replaced meaningful political progress. As the violence of the social mobilizations and the level of discontent have grown, Bolivia's intellectuals and politicians remain in a state of shock, afraid of contradicting the masses. For their part, the populists can rouse the masses but fail to offer alternatives. They are nostalgic for the past and fearful of globalization.
As the two sides collide, the country suffers: the outcome of the water war has meant that the poor still use the same dirty and expensive water, while the result of the gas war could mean that we remain without new export revenues. Bolivia needs leaders who can move the country beyond social wars that translate into stagnation.


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Blue Thunder is a helicopter specially modified for police work, but is armed and designed to counter street insurgencies. It's makers want to show what it will do, but have to train a Los Angeles Police pilot Frank Murphy, to fly and use it in order to allow it to operate in the city.
Cop Roy Scheider, whose idea of a good time is using a high-tech surveillance system to peer down girls dresses from 500 feet, is given the Blue Thunder, a super-duper police helicopter which baddie Malcolm McDowell, whose idea of a good time is throwing people out of helicopters from 500 feet, wants to use to blast the Los Angeles ghetto riots he has personally stirred up to test the machine monster. Scheider steals the thing, and swoops around evading all the hardware McDowell can chuck at him. The script self-destructs, but the performances including Daniel Stern as an expendable sidekick are fun, and John Badham stages some super stunts with the insectile title machine
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LONDON -- The global semiconductor market will grow 32 percent in 2004 to $220 billion, and a further 28.0 percent in 2005 to $282 billion according to the 2004 mid-term semiconductor forecast, from semiconductor analyst Future Horizons (Sevenoaks, England).
In so saying Future Horizons is sticking to a prediction made in January 2004. Since then many other forecasters have downgraded their forecasts for 2004 and 2005 and some have suggested that downturn could hit in 2005 producing a contraction of the semiconductor market.
But Future Horizons argued that the semiconductor market would not see a downturn until 2006 when the market would fall by 8 percent to $259 billion after an 18-month growth cycle.
"The second half of 2004 will continue strong despite the fact the industry still doesn't believe it and feels bruised and battered from the 2001 downturn. Capacity is tight, and we see it staying that way for a few more quarters, despite the current acceleration in capital spending and an anticipated slowing in unit demand. We don't see the supply/demand cross-over occurring until the back end of 2005, causing capacity to overshoot, signaling a downturn in 2006," said Malcolm Penn, chief executive officer of Future Horizons, in a statement.
"We fully accept that the 28 percent growth forecast for 2005 is high -- and out of line with current conventional wisdom -- but if the 2005 world economy grows at the currently predicted 4.0 percent to 4.6 percent level, unit demand will hold up and capacity will struggle. Despite management being cautious as a result of the severity of the previous downturn and to some extent the new levels of corporate responsibility post-Enron, this is my ninth semiconductor cycle and don't see any signs of it being any different from the others," said Penn.
However, Penn's optimism does not extend to all geographical regions. The European market is out of step with the worldwide semiconductor recovery. Future Horizons reported a $40 billion trade deficit in electronics equipment for the European Union in 2003 with worldwide market share falling. As a result, its share of the worldwide semiconductor market dropped from a peak of 24 percent in 1998 to 19 percent in 2003.
Future Horizons predicts that the European market will lag worldwide semiconductor market growth, with 26.6 percent in 2004 to $40.9 billion, 26.0 percent to $51.5 billion in 2005 and -6.0 percent to $48.4 billion in 2006. "We see nothing on the horizons to reverse Europe's decline," Penn said.


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I have had Epilepsy my whole life, I am 29 and just now getting treated for it. My grandmother had it too and was still on meds until she died in her 90s. My doctor says its possible to become seizure free first with the meds and then ween off of them and be cured. My grandma was never cured obviously. And my doctor hasn't yet been able to stop my seizures (but that can take years and we've only tried for months) I still have them everyday, the worst ones several times a week. Just a few days ago I had 17 and on and on it was a two day marathon which prompted my doctor to throw in Keppra, he wants to go aggressive now with treatment he said because my seizures are getting so invasive. My brain doesn't function well (if at all) which effects my marriage and my being the best mom I can be. Anyone else feel it hurts their love life? I would love to be cured of course but is it possible? Are any of you guys seizure free? Can you tell me how long it took, what you did, how it changed your life? What are the hardest to treat seizures?
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This week's Sixer of the Week, for games between the 10th to the 16th of November, is the veteran Jason Richardson. In that span, the Sixers have been away at Toronto, followed by three home contests against the Bucks, Pistons, and Jazz, and have won as many as they lost. Although Jrue Holiday, recipient of last week's Sixer of the Week, has been Philadelphia's biggest stat stacker, a combination of Jrue's 20 turnovers in the four games and Richardson's consistent shooting and sound basketball gives him the edge this week.
Jason Richardson missed the first game this week against the Raptors, but has since averaged 1.7 assists, 4.3 rebounds, 1.7 steals, and 16.3 points per game, shooting 45% from the field and 52% from beyond the arc. In those games he has made 11 three-pointers and has turned the ball over zero times, in an average of 32 minutes per game. His free throw percentage in the given span is only 50%, which is quite misleading due to the small sample of four free throw shots. In the week's final game, in a win over the Jazz, Richardson grabbed eight boards, stole the ball twice, put in 20 points and assisted on two, while going 7-12 from the field and 5-7 from three.Tags: Basketball, NBA, Philadelphia, Philadelphia 76ers


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Calu Fontes Porcelain
Distinctly and wonderfully Brazilian, Calu Fontes' painted, one-of-a-kind porcelain accessories are influenced by the lively Bahia region in northern Brazil, from where her family hails. The mix of colors with patterns — on trays, teapots, vases, plates, tiered platters, carafes and cups — reflects the cultural heart of the country.
Each handmade piece is the result of a method that involves burning the painted images (like references to gods from the Afro-Brazilian religion of Candomble, flowers, fruits, sea life and other things from nature) onto surfaces resulting in richly collaged layers.
