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It appears long overdue that I chat about my current skincare regime, however, I have recently found myself reaching for the same 4 products lately that I want to share with you today.The first being the much raved about Body Shop Camomile Silky Cleansing Oil. Since I jumped onto the cleansing oil bandwagon when trying the Una Brennan Vitamin C oil, I love reaching for this Body Shop oil as it is gentle on the skin, even if burnt or chapped. I tend to use a couple of pumps of this into my hands and rub it onto my makeup covered face, including my eyes and, albeit messy at times, it will easily melt your makeup before rinsing with a warm flannel. The pump bottle makes it easy to get the right amount of product for your face, but it will pump precariously so be wary when near light bed linen or getting it on your clothes.
The second - the Garnier Micellar Cleansing Water - is a product I featured in my recently repurchased post ( LINK) and is a sure fire way to take your makeup off quickly and easily without stinging or irritating your eyes. Just add to a cotton pad and swoosh all over your face and a couple of cotton pads later you're good to go.
The third cleanser is one I prefer to use in the shower, after removing my makeup, to get a deeper clean and to remove any remaining traces. The Australian Bodycare Company Tea Tree Oil Gentle Cleansing milk, due to its tea tree ingredients, makes it less gentle than the oil and micellar water but more suited toward Oily/ Combination skin types. Nevertheless, this is great if you want a deeper clean without being harsh and stripping due to the lightly exfoliating texture and the tea tree has great anti-bacterial properties so is great to aid breakouts but avoiding the eye area.
The fourth step in my cleansing routine is the Dr Organic Manuka Honey face mask. This is great, especially after a night out or ahead of a big event, as it draws impurities from under the surface of your skin to come to a head. Though this may gross some people out, by doing a few days before an important event, and allowing the spots/ breakouts to calm down, the mask deeply cleans your skin and leaves it feeling less congested.I'll definitely be checking out more from Dr Organic in the future.
What are your current cleansers? Let me know below!


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Now this is a beast of a book, in term of size, weight and of course content!
|the debossed taped-spine
|Marv on the electric chair glossy illustration can be spotted o the background
Dated August 2016 in the credit page, the limited signed edition of the book was issued in September 2016 by Dark Horse Comics through its Kitchen Sink Books imprint (ISBN: 978-1-50670-069-4, 15.5 x 22 inches or 40 x 55 cm, $275, 224 pages). This limited signed edition (500 copies, mine is #9) comes with an alternate cover and is signed by Frank Miller in pencil on a special tipped-in image not included in the regular edition. Notice that this story is referred as Curator's Edition Volume One.
|the exclusive signature page
Below are pictures of the regular edition cover, and binding of this limited edition. Sadly the illustration used for the regular cover is not included in the limited signed edition. There is also a picture for size comparison with the (now not so) Big Damn Sin City (to the left), The Hard Goodbye regular TPB (lower right hand side), and the first volume of the Sin City Library Edition set I (upper right hand side).
|a picture of the seams, the book is printed on high quality thick mat paper
Here is how all versions of this book are described on the Dark Horse website:
You've seen Sin City, but never like this! Frank Miller's Sin City: The Hard Goodbye Curator's Collection showcases the entire graphic novel scanned from the original artwork in Frank Miller's archives and reproduced at full size. Introduction by Robert Rodriguez, with an afterword by Mike Richardson and an interview about the artistic process with Frank Miller!
* Reproduces the original artwork—at full size—directly from the originals in Frank Miller's archives!
* The first volume in Kitchen Sink Books' Curator's Collection series, featuring acclaimed graphic novels reproduced from the original art, shown alongside text pieces, unseen artwork, and ancillary material.
I have highlighted the "first volume" mention!
Second and third of cover features different illustrations. The books is edited by Randy Stradley and Diana Schutz, and designed by John Lind (the full credit and © page is placed at the end). It opens with quotes from comics artists and the Robert Rodriguez introduction.
|second of cover
|third of cover
|credits page at the end of the book
|notice this mention
|to the right, Robert Rodriguez introduction
The main section of the book, i.e. Sin City The Hard Goodbye, was originally published in Dark Horse Presents Fifth Anniversary Special (April, 1991), continued in issues #51–62 from May 1991 to June 1992, and serialized in thirteen parts. In this edition, as we get the original art pages, we are able to see this initial thirteen part serialization by Frank Miller pages numbering.
As stated in Dark Horse description of the book, they have chose to reproduce the original art at its full size, thus the size of the reproductions varies throughout the book. Frank Miller gives insights about this topic in the interview section of this edition:
Only nine pages of original art are missing, and have been replaced by B&W scans with yellowed margins (it is a very good idea as it helps these pages blending with the others). They are listed below using the 9 parts chaptering of the story used in every collected edition (in brackets I have added Miller's original numbering as it appears in this edition):
- chapter one, opening page 1 (issue #1, opening page 1)
- chapter three, page 6 and 16 (issue #3, page 6 and 14)
- chapter eight, page 4, 7, 11 and 18 (issue #11 page 2, 5, 9, and issue #12 page 4)
- chapter 9, opening page 1 and page 33 (issue #13 opening page, and page 29)
|left hand side, John Lind presentation of the book, right hand side B&W scan of the opening page of chapter 1
Below, the third page of chapter one (to the right) was originally planned as the opening page of issue #3. In all collected editions, Marv's text blocks have been erased.
|we clearly see how the blacks were put on the pages by Miller
|B&W scan from chapter 3 (page 6)
|these full spread pages are usually not numbered
Below is an example showing traces of pencils, and some whitening.
|we can spot the original serialization in 13 episodes
|another one of the B&W scans (chapter 9, page 33)
Another zoom on a pannel where we can see original pencils.
The main part of the book finishes with a reproduction of all Dark Horse Presents covers, and the Mike Richardson's afterword.
It is followed by eight pages of original cover artworks, all listed below:
The book ends with an eight pages interview section of Frank Miller by John Lind dated February 2016 (about his art and techniques), with original art illustrations listed below:
- cover to Dark Horse Presents #62 (1992)
- pencils for page 9 (out of 20 pages or so of existing penciled pages according to this interview)
- pencils for an alternate opening panel of the first page of The Hard Goodbye
- artwork for the Sin City inserts on Dark Horse Presents covers #52, 53, 56, 58
- slipcase cover art for the 1993 Sin City Tour Edition
|a few bits and pieces of these original pencils have been published in the 10th Anniversary edition slipcase
In addition to this article, and for more detailed insight about the production quality, don't hesitate to read this Comic Book Daily review by Scott VanderPloeg.


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Video: D'Angelo "Really Love" & More Live At House of Blues, L.A.
UPDATE: Clips of "Brown Sugar" and "Feel Like Making Love" have been added below and after the jump, respectively, for your scream-along pleasure (thanks, Mike).
Video is coming online now of D'Angelo's July 4th at House of Blues in Hollywood–D's first official live show in the U.S. in a decade and change (not to be confused with his first actual live stateside appearance at Bonnaroo super-jam or his first televised performance on the BET Awards or his first officially announced stateside show, which goes down tomorrow at the Essence Festival in NOLA–get details here!). Watch this clip of "Really Love" (dedicated d'angelists may recall this is the lazy-sunday jazzy acoustic soul jam that ?uestlove controversially leaked to Australian radio a piece back) as proof that HOB was the place to be, be, be if you couldn't make it to the Welcome America extravaganza in Philly yesterday (the replay of the okayplayer livestream will be up here soon, btw). More first to come (I hope, I hope, I hope).


