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An F.B.I. agent in Phoenix told counterterrorism officials at the bureau's headquarters last July that he had detected an alarming pattern of Arab men with possible ties to terrorism taking aviation-related training, and urged a nationwide review of the trend, according to F.B.I. officials.
The agent's recommendation was not acted upon before Sept. 11, however; bureau officials foresaw difficulties in scrutinizing the hundreds of Middle Eastern men who regularly attended flight schools and underwent aviation training in the United States.
After the Sept. 11 attacks, though, the F.B.I. agent's memorandum took on a new urgency within the bureau, as investigators hunted for possible links to the 19 hijackers who aimed jets at the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. The memorandum also gained attention as officials began to check whether they had missed warning signs of the attacks.
A review determined that none of the seven or eight Arab men identified by the agent in Phoenix had any connection to the Sept. 11 attacks or other terrorist activities, officials said. A few were detained on immigration violations, however, F.B.I. officials said.
''None of the people identified by Phoenix are connected to the 9/11 attacks,'' the F.B.I. said today in a statement. ''The Phoenix communication went to the appropriate operational agents and analysts at headquarters, but it did not lead to uncovering the impending attacks.''Continue reading the main story
Some in Congress expressed concern about the memorandum today after seeing reports about it. U.S. News and World Report first wrote about the memorandum in December, but The Associated Press distributed a report today with new details about it.
''It is imperative that we learn exactly what information was contained in the F.B.I. report, to whom it was sent and what actions were taken in response,'' Senator Patrick J. Leahy, a Vermont Democrat and chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said in a statement.
Senator Charles E. Grassley, Republican of Iowa, added, ''The F.B.I. has to do a better job of connecting the dots when it comes to intelligence about terrorists.''
As Congress gears up for its first comprehensive investigation into the government's performance leading up to Sept. 11, the memorandum offers another tantalizing glimpse of what American experts in counterterrorism knew about the threat to the United States. The joint House-Senate committee conducting the Sept. 11 investigation has already been briefed on the F.B.I. memorandum, officials said.
Officials at the Federal Bureau of Investigation emphasized that the Phoenix agent did not predict the attacks. The agent's report did not focus on Arab men seeking pilot training, but instead raised questions about individuals being trained in airport management. The agent wondered whether they might be getting training that could help them get jobs that would allow them to skirt airport security procedures.
But some F.B.I. officials acknowledged that the agent's report was as close to the mark as anyone came before Sept. 11.
''He wasn't saying, 'Hey, I know there are guys out there who are going to hijack planes and fly them into buildings,' '' one official said. ''But he did have the right industry.''
F.B.I. officials would not make the Phoenix agent available for an interview. But they said the agent first became suspicious after noticing a pattern among several Arabs being monitored for possible terrorist ties, as well as others thought to be associates of individuals suspected of having those connections.
The agent noticed that several of the men were attending Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Prescott, Ariz. The agent thought he might have stumbled onto a larger pattern of Arabs coming to the United States to get aviation training for use in terrorist activities.
In July, he sent a memorandum to counterterrorism officials at F.B.I. headquarters recommending a study of the issue.
''Phoenix believes that the F.B.I. should accumulate a listing of civil aviation universities/colleges around the country,'' the memorandum stated. ''F.B.I. field offices with these types of schools in their area should establish appropriate liaison. F.B.I. HQ should discuss this matter with other elements of the U.S. intelligence community and task the community for any information that supports Phoenix's suspicions.''
It also recommended that the F.B.I. ask the State Department to provide visa data on flight school students from Middle Eastern countries so the bureau could track them more easily.
After the agent's memorandum arrived at headquarters, it was sent to the bureau's New York field office, which then had the lead in international terrorist investigations. F.B.I. officials identified 600 schools involved in flight or other aviation training in the United States, and determined that as many as 600 students from Middle Eastern countries attended them each year.
Most Middle East countries send pilots from their commercial airlines and their military to train in the United States. At the time, F.B.I. officials believed that a study of the Arab presence at American flight schools could be done as only a long-term project taking one to two years. No action had been taken on the issue by Sept. 11.
F.B.I. officials said there was reluctance at the time to mount such a major review because of a concern that the bureau would be criticized for ethnic profiling of foreigners. Bureau officials were also aware of the obstacles in asking colleges and universities to cooperate on such a sweeping review of students without specific evidence that they were guilty of any crimes.
''You had to ask, Was there valid intelligence pushing you in the direction of doing this? And the answer at the time was no,'' one F.B.I. official said.Continue reading the main story


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An Ethiopian History Lesson
After hearing a message by my pastor Dean Sweetman about the Ethiopian eunuch converted in the desert by Philip, my mind began wondering what happened with this eunuch. Where did his faith take him and what was the final impact of Philip's obedience to the Holy Spirit? After studying many history sources, I found a bit of information … Continue reading

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Chef Sam & his wife Elaine opened the Folsom Sunny Garden in the summer of 2006 with a vision of creating finest Exotic Asian Dining Experience.
In 1998, Sam & Elaine opened their first award winning restaurant in the Bay Area.
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Financial transactions are as much about building relationships as they are spending money, so I have to admit, I do get a little peeved when I spend money and then feel disrespected by the company I've paid.
A few years ago we used to buy our food from the local superstore. We'd spend on average around £4500 a year there.
I've shopped with this superstore for my entire adult life and therefore spent in the region of £76500 in their premises.
But then I noticed their quality had dropped. The apples in the store were bruised. The tins were getting more dented. The tortilla wraps had begun sticking together, the pitta bread had holes in them and they had begun to have items they used to have in stock, regularly out of stock.
I wrote to the local branch. Three weeks later, when they hadn't replied, so I wrote to their Head Office. Funnily enough, they didn't reply either. So I assumed that perhaps ignoring customer's complaints was now company policy. I also noticed that nothing had improved in the store.
I suppose my £4500 a year is quite small compared to their annual profit of £2.65 billion. And I suppose losing my custom doesn't really mean that much to them.
However, this got me thinking…
I'd been wrestling with food miles and the environmental stuff for quite some time. I know that my veg, even if grown locally will probably go to somewhere like Germany to get packaged before it will return to the UK and go on a shelf.
I know all this is not good for the environment. I know how superstores are now able to dictate pricing to suppliers and even influence town planning. I don't necessarily like the idea of 180 new superstores being opened in the UK in the next 18 months. But I do accept there are some benefits to having these stores as part of the diversity of our culture.
But having said all that, when a company fails to value the relationship with a customer, then the customer is probably right to review the relationship with the company.
So I considered the food miles and the environment and the growth of the superstores and came to the conclusion… It was time to grow my own food, get my own chickens, shop where it is most convienients and buy local.
When we spend money in our my local economy, most of it stays in your local economy, but when you spend it at a superstore, very little of it returns.
Since I live in the countryside and am surrounded by farmers – some of whom I know – I'd prefer to line their pockets than people who do not value my relationship with them.
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Dorothy Marie Dietz
Dorothy Marie Dietz, age 83, of Annandale, died Thursday, Oct. 4, 2001, at the Buffalo Hospital.
Dorothy was born Oct. 24, 1917, in Mina, S.D. to the late Emil and Ida (Sieg) Elfman. She married Reinhold G. Dietz May 12, 1935 in Howard Lake. He preceded her in death July 12, 1981.