Presented together, heedless of matching and in all their neo-baroque glory, captures the essence of diverse Brazil.
Lama Designs carries only some of her work, so contact Fontes to see how you can access her full collection, more of which you can see on her Flickr and after the jump.


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Melbourne is the capital city of Victoria and is Australia's second largest city. Melbourne boasts a great arts scene as is famous for its dining options. Melbourne also holds many popular sporting events. The Yarra river flows through the city centre. Some of the great sights and attractions of Melbourne can be seen from the river. Catch a boat at Southgate for a trip on the Yarra. A feature of the Yarra River is its picturesque walks. You can walk for kilometres along the banks of the river without any sense of being in a large city as parks including the Royal Botanic Gardens are located along the banks of the river.
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Germany information
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Chef LinJian Zou guides students through the process of crafting a california roll, a spicy tuna roll, and an AAC roll. Classes take place Tuesdays from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Sundays from 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Hito Japanese Restaurant
The pagoda-like stand outside Hito Japanese Restaurant's front door advertises the chefs' commitment to traditional Japanese culture. Inside the dining room, however, sleek, slate-gray walls and dark wooden tables hint at some of the eatery's more contemporary leanings—leanings that are equally evident in its food. The menu features plenty of staples such as chicken teriyaki, vegetable tempura, and pork katsu, but the chefs show a willingness to experiment with their 15 different specialty maki. These rolls can contain familiar sushi-house ingredients alongside more inventive additions, including fried banana, basil leaves, and coconut shrimp. Characterizing the menu as thoroughly contemporary may be a stretch, but small touches, such as artful plating and time-stamped rice grains, do add an up-to-date air.


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At its recently media event earlier this week, Apple noted that it had increased the battery capacity of the iPhone 5C relative to the iPhone 5. The companys tech specs show that users can expect longer for battery life on both the iPhone 5S and 5C for certain tasks. In particular, both new iPhones offer up to 10 hours of talk on 3G and the same 10 hours of LTE Internet use, up from 8 hours for both tasks on the iPhone 5. Standby time on the two new models has also seemingly increased to up to 250 hours compared to 225 hours on the iPhone 5.
Apple however hasnt revealed the exact battery capacity for the new iPhones but AnandTech dug into the FCC documents and discovered that the iPhone 5C carries 5% higher battery capacity than the iPhone 5, while the iPhone 5S carries a 10% larger battery. The following was mentioned regarding the matter:
While I'm somewhat skeptical sometimes of the accuracy of battery capacities as reported in FCC disclosures (which I noted about the battery size for the Nexus 5), these numbers seem credible given what I've heard, the statement Apple made during the keynote about the 5C battery size going up, and what I'd expect with some board re-layout for the 5S.
Pre-orders for the iPhone 5C begin at 12:01 AM Pacific and 3:01 AM eastern with availability of both the iPhone 5S and 5C set for Friday September 20. Once again, it should be noted that Apple isnt offering pre-orders for the iPhone 5S.
Source: AnandTech, C Technology


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This article was published 3/4/2014 (1231 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Premier Greg Selinger continues to dwell in the cellar among Canada's premiers, a sign his government's attempt to justify last year's PST increase through infrastructure spending has fallen on deaf ears with voters.
A new online poll by Angus Reid Global says Selinger and New Brunswick Premier David Alward are tied, each having a 28 per cent approval rating. Selinger's approval rating is five points higher than former Alberta premier Alison Redford's (23 per cent), who resigned March 19 over criticism of her leadership and lavish spending.
The one bright spot for Selinger is his current rating is up two points from September, but still a long way from the 48 per cent rating he registered in August 2012. Since that date, his popularity has fallen steadily, according to Angus Reid and other polling.
Shachi Kurl, Angus Reid Global's vice-president of communications and citizen engagement, said one reason for Selinger's low results is he and the NDP have been in power since 1999 and appear tired to voters.
"Small children have been born and are on their way to earning their driver's licence in that time," she said.
If there's a silver lining, it's that the NDP still has time to right its ship heading into the spring 2016 election.
"A measure of a premier's job-approval rating often has nothing to do with whether or not people would vote for the party or for the premier again," Kurl said. "He's got a lot of time to pull that together yet."
Since last fall, Manitoba's NDP government has championed last year's increase of the PST by one point to eight per cent as a way to fix the province's crumbling roads and highways. The Selinger government says $1.5 billion in PST revenue will be added to what it has already budgeted for infrastructure spending over the next five years, for a total of $5.5 billion by 2019.
An Insightrix Research poll released in February said the Manitoba Progressive Conservatives enjoyed the support of 49 per cent of respondents, while the NDP came in at 24 per cent.
The Angus Reid Global survey, which measures premiers' approval ratings in nine Canadian provinces, also shows 62 per cent of Manitobans disapprove of Selinger's performance over the latest polling period, with 10 per cent not sure.
In the March poll, Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall tops the list at 66 per cent, with Nova Scotia's Stephen McNeil (59 per cent) and Newfoundland and Labrador's Tom Marshall (49 per cent) rounding out the top three.
Other premiers in the poll include B.C.'s Christy Clark (38 per cent), Ontario's Kathleen Wynne (36 per cent) and Quebec's Pauline Marois (36 per cent).
Quebec is in the final stages of a provincial election campaign. Voting day is Monday.


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Forbes magazine columnist Richard Lehmann recently asserted that BB-rated corporate bonds are not, as a whole "junk." In fact, he contends that right now "BB-rated securities offer the best risk/reward combination."
That's welcome optimism for the income starved, but it's also a bold statement in today's world. Yes, there are a few green sprouts — housing and jobless metrics have been looking a little better — but the economy is unanimously deemed shaky.
Still, investors are desperate for yield, and so they're taking risks that they haven't in the past. They're going way out on the maturity timeline and dipping their toes in the sub-investment-grade waters. Take a minute to digest this stat: In the third quarter, sales of junk bonds were nearly four times what they were in the same quarter a year ago.
