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8th International Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility &
Presentation of Golden Peacock Awards
Date: 17 – 18 January 2014
Venue: Hotel ITC Windsor Manor, Bengaluru, India
INDIA CSR News Network
BENGALURU: Institute of Directors, India is organizing the '8th International Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility', on 17 – 18 January, 2014 at Hotel ITC Windsor Manor, Bengaluru, India.
The theme of the Conference is "Strategy to Leverage CSR for Competitive Advantage".
Download programme agenda: IOD ICCSR PROGRAMME- 03-01-14
The conference presents an opportunity to take stock of what has been achieved in the areas of CSR and sustainability during the last decade, and discuss their future path.
The Bengaluru Conference addresses a theme of topical global and national interest, where eminent speakers from different spheres shall share their views with participants through interactive sessions. As in the past, we expect over 300 participants from Industry, government, media and academia.
As you know, India is the first country in the world to mandate Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) spending, through a statutory provision under the Companies Act 2013 and expects an annual spending of around INR 20,000 Cr by India Inc. This will ensure a gradual shift from the traditional charity model to a more strategic CSR model that fits in with the long term objectives of the company.
The famed Golden Peacock Awards for 'Corporate Social Responsibility' (both global & national), will also be presented during the above Conference. Details of application for the awards are on website www.goldenpeacockawards.com.
Confirmed distinguished speakers so far include H. E. H R Bhardwaj, Governor of Karnataka, Dr. M. Veerappa Moily, Hon'ble Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Govt. of India, Dr Bhaskar Chatterjee, DG & CEO, Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs, Richard Howitt MEP, Member of the European Parliament for the East of England and European Parliament Spokesperson on CSR, Dr Tayeb A. Kamali, Vice-Chancellor, Higher Colleges of Technology (HCT), Kaushik Mukherjee, IAS, Chief Secretary, Govt. of Karnataka, R K Dubey, CMD, Canara Bank Ltd ,Shyam Srinivasan, MD & CEO, Federal Bank Ltd, Prof C. B. Bhattacharya, E.ON Chair Professor in Corporate Responsibility, ESMT, Germany, Deepak Amitabh, CMD, PTC India, Prabh Das, MD & CEO, HPCL – Mittal Energy, Smt Nishi Vasudeva, Director Marketing, HPCL, Adil Malia, Group HR, Essar Group,Vijay Chadda, CEO, Bharti Foundation, Mohd. Abdullah Yusuf, Chairman, PICG, R. Ramanan, MD & CEO, CMC Limited, P Dwarakanath, Advisor – Group Human Capital, Max India, A K Mirchandani, CMD, PEC Limited, Martin Neureiter, CSR Company, Austria, Gunelie Winum, Expert Consultant International Programs, Norway and many more.
Knowing your interest and involvement on the subject, we have pleasure in inviting you and your esteemed organization to participate in the above International Conference.
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Finally there's a book about good street food in Johor! Called, Find Dining with Johor Kaki, the clever play of words in the title aptly describes a guidebook for foodies to follow the recommendations from popular food blogger, Johor Kaki to find 100 Must-try Heritage and Street Food in Johor.
|Tony Johor Kaki featured Roslin Beriani House
in Find Dining with Johor Kaki
Tony, better known as Johor Kaki, is no stranger to foodie fans because his Johor Kaki blog garnered a large following, both local and from across the causeway, who also enjoy seeking out good food here!
Yes, Tony has indeed proved himself to be a true Johor Kaki because he's a Singaporean who simply enjoys what Johor has to offer.
There's something special about Tony's passion and commitment to sniff out good food and I must commend him for his tireless effort because at one point, he was coming from across the causeway to Johor for food – by public transport – almost every day!
Tony tells me that five years ago, he could cross the causeway and sit down for a steaming bowl of noodles in Skudai with just a 30-minute commute. But the current challenging traffic conditions makes it quite impossible for him to do this now.
|Tony presenting Find Dining to
James Lim of Hiap Joo Bakery
Over the years, his consistent quest for quality street food in Johor has developed a strong fan base and the sheer volume of his blog posts on Johor food makes him the natural choice to recommend food destinations in a guidebook.
I remember back in 2012, I received a comment from Tony in response to my beef noodle story and it was a year later that we finally met at an event at Puteri Harbour. Since then, we would sometimes meet at media events and food tasting outings.
So when friends at MAGistrate, the publisher of Find Dining with Johor Kaki, invited me to join them on their first food trail with Johor Kaki, I thought it would be fun to meet Tony again and congratulate him (in person!) on this book publication.
The half-day food trail in the city was arranged with Tony to meet with vendors of a few food outlets featured in the book, to present them with a copy of the book.
|Mmm...Yum...Banana Cake!
According to MAGistrate, this was the first in a series of more food trails to the North, East and West side of the city, planned with Tony to meet and present the book to vendors of various featured food outlets.
Communications, Media and Sales & Marketing personnel from the publication's sponsor, UM Land United Malayan Sdn Bhd, accompanied Tony and media partners on the trip, and UM Land kindly provided transport in two of their company vehicles.
An early start was arranged with an itinerary that kicked off at Hiap Joo Bakery & Biscuit Factory, the Lim family of traditional bakers at Jalan Tan Hiok Nee [Page 18].
At midweek, the bakery was already in full swing at that early hour, going about their daily routine to get their products ready to meet customers' demands.
When Tony presented the book to third generation baker, James Lim Toh Shian, he recalled that this traditional bakery was one of his first-stops in Johor Baru when he started exploring Johor for interesting street food.
|Tony presenting Find Dining to
Haji Makpol Kairon of Kacang Pool Haji
His father, Lim Meng Chin, was clearly delighted with the popularity of his family's little bakery and reciprocated spontaneously by offering us the bakery's best-selling banana cake to savour before we headed off to the next destination.
Our next stop was Kacang Pool Haji, at its first outlet in the recently refurbished food court, Medan Selera Larkin, close to the Larkin Fire Station [Page 58] at Jalan Tun Abdul Razak.
The affable Haji Makpol Kairon met Tony, wreathed in smiles, and chatted comfortably with the media who plied him with questions about the success in his business.
When asked about the ingredients that went into the kacang pool broad-bean stew, Haji raised his hand with thumb up and attributed the secret ingredient to his hand which he uses to pick and measure ingredients quite instinctively!
While the inspiration for Kacang Pool originated in the Middle East, Haji modified the recipe with his own twist and serves it as a beef stew topped with a sunny-side up (egg), best savoured with a slice of thick toast.
|Tony enjoying the irresistible taste of Kacang Pool Haji
When Haji served up steaming bowls of Kacang Pool, its mouth-watering flavour was quite irresistible and everyone had to sample its lip-smacking taste!
As we were tucking into the delicious Kacang Pool, someone dropped a hint warning us to pace ourselves as our next destination was a beriani rice place.
Jalan Rebana off Jalan Kebun Teh where Roslin Beriani House [Page 59] is located, was just a short drive away and there we met with Puan Roslin, grand-daughter of the founder, and her husband, Encik Mustaffa.
Opened since 1983, the beriani house serves aromatic beriani made with basmati rice with a range of rendang prepared with meats like beef, lamb and chicken and even fish.
|Tony presenting Find Dining to En Mustaffa and
Puan Roslin at Roslin Beriani House
Besides rendang, the long-grained rice can also be enjoyed with Ayam Masak Merah. The meat dishes are balanced by freshly made pacheri or spicy slices of pineapple and acar or vegetable pickles.
After enjoying the savoury dishes, the thought of icy cold cendol next was very inviting as we headed off to the Cendol House at Jalan Rahmat, Kampung Melayu Majidee [Page 64].
Opened by Encik Mafiz at the back of his house in the kampung, the rustic ambience of the Cendol House was the perfect setting to enjoy a range of local snacks and thirst-quenchers.
Large kuali of boiling oil were frying up slices of banana, sweet potato, tapioca, bread fruit and oyster mushrooms, among other local delicacies like fritters, ready for lunch and tea customers.
On a separate counter, trays of rice and noodles were displayed, neatly wrapped in individual conical packets of Nasi Lemak, Nasi Ambang and Mee Goreng.
|Facade of Cendol House in Kampung Melayu Majidee
Bowls of refreshing cendol offered with a choice of toppings like red beans, glutinous rice or corn, were the staple choice of customers here.
While we relaxed, cooling our heels (and palates) here, we saw customers arriving by cars, by motorcycles and also on foot to this friendly neighbourhood eatery.
It was already close to lunch time so we decided to vacate the tables for regulars to find a comfortable seat here.
As we piled into the vehicles to go back to the city, I learnt that the next stop was our final destination for the day's food trail.