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With the exception of our off-island tours or vacations, we closed every window on our house for the very first time on Tuesday. The occasion? The arrival of Typhoon Pedring, internationally named Nesat. This is easily the strongest typhoon to hit Corregidor since we have lived here, with the possible exception of Basyang, which blew through while we were in the States in July, 2010. Pedring was a very large storm, causing high winds here for over 48 hours, with eight inches of rain measured in our backyard during a 24-hour period. Pretty amazing considering that the center of the storm was north of our area by a long shot. It was raining and blowing so hard that it reminded us of snow squalls at times. A young swallow even sought refuge under our over-hanging roof, clinging to the upper edge of our American flag.
The Corregidor "family" came through the storm unharmed. Because the 100-year-old drainage system is still functional, Corregidor can pretty much take all the rain a typhoon can dish out. Metro Manila, only 26 miles from here, is recovering from flood waters now, some of the worst along the Manila Bay beachfront in decades. We've been told that you can see some interesting footage of the waves shooting over Roxas Boulevard on YouTube. Try searching for "Manila" and "Pedring." We also read that the American Embassy, which is along the bay, had some flooding.
It's kind of strange spending a whole day indoors, but we really had no choice. The winds were so strong that if we left any windows open, things were blowing around inside the house, and rain blew in as well. Obviously one should not go outdoors during such storms, given the risk of being struck by flying objects or falling trees. Fortunately the house suffered no structural damage – it is quite sturdy – although we of course had damage to some trees and bushes. As usual the rains came in waves, super-heavy for awhile and then almost stopping briefly. We have encountered similar rain patterns in Michigan and Minnesota, but to our recollections they were always accompanied by lightning and didn't last nearly so long. No lightening, no thunder with Pedring.
Normally when we lie in bed at night some of our bedroom windows are open, and we hear all kinds of sounds. Most of them are birds, frogs, lizards, and insects, especially crickets. Once in a while we will hear a branch fall, and sometimes we hear sounds that neither of us can identify. Almost never are these sounds scary. Recently Marcia awoke, hearing a scratchy sound at one of the bedroom window-screens. She had to drag Steve out of bed, and they walked toward the nearest open window, looking for what was making the sound. There, clinging to the outside of the screen, we spotted a land crab with maybe a 12-inch leg span, harmless but a little scary looking at four in the morning, especially having been startled from sleep.
Being inside in a totally closed house on the island is a different sensation entirely for us, the wind vacillating between near-calm and howling, and rain occasionally lashing the house as well. You feel kind of helpless, like there ought to be something you should be doing, but you just have to wait it out and trust that everything will be alright when you get up the next day.
On the second morning – Wednesday – Steve took a walk from our house on Middleside, following the road to Topside. Workers were already busy clearing the fallen trees that were on the road, but it was evident from all of the leaf debris that a lot of damage had been done. Most obvious was a large, old tree at Topside which is in front of the former Fort Mills Administration Building. This massive tree completely blocked the road and a crew of six men worked the whole morning to cut and clear it. This required skillful chainsaw work, since it is very easy to pinch the blade when a tree is not lying flat on the ground.
The road in front of the Ordnance Repair Shop was blocked, a tree having been torn from the ground by its roots. It's kind of surprising to us that a tree here could have such shallow roots, since it can often go six or seven months without measurable rainfall, but with the ground saturated it was hard even for deeper roots to withstand the wind gusts. Steve observed many trees down on the road to Batteries Hearn and Grubbs on the western part of Topside. Three of our bougainvilleas out front are lying on their sides and will have to be cut back to the ground to await new growth. A few of our cili (hot pepper) plants are lying down as well, though still rooted.
As he was walking back down to Middleside, Steve was surprised by what he saw at Battery Geary. In the middle of the battery is a hole in the ground where the central powder magazine was originally located. It was blown to bits by the Japanese in 1942, leaving a deep crater behind. It is temporarily a pond, with so much storm water having accumulated that it apparently has not yet had enough time to seep into the ground.
Steve was also able to drive down the hill to access the Internet on Wednesday morning, after missing email since Sunday. At the south beach, the waves were occasionally coming up as high as the dock. It was very difficult to photograph because the spray from the waves was hitting the camera lens. Also, winds were so strong at times that it was difficult to stand up straight. You can really feel the power of nature while standing on a beach, even at the backside of a typhoon. And remember, we weren't even that close to the center of the storm!
Because of rough sea conditions, boat traffic is – of course – restricted by the Philippine Coast Guard. This has stranded a number of the island's regular workers in Cabcaben on Bataan. And of course it means the banceros who bring supplies are not able to make their daily runs. We try to keep a good supply of non-perishables – canned fish, corned beef, Spam, spaghetti, rice, beans, etc., on hand just in case we are cut off from the mainland for an extended period of time. At present there is another storm that could choose to head our way…we hope it will track north of here. If not, we could be in for more surprises. Ahhh, tropical adventures!
Steve and Marcia on the very wet Rock
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Weathering Typhoon Pedring
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Forecasting is sometimes faced with criticisms which are based on common misunderstandings about travel demand forecasting. Some of the more persistent myths are presented here along with explanations of the facts.
Explanation: The RTM, like all models, is designed to test the effects of changes in a variety of parameters including behaviour. While it is typical to create one future scenario to reflect current trends and behaviours, alternative scenarios can be created to analyze departures from those trends.
Explanation: This statement confuses the RTM with its use in the decision making process. Assumptions are made in order to represent a future condition. Decisions using model results should be made with a complete understanding of the underlying assumptions. Further, these assumptions can be changed to test alternative scenarios and, in fact, comparative analysis remains one of the strengths of modelling.
Explanation: The RTM is the model framework in which scenarios are tested. The RTM is like a calculator. Data are entered in the form of a formula and a result is generated. The RTM works much the same way. Assumptions are entered in the form of a scenario and results are generated. The Scenario Series, on the other hand, is a set of successive time horizons which attempt to reflect the city's current policies around land use and transportation. The series is used a baseline that alternatives can be tested against and thus aid in decision making. The current Scenario Series is based on the recently approved CTP/MDP.
Explanation: This statement is often used by those who do not want to take responsibility for difficult decisions. Results from a scenario require interpretation, analysis and judgment. The model is merely a calculator, albeit complex, that is used to show the impacts of land use and transportation interactions. Expectations that the model is some sort of 'oracle' that will reveal the future or make decisions are completely false.
Explanation: Similar to the statement above, this criticism is used by those who have already made up their minds about the outcome of a scenario before it has been tested. The model is used for evidence based decision-making.
Explanation: This has not been true since the mid 90s when mode choice was not included in the model framework. The current model form estimates the choice to use any mode - including transit – based on a variety of factors, the most important being the overall cost of the trip. In the model validation phase, mode share results from the base year are compared against field observations of transit use.
Explanation: The model structure explicitly includes the transit, walk, bike, and commercial vehicle modes in addition to the auto mode. The mode choice behaviour is obtained from surveys. Information related to each of these modes is available for analysis.
Explanation: Model run times range from a few minutes to a few days depending on the type of scenarios being tested. What takes time is the conception of the scenarios, the preparation of the data representing the scenarios, and the analysis and production of the results. Scenario conception, which is the responsibility of those requesting the analysis, can be quite time consuming if the concept lacks clarity and detail. Data preparation and scenario analysis are entirely dependent on the complexity of the scenarios. Managing the dependencies and resources involved in scenario analysis is an important part of good project management.


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Step 1: Massage one or two pumps onto dry skin over face and neck twice a day.
It comes in a green pouch and muslin clothes for polishing.Very travel friendly.
The cleanser is very thick and white.
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Due to it's thick texture, It needs a little bit of pressure initially but after one stroke kind of melts and spreads nicely. With a minute of massage it gets absorbed but leaves behind a greasy shine. I know its a cleanser but i am talking about the time when you are at home and not using it as a makeup remover. It acts as a good massage cream that way too, especially in winters.Of course you will have to wash your face afterwards. Somehow i don't like the creamy cleanser concept for makeup removal. The cloth texture is superb for exfoliation. It Makes my skin soft. The lovely pouch makes easy to carry. I love the feeling of my skin after using this cleanser. My skin feels clean and fresh, neither dry nor greasy.
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I received Liz Earle Cleanse & Polish Hot Cloth Cleanser from Liz Earle for review purposes.