Conventional wisdom would inform us that this "yield panic" is an example of en masse recklessness. And it may well be, but not necessarily because more money is flowing into junk. Rather, I find it it reckless because I believe it is likely that many of these investors are misallocating the amount that they invest in junk.
Americans are conditioned to much higher yields on their investments than are available today. It wasn't so long ago that a standard bank savings account yielded 5.25%, and it was, as now, considered among the safest — and for many, among the least attractive — of all investments. But today, who wouldn't kill for a government-insured, demand-deposit account that yields 5.25%?
Unfortunately, investment-grade securities that return what investors are accustomed to receiving are scarce. But they want it anyway. They always had it before, they were counting on it in retirement, and now they're desperate to get it, even if they have to take more risk.
Okay, but can this somehow be construed as a rational approach? It cannot, without due consideration for personal risk tolerance. The amount of acceptable risk for an individual depends on all kinds of variables, including, but not limited to total assets, age and lifestyle. A quick, very generalized, illustration: A 30-year-old could go "all in" to BB-rated bonds for the same reason that he could invest all of his money in stocks. His age might suggest he has time to recover from any potential declines. An 80-year-old, on the other hand, might prudently devote just 10% or less to BB-rated bonds.
Thus, Mr. Lehmann's assertion about BB-rated bonds may be correct, but it needs some context, lest his readers dump all of their money into bonds that are less than investment grade.
In investing, it all comes back to asset allocation, and whether BB bonds are junk is more matter of nomenclature than investment strategy. But unless there is a particular reason to avoid risk at all costs, there probably is a place in any given portfolio to reach rather far to seek greater yield. The overriding caution is that, notwithstanding Mr. Lehmann's risk/reward judgment, non-investment-grade bonds should comprise only an appropriate portion of a person's portfolio based on their personal financial circumstances.
Once that percentage is determined, how does an individual go about making the investment? Two easy ways are through a mutual fund or by subscribing to a "mirroring model."
The average credit quality of the DoubleLine Total Return Bond Fund (DLTNX), for example, is BB, and the fund yields 6.3% (as of Nov. 30). DLTNX manager Jeffrey Gundlach arrives at the BB average by taking a barbell approach, with 70% rated AAA and more than 20% rated B or below. In my opinion, the fund also has a particularly attractive risk feature: an average duration of 1.59 years, which roughly means that a 1% rise in interest rates would result in just a 1.59% decrease in net asset value.
Investment mirroring services also contain models that seek higher yield without taking too much risk. One such example is my own Stable High Yield model on Covestor. Since inception on July 7, 2011 the total return has been 8.9% net of fees (as of Nov. 30). I, too, take something akin to a barbell approach, with 42% committed to high-yielding mortgage real-estate investment trusts and 43% in short-term bonds and cash. Covestor ranks the model's risk as 2 on a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being the least risky.
"Investment grade" is an imprecise term, especially given the rating-agency debacle of a few years ago. But allowing that it still describes securities of acceptable investment-grade quality, it doesn't necessarily proscribe a riskier, high-yield component in a portfolio.
Just don't go "all in."
Disclosures: The author owns shares of DLTNX. Investment data cited is current as of Nov. 30, 2012.
Performance discussed is net of advisory fees, and does not include reinvestment of dividends or other earnings.
Certain investments discussed in this presentation are for illustrative purposes only and there is no assurance that the adviser will make any investments with the same or similar characteristics as any investments presented. The investments are presented for discussion purposes only and are not a reliable indicator of the performance or investment profile of any composite or client account. Further, the reader should not assume that any investments identified were or will be profitable or that any investment recommendations or investment decisions made by model managers in the future will be profitable.
Certain information contained in this post is based upon forward-looking statements, information and opinions, including descriptions of anticipated market changes and expectations of future activity. The author believes that such statements, information, and opinions are based upon reasonable estimates and assumptions. However, forward-looking statements, information and opinions are inherently uncertain and actual events or results may differ materially from those reflected in the forward-looking statements. Therefore, undue reliance should not be placed on such forward-looking statements, information and opinions.
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Translating long/complex strings
I'm finishing a revision of the Spanish translation of Calibre, and I'm wondering what I should do with long or complex strings...
It seems some of the strings are used as floating tooltips, but the text is not wrapped to a manageable size, so it's displayed in the GUI as a single long line. I guess I could add hard breaks (\n) in the translated string, but would it be better if the GUI did wrap tooltips to a narrower size? (For instance: "The base font size in pts. All font sizes in the produced book...")
There are a couple of strings that include even an HTML header, notably the main text in Advanced preferences. Is this really needed? It even sets the font name! The other instance looks like an empty html file (search for DTD in the .po file).
By the way, it seems the branches in the plugin list are named by joining two strings, one with the generic name (Metadata reader, File type, etc.) and the other with " plugins". This works fine for English, but not for other languages where the modifier comes after the noun (i.e., it would be something like "Plugins for (whatever)". Could this be changed to "%s plugins" or something like that?
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Mudslide damages welfare home's retaining wall
Residents at the Rumah Kebajikan Pertubuhan Kebajikan Darul Islah Malaysia (Perkid) panicked when a mudslide damaged the retaining wall of the welfare home during a heavy rain at 3.30pm yesterday in Hulu Langat.
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Christmas Yarn Wreath Knitting Note Card
Deep forest green holly leaves and Christmas-red yarn balls and holly berries,
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The size is 5 by 3.5 inches.
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St Publius by ydislins
Here's what the KJV has to say:
"In the same quarters were possessions of the chief man of the island, whose name was Publius; who received us, and lodged us three days courteously. And it came to pass, that the father of Publius lay sick of a fever and of a bloody flux: to whom Paul entered in, and prayed, and laid his hands on him, and healed him. So when this was done, others also, which had diseases in the island, came, and were healed: Who also honoured us with many honours; and when we departed, they laded [us] with such things as were necessary."
