text:
Hariri Pontarini Architects' work is noteworthy and significant in the rigour, balance, and utter refinement of form, materials and detail control and in the utmost precision in execution, evidenced in all their projects. The jury particularly appreciated the range of work—from high-rise housing to public buildings—all demonstrating responsiveness to site, program and tectonics.
——The jury for the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada's 2013 Architectural Firm Award
Hariri Pontarini Architects has established its reputation as sculptors working in architecture, an honour that places them among the most esteemed architects at work in Canada.
—Lisa Rochon, Architecture Critic, The Globe and Mail
Though they avoid the loud and splashy, their insistence on excellence shines through every project, whether it's a women's shelter, a high-rise condo, a school or a religious temple.
—Christopher Hume, Architecture Critic, Toronto Star
The [Toronto office of McKinsey and Company] is more than just beautiful—it really works. I am pleased to say that the project was delivered on-time and on-budget despite numerous external obstacles that came our way.
—Merhdad Baghai, Former Partner, McKinsey & Company
Our mandate was "world-class" building, and it is a widely-held view that this is what we received. The Governor General's Award confirmed the level of excellence we demanded. Siamak Hariri is an outstanding designer, with an ability to synthesize complex programmatic elements into forceful design concepts. He delivered what was promised and what we expected.
—James McKellar, Associate Dean, York University
During the design phase, HPA studied our need extensively, and produced a complete analysis of our program requirements. This work has been translated into a building which we find both sensitive and functional for our organization. In addition, the restorations to the historical buildings were executed with an understanding of our organizational requirements as well as a need to preserve our history and the beauty of the buildings. In many ways the outcome exceeded our expectations.
—Christinne Watt, Manager of Robertson House


text:
On Sunday, April 15th, 2012 VAR Magazine will launch its '¼ürst printed edition of their publication at Wooster Street Social Club, home of TLCs NY Ink. VAR is a new art-┬Łculture and fashion magazine through which art, photography, fashion, and lifestyle can be applied with class. VAR provides the featured writers, photographers, models, and artists a space within its pages to convey their beauty, originality, expression, and artistic skill.
Posted on April 11, 2012 by lenny .
Posted on August 26, 2009 by lenny .
Via: dcsocialite.com
Tattoo Bar on K street has become a great addition to Washington D.C.. Tattoo brings an upscale rock scene that D.C. has not experienced before.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Terms of Use | Privacy Policy
Blog | About | Contact | Submit Mod | Join Mod DB | Site Map | Media Kit | RSS
© 2002 - 2014 DBolical Pty Ltd. All Rights Reserved. 4097 modders.
The Fall of Mister Wily was created by a team of 4 in 72 hours for the 25th Ludum Dare game jam. The theme was "You're the Villain". It is short experience with fun gameplay, compelling music, and a humorous, relatable storyline. I was rated top 10 in 6/8 categories and was ranked 3rd place overall in the Jam.
No user reviews have been posted matching the criteria provided. Check back later, perhaps someone will share their thoughts.
Speak your mind and have a rant. It will feel right!


text:
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Stephen Moore said...
I was at Blizzcon 2008. Q&A panels are the ultimate whine fests for people who think they're in their class forums with a guarantee of a Blue response. One guy took 3 minutes to ask a question, first listing his PVP stats etc. Not at all ashamed to admit I heckled him.
Totally agree. It does seem to be a near total whine-fest. If it's going to be like that maybe they need 2-3 questions per class so everyone can get their whines in. Really not a lot things revealed at all. They are not making any changes from what we see now other than tuning things up or down, but that's pretty obvious to start with (we had a similar sandbox period going into BC and into Wrath).


text:
Fryers Delight
This listing is about Fryers Delight in Edinburgh, Midlothian.
[ report an error ] Business details
Fryers Delight
- 19 Gracemount Drive
- Edinburgh
- Midlothian
- Tel: 0131 666 2111
[ report an error ] About the company
Offering traditional fish and chips Fryers Delight is located at 19 Gracemount Drive in Edinburgh. Pay them a visit or call them on 0131 666 2111.
Additional links
Please note Bizwiki is neither affiliated with the authors of external sites nor responsible for their content.
There are currently no links for Fryers Delight.


text: Fraser, Iowa is located in Boone County. Fraser has a population of 102 and has shown 0.0% growth since 2000. Of the 42 households in Fraser, 68.1% are owned, 21.3% are rented and 11% are not currently occupied. The median age of homes in Fraser is 50 years and 50.0% of the homes have been occupied by the same residents for more than 5 years. Learn more about Fraser, Iowa real estate at coldwellbanker.com.


text:
— I missed Uncle Bev's funeral, and I know how they feel about me —CHARLIEWho, how who feels about you? Feels what about you?LITTLE CHARLESAll of them. I know what they say.CHARLIEThey don't say things about you —LITTLE CHARLESI see how they are. I don't blame them. I'm sorry I let you down, Dad.CHARLIEYou haven't let me down. You never let me down. Now listen here… you're wrong about these people, they love you. Some of them haven't gotten a chance to see what I see: a fine man, very loving, with a lot to offer. Now take this…(gives Little Charles a handkerchief)Give me my comb. Stand up straight. Look folks in the eye. And stop being so hard on yourself.LITTLE CHARLESI love you, Dad.CHARLIELove you too, son.August: Osage County (Tracy Letts)
Oh God this movie.


text:
Please Note: When MolSlides are exported
to Jmol by this version of Protein Explorer,
the molecular views are not yet always faithful to
the originals in Protein Explorer, and some molecular view spaces
will be blank.
We expect that future releases
of Protein Explorer and of Jmol will eventually provide faithful
renderings in MolSlides exported to Jmol.
If the renderings in Jmol are not satisfactory,
please export your MolSlides to Chime.
A 1024 x 768 pixel window in a browser with current java is required for correct display of the MolSlides below. Viewing Help, Downloading, & Troubleshooting.. (at bottom).
Spacebar/Enter for next slide, Backspace for previous. More keystrokes.. (at bottom)
1 Next Bottom 2 3 4 5 6 View Dnabz in ProteinExplorer.Org Made with MolSlides.Org
In October, 2005, the first empirical structure for a B-form to Z-form
transition in a DNA double helix was reported by Ha, Lowenhaupt, Rich,
Kim & Kim.
The surprise was that only a single base pair is broken, with these two bases extruded.
Rotate by dragging on the molecule. Zoom by holding down the Shift key and dragging up or down on the molecule.
Made with MolSlides.Org
DNA B-Form to Z-Form Transition
Two bases are extruded at the transition.
The transition structure comes from a crystal structure (2ACJ) stabilized with a Z-form-binding protein. The B- and Z- forms have been extended in the model shown here, kindly provided by Kyeong Kyu Kim (Nature 437:1183, 2005)
Made with MolSlides.Org
DNA B-Form to Z-Form Transition
Two bases are extruded at the transition.
This is the crystallographic result, showing three protein domains bound to the less stable Z-Form, stabilizing it.
Made with MolSlides.Org
DNA B-Form to Z-Form Transition
Backbone view, with extruded bases at the transition.
Made with MolSlides.Org
DNA B-Form/B-Form to Z-Form/Z-Form Transition
Strands distinguished, also the two extruded bases at the transition.
Made with MolSlides.Org
Invitation to Download, Import, Adapt
You are welcome to download this set of MolSlides for a class website, or any use in accord with the copyright statement. Instructions for downloading are below.
You are also welcome to import this set of MolSlides into Protein Explorer (ProteinExplorer.Org) and incorporate selected slides, or modifications thereof, into new sets, provided the original author is credited with the copyright statement intact.
If you are not viewing this set of MolSlides from ProteinExplorer.Org or MolSlides.Org, visit MolSlides.Org to see if it has been updated. This copy was last updated June 17, 2006.
Made with MolSlides.Org


text:
Under Construction! Website Coming Soon...
Microcal, Inc. is a distributor of new and used telecommunications hardware,
supporting carriers, service providers, end users and resellers around the world.
We stock new, used, and refurbished telecommunications,
computer and networking equipment.
(323)722-9341 • Fax: (323)722-5171
6025 Scott Way • Commerce, CA 90040
© 2011 Microcal Incorporated


text:
Cubs Win!! (Game Recap)
Since I work evenings, I don't typically get to watch the Cubs games live but today was an exception and what a game it was.
Some observations from the game:
Pitchers: Ted Lilly settled down and got some help from his defense today. He has probably been the worst of the Cubs' starters this year but today, he was fine, only allowed 3 runs in the second to the bottom of the lineup of the Pirate juggernaut. He threw strikes, didn't give up a HR and stayed in for 7 strong. He even gutten thru a tough 7th inning where the Pirates loaded up the bases but failed to score.
Carlos Marmol may be the most unhittable pitcher in all of baseball. Having said that, did anyone notice that he had a .424 BABIP coming into today's game? Incredible. Marmol's control has been very good this year and today he made the awesome Pirate offense look like members of well, the Pirates.
Sean Marshall was excellent shutting the door in the 8th inning but here's the question, where was Zambrano? Wasn't this exactly the type of role in which he was supposed to used? I am so confused as to what Lou is doing with him.
Hitters: Alfonso Soriano is making me think that having him around for four more years might not be the worst thing in the world. OK, maybe not, but he's really hitting the ball well now and went 2 for 3 with a double and a walk. He stole second in the 7th and took third on a wild pitch with 2 outs (thank God he didn't get thrown out, the Soriano haters would have been out in force!). He skated around pretty bad in left field especially in that 3 run second but ultimately, it didn't lead to the Cubs giving up more runs. The more I watch him, the more he looks like Lonnie Smith to me out there.
Kosuke Fukudome made two great defensive plays in the 7th inning. The first one was on a throw that kept Stephen Pearce from taking third on a flyball to right. Len and Bob figured he'd take the base easily. I was following the game on CBS and they had Pearce on third but Fukudome probably would have thrown him out if he had tried. That play was fortuitous because the next batter was the pitcher and he pulled his bat back and lined a long liner to Fukudome that Kosuke had to take a weird angle to before catching it over his right shoulder. It was awesome and saved the Cubs as much as anything else that came after.
D-Lee and Aram look like they may be getting their swings back. Both hitters hit several hard balls today that were caught. Starlin Castro is a contact making machine. Watching him closely today, he has Theriot' approach combined with a better contact rate and more power potential. He is going to be good. I would not be shocked to see him put together .350/.400/.530 seasons in his prime.
It's good to see Nady come thru with the hit that won the game but there isn't much to say other than that. A decent hitter should have gotten that hit so it's no surprise that Nady lined the third or fourth mistake in the at bat to right field. I'd love to see Nady hit a little better because it's almost time for either Fuku or Byrd to move into a cold run and the Cubs can't really rely on Tyler Colvin all the time.
All in all. A good win and it's nice to see the Cubs pull out one of these close ones from time to time.