Dorothy lived in Howard Lake before moving to Annandale in 1971. She was a homemaker and member of St. John's Lutheran Church, Annandale. She loved her family and grandchildren, enjoyed cooking, baking, traveling, sewing, playing cards, games, and Sunday morning coffee.
Dorothy is preceded in death by her parents; husband, Reinhold; daughter, Janet Ardolf; grandaughter, Michele Ardolf; sister, Lorna Blanchette; and brother, August Elfman.
She is survived by seven daughters, one son, and their spouses, Darlene and Darrell Hicks of Buffalo, Carol Jacobson of Annandale, Betty and James Biggs of Fort Wayne, Ind., Duane and Linda Dietz of Annandale, Rose Steuck of Annandale, Gloria and Reed Scheer of Howard Lake, Sally and Richard Mozingo of Fort Wayne, Ind., and Teresa and Leo McClanahan of Annandale.
She is further survived by three sisters, Erna Elsenpeter of Clearwater, Olga Hatcher and Thelma Mellin, both of Annandale; 32 grandchildren, many great-grandchildren, and many great-great grandchildren.
Funeral services were Monday, Oct. 8, 2001, at St. John's Lutheran Church, Annandale, with the Rev. Scott Jakel officiating. Burial followed in the church cemetery.
Friends called Sunday from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Dingmann Funeral Care Chapel, Annandale, and in the church prior to the funeral.
Terry Steuck, Randy McClanahan, Steve Lies, Brian Dietz, James Biggs, and Charles Hicks served as pallbearers.
Honorary pallbearers were Nathan and Tommy McClanahan, Timothy Scheer, Mark and Adam Lies, Greg Hicks, Cecil Mozingo, and Kenny and Sean Becker.
Music for the funeral was provided by Orma Lou Jacobsma and Bev Sorenson.
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|A recent study by IBM notes: "worldwide investible assets are expected to double to nearly $300 trillion by 2015 - nearly double the growth rate of worldwide GDP". This growth is causing an exponential increase in the growth of financial trades. See the adjacent graph for messages per second, per peak minute. (IBM, 2007, Into the Future: The Fast Track for Financial Markets, Systems and Technology Group, p. 3. Data: Courtesy of TABB Group. Data estimated for 2008).
|IBM expects that machines will execute a growing share of these trades. "One likely result is that for every forty traders there are today, there will be only four left standing for a given product group by year 2015".


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Thursday, January 27, 2011 11:09 PM
Are you trying to reset your admin or host password in DNN? I think I can help you out!
I'm working on a community user group DNN website and I did something screwy. I mucked up the host and admin accounts! DOH! Yup, I mean I REALLY screwed them up, so much that I couldn't log in with neither of them! DOH!
You know that feeling eh? You look at the Users and aspnet_membership tables and see nothing in return? (Palm meet forehead, SMACK! DOH!) Oh the ache in the PIT of your stomach eh?
Thankfully I DO have SQL Server Management Studio access to the DB! PHEW! But when I google for solutions I get things like this, which JUST WEREN'T working for me!
create procedure uap_ResetPassword
@UserName NVarChar(255),
@NewPassword NVarChar(255)
Declare @PasswordSalt NVarChar(128)
Declare @Application NVarChar(255)
Set @Application = (SELECT [ApplicationID] FROM aspnet_Users WHERE UserName=@UserName)
Set @PasswordSalt = (SELECT PasswordSalt FROM aspnet_Membership WHERE UserID IN (SELECT UserID FROM aspnet_Users WHERE UserName=@UserName))
Exec dbo.aspnet_Membership_ResetPassword @Application, @UserName, @NewPassword, 10, 10, @PasswordSalt, -5
I did this but when I tried to log in with the host or admin accounts, STILL NO DICE! DOH! OH man, pit in stomach feeling getting worse! DOH!
But then I came across these two sql scripts which DID work for me. They have ONE key assumption, you have to know the password to at least ONE account. Ok, that's not so bad, why? Cause you can always Register a new user and steal THAT password and salt values.
First sql helps get you the fields you need to cut'n'paste into the second script. Just change the 'admin' in the username line to the username of the password you DO know for sure!
SELECT password, passwordformat, passwordsalt
FROM aspnet_membership am
INNER JOIN aspnet_users au
ON (au.userid = am.userid)
INNER JOIN aspnet_applications aa
ON (au.applicationId = aa.applicationid)
WHERE au.username = 'admin'
AND aa.applicationname = 'DotNetNuke'
Next, cut'n'paste the
DECLARE @changeDate datetime
set @changeDate = getdate()
exec aspnet_Membership_setPassword
@changeDate, 2
Ok, after doing this magic and slight of hand, I was BACK IN BUSINESS! COOL!
Now that I can administrate the website again, it's time to grab a coffee and get coding!
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The title says it all Homeowner Life - Post some pics of projects your doing in your House.
I just bought a house March 30 of this year and went crazy as soon as I bought It. Ripped out carpet in 3 rooms the day we signed the papers. 2 had beautiful hardwood floors under them!!!!! didnt even have to refinish them!!!!!!. Moved our stuff into the house the next day. Took down a wall from the dinning room to the kitchen the third day in!!!! and it keeps on going. I am on the finishing stretch!!!! A few things left to do in the kitchen!!!!
Started to buy and add base cabinets
Got butcher block counter tops
The wife and my mom redid half bath when I was at AC beer Fest
Redid the upper cabinets - Sanded / 2 coats of paint / Polly
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Saturday, March 10, 2012
SXSW Eats: Lucy's Fried Chicken
For your first course, get the deep fried deviled eggs.
For your second course, get the fried chicken. It comes with sliced jalapeños and pickle spears on top - an idea that is so genius it makes me want to curl into the fetal position and weep because I just can't deal with it.
For your third course, get the pie. Any pie, but S'mores pie is a personal favorite. They also have a sweet tea pie which at first bite is a little weird but by the third bite will have you hiding under the table with it, stabbing anyone that comes near you with a fork.
That's Lucy's Fried Chicken.
You don't go for the vegetables.
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Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Drunken Irish Filets over Creamy Gorgonzola Grits
I have been dying to make 'drunk and dirty tenderloin' ever since I saw the recipe in an old book last year. The only problem is you need an entire filet of beef to marinate. And since my husband and I have been in perpetual house hunting mode it's hard to motivate oneself to go out and splurge on a $100 slab of beef. Then the damnest thing happened. The lovely people of Omaha Steaks contacted me asking if I'd care to review their products. Well, hell yes!
As a blogger you get the weirdest offers for free stuff to 'review.' I'm ashamed to say I've turned most of them down because I can't find it in my heart to say 'hey y'all - so and so's BBQ sauce is top notch!' if I've never actually used it before or don't believe in it.
Well the good news is Omaha Steaks and I have a little history. In high school I won a writing contest with a story about a horse we had rescued and the prize, among other things, was a delivery of tender-as-butter filet mignons from Omaha Steaks. I was hooked. And it so happens I send Omaha Steaks to friends and family every year at Christmas so I can stand proud in recommending them to my lovely readers out there. They are great gift for people who love good food but don't love to cook as they have entire meal packages including chocolate cake, twice baked potatoes, appetizers, etc. You just throw everything in the oven or on the grill and you have a party. In fact they're tagline says it perfectly - "Mix with Company." Love it.