There were no Christians on the island at that time, which almost all commentators take to be Malta. Even today those islanders are known for their hospitality.
As to the "bishop" business, there was a tendency of early writers to assign offices to almost anyone mentioned in the NT. A look through the Catholic Encyclopedia of about 100 years ago (at http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/index.html ) will show you this. (BTW that site doesn't have an entry for Publius.) When Luke calls him the "the chief man of the island" he means a chief or secular leader or local king of some kind.
His father's disease was probably dysentery, which often proved fatal in those pre-antibiotic days, so Paul's cure was no trivial thing.
Finally, here's what one of our Jehovah's Witness publications has to say:
"(Pub′li·us) [from Lat., meaning "Popular"].
A wealthy land-owning resident of Malta who kindly entertained Paul and those with him for three days after their shipwreck on the island. Paul, in turn, healed Publius' father of fever and dysentery.—Ac 28:7, 8.
Publius was "the principal man of the island." In this instance such a designation appears to denote an official title comparable to governor, probably denoting the leading Roman officer on the island." -From Insight on the Scriptures, vol. 2, p. 714


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Senate Questions Gonzales on Spy Policy Change
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SEN. PATRICK LEAHY (D), Vermont: Attorney General, there was some interest in your testimony.
RAY SUAREZ: Today, Judiciary Committee senators demanded more details from Attorney General Alberto Gonzales about the Bush administration's change of course on its wiretapping of international communications with at least one domestic connection.
SEN. ARLEN SPECTER (R), Pennsylvania: The United States and the administration have paid a heavy price for not acting sooner.
RAY SUAREZ: Warrants to eavesdrop now will be sought from the special court originally created to approve international wiretaps, under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. It's called the FISA court.
SEN. RUSS FEINGOLD (D), Wisconsin: That is a stunning and, I would say, long overdue change of direction.
RAY SUAREZ: In a letter yesterday to the Judiciary Committee's chairman, Democrat Patrick Leahy, and the committee's ranking member, Republican Arlen Specter, Attorney General Gonzales wrote, "Any electronic surveillance that was occurring will now be conducted subject to the supervision of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court."
Begun in the immediate aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, the program ran more than five years without court supervision. The administration said the inherent authority of the president to protect the nation made warrants unnecessary.
The president vigorously defended the eavesdropping in public.
GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States: It has been effective in disrupting the enemy while safeguarding our civil liberties. This program has targeted those with known links to al-Qaida.
RAY SUAREZ: But the program will no longer exist in its old form, run by the executive branch alone, according to the attorney general.
ALBERTO GONZALES, U.S. Attorney General: There will be no, quote, "terrorist surveillance program." All electronic surveillance, as defined under FISA, that will all be done under an order issued by a judge on the FISA court.
RAY SUAREZ: But the attorney general repeatedly said this administration didn't believe it was required to get warrants from the FISA court.
ALBERTO GONZALES: We commenced down this road five years ago because of the belief that we could not do what we felt was necessary to protect this country under FISA. That is why the president relied upon his inherent authority under the Constitution.
RAY SUAREZ: New York Democrat Chuck Schumer had been a critic of the secret surveillance program.
SEN. CHUCK SCHUMER (D), New York: You don't think you're legally required to go to the FISA court, that is correct? Correct? Just please answer yes or no.
ALBERTO GONZALES: Senator, we believe — my belief is, is that the actions taken by the administration, by this president, were lawful in the past, but moving forward, our electronic surveillance collection is going to be conducted under FISA.
RAY SUAREZ: Schumer asked about the breadth of the warrants now sought from the court.
SEN. CHUCK SCHUMER: Are the new FISA orders directed at individuals, at entire groups of individuals, or even broader brush than that?
ALBERTO GONZALES: Senator, I am not at liberty to talk about those kinds of specifics because it would require me to get into operational details that I think I should not do in this session.
SEN. CHUCK SCHUMER: I'm not asking you…
ALBERTO GONZALES: What I can tell you, Senator, is that they meet the legal requirements under FISA.
RAY SUAREZ: Other than that, the attorney general would give no further details on the surveillance warrants in open committee.
Reasons for the reversal
RAY SUAREZ: For more on the president's terrorism surveillance program and what new court supervision might mean to it, we're joined by Kate Martin, director of the Center for National Security Studies, and David Rivkin, an attorney who served in the administrations of President Reagan and in the first President Bush.
Kate Martin, what reason did the Bush administration give to allow judicial oversight now, after five years, after insisting they didn't need it?
KATE MARTIN, Center for National Security Studies: They didn't give very much of a reason, other than it made sense. And their failure to give a reason raises a lot of suspicion.
I think that one obvious reason is that the attorney general was going to face severe criticism today for the first time from a Democratic Congress. I suspect, in addition, that they were facing difficulties with the phone companies who had been assisting them in violating the law in conducting warrantless surveillance.
And one way of addressing those concerns was to go get an order from the FISA court. But they didn't explain why, after all this time, they finally went to the FISA court.
RAY SUAREZ: Why do you think they did it, David Rivkin?
DAVID RIVKIN, Attorney: Not for the same reasons. They've done it for a couple of reasons.
And, look, this whole exercise was not done out of some sense of machismo and desire to be unilateral. The FISA court's operations post-September 11 were inadequate to cope with speed and agility with the surveillance needs. That's why the president ordered it. It is lawful; it was lawful.
But it's always preferable to go for a particular statutory framework that Congress provided, both with considerations of comity, also because you can use the information you derive from it in context of criminal trials.
But very importantly -- and this gives lie to the claims that it's done because of the results of November 11 -- since mid-2005, the administration has been negotiating, senior officials in the Department of Justice has been negotiating with the FISA court to try to come up with innovative solutions within the FISA framework. And those negotiations, which have gone over a year now, have finally borne fruit last week.
So 2005, not post-November 7 elections. And they came up with innovative solutions. It's very important -- I've been told by several administration officials that the operational consequences of a new approach are the same as under the old approach.