text:
Photo with 98 notes
© Keith McGrath 2014
Video with 27 notes
For all who missed it this last post this our documentary called "It Is what It Is". Since it is New Years an today/tonight alot of you all will be with family and friends,in the spirit of DIY feel free to have your own DIY screening of it with them!!!!!!!!!
Photo with 65 notes
Video with 1 note
Just made this video today of sewing. Gonna try an do more how-to vids in the future.
Photo with 16 notes
how to make a love song
1. sweet talk the guitar
2. take it out on the town and play sweet melodies with it
3. play at dinners with it
4. go home an play it during a romantic movie
5. take it to bed an record the lovely sounds
as you can see we have some buns in the oven ;) new stuff coming soon.
Video with 5 notes
How to make the face on a jacket.
Here's the image file http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/222194_10150187494735102_101976705101_6547369_6866905_n.jpg (save and print)
Photo with 2 notes
Photo with 6 notes
Photo with 1 note
Photo with 2 notes
Photo with 3 notes
Photo with 1 note
Page 1 of 2


text:
James Mackin - 2nd - 13/Aug/13 with Adi Hooper
Adi Hooper - Lead - 13/Aug/13 with James Mackin
Hidden - Lead - 06/Sep/12
2 pitches. The main pitch mossy crack lived up to its name, top pitch was cleaner, easier and better than expected. (VS+ 4c)lithos - Lead - 15/Oct/11 with Pete Bradshaw
J1PEF - 11/Jul/11
Adam1973 - Lead O/S - 12/Jun/10 with Ann S
Ann S - 2nd - 12/Jun/10 with Adam


text:
Kuroshitsuji OST 1 ~ 02. Si deus me relinquit ♥ (by BaraHimeMichaelis)
This song gives my duck bumps…I love it. The Title in English is: If God Has Forsaken Me.
Lyrics in English:
If God has forsaken me,
Then I shall forsake God, too.
Only the oppressed may possess a black key,
I close all doors
Thus I seal away all prayers.
who protects me?
From the most frightful: myself


text:
Book your room at Holiday Inn and Suites Overland Park West
Standard, Non-SmokingMax Occupancy: 2 guests (up to 1 child)
One King and One Sofa Bed, Non-SmokingMax Occupancy: 4 guests (up to 3 children)
Two Double Beds, Non-SmokingMax Occupancy: 4 guests (up to 3 children)
Suite, One King Bed, Non-SmokingMax Occupancy: 5 guests (up to 4 children)
Suite, Two Double Beds, Non-SmokingMax Occupancy: 5 guests (up to 4 children)
Lenexa hotel with an outdoor pool
Situated in Lenexa, this hotel is close to Oak Park Mall, Legler Barn Museum Complex, and Corporate Woods. Local attractions also include Johnson County Community College and Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art.
Hotel Features
In addition to a restaurant, Holiday Inn and Suites Overland Park West features an outdoor pool. Other amenities include a bar/lounge and complimentary wireless Internet access.
Room Amenities
LCD televisions come with premium cable channels. Guestrooms also feature complimentary wireless Internet access, sofa beds, and air conditioning.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!
Holiday Inn and Suites Overland Park West
At your hotel
In addition to an outdoor pool, Holiday Inn and Suites Overland Park West provides a spa tub, a sauna, and a 24-hour fitness center. The hotel offers a restaurant. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. High-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary.
Business-related amenities at this 3-star property consist of a 24-hour business center and meeting rooms. Event facilities measuring 10420 square feet (938 square meters) include conference space. This business-friendly hotel also offers multilingual staff, a fireplace in the lobby, and laundry facilities. A complimentary area shuttle within 3 mi is available for guests. Onsite self parking is complimentary.
Holiday Inn and Suites Overland Park West is a smoke-free property.
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Conference space size (feet) - 10420
- Conference space size (meters) - 938
- 24-hour front desk
- Total number of rooms - 191
- ATM/banking
- Number of floors - 7
- Bar/lounge
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Conference space
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- Express check-in
- Express check-out
- Fireplace in lobby
- 24-hour fitness facilities
- Free Wi-Fi
- Laundry facilities
- Meeting rooms
- Multilingual staff
- Restaurant
- Room service (limited hours)
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Number of meeting rooms - 6
- Free self parking
- Area shuttle (complimentary)
- 24-hour business center
- Sauna
- Smoke-free property
- Spa tub
- Outdoor pool
- Television in lobby
- Use of nearby fitness center (complimentary)
- Wedding services
Stay connected
Available in all rooms: Free Wi-Fi
Available in some public areas: Free Wi-Fi
Park your car
Free self parking
In your room
- Premium TV channels
- Premium bedding
- Air conditioning
- Climate control
- Phone
- Free local calls
- Coffee/tea maker
- Microwave (on request)
- Refrigerator (on request)
- Daily housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Complimentary toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Shower/tub combination
- Cable TV service
- Iron/ironing board
- Desk
- Sofa bed
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Free Wi-Fi
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
- Pillow menu
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
Eat and drink
Breakfast is available for a surcharge each morning.
Green Mill - This restaurant serves breakfast and dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.
An outdoor pool and a spa tub are on site. Other recreational amenities include a sauna and a 24-hour fitness center.
To make requests for specific accessibility needs, complete the "Special or Accessibility Requests" section of "Trip Preferences" when you book your hotel.
- Accessible path of travel
- Accessible bathroom
- Roll-in shower
- Accessible parking
- In-room accessibility
- Accessibility equipment for the deaf
- Braille or raised signage
The fine print for Holiday Inn and Suites Overland Park West
When you arrive
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
When you leave
Check-out time is noon
How you can pay
Accepted at this hotel: American Express, Carte Blanche, Diners Club, Discover, JCB International, MasterCard, Visa
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
We should mention
The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.


text:
Kinnelon Council to Meet
The Kinnelon Council will come together twice this week, first on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. for a work session meeting and then again on Feb. 21 at 8 p.m. for a regular council meeting, according to the borough website.
In previous meetings, the council has discussed an ongoing effort with the Kinnelon school district to improve security at the borough schools. As a result of those meetings, the district announced last week that Kinnelon police would be increasing their presence in the schools. A committee made of educational and government leaders wll continue to discuss safety at the schools.
At a Kinnelon Board of Education meeting earlier this month, Superintendent Diane DiGiuseppe also said the district is working on its Full Value curriculum program, with the intention of cultivating a school atmosphere that promotes positive values and safety and not violence. As part of that, parents will receive access and information through the newly updated school website.
Bloomingdale Planning Board Could Discuss Riverwalk
The Bloomingdale Planning Board will be meeting this week and could continue conversation on the feasibility of having a riverwalk following the Pequannock River on Hamburg Turnpike. The borough council and planning board already hosted a meeting on Thursday to gather input on the feasibility study.


text:
Live Blog: Rutgers Regional NWCA National Duals
Feb. 11, 2012
Welcome to the 2012 NWCA National Duals Rutgers Regional! Today marks a special day in college wrestling with this new format for the National Duals. This year there are four regional sites (Rutgers, Cornell, Iowa State and Oklahoma State) that have six teams competing. The winner from each regional will earn a spot in the first ever NWCA National Duals Final Four next Sunday Feb. 18. A location of the final four will be announced sometime tomorrow.
Today you can follow the Gophers at the Rutgers Regional. Minnesota will face either Rutgers or Ken State this afternoon at 3 p.m. CST. You can also access links that will have live video feeds. RVison will broadcast any Rutgers dual and the championship dual as well.
Below you can also follow along with the Minnesota dual starting at 3:30 p.m. EST. Feel free to ask questions during the live blog. Teams wrestling today with Minnesota are: Cal Poly, Kent State, Michigan, Missouri and Rutgers.
More Headlines
5/12/2014Gophers Add Nine for 2014-15
3/22/2014Nelson and Ness Advance to Finals
3/21/2014Four Gophers Advance to Semifinals
3/20/20148 Alive for Titles After Session I
03/20/2014Gophers Second After Day 1
03/18/2014Gophers at the 2014 NCAA Championships
03/09/2014Nelson Wins Title, Gophers Finish Third
03/08/2014Gophers End Day 1 in Third
03/08/2014Gophers First After Session I


text:
Share your comments
The dreams our stuff is made of : how science fiction conquered the world
Disch, Thomas M.
Adult Nonfiction PN3433.5.D57 1998
Disch, Thomas M.
Adult Nonfiction PN3433.5.D57 1998
Summary: This text traces Sci-Fi's phenomenal growth from the supernatural tales of Edgar Allan Poe to the utopian dreams and technological nightmares of H.G. Wells and Jules Verne, to the end of the 20th century when it has become a multi-billion dollar global entertainment industry.
Be the first to add a comment! Share your thoughts about this title. Would you recommend it? Why or why not?
Question about returns, requests or other account details?
Add a Comment
|Submission Guidelines