Okay so back to that recipe I was telling you about. Well it was every bit as delicious as I hoped although the soy did make the beef appear a little parched in the photo (the end product was more delicious than the picture implies.) If you ever make this with individual steaks like I did and not an entire filet cut your marinating time to 4 hours max as the exposed surface of 'cut' meat will drink in the soy very quickly. The only changes I made were to use fresh ginger, since I was only marinating a short time, and to sub Jameson Irish Whiskey for the bourbon in the recipe. It's smooth as butter and is my marinade liquor of choice. And it's almost St. Patty's day so this is what you should be drinking and cooking with and filling your bathtub with anyway.
So thank you again Omaha Steaks! I was going to just blog about the filets but after making their pork chops last night I think you'll hear a little more about them in the coming weeks...
Drunken Irish Filets
Serves 2, easily doubled
1/2 cup soy sauce (suggest lite soy if marinating longer than 3 hours)
1/4 cup Whiskey (Jameson)
1/8 cup Worcestershire sauce
1 tablespoon brown sugar
½ teaspoon fresh grated ginger
2 garlic cloves , minced
2 beef filets
Mix the marinade ingredients together in a medium bowl until the brown sugar has dissolved and everything has made friends. Transfer to a large ziploc, add the steaks in and seal. Refrigerate for 2-4 hours. Remove from the marinade and pat off excess moisture.
Grill to your liking and serve with Gorgonzola grits. See below.
Creamy Gorgonzola Grits:
Serves 4.
1 tablespoon olive oil, enough to coat the bottom of a small/medium pot
1/2 cup chopped shallots
3/4 cup instant 'quick cook' grits
3 cups low sodium chicken stock
1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
1/8 teaspoon garlic powder
salt and pepper
pinch fresh grated nutmeg
3/4-1 cup gorgonzola
1 tablespoon butter, optional
1/2 cup chopped green onions, divided
Heat the olive oil on medium heat for 1 minute. Add the shallots, season with salt and pepper and sauté until translucent. Pour in the stock and bring to a boil over high heat. Once boiling, stir in the grits along with a pinch of salt. Reduce heat slightly to an active simmer and stir constantly until grits are to the consistency you like (about 4-5 minutes.) Reduce heat to low and stir in the thyme, garlic powder, nutmeg, gorgonzola, butter and 1/4 cup of green onions. Taste for seasoning - I find I usually need to add quite a bit more salt but it depends on the stock you used, etc.
Serve the grits as a 'bed' for the steaks and garnish with additional green onion and more gorgonzola if desired.
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Monday, March 5, 2012
Spicy Ginger Chicken with Cool Cucumber Yogurt Sauce
Spicy Ginger Chicken Marinade:
* The leftover chicken makes a killer sandwich the next day with mayo and more cilantro.
2-3 boneless skinless chicken breasts, for marinating
1 small tub (usually 5.3 oz) Greek yogurt (preferably whole or 2% Fage brand)
1 chunk gresh ginger, at least 1 tablespoon when grated or chopped, or more for more kick
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
3/4 teaspoon sea salt or kosher salt
small handful of fresh mint, roughly chopped
2-3 small shallots, chopped
big handful fresh cilantro, chopped plus extra for garnish
2 smashed garlic cloves
zest of one lime
Mix the yogurt with the ginger, cumin, cayenne pepper, salt, herbs, shallots, garlic and lime zest. Place chicken breasts in a large ziploc or medium tupperware and cover with marinade, being sure to turn to coat and really piling on the mixture to give them a good soaking. Refrigerate at least 4 hours or overnight.
Preheat your broiler oven. Remove the chicken from the marinade and scrape off excess (don't be tempted to leave large hunks clinging onto the chicken - it will only burn.) Season the tops lightly with salt and pepper. Grease a pan with a rack in it, place breasts on the rack and put in the oven. Check starting at 8 minutes - breasts are done when the edges are JUST beginning to char and the thin veil of marinade on the meat has completely lost its glossy wetness and become a chalky, dull white. They're not pretty to look at but they're delicious to eat. Conversely you can just bake them on a cookie sheet (sprayed with nonstick spray) at 400 for 15 minutes until cooked through. Let rest for 5 minutes before serving. Serve with cucumber yogurt sauce, following, and garnish with additional cilantro.
Cucumber Yogurt Sauce:
* You can make this hours ahead or even the day before with good results. The mixture will look a bit watery and sad - just stir it together and remind yourself looks aren't everything.
1 small tub whole or 2% Greek yogurt, NOT fat free
1 handful of fresh mint, rough chopped
1 large handful cilantro, rough chopped
1 medium cucumber, seeds scraped and discarded then finely chopped
1/2 teaspoon coarse salt
juice of 1/2 lime
lime zest, optional for more zing
Mix alltogether and let sit for at least 30 minutes in the fridge before serving. Spoon over hot chicken when dishing, or serve alongside for people to serve themselves.
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Sunday, March 4, 2012
SXSW Eats: Mag Mud at Magnolia
My beloved city is about to be poked and prodded like a prized heifer at the state fair. SXSW is almost here and everyone and their granny is packing their bags, checking their RSVP lists, and stretching out their gut muscles in preparation for queso and BBQ and Amy's Ice cream.
In lieu of this I thought I'd share one of our favorite quesos. It can be found at Magnolia Cafe (2 locations, one on Lake Austin Blvd and the other on South Congress.) Named after the establishment itself, 'Magnolia Mud' ('Mag Mud') is a don't-knock-it-til-you-try-it concoction of queso, black beans, and guacamole. There might even be some salsa tucked in there along with a few tears from the baby Jesus...
It is that life altering, particularly when eaten between the hours of 1 and 6 am, which you can do any night of the week because Magnolia is like the US postal service and is there for you rain or shine 24 hours a day 7 days a week save Christmas.
Magnolia Cafe
1920 South Congress Ave
Austin, TX
512 445-0000
Magnolia Cafe
2304 Lake Austin Boulevard
(512) 478-8645
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When Our Stories Won't Speak
Two years in a row, I've wandered through the same abandoned house in Luray, asking it to give up its story. The front door was open, but inside the walls were tight-lipped. Both trips, my photos came out smoke-grey and silent.
This weekend I found another abandoned house. I welcomed the opportunity to let my restless mind run loose off its chain. I also hoped roaming someplace new would give me the answer to a problem I'd been wrestling with.
The past three months, I've been trying to settle on a book to write. I've drawn from the well over and over and the bucket has always come up brimming with ideas.
Some of those ideas greeted me eagerly, following me from room to room and I'd think, Yes, this is the one. But then the idea would drift off and I'd forget about it. A few days later I'd wonder, What was that idea again?
Another idea was so good, I felt that old electricity sizzle in my fingertips. I know this story! I thought. Because it was mine.
I began researching the time period (sadly, my childhood is now a "time period"), made discoveries that dragged me right out of the story. My adult self couldn't ignore what I'd learned. My childhood self turned away in disgust for ruining a perfectly good idea.