What depresses me, though, is the people and the critics who have been saying for years now, "Go for FISA, go for FISA, work with the judges, that's all we want, we're not against surveillance," you heard them already rejiggering their criticism.
And I would bet you that next week the Democrats are going to be saying, "Well, it's not good enough that FISA judges blessed it. We also want to look more into it." It's very cynical, in my opinion.
Unanswered questions
RAY SUAREZ: Well, now that this has been done, and you heard Chuck Schumer trying to get the attorney general to talk about it, did they concede the legal point and agree with the majority on the Judiciary Committee that the executive branch doesn't have the authority to do what it was doing?
DAVID RIVKIN: Absolutely not. Both the letter and all the briefings of the reporters indicate the administration's position was and is that the president has plenary power as chief executive and commander-in-chief to engage in this surveillance, that he's not required to go -- in this particular situation, this is battlefield intelligence gathering -- to go for the FISA context.
So they've not surrendered any constitutional authority. And, again, this is very ironic. For years they've been asked to take the step they've taken. As soon as they've taken the step, everybody in Washington, including a lot of media, immediately try to figure out who lost, who gained.
Why don't we just give them the benefit of the doubt and say, look, you work things out, we proceed in a way that protects the American people, and, yet, you can get judicial supervision, which is what the critics wanted all along? What's not to like?
RAY SUAREZ: What's not to like?
KATE MARTIN: Well, there's a lot of information that the administration has refused to disclose, including telling Congress or the press or the public what the order is really about and whether or not it even meets the usual understanding of a warrant.
And that's important, because the attorney general said yesterday and today that what they did was get a creative, innovative order from the court and that it wouldn't have been possible to do so under a, quote, "strict interpretation of the FISA." This from an administration that, of course, campaigned against judges who don't believe in a strict construction of the law.
But the question it raises is, do we have a warrant where the judge is making an individualized determination that the person who's going to be listened to is suspected of being a terrorist? Or do we have something else, where they're listening to lots of people and the judge isn't making individualized determination?
We don't know the answer to that question, and they were asked that question five times yesterday during that press briefing, refused to answer it. They refused to answer today.
And the whole -- and Rep. Wilson said that her understanding -- a Republican -- was that it was quite likely that they did not have an individualized warrant. And then you have the question that you also raised about the president's claim of inherent authority, which is, "And if the court turns us down next time, we will go back to doing it without a warrant."
The legal authority
RAY SUAREZ: Well, could they go back to doing it the way they insist they still have the legal authority to do?
DAVID RIVKIN: Of course they can. But let me just emphasize one thing, because according to Kate there's something sinister about not disclosing those details. Let's be clear.
From the inception of FISA, details like that, highly classified details of applications to secure, actually called orders, the same as warrants, and the nature of them, duration, never been disclosed. In fact, the Democrats have criticized the president for not going for a FISA regime, almost ritualistically kept saying, "This is safe, this is secure, there are no leaks, judges do not leak."
And yet, all of a sudden, I hear Kate and others suggesting that the failure to describe, in a public hearing, mind you, not in a traditional classified hearing to intelligence committees but in an open hearing to disclose what those orders are, is somehow aberrational. That cannot be true.
RAY SUAREZ: Just to clarify, the judge in the case has said -- the judge who's supervising the FISA court now -- has said that she would accede to Congress's request and give them documents that they want to see, but it's up to the Justice Department. And the attorney general says...
KATE MARTIN: And the attorney general said he wouldn't agree to show it to Congress even in a classified setting yet. And there are two separate questions.
No one's asking, who are the individuals who are going to be listened to? The question is, the Justice Department made some -- in their words -- creative and innovative legal arguments about how you interpret FISA. Those arguments ought to be made public, and they don't have any classified details in them.
DAVID RIVKIN: No, but those arguments cannot be made public, with all due respect, Kate, because these are not pure legal arguments. The nature of those arguments would show exactly how we're processing different types...
What legal arguments could reveal
RAY SUAREZ: Well, let me follow up about that, because Kate Martin suggests that just to say what the machinery, what the mechanics are wouldn't involve talking about specific suspects, specific cases, and operational details.
DAVID RIVKIN: But it would reveal, with all due respect, the nature of legal arguments, which reveal our conceptual approaches to surveillance, the search patterns.
With all due respect, it's very ironic. For years, the critics have been saying, "We trust Article III judges, independent judiciary to validate the judgment of the executive branch." Now all of a sudden it's not good enough.
We had an Article III judge acting in good faith, looking at the administration's argument. Look, we as lawyers go to court and make arguments, sometimes innovative, sometimes traditional. Basically, if a court buys that argument, that typically is good enough. Now, all of a sudden, that's not good enough.
RAY SUAREZ: Quick response. Quick response.
KATE MARTIN: We have one judge. We are entitled to know whether or not they argued that they don't need individualized probable cause determinations made by a FISA court judge. And we don't have an answer to that question. That doesn't reveal any secret, and we're entitled to an answer to that question.
RAY SUAREZ: Before we go, let me get two quick thoughts from you. This was on track to get further judicial review. Will it get any, or is it rendered moot by the change in administration policy?
KATE MARTIN: Part of those cases, it's not rendered moot, because they challenge other programs, data-mining programs which are not addressed and not affected by the attorney general's...
DAVID RIVKIN: Most of the cases would be mooted but not all, but, quite frankly, the administration was going to win all of those cases, despite that one loss in Detroit at the district court level. This is not about hazards of litigation.
RAY SUAREZ: David Rivkin, Kate Martin, thank you both.
DAVID RIVKIN: Good to be with you.
KATE MARTIN: Thank you.


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Robert Pattinson Gives School Kids the Day Off (VIDEO)
What's better than a day off from school? A day off from school with Robert Pattinson, of course!
The Twilight heartthrob lent his grace and charm to the annual Headmaster's Holiday at The Taft School in Watertown, CT, this year, joining director/Taft alum Peter Berg in announcing the day off.