text:
Perhaps out of a forced sense of optimism, President Obama has predicted that if he wins re-election, Republicans in Congress will be more willing to work with him than they proved to be in his first term, when defeating him became their primary goal.
As he told the Associated Press:
"What I'm offering the American people is a balanced approach that the majority agrees with, including a lot of Republicans. And for me to be able to say to the Republicans, the election is over; you no longer need to be focused on trying to beat me; what you need to be focused on and what you should have been focused on from the start is how do we advance the American economy — I'm prepared to make a whole range of compromises, some of which I get criticized from the Democratic Party on, in order to make progress. But we're going to need compromise on your side as well. And the days of viewing compromise as a dirty word need to be over because the American people are tired of it.
That's, I think, a message that will resonate not with every Republican, but I think with a lot of fair-minded Republican legislators who probably feel somewhat discouraged about having served in one of the least productive Congresses in American history."
Nancy Pelosi, who happens to have a ground-level view of the situation, disagrees, insisting that her Republican colleagues will be just as obstinate as ever.
"I see this president sit for hours being very respectable, but trying to find a path where there could be agreement when there is [none]," Pelosi said. "'Never. Does never work for you?' That's really what they're saying to the president."
Conservative pundit Ramesh Ponnuru, writing in Bloomsberg, agrees with Pelosi:
"If the president believes anything like this would happen in his second term, he is kidding himself. If Obama wins re-election, the Republican Party will react by moving right, not left. It will become less likely to compromise with Obama, not more….
Republicans, especially at the grassroots level, would react to Obama's re-election by assuming that Romney failed because he was too moderate. That's a very widespread view among Republicans about why Senator John McCain lost in 2008. During the primaries, many of Romney's opponents argued that he would lose because he would fail to energize conservatives. This interpretation of 2008 is probably wrong, and it will probably be the wrong explanation for a Romney defeat, if it happens. It will nonetheless be an appealing theory for conservatives."
Pelosi and Ponnuru are probably correct. Absent a major and unexpected swing in voter sentiment, I'm doubtful that most Republicans will be any more willing to compromise and act reasonably than they have been for the past four years. A cult that defines itself by its own intransigence will not surrender that identity easily.
Sure, a few of their more responsible members — perhaps including House Speaker John Boehner and senators such as Saxby Chambliss and Johnny Isakson of Georgia — may be willing to cut a deal with the president on spending and revenue, but the success of the ongoing Great RINO Purge probably ensures that they will be too few in number and influence to make a difference.
In other words, this game of political chicken is likely to continue for as long as a largely apathetic and ill-informed American public is willing to tolerate it. I don't see that changing soon.
– Jay Bookman
September 5th, 2012
9:03 pm
I'll let you handle it. If I did then I might have to read my drivel!!
September 5th, 2012
9:03 pm
"Meat, calculate the Jewish vote for Republicans in the past seven presidential elections!"
Past 8 is about 25%.
September 5th, 2012
9:03 pm
Fred ™
September 5th, 2012
8:33 pm
"Well I'm stupid and naive"
September 5th, 2012
9:04 pm
September 5th, 2012
9:02 pm
"For the record, dB was posting the word "asshat" before you arrived here."
They learned that word on the Neal Boortz "Hate Talk" radio show. Drones.
Nope Neal learned it from me as well.
September 5th, 2012
9:05 pm
September 5th, 2012
9:03 pm
I'll let you handle it. If I did then I might have to read my drivel!!
I'd love to but I'm not gay. I mean I could pretend but it wouldn't be the same would it?
September 5th, 2012
9:06 pm
fresh sheets, guys and gals…
September 5th, 2012
9:06 pm
That is Komrade commie pinko liar, to you.
September 5th, 2012
9:06 pm
September 5th, 2012
9:07 pm
LOL Kam
Thanks Midori. Jay slipping us a Mickey is he?
September 5th, 2012
9:08 pm
Obama is making a bad situation permanent by increasing the amount of debt owed by the average tax payer about a hundred thousand dollars a year with a wasted failed stimulus, a misbegotten bail out of GM ( really a giant gift to the union and the shaft to the bondholders) a radical increase in regulation, the looming specter of Obamacare as a massive drag on jobs and investment, more class warfare rhetoric ( you didn't build that!). The list goes on and on.
September 5th, 2012
9:08 pm
TBS: Nothing untowards here but I've obviously missed something. That's the SECOND time tonight someone has played that song. Why? I mean I love the song, but when TWO people link it there is a connection and I missed it. Sometimes I'm just slow………..
September 5th, 2012
9:09 pm
September 5th, 2012
9:08 pm
Obama is making a bad situation permanent by increasing the amount of debt owed by the average tax payer about a hundred thousand dollars a year with a wasted failed stimulus, a misbegotten bail out of GM ( really a giant gift to the union and the shaft to the bondholders) a radical increase in regulation, the looming specter of Obamacare as a massive drag on jobs and investment, more class warfare rhetoric ( you didn't build that!). The list goes on and on.
Oh yes it does. There is no end to your talk radio BS list.
Have you ever, just once, tried thinking for yourself?
September 5th, 2012
9:10 pm
"I have never even heard of any bigots, racists, misogynists or xenophobes in the GOP! ESPECIALLY in the Deep South! Much less seen direct proof of them!
Have any of you???"
Vet, I've been to almost every state in the US and I would say the South and Southeast United states are the least of what you have leveled.
We have worked, fought and played together for generations which some of you "yankees" can't quite understand.
September 5th, 2012
9:13 pm
After hours and hours of looking Sandra Fluke and Bill Clinton have been found at the convention center. It is reported that they looked a little frazzled and wrinkled but Sandra was in fine spirits while smoking a big fat cigar.
September 5th, 2012
9:15 pm
Who brought up Sons of Confederate Veterans?
Come out, come out, wherever you are! Then you can go over to Kyle's and pretend you've been martyred…
OKAY fresh sheets so I'll check it out and call it a night…
September 5th, 2012
9:15 pm
"Obama is making a bad situation permanent by increasing the amount of debt owed by the average tax payer "
And he did it ALL by himself! Now that is POWER. And Congress be damned…right?
September 5th, 2012
9:18 pm
Soothsayer 8:57 plenty of things you don't know about me
I have a 50 foot hinckley of course cause im a 1%er. Kidding
I don't have a boat
I have access toa bunch of small racing boats through a club
I've raced lasers, cats, j-boats
I love sailing. Peaceful. And environmentally friendly.
September 5th, 2012
9:20 pm
"I have never even heard of any bigots, racists, misogynists or xenophobes in the GOP! ESPECIALLY in the Deep South! Much less seen direct proof of them! Have any of you???"
Glad you asked. Here's the "proof":
1) Chris Matthews Says "Chicago" Is Super-Secret GOP Racist Codeword
2) Actor Morgan Freeman calls tea party racist for its anger at President Barack Obama
3) John Rich Calls Clay Aiken's GOP Tweet "Racist"
4) Wikipedia entry calls Mia Love 'dirty, worthless whore' and 'House N****r'
5) MSNBC Panel Agrees: Republican's Employ Racist Code To Mobilize 'White Redemption 2.0′
6) Daily Beast's Tomasky Calls 2012 RNC Convention Racist
7) Kansas City Star editorial columnist Lewis Diuguid wrote that by the GOP branding Obama a socialist claimed using the word was "an old code word for black."
NYTimes: "McCain ad that likened Obama's celebrity status to lightweight celebrities like Paris Hilton and Britney Spears, Obama suggested three times on Wednesday that the McCain campaign was trying to scare voters with racial appeals."
9) Democratic congressman from Georgia John Lewis drew a rhetorical line connecting McCain to the white segregationist Alabama governor George Wallace and, through Wallace, to the 1963 church bombing in Birmingham that killed four girls.
10) The Associated Press claimed, "Even mentioning the association with Ayers, as Sarah Palin did in a speech earlier in the week, signifies a hidden 'racial tinge'."
And so on AD INFINITUM. Unfortunately, I don't have a "decoder ring" so I am unable to discern all of this hidden racism on the part of the GOP.
What ever happened to someone falsely claiming another did something wrong (like a woman falsely accusing a man of rape) and then paying the consequences?
September 5th, 2012
9:24 pm
September 5th, 2012
9:15 pm
Who brought up Sons of Confederate Veterans?
Come out, come out, wherever you are! Then you can go over to Kyle's and pretend you've been martyred…
OKAY fresh sheets so I'll check it out and call it a night…
LOL josef: If I were gay I'd be the biggest queen ever, you should know that. I don't do things half way nor am I shy about being me.
September 5th, 2012
9:25 pm
Dems. want bigger government ………… Repubs. want limited government.
Dems. want to spread the wealth ………..Repubs. want to create wealth.
Dems. want socialism/statism …………… Repubs. want Constitutionalism.
Dems. have to put God back in …………………. Repubs. never took Him out.
Our country has a bad wound:
Dems. want to put on a bandaid ………… Repubs. want stitches.
September 5th, 2012
9:25 pm
If the Dems had done to a Rethug President what the Rethugs did to Obama, they would be called unpatriotic and Anti-American everyday from right-wing talk radio and other various ugly konservative circles.
Today's Rethugs in the Congress are turds !
September 5th, 2012
9:35 pm
New word:
Fasoring: falsely accusing someone of racism.
September 5th, 2012
9:38 pm
2 Bill Clinton facts at the convention…….He will leave with lots of phone #s, and he won't be wearing any pants behind the podium during his speech.
September 5th, 2012
9:41 pm
Anyone denying racism within the GOP must be living on another planet.
By their fruits, ye shall know them:
September 5th, 2012
9:47 pm
Drudgey !
"Bob Woodward book leaks… Developing…
Debt Deal Collapse Led to 'Pure Fury' From Obama…
Explosive mix of dysfunction, miscommunication, and misunderstandings…
Pelosi 'reached over and pressed mute button on her phone' as Obama talked… MORE"
September 5th, 2012
9:48 pm
Dem. Convention campaign buttons:
"Once You Vote Black, You'll Never Go Back"
September 5th, 2012
9:54 pm
Rham Emmanuel, Obama's chief advisor at the time is quoted by Bob Woodward as saying "F… the republicans, we have the votes". Obama and is overwhelming majorities in both the house and senate must bear the responsiblliity for the disaster that was Obama's first two years in office. He chose other priorities while jobs stayed on the back burner. Over and Over again the white house promised to "do a hard pivot toward jobs" but they are fundementally clueless on how to create actual jobs.
That's what happens when college professors try to be president.
September 5th, 2012
9:57 pm
BTW, the head of the democrat party in Palm Beach was quoted tonight as saying that "Christians would like to slaughter jews". Can the dems get any nuttier or less responsible.
Bet Jay or Obama won't be saying much about civility in political discourse this week. Not with Nazi references running wild in the democrats.
It's just sad and pathetic.
September 5th, 2012
10:21 pm
How do you get anywhere with people that insist that the problems with the country are all as a result of labor unions, Barney Frank, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac?
September 5th, 2012
10:23 pm
"A cult that defines itself by its own intransigence will not surrender that identity easily."
And when Romney/Ryan win in November, the likely outcome, you'll see the Dem majority in the Senate hunker down and dig in for dear life.
The good news for America is that we'll have divided government going forward. Who can ever forget the damage inflicted on the country during the six Bush years when the R's controlled everything. Pray that never happens again.
September 6th, 2012
4:19 am
[...] Obama re-election not likely to ease GOP intransigence – Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog) [...]
September 6th, 2012
7:04 am
"A cult that defines itself by its own intransigence will not surrender that identity easily."
Gee, Jay, I just don't know why we don't "compromise".
September 6th, 2012
9:30 am
Paul, I never said that the Senate had to submit a budget. After all, the Constitution requires all revenue bills originate in the House. But a budget has to be passed by both the House and the Senate and the President has to sign it.
Only the House has done its part.
September 7th, 2012
9:12 am
I will surely vote for Obama this election. I always wanted Russia to dictate our policies via proxy.
September 10th, 2012
11:36 am
I don't understand why the media portrays either presidential candidate as someone who creates jobs. The president does not create jobs. He doesn't even write the bills that go through Congress. Shouldn't we be holding our "elected representatives" responsible for the recession? All spending starts in the House of Representatives. Shouldn't we be looking at Georgia's representatives in congress and replacing them for blowing up the budget? Make all congressional representatives State Employees with state pay and state benefits and start lowering the federal deficit – may only be by .001 percent, but it's a start and puts these goobers back in touch with their constituents. Why should they escape any pains from the recession they brought on us?It's an afront to all of us that no matter how poorly they perform, they still receive free health care and a salary of over $160,000.
September 11th, 2012
5:40 pm
Voting Is A Choice Between A Pink Dildo & A Purple Dildo