Some empty houses let me uncover the ragged, unvarnished truth and dare me to blink. How much do you want to know? they seem to say. How bad do you want this?
People inquire about my process, how I begin a new book. I open a notebook and get a dialog going. The notebook goes with me everywhere to record any stray thoughts (last summer Hollins writer-in-residence David Almond generously shared his notebook with my class–we pored over his dense notes scribbled all over the pages). But lately, after a day or so, I lay the notebook down and won't pick it up again.
How bad do you want this?
As I wandered around the place, snapping photos, bits of its story came through.
It occurred to me that maybe this story, like that last hard-edged idea, isn't mine to tell.
So what do we do when our stories won't speak to us, shrug us off?
Should we keep going to the idea cupboard or grab the idea we already have by the scruff of the neck and insist it stays and behaves? Jot notes and create character sketches until we make the idea viable?
It' s not enough to construct a narrative into being.
Do we love those characters, that place, that story? Do we think about them all the time? If I truly loved all the ideas I pulled up in the bucket, I wouldn't start notebooks and then abandon them.
I suspect the book I really and truly want to write is an old one. I'm worried the idea is too old (first came to me in 2009), but then ideas don't have expiration dates. It's the one I keep coming back to. I love the place. Love the characters. Love the story that's waiting for me.
All I have to do is open the door and walk inside.
The Idea of Birds and Other Small Dreams
Last weekend at my revision retreat in Luray, I remembered a dream I once had. My mind was relaxed by being in a different environment. A window-crack of space opened and a sleeping memory slipped in.
When my husband and I were first married, I was filled with dreams of our future. Some were silly, like flying to Paris on the Concorde for a café lunch of chilled white asparagus with shaved prosciutto, and flying back home on the Concorde before supper.
Then there was my dream house, a Victorian farmhouse. I built a two-story kit dollhouse with gingerbread trim and curved shutters I glued on backward. I painted the exterior sky blue and drew hearts on the backward shutters, papered the rooms in a cabbage rose print and furnished them with a miniature Hoosier cabinet and "iron" bedstead. My mother stitched tiny gingham curtains. I glued a chip of wood over the front porch that said Bramblewood Cottage, and was ready to move in.
My husband and I never shrunk to three inches and we aren't living in a sky-blue Victorian farmhouse, but we do have a big front porch and shutters that are hung properly.
At the Mimslyn Inn in Luray, somewhere between the exercise on setting and the cookie break, an older dream fluttered through my mind. The library I was going to create, a dollhouse of a library just for children.
In the early 70s, I stumbled on the Noyes Children's Library in Kensington, Maryland. Founded in 1893, it is the oldest public library in the Washington Metro area. Noyes became a children's-only library in 1969. When I discovered the mansard-roofed cottage, I was enchanted. I stepped into a single room with low bookshelves filled with picture books, a rocking chair, and soft rugs on the floor. I was ready to move in.
The idea of a library just for children stayed with me for years. I dreamed of starting my own children's library, a cozy cottage nestled in the foothills of the Blue Ridge. The big front room would be the domain of little children, but I'd add a second room for the deep reading age of eight to eleven year olds, with carpeted levels, like a tree house, and wide windows to encourage daydreaming.
My husband and I discussed the little library in earnest. We studied floor plans and I drew sketches. When we drove into the mountains on day trips, we scouted locations. Standardsville? Crozet?
Last weekend, I glanced out the sunroom windows where our retreat was held, took in the slopes of the Blue Ridge rising behind us and the Massanutten range tumbling across the valley, and wondered where that dream had gone. It had gotten lost in thirty-five years of moves and work and losses and health issues and money troubles. I felt sad. Such a sweet dream, so unselfish, it should have materialized from goodness alone.
And then I recalled the martin birdhouse my stepfather built for me when I was ten. In Manassas, where we did our weekly shopping, I'd noticed apartment-style birdhouses for purple martins in people's backyards. We could attract those lovely martins, too!
My stepfather constructed a huge two-story martin apartment house, painted it white, and mounted it on a sturdy pole just inside our woods. I haunted the spot, waiting for birds to move in. But they never did. Not one single bird.
Year after year the martin house remained vacant. The paint flaked. The roof peeled. It was the saddest sight, that unlived-in house, built with anticipation and hope and the best of intentions. Later I realized purple martins are aerialists, catching gnats on the wing, and prefer their homes away from tall trees.
When we moved into this house, I hung a birdhouse from a hickory tree branch, never dreaming any self-respecting bird would move into a gaudy ornament from Lowe's. Imagine my surprise last fall when I was raking leaves and glimpsed sticks poking out of the hole. Some bird family had actually nested in it!
Recently the Universe sent me something I didn't know I needed until it was in front of me: a photo essay by Rob McDonald called "Birdhouses." McDonald photographs spaces, like the homes of famous Southern writers and the more humble abodes of backyard birds. I was drawn to his images of miniature houses set at the edges of fields, made by hand, put up with the best of intentions.
When asked why he kept building birdhouses that were never used, one man told McDonald, "I guess I just like the idea of birds."
I will never make the cottage children's library happen. Yet now I can let the idea fly away knowing it's okay to dream small dreams while tending the bigger ones.
It's enough to face each day with anticipation, waiting for the flash of a bluebird as I take up my current project. I'm building a new place there, a new world to move into, in the hopes my readers will want to come, too.
Why I'll Never Be Jack Gantos
I am waiting for a pen to come from Japan. Not a fancy pen. Not a rare, expensive pen. I'm waiting for a Kuretake Zig Letter Pen, body in Strawberry Pink. You buy the body of the pen separate from the refill. My friend Donna put me on this pen, which she read about in Uppercase magazine. I tried hers and agreed it was the best writing pen ever.
Ordering the $5.00 pen and its $5.00 refill (shipped on a slow boat from Japan) went along with discovering a new type of notebook in New York last weekend. I was attending the SCBWI Mid-winter conference. The conference coincided with a fabulous exhibit at the New York Public Library, "ABC of It: Why Children's Books Matter."
The exhibit made me glad I was a children's book writer. Button-busting proud to be in the field. The original manuscripts and art reminded me why I loved books like Harriet the Spy (celebrating its 50th anniversary—I read it new) and The Cricket in Times Square.
I stopped, entranced, by a Mary Shepard illustration for Mary Poppins A to Z. I leaned forward, pressing myself into the glass case, trying to enter that cozy scene. I used to do that with all the black and white drawings in my beloved middle grade novels as a way to extend my reading experience. I didn't just read books back then, I lived them.
On my way out, I browsed the gift shop, almost the best part. I picked up Rebecca Solnit's A Field Guide to Getting Lost, a delightful map-making kit called Make Map Art: Creatively Illustrate Your World, and an odd little notebook by Apica, captioned a little weirdly as, "Most advanced quality gives best writing features."
Back in my hotel room, I started writing in that little red unassuming notebook and nearly swooned. My extra fine Pilot pen swanned across the smooth paper. No ghosting, no bleed-through. The paper made me slow down and write neatly, which in turn made me slow down my thinking.
The combination of the Kuretake pen and the Apica notebook sent me in a tizzy. I would be a much better writer with these tools! I'll pitch my composition notebooks with chintzy paper that always bleeds through. I'll order new colors of ink refills and different nibs for my new pen! Get the big Apica notebook with 96 pages instead of 28!