Berg (who's currently lensing the big-screen board-game adaptation Battleship) traveled to a graveyard in Baton Rouge, Louisiana—where Pattinson is currently preparing to lens the Twilight finale Breaking Dawn—to enlist the talents of the actor. (The Headmaster's Holiday is a tradition that began with the 1908 election of President William Howard Taft, who declared the holiday so that his son Horace could attend his inauguration. Since then, a contest has emerged to out-do the previous year's announcement.)
Taft headmaster Willy MacMullen said of this year's announcement,
"Needless to say, when the film was shown, it was deafening! Peter Berg has directed another blockbuster hit! I thought we were going to have to call in the medics–several of the girls looked as if they were about to have a heart attack!"
And here Johnny Depp thought he was being cool with that Jack Sparrow stunt he pulled in England.
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Book Review: Sin Alley: Gamble's Whip by Parker Ford
Published 9:43 pm, Saturday, April 6, 2013
Ten years into a relationship finding the perfect birthday present for a lover can be challenging. But the sophisticated and very much in love Davis has an inspiration that nearly overwhelms his beloved Sadie: a coupon for a night of fantasy fulfillment in Sin Alley, a clandestine enterprise -- located somewhere in California -- that is modeled after the red light district of Amsterdam. It is a place where any kink can be indulged in for a price, and the ever-attentive Davis has divined correctly that his lover has long craved a taste of the whip.
Whereas this scenario is not the stuff of high drama, it works pretty well for an erotic diversion. Parker Ford's Sin Alley: Gamble's Whip is one of the better works of erotica with a BDSM theme that I have read of late. Although it is a little short on substantive plot there is a cohesive beginning, middle and end to it, and the erotic interludes are extremely well written and sexy. While by no means genteel, the more intense passages are not coarse or offensive to readers who do not normally gravitate to BDSM erotica. This book can serve as an introduction to the genre for neophytes but still satisfy jaded aficionados -- quite a feat indeed!
Primarily this novella embodies feminine sensibilities. In-between the erotic scenes there is perhaps more angst on Sadie's part than I personally would have preferred, but realistically it is appropriate for the character and the situation. Readers who like this book will be pleased to know that it is the first of a series of Sin Alley books, two more of which have been released since this one was published, and that Ms. Ford has written a number of other erotic books previously.


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- Sportfulness
- Sportful Sport"ful (-f[usd]l), a.
1. Full of sport; merry; frolicsome; full of jesting;
indulging in mirth or play; playful; wanton; as, a
sportful companion.
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Down he alights among the sportful herd. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
2. Done in jest, or for mere play; sportive. [1913 Webster]
They are no sportful productions of the soil. --Bentley. [1913 Webster] -- {Sport"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Sport"ful*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
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love2bake, I think you may be my cookie-cutter-collector twin! I also have many many GB cutters, and store and subdivide the cutters as you're describing.
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love2bake, I think you may be my cookie-cutter-collector twin! I also have many many GB cutters, and store and subdivide the cutters as you're describing.
Come to Spring Fling so we can get to know you!
Wish I could come to the Spring Fling! I hope there is a sequel so I can be ready to go next time!
Cindy, someone told me there was a beach somewhere that once had a shop that only sold giant GB people this size http://www.coppergifts.com/cookie-cu...ous-9p1284.htm and custom decorated them as gifts to resemble the person receiving them. He said they were slammed with business and sold for $20 or $25 each (10 years ago). I can't find any bakery online that does this now. I never forgot the idea but always have too many irons in the fire to act on.
I just love the smell of gingerbread baking and have gingerbread candles on a warmer all through the Christmas season. Have just about every gingerbread house book there is even though my skills are limited. While I am not a fan of prebaked kits, that is the only gingerbread house people ever attempt and the results are so disappointing for many. The pieces don't fit, the icing is horrible and the instructions guarantee failure. It makes me sad to know so many parents, grandparents & kids have wonderful visions of a gingerbread house at least as good looking as the pictures on the box and are crushed by the results they get. I teach people how to use the kits and get awesome results the first time. It's fun to see how happy, proud & excited they are with their creations! I always wished for a gingerbread house as a child but never had one until I was 40 and made my own from scratch using a mold. I've found most people have this same secret wish! I especially love giving GBHs to children and elderly folks who are the most thrilled to receive them. It's almost a mission for me.
Sorry I rambled so much but admitting you are a kindred GB spirit set me off
Well...I'm not so organized yet with my cutters being in boxes, etc. because of cost and space. However, when I first started cookieing last year about this time and discovered this forum, I was reading about everyone's dilemma with organization and all. That's when I started keeping a spreadsheet with my cookie cutters, sizes, main category, sub-category, season, etc. I was thinking that if I never had the space to keep containers for the cutters, I might be able to assign each cutter a bin or location number or something like that to be able to find them. Right now the loose ones (that didn't come in a "set box", container, etc.) are in large zipper bags. In the meantime, each time I get a new cutter, I add to the list with all the pertinent information and print out the spreadsheet and keep it in my purse. That way, when I'm out and see a cutter, I can quickly check to see if I already have one like it in the same size or whatever. It's kept me from duplicating several times. I usually sort it by cutter name. You can also add all your colors, sprinkles, etc. to keep from duplicating as well. As my collection of all things cookie has grown it's really helping me keep track of stuff.
Love everyone's ideas! I always take away another good idea from the wonderful people in this forum.
~~~ Pam ~~~
Another tip, when its getting closer to the specific holiday, say Easter for instance when all the Easter cutters start appearing everywhere, I spread out my box of Easter cutters on my table and take a picture with my phone, so when I am out shopping and see a good deal on a cutter I am sure if I have or not, I look at my phone picture and see if I do have it already. It has saved me many duplicates, sometimes I see a set of 3 cutters at Ross for 1.99 and maybe I really just want 1 of them but for that price I get it and add the duplicate cutter to a box that I could use for a re-purposed cutter.