We were told that due to the perpetually heavy traffic along Jalan Wong Ah Fook where Kam Long Restaurant [Page 22, Non Halal] is situated, the vehicles would drop us off at Jalan Siu Nam, a nearby side street, for us to walk the remaining distance to the restaurant.
|Tony cooling down with a refreshing bowl
of cendol at Cendol House
After all that eating, a short walk was indeed, very welcome. We trekked along the pavement and as we approached Kam Long Restaurant, I saw the queue waiting to enter the restaurant which stretched the length across the front of three other shops! Wow!
I'm reminded that this was the usual midweek queue because the length of the queue will just double during weekends!
Kam Long Restaurant has gained a loyal clientele in the last 30 years, for its one and only item on the menu – freshly cooked Chinese fish-head curry made with red snapper, in a delicious gravy filled with ladies fingers, long beans, fried tofu skins and tau kee (soy bean sticks) – to eat with white rice.
And we witnessed that there were indeed many fans of fish-head curry who were ready to patiently wait in line for their turn to savour their signature claypot fish-head curry!
Two tables were reserved for our group and I felt rather uncomfortable to walk right inside the restaurant while such a large crowd was waiting in line!
The two young men manning the stoves were Dennis and his brother, second generation cooks who have taken over the business from their father.
|Tony with two claypots of fish-head curry
at Kam Long Restaurant
In the few minutes we took to settle into our seats, we observed how orders were taken and the claypots assembled with the fish and vegetables before being rushed to the rear kitchen where mores stoves would cook the curry to meet the heavy demand.
In typical kopitian tradition, the ambience was just noisy and hectic with lots of movement and a great deal of shouting by staff calling out words of caution as they served the steaming claypots, so as to avoid any scalding accidents!
Dennis and his siblings have implemented an operating system which runs like clockwork and it was quite impossible to interrupt him midway just to present the book and snap a shot with him.
It took a while before we saw a tiny break in his momentum where he could leave his stove to receive a copy of Find Dining from Tony and pose for a quick photo.
Customers familiar with the routine here, patiently waited to be seated and served. Once the steaming claypots of curry were served, they would eat as quickly as it was possible to eat such hot food, and vacate the table quite considerately, for the next customers.
|Tony presenting Find Dining to Dennis at
Kam Long Restaurant
Aware of the pressing queue waiting out there, we too felt the pressure and ate as fast as it was possible so that the tables could be released to the next in line.
Before leaving Kam Long, I studied their menu posted on the wall and noted that opening hours are from 8am to 4pm. I thought the strategy to avoid the massive queue must be to plan visits to this restaurant at an off-peak period.
After all these years, I hope some fan of fish-head curry has found that window of opportunity where they can savour their meal at leisure. Or the other alternative is probably to order takeaways to enjoy this dish at home!
On our way out, I observed that the queue waiting to enter Kam Long seemed to have grown distinctly longer and I marveled at their loyalty and patience to wait for the taste of Kam Long's claypot fish-head curry.
There was much to talk about as we boarded the vehicles on the side street and inched our way back to our starting point at Jalan Tan Hiok Nee where we dispersed.
Visiting these few vendors together was just a tip-of-the-iceberg glimpse into the 100 Must-try Heritage and Street Food in Johor listed in Find Dining with Johor Kaki.
This Free-of-Charge guidebook is a handy reference for foodies who are serious about finding their destinations – even without the use of electronic devices or when there's no internet connection or if your battery suddenly went flat!
Tony assures readers that he would update information as he discovers any changes so it's best if you referred to his Johor Kaki blog for any updates. Just scan the QR code on the page for each vendor with your smart device that should take you directly to his blog posts for any updates or changes in address or business hours.
It looks like Tony has enough material in his food blog to fill many more guidebooks but this first publication is his tribute to street food vendors in Johor – a true labour of love – and his way to honour Johor's unique wealth of food culture and heritage.
Thanks, Tony Johor Kaki, MAGistrate and UM Land. May this be the first of many Johor food guidebooks to come!

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I'm in the lovely Savannah, Georgia y'all!
Last night I went to a show at the Savannah Theater.
I highly recommend a visit if you are town. I thought it
was going to be hokey. But it was pretty good. Lots of
laughs for sure.
I also went to the infamous Olde Pink house. Also-
highly recommended by me! Get the praline basket.
Today was another busy day. Some work and then free time.
I did a little trolley tour of the city. Savannah happens to have
the largest historic district in the US. Crazy right? It's also
considered to be the most haunted city in America. EEK!
But most of you know that Savannah is home to one
really awesome person.
I adore this woman. I didn't see her around town but
I did ask every single person I met about her. I learned
today that her products and restaurants bring in around
300 million a year. SHOOT! Not bad for a butter loving lady.
I made a visit to her store… 3 times.
All I bought was a Christmas ornament. But I wanted
everything this place had! I had to get out before I went
I made a detor for ice cream at the world famous
It was rated in the top ten best ice creams in the world!!!
I went with butter pecan & amaretto. I was in heaven! If you
know me- you know I love ice cream as much as
mexican food. Maybe more.
This is a terrible photo of me but I'm risking it for the readers.
It was a whirlwind day of the sights. I love Savannah!
This evening I did a Ghost tour. Savannah is indeed the most
haunted city in America. It's a freaky place where things
I finished the night at Belford's. I tried to have a salad
but the travel has official taken its toll. I'm feeling a little
under the weather and took a few bites and called
it quits.
So it's so long Savannah! I'm heading out of here tomorrow.
While I'm definitely ready to be home, I really love the south.
It's a fantastic place and people should get down here. Especially
to Savannah.
And if you see Paula Deen- say what's up for me! She is
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Like it or not, we all live in a digital age. But now, smart gadgets for your Long Island NY home are making things inside your home completely controllable outside of your home, using your smart phone.
Living in Digital Times technology editor Andrea Smith discusses some of her favorite gadgets for the ultimate connected home.


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'She rests peacefully at age of 95 , surrounded by her friends and family, in her family home where she raised her beautiful children and accomplished a successful career'
Don't you think you will love to have this kind of obituary read at your funeral?
Natural deaths are unavoidable like old age, natural calamities or God's Wish.
However, imagine a 42 years old high profile man with swollen waist size sitting at his desk Monday to Friday and sometimes on weekend, working hard to tend to his family's, societies and work needs? Often suffering sleepless,anxiety-filled nights, smoking and resorting to unhealthy foods to fill the void …A year later, his medical certificate reads
" Mr. Smith, died of a massive heart attack after suffering from severe cholesterol, overweight and diabetes. All the 3 heart arteries were irreversibly blocked. He lives a young family of 2 kids and wife"
And this is what I mean by artificial death; Untimely often avoidable by awareness and systematic actions.
So, if life has given you a kick at the back by showing you any signals such as diagnosis of diabetes, blood pressure or chronic pain. Understand this red signals and DON'T wait for life to get carried away until there is no more life to live.
After all if you are no more, what is going to happen with your sweets kids, your work or business you have nurtured so far? What about your dream of contributing to society?
Are you willing to let all die with you?
If not understand strong health is foundation of success in all areas.
It's your choice –Choose Wisely- Natural or artificial Death?
Live well, Live with Vitality and remember,
Prevention IS better than cure.


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direc[t] the national securities exchanges to adopt certain listing standards related to the compensation committee of a company's board of directors as well as its compensation advisers, as required by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.Among the proposed requirements pertaining to the independence of members of a board of director's compensation commitee, as noted in the SEC's press release:
Under the SEC's proposal, the exchanges would be required to adopt listing standards that require each member of a company's compensation committee to be a member of the board of directors and to be independent.
In developing a definition of independence, the exchanges would be required to consider such factors as: - The sources of compensation of a director, including any consulting, advisory or compensatory fee paid by the company to such member of the board of directors. - Whether a member of the board of directors of a company is affiliated with the company, a subsidiary of the company, or an affiliate of a subsidiary of the company.
Other areas covered by the rule proposal include:
- authority and funding of the comp committee
- compensation adviser selection
- disclosure of compensation consultant conflicts.
Certain exemptions are also included in the proposal. The 30-day comment period on the SEC's rule proposal ends April 29.


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Like It Or Not – Metrics are there
March 26, 2012 Leave a comment
I personally don't like metrics much – it's not because of metrics itself, it's just because I don't see a really good metric so far. Despite my preference, metrics are used everywhere. Usually management team is the one who is creating and driving, no matter they like it or not, that's the way to quantify the results. I have seen a lot of metrics like following:
- how many lines of code/test are written?
- how many bugs per 1000 NCSL?
- how many bugs per requirement or user story?
- how many test scripts executed/failed?
- how many bugs found per test script?