But none of this will make me like Jack Gantos.
Jack Gantos was the first keynote speaker at the conference. Nearly 1200 people were in the audience, eager, expectant. Jack is great speaker, funny, irreverent, smart, self-deprecating. I'd already chatted with the attendees in front of and next to me—they were new to the field. I envied them their fresh start on their journey.
I opened my notebook (composition with bleed-through paper, sigh) and took notes. Jack Gantos offered a great deal of his process in his slide presentation, along with excellent take-away tips. Everyone around me roared with laughter (I laughed, too), but they didn't take notes.
What did I learn from Jack Gantos? Lots of things, but what struck me most was his work day. He gets up and packs his lunch. He stows his lunch and supplies in an L.L. Bean boat tote (complete with monogram) and off he goes to the library. Not just any library, the Athenaeum in Boston. He climbs what looked like five flights of spiral stairs to "his" table.
He unpacks his bag: a laptop that looked similar to my 2005 laptop, an older clamshell cell phone, a big plastic file with his notes, another plastic file with his project in progress. That's it. On a good day, he works eight hours.
So why can't I be like Jack Gantos? I even have a monogrammed boat tote to carry my lunch and supplies in. But I don't know of a library near me that doesn't have patrons tracking back and forth like turkeys and people yakking on phones.
However, I do have a nice office in my house so I don't really need to go anywhere. More than location, it was Jack Gantos's example of setting daily goals and ignoring distractions that hit home. He uses old-fashioned methods—writing drafts in longhand, for instance—and equipment that is hardly state of the art. He gets the work done without the frills.
That evening, I copied my scrawled notes from my composition notebook into my new Apica notebook. I wrote neatly and felt virtuous. I can't wait for my new Kuretake pen to show up in my mailbox—my words will glide onto the silky paper. But will a new pen and notebook make any difference in my work? Will they make me write like Jack Gantos?
"Most advanced quality may give best writing features," but stories come from the heart, not a special pen nib. New York was good for me. I met interesting people, heard wonderful speakers, saw gorgeous art. Best of all, what I heard and saw gave me back my ten-year-old self, the person I have to please first in my work.
Back home, I started putting into place some of the tips Jack Gantos generously gave us. I'll never be Jack Gantos, but maybe I'll be a better version of Candice Ransom.


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I Updated my Swatch Gallerytorek, april 21, 2015
You may know I already have the lip Swatch Gallery for a couple of years now (you can find it under the banner). Some months ago a reader bisa asked me if I plan to do a nail polish swatch gallery, so here it is. It's added at the end of the Swatch Gallery and you can go check it out any time. I also plan to update it regularly, just as the lip swatches and the pictures as well as the text below are links to the original reviews. I didn't include discontinued shades because that would be pointless, except for one Essence one because there still might be bottles of it left and I kept a few limited editions ones as they can probably still be bought online. Essence nail polishes have been reformulated, but the shade names are the same, so I presume they also are the same colours. There might be a few nail polishes that aren't sold any more, but I couldn't be bothered to investigate for each which ones have been limited editions or discontinued.
Deborah Smalto 01 / Ciate Sugared Almonds / Models Own Midsummer Mauve / Models Own Fizzy Cola Bottle
Makeup Revolution No Good Waiting / Essie Cute as a Button / Barry M Pink Flamingo / Models Own Gumballs
Rimmel Sumptuous Red / Catrice First Class Up-Grape / Essie After School Boy Blazer (LE) / Maybelline 103
Any caught your attention? I bet you though I have more mint shades. I do, but they are discontinued or limited editions.
Have a great day!
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Odlična ideja in pa zagotovo veliko vloženega dela :) super post, sami lepi lakci :)OdgovoriIzbrišiOdgovori
Hvala :) Imam pač rada organiziranost in mi je take stvari kar v veselje delat :DIzbriši
Nice swatches and beautiful colors Mateja! :) I love the idea of a swatch gallery! xOdgovoriIzbriši
Odlično in odlična ti, da se ti da vse to nardit;) Meni se zdi zdaj že izgubljeno. Bi morala vse nohte slikat približno enako, da bi bila galerija tako lepa kot tvoja:DOdgovoriIzbrišiOdgovori
Hvala :) Ah, sploh ni vzelo toliko časa, ker imam že od prej vse zorganizirano.Izbriši
Zihr se da tudi iz tvojih slik naredit kaj podobnega :D Važno, da se vidi barva.


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and you thought you made stupid faces when you danced
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23 comments:
- Tiffany said...
This is hilarious and awesome. Happy Birthday!!
- March 15, 2013 at 2:21 PM
- Alyssa Whitt said...
Hahaha! That lyric is perfect!
Happy Birthday!
- March 15, 2013 at 2:22 PM
- SarahLagen said...
Looks like you are in for a great birthday weekend! Enjoy!!
- March 15, 2013 at 2:26 PM
- Whitney Ellen said...
Yes ma'am!! I love the many faces of dance!
- March 15, 2013 at 2:26 PM
- Jacqueline said...
Sounds like a fabulous weekend! We're going to Flannigans tomorrow to celebrate St. Patty's Day!
- March 15, 2013 at 2:34 PM
- Inggih Laras Ati said...
Happy Birthday dear..
Oh we all do the same when somuch fall in happiness :D
- March 15, 2013 at 2:59 PM
- Gwen said...
Happy Birthday Weekend!
- March 15, 2013 at 3:03 PM
- Erin said...
Hahaha-I love it!!! I've got some pretty ridiculous dance faces myself! ;)
- March 15, 2013 at 3:32 PM
- Sarah Wyland said...
Dancing is the best. Period. Have a great birthday!
- March 15, 2013 at 3:59 PM
Hope you dance all weekend long!
Happy Birthday you young soul :)
- March 15, 2013 at 4:00 PM
- Venus Trapped In Mars said...
My favorite is the top middle picture where you are throwing the double guns. I did that once to a guy after a date, it didn't end well but he clearly just wasn't cool enough to hang!
- March 15, 2013 at 4:40 PM
- Kristine -Heart Shaped Sweat said...
haha, these pictures are the best!! Get down girl and happy birthday to you!
- March 15, 2013 at 4:53 PM
- Michelle (michabella) said...
LOVE IT! I think we are all guilty of some of those dancing faces :P
- March 15, 2013 at 5:31 PM
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- Dinah Gacon said...
Hi there pretty!!! I wanted to wish you a happiest of birthdays!! I found you on Messy.Dirty.Hair!!! I love to dance too, I probably look stupid when I dance, but I love to dance!!! I am following you on bloglovin!!! Love to meet new friends
xo Dinah @ sunshine super glam
- March 18, 2013 at 12:36 PM
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LOve it. Great pictures.
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The Bras for the Cause fundraiser for the Red Devils organization in Anne Arundel County raised more than $19,000 on Wednesday night during its sixth annual bra-fest featuring men sporting bras at the Annapolis Union Jack's hosted by the Women's Council of Realtors.
During the event, $17,000 was raised auctioning off outlandish bras modeled by 17 big-hearted men.
Additional funds from ticket sales went to support the women Realtors continuing education courses, free of charge for its membership and the Maryland Association of Realtors.