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Photos of Saturdays EVA to repair the coolant leak onboard the International Space Station (ISS).
Photos from Saturday's emergency spacewalk on the ISS
The spacewalk outside the International Space Station was captured on film by the tweeting, Facebooking, social media maven and space station commander Chris Hadfield. "Amazing day," he said. "EVA went off without a hitch. Great crew, phenomenal ground support and a supportive audience. Who could ask for anything more?"
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GA: An Elefant Faces Six
Choosing the mid-morning panel I would attend at the GA conference seemed an unaccustomed luxury for someone like me, mostly a hermit, writing as I do for Kars4Kids from my home. I had seven choices and I took my time deciding. In truth, making the final decision was difficult.
I was like a woman on a diet forced to choose between the Cherry Cordial and the Cashew Cluster in a Whitman's Sampler. Oh the agony. Oh the ecstasy.
A name caught my eye, Rabbi Yitzchok Elefant. A letter of his had appeared in the Letters to the Editor column of the Jerusalem Post and had resonated with me, calling as it did for rejecting U.S. rabbinical policy as a model to emulate in the wake of the infamous Pew report. It appeared he would be the token Orthodox voice on a GA panel called What's Love Got to Do with It? Who Decides Who Can Marry (or Divorce) in the Jewish State?
I figured if nothing else, I would be his friendly face in the crowd and I made my way to Schwartz Hall where I saw a man with a white beard and frock coat sitting smack in the middle of the front row. It had to be Rabbi Elefant. I was an early arrival and decided to approach him.
I was right. It was him. I told him I'd read his letter in the JPost and hoped to support him.
We did a bit of Jewish geography: he'd gone to school with a former neighbor of mine, and my husband had done some odd jobs for his cousin. He asked where I'd gotten my coffee, and I offered to go get him a cup. He didn't want to trouble me, but I insisted. He whipped out a 20 shekel note and asked me to get him a diet coke. It was my pleasure.
I brought it back to him and then wasn't sure what to do about the change. Some Haredim are strict about not handing things directly to someone of the opposite sex. We were standing next to the stage. I put the change on the edge of the stage and he said, "You didn't have to do that."
He was a nice guy. Normal.
I asked him, "This whole business with the Pew report? Maybe it's not such a bad thing. After all, isn't it just a fulfillment of God's promise that the Jews would remain few in number? "God will then scatter you among the nations, and only a small number will remain among the nations where God shall lead you" (Deuteronomy 4:27).
"But we're losing our people," said Rabbi Elefant.
"Okay, but it's not a problem here in Israel. Maybe that's how it's supposed to be."
"But it's starting here. It's happening in Dimona."
That shocked me. I always think, "As long as it stays away from Israel, I don't have to worry."
But maybe I was wrong.
The hall started filling up. I took my seat.
Rabbi Elefant, chief rabbi of Dimona for 31 years, was the lone voice in support of the status quo on marriage and divorce in Israel. The slant in the other direction among the other panelists and the audience was not even veiled. Susie Gelman was the moderator. At the opening plenary she (along with husband Michael Gelman) had expressed the wish that the State of Israel would one day be democratic and pluralistic, probably because they didn't ride on public transportation along with the rest of us plebeians, during their brief sojourn in Jerusalem.
The other panelists were MK Nitzan Horowitz, the only openly gay Member of Knesset; Prof. Ruth Halperin-Kaddari, a member of the UN Expert Committee of CEDAW (Committee on Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women); Rabbi Uri Regev, president of Hiddush an organization that agitates for freedom of religion and the former president of the World Union for Progressive Judaism; and Erin Kopelow and husband Ariel Beery who chose to marry outside the constraints of the Israeli Rabbinate, due to Kopelow's status as the daughter of a Conservative convert.
Gelman's introductory remarks cited a figure which I was to hear repeatedly throughout the panel: that 10,000 Israelis leave Israel every year in order to get married. Rabbi Regev cited the same figure, but went beyond this, showing a map of the world in which repressive countries were black, countries with only moderate human/civil rights abuses were brown, and countries free of such abuses were white. America, of course, was WHITE.
The Middle East was a big black blotch. Where you'd expect to see a sliver of white standing for little Israel in a sea of black repressive Arab countries, you saw only a single unified field of black. Israel, according to the map, was no better than its neighbors on the score of repression of women and gays, and as well, on the score of freedom to marry as one pleases.
We were also helpfully shown pie charts meant to further break down this 10,000 figure for us, the audience. We heard Halperin-Kaddari speak about the importance of having civil marriage while preserving rabbinical marriage which she claimed would allow for fostering competition so that the rabbinate would be forced to be more accommodating. Frankly, the idea of competition inserted into this discussion took me aback and made me think of horse traders looking at teeth and a preacher's voice from an old Western saying, "What God hath joined let no man tear asunder."
Somewhere in the middle of the two sat Adam Smith.
I don't have much to say about the final panelist, MK Nitzan Horowitz, other than to wonder at his contention that gays should be granted their rights regarding the life cycle. What life cycle can there be in a relationship that by nature precludes reproduction? There may be adoption and surrogates, but a gay relationship, by definition, impedes rather than promotes the life cycle.
At last it was Rabbi Elefant's turn to speak. Now here was something that greatly disturbed me: while Susie Gelman had listened respectfully to the other speakers, when Rabbi Elefant began to speak, she chatted with Rabbi Regev. It was visible, audible, and disrespectful. I was offended on Rabbi Elefant's behalf. And concerned. It can't have been easy for him to be the token voice for the status quo; did he really need this distraction?
I needn't have worried. He acquitted himself well.
For one thing, he busted that number the others had cited, the 10,000 Israelis who leave to get married, WIDE OPEN. Three thousand of them, said the rabbi, leave to get married because they are Western Olim and want their relatives outside of Israel to attend their weddings. The other 7,000 are mostly Yordim, or native Israelis who emigrate from Israel to Western countries. The number of Israelis that leave to get married because of the strictures of the rabbinate said Rabbi Elefant, "is insignificant."
I also liked his straight talk: "Intermarriage is the greatest existential threat to our children."
Rabbi Elefant referenced Rabbi Emanuel Feldman, of Atlanta, Georgia, Carter's "rabbi" who'd spoken about those who create God in their own image. This business of no Jewish rules, said Rabbi Elefant, was what had led to the results of the Pew report with its 71% intermarriage rate of American Jews.
Last to speak was Erin Kopelow who told her story and that of her husband and daughter. Her husband, Ariel Beery, had wanted to be married with the blessing of the Israeli rabbinate, but the rabbinate had insisted that Kopelow must convert. Kopelow refused to do so because she considers herself fully Jewish.
Kopelow's mother converted according to Conservative ritual in Toronto before Erin was born and Erin felt that going through the conversion ceremony would be losing her identity, something she did not wish to do, even knowing she would regain it at the end of the conversion process. The couple decided to get married in a private ceremony with an Orthodox rabbi. The marriage is not considered valid according to Israeli law and their daughter would not be considered Jewish according to the Israeli rabbinate and will someday face the same dilemmas as her parents should the status quo remain intact.
Kopelow was quite emotional during her recitation. Her eyes welled with tears at one point. But what struck me most was her anger.
I don't wish to judge her. All I could think about, however, was this: Were someone to cast a doubt on my Jewishness, I would do anything and everything possible to remedy this situation. I would not want there to be a shred of uncertainty on this score. I would want to be accepted as Jewish by anyone and everyone and I would leave no stone unturned in my effort to bulwark my Jewish status.
I don't really understand why it makes Kopelow angry to think there is something she can do to secure her status according to the strictest ruling on the subject. I would think it would make her proud to have a chance to prove her ardent commitment and desire to be Jewish through taking these steps. In her place I would want to vouchsafe my daughter's heritage and future in the eyes of the rabbinate.
I realize this is a very intimate subject and that I am not Erin Kopelow. And I see how real her emotion is/was. Maybe understanding will come to me in time.
Rabbi Elefant tried to offer his counsel to the young couple with the result that Kopelow said, "It's good to know that it may be possible to dialogue," which she then amended to, "or at least to investigate a dialogue."
During the question and answer period, I wanted to ask, "If you bring civil marriage to the table, how will I make sure my descendants will be Jewish?" But my raised hand was not chosen.
Susie Gelman ended the session by acknowledging that while Rabbi Elefant may not have persuaded anyone toward his Halachic perspective, all would agree he was a mentsch.
I stayed behind long enough to congratulate Rabbi Elefant, "You made a Kiddush Hashem, a sanctification of God's name."
"You think so?" he asked with boyish sincerity. It had been brave of him to go up there, one against six.
You couldn't help but like the guy.
More yet to come. So don't touch that dial.