- how many bugs found per developer or tester?
- What's the unit testing coverage?
- ….
Do you know that these metrics are actually changing the organization's behavior? Along the lines of unintended consequences, when certain metrics are being monitored, it's affecting the people's behavior, in an expected or unexpected way. So if you're expecting A, while getting B, don't blame others, look into the metrics you're using first. Metrics could be used by make sure the rewarding system is not simply against any single metric.
Now it's your turn to share the metrics you've seen (good/bad) and we will learn how these metrics are changing people's behavior. So next time when our clients are coming to us with their metrics, we may be able to share a broader view.
** This blog is actually triggered by Context Driven Testing » Metrics, Ethics, & Context-Driven Testing (Part 2)


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Since-removed listing on EA Origin online store reveals pre-orders for Medal of Honor: Warfighter grant access to Battlefield 4 beta.
Video Games
If you are interested in video games, primarily for Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 this blog will give you the latest game news, reviews, tips and more
Monday, 16 July 2012
Sunday, 15 July 2012
Sniper Ghost Warrior 2
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Sniper Ghost Warrior 2 is an upcoming first person shooter with elements of stealth and hand to hand combat.
Monday, 9 July 2012
The Walking Dead Game
|The Walking Dead
The Walking Dead is getting another game adaptation.
Saturday, 7 July 2012
Microsoft Secures 'Xbox 8' Domains
Microsoft has secured ownership of multiple domains related to the term Xbox 8.
Friday, 6 July 2012
Dust 514
|Dust 514
Dust 514 is an upcoming free-to-play video game developed by CCP Games. This first person shooter is set in the EVE universe. Dust 514 will be connected to the massive EVE universe and will also use the same currency.
Tuesday, 3 July 2012
Mega Drive Part 2
This is part 2 of the Old Games post, I will continue with the last few games I had play.
Monday, 2 July 2012
Found my old Sega Mega Drive
This post is not just entirely about PS3 or Xbox 360 but also about my first Console the Sega Mega Drive.
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It provides the structure and objectives against which you can measure success; a road map with direction, appropriate speed and destination.
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The stark contrast between two remarkable devices reaches beyond mere dollars and into the realm of technological philosophy.
By Adrian Duyzer
Published January 24, 2007
The iPhone, Apple's latest, freshest product was announced to enormous fanfare on January 9. The cellular phone, which is also a camera, personal digital assistant (PDA), multimedia player (think iPod with video) and wireless communications device (email, the Internet, and text messaging ala the Blackberry) is scheduled to be launched in June.
The phone has generated a ton of buzz among Apple fans (parodied here as fanatically devoted to the company) and among technophiles, geeks and gadget fiends in general.
The iPhone will be hitting the market at about the same as another intriguing device. Called the Children's Machine, it is a laptop designed to be rugged enough to survive in the harsh conditions of the developing world and cheap enough to be owned by the people who live there.
The Children's Machine (I'll just call it the laptop from now on) is the creation of the One Laptop per Child association (OLPC), an American non-profit organization created by faculty of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
The goal of the OLPC was to create a durable, energy-efficient and powerful laptop that is cheap enough for the developing world. The laptop had to be easy to use, because many or most of the children using it have no previous experience with high technology.
These goals required bold innovation. All of the extras in modern laptops were stripped out. The laptop has no hard drive (it uses flash memory instead, like a digital camera). In fact, it has no motor-driven moving parts, improving reliability and cutting down on power usage.
It has a cheap LCD display like those used in portable DVD players, and it runs the free, open-source operating system Linux instead of Microsoft Windows or Apple's OS-X. In fact, all of the software on the laptop will be free and open-source.
The laptop has a built-in wireless transmitter for web browsing and email. It is also designed to automatically connect to other nearby laptops, allowing children to sit near each other and chat, trade files and engage in group exercises.
It has support for a wide variety of externally connected devices, including foot-driven cranks for power generation so having electricity in the home or school is optional, not required.
The developers of the laptop report that "[i]n one Cambodian village where we have been working, there is no electricity, thus the laptop is, among other things, the brightest light source in the home"!
The iPhone is also a remarkable piece of technology, but it's one that comes with many strings attached.
The phone comes loaded with digital rights management (DRM) technology, a scheme supported by mainstream content producers like major music labels and movie producers that is so invasive it has been dubbed digital restrictions management.
It means, for example, that a song downloaded from iTunes, Apple's music store, can only be played on one portable music player, the iPod. If you want to burn the music you purchased onto a CD so you can play it in your car, you'll need to strip the copy-protection mechanisms from it, a time-consuming process that is challenging for most people.
When the iPhone is released, it too will be locked into iTunes. And all the music you download for it from iTunes will only play on Apple hardware, because Apple refuses to license its copy protection mechanisms to other conmpanies.
Apple's goal is to make iTunes the premium channel for every single person who owns an Apple product. They're not selling a product, they're creating a captive audience.
To make matters worse, Americans who purchase the iPhone will be locked into a single cellular carrier, Cingular. (It's uncertain at this point which carrier Apple will choose to serve the Canadian market.)
Apple has branded itself as the home of creative free-thinkers, but this home looks more like a gilded cage.
The contrast between these two products, one built for the world's rich, the other for the world's poor, is as strikingly different as the environments each is designed for.
The iPhone is for subways, gleaming highrise towers, the bustling roaring thoroughfares of Tokyo, New York and Toronto.
The Children's Machine is for dusty plains and frigid steppes, sodden rainforests and ramshackle slums.
Apple has created a device for the individual and dubbed it the iPhone. The One Laptop Per Child association has created a notebook computer for the world that could be dubbed, perhaps, the weBook.
When the Children's Machine becomes available, one thought is that customers in the developed world could buy two machines, with one going to a child in the developing world. Buy one for the price of two, in other words.
If that happens, gadget lovers will have an interesting choice to make this year.
By schmadrian (registered) | Posted January 24, 2007 at 18:27:23
Normally I'd apologize for sounding contrarian...but I'm laid-up with a sinus infection, so not this time.
And the more I think about it, I'm not sure where to start.
I guess my first question would be 'Just what are you trying to say, here?'
What's your point? You seem to be crafting some kind of 'us and them', 'right vs wrong', 'rich vs poor' slant, but it's not quite there...
Are you jumping on board the Apple-bashing bandwagon? Are you trying to point up the absurdity of such an expensive device being marketed when there's such a need for technology –and access to it– at the other end of the spectrum? Is it a mild rant against geek-fueled consumerism?
Before I really try to repond, could you please clarify?
By al (anonymous) | Posted January 25, 2007 at 10:50:48
Normally I'm agaisnt this sort of behaviour, But every other company is doing and apply didn't start doing well until it followed suit.
By km (anonymous) | Posted January 29, 2007 at 18:14:58
If you want to burn the music you purchased onto a CD so you can play it in your car, you'll need to strip the copy-protection mechanisms from it, a time-consuming process that is challenging for most people.
I'm afraid I must call BS. iTunes software lets you select songs, albums, playlists, etc. and then click "Burn" and your selections are burned to a CD, sans the FairPlay DRM. What kind of people are you hanging out with that would find this too challenging? My mother can do this (and in fact does).
By vagrant (anonymous) | Posted January 30, 2007 at 00:30:44
I think the author is making more of a social commentary than a geek rant. It is an interesting comparison not only of disparities in cultures but the author is also paralleling the i versus we in the product names. Although I do have to agree, iTunes is remarkably easy to use. Great article overall though.
By rgelderrgeld (registered) - website | Posted January 30, 2007 at 18:03:18
Interesting piece. Not to stray to far from the topic at hand, but I have a comment/question about iTunes and digital rights.
I firmly believe in paying artists for their work by not using on-line services to share music files. As such, I purchase only from Napster and iTunes (and other artist official sites). Well....mostly iTunes because I like how music synchs seamlessly with my iPod, which I love, which I know is evil at some levels.
However, other iTunes users will know that each country has its own iTunes store. With a Canadian address on my credit card, I can buy only from the Canadian iTunes store. Why is that? The U.S. iTunes store has all sorts of stuff, like movies and TV shows which I cannot pay for legitimately. The U.K. store has all sorts of music I'd love to purchase, but can't because it isn't available in the Canadian store.
Can someone explain to me why, with the technology we have, I am not able to purchase these things? Doesn't iTunes U.K./U.S. want my money? What sort of "rights" things are going on here? I just don't get it.
Hey rgelderrgeld, Your desire to pay artists is commendable but as it is, they hardly get any money from the music you buy online (or in the store, for that matter). Legendary producer Steve Albini has a great essay on the subject:
You'd be doing them a better service by using a filesharing system to get the music and then mailing cash to the musicians.