text:
Chinese-Style Barbecued Spareribs
Why this recipe works:
We set out to make tender ribs that were seasoned to the bone, kissed with smoke, and covered with a garlicky, gingery glaze that we'd be happy to lick off our fingers.
Before we even started making our recipe for Chinese-Style Barbecue Spareribs we had to remove the tough membrane on the… read more
We set out to make tender ribs that were seasoned to the bone, kissed with smoke, and covered with a garlicky, gingery glaze that we'd be happy to lick off our fingers.
Before we even started making our recipe for Chinese-Style Barbecue Spareribs we had to remove the tough membrane on the underside of our ribs. While leaving it on would not affect the cooking procees, it's unpleasant to eat and isn't difficult to remove.
Instead of cooking the ribs on the grill the entire time, we found that cooking them in the sauce in the oven and then finishing them on the grill allowed for deeply seasoned chinese-style ribs and eliminated the need to marinate them.
Once we thought we had the flavors for our recipe nailed down, we realized the smoke from wood chips was overpowering the Asian flavors on our ribs. So we substituted the wood chips with Earl Grey tea bags soaked in water, wrapped in foil, and placed on the hot coals for a mellow, smoky flavor that complemented the Asian seasonings.
We tested a number of glazes and found that red currant jelly created a potent, sticky glaze. It was important to reapply the glaze when flipping the ribs every 30 minutes on the grill to ensure beautifully shellacked ribs.less
Serves 6
Full-size spareribs are fatty, plus they're too large to fit on the grill. If you can't find St. Louis-cut spareribs (which have been trimmed of the brisket bone and surrounding meat), substitute baby back ribs and begin to check for doneness after 1 hour on the grill. Cover the edges of the ribs loosely with foil if they begin to burn while grilling.
- 2 racks pork spareribs (2 1/2 to 3 pounds each), preferably St. Louis-cut (see note)
- 8 black tea bags (see below)
- 1 1/2 cups ketchup
- 1 cup soy sauce
- 1 cup hoisin sauce
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup dry sherry
- 6 garlic cloves, minced
- 2 tablespoons grated fresh ginger
- 2 teaspoons toasted sesame oil
- 1 1/2 teaspoons cayenne pepper
- 1 cup red currant jelly
1. PREP RIBS AND TEA Following the photos below, remove membrane on underside of ribs. Cut rib racks in half. Cover tea bags with water in small bowl and soak for 5 minutes. Squeeze water from tea bags and tightly seal in foil packet. Cut vent holes in top of packet.
2. STEAM RIBS Adjust oven rack to middle position and heat oven to 300 degrees. Whisk 1 cup ketchup, soy sauce, hoisin, sugar, sherry, garlic, ginger, sesame oil, and cayenne in large bowl; reserve ½ cup for glaze. Arrange ribs, meaty side down, in large disposable roasting pan and pour remaining ketchup mixture over ribs. Cover pan tightly with foil and cook until fat has rendered and meat begins to pull away from bones, 2 to 2½ hours. Transfer ribs to large plate. Pour pan juices into fat separator. Let liquid settle and reserve 1 cup defatted pan juices.
3. MAKE GLAZE Simmer reserved pan juices over medium-high heat until reduced to ½ cup, about 5 minutes. Stir in jelly, reserved ketchup mixture, and remaining ketchup and simmer until reduced to 2 cups, 10 to 12 minutes. Reserve one-third of glaze for serving.
4. SMOKE RIBS Open bottom vent on grill. Light about 100 coals; when -covered with fine gray ash, carefully pile on 1 side of grill. Arrange foil packet directly on coals. Set cooking grate in place and heat, covered, with lid vent open halfway, until tea begins to smoke heavily, about 5 minutes. (For gas grill, place foil packet directly on primary burner. Heat all burners on high, covered, until tea begins to smoke heavily, about 5 minutes. Leave primary burner on high and shut other burner[s] off.) Scrape and oil cooking grate. Arrange ribs, meaty side down, on cool side of grill and cook, covered, until ribs are smoky and edges begin to char, about 30 minutes.
5. GLAZE RIBS Brush ribs with glaze, flip, rotate, and brush again. Cover and barbecue, brushing with glaze every 30 minutes, until ribs are fully tender and glaze is browned and sticky, 1 to 1½ hours. Transfer to cutting board, tent with foil, and let rest 10 minutes. Serve with reserved glaze.
MAKE AHEAD Ribs and glaze can be prepared through step 3 up to 2 days in advance. Once the ribs are cool, wrap tightly in foil and refrigerate. Transfer glaze to microwave-safe bowl, cover with plastic, and refrigerate. Before proceeding with step 4, allow ribs to stand at room temperature for 1 hour. Before proceeding with step 5, heat glaze in microwave on high power until warm, about 1 minute.
Removing the Membrane
Spareribs have a tough membrane on their underside that's unpleasant to eat. Fortunately, it's easy to remove. Here's how.


text:
operations research
Alternate titles: operational research
Primary Contributors
Chairman, Interact: The Institute for Interactive Management, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania. Anheuser-Busch Professor Emeritus of Management Science, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. Coauthor of Fundamentals of Operations Research.Contributions: operations research
Senior Research Fellow, Imperial College of Science and Technology, University of London; Professor of Management Science, 1963–89. Author of Elements of Production Planning and Control and many others.Contributions: operations research
Distinguished Service Professor of Business, State University of New York at Albany. Coauthor of Production Planning and Control and others.
Vice-Chairman and Chief Financial Officer, AT&T Company, New York City, 1986–91. Coeditor of Superconductors.Contributions: mass production, operations research, production system
Other Encyclopædia Britannica Contributors


text:
This had a really good flavor and paired well with the Caramel Pork from the same Month
Radish-Squash Slaw
fairydragonstar Posted: 02/26/11
smore154 Posted: 03/21/11
This was by far one of the most disgusting things I have ever made. It sounds SO good too, I was extremely disappointed. I made the Caramel Pork that this went along with, which was wonderful- but I actually ended up throwing all of the slaw I made out. I would not recommend this!
sweetkiwi Posted: 03/20/12
So good. Especially with the caramel pork. I went shopping and thought the side dish with the pork was yellow bell peppers, not squash, before I found this recipe and the sub was great. Kept everything else the same and I'd imagine it's just as good with the squash.
steponme Posted: 04/11/14Missouri City, TX
Delicious, goes well with the caramel pork and peas & rice.
Daily Specials