The surprise of the evening occurred near the end of the boisterous bra auction. Two well-dressed men in suits climbed up on the Union Jack's stage. One man asked the organizer Cheryl Listman if she minded "giving my friend here two minutes onstage."
Listman started to explain numerous companies and local business people had donated items or paid to sponsor each "bra model" and there was a scheduled lineup.
He lifted his cellphone. Listman realized he was live streaming the event to 10,000 people.
"I promise you, in two minutes, I'll make you a lot of money," he said.
"How much money?" Listman asked.
He responded, "Five thousand dollars."
She stepped aside.
To the delighted screams of the audience, the younger man removed his tailored jacket and slowly began unbuttoning his shirt while he danced onstage. As each button gave way, the yelling increased. The crisp, white shirt finally came off, revealing a muscular torso. The dancer's back had a large tattoo spread from shoulder to shoulder — a pair of angel's wings.
Audience members stuffed scores of dollar bills beneath his belt buckle.
The older man immediately sent $5,000 online, using his credit card account.
"Who are you?" Listman said.
"God sent me. God knew you needed me," he replied.
Then, the two men were gone.
That was the icing on the cake for an evening that began in the late afternoon on the rear patio of Union Jack's.
There the male models were adding finishing touches to their costumes or were fussing with makeup and glitter. They were preparing to dazzled and glad-hand the crowd before the auction, during which their bras and related items of value like tickets to Ravens games, baskets of wine, gift certificates and other goodies would be sold with the proceeds donated to the nonprofit Red Devils.
The Red Devils is a Maryland-based organization focused on improving the quality of life for Maryland breast cancer sufferers, survivors and their families.
Jan Wilson, Red Devils executive director, said, for those in need, the charity provides transportation to treatment centers, doctors' offices and services; support for family needs like meals and groceries; house cleaning services; child care and respite care; and aids with payment of utilities, rents or mortgages; plus payment of medical costs and treatment therapies.
Usually, more than 60 percent of the annual budget is allocated to family support.
"The breast cancer patients' chief concern is financial security," Wilson said. "They need help with rents, mortgages and utilities."
The Red Devils, founded in 2002 and based in Baltimore, helps about 700 breast cancer patients annually, depending upon funds raised through various events like Bras for the Cause. It usually invests about $300 per patient.
The audience included at least nine breast cancer survivors. Sue Brown, of Annapolis, an employee at the Buck Law Group, has been cancer free for 2½ years. Her cancer was detected by a three-dimensional imaging mammography machine at Anne Arundel Medical Center. Though she never found a lump, the 3-D scan revealed Stage 2 cancer which was removed with a partial mastectomy.
"I'm really lucky to live here," Brown said, as she cheered on the models.
Throughout the state, the Red Devils are involved with patients at four dozen hospitals. Wilson noted the funds raised during the Union Jack's event would be used for patients and their families in Anne Arundel County.
Breast cancer touched her family, too: "My 84-year-old mother had a double mastectomy to remove her Stage 2 breast cancer and is doing fine," Wilson said.
Union Jack's was closed to the public during the event. The pub donated the space and provided appetizers throughout the evening free of charge.
For many of the models and audience members, the evening plucks a chord in their heart.
Chris Ousley, a Union Jack's bartender, standing about 6 foot 3 inches, was garbed as a rainbow princess complete with a multicolored, bustled tutu, wings, a bra studded with a small fortune in oversized colored rhinestones and wig.
"It's for a good cause," he said. "My grandma passed away from breast cancer and an aunt is in remission." His bra was the highest seller of the evening, going for $2,000.


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It was a very busy weekend for New Mexico combat sports and interestingly enough, none of the action from this past weekend was within state lines. With the high volume of mixed martial artists residing in the many New Mexico gyms, it isn't rare to have several fighters from several gyms fighting in the same weekend. The rarity of this ...Read More »
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Triple-A-MMA "Caged Hostility" Results And Thoughts On The Thursday Night Event In Texas
Orthrus Promotions took their "Triple-A-MMA" promotion to the Lonestar State of Texas to put on their fourth mixed martial arts show. The promotion hosted an event in Iowa last year to compliment the two events held in Albuquerque, New Mexico. While the card is filled with Texas talent, scattered in the undercard are several New Mexico trained athletes. Two local ...Read More »
Triple-A-MMA Heads To Texas, Features Several Local New Mexico Fighters
Starting the new year quickly, Orthrus Promotions will take their Triple-A-MMA brand into the Lonestar State of Texas for an event to be held on January 16th inside the Cowtown Coliseum Stockyards Rodeo in Fort Worth. It will be the first time the promotion has entered into the Texas region and they will be bringing along several New Mexico fighters ...Read More »
The Jackson's MMA Series "By The Numbers"
With the August 10th, Jackson's MMA Series XI event rapidly approaching, SWFight.com has come up with a new way to showcase some of the more interesting aspects of the event's storied history. While we have already named one of the Jackson's Series first ten events as one of the best six New Mexico MMA events and listed the "Ten ...Read More »
Feb. 1st Johnny Tapia Presents Boxing/MMA Card Formally Announced
Earlier today at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Team Tapia formally announced their next Johnny Tapia Presents card to take place February 1st at the hotel. The fight card will be a hybrid event with both boxing and mixed martial arts matches. The the main event will feature Josh Torres (9-2, 4KOs) against an unnamed opponent while fellow ...Read More »
Jackson's MMA Series IX Results- Cerda defeats Gomez, Tucker Remains Unbeaten
ALBUQUERQUE, NM., Last night the Tingley Coliseum hosted Jackson's MMA Series IX. A total of five professional and six amateur fights thrilled the mixed martial arts saavy crowd. This was the first time the Tingley Coliseum held an event produced the finest mixed martial arts promotion in the southwest. AARON CERDA def. FRANK GOMEZ via 1st rd 04:26 TKO (Doctor stoppage) ...Read More »
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Nick Gonzales vs. Gene Perez Flying under the radar is a quality bantamweight fight between Jackson-Winklejohn representative Nick Gonzales (2-0 pro, 2-0 amateur) and Perez Fighting System's Gene Perez (3-3 pro, 2-0 amateur). Gonzales, unblemished in his young career has not seen action since December of 2010 where he showed very solid striking to win via technical knockout in just ...Read More »


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Monthly Archives: April 2011
The Dilemma (2011)
My Rating : 3.5/5 STAR
MovieStudio Quote >> "After a long time, Vince looks convincing!"
Vince Vaughn and Kevin James headline an all-star comedy from director Ron Howard and producer Brian Grazer about a man who finds out that what you don't say to a friend is just as important as what you do. Jennifer Connelly, Winona Ryder, Channing Tatum and Queen Latifah join them in The Dilemma, a story of how far you can bend a brotherly bond before it snaps.
Since college, confirmed bachelor Ronny (Vaughn) and happily married Nick (James) have been through thick and thin. Now partners in an auto design firm, the two pals are vying to land a dream project that would launch their company. With Ronny's girlfriend, Beth (Connelly), and Nick's wife, Geneva (Ryder), by their sides, they're unbeatable. But Ronny's world is turned upside down when he inadvertently sees Geneva out with another man and makes it his mission to get answers.