The fact is, the business model for music has changed, and the RIAA companies don't want to admit that they're not needed anymore. A few bands, like Barenaked Ladies, get it: DRM is not about "theft" of "intellectual property" but about control: a label controlling what you, as a consumer, are allowed to do with the products you buy.
I can loan you my vinyl album and you can play it on your record player; but if I try to loan you my iTunes you're not allowed to play them on your iTunes software. Similarly, I can take apart my lawnmower to see how it works, but if I try to take apart my software, I get hit with a lawsuit. (It's no surprise that the movie industry is unhappy with Apple because they don't think its software is restrictive enough.)
"Fair use" means being allowed to do what you want with your own stuff; "intellectual property" means you don't actually own your stuff any more, you just pay for the right to use the company's stuff on their restrictive terms.
By rgelderrgeld (registered) - website | Posted February 17, 2007 at 14:16:25
Thanks for the links to the articles, which were most interesting. I have heard the horror stories. A friend of mine from high school was involved with a band called the "Munday Nuns", whose membership in large part (and excluding my friend) went on to become the "Killjoys". Remember them?
Speaking with him, he told me his friends and former bandmates were doing anything but getting rich off their fame. The Killjoys were a fairly well-known Canadian act around 10 years ago, having signed a multi-album deal with one of the big labels.
I'm not a sophisticated music indsustry type person, but I do love my iPod and I am purchasing from iTunes pretty much exclusively for two reasons:
It is in the latter part where I gather I am being misled, insofar as, as the articles and my friend have pointed out, artists generally tend to get "fucked". However, I am earnest in my desire to do the right thing, but wouldn't feel entirely comfortable sending envelopes with cash to artists whose music I have file-shared.
The difference between now and when we loaned each other vinyl is the ease with which music can be copied in a very high-quality fashion. If you loaned me Rush 2112 (the red one), I may grow to like it so much that I need to go out and buy a copy for myself. No need to do that in the digital age.
I understand the motives of the "Right to Tinker" movement, but in an age where file sharing is so easy, is it realistic to expect that we can enjoy such rights without killing the music industry itself? Or am I sounding like one of those middle-aged, balding hipsters who calls everyone "baby"?
Hi rgelderrgeld,
Thank you for a thought-provoking comment. I have a couple of Killjoys albums (I seem to recall buying them through Columbia House, so I'm not sure how much of my money actually made it to the band) and remember them fondly.
I didn't discover Rush until I received a copy of Moving Pictures for my birthday in 1981, but I wasted no time catching up with the rest of their oeuvre. In some cases, I borrowed copies of albums from friends and taped them - but eventually, I went out and bought them myself because I wanted the higher quality and liner notes.
That's still true today. MP3 is a lossy file format - it realizes part of the file size reduction through its compression algorithm and part of it by discarding some of the original data. As a result, MP3s don't sound as good as CDAs, the native CD audio format.
If you really want to enjoy a song the way it was meant to be heard, you still have to buy it on CD (or better yet, vinyl if you can find it - there's something palpably rich and organic about analog sound).
As it turns out, that's precisely what happens: people generally download MP3s of music they're not prepared to spend money on, so the music industry isn't actually losing any sales. In fact, there's actually no evidence whatsoever that file sharing is hurting the music industry. Overall, it seems to be revenue neutral - that is, it generates as many sales as it displaces.
Just as the movie industry claimed VCRs would ruin their business (former MPAA President Jack Valenti infamously said, "the VCR is to the American film producer and the American public as the Boston strangler is to the woman home alone"), the RIAA is now making outrageous claims about the pernicious effects of file sharing networks that are utterly unsubstantiated.
As for the ease of file sharing: it's not that easy. You still have to search a filesharing network like Limewire, download a bunch of stuff and then sift through it to discard the duds, low bitrates, planted fakes, corrupted files, and so on.
It's tedious and time-consuming. Pulling together enough decent quality songs to fill an album can easily take far longer than an hour; assuming $20 per hour, the opportunity cost of the time spent doing this is actually comparatively poor.
If there was a 'legitimate' music service with a highly usable interface that sold high-bitrate MP3s (i.e. no DRM) for a cheap enough price - say, 25 cents per song - I'd gladly pay for the convenience. Interestingly, Apple's Steve Jobs recently made a similar argument. His essay is worth reading in full, but here's an excerpt:
Imagine a world where every online store sells DRM-free music encoded in open licensable formats. In such a world, any player can play music purchased from any store, and any store can sell music which is playable on all players. This is clearly the best alternative for consumers, and Apple would embrace it in a heartbeat. If the big four music companies would license Apple their music without the requirement that it be protected with a DRM, we would switch to selling only DRM-free music on our iTunes store. Every iPod ever made will play this DRM-free music.
Why would the big four music companies agree to let Apple and others distribute their music without using DRM systems to protect it? The simplest answer is because DRMs haven't worked, and may never work, to halt music piracy. Though the big four music companies require that all their music sold online be protected with DRMs, these same music companies continue to sell billions of CDs a year which contain completely unprotected music. That's right! No DRM system was ever developed for the CD, so all the music distributed on CDs can be easily uploaded to the Internet, then (illegally) downloaded and played on any computer or player.
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I am so frustrated by this sites divided line of thought, to where I have felt the need to comment, which I have never done before any where else on the web. A couple things first about the writer of the article and the commenters. The article itself is a piece of dung and, although had interesting information, was biased quite a bit. Apple owes all of its success really to Steve Jobs and his vision and Marketing savvy. His products "were" easy at one point but are basic items marked up so high and he can get away with it. But to compare Apple to an opensource project like OLPC just seems ludicrous they are not even on the same playing field.
The links posted by Ryan were more interesting than the article. Thank you,
But on the other hand the comment that stirred me to write about this was also one of Ryan's. His file sharing is "tedious and time-consuming. Pulling together enough decent quality songs to fill an album can easily take far longer than an hour; assuming $20 per hour, the opportunity cost of the time spent doing this is actually comparatively poor." Now torrenting is another form of file sharing which has actually worked where, common sense providing, one can find those higher quality files for little time.
Now, as for myself, my budget and tastes lend me to take this route. I listen to Japanese music and would like to watch Japanese movies but finding quality on the store shelves is hard when I am inexperienced in as to what is out there. Now that is where Ryan's comment comes true in many cases, only that is directed to a "brick and mortar" store where finding a single quality product for their price point can be tedious. Torrenting has netted others quantity which can be sorted little by little to learn and find those quality pieces which can be transferred into buying similar items at stores. Its happened a lot that way.
Kinokunia bookstores is a mainstream store found in America where one can purchase Japanese items but due, music specific, Sony's record label is like the "Big Four" taking huge cuts from artists setting the price for their CD which in turn, through the channels of distribution, in which stores like Kinokunia take huge mark-ups to cover importing costs and store overhead. Japan is an expensive place and as such I am not surprised by their costs where a full album can cost eighty dollars and a singles CD will cost thirty-five.
DRM protection and Sony's style of protection found on their CD's will stay in place for a quite long time and until Record Studios realize the artists and public at large is fed up. I will continue to support bands like Nine inch Nails who's leader Trent Razor has stood up for not only himself and his music rights but for the public telling his fans to "Steal my music, torrent it freely, give it to your friends and family.." to where not only does he give away his albums on his website but will also make CD's at a lower cost since it is all his own profit not the Record Labels.
There are different ways of looking at so much and if either purchasing at a store or using electronic methods both are truly viable and both companies and web domains which provide content freely should learn to work together not wholly against each other. Companies could see this as a incident to change practices to advance and not continue outdated, stagnant business practices. But as we in America are Captailist's and money rules policy won't change. I cannot offer a solution to the problem but only an opinion and an insight to learn that there are other forms out there. Thanks for inciting me a lot "Raise the Hammer" and other commenters.
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Four out of five CVESD board members got their positions without running for election
Marissa Bejarano, who filled, without facing the electorate, the position that her father (former San Diego police chief and current Chula Vista police chief David Bejarano) obtained through appointment
See also: Pat Judd, David Bejarano, Pamela Smith, Larry Cunningham and Bertha Lopez spent tax dollars to prevent "trustee areas"
The following March 2012 article resonates even more strongly now that Marissa Bejarano (photo above) has replaced her father on the Chula Vista Elementary School District board without having to face the voters of Chula Vista.
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Jill Galvez, a Chula Vista resident and former city council candidate, believes if you want to be a trustee for the elementary school district "you should have to get out there and knock on doors, shake hands, and make your promises to voters face to face." That's why she is disappointed to learn that yet another trustee is going to be appointed.
On March 19 the Chula Vista Elementary school board announced trustee Russell Coronado's resignation, effective March 30. They voted to fill the position rather than hold a costly special election.