text:
Your web-browser is very outdated, and as such, this website may not display properly. Please consider upgrading to a modern, faster and more secure browser. Click here to do so.
Ann Nocenti made her mark in comics with her legendary run on Daredevil during the 80s. At that time she was one of the female writers in the superhero genre. After a break of a few years she is back in the genre at DC where she is about to launch Katana, a solo title for the former Outsider and Bird of Prey and soon to be Justice Leaguer.
I spoke with Nocenti about her upcoming run on the book as well as how the comics industry has changed when she first started in the business.
Where do find Katana in her first issue? What's her challenge? What's her greatest fear?
Katana was forged (just like her Soultaker sword) in the spirit of vengeance. Her challenge is to follow what she believes is her fate: to route out and destroy the rotten Sword Clans of their bad elements. Ancient Samurai, which began as protectors of nobility in pre-judicial times have devolved into hired hands, yakuza. So her mission is righteous, but Katana's biggest fear is that her acts of revenge are changing her into someone she herself doesn't like. In her first issue she has left the Birds of Prey to move to Japantown, San Francisco. She encountered the Dagger Clan in Japan in BOP, and it startled her into taking action on what she sees as her and her Soultaker's destiny. So far she's been seen as a tightly wrapped, serious, guarded person. She needed to launch herself somewhere new to be able to step out of that restrained personality. In Japantown, we introduce her new supporting cast, friends that will begin to pull out a lighter, more humorous side of Tatsu. She also fights COIL of the Sword Clan, one of the men that killed her husband and originally turned her into a creature of vengeance. Then in issues #2 and #3 the events and guest villains are so surprising, everything changes for her.
One of the things that always interested me about Katana is her story had been fairly gender independent. She's motivated by revenge and personal tragedy - in some ways she was like a female Punisher - I'm curious given that you've written Frank do you see any parallels between them?
I think the Punisher is far more hardcore than Katana. When I wrote him, he was a judge, jury, executioner. In the past Katana may have been a bit like that, in terms of defensive killing, but for the New 52, and from the influence of her working with the Birds of Prey and next with the JLA, I picture her as having learned quite a bit about the fallacy of being judge and executioner when personal motives are involved. The Punisher doesn't seem to question his right to kill, he is inflexible, a warrior, whereas Katana wants to CHANGE rotten elements into something better, if she can.
Katana kills people, seems to show little remorse but still falls on the side of hero. How much do you think superhero comics has moved beyond the stereotypes of what a female protagonist can be since you created Typhoid Mary because you were "sick of girls in comics"?
Katana will no longer be a remorseless killer. As she masters her martial arts, she learns that the best martial artists survive by being flexible. Aikido teaches that— deflect your enemies' power rather than confront and kill.
When I wrote Typhoid Mary, there were some strong female protagonists in comics, but I didn't like the gender garbage bins that female extras went into: wife, bimbo, good girl, slut, witch etc. But men were often disposable in the same way: lunkheads, etc. Now I see plenty of strong females in comics. But both men and women in comics still get used as "cannon fodder" (I am guilty of this myself) where a one-dimensional male or female is needed to play a stereotype and disposed of. But the female leads in their own books, the ones I've read, like Batgirl and Wonder Woman and Batwoman are very strong characters.
I was struck how a few years ago you referred to your run on Daredevil as "Too much Oliver Stone, not enough Kurosawa" given that you've mentioned Kurosawa as big inspiration for this series. What is about his work that inspires you? If you told readers of Katana to go watch one film of his to get a better feel for what you're doing in this book, what would it be?
By too much Oliver Stone I meant that I thought my comics were too preachy. At the same time, I still get letters from fans that tell me "your animal rights stories on Daredevil inspired me to be a vegetarian," stuff like that. Which is delightful. But I'm not even a vegetarian! I'm conscious to not eat farm-raised animals, but there is a difference between the character's agenda and the writer's agenda. There are fine examples of journalistic comics, but action comics need a better balance.
As for Akira Kurosawa, his early films are heartbreaking, films like Ikiku are so tender. Roshomon completely changed the way I thought about storytelling, Seven Samurai is a masterpiece, his crime films have amazing pacing… but I'm a longtime film geek, I had a film magazine Scenario for many years, make and teach films, so I could go on forever about great films. The other films I'm influenced by for Katana are the Zatoichi films— he's a soulful blind swordsman with a heart. He's a bit like Daredevil, in that his heightened senses overcome his blindness, and he was created in the 1960s, so there is a rich history there. Most of all, he is quietly FUNNY. That's the best part of Zatoichi. The humor.
Katana's has so far been portrayed as a loner even when working with the Birds. What kind of people do you see Katana associating with or socializing with?
She is absolutely a loner. It is part of her discipline and single-mindedness of her vision. But as I said earlier, for honor's sake, coming on missions for the JLA will force her to understand the importance of community. She will be flirting with the highest echelons of the Clan society— the Swords, and with the lowborn thugs, The Daggers, but also with the Madam that runs a brothel near where she lives, the woman that runs the Sake bar, the local drunk… the regular folk in her new hood.
A number of readers have mentioned your mini with Batman and Poison Ivy, Cast Shadows as one of their favorite stories by you. Katana is a former team mate of Ivy, any chance we'll see you writing her again soon?
I would absolutely adore to write Poison Ivy again, but she's very busy right now. ;)
Who does Katana respect the most in superhero world? Who does it "right" in her mind? What female hero does she look up too, if any?
That's a very good question, but as yet I have no answer. In real life, I imagine she'd think Rosa Parks from history, or Aung San Suu Kyi of Burma would be heroes to her. Women willing to risk imprisonment or even death for an ideal.
You're writing both Catwoman and Katana and both are in Justice League of American. Are you coordinating with Geoff Johns on the book?
The JLA thing is brand new, so not much coordinating yet, other than to slowly inch Catwoman and Katana towards a more heroic sensibility, so that it dovetails with them wanting to do something that is not selfish, but for the good of others. Katana, a woman on a personal revenge trip, and Catwoman, a master thief, have at times buried their "honor" very deeply, but it is there and is being inspired to come out.
Given how close you are to the two how would do you see them getting along?
They meet in Catwoman 19, but it is not a pleasant meeting. The JLA will handle their further encounters, but I imagine Catwoman will resent Katana at first, for their bad first meeting, and Katana would find Catwoman's love of jewels and fashion a bit silly. Catwoman is reckless and Katana very reserved. I very much look forward to how the JLA writer handles the two of them!
The art so far looks amazing. How is it working with Alex Sanchez?
Alex is great, he's very open to everything, he's got multiple styles to choose from, and he's been masterful at created that "ancient yet modern" layering that is the spirit of the book. He created an imagined Japantown, San Francisco, where the few blocks left have hidden alleyways that resonate back to pre-1940s when Japantown was thriving, and even further back to antiquity. He's designed the villains Coil and Sickle in a strikingly new way. I'm thrilled to be working with Alex.
Ann, you hadn't written comics full time for awhile before jumping on board for Green Arrow last year. What was the biggest change you found from when you left, if any?
I was rusty when I took over Green Arrow. And his 60 years of history were extremely inconsistent, so it was difficult to find my footing. I think Catwoman has a consistent history and spirit, so she is much easier to grasp.
There are many changes in comes then and now. Until last month, I still did all my own balloon placements, not knowing that wasn't done anymore. Back when I wrote comics we used "thought balloons" but they seem to be considered too old fashioned. (I still love them.) And of course, instead of waiting for the post office to deliver pages, they are shot to you instantly as electronic files. Pages aren't hand lettered anymore, which is sad, there was a great art to hand-lettering, but the coloring has made great leaps forward into being more like painting. I think I'll stop now, before I remind myself what a dinosaur I am. But the years away from comics I was in the film and magazine business, so similar changes took place in those fields too.
You've been on the creative side and been an editor as well. How to you balance that? Do you think it helps you or hinders you?
Being both a freelance writer and an editor has been great. As an editor, you understand the big picture: all the financial, marketing, and creative forces in play that lead editorial decisions. And practical things like making deadlines. The stress of an editor is enormous, the work load is crazy. I was editing all the X-Men and Mutant books plus all sorts of licensed characters and graphic novels and mini-series. Sometimes ten books a month! It is crazy fun and crazy stress. So I have sympathy for the pressures on editorial. On the other hand, the freelancer can often feel left out, paranoid, confused as to why things are changed. So I think it is great training to see both sides, so that you become more flexible and easy as a freelancer, and more open and honest as an editor.
You started writing superhero comics 30 years ago and were one of the few women writing them. Did you think 30 years later there were still be so few women in the genre and that it would still be a topic of discussion?
Back then there were 3 terrific females working as writer/editors/artists on staff at Marvel: Louise Simonson, Mary Jo Duffy, and one of my personal heroes, Marie Severin. I'm not surprised at the lack of females in comics, but that's an industry-wide problem— it's the same in film, publishing, politics etc. These are the big questions I have no answers for!
For people who may be on the fence about buying this, what would you say to get them to pick it up?
Katana will be an action-packed comic in the tradition of martial arts flicks, loaded with surprising twists and changes, so I do hope fans buy it and like it.
Thanks Ann! Katana #1 is on sale February 13.
Interesting Fact#1: She omits to mention Catwoman, a character SHE's writing, as one of the strong female characters in...
I'm so picking this up! :D


text:
Even though Oscars are over memories linger on as your swag slut digs through the canvas booty bags collected at various gifting suites around town. Due to brain camps I've gotten some of my swag suite hosts mixed up, but not the one where I picked up a groovy (only word for It even though a bit dated) Bam Bag. It was at the Eligible Magazine's very talented Kathy Duliakas sizzling hot celebrity gifting gathering bag Hollywood's Taglyan Complex.
I was drawn to the Bam Bag set up by all the amazing designs hung up on display. My eyes went straight for the cool black, Zippurse® Lily Bag is named after founder, Beth A. Metsch's grandmother. "Lily was smart, sophisticated and always carried a great little bag," she explained. The bag unzips entirely, believe it now, right down to one long zipper. I'm not quite sure why however, it just does, which makes it more distinctive. It was actually conceived when Beth's mother asked for a bag made out of zippers. Beth's prototype, a bag made of one high strength continuous zipper, completely entertained her mother and her friends. Mom was her first customer and retailers immediately followed suit.
The bag is just what I was looking for to take on the many cruises I do for my National Cruise Examiner column (and for other trips and uses). It's already packed for my March 20 voyage on the Silver Spirit. But before I put it in my luggage I wore it to a cocktail party and it went great with my little black dress.
The Lily bag sells for about $40 at Bam Bags.
You won't believe this but I still haven't gotten to the bottom of my swag bags. However I must admit that nothing tops the $60,000 booty bag given Ellen DeGeneres, who then turned around and gave it her a member of her daytime TV audience. What a gal. But then she probably doesn't need it as much as we ordinary folks do. Other celeb gift bags were worth $80,000.
Watch the video for some pretty strange swag bag items.


text:
Soft and Floral: 8 Sweet Desserts Made with Lavender
Not sure how you feel about flower-flavored desserts made with lavender? Let's see if these recipes help you make up your mind.
• Lavender Fleur de Sel Shortbread from Leite's Culinaria - Simple and sweet.
• Meyer Lemon Cake with Lavender Cream from Epicurious - We think combining the floral lavender with the sweet-tart flavor of meyer lemons is an excellent idea.
• Honey-Lavender Plum Gratin from Eating Well - Juicy ripe plums nestled in lavender-infused cream. Yum.
• Lavender Honey Tea Bread from Bon Appétit - Excellent for a fancy brunch.
• Apple Lavender Tarte Tatin from Saveur - A fun twist on the classic caramel-rich tarte tatin.
• Lavender Creme Brulee from Jamie Oliver - Lavender and cream are two ingredients that are just meant to be together.
• Apricot Lavender Brown Butter Tea Cakes from Tartelette - We're really curious to see how these three flavors combine together.
• Lavender Whiskey Sour from Martha Stewart - Any whiskey sour is a good move in our opnion.
And a few extra recipes from the Kitchn:
• Honey Lavender Panna Cotta
• Fig and Lavender Goat Cheese Galettes
• Rhubarb Lavender Crumble
• Blueberry Lavender Buttercream Frosting
• Lavender Lemonade
Do you cook with lavender? What's your favorite recipe?
Related: Hot or Not? Herbs with Chocolate
(Image: Joyce Oudkerk Pool via Leite's Culinaria and John Kernick/Epicurious)
9 Comments
There's a great shortbread recipe on VeganYumYum.com!
I had a lavender cake about a year ago and since then I've been obsessed with trying it in more and more recipes. Everything has been sweet though, which does goes well with the lavender. I'm still trying to find a culinary use that isn't sweet though. Ideas?
RobertGeistlinger - have you tried cooking with herbs de provence? I use it all the time in savory cooking and the lavender flavor really comes through. Soups, potatoes, biscuits, eggs, fish. Anything goes!
I made lavender cupcakes for my sisters wedding, they were a huge hit!!
I stand by that meyer lemon cake with lavender recipe from epicurious...my favorite cake to make, ever! That lemon curd?! OMG.
sorry, to me it tastes like soap and there's nothing i can do about it.
Can someone post the lavender creme brulee recipe here? For some reason the website isn't loading for me and I'm dying to make it.
I made the lavender fleur de sel shortbread this afternoon. OM NOM NOM NOM. I added a tiny bit of lemon zest and found that I had to cut a few minutes off the cooking time.
They worked really well and I'd recommend the recipe. I got my organic food-grade lavender at whole foods (where I work and get a discount. Yessssssssss.)
Renai Marie - I hadn't but I will now! Thanks :)