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Home Team BBQ-Sullivan's Island Presents Two Nights with The Royal Tinfoil for New Year'sPosted in Sales & Events with tags aaron siegel, Best in Charleston, Charleston, Charleston bands, charleston bars, Charleston BBQ, Charleston Event, charleston live music, charleston new year's, Charleston NYE, home team, home team bbq, Lamont "Mackie" Boles, Lily Slay, New Year's, Royal Tinfoil, sullivan's island on December 28, 2012 by Lowcountry Boil
ACME New Year's EvePosted in Sales & Events with tags bobby simons, charleston dining, charleston new year's eve, Charleston NYE, charleston restaurants, coastal cuisine, Frank Kline, Isle of Palms, isle of palms dining, Isle of Palms Restaurant, Lowcountry cuisine, lowcountry dining, NYE IOP, rodger tully, wild dunes dining on December 27, 2012 by Lowcountry Boil
New Year's Eve Dinner at High ThymePosted in Sales & Events with tags charleston holidays, charleston new year's eve, charleston New Year's Eve Dinner, charleston seafood, High Thyme, Kenny Jones, New Year's Eve Dinner, NYE restaurants, sullivan's island, sullivan's island New Year's Eve Dinner, taylor still on December 27, 2012 by Lowcountry Boil
In addition to High Thyme's regular dinner menu, Executive Chef Taylor Still will prepare the following specials for New Year's Eve.
1) Potato crab chowder
1) Local clams with chorizo, saffron & fennel butter
2) Butter poached lobster tail with basil hollandaise
3) Smoked shrimp salad with champagne vinaigrette
1) Grilled ribeye with pan fried fingerling potatoes & tarragon dijon cream finished with smoked sea salt
2) Rack of lamb with butternut risotto, brussel sprouts & port demi glace
3) Pan seared grouper with gnocchi, olives, spinach & orange chili butter
1) Chocolate mascarpone mousse
2) Special cheesecake
Reservations required by calling (843) 883-3536.
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The Rose Ball on New Year's EvePosted in Sales & Events with tags Banks Pappas, big hair productions, boris van dyke, Camille Key, Charleston After Dark, charleston events, Charleston International Film Festival, chs 365, Circe Electro, City Paper, DJ Arthur Bros., DJ Jake B, DJ Ron Reeser, Dubplates Band, Ice Box Innovative Beverage Services, Icebox Bar Service, JMC Charleston, johnson hagood stadium, Mateo and KlipArt, new year's eve charleston, New Years Eve 2013, NYE charleston, Tamsin MacCarthy, The Citadel, The Rose Ball on December 19, 2012 by Lowcountry Boil
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Highly imitated, but never duplicated should be the tag line for The Rose Ball, Charleston's premier New Year's Eve Party on December 31, 2012. Camille Key of Charleston After Dark and Boris Van Dyck of Icebox Innovative Beverage Services have teamed up to present the biggest and baddest in town.
I can speak from experience that this crew knows how to throw down. Camille Key, the master mind behind past events such as RAIN, LUXE and Charleston Fashion Week after parties has branched out to offer an all inclusive festival of entertainment featuring artists, music, food, as well as signature quality cocktails that only Ice Box can deliver. A clear upgrade from other New Years events, The Rose Ball brings the heat including performances by The Dubplates Band, DJ Arthur Bros., DJ Jake B, Mateo, KlipArt, as well as headliner DJ Ron Reeser from San Francisco will be on site to provide various musical flavors to bring in 2013 on a high note. And let's not forget the lazer light show by Big Hair Productions (Skinful!) and a performance by Mckenzie Eddy to add to the mix.
Visual artist Banks Pappas will showcase innovative video art instillations, She Is Manhattan and When Vanity Kissed Vanity (Or, An Andy Warhol Hamburger) to add to the allure of the evening. Located in the stylish and upscale Club Level of the Citadel's Johnson Hagood Stadium, you can cheers your friends on the dance floor or on the roof top looking over the twinkling lights of the Holy City.
Along with musical and visual entertainment, all ticket prices include hors d'oeuvres, premium bar service as well as special surprises throughout the evening. Upgrade to a VIP for special access on the 5th level or to VIP Suite tickets that include a personal bartender, and transportation to and from the event for up to 16 people. Money from ticket sales will benefit the Tanzania Education Foundation, which helps you start the new year off with a good deed and not just a hangover.
With sponsors including City Paper, Art Mag, Charlie, and Charleston International Film Festival to name a few, you can't go wrong. So do yourself a favor and bring in the new year and a new beginning with VIP's of the city. Dress to impress and shine up your dancing shoes for THE celebration in town. Go to www.charlestonroseball.chs365.com to book your tickets now before they are sold out in 3, 2, 1……Happy New Year!
Favorite Isle of Palms, SC Restaurant Transitions to New Name as Cuisine Style ShiftsPosted in Sales & Events with tags bobby simons, charleston dining, charleston restaurants, coastal cuisine, Frank Kline, Isle of Palms, isle of palms dining, Isle of Palms Restaurant, Lowcountry cuisine, lowcountry dining, rodger tully, wild dunes dining on December 13, 2012 by Lowcountry Boil
Guests who have been to Acme Cantina recently have noticed subtle changes to the menu. As Executive Chef Frank Kline started to focus on more locally farmed contemporary cuisine, Acme added Lowcountry to the restaurant's name. Today, the owners are changing the eatery's name to Acme Lowcountry Kitchen as they completely re-brand their concept.


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Kate Spade's home, as seen in World of Interiors, December, 2006
Great images! I love gallery walls, but I just can't get the hubby on board. Design compromises. Sigh.
haha- yes, husbands are the antithesis of good design (or so it seems;)
So many of my favorites here. I've always liked that Spade bedroom and of course I love the Samperton vestibule :)
Great options!
Do you happen to know where the 2 unknown images are from? (the blue room with yellow bedding and the pink room) I love them and can't remember for the life of me where I found them!
This is such a great post!