The Union Tribune reported on March 20 that three out of the five members initially got on the board through appointment: "Trustee David Bejarano was chosen out of a pool of 39 candidates in 2007 after Cheryl Cox stepped down following her election as mayor of Chula Vista. Luffborough was selected out of 23 applicants in 2009 after Bertha Lopez resigned to serve on the Sweetwater Union High School Board."
Trustee Larry Cunningham was appointed in 1998.
After the board fills Coronado's position, four out of the five trustees will have been appointed.
It is common knowledge that incumbents, appointed or not, have advantages. They receive name recognition and are more likely to receive campaign donations. Galvez, among others, believes that in order to avoid having a school board that picks its own members, appointees should agree to serve only as interim trustees and not seek re-election.
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Originally Posted by JOESAM2002Hey Joe, I'm happy with the win!!!
Great win and good play.
I don't care anymore how some fans who over look the good things that they do .
I will enjoy this win all week.
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Originally Posted by LongTimeFan===========
I have never overlooked the good things and can point some out for you right now.
Drew Brees...without him we are in trouble, he shows time and time again a quick release. Monday night some scrambling and a quick release was a big part of this win. He is very good at looking off coverage, I saw this happen at least 6 times. When he is given time he is one of the top 5 QB's in the league.
RB's... All I have to say is wow. Stecker really showed something. Without all the tricksy bullcrap the RB's played great and run very very effective. Stecker is a close second to Brees for the game ball on the offense this week.
TE's Johnson other than the drop in the end zone played well, Miller made a couple of very good grabs as well.
WR's...Patten, well I must say he played great, ecspecially considering he is very undersized, he has very good hands and besides COlston is our best WR. Colston...nuff said, he will turn out to be a GREAT WR in this league.
LT and LG... Other than one large blown play by Nesbit and one pretty bad play by Brown I must say they played very well. Brown used his leverage and seemed to pivot well on both legs, fending off spins and bull rushes both alike. Nesbit, played a great game other than one large missed assignment, I would to love to see him go against Tennessee again as I believe they have one of the best lines in the league and they abused us last time we played.
Overall, third downs were pretty good I think we were around 60% and we didn't turn the ball over. This has been and always will be the TWO most telling offensive stats.
DT and NT, Hollis Thomas played damn well, not Amazing but pretty good. Grant caused some plays to misdirect but was pretty much bland for the game. Will Smith had probably his best game of the year. We caused havoc everywhere, running plays down on sweeps and in the backfield. I think he had a sack maybe 1.5
Safeties, Wow, KK and Harper. Our best Safety combo. It could be that Atlants isn't very good, it could be this combo could be great. Who knows? It worked Monday. KK is plain and simply a head hunter, I saw he and Harper both lay the lumber a couple of times, and you could see the ATL WR's running tentatively across the middle.
Corners, wow, MM almost recovered from getting juked and having his feet stuck under him. He still has speed and he seems to be getting better. If he was better at jamming I would say he could be a legitimate number 1 CB. Look at AL Harris and Woodson in GB, the reason they are both so good is that they can jam and have speed. If you can jam and not get juked you are good CB, if you have speed you can be great. MM is close to being a number 1.
LB's... Fujita played well, Shanle wasn't horrible. I still think BUllocks would be a great LB and move fujita to MLB. KK and Harper can handle the safety.
Hey Atlanta converted 2 or 3 third downs total under 20% rate, we had a INT. I am happy a win no matter how crappy a team is a win. I am happy and fully expect them to win out, we do not play any dominating Defensive lines and only Philly has an above average O line.
See our team did MANY, MANY things good to great. However saying we had no sacks is more a testament to Brees than it is to how our O line played on this night. Unfortunately this is more often the case than it is a testament to how good our O line played. Based on what I have seen this year our low sacks is more of a tribute to how Brees has played than how the offensive line has played. Our O line has played great some times, especially the Jaguars game.
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I do not get it. 100 yard rusher and 300 yard passer and no sacks and few plays allowed behind the line and the complaints still come. It is pro ball for the Gods sake. Is there room for improvement? Yes. But last night was solid.
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One thing i think you fail to see throught your blinders is that the play of offensive line and the play of the quarter back is kind of like a marriage, it's just no good unless you have both. both make mistakes and bth play well at times. give these guys some credit. They're not as bad as you say. the way you talk they all should be cut. I'm no expert on offensive line play but I played against many of them. This bunch isn't as bad as ya'll say. And I do wish ya'll would get off Jeff Faine's butt, he may not be great but he's the best we have. So until we get someone better i'll stand behind him and pull for him, just like everyone says we need to get behind our kicker.
Sometimes it's better to keep your mouth shut and be thought an idiot, than to open it and remove all doubt!!!!!
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Post some ideas on my blog as to what we need to do. I am trying to get ideas for my FA and draft reviews in the of season. I do not need to agree with them but I want to hear them. I am not sold on my view 100% so please go there and get into some details of options you all have in mind for the saints to do.
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Originally Posted by WhoDatQBdude awesome break down.
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Out of our 71 offensive plays Faine played horrible? What is a horrible play for a center? Was there 4 fumbles on the snap, 3 snaps over the head of Brees in shotgun, 1 snap when Brees wasnt looking? Was it one of our registered talent scouts with a TIVO that watches each play 5 times to track every lineman that came up with these numbers? Exactly how do you guys find out the blocking assignments for all of these plays? If you are not sure of the blocking assignments you just know that the linemen are not doing what their assignments are.
Well once again Brees throws for 68%. Behind this line that has allowed only 11 sacks he is completing 67.7% for the year. I'm not to sure Brees will be labeled as a mobile qb I think I would have to give the entire o-line some credit after Brees has throw the ball 520 times this year he has only been sacked 11 times. Brees did make some nice plays avoiding the rush seems like he made more this last game than he has had to make in other games. When we win with Brees I dont think people will ask was it his passing or his scrambling that did it. He is a pocket passer that is most effective when he can step into the pass and by looking at his numbers he was effective.
Sacks are just a stat like any other stat they dont tell the whole truth. 3rd down efficiency is a good indication of how well you move the ball but what if you cant convert in the red zone. It is great to move the ball down the field but what if you only come away with 3 points every time. 4 long drives give you 12 points. Seems like not giving up sacks would help with 3rd down%. I think by definition a sack is a negative play on the offense and just like silly false starts when the offense is going backwards it is harder to pick up 1st downs.
Either way after 520 passing attempts we have given up 11 sacks if I want to give credit to the o-line I cant say someone else is wrong for giving the credit to our slashing qb who runs around every play doing it on his own. I cant also single out one of our 5 lineman for doing it on his own so I cant argue that 4 of our linemen are doing all the work as our center runs around trying to tackle the guy with the ball. Out of our 71 offensive plays I cant say how many bad plays our TE had (well I do remember that 1 td drop) so I cant argue with how many horrible plays our center had truthfully I was to busy watchin Brees sit in the pocket and delivering the ball downfield to Colston. I still wish he would throw to Moore more I like his ability to catch. I think he could be a good playmaker for the Saints.
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I do not have all the info with me at work but let me say this. 4th and 1 and getting stood up completely by an inferior defensive line is a horrible play, The moving out of your lane and allowing a delayed blitzer to come in when the guy you turned to chip with did not need any help, allowing(yet again) a screen pass to be destroyed cause you cannot push a smaller man out of your way is a horrible play.
Call me naive or whatever you want, but in watching Goodwin, he did not stray from his lane, he never got bulldozed out of the way, he did not have a chance at a fourth and one, but he never got blown up by someone on a screen pass.
Faine is not a starting quality center in this league. Cleveland knew this and let him go to us, and they took one of the most overrated Centers in FA of all time. Yes argue all you want but look at Bentley, he was a beast physically, but he struggled with the mental aspect of setting the blocking scheme, Fontenot while having lesser physical skills was probably one of the best the Saints have ever had to line up over the ball.
I am not asking for dominance, I am hoping the coaching staff with see these inadequacies and will draft accordingly. A very good top notch starting center can be found in the 2nd and 3rd round of the draft. What I am asking is that we do not, as fans, get suckered into believing only stats. I was sucked into how great the O line played last year and did not listen to Euphoria until their inadequacies started to show this year. When I went back and looked at the games I saw a whole lot of what I have seen this year, Brees having to move a whole lot. I did not say scramble, stepping up or to the side is not scrambling. However last year he had a little more time to throw and his receivers got open earlier, which disguised our O line inadequacies to me and many others.
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I love you guys!
Trying to figure out how our O-line is so horrible, and not having much luck? Does it have you down? Feeling lost and confused?