text:
Tag: 5th cell
Daily iPad App: Run Roo Run HD
5th Cell is the developer behind the very popular Scribblenauts (which was released on iOS to great acclaim last year, and just had a new level pack update), and it recently brought a new title to the App Store called Run Roo Run. 2D platforming is a genre that's almost as old as videogames...
Daily iPhone App: Scribblenauts Remix
I remember hearing way, way back that Scribblenauts might be headed to iOS, but when the dust finally settled on the iOS 5 transition yesterday, among the (many -- we'll see more in the next few days) great new releases on the App Store, this one definitely stood out. Warner Brothers and...
Subscribe to Newsletter
Software Updatesmore updates
- iOS 8.0.1 update now available (Updated -- Don't update!)
- NFL Mobile updated for 2014 Season with new Fantasy Football features, NFL Now integration
- Yahoo Mail improves email inbox searching with new filtering options
- Ember for Mac gains 'hugely-requested' screen recording feature
- Spotify update adds equalizer, refreshed Artist page and more
- Fantastical 2.1 for iOS adds new snooze, search and notification features


text:
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
They got rid of 40 man raids to begin with because they sucked. Please do not bring them back. It is very difficult to herd 40 cats to accomplish anything. 90% of the player base had no access to this type of content. It was a bad idea then, and it's a bad idea now.
I'm guessing that "90% of the player base had no access" is the motivation behind these forum posts. People who are cranky about the ease of the current raids want something more exclusive and recall how few guilds ran 40-mans.
Why not just accept that there is nothing in the game (right now) to satisfy hardcore raiders? Other games still have 40-mans, right? Blizzard isn't going to go back to that format.


text:
Cheap Land for a start
Home › Forums › Community › Dreaming / Crazy Ideas / Speculation › Cheap Land for a start
This topic contains 11 replies, has 7 voices, and was last updated by OCEANOPOLIS 2 years, 10 months ago.
October 13, 2011 at 8:22 pm #1662
After reading the Belize post I started to think more of a test start building site. I did not want to flood the Belize post with other ideas for location so I am creating this post.
Thoughts for the post would be just to list areas that might be a choice for a start up. Then an another post can be started if people want to discuss it. So I will startOctober 13, 2011 at 8:27 pm #15840
Detroit Michigan, water access, cheap land, all modern conveniences , and access to alot of unemployed labor.October 13, 2011 at 8:44 pm #15841
Ken SimsKeymasterChucker wrote:
Detroit Michigan, water access, cheap land, all modern conveniences , and access to alot of unemployed labor.
Two things come to mind right away:
1. It's pretty fair distance to the ocean.
2. Winter weather – cold and snow.October 15, 2011 at 5:17 am #15853
Already industrial. Continued reelection of Ron Paul is evidence of intelligent life there. Business climate much better than most of US. Freeport is currently nealry abandoned downtown, but I hear it is mostly controlled by one landowner who is holding out for exhorbitant rents. There is a lot of industry around the channels, and an inland waterway between an island, Quintana, and the mainland.October 25, 2011 at 6:55 pm #15957
Texas! Then your still close to a lot of wonderful resort destinations, have depth in the GoM (Oil, too, thanks to BP)…
ALTHOUGH, the mess from Japan floating in, looks promising, too…
Never be afraid to try something new…
Remember, amateurs built the ark, professionals built the Titanic.October 26, 2011 at 12:27 am #15960
ellmer – http://yook3.comParticipant
Instead of throwing wild ideas and pinpointing spots on the map based on "first brainstorming" we might get more progress if we could digg out basic cost figures all over the world.
I would suggest to investigate the following basic cost structure country by country spot by spot.
For example labor cost is 1:10 between north and south america – the cost of adequate living space during the build – between Michigan and the caribbean maybe 1:100 – in the caribbean you hang a Hamac in open space and sleep just fine (have been there have done that) – in Michigan you freeze to death. A tent with moskito protecction is just pure luxury in the caribbean – in Michigan it is a death trap. This kind of calc is part of the cost structure and must be part of a business plan. Land purchase cost is more a secondary factor on the cost front.
Cost of a sack of cement,
Cost of 1 ton premix concrete in truck from the mix plant
Cost of 1 ton structural building in concrete
Cost of 1 ton structural building in steel
Cost of one labor hour (including insurance etc…I
Cost of anchor and mooring or land rent and purchase
Cost of expected third party interference (papers, permit, inspections, etc…)
Cost of living
Cost of visa
——————————————————October 26, 2011 at 3:01 am #15962October 26, 2011 at 5:06 am #15963
ellmer – http://yook3.comParticipant
sorry for making a comment that came over negative – if you want i can edit it out…just wanted to see some solid ground to come to solid conclusions…October 26, 2011 at 6:22 am #15966
Ya seriously, in Canada everyone lives in a heated home, cause otherwise you'd freeze to death.
It's true that in the tropical latitudes, it's much easier to live, and would certainly make sense to be near the Grand Line.
Wow, I remeber on my trip to Thailand, I could sleep of the floor if I wanted to. If I do that in Canada, I get a cold, cause the ground is just about always cold, unless it's someones roof or big rock on a hot sunny day..
Imagine sleeping on deck, in the tropical latitudes nestled in the doldrums, a warm and pleasant experience.
btw I added SOBIZ and Arenaaqua to the seasteaders map as potential community locations.
I've gotta admit that from my impression America and detroit particularly is a terrifying place, people with guns, that get angry easily, tending towards illeteracy with low IQ's. Though I do hear that more recently detroit has had more urban gardening going on, which is certainly a good thing.
Is there some abandonded shipyard or some place you can start building seasteads?
We with You are a Network, our goal to become technologically-enabled reproducible family communities. http://weyounet.infoOctober 26, 2011 at 2:39 pm #15970October 26, 2011 at 2:40 pm #15971October 26, 2011 at 4:07 pm #15976
He won't know what this "objects: are,…AuthorPostsViewing 12 posts - 1 through 12 (of 12 total)
You must be logged in to reply to this topic.
Posted on at
Written by Chucker
About Seasteading
Contact Us
All rights reserved. Website by


text:
It's worth noting that Mercedes hasn't offered a manual gearbox with any of its AMG models for decades, and a senior representative from Audi RS GmbH assured us that the failure of the manual transmission in the TT RS means it will be the last RS model to ever have that option. And with Porsche moving in the same direction, we may be witnessing the death of the manual transmission in performance cars. RIP.
At present, all our vehicles at european car Magazine use a manual transmission, and we wouldn't have it any other way. In fact, I've never even owned an auto, even after nine years of dealing with LA freeways. But if you want to see the continuation of the manual gearbox, it's time to vote with your wallet and buy something new to bolster the figures.
Sadly, it's no good lobbying carmakers for the option but then buying an auto because your freeway journey is terrible stop/start traffic. They're running a business and will sell what customers are buying. So buy a manual before they disappear forever!
M4 es igual q m3 lo dise bmw nomas el cuerpo es diferente
When is release day?
M3 is a four door, same performance
luxury package of the M3
Dont care about numbers this is BEAUTY!!!!


text:
New here? Create a New Account
on orders over $50*
Live Chat or 1.877.364.3865
So I ordered the silver flannel. From the pictures it looks silver and black, but it's actually a grey with blue and lime green stitching.
Sizing is good and accurate. I got a large 5'11 175lb.
The outside is cotton, but pretty rough to the touch.
It's super heavy duty and thick. It doesn't flatten out if you try to pack it in a bag.
The hood comes off which is nice.
The sherpa lining sucks. It's 100% polyester and feels like house insulation. It's rough and after 10 minutes of wearing it made me feel like I had fiberglass in my skin for about 3 hours afterwards. No shit. I tried to wear it a few times to see if it would soften up/ shed but I can only stand it for about 10 minutes before it comes off. Still no change in how it feels since the day I got it.
If the sherpa lining was wool or soft cotton it'd be a good tough outdoor flannel but since I can't even stand it, I gotta send it back.
0 Comments
Just got this off WM, and its a dud. This is not a jacket like the description says. Thinner than a cotton t-shirt and is sized kinda on the small size. There's no lining, no insulation. It's also not flannel. It's just bamboo with a printed on plaid pattern. I was expecting a jacket to keep me warm, this things a long sleeve shirt.
I got a large and it just fit with nothing underneath. I don't know how you could layer anything with this. I like the eco friendly stuff but I'm still gonna get my money back on this one.
0 Comments
I normally ride everywhere but the park, but I decided to get a park set up this year. I'm used to riding SL9's which are super light and ridiculously stiff. These boots were real easy to break in, light enough, comfy, and warm.
The only problem I have with these boots is the speed zone lacing. They work great and hold tight all day long, but there's only 1 pull handle and the pocket to tuck the laces in is out of the way. You pull the handle of the speed zone laces tight on the right side of your boot and you tuck in everything in a pocket on the left side of the boot. So, there's a bunch of lacing that crosses your shin that you have to do something with. I tucked mine in between the liner and shell.
Comparably, the SL9's have a have 2 handles on each side of your leg. 1 for each section of the boot. There's also 2 pockets where you can stash all the extra lacing and handle, so there's no way any of the laces can come loose, or rub up against you.
Other than the lacing going across your leg, these boots are comfy, warm, hold your feet well, and are a steal on Dogfunk!
0 Comments


text:
Take in the sights and sounds of more than 300 years of Welsh industry and innovation at the National Waterfront Museum in Swansea.
Opened in 2005, it represents one of Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales's biggest, most ambitious projects, costing over £35m and currently welcomes more than 250,000 visitors each year. It was developed in partnership with the City & County of Swansea and made possible by an £11 million Heritage Lottery Fund grant.
The vast industrial and maritime heritage is ready to explore via cutting-edge, interactive technology as well as a mix of traditional displays and large objects.
Housed in an iconic building that combines old and new architecture, the former Grade II listed former dockside warehouse (formerly the Swansea Industrial & Maritime Museum) built in 1902, contrasts with a spectacular new glass and slate structure designed exactly a century later by Stirling Prize-winning architects Wilkinson Eyre.
With its award-winning architecture and unrivalled waterfront location, the Museum also offers a superb venue for corporate and private events from drinks receptions, gala dinners, seminars and training days, to weddings and award ceremonies
For more information contact (029) 2057 3600, www.museumwales.ac.uk email@example.com