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Africa has always sounded so mysterious to me. Maybe it's because of the fact that it is such a faraway place from my country. As such, I have always wanted to know more about South Africa as I get to hear about it mostly when they mention Angelina Jolie and her charitable works.
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Feeling a Little Defeated...Influenza Anyone?
I've gotten terribly sick AGAIN with a wicked cold that is taunting my chronic bronchitis. I haven't been able to check on my blogosphere friends- haven't even been able to turn the computer on.
I don't understand how one single 5ft and 1 and 1/2 inch person can produce so much mucus!!
I have so much on my plate right now it is the worst time to get sick!
Well I've been up to many a senior event and courses at school (like the Focus program) that have me stretched pretty thin. Now I have to do last minute practice for the role in dinner theater that I play (Betty Chumley, hey-thats already next week!) and finish the painting prop! I need to start planning the chicken coop locale & design and the August Woman's Art Retreat that I want to host this summer! and so much school work...
Yet, the only thing I seem to want to do the most is SLEEP and maybe illustrate a certain poem and if I could get up the energy, perhaps sew. Where did the hours in the day go?
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No doubt what sort of fare is served up at Surf, whose fun logo caught my eye online recently. In fact, chef/owner Michael Buckley's establishment has won Best Seafood Restaurant in the state by New Hampshire Magazine numerous times.
A basic design color wise – blue for water and black, with the tan background – the logo for Surf is a good example of how a unique creative element is often best paired with conventional type.
The word Surf is not so much a typeface as it is freehand lettering, and dramatic at that. Very flowy, very dynamic – reflecting the ocean, of course. Restaurant, by contrast, is as simple as can be, and the location (Surf has two, Portsmouth and Nashua) is done in Times New Roman bold for maximum legibility.
The graphic element of the ocean shoreline really drives home that this place is all about the ocean. Good eats for those who like seafood! The overall look of this design tells me the place is open and friendly, not upscale or stuffy.
One more thing…
When I look at the letters for Surf, my eyes play a trick and I see little seahorses in the design. Anyone else see that?! I'm not sure if that was intended, but the playful "hidden" images could be yet another reason the designer opted for such a carefree and fun presentation.


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The Rant thread is a perpetual thread (re-created every time it's locked due to length) where people put their day to day rantings and ravings. Like the Epic Win and Random Crap threads, this is for those rants that one wants to vent about, but may not be worth starting a new thread over.
One of the more interesting memes is to take someone's rant, and reverse it for amusement, usually by changing the perspective from the offender to the offendee.
For instance:
1st Rant: Stupid idiot kept tailgating me to work today, and when I got home there was a bad smell in the car. Hopefully that'll go away.
2nd Rant: Stupid driver was going 10 under the speed limit all the way to work today. That's ok. I followed them to work and left a present in their air vents.


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Story by Dashaun Simmons @13Rose | Photos by Richard Louissaint @richlouis
What's a sold out show at SOB's to a LA rapper on the come up, do you need a reminder? ScHoolboy Q and his team from TDE Entertainment swooped down on Manhattan for the HOT 97 "Who's Next" series, and bodied the scene. Hosted by Peter Rosenberg of the HOT 97 morning show, the packed venue waited through a few opening acts (shouts to Iron Solomon and 88 Keys new artist Nemo Achida) for the new strain of Cali's finest.
ScHoolboy Q showed everyone exactly why Figg gets the money from the moment he took the stage. Rocking aviators and a hood, looking similar to a character from Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, he began with the first track of his latest release Habits and Contradictions. Weed smoke filled the air as Q took everyone within earshot back to his block of Figueroa in LA. His energy is similar to that of his brother in rhyme Kendrick Lamar, but with an extra layer of grime on top. Every song seemed to explode in energy with the crowd rapping along to every lyric.
Before performing Figg Get The Money off Setbacks, Q asked the crowd if they could keep up with him. He zipped through the first verse and switched up from his bucket hat look to a menacing ski mask leading into Nightmare on Figg Street. For such a sinister track Q jumped into the crowd going face to face and lyric for lyric with some of his dedicated fans. The bounce meter was on 10. Even his more subdued tracks like I Bet I Got Sum Weed, and My Hatin Joint kept the crowd in a weed like trance which also could have been contact from all of the smokers on deck.
Q admitted missing fellow Black Hippy member Ab Soul rocking with him but pulled off two of their duets Druggys Wit Hoes and Druggys Wit Hoes Again without him. For the later he performed Soul's verse himself, but for the former Q enlisted an unsuspecting white fan from in front of the stage to rock with him. He asked the fan named Ricky (which Q renamed Ricky Smiley) to swag out with him. The poor guy had NO rhythm BUT knew every word to the song! His acting out all of the lyrics kept plenty of laughs coming.
Showing TDE love, Q called Kendrick on the phone and let him speak to the crowd for a bit. He asked Q to perform something for the smokers which triggered Kendrick's hit ADHD. Of course the whole place turned into a sing along. ScHoolboy Q finished off the show with his own smash with NY native A$AP Rocky Hands on the Wheel. Without letting the audience catch their collective breath, in between yelling the most important things in life "weed and brews", Q jumped back into the crowd giving back the energy he'd been receiving all night. Then, without much notice he bolts out the door leaving like a gangsta. Figg does indeed get the money (YEAH) all season every year!
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12 Days of Giving- Day 10
On the 10th day of Giving, I had the privilege of riding along to North Carolina with my friend Bethany. She had gone to great lengths to make her 10th Day of Giving spectacular. You can read about it here.
Bethany and I had a great time together, even though she made me stay up entirely too late. LOL
The best part? We were able to bless a family with lots of presents under their tree.
The family? You might know them. Kristen, Scott and Ethan. You can read about it here on Kristen's blog.
It was such a blessing to meet their family and to be a part of this Christmas miracle. As Kristen said in her blogpost, "Blessings Runneth Over."
I'm just not sure who felt more blessed- the recipients or the givers.
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Tough call. I am sure that you, Bethany, and everyone who contributed to what I am now referring to as "Operation Knock Kristen's Socks Off" will be more blessed than us, but as the receiver, it is a tough call because I can tell you without a doubt that we are so very blessed. We are so thankful, grateful, appreciated, and humbled by everyone's generosity and thoughtfulness for our family. xoxoxoReplyDelete
So very cool! I'm glad you got to go along as it's always fun to be there to see their faces and experience the true blessing of giving.ReplyDelete
you are an inspiration. you make me want to help others a lot more often. merry christmas!ReplyDelete
Beautiful post. I definitely enjoy giving more than receiving! That is a gorgeous tree, too.ReplyDelete
And we had fun, daggumit!ReplyDelete