I have the answer. All you have to do is be perfect. You see, if you're perfect at everything you do and never make any mistakes whatsoever, then you're paradigm will also be to look at someone else not being perfect and see a major problem. You see, in your world view, you never allow someone competing against you to beat you because you're just that good. In your environment, there's no one even close to you athletically, mentally, competitvely - you simply blow them all away.
With that kind of viewpoint, you'd look at someone (really anyone) playing in the NFL and see nothing but a scrub. Heck, he sometimes get's outplayed by another NFL player - he must be terrible at his position to get outplayed ever, right? When someone tried to argue with your assertion and presented evidence (like we pass more than any team and still have fewer sacks), it wouldn't matter because you've seen it with your own eyes - that player made a mistake. They must be terrible.
Let's all go out and be perfect. We'll be able to see the mistakes players make in a new light, and learn what scrubs they really are.
Oh, and by the way, if you happen to not be able to be perfect - you must also be terrible at what you so as well.
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I just love the crystal candlesticks you have. They are so lovely. A very nice coffe table I think. And the earlier post is just adorable. Wish I had a stair that I could decorate too.
Hope you have a good Tuesday.
Love Elzie
- November 27, 2007 6:17 AM
I love it! Thanks for the post re: your coffee table. It inspired me! I have some glass/crystal candlesticks, a painted white tray with a glass top that I sprinkled Crate & Barrel silver stars on, and white sparkly (they look like snowdrifts) candles that I will put on mine!
- November 27, 2007 6:24 AM
- Dana said...
What a great idea with the glittered pumpkins! I've been looking at mine and wondering what i'm going to do with them! Thanks again for the inspiration!
By the way how's the chair coming?
- November 27, 2007 7:01 AM
- Nan said...
I love how you converted your pumpkins. I'm sure they do sparkle.
Very pretty.
- November 27, 2007 7:18 AM
- Julie said...
I am playing catch up on all of my favorite blogs this week since I have been on vacation for about 2 weeks. I love your banister garland. Very very elegant!!
- November 27, 2007 7:18 AM
Love the coffee table decor. I have several crystal candelsticks on my coffee table. I used a gold framed mirror to put the candlesticks on. For Christmas I add some beaded garland around the candelsticks. And,, there's never enough time nor money....
- November 27, 2007 8:02 AM
- Mary said...
Ooohh, how pretty and sparkly! I love your candlesticks. I'm experimenting with some tea lights in pressed glass goblets. I saw it in a book on Christmas in Nantucket. Can't wait to see more of your decorations.
- November 27, 2007 9:00 AM
Oh Cindy, how elegant! Looks so lovely. I have a suggestion for making pretty tealite candle holders. I picked up some pretty crystal sugar bowls (flea mkts, garage sales, and even on e-bay). I got them cheap because there were no lids. You don't need the lid. Just put in a tealite candle and watch it sparkle! The light plays off the cut glass and just looks so pretty. One I picked up at a flea mkt for $3. It was beautiful cut glass with 2 handles. A nice touch for the dining table, as they are sugar bowls.
- November 27, 2007 9:15 AM
- Angela (Cottage Magpie) said...
I love the crystal candlesticks--their sparkle is just lovely!
~Angela :-)
- November 27, 2007 9:35 AM
- Chris said...
What a great idea-paint the pumpkins and glitter them. Love your table scape.
- November 27, 2007 11:16 AM
- Rosemary said...
It looks beautiful Cindy!!
So sparkly and "Romantic."
- November 27, 2007 11:16 AM
- Lisa said...
Can I come curl up on your couch for awhile please and enjoy the view? So inviting....
- November 27, 2007 12:07 PM
- Cindy Roberts said...
Beautiful! I can't seem to get going on my Christmas decorating! I figure if I continue visiting your blog I will be inspired to get started before the 25th! Thanks for stopping by my blog!
- November 27, 2007 12:07 PM
- Lallee said...
This looks very pretty and romantic. Good reuse of the pumpkins! You banister looks really nice, too. I hope to bring the boxes out of the attic tomorrow.
- November 27, 2007 12:22 PM
- Abbie said...
oh, it all looks so lovely, shimmery and peaceful! the pumpkins look fabulous! what a great idea to strectch them through the holidays. I just dumped them all thinking I couldn't use them anymore.
Thank you for the lovely inspirations!
- November 27, 2007 12:53 PM
- bj said...
Your table looks lovely, Cindy. I haven't done mine yet but now I am ready to tackle it!
- November 27, 2007 1:03 PM
- Michelle said...
Your coffee table looks magical. I'm putting silver candlesticks on my coffee table. Michelle
- November 27, 2007 1:26 PM
- Alicia ~ Time Worn Style said...
Cindy, your coffee table is looking real special, plus your photos are just lovely!
- November 27, 2007 2:21 PM
- Robyn said...
Just lovely!
- November 27, 2007 3:18 PM
- Cottage Contessa said...
Glass, candles, white, glitter, silver.......a perfect combination! Beautiful setting Cindy, as always!
Amanda (aka Cottage Contessa)
- November 27, 2007 7:01 PM
- Gayla said...
This is pure beauty... You have the most beautiful artistic touches!
- November 27, 2007 7:06 PM
- BittersweetPunkin said...
Are those real pumpkins? How do you preserve them so they don't go BAD on you?? LOL I love your table...very pretty!
- November 27, 2007 10:59 PM
- Gail McCormack said...
Loving your Chrizzy decorations Cindy, keep them coming!
- November 28, 2007 2:26 AM
- ginger at enchanting cottage said...
I love your coffee table. OH and the pumkins what a cute idea.
- November 28, 2007 5:11 AM
- Marilyn said...
I love your sense of style. The decor on the coffee table is gorgeous, so warm and inviting and I love what you have done to your stair case for the holidays.
- November 28, 2007 10:38 AM
- Angie said...
I've been reading your blog for months now and your sense of style is wonderful! I love everything you do.
- November 28, 2007 4:42 PM
I have so enjoyed looking at your pictures, I have even borrowed some of your ideas. I first saw your beautiful spaces on Rate My Space, hgtv.com. I look forward to seeing more of your Christmas decorating, so far it looks so charming! I also love the furniture you have come across that I have seen in previous postings! When you glaze it after you have painted, what do you use? (I hope this is okay to ask)Thanks, Kim
- November 28, 2007 7:29 PM
- Liz said...
So beautiful. I know whenever I stop in to your blog that I'll be inspired!
- November 29, 2007 9:37 AM
- Fabulous Finds Studio said...
Love the coffee table decorations...beautiful! I just found your lovely blog!
- November 29, 2007 7:23 PM


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After a few nights of veal for dinner last week (that recipe still to come), we were ready for a meatless dinner. For our vegetarian dinners, my go-to sources of protein are usually beans, lentils, or tofu. We almost always have all three on hand. Knowing that I also had some great avocados and tomatoes, burrito bowls came to mind.
I used quinoa instead of rice for my burrito bowls because it cooks up faster than rice and it packs in some great protein. Burrito bowls aren't hard to make, but they do require some hands on time. For these burrito bowls, I topped the beans and quinoa with grilled onions and peppers, pico de gallo, avocado, freshly grated cheddar, and some plain greek yogurt instead of sour cream. I started with the onions and peppers because they required the most cooking time, then turned to the beans and quinoa, and made the pico de gallo and cut up the avocado while the rest was on the stove. Lots of chopping and grating to put these bowls together, but I did it all in about 40 minutes.
For the Grilled Onions and Peppers:
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 large onion, sliced into ½ inch thick rings (I used a red onion, because they are sweeter, but you use whatever you've got. I recommend the sweeter varieties of onions, Vidalia would work nicely.)
½ Red Pepper, sliced into long strips, reserve the other ½ of the pepper, we'll use it for the beans and quinoa
½ Yellow Pepper, sliced into long strips, reserve the other ½ of the pepper, we'll use it for the pico de gallo
For the Quinoa and Beans:
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 small onion
2-3 cloves garlic
½ red pepper, chopped
1 teaspoon cumin seeds
2 15 oz. cans of black beans
1 15 oz. can of red kidney beans (light or dark, your preference)
1 cup uncooked quinoa
1 ½ teaspoons ground coriander
Pinch of cayenne pepper (or more to your taste)
1 teaspoon vegetable bouillon powder
1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
3 cups water
For the Pico De Gallo:
2 medium-sized tomatoes, chopped
¼ of a small red onion, diced
½ yellow pepper, diced
2 tablespoons chopped cilantro (I didn't have any so I skipped this, but it is better with it!)
juice of 1 lime (or 1 teaspoon of orange juice will work too!)