I actually took a picture of my sprinkle drawer too, because I can't resist bottles of sprinkles and I can never remember if its yellow sanding sugar or jimmies that I need.
I am one of those people that if I like a certain top, I will buy it in a couple colors, so if I am drawn to a new cookie item its probably because I have one like it at home!
When I first started doing cookies in 2009 I did not own a cookie cutter, as I bought them I added them to a large gallon ziplock bag and stacked them standing up in a large clear bin. When I got too many for a ziplock, I put that collection in a clear shoebox sized bin. I still have some categories like that, not enough to make a whole bin for and I write across the bag in black marker what the category is.
Don't even get me started on my ribbon obsession.... ribbons and sprinkles and cookie cutters, oh my!
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I love all the ideas in this thread. I have been repurposing the large clear salad greens containers from the grocery store for cutter categories. They come in two sizes so if I only have a few of a category I start them in the smaller ones. When they out grow that bin, I move them up. They have lids and stack neatly. I'd rather spend my money on cutters than bins..LOL. WHEN I get my kitchen finished...I'm going to use some of the ideas you gals have for storage. If I get them built in to the drawers and shelves I won't be fighting to find the right places for them. Just finished baking Easter cookies. Want to do a few "all boys cookies", too. Smells so good in here right now...I think I just gained a few pounds from the aroma!!! Aaaahhh, I love this hobby --Katy
Don't let comparison steal your joy!!! --Sugarbelle
Compare a little less and enjoy a little more. --LilaLoa
You have the potential to make beautiful things. Yes, you.--Chapix Cookies
[QUOTE=KrisCraft;46579]Another tip, when its getting closer to the specific holiday, say Easter for instance when all the Easter cutters start appearing everywhere, I spread out my box of Easter cutters on my table and take a picture with my phone, so when I am out shopping and see a good deal on a cutter I am sure if I have or not, I look at my phone picture and see if I do have it already. QUOTE]
Kris, you are so SMART!!! So much easier than making a list and more accurate! Photographic evidence is the way to go!


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Pueblo Indians (Spanish pueblo, village), American Indians living in compact, apartmentlike villages of stone or adobe in northwestern New Mexico and northeastern Arizona. They belong to four distinct linguistic groups, but the cultures of the different villages are closely related.
The eastern villages, located along the upper Rio Grande near Santa Fe and Albuquerque, include Isleta, Jemez, Nambe, Picuris, San Ildefonso, San Juan, Santa Clara, and Taos, whose inhabitants speak Tanoan languages, and Cochiti, Santa Ana, Santo Domingo, San Felipe, and Zia, where Keresan languages are spoken. Two slightly westward Keresan pueblos, Acoma and Laguna, along with the Zuni and Hopi pueblos, make up the western villages. Since about 1700 the Zuni have been concentrated in one large village in westernmost New Mexico. Their language shows no certain relation to any other language. The Hopi live on or near three mesas in northeastern Arizona. Their language is part of the Uto-Aztecan language family. The Hopi pueblos include Mishongnovi, Shongopovi, Shupapulovi, Sichomavi, and Oraibi and the Tewa-Hopi village of Hano, founded about 1700 by Tewa-speaking refugees. See also American Indian Languages; Hopi; Zuni Indians.
Archaeology and Prehistory
Archaeologists relate the Pueblo to an older Southwest culture known by the term Basket Maker. The entire cultural sequence is called the Anasazi (Navajo, ìancient onesî) culture. During the early Basket Maker phase (circa 100 bc-ad 500) prehistoric settlements were established in the northern part of the Southwest. The Indians practiced weaving; they lived in caves or built shelters of poles and adobe mud. Pumpkins and corn were grown as a supplement to hunting and the gathering of wild plants. Food was stored in undergound pits, often lined with stone slabs. With the addition of a bean crop and the domestication of the turkey, agriculture became more important than hunting and gathering during the Modified Basket Maker period (500-700). Pottery was introduced. The food storage pits developed into semisubterranean houses and ceremonial chambers, and buildings began to take their present connected form.
The transition from the Basket Maker to the Pueblo culture occurred about 700. Stone construction was adopted, and the connected, now-aboveground houses became larger. The ceremonial chamber developed into the kiva, an underground chamber used for rituals and as a male lodge. Several kinds of corn were grown, and the cultivation of cotton may have been introduced. Pottery was produced in a diversity of shapes and styles. During this period the Anasazi made their greatest territorial expansion, reaching as far as central Utah, southern Colorado, and a large part of northern Mexico.
During the Classic Pueblo period (1050-1300) the northernmost regions were no longer occupied, and the population became concentrated in large multistoried, terraced pueblos and in similar villages built in recesses in cliffs. See: Casa Grande National Monument; Chaco Culture National Historical Park; Cliff Dweller; Mesa Verde National Park. Notable advances occurred in pottery and weaving. At the end of this period many large centers of Pueblo life were abandoned, possibly because of drought or because of invading bands of Navajo and Apache. During the Regressive Pueblo period (1300-1700) many villages inhabited today were founded. Houses became less elaborate, but pottery and weaving continued to develop.
Historic Period
During the Modern Pueblo period (1700-present), cattle, goats, horses, and sheep were introduced by the Spanish, and wool replaced cotton as the principal textile.
The Pueblos, probably the Zuni, were first encountered by the Spanish in 1539, by the Spanish Franciscan missionary Marcos de Niza (1495-1558). A year later the Spanish explorer Francisco V·squez de Coronado, searching for the legendary Seven Cities of CÌbola, led an expedition among the Hopi; failing to find any treasure, he withdrew. In 1598 the Spanish occupied the Pueblo country, and by 1630 Spanish missions were established in almost every village. A mass Pueblo revolt in 1680 drove the Spanish from the territory. No other Indian group succeeded in doing this, and the Pueblo were not reconquered until 1692. Few of the missions were reestablished, and most of the villages continued their ancient religion. The number of villages during this time was reduced from about 80 to about 30. The Pueblo remained under Spanish, and then Mexican, domination until the close of the Mexican War in 1848, when they came under U.S. jurisdiction. Throughout this time, they preserved their traditional culture to an unusually high degree, often adopting superficial religious or governmental changes but maintaining the old ways in secrecy. The western villages, in particular, resisted Spanish influence; in the eastern villages, some Spanish elements were assimilated into the underlying Indian ways.