text:
Sirius will dodge the Stern bullet
Don't fret the potential loss of Howard Stern. Sirius will be just fine, thank you.
Wake up Howard Stern, the world has changed.
Dreams of being the media king that is paid gobs of cash from overzealous media companies are a thing of the past.
Today, I would suggest taking what you can get.
Should you decide to leave Sirius XM (SIRI), don't let the door hit you on the way out.
Your original deal with Sirius came about as a direct result of death rattle competition with rival XM. Your signing had nothing to do with being the so called king of media.
Your outrageous deal happened because two companies that could not afford to lose you were bidding against each other. With no choice, but to overpay you Sirius bit the bullet and over paid by a long shot.
Related Article: Penny Stocks to Buy - 7 Tech picks
They nearly died as a result.
Today things are a bit different. Sirius and XM are now one and there is absolutely no reason to bid above the market rate for a mediocre and vulgar disc jockey.
Howard's only threat is to return to terrestrial radio.
Good luck with that.
If you haven't noticed terrestrial radio is dying on the vine. Ironically, your move back to terrestrial could very well be the nail in the coffin for the media company that decides to be the next player that over pays you.
Related Article: 5 stocks with increasing dividends
As for Sirius the good news just keeps coming and it has nothing to do with having individual stars in the stable. The Sirius model works because it has numerous options and niche channels for its customers.
Terrestrial radio has none of that. The competition between Sirius and terrestrial is not even close.
From an investment perspective, I have often called Sirius a must own stock. Trading now for just over a dollar per share, the potential to double or triple your money is quite real and attractive from a risk perspective.
How can you not love a stock of a company that is essentially a monopoly serving a market that is humongous?
The company continues to escape the shadows of competition with its former rival that nearly resulted in bankruptcy. On Wednesday the company reaffirmed 2010 guidance.
The forecast is for the company to post revenue of $2.8 billion and nearly 20 million subscribers.
Related Article: 5 sleazy gold coin scams
My own longer-term forecast is for the company to double the number of subscribers over the next three years. If so the stock will double in value or more.
That forecast is the same with or without Stern.
Copyright © 2014 Microsoft. All rights reserved.
Fundamental company data and historical chart data provided by Morningstar Inc. Real-time index quotes and delayed quotes supplied by Morningstar Inc. Quotes delayed by up to 15 minutes, except where indicated otherwise. Fund summary, fund performance and dividend data provided by Morningstar Inc. Analyst recommendations provided by Zacks Investment Research. StockScouter data provided by Verus Analytics. IPO data provided by Hoover's Inc. Index membership data provided by Morningstar Inc.
As geopolitical tensions threaten to spin out of control, investors are wondering how best to position their portfolios for the global turmoil.
Top Stocks provides analysis about the most noteworthy stocks in the market each day, combining some of the best content from around the MSN Money site and the rest of the Web.
Contributors include professional investors and journalists affiliated with MSN Money.
Follow us on Twitter @topstocksmsn.


text:
A life-changing home for homeless, working poor
A proposal is in the works to create one of the largest permanent supportive housing projects in the city.
The $41 million building at Seventh and H streets also is poised to become the city's newest single-resident occupancy, or SRO, structure. The infill project would feature sustainable design and materials, so the developers and architects will ask the U.S. Green Building Council to certify it as a sustainable building.
But perhaps most unique about the public-private project being developed by Mercy Housing and the Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency is that it would offer support services to formerly homeless people in innovative and mixed-population permanent housing. Its architects are Mogavero Notestine Associates of Sacramento and SERA Architects of Portland.
Half of the mid-rise's 150 units will be set aside as for homeless people. The other half will become home to the working poor: low-income workers who earn 40 percent to 50 percent of the median income, or $20,000 to $25,000 a year.
The 7th and H Mixed-Use Affordable Housing project differs from transitional housing, such as Mercy Housing's Quinn Cottages, which provide up to two years of transitional housing close to downtown.
"We (represent) that next step, to what is now permanent supportive housing. You don't have to leave," said Rich Ciraulo, project manager for Mercy Housing in West Sacramento. "Instead, you are put in an environment where there are a lot of supportive services and community building, and an attempt to really support your reconnection to the rest of society."
Supportive programs will focus on health, education, community integration and finances.
An on-site 3,800-square-foot, federally qualified health clinic will serve residents and the public. The Effort, a Sacramento nonprofit health services provider, will operate primary health and behavioral health services.
Doctors, nurses and physician assistants will provide health screenings, immunizations, lab work and other medical care. At least one licensed clinical social worker will provide therapeutic counseling and recovery support groups will have a space to meet.
Mercy Services Corporation will handle property management. Three on-site resident service coordinators, working as case managers, will connect tenants with community resources and on-site services.
By working with other service organizations, the service coordinators will identify people who qualify as homeless. They would come directly from transitional housing, including emergency shelters, or off the street. Tenants for other units would have to qualify based on income, Ciraulo said.
Two property managers will also work on site. The building's entrance will be secure, with tenants and guests checking in with 24-hour front desk clerks.
Residents will have access to tutoring, computer classes and leadership training, as well as career counseling and financial literacy and planning. They also will have opportunities to work within the broader community via volunteering, community watch groups and other programs. An on-site job-training program is being explored, Ciraulo said.
Public spaces are vital for building a sense of community and encouraging people to get out of their units and interact with neighbors, he said.
Inside, the project's public-space centerpiece will be a community room with an adjacent communal kitchen — a large gathering place where residents can hang out and bond at events like Thanksgiving dinner. Three smaller lounges will be on alternating floors of the eight-story building.
"You really want to feel like you're invested in where you live and who your neighbors are, and like this is a very special place to live," Ciraulo said.
Outside public spaces also will improve residents' quality of life and give them access to fresh air in private settings, he said. Two second-floor roof gardens will be for residents' exclusive use. Each lounge will have a balcony facing Seventh Street.
The building also will have a computer room. While some money has been budgeted for equipment, Mercy Housing is trying to get computers donated.
Mercy is proposing ground-floor retail such as a cafe or bakery, that would be an amenity to the neighborhood, Ciraulo said.
The project is being designed to fill a gap in care for homeless people who were getting help with health, mental health and substance abuse issues while on the street. Tenants will be able to receive those services onsite instead or be connected with new services.
"It's really critical that services are matched if you're trying to house homeless or formerly homeless people," said Tim Brown, director of Sacramento Steps Forward, a nonprofit formerly known as the Ending Chronic Homelessness Initiative.
The project also is designed to help people working at low-wage jobs downtown by providing housing close to their jobs, Ciraulo said.
Sacramento has some mixed-population, supportive-housing developments, such as one near Arden Fair Mall. This one is being modeled after Portland's Richard L. Harris Building at 8 NW 8th St., which has won awards for affordable housing innovations and integrating housing and social services. SERA Architects designed that project.
The building is intended to create 122 of the 200 SRO units the city must replace by 2011, under its own ordinance, said Christine Weichert, assistant director of housing and community development for SHRA.
Sitting behind the Sacramento County Jail, the project at Seventh and H streets would include 122 studios measuring 325 square feet that rent for $206 to $581, and 28 one-bedroom units for $207 to $619. Both would have full kitchens and bathrooms, unlike standard SROs, which usually have kitchenettes and communal bathrooms, Ciraulo said.
Rent will be income-based. Mercy Housing will target people on Social Security or disability for most units. Whether tenants are formerly homeless or low-wage workers, they will pay 30 percent of their income, he said.
In the 1970s, Sacramento had about 3,000 SRO units. A 2006 city ordinance called for no net loss of the remaining 712 SRO units.
"Preservation of the SROs is vital to including a much-needed piece in the housing continuum," said Sandra Hamameh, program director for the Sacramento Housing Alliance.
Proposals call for the project to be largely publicly funded. Mercy, which is quite possibly the largest provider of service-enriched housing in the area, and SHRA are going after local, state and federal funding, including highly competitive federal tax credits, Weichert said.
Several sources will pay for services, including public funding and fund raising. Community services will be used as much as possible, and some services — such as those for resident service coordinators — will be integrated into the building's operating budget. About 15 percent of the operating costs would be set aside for services, Ciraulo said.
The city's Planning Commission is set to give final approval to the project May 6. The Sacramento City Council is expected to be asked to provide some funding at a June meeting, said Weichert, adding that the amount will be determined within two weeks.
Developers hope to have financing in place by September. If so, construction could begin by February. The building would be expected to open by October 2013.
With its mix of housing and support services, the project would keep a wider range of people with different income levels downtown, said Robert Tobin, president and chief executive officer of Cottage Housing, which operates the Quinn Cottages at 16th and North A streets.
"This is a population that is vulnerable," he said. "It really helps if you can have some support on site."
Graphic provided by Mercy Housing. Suzanne Hurt is a staff reporter covering business and development for The Sacramento Press.
Read more about what defines affordable housing here


text:
Style Notes
The Arianna dress from quirky iconic British designer Vivienne Westwood for her Anglomania collection. Featuring panel ruching detailing and elbow length batwing sleeves, this fun Anglomania dress is perfect for day to evening wear. Figure flattering and bursting with Westwood style, the Arianna Anglomania dress is an ideal spring/summer wardrobe addition.
- Arianna dress
- Ruched panelling
- Elbow length batwing sleeves
- Stretch jersey
- 94% viscose, 6% spandex
Size & Fit
Please check the size guide for conversion of Anglomania sizes.
- Size 10 measures 38.2inch / 97cm from nape of neck to hem
- UK sizing
1. Next Working Day Delivery (UK Mainland) with DPD for £4.50
2. Tracked 2 - 3 Day Delivery (UK Mainland) with DPD for £2.50
3. Tracked 4 - 5 Day Delivery (UK Mainland) with DPD for Free
4. Tracked 4 - 5 Day Economy (UK Mainland) with Royal Mail for Free
5. Saturday Delivery (UK Mainland) for £7.99
6. DPD Specific Day Delivery (UK Mainland) for £7.99
7. Click and Collect, Available in Jesmond (Newcastle), Kendal and Yarm
8. International Shipping Rates (Click Here)
B Rewarded
From the very first time you shop at Jules B online you will be automatically included into the Jules B Rewarded scheme. The scheme allows you to receive a point for every pound you spend online. When you reach 500 points you will automatically receive a £20 voucher via email.
Benefits include exclusive access to Season Launches and Sale Previews, Promotions, Offers and Free UK Delivery on your birthday.To view your points or start earning them either 'Login' or 'Register'.