Other toppings:
1 avocado, halved, pitted and cut into small cubes
¼ cup freshly grated cheddar cheese
dallop of plain greek yogurt or sour cream for topping (I used non-fat greek yogurt)
For the Grilled Onions and Peppers: In a medium-sized heavy bottom pan or skillet, heat oil over medium heat. Add the onions and peppers and cook over medium heat, flipping and moving the pieces around occasionally to ensure even cooking. The goal is to get the onions somewhat caramelized and get a nice sear on the peppers. This can take 10-15 minutes.
While the onions and peppers are cooking, prepare the quinoa and beans. In a large pot or dutch oven, heat the oil over medium high heat. Add the onions and cook for 2-3 minutes until the onions are becoming translucent. Add the garlic and peppers. Cook for another 3 minutes. Add the cumin seeds, cook for 1 minute, stirring the mixture so nothing sticks to the bottom of the pot. Add the beans and quinoa and stir.
Add the coriander, cayenne, bouillon and red wine vinegar. Stir everything together for 1 minute. Add the water, stir everything together and turn the heat to high to bring the water to a boil. Once the water is boiling, turn the heat make down to medium-low, cover and simmer for about 10 minutes, or until the quinoa has absorbed most of the water and is soft. Salt and pepper to taste.
While the onions, peppers and quinoa are all on the stove, prepare the pico de gallo. Chopping all of the ingredients and tossing them together in a medium bowl. Salt and pepper to taste.
When the quinoa and beans are ready and the onions and peppers are caramelized, it's time to put your burrito bowl together! Start with the quinoa and beans.
Add the peppers and onions.
Top with the pico de gallo, avocado, cheese and greek yogurt. Enjoy!


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Kerry Rhodes said he is glad Antonio Gates was the Jets' opponent last week.
Gates, the Chargers' all-world tight end, caught eight passes for 93 yards in the Jets' 17-14 upset win Sunday in San Diego. It was Gates' backup, Kris Wilson, who caught the Chargers' first touchdown pass.
It was good prep work for this week's test — Colts star tight end Dallas Clark.
"I think it was a good thing that we got to see Gates last week," Rhodes said. "And we just know that you can't just play zone against those type of guys. They're going to find openings. And when you have a quarterback like [Philip] Rivers or [Peyton] Manning, they're going to get the ball to him.
"So seeing him, it helps us to change up some things and fix up some things for this week."
Clark had a great season, tying Reggie Wayne for the Colts lead with 100 catches, scoring 10 touchdowns and racking up 1,106 yards. In last week's 20-3 win over the Ravens, Clark hauled in seven grabs for 59 yards.
A few fixes aside, Rhodes said the Jets' coverage of Clark will share similarities with their coverage of Gates. The Jets figure to have multiple players cover Clark at times, ranging from Rhodes to fellow safety Eric Smith. The Jets didn't fare so well when they faced Clark in their 29-15 Week 16 win. Clark had four catches for 57 yards in just 2½ quarters.
"We're going to have our hands full as a secondary," Jim Leonhard said.
Rhodes said Clark almost acts as the Colts' slot receiver. Is that dangerous for the Jets? Maybe. On Nov. 22, the sport's best slot receiver — the Patriots' Wes Welker — caught 15 passes for 192 yards against the Jets. Welker was one of just four players in the league to catch more passes during the regular season than Clark.
Rhodes might not be facing this challenge at full strength. He hurt his knee when he collided with a receiver at practice Thursday. He called the accident "freakish."
"It was OK," Rhodes said after practice. "Running around a little bit today, it felt good."
Rhodes said he wouldn't be restricted tomorrow, though he sounded as if he wouldn't say otherwise.
"There ain't going to be no excuses Sunday, so I'll be ready," he said.


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Questions from SLIFR
I encourage everyone to participate in Dennis Cozzalio's new, recent, fun-filled quiz over at Sergio Leone and the Infield Fly Rule. My answers are as follows.
1) What was the last movie you saw theatrically? On DVD or Blu-ray?
Theatrically - Role Models. On DVD - My Favorite Year.
2) Holiday movies— Do you like them naughty or nice?
I prefer to think of it as a choice between emotional and honest or saccharine and syrupy. I'd just as soon snuggle up by the fireside with Bad Santa (or better yet, Blast of Silence) as It's a Wonderful Life or A Charlie Brown Christmas.
3) Ida Lupino or Mercedes McCambridge?
Lupino was a better actress and director, but McCambridge was the voice of little Reagan in The Exorcist, so I'm afraid she wins.
4) Favorite actor/character from Twin Peaks
Kyle McLachlan
5) It's been said that, rather than remaking beloved, respected films, Hollywood should concentrate more on righting the wrongs of the past and tinker more with films that didn't work so well the first time. Pretending for a moment that movies are made in an economic vacuum, name a good candidate for a remake based on this criterion.
Even lousy movies are products of their time, and as such, unless the remakes in question have the distinction of being as good as Cronenberg's The Fly, I'd still kinda prefer that they left well alone.
6) Favorite Spike Lee joint.
The 25th Hour
7) Lawrence Tierney or Scott Brady?
"Let's go to woik." Tierney all the way.
8) Are most movies too long?
No. Some, but not most.
9) Favorite performance by an actor portraying a real-life politician.
Cheating here, but nothing else really comes to mind: Ossie Davis as John F. Kennedy in Bubba Ho-Tep.
10) Create the main event card for the ultimate giant movie monster smackdown.
The Kraken vs. The Giant Claw!
11) Jean Peters or Sheree North?
Peters for Sam Fuller's seminal Pickup on South Street.
12) Why would you ever want or need to see a movie more than once?
Because, I dunno, you like it? I know Pauline Kael was against this, but really, I've never paid that much attention to what Pauline Kael had to say about anything.
13) Favorite road movie.
Y Tu Mama Tambien
14) Favorite Budd Boetticher picture.
Seven Men From Now
15) Who is the one person, living or dead, famous or unknown, who most informed or encouraged your appreciation of movies?
My high school photography teacher, Jason Whiton
16) Favorite opening credit sequence. (Please include YouTube link if possible.)
17) Kenneth Tobey or John Agar?
I'm not sure who Kenneth Tobey is, but I'm sure I've seen John Agar in some monster beach party movie or another. So, him.
18) Jean-Luc Godard once suggested that the more popular the movie, the less likely it was that it was a good movie. Is he right or just cranky? Cite the best evidence one way or the other.
I don't think Jean-Luc Godard's crankiness is mutually exclusive from his rightness or wrongness of any given subject, but that's beside the point. Great movies are popular (The Godfather) and so are crummy ones (300). I think it's just highfalutin' nonsense to try and say a film's popularity is disproportionate to its quality, especially since popularity is statistically mesaurable and quality is extremely subjective. That's not even taking into account films whose reputations has changed over the years - The Wizard of Oz tanked when first released, now it's the most beloved film ever. Does that make it it a worse movie now than it was in '39?
19) Favorite Jonathan Demme movie.
Stop Making Sense
20) Tatum O'Neal or Linda Blair?
Paper Moon is my girlfriend's alltime favorite movie (and a film I dearly love too), so, Tatum.
21) Favorite use of irony in a movie. (This could be an idea, moment, scene, or an entire film.)
The ending of The Treasure of the Sierra Madre.
22) Favorite Claude Chabrol film.
I'm afraid I've only seen his most recent, A Girl Cut in Two, but I liked that one.
23) The best movie of the year to which very little attention seems to have been paid.
I really don't see why everyone hated on My Blueberry Nights. It's true that Wong Kar-Wai hasn't got a great ear for English, and Rachel Weisz does a pretty poor Southern Accent, but I found it an incredibly sweet fable of a confection and Norah Jones is just too cute.
24) Dennis Christopher or Robby Benson?
Dennis Christopher, for a little film called Fade to Black which every self-proclaimed cinephile should see as a cautionary tale.
25) Favorite movie about journalism.
His Girl Friday
26) What's the DVD commentary you'd most like to hear? Who would be on the audio track?
The interviews I've seen with Sam Fuller are even better than the movies themselves. What I would've given for this man to record a commentary track.
27) Favorite movie directed by Clint Eastwood.
Unforgiven, although I really also love Play Misty for Me.
28) Paul Dooley or Kurtwood Smith?
Kurtwood Smith.
29) Your clairvoyant moment: Make a prediction about the Oscar season.
That I will have seen (or will have any interest in seeing) fewer of the nominated films than any year in recent memory, but will still watch the ceremony anyway, because I'm weak.
30) Your hope for the movies in 2009.
2009 is probably askin' a bit much, but for the near future, I sincerely hope that Ralph Bakshi manages to complete his ongoing project The Last Days of Coney Island.
31) What's your top 10 of 2008? (If you have a blog and have your list posted, please feel free to leave a link to the post.)