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How can I use voice messaging
Prior phones have let me dictate messages. Can I do it on this phone and how?
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Here is a link to the User Guide for a Blu Studio Energy 2. I realize that it is not your model but hopefully the Energy X2 has the same recording options as the Studio Energy 2.
This is taken from the User Guide
Sound Recorder
You may send any recorded audio via the File Manager by selecting any of the default share options which include Bluetooth, MMS, Google Drive and Gmail.
To Record
Keep the phone's microphone near the sound source.
Click the record button to record the audio and click the stop button to end the recording. ''
''It is suggested that you save all your recordings in your SD card for maximum storage capacity.
Please ensure the SD card is installed for extended storage space.
Here is a link to the User Guide for a Studio Energy 2.
Hopefully this is of some help.
Sorry, I must have misunderstood the manual. I thought that you could record a message in Sound Recorder, save it to the appropriate folder that you have nominated in the SD Card (as recommended) and then using File Manager locate the file and then by using the share option import it into the SMS for sending. Even though it appears to be a three step process. I realize that you have to select the SMS info to send it (it won't be sent by voice command) but at least you don't have to type the "text" message. Doesn't it work this way?
Thanks, it is helpful to have the manual. Unfortunately, what I want to do is use SMS or messaging by speaking not typing. I able to search google that way but not text.
Thanks for your effort. I figured it out. One needs to change the keyboard. If you switch keyboards there is a speaker icon on the space bar. Holding it down for a few moments lets you dictate a text message using the messaging app.
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Well it's official, the Sale-A-Bration promotion comes to and end for another year today. It's not too late to place an order or join Team Jelly! I received two orders this morning and some completed application forms so if you want to take advantage of these last few hours please email me or call me on 07748 707845!
As all good things come to an end I was stuck wondering which of the limited edition Sale-A-Bration sets to use on my last creation and decided to use all four! So here you are:
I've used Crumb Cake card for my base and added some paper from Woodland Walk. the first SAB set I used was the very gorgeous Bliss to stamp the background flourish in Crumb Cake ink. Next using the same ink I stamped the sentiment from So Happy For You, followed by the little bird from Sweet Summer. Added a bit of shading with the Crumb Cake Marker too.
Next was stamping the fabulous owl from Punch Bunch in Marina Mist on to Whisper White and then again in Early Espresso on to some patterned paper to do a spot of paper piecing. I pleated on some Marina Mist satin ribbon and added a few self adhesive pearls.
Zac has returned to pre-school this morning following the half term break and much as I've been trying to fight it off I have caught a sore throat and swollen glands off Blake. I was half expecting Zac to wake up with it so am pleased he hasn't missed his first day back at school. So I'm going to dose myself up and try to get rid of this thing before it gets worse!
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Not so long ago, in a post about David Harvey's A Brief History of Neoliberalism, I noted that one of the faults of contemporary continental political thought is that many of its key figures "have not attempted too many in-depth analyses of the functions of the neoliberal state form;" instead they have largely focused on revitalizing a theory of the subject. To think militant subjectivity, however, we need a clear view of what militancy is up against. At the time, I noted, following Harvey, that
when faced with a decision between 'fostering' a 'good business' or 'good investment' climate and labor or environmental concerns, neoliberal governance chooses in favor of business and investment. Not that on all levels these decisions are specifically made with class motives behind them. Rather neoliberal political economy is structured to coerce competition between cities, regions, countries; so while not all decisions need exhibit class motive (often at the local levels they are made to preserve a collapsing set of social relationships), the structure does. [...] One of the prime difficulties of confronting neoliberalism is that it uses competition between regions and improvements in communication and investment flow to break social solidarity.The question that I left unanswered at the time is how governments deal with the fragmentation of social solidarity and the collapse of the social safety net created by the welfare state. In Prisons of Poverty, Loïc Wacquant argues that prison is the neoliberal answer to the poverty and unrest created by the increased precarity of work, the reduction or privatization of public services, and the collapse or hyper-gentrification of urban areas. First published in 1999 in France, the book was meant as intervention against the growing 'Washington Consensus' of neoliberalism and, in terms of crime, of 'zero tolerance.' He argues that the 'punitive turn' in dealing with crime is a consequence of the neoliberal turn.
The first part of the book analyzes how conservative think tanks such as the Manhattan Institute captured the "common sense" account of penalization. Far from being an obvious way to deal with poverty, Wacquant shows how a small set of well-connected figures pushed scrapping the welfare state and 'get tough' penalization (figures including Charles Murray, who also co-authored the notorious The Bell Curve, George Kelling, and James Q. Wilson). I can't retrace the whole network, but the purpose of a think tank's 'intellectual' output is to dress up the varying aspects of the neoliberal class project with pseudo-academic accoutrements. Whether it is 'zero tolerance' or the 'broken window theory' (which holds that fighting "small visible disorders...will vanquish the major pathologies of urban crime"), these attempts to criminalize poverty argue that criminality must be understood as a problem of moral behavior rather than as the result of the inherent structural inequalities of capitalism, much in the same way that neoliberal ideologues advocate scaling back state intervention so that individual choice can drive decision making in the marketplace. But here's the connection: for the poor that 'choice' is often restricted to precarious and underpaid work; any attempt to redistribute wealth through the informal economy comes with increasing punishment. As Harvey argues, for the neoliberal ideologue social success or failure is "interpreted in terms of personal entrepreneurial virtues or failings rather than attributable to any systemic properties." [1] State intervention, this ideologue could also argue, "rewards sloth and causes the moral degeneracy of the lower classes," and foments so-called "urban violence" (12).
Wacquant follows these misguided 'theories' as they are implemented from New York City (with much fanfare), to the UK, and finally to Continental Europe. What he shows is that, whether they work or not (and there's little proof that they do), they are accepted by politicians and other opportunists who seek to project and image of being tough on crime, while increasing security and surveillance measures on suspect populations. You're probably wondering what kind of proof Wacquant has to challenge such entrenched and well-funded 'common sense.' Here's one example: a comparison of the results of NYC's zero tolerance policy with
San Diego, a metropolis that applied community policing during the same period: from 1993 to 1996, the Southern California city posted a drop in crime identical to that recorded by New York City, but at a cost of only a modest increase in police staffing of 6 percent. The number of arrests effected by the forces of order diminished steadily by 15 percent during those three years in San Diego, whereas it increased by 24 percent in New York City (18).The results of this comparison are hardly an aberration. Wacquant spends the latter half of the book showing how the prison population quadrupled (10; 138-139) during a period in which rates of violent crime remained flat and even declined (see 145). How did this happen? Wacquant identifies three causal series: first, the decline of the rehabilitative model of incarceration; second, there is political and mediatic opportunism to reinscribe social unrest under the category of criminality (and, historically speaking, the replacement of social critiques of inequality with the 'war on crime'), and third, as he writes "the penal system has partly supplanted and partly supplemented the ghetto as a mechanism of racial control" and segregration (155-156). Each of these factors has contributed to the turn to hyper-incarceration; the apparatus holding it all together is, of course, the war on drugs.
With this in mind, I will constrain myself to three more comments on the wide range of material covered in Prisons of Poverty.
First, it is easy to see how the so-called war on drugs figures into the push for hyper-incarceration. Dealing drugs, for the neoliberal ideologues, falls afoul of their (incorrect) stress on moral behavior as the root of criminality, and reinforces the threat posed by illegal substances, although this ultimately confuses two problems: first, the problem of consumption; and second, the problem of exchange and production. I don't want to suggest that either problem is necessarily about morality, but it is very clear from the side of the sale of illegal substances that many people enter into the trade as part of the informal economy because it pays better than the precarious work available to marginalized members of society. Wacquant argues that the war on drugs patrols this informal economy.
Second, the steep rise in prison populations deflates the official unemployment rate: "It is estimated that penal confinement shaved two full percentage points off of the U.S. jobless rate during the 1990s":
when the differential between the incarceration level of [the U.S. and European Union] is taken into account, the United States posted an unemployment rate higher than the average for the European Union during eighteen of the twenty years between 1974 and 1994, contrary to the view propagated by the adultators of neoliberalism and critics of "Eurosclerosis" (80).Which leads to my third remark: the purpose of Prisons of Poverty is, according to Wacquant, to intervene in debates about whether or not other countries should adapt either the 'zero tolerance' model or the more draconian measures of neoliberal structural readjustment. Wacquant argues that the tough on crime ideology does not correspond to any crisis in criminality, but rather responds to the attempt to control socially and economically marginalized populations. He also shows that far from being a monolithic project, that the punitive turn has proved, like neoliberalism in general, to be adaptable to local traditions and concerns; one is not surprised to see that French opportunists (including Régis Debray) have had little difficulty in phrasing increased surveillance and penalization in French Républicain terms.
Prisons of Poverty ends with an afterword describing both the (strong and approving) international reception of the original edition, Les Prisons de la misère after its publication in 1999, and the ways in which he has strengthened his original theses in his more recent Punishing the Poor: The Neoliberal Government of Social Insecurity (2009) by analyzing the transformations of both welfare and criminal justice "not just as a consequence of neoliberalism [as argued in Prisons of Poverty] but an integral component of the neoliberal state itself" (174). I would not think that Prisons of Poverty could be so easily superseded-- not only because Wacquant has made an effort to produce an English language version of the original book, but also because it presents a sharp rebuttal to the punitive turn in so-called criminal justice.
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"To truly be wise, one must learn from all life."
(A sage and wise man for any oriental fantasy or modern day campaign)
The nations of the Kolm surpasses all other barbarians in their wilderness of life. Thoug they do just bear the likeness of men, of a very ugly pattern, they are so little advanced in civilization that they make no use of fire, nor any kind of relish, in the preparation of their food, but feed upon the roots which they find in the fields, and the half-raw flesh of any sort of animal. I say half-raw, because they give it a kind of cooking by placing it between their own thighs and the back of their horses. They fight in no regular order of battle but by being extremely swift and sudden in their movements, they disperse, and hen rapidly come toghether in loose array. They spread havoc over the vast plains and flying over the ramparts, they pillage the camp of their enemy almost before he has become aware of their approach. They are the most terrible warriors for when in close combat with swords and flails they fight without regard to their own safety, and while their enemy is intent upon parrying the thrust of the swords, they will entangle him with their chains so that he loses all power of walking or riding.
Excerpt from "The peoples of the world" By Taklamarian court-scholar Guliman Amon.