As the amateur investigation dissolves his world into comic mayhem, he learns that Nick has a few secrets of his own. Now, with the clock ticking and pressure mounting on the biggest presentation of their careers, Ronny must decide how and when he will reveal the truth to his best friend.
The Roommate (2011)
My Rating : 3/5 STAR
MovieStudio Quote >> "A thriller gone wrong with casting, but had a good plot and sound tracks!"
Sarah's first year in college and she get's a roommate named Rebeca who seems really nice at first. Sarah has a few other friends at her college so far and she hangs out with them a lot which makes Rebeca jealous so she scares them away. Sarah soon has a new boyfriend although her ex boyfriend, Jason, is still calling her all the time to make it right. Rebeca soon becomes extremely overprotective always getting mad when Sarah is gone for a long time or doesnt call her to tell her where she is. Overtime Sarah realizes that somethings different about Rebeca but doesnt find out what until she goes to Rebeca's house for Thanksgiving.
Rebeca's parents are really scared of Rebeca and also very concerned, constantly asking Sarah how she is doing and if she is taking her medicine. Sarah has no idea what medicine she is talking about until she goes back to there room and finds a full bottle of pills for bi-polar disorders. Then she really gets mad when Rebeka gets the same tattoo as she has which is the name 'Emily' above her chest which is her dead sister's name. Rebeca get's this tattoo because she tells Sarah she can be Sarah's dead sister, replacing her.
This makes her so mad so she decides to move out and into her friend's house and while she's here Rebeka kills Jayson and trys to kill the friend she's living with but Sarah comes to save her. They get in a huge fight involving Sarah, Rebeca, Sarah's new boyfriend, and Sarah's friend she's living with ending up with Rebeca dying.
Battle: Los Angeles (2010)
My Rating : 3.5/5 STAR
MovieStudio Quote >> "It's more about battle than aliens, but it's realistic and engaging till the end!"
For years, there have been documented cases of UFO sightings around the world – Buenos Aires, Seoul, France, Germany, China.
But in 2011, what were once just sightings will become a terrifying reality when Earth is attacked by unknown forces. As people everywhere watch the world's great cities fall, Los Angeles becomes the last stand for mankind in a battle no one expected.
It's up to a Marine staff sergeant (Aaron Eckhart) and his new platoon to draw a line in the sand as they take on an enemy unlike any they've ever encountered before.
How Do You Know (2010)
My Rating : 2/5 STAR
MovieStudio Quote >> "Mediocre comedy, slow flowing and poor plot!"
Director James L. Brooks returns to the helm for this ensemble comedy starring Reese Witherspoon, Jack Nicholson, Paul Rudd, and Owen Wilson, which centers on the story of a passionate athlete who finds herself romantically torn between a narcissistic baseball star and a straight-laced businessman. As far back as Lisa (Witherspoon) can remember, her life has been defined by sports.
Then, in the blink of an eye, she's cut from the team. With her identity in crisis as she attempts to regain her footing in life, Lisa begins dating Matty (Wilson), a Major League Baseball pitcher and notorious womanizer. Meanwhile, terminally honest businessman George (Rudd) finds himself on the road to financial ruin or worse after being wrongly implicated in a financial crime.
As George struggles to clear his name and reconcile his turbulent relationship with his father, Charles (Nicholson), a chance meeting with Lisa at the lowest point in both of their lives leaves him optimistic that things may work out after all. Meanwhile, Lisa and George both realize that the only thing that's certain about the future is that we never know what fate has in store for us.
Rabbit Hole (2010)
My Rating : 3/5 STAR
MovieStudio Quote >> "Nicole sports a fabulous performance after so long, but the flick is slow!"
RABBIT HOLE is a vivid, hopeful, honest and unexpectedly witty portrait of a family searching for what remains possible in the most impossible of all situations. Becca and Howie Corbett (NICOLE KIDMAN and AARON ECKHART) are returning to their everyday existence in the wake of a shocking, sudden loss.
Just eight months ago, they were a happy suburban family with everything they wanted. Now, they are caught in a maze of memory, longing, guilt, recrimination, sarcasm and tightly controlled rage from which they cannot escape. While Becca finds pain in the familiar, Howie finds comfort.
The shifts come in abrupt, unforeseen moments. Becca hesitantly opens up to her opinionated, loving mother (DIANNE WIEST) and secretly reaches out to the teenager involved in the accident that changed everything (MILES TELLER); while Howie lashes out and imagines solace with another woman (SANDRA OH).
Yet, as off track as they are, the couple keeps trying to find their way back to a life that still holds the potential for beauty, laughter and happiness. The resulting journey is an intimate glimpse into two people learning to re-engage with each other and a world that has been tilted off its axis.
RABBIT HOLE is directed by John Cameron Mitchell (HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH) from a script by acclaimed playwright David Lindsay-Abaire, adapted from his Pulitzer Prize-winning play. The cast, led by Academy Award winner Nicole Kidman (THE HOURS, Actress in a Leading Role, 2002) and Golden Globe nominee Aaron Eckhart, includes two-time Oscar winner Dianne Wiest (HANNAH AND HER SISTERS, Actress in a Supporting Role, 1986; BULLETS OVER BROADWAY, Actress in a Supporting Role, 1994), Tammy Blanchard, Miles Teller, Giancarlo Esposito, Jon Tenney and Sandra Oh.


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SS&C Closes Acquisition of CommonWealth Fund Services
Acquisition of fast-growing Canadian fund administrator adds more than 100 fund relationships.Read More
Benefits of Outsourcing Fund Administration
Justin Krieger has contributed an article to the Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association on the benefits of outsourcing fund administration!Read More
CommonWealth attends AIMA Golf Tournament
CommonWealth employees and a few industry partners attended the AIMA Charity Golf Tournament on June 5th.
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CommonWealth #Sportsseries Ping Pong Tournament
CommonWealth hosted industry colleagues for the second leg of our #Sportsseries at SPIN for a fun Ping Pong Tournament.Read More
Caledon Trust, CommonWealth's parent company, welcomes David Campbell!
David joined Caledon in 2017 and is responsible for Corporate Development. He is involved with developing a service line to focus on individuals, families and closely held business.Read More
Alternative Investment Awards 2017
We are pleased to announce that we have been awarded the Best Alternative Fund Administrator - North America, in the 2017 Alternative Investment Awards, sponsored by GAIM.Read More
CommonWealth attends and sponsors the HFM Canada Operational Leaders Summit 2017
CommonWealth sponsored the 2017 HFM week Canada Operational Leaders Summit. CommonWealth employees, clients, and many other industry folks joined together to discuss many updates within the alternative industry.Read More
The CommonWealth Classic
The CommonWealth Classic: An event featuring a fun filled shinny game followed by proper nourishment at a nearby venue for CommonWealth clients, friends and team member.Read More
CommonWealth congratulates our five new shareholders!
We would like to highlight and congratulate five new shareholders of CommonWealth Fund Services. After managing directors Mackenzie Crawford and Joe Zhang became shareholders in 2015, the company extended its employee equity program this year, rewarding the loyalty and contributions of other longstanding employees.Read More
CommonWealth welcomes Heather Balke!
We welcome our newest member of the Business Development Team. Heather Balke comes to us with many years experience and will be leading our Tri-State efforts.Read More
CommonWealth represented in the National Post!