#1 is Let The Right One In. #'s 2 through 10 have yet to be determiend. I need to catch up on my movie watching, but Synecdoche, New York, Pineapple Express and WALL-E all factor pretty highly too.


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Did I mention that we are probably making this the kitchen again, as it used to be before the 80's? So this will look much different in a few years. Perhaps it will take me less than half a decade to show you lol.
OK so, we put in green carpet. Its more mossy than the one I'd picked out, but we decided the one I liked was TOO green, like 60's green but not in a good way. So we found one that was a little more modern but still retro. I really like it! Lowes was brand new in town and they had a fabulous free installation and sale on their carpet so it cost under $500 to carpet this room. While the carpet isn't the best of quality it is fairly decent and will hold up for the duration of time that we need it in here.
|kitties smell the new carpet
|pretty folksy!
I found some nice lacy curtains at the thrift store that were exactly what I wanted. this room has two windows, a big south facing one and a smaller west window so it is very bright in here. I like the sun shining through the lace a lot. In fact I take quite a few hipstamatic pictures of sun through my lace curtains cause that's how I roll.
|Solly is consumed by squirrel activity in the lilac outside the window
|Else also likes to look out the window
|ive added the quilt as an extra child mess barrier
|look at that sweet fabric!! its my favourite. also love the buttons. love the cat too i guess.
|desk is always messy. this is nothing.
|i promise theres a shelf under all those toys.
|i think this was $5. estate sales are a great place to get cheap art
|it took me forever to find a frame that had matting that would fit this 8x8.
|liza is ususally sporting some crazy vintage dress and sometimes a wig. other times she is naked and hairless. which is how I like my mannequins.
|before: fleshy and crowded
|after: brighter and happier
|before demolition
|after demolition
|room is so much bigger
|where all the stuff is, used to be closet.
This is a special room where sun rays bounce off the walls and ceiling and the lilacs bloom outside the windows, making it smell heavenly in May. Its a nice central room so the kids can play while I make dinner, or I can hear them running around while I write or waste time online. It is fairly easy to keep clean, and its a good room for guests to stay in (though the door has been removed to save little fingers from being smashed and yes that mattress needs to go!).
And just to let you all know, my husband knows how to do everything right. I will never assume otherwise again :)


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A bottle of bleach.
"The sort of stuff you'd use to clean a toilet. I think I have the same kind at home."
Combine with detergent
Women's washroom, 1F Alternate Central Square Shopping Center.
Silent Hill 3
The bottle of Bleach is an item obtainable in Silent Hill 3.
It is found on the counter of the first floor women's washroom in the Otherworld version of Central Square Shopping Center. When combined with the detergent, it creates a vapor that acts as an insecticide and clears the 2F hallway of the moths blocking Heather Mason's way. The vapor is highly toxic, so before doing this action, Heather must turn off the fans by pulling the lever that is located at the end of the previous hall.
The bleach will not appear if the puzzle difficulty is set to Easy. Moths do not block Heather's path so the bleach is unnecessary.


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01 Predormitum (Prologue)
02 Darkness (Dream On) Ft Anna Wise
03 Phantasmata
04 Hard As They Come (Act I) Ft Freddie Gibbs
05 Murder (Act II) Ft Big K.R.I.T.
06 My Habit (I Havent Changed)
07 Get Ignorant
08 Shattered Dreams
09 Stars Shine Brightest (In The Darkest Of Night)
10 So As Not To Wake You (Interlude)
11 Enemies With Benefits Ft Tonedeff
12 Looking Back Ft Anna Wise
13 Dreams Ft Tunji and BJ The Chicago Kid
14 Hypnopomp (Epilogue) Ft Bianca Spriggs
15 Embers
01 Predormitum (Prologue) (Instrumental)
02 Darkness (Dream On) (Instrumental)
03 Hard As They Come (Act I) (Instrumental)
04 Murder (Act II) (Instrumental)
05 My Habit (I Havent Changed) (Instrumental)
06 Get Ignorant (Instrumental)
07 Shattered Dreams (Instrumental)
08 Stars Shine Brightest (In The Darkest Of Night) (Instrumental)
09 Enemies With Benefits (Instrumental)
10 Looking Back (Instrumental)
11 Dreams (Instrumental)
12 Embers (Instrumental)
Another banger from cunninlynguists, support the artist buy their music.For Oneirology listeners, the cinematic special effects come in the form of Kno's skillful production. Even for fans of lyricism, Kno's beats sometimes overshadow the rhymes and his instrumentals sometimes drown the vocals out. Still, Kno creates a perfect ambiance for an album about dreams, using a mixture of dark, melancholy tones with whimsical pieces that work together to make this album worthy of listens on the strength of the production alone. He utilizes samples well, sequencing cuts almost seamlessly. For an example of this, listen to the first two songs, where Notorious B.I.G.'s vocals mix with the next song's sample to complete a sentence that works with the theme. "It was all…It was all…Darkness." Whether creating the perfect soundscape to spit over or showing off on an instrumental interlude, Kno is able to bring forth intriguing beats, as usual.
For an album with so much going for it, there are still some glaring issues here. Kno's production, as addressed, sometimes takes over and drowns even his own rhymes out. At other points, it seems the album can get repetitive, stretching the concept out further than necessary. For instance, "Enemies with Benefits" seems like a throw-in and it almost hurts the emcees to have Tonedeff stealing the show on the track with that scene jacking verse. Sure, this may be nitpicking, but that may also be a testament to how high they've raised the bar for themselves.
In the end, Oneirology is an album that may serve as an alarm to those still unaware of Cunnin's talent. This project combines creative sounds with inventive rhymes and stands as an example of how a great group can come together to craft a well-made album worthy of praise. Using their attention to detail on this release, they've managed to build on an already impressive catalog of music and it will not disappoint too many longtime supporters of the crew.


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Tom Hiddleston is reportedly dating Taylor Swift, which means you'll be seeing his name a lot now.
The 35-year-old actor is in the middle of a flight to superstardom. He's a scene-stealer in the "Avengers" movies, he might be the next James Bond, and he's an arthouse darling. Hiddleston just wrapped up critically acclaimed roles in "The Night Manager" and "High-Rise," and now he's all over the tabloids.
Here's a guide to the new handsome British dude who you'll be expected to know.
Kenneth Branagh first discovered Hiddleston, when he saw him playing Cas sio in a 2008 production of "Othello." Later that year, they starred on stage together in "Ivanov."
He became a Norse god's adoptive brother and sworn enemy in 2011's "Thor." The movie grossed $450 million and Hiddleston quickly became the internet's boyfriend.
Marvel turned Hiddleston into the series' main villain. He resumed his role in 2012's "The Avengers," turning Captain America, Iron Man, and the rest of the team against each other while he plotted to destroy Earth.
By the time Marvel released "Thor: The Dark World" in 2013, Hiddleston wasn't just another supervillain. He co-headlined the movie with Hemsworth's Thor. The two teamed up to beat an even bigger, badder villain.
Steven Spielberg cast Hiddleston in his World War I drama "War Horse." His role was small, but heartbreaking. When the main character, Albert, is forced to give up his horse, Hiddleston's character, an army captain, promises to take care of it. It doesn't end well.
Hiddleston picked up an American accent and played a brief but hilarious turn as F. Scott Fitzgerald in Woody Allen's time-travelling movie "Midnight in Paris."
He finished off the string of acclaimed arthouse roles by starring in 2012's "The Deep Blue Sea," the little-seen but critically acclaimed romantic drama directed by Terrence Davies, and 2013's "Only Lovers Left Alive," where he played an immortal vampire who's a really good musician.
While his career rocketed into the stratosphere, Hiddleston dropped his girlfriend of three years, actress Susannah Fielding.
At the time, Hiddleston told The Daily Mail that he put his entire personal life on hold when his career took off. He even missed his best friend's wedding.
"It was one of those crazy things where I'd said I'd be there - even if Spielberg called. And Spielberg did call and I wasn't there. We fell out really badly," Hiddleston said. "It's OK now. He read me the riot act and then we went out and got slammed."
In 2014, Hiddleston and Chastain shot "Crimson Peak," a haunted mansion horror movie. The two were rumored to have dated for a few months, but Chastain says she has a no-dating-actors rule, so it might have been nothing.
Hiddleston and Lara Pulver, who plays the kinky Irene Adler in "Sherlock" were spotted on a night out together in July 2013. But the two haven't been spotted since then.
Last night, The Sun broke the news that Tom Hiddleston is reportedly dating Taylor Swift, who recently broke up with DJ Calvin Harris.
You're going to be hearing a lot more about this gentleman in the future.


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