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Tue 30 Jun 2009
Royce Da 5'9 "Gun Harmonizing"Posted by Mikey Fresh under New Music
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Royce Da 5'9 "Gun Harmonizing"
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bboycult Says:
June 30th, 2009 at 9:27 pm
Is this from him & Preem??? Whatever itz dope.
Cop that damn BlaqPoet Blaqprint too. Indy record shops around my way didn't even order any copies???? I'm goin straight to UGHH fucq the dumb.
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July 1st, 2009 at 11:38 am
After several listens, Royce inflects very 'Tupac-ey' on this joint but it works though. Not a signature Primo beat either and it still hits hard. Young rappers are fucking fools to not try to reach out to "Not the Preem from Queens but the Preem from Quick"


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Baden-Württemberg hotels
Hotel Bareiss
This is as fancy as Black Forest hotels can get. A fabulous privately-owned holiday resort with capacious guest rooms, particularly good for families. The building is contemporary, and interior design somewhat conservative, but the facilities include a celebrated hotel restaurant with no fewer than three Michelin stars, and a lip-smacking spa, too. The temptation must be to go nowhere further than the pool, despite all that great countryside around.
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Dear Tokbox Fans!
Today marks the half way point for the Ultimate Internship. That's right, I'm only allowed to call myself ultimate for three more weeks. The six week journey is now half way done and sadly it has gone by far too quickly. I thought for today's blog post I would try and recap a few of the memorable moments from the past three weeks. I'll try and get more pics for the second half of this list to come.
Day 3: Completely embarrassed by Yang as he swiftly passed me like a gazelle on our run to Pier 39. Note: Yang is easily 10 years older than me…cool.
Day 6: Ian notices my delicate handwriting, coining the Ultimate Intern a "15 year old girl"
Day 6: Tokbox Lauren officially becomes jealous of my delicate handwriting. http://yfrog.com/0krj4j
Day 7: Took down the cubical walls and introduced the new open office. http://yfrog.com/7h9ohj
Day 7: A delicate sneeze reinvigorates Ian's joke from Day 6.
Day 7: Tokbox hits record minutes both on-site and off-site
Day 11: Ian announces to the entire company that I am officially a 15 year old girl
Day 13: Skeletons fall out of the closet as mullets from the past are uncovered. — CC: Chris Fox — http://img357.imageshack.us/gal.php?g=6iv.jpg&via=yfrog
Day 13: Debut performance as the guest host on the 2C. http://www.tokbox.com/post/ihqmieg5m5pp
Day 13: Partially fired by Tim during live recording of the 2C…can he do that?
Day 15: Introduced to Sequoia's Roelof Botha as "the Ultimate Intern"
Day 15: Officially embarrassed as King of VC laughs at my brightly colored shoes and sweater. http://yfrog.com/aliqdj
Everyone have a safe and healthy weekend! Go Giants!
The Ultimate Intern,


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Accompanying the label's revival is From Somewhere's Autumn/Winter 2013 collection, imbued with "new energy" from designer Brandy Easter, a recent graduate of Central Saint Martins, and patten-cutter Jack Kindred-Boothby.
The result is classic From Somewhere with a slight shift in point of view.
The result is classic From Somewhere with a slight shift in point of view.
The result is classic From Somewhere with a slight shift in point of view. Delicate cashmere jerseys offer a patchwork wonderland of color and pattern. Chunky angora-merino knits brandish bold, contrasting textures. Tweed separates, lined with silk, round the edges of otherwise mannish workwear.
"The inspiration is always part of our original story: what we discover, how to reuse it, how to continue to experiment with the aesthetics of upcycling in a creative way," de Castro tells Ecouterre. "[Easter's] vision is quite eastern, which I adore."
From Somewhere is also delving into ecommerce—a first for the company. "Ecommerce is new for us, so we wanted to turn it upside down with the idea the your online can feel just like your local artisans' store," de Castro says. "We want an intimate experience, and as always, we want to tell stories, about our beautiful waste and the people who support us."
Selling clothes is the least of what From Somewhere does.
Selling clothes is the least of what From Somewhere does.
As far as businesses go, From Somewhere is far from conventional. Selling clothes is the least of what it does. "Over the years, From Somewhere has been about so many other things,from raising awareness to collaborations," she adds. "Through the online [space], we hope that we will reach a wider public."
De Castro teases the first of several ongoing features: a series of interviews with the "incredible women" who have worn and supported the label since its inception. (October's spotlight will fall on supermodel-turned-guerilla gardener Mak Gilchrist and Peckham artist Anna McDowell.)
Other plans are in the works, including one that recasts the From Somewhere studio as a "hub for innovation." On the specifics, however, de Castro demurs. "It's all very organic/guerrilla, very exciting, very different," she says. "The aim is to continue like this, on a larger scale. And we have one amazing new project in the pipeline, but it's a secret until January!"