Present-Day Life
The communal building of a present-day pueblo is a solid structure of adobe bricks or stone set in clay and mortar. The rooms are square, with thick flat roofs; they are built in terraced stories, and the roof of one level is reached by a movable ladder from the level below. Traditionally, access to the interiors is by ladders to trapdoors in the roofs, and the outer walls have neither windows nor doors (originally a precaution against attackers). Modern buildings, however, often have glass windows and hinged doors. Rooms are added to the original structure as needed, and a whole village often lives in a single complex building. Each village has at least two, and usually several, kivas.
Social organization is in clans and lineages. Descent is matrilineal, and women own the houses. Marriage is monogamous and must be to someone outside the clan or group of related clans; divorce can occur at will. Although nominally Christianized, all Pueblo maintainósome to a great extentótheir ancient beliefs. The principal ceremonies, arranged by the secret societies that use the kivas, are held between crop seasons and consist of prayers and thanksgivings for rain and good crops. Particularly among the western Pueblo, ancestral and other benevolent spirits called kachinas are revered as bringers of rain and social good. Their spirits are believed to possess the masked dancers who impersonate them in rituals, and dolls depicting them are given to children. Some of the eastern Pueblos divide their villages into Summer and Winter People, who alternate responsibility for rituals. See: Snake Dance.
The Pueblo economy is based on agriculture, supplemented by raising livestock and, often, by the sale of handicrafts. Each village cultivates fields in common. The crops include corn, beans, cotton, melon, squash, and chili peppers. Men generally work the fields, weave, build houses, and conduct ceremonies; women prepare food, care for children, make baskets and pottery, and transport water. They often help with gardening (as they did in ancient times when hunting was important) and in building the houses.
Each community has an individual style and technique of basketry. Pueblo pottery is characterized by a beauty of decoration and shape that is unmatched among modern North American Indians; the work of Pueblo potters such as Maria Martinez (1887-1980) is prized by Indian art collectors. Pueblo men continue to be skilled weavers, producing cotton and woolen clothing and fine woolen blankets.
In the 20th century, low incomes, poor health care, poor schooling, and in some pueblos, unemployment, together with a clash of values with the dominant white culture, have led to significant anger and social distress. Most Pueblo who have left their villages return from time to time to regain contact with the social and religious values of their tradition.
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Current TV's Bryan Safi puts the theory that straight guys have and easy
time picking up women in gay bars to the test when he takes his friend Ben Hoffman
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Rally for trans girl barred from running for homecoming queen
Hundreds of students at North Dallas High School chanting "Whose queen? Our queen!" and carrying "Team Andy" signs surround Queer LiberAction member Elizabeth Pax, holding megaphone, and transgender student Andy Moreno, standing behind Pax, during a rally in support of Moreno, who was denied the opportunity to run for homecoming queen even though students had nominated her. NDHS Principal Dinah Escanilla said Moreno couldn't be homecoming queen because she is "a boy" and refused to allow votes for Moreno to be counted.
Dallas-Area School Denies Admission to Girl with Lesbian Parents
St. Vincent's, an Anglican elementary school in Bedford, Texas, in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, has denied admission to a girl because her parents are lesbians, NBCDFW reports:
"Jill and Tracy Harrison, lesbians married in 2006 in Canada, applied to enroll their daughter into St. Vincent's School, in June.
On the application, they crossed out the word father on the application and wrote mother and put Tracy's name on that line. Jill was written on the mother line.
They attended the school's parent night on Tuesday, and now, just a few days before school starts Monday, the school is denying their daughter Olivia enrollment into the school because her parents are lesbians, the women said…Though the school's handbook and website say that the school is non-discriminatory as to race, color, religion and national or ethnic origin, it doesn't stipulate that they won't discriminate based on the sexual orientation of a child's parents."
NBCDFW notes in its story:
"Our story originally referred to the school as St. Vincent's Episcopal School. Even though the sign at the church says Episopal, they said they have parted with that church and are now Anglican."
The major schism in the Anglican/Episcopal church over the past five years has regarded its positions on gays and gay clergy.
In fact, North American church leaders met at St. Vincent's in 2009 "to launch the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA), described as an 'alternative' to the U.S. Episcopal Church within the Anglican Communion."
Said Jill Harrison: "I am horribly disappointed. In fact, we are in the 21st century and we are still dealing with this issue. We should just move on. Denying my daughter education based on who I end up sleeping with at the end of the day makes me furious."
NY: 17-month-old baby killed by man 'trying to make him act like a boy instead of a girl'
This kind of BS makes me sick. This is the lowest form of scum. If you haven't reconciled your own masculinity issues, don't work them out on a f*cking baby.
This violence occurred on the Shinnecock Indian Reservation (my people, btw; those involved in this incident are not Shinnecock) on Long Island, NY. (WPIX):
The suspect has been identified as Pedro Jones, 20, of South Hampton. He has been charged with first-degree manslaughter after allegedly hitting the boy "several times throughout his body with close fists" and grabbed him by the neck, according to the felony complaint filed by police.
Authorities say Jones also told them, "I was trying to make him act like a boy instead of a little girl. I never struck that kid that hard before."
"He infiltrated my family through our trust, through the heart of my daughter and then stole the life of her child," said the baby's grandfather Daniel Collins. "I hope the justice system turns around and steals his."
In the WCAX coverage of this murder, look at this:
As Jones was led away from the state police barracks, he told reporters that he loved the little boy.
Apparently for some people it's never too early to "man up." Our culture of rigid gender roles, as we see here, goes beyond the toxic to the tragic.
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