In reference to a previous news post, CommonWealth's Mackenzie Crawford, Jodi Lum, Craig Norval, Matt Cassar and Justin Krieger attended an event in November that raised $200,000 to help fight child abuse. This saturday Justin Krieger, was represented in the National Post representing CommonWealth at the event.
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CommonWealth attends event in support of Help for Children!
On November 17th, CommonWealth Fund Services supported the charity Help For Children, formerly known as Hedge Funds Care, by having 5 team members attend the event.Read More
9th Annual Canadian Hedge Fund Awards
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Canadian Securities Administrators - Industry Update
On September 22nd, 2016 the Canadian Security Administrators (CSA) had announced a proposed amendment and opened the comment period of the modernization project.Read More
CommonWealth welcomes Justin Krieger
Justin comes to CommonWealth bringing a diverse and unique skill-set.Read More
CommonWealth and Ernst & Young Discuss Tax Matters
CommonWealth Fund Services Ltd. continued in Lunch & Learn series, collaborating with Ernst & Young LLP ("EY") to hold a session titled "Tax Matters: What Every Hedge Fund Manager Needs to Know".Read More
CommonWealth Fund Services wins Top Administrator Award Again
CommonWealth Fund Services Ltd. has been named Top Canadian Hedge Fund Administrator at the Canadian Hedge Fund Awards for the second year in a row.Read More
Global Custodian Named CommonWealth Category Outperformer
CommonWealth Fund Services Ltd. accounted for a significant proportion of responses from Canadian clients and along with Apex Fund Services is a major player in the business there, accounting for almost half of the responses by number and weight.Read More
CommonWealth Opens U.S. Office in San Francisco
CommonWealth Fund Services Ltd. has expanded beyond its borders to service U.S. fund managers by establishing an office in San Francisco, California.Read More
CommonWealth and eSentire Discuss Cybersecurity
CommonWealth Fund Services Ltd. and eSentire Inc., a leader in managed cybersecurity services, collaborated on an informational session discussing the hot topic all investment firms are grappling with.Read More
CommonWealth Fund Services Appoints New Managing Directors
Award-winning hedge fund administrator CommonWealth Fund Services Ltd. has promoted Mackenzie Crawford and Joe Zhang to the roles of Managing Director.Read More
CommonWealth Named Best Canadian Hedge Fund Administrator
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Drizzled over crumbled bacon salad or as a dunking sauce for homemade chicken tenders, this little recipe is perfect when you're short on time. Just throw the ingredients in a blender, give it a whir, and and pour it on . . . . well, anything. I've used it as a marinade for chicken and shish kabobs, poured it over roasted pears & crisp romaine lettuce, and even served as a dip for veggies.
Oh, and it takes less than five minutes to make, because motherhood. 🙂
Honey Mustard Dressing Recipe {5 Minutes}
- 1/3 cup mayo I've used my ]homemade mayo and this store-bought paleo version
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder where to buy
- 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar how to make apple cider vinegar, where to buy it
- 2 tablespoons raw honey where to buy
- 2 tablespoons dijon mustard where to buy
- 1/4 teaspoon sea salt this is what I use
- Add all ingredients to a blender and blend until smooth.
Looking for more dips and sauces?
Here are a few of my favorites:
Quick Homemade Ketchup Recipe – This ketchup does magic tricks. Any time a dish doesn't go over well with my kids I just add a little ketchup and – POOF – it disappears.
Homemade Ranch Dressing – This recipe is so much better than store-bought versions, which often contain MSG, solvent-extracted vegetable oils, trans fats and artificial flavors.
Homemade Honey Chipotle Barbecue Sauce – This quick and easy recipe is lip smacking good over brisket, ribs, grilled chicken and even burgers.
Easy Homemade Mayo – If you've ever tried making homemade mayo and it flopped, you need to watch this video! I'll show you a tip that makes it nearly fail proof – and it's faster, too.


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The man who killed John Lennon has been denied parole and will remain imprisoned for at least two more years, New York state officials have said.
Mark David Chapman, 55, was denied release for the sixth time following a video interview with a parole panel.
Chapman, who has a history of mental illness, pleaded guilty to shooting the former Beatle to death on the street outside his New York City home in 1980.
He is next eligible for a parole hearing in August 2012, officials said.
In a written statement, the parole board acknowledged his institutional record, but cited the "disregard" he showed "for the norms of our society and the sanctity of human life" by carefully planning Lennon's murder.
"This premeditated, senseless and selfish act of tragic consequence... leads to the conclusion that your discretionary release remains inappropriate at this time and incompatible with the welfare of the community," the New York state parole board wrote.


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FRIDAY, MCW "Slamboree" June 9 in Joppa, MD: Swagger Jun 04 - 08:54 pm EDT
Live Report by natestein
FRIDAY, MCW "Slamboree" June 9 in Joppa, MD: Swagger, Richards, Storm, More!
MCW Pro Wrestling returns Friday, June 9 at the MCW Arena, 1000 Joppa Farm RD in Joppa, MD for "Slamboree", sponsored by Jimmy's Famous Seafood! Meet and greet 6:30 pm, live event 8 pm!
Meet and Greet with:
- Jake Hager (formerly known WWE superstar Jack Swagger)
- Former WWE and ECW star Stevie Richards
- Impact Wrestling's James Storm, Gail Kim, and Kevin Matthews
- WrestlePro's Nikos Rikos and Buster Jackson
Also, in action on June 9:
- Team Winners (MCW Heavyweight champion Sean Studd, Ken Dixon, Napalm, Jeremiah, and Impact Wrestling's Kevin Matthews) w/ Andy Vinberg and Tara vs. Team Famous (Jake Hager - fka Jack Swager, Stevie Richards, Lance Anoai, Marcellus Prime, and Bruiser) w/ Johnny Crab Cakes and Impact Wrestling's Gail Kim
- MCW Tag Team champions Guns 4 Hire (Paul Jordane and Bill Collier) vs. Dixon Line (Rob Locke and Joe Keys)
- MCW Rage TV champion Dante Caballero vs. Fred Yehi
- Lio Rush vs. "Mr. Athletic" Jeff Cobb
- Anthony Henry and Bu Ku Dao return to the MCW Arena to face each other
- International star Bestia 666 takes on Steve Anthony, both debuting at MCW on June 9
- The Hell Cats (Sexy Steve and Jimmy Starz) vs. The Classics (Eric Martin and Tyler "The Hammer" Stone)
- Brandon Scott vs. "The Outlaw" Matt Lancie
Tickets available at missiontix.com, by calling 888-996-4774, and day of, at the door.
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WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross returns for "Ringside with Jim Ross" on August 10 at the DC Improv Comedy Club. Visit bit.ly/rossdc for tickets and information.
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text: David Neher was born and raised in Oklahoma, USA. As he grew into a man, he earned a BFA in Theatre Arts from a small college and started making internet comedy. Now fully grown, David performs a monthly sketch show with his UCB Maude team Up Up Up. His other UCB credits include: CDR, That's Incredible, Pep Rally, Sketch Cram and Quick & Funny Musicals. He is a recurring character on NBC's Community, and has also appeared in New Girl, Modern Family, and How I Met Your Mother.