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It may be a while before I resume posting regularly to the blog again. I left my home in Galveston, TX a couple of days ago, fleeing from Hurricane Ike and am not sure when will I be able to return.
Thanks for reading!
Saturday, September 13, 2008
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- Jayne said...
Best of luck to you, your family and all of the residents of Galveston. I'm sure that this is a very difficult time for all of you.
- September 17, 2008 at 9:15 AM
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Friday, June 24, 2011
We are returning to Romania next week visiting Iasi, Galati, Braila and Bucuresti. I will publish some tram pictures here. We are also visiting Chisinau and the weather forecast is heavy rain. I will publish trolleybus pictures here.
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Big Study Links Good Teachers to Lasting Gain – NYTimes.com.
This article of the New York Times appeared in January and I had it saved to write about and then fell down my column of drafts. However it is still very timely. This is the very study debunked by the New York Times when it released the data of 18,000 city teachers a few days ago.
Don't take me wrong: I also believe that a good teacher is better than a mediocre one. The issue at contention here is the means of measuring. I do not believe in standardized tests. Their usefulness/cost ratio is extremely low in my opinion.
The New Jersey Department of Education has just contracted yesterday with Rutgers University to dissect a new teacher evaluation system being tried out in 10 school districts across the state.
Acting Education Commissioner Chris Cerf says the findings by a review team from the Rutgers Graduate School of Education will be used to guide implementation of the new system in the 2013-14 school year.
Unlike the proposed New Jersey study, the Harvard Study (HS) was carried out by a team of economists; not educators. It encompasses data from a period of over 20 years. It matches data from classrooms to the same students later on in life, through their income tax returns. That raises my first suspicion: The data, by its sheer size and span of time, is unverifiable. The end of the study is abundant in data compilation which has been statistically processed. Overall, I fail to find the rigor expected in a scientific paper. The number of assumptions made and liberties taken with the data throughout the study is astounding. The study is highly manipulative (not in the popular sense but in the scientific sense of molding data to fit a theory). They also revise the work of others. Although the study claims to be empirical, it is in fact highly theoretical and it reveals so much so at the very conclusion – which I copied.
Controlling for numerous factors, including students' backgrounds, the researchers found that the value-added scores consistently identified some teachers as better than others, even if individual teachers' value-added scores varied from year to year. Nonetheless, many other factors which occur in classroom are ignored by the researchers.
One sentence: "If you leave a low value-added teacher in your school for 10 years, rather than replacing him with an average teacher, you are hypothetically talking about $2.5 million in lost income," said Professor Friedman, one of the coauthors.
That "hypothetically" bothers me greatly. The difference between hypothesis and hyperbola is not large. Nonetheless, I am absolutely sure that a good teacher has a positive impact on students. The issue here – I stress again – is whether any model of standard student test can be used, not in theory but in the real classroom, to measure teacher effectiveness and more importantly, whether such testing is worth the cost in both time and money.
After identifying excellent, average and poor teachers, the economists then set out to look at their students over the long term, analyzing information on earnings, college matriculation rates, the age they had children, and where they ended up living.
They found a direct proportionality between good teachers and successful adults. The entire study is below in PDF:
Here is the fundamental question that the Harvard Study claims to answer:
Does Value-Added Accurately Measure Teacher Quality?
"Recent studies by Kane and Staiger (2008) and Rothstein (2010) among others have reached connecting conclusions about whether VA estimates are biased by student sorting (i.e., whether Assumption 1 in Section 2.2 holds). In this section, we revisit this debate by presenting new tests for bias in VA estimates."
Another point that the Harvard Study claims to correct:
"This is the reason that Rothstein (2010)
contends that
fth grade teachers, whose students have had above average
fourth grade gains, have systematically lower estimated value-added scores than teachers whose students underperformed in
the prior year."
That was another discovery among the 18,000 reports published last Sunday in the NYT. In other words, a teacher who has excellent students in one year, will necessarily under-perform in the next.
BTW, this was page 21 of the HS.
This is a second entry:
"One important caveat to these calculations is that they assume that teacher effectiveness does not vary with classroom characteristics. Our estimates of VA only identify the component of teacher quality that is orthogonal to lagged test scores and the other characteristics that we control for to account for sorting. That is, teachers are evaluated relative to the average quality of teachers with similar students, not relative to the population. Thus, while we can predict the effects of selecting teachers among those assigned to a sub-population of similar students, we cannot predict the impacts of policies that reassign teachers to randomly selected classrooms from the population (Rubin, Stuart, and Zanutto 2004). This is a limitation in all existing value-added measures of teacher quality and could have signi cant implications for their use if teaching quality interacts heavily with student attributes. Lockwood and McCa¤rey (2009) argue that such interactions are small relative to the overall variation in teacher VA. In addition, our estimates based on teaching staff changes suggest that VA is relatively stable as teachers switch to different grades or schools."
"Nevertheless, further work is needed on this issue if a policymaker is considering reassigning teachers across classrooms and seeks a global ranking of their relative quality."
"7 Conclusion
This paper has presented evidence that existing value-added measures are informative about teachers long-term impacts. However, two important issues must be resolved before one can determine whether VA should be used to evaluate teachers. First, using VA measures in high-stakes evaluations could induce responses such as teaching to the test or cheating, eroding the signal in VA measures. This question can be addressed by testing whether VA measures from a high stakes testing environment provide as good of a proxy for long-term impacts as they do in our data. If not, one may need to develop metrics that are more robust to such responses, as in Barlevy and Neal (2012). Districts may also be able to use data on the persistence of test score gains to identify test manipulation, as in Jacob and Levitt (2003), and thereby develop a more robust estimate of VA. Second, one must weigh the cost of errors in personnel decisions against the mean of the benefits from improving teacher value-added. We quantifi ed mean earnings gains from selecting teachers on VA but did not quantify the costs imposed on teachers or schools from the turnover generated by such policies."
"As we noted above, even in the low-stakes regime we study, some teachers in the upper tail of the VA distribution have test score impacts consistent with test manipulation. If such behavior becomes more prevalent when VA is actually used to evaluate teachers, the predictive content of VA as a measure of true teacher quality could be compromised."
This ends page 50 of the HS. I suggest you go through the entire study, and form you own conclusions.
Testing in Europe does count for much more than it does in the United States. Students are sent to a variety of schools after taking a test around the end of what would be our middle school grades. Those that aren't found to have the academic drive and ability are not sent forward to an academic high school. They are sent to trade school or guided to apprenticeships. We may be the only developed nation that strives to place every child in an academic high school. Even some of our former county vocational schools have left their original tracks and become places with medical academies and such.
Do we have a much bigger problem with our education system than the few poor teachers? Trying to educate everyone in higher level math classes holds back those that can excel. State testing costs millions of dollars and only tests two, though critical subjects, language arts and math. A lot of high-power people with vested economic interests and political connections are tied into this and reaping the millions.


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• Promote conservation of gorillas through gorilla health and habitat conservation
• Promote a One Health and Population, Health and Environment (PHE) approach to addressing some of the most pressing public health and environmental concerns in and around protected areas in Africa.
• Monitor and track zoonotic disease transmissions between wildlife, humans and livestock to prevent outbreaks of deadly diseases.
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• Create sustainable income and improve livelihoods for community volunteers through income generating projects and Village and Savings Loan Associations.
• Identify and cultivate sustainable sources of funds to continue running CTPH programs.
• Advocate for One Health and PHE approaches to be institutionalized into policies at the regional, national and multilateral level.
1. Analyzing over 6,000 gorilla fecal samples at Bwindi Impenetrable National Park for diseases that they could be sharing with people, livestock and other wildlife, which has reduced cross species disease transmission.
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5. Creating 14 Village Health and Conservation Team (VHCT) community volunteer networks around Bwindi Impenetrable, Queen Elizabeth, Virunga and Mount Elgon National Parks improving the health of people and animals, and their conservation attitudes
6. Starting the third pilot Community Based Depo-Provera project in Uganda of three monthly interval contraception injections given by trained CTPH community health volunteers through a partnership with FHI360, ensuring better compliance of women on this contraception, which eventually became a national policy.
7. Increasing the number of women on modern family planning from 20% to 60%, above the 30% Uganda national average, 50% of whom are from villages bordering the park and visited by gorillas
8. Increasing the number of hand washing facilities of homes bordering Bwindi Impenetrable National Park from 10% to 60%, of which 30% of the homes border the park and considered at higher risk for human/gorilla interaction including disease transmission.
9. Enrolling more than 50 individuals living around Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in TB treatment (implementing Community Based Direct Observation of Treatment methods) increasing TB case detection and treatment success above the national average.
10. Training 70 Conservation Community Animal Health Workers (CCAHWs) including pastoralist community volunteers around Queen Elizabeth and Pian Upe Wildlife Reserve in Eastern Uganda, in animal and human disease issues and human/wildlife conflict resolution thus empowering community conservation leaders and promoting sustainable livelihoods.
11. Providing opportunities for more than 3,000 people in rural local communities to access internet services for conservation and health education purposes.
12. Training more than 200 rural youth, 40% women, in basic computer applications at our two remote solar-powered Telecentres.
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CTPH has three strategic programs to reduce threats to the critically endangered mountain gorillas, other wildlife and their habitats: gorilla conservation, One Health and alternative livelihoods. We achieve these programs through delivering services that improve wildlife, livestock and community health and conservation education through peer-to-peer education and community-based behavior change communication. We also conduct research and advocacy to achieve our goals.


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This bracelet features a copper, silver or leather plate reading "joy" on the front and your choice of the following passages on the interior:
- Surely joy is the condition of life. —Thoreau
- These things have I spoken to you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full. - John 15:11
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