text:
Your email has been sent.
The Teachers' Lounge: Stories
An original translation of new Hebrew fiction from Bernstein Prize-winner Dror Burstein, author of 'Kin'
The Substitute Teacher
From time to time a substitute teacher would come into our class without any warning. And for a moment the doubt would arise, is this the right class and the teacher—a substitute teacher, or perhaps the teacher is the right, regular teacher and the class isn't the right class, the class is the one that has been substituted, or got the wrong room. And once in fact, as a prank, our entire class went into a different room, and the class that was supposed to learn there went to our classroom, and so the teachers for the two classes came in and for a moment didn't know if they are who they are, and if this is Math, and if they're substitutes, but for whom. And one of the teachers once said, a second after entering and giving us a strange look: "I feel like I'm my own substitute teacher." Back then I thought that he'd gone crazy, today I know what he's talking about.
But most of the time a regular substitute teacher would enter the classroom he'd been sent to, and would teach what had been foisted upon him in order to pass the time, our time. Most of the time we knew that the material a substitute teacher was teaching was of no benefit to us and so we sat there staring straight ahead. But sometimes from the power of this freedom we actually learned things we couldn't have imagined in the substituted class. Yes, to tell the truth most of what I remember from school I learned from the nameless, faceless substitute teachers, the guests who happened by for a time. Exempt from teaching the required material, they would loosen their ties as it were and talk about what really mattered. The sun, they said, how does it not burn up all the coal inside it? A comet, they wondered, what is the force that causes it to stop, like a ball that's been thrown and at a certain moment returns to the hands that hurled it upward, millions of kilometers back to the expectant hands, like a child who forgets a key and comes back? Guinea Pigs, how do they know to yawn and clean their delicate fur? Did you all know, asked one of the substitutes, that all the stones in the Western Wall were once at the bottom of the prehistoric Tethys Ocean and are actually shells and fish bones that were crushed into limestone? And time, the substitute teacher suddenly added, time—what is it at all?
Not so infrequently our parents would serve as substitute teachers. Budget cuts in the Ministry of Education caused the principal to turn to our parents so that they might donate their time and erudition. Otherwise the classroom would be empty. Empty of teachers, that is. And then I would need, the principal wrote to our parents, to come down from my office and teach. But I'm so old, he said. The knowledge I've acquired is no longer up to date. That is, erroneous. Everything in my head, he wrote, is nothing but nonsense. And my jokes are already moldy just like those sandwiches that you, the mothers, wrap for them and afterwards forget to remove from their bags.
And thus, one day, my father appeared in our classroom. I knew of course that he had taught in other classes over the years. The quote about the sun and the comets I heard from friends in other classes that had heard him. That's what he taught them. That's what he loved—Astronomy. He was a jeweler by trade, but precious, polished stones, he thought, no one wants to hear about that. Just buying and selling. Plus the stars, he told me, they're diamonds too. Large, unpolished, rare. And there really are diamond stars, he said. Dense coal. It's a diamond the size of a city, dark, that orbits through space. Or perhaps it, the diamond, stands there, and the black space is what orbits under its tip, its south pole, like a record under a needle, and no one hears this music. I heard this music, he said to me, once, in a dream. It's like the music of a finger running over a small, thin glass at two in the morning. The description ignited the students' imagination. Night had already fallen, and there were among them those who went out into the courtyard and raised their heads to the sky, searching for the solitary diamond stars, cultivating for the first time the thought of growing rich. Girls stuck fingers and earlobes out into the black sky as if they were trying on a piece of jewelry at the goldsmith's shop. Our school's giant telescope was removed from the shed and pointed upward. My father passed among the gazing students and deciphered astrophysical formulas from memory, settled in one breath cosmological controversies such as why the night sky is dark despite all the burning fire, despite the light returning from the faces of the giant diamonds and multiplied tens and hundreds of times, and why doesn't the moon fall when it's full, and so heavy, loaded down with so much light. The questions faded, and the world, with each word he said, became clearer and more mysterious at the very same time.
I sat in the classroom, in my seat and looked at the all the students scanning the dark sky, and at my father conducting them like a silent choir. Nebulae and star clusters emerged, and I understood that we weren't under the school's dome of heaven, but rather inside the school planetarium, which my father skillfully set in motion and claimed that it was the actual sky. I turned my gaze to the desk. Outside the students began to fall asleep. I knew that in another moment I too would fall asleep on my desk, and that I would awake again in the morning in the middle of another lesson. I wanted to ask my father a simple question regarding one of the moon's craters, a crater located inside a crater inside a crater, and at its center there is a mountain taller than the tallest mountain on earth. But as is the way of those brief moments between wakefulness and sleep nothing but a few ridiculous, meaningless mumbles escaped my mouth, and I heard my father laugh from the courtyard and I fell asleep.
We walked down the path leaving the school, up the street in the direction of the abandoned Arab village Um-Khalid. The giant, hollow sycamore tree, which was the official symbol of our city and flew on all the flags and on the mayor's famous, ever-present knit shirt, stood there under the stars, some of which were above its top and some of which rested on its branches and on its leaves like those birds who come down to rest after a long journey of migration. The tree was hollow, and there's barely a child or youth in Netanya who hasn't spent a few minutes inside it, or, as in my case, a few days, overall. You could stand there comfortably with another two or three friends, and sometimes you would go inside and find other residents there, sitting on footstools, small tables next to them, upon which were rolls and olives. And there were also a few hollow branches that children could lay in and fall asleep. You could place a book inside them or a teapot and a few cups. And the tree, in the summer, would, from the power of the sun's heat that built up inside it, warm the water, and you would drink a cup of tea in the tree. The wind would whistle in the hollow branches. My father extended a hand to me. We climbed up the tree. My mother was already there. I saw that our teapot rattled with a light boil above the heads of my two sleeping brothers, who dozed folded up near the base of the tree, in the spot where the tree kissed the earth.
A Philosophically Funny New Pop Musical Asks, What's Love Got To Do With It?
Rising songwriter Gaby Alter brings 'Nobody Loves You,' about love, ontology, and reality TV, to an off-Broadway debut


text:
Skip to Page Content
The Saint Francis High School Women's Club, a parents' service and social organization, was founded with the objective to bring together its members in social and intellectual exchange, to keep in close touch with high school life and, in all possible ways, to aid the school by providing funds and promoting the welfare of our students.
This is your Women's Club, and we welcome your comments and suggestions. Please drop us a note or send us an email at the address below, or contact any Women's Club officer or committee chair at the addresses listed on our website.
Saint Francis High School
Attn: Saint Francis Women's Club
1885 Miramonte Avenue
Mountain View, CA 94040
email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Area Connections
Women's Club Board and Committee Chairs
Club Advisor
Carol Patane
650 968-1213, ext. 263
Club Moderator
Aurea DeFranco
650 968-1213, ext. 282


text:
Increased awareness of arc flash hazards in the workplace is largely attributed to the evolution and publicity associated with NFPA70E, Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace. NFPA70E addresses administrative and PPE hazard control measures, but does not provide guidance in engineering control measures. To design a comprehensive arc flash hazards mitigation program, the safety professional must look beyond NFPA70E to safety management systems standards such as ANSI Z10. This presentation provides a roadmap for safety professionals to help plan, design and implement a comprehensive and effective arc flash hazards mitigation program, from initial assessment to program audit.
Instructors: H. Landis Floyd, II, P.E., CSP, DuPont, Wilmington, DE
Level: I A


text:
I had the pleasure of meeting Reverend Dave Anderson earlier this week. He shared some wonderful stories with us, then we had to get back to work. He's busy directing the Coach Eby Youth & Family Center in Coldwater.
But Sunday he'll be sharing his message on WIN 98.5's Hymntime at 7:15am, thanks to the Tekonsha Baptist Church.


text:
1 person found this helpful
"Could do better "
- Comp & Benefits
- Work/Life Balance
- Senior Management
- Culture & Values
- Career Opportunities
I have been working at KPMG US full-time for more than a year
If you have the right PML, you have a good chance of being promoted and getting decent salary increases. Again, if you have a good PML you will learn a lot and be exposed to the right members of leadership.
Promotion bonus was $950. What's to strive for when a promo bonus is that small? The "high performance culture" is a joke.... You have people working their butts off to be a high performer and then there's people who do just enough to get by and are rated the same and/or promoted.
Pay your employees better, be more transparent about the review process. Focus on ALL your employees not just CSD.
3053 Other Employee Reviews for KPMG US (View Most Recent)Sort: Rating Date
1 person found this helpful
"Not so great "
- Comp & Benefits
- Work/Life Balance
- Senior Management
- Culture & Values
- Career Opportunities
I worked at KPMG US full-time for more than 3 yearsPros
Young crew, make lots of friends in short time with work related activities. Until after new year because then...Cons
You work, work, work. However no overtime pay. Even though there is an agreement with the union that you have the option to choose overtime payment which is 100%, equals= (monthly salary/160x2=320 swedish kronor/hour overtime) instead of a the "bonus" which no one except a few know about.
Pro tip: Choose the overtime pay next time you have your yearly review, demand it you have the right! It will work out as following. You will lose one week of vacation and your "bonus" which you have to stay until november to get. Instead you will get overtime pay from the first hour you work overtime no matter what you do! Be it "internal" project which generates NO pay but "internal" recognition which you know is "useless" except for the few who manage to stay until partnership. You do the math how much of a difference it would do for youAdvice to ManagementAdvice
You know what you SHOULD do, but you want to keep your low taxed partner sharing pool.Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookNo opinion of CEO
2 people found this helpful
"Not a great environment.... "
- Comp & Benefits
- Work/Life Balance
- Senior Management
- Culture & Values
- Career Opportunities
I worked at KPMG US full-time for more than a yearPros
- Exposure to large / high profile clients. Good resume builder if you're looking to exit to financial reporting or internal audit.Cons
- Work life balance non-existent with absolutely no control over hours or travel schedule regardless of how efficient you are.
- Bonuses are pathetic compared to industry.
- All the best people leave to take higher paying jobs in industry so the Managers / Sr. Managers that are running engagements don't what they're doing and are inefficient.
- Inefficient staffing (i.e., 5 staff sitting on the bench for weeks on end while others at the same level are working 80 hour weeks).
-The work itself is boring and doesn't add value. Too many checklists. No opportunity to create something from scratch. The results of your work will not influence decisions in any way (this applies both interally - KPMG management, and externally - the client management)Advice to ManagementAdvice
-The "working-until-midnight-makes-me-a-star" thinking has to change. The true stars are the ones that could pump out the work in 30 hours and call it a day.
- Promotions should be based on merit / efficiency, not a rigid tenure system.
- Total comp is in a very small band for each position, encouraging people to coast along knowing there's no real reward for working hardDoesn't RecommendNegative OutlookNo opinion of CEO