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CAIRO (AP) -- Thousands flocked to Cairo's central Tahrir square on Tuesday for a protest against Egypt's president in a significant test of whether the opposition can rally the street behind it in a confrontation aimed at forcing the Islamist leader to rescind decrees that granted him near absolute powers.
Waving Egypt's red, white and black flags and chanting slogans against President Mohammed Morsi and his Muslim Brotherhood, the protesters joined several hundreds who have been camping out at the square since Friday demanding the decrees be revoked.
Even as the crowds swelled, clashes erupted nearby between several hundred young protesters throwing stones and police firing tear gas on a street off Tahrir leading to the U.S. Embassy. Clashes have been taking place at the site for several days fueled by anger over police abuses, separately from the crisis over Morsi.
The president's declaration last week of new powers for himself has energized and - to a degree unified - the mostly liberal and secular opposition after months of divisions and uncertainty while Islamists from the Muslim Brotherhood and other groups rose to dominate the political landscape.
The turnout for Tuesday's protest call is key to whether the opposition can keep a movement going against Morsi. While the edicts last week sparked the protests, they have also been fueled by anger over what critics see as the Brotherhood's monopolizing of power after its election victories the past year for parliament and the presidency.
"We want to change this whole setting. The Brotherhood hijacked the revolution," said Rafat Magdi, an engineer who was among a crowd of around 2,000 marching from the Cairo district of Shubra to Tahrir to join the rally. "People woke up by his mistakes, and any new elections they will get no votes."
Morsi's decrees, issued Thursday, placed him above any kind of oversight, including that of the courts, until a new constitution is adopted and parliamentary elections are held - a timeline that stretches to mid-2013.
The opposition says the decrees give Morsi near dictatorial powers by neutralizing the judiciary at a time when he already holds executive and legislative powers. Leading judges have also denounced the measures.
Morsi says the decrees are necessary to protect the "revolution" and the nation's transition to democratic rule. His declaration made all his decisions immune to judicial review and banned the courts from dissolving the upper house of parliament and an assembly writing the new constitution, both of which are dominated by Islamists. The decree also gave Morsi sweeping authority to stop any "threats" to the revolution.
By early afternoon, nearly 20,000 people were at Tahrir, birthplace of the 18-day popular uprising that toppled President Hosni Mubarak's authoritarian regime nearly two years ago. Security was tightened across Cairo, with police checking ID papers and searching cars coming into the center, but there was no sign of protesters being stopped from reaching Tahrir.
A chaotic city of some 18 million people, Cairo's traffic was uncharacteristically light on Tuesday, with many businesses and government offices closing shop early in anticipation of possible unrest.
A new banner in the square proclaimed, "The Brotherhood stole the country" and one protester, Mahmoud Youssef, said: "We are here to bring down the constitutional declaration issued by Morsi." Many chanted the iconic slogans "the people want to bring down the regime."
Several thousand lawyers meanwhile gathered outside their union building in downtown Cairo ahead of their march to Tahrir to join protesters there. "Leave, leave," they chanted, addressing Morsi, who narrowly won elections in June to become the country's first freely elected civilian president.
In the Mediterranean city of Alexandria, some 3,000 anti-Morsi protesters gathered outside the main court at the center of the ancient city.
Morsi's supporters canceled a massive rally they had planned for Tuesday, citing the need to "defuse tension" after a series of clashes between the two camps since the decrees were issued Thursday.
But a Brotherhood spokesman said demonstrations supporting the president could go ahead outside the capital and that supporters would form human chains in some provinces to protect Brotherhood offices. Morsi's supporters say more than a dozen of their offices have been ransacked or set ablaze since Friday. Some 5,000 demonstrated in the southern city of Assiut in support of Morsi's decrees, according to witnesses there.
On Monday, Morsi met with the nation's top judges and tried to win their acceptance of his decrees. But the move was dismissed by many in the opposition and the judiciary as providing no real concessions.
Presidential spokesman Yasser Ali, said Morsi told the judges that he acted within his rights as the nation's sole source of legislation, assuring them that the decrees were temporary and did not in any way infringe on the judiciary. He underlined repeatedly that the president had no plans to change or amend his decrees.
According to a presidential statement late Monday, Morsi told the judges that his decree meant that any decisions he makes on "issues of sovereignty" are immune from judicial review.
The vaguely worded statement did not define those issues, but they were widely interpreted to cover declaration of war, imposition of martial law, breaking diplomatic relations with a foreign nation or dismissing a Cabinet. Morsi's original edict, however, explicitly gives immunity to all his decisions and there was no sign it had been changed.
Monday's presidential statement Monday did not touch on the immunity that Morsi gave the constitutional assembly or the upper chamber of parliament, known as the Shura Council. It also did not affect the edict that the president can take any measures he sees as necessary to stop threats to the revolution, stability or public institutions. Many see that edict as granting Morsi unlimited emergency powers.
The Shura Council does not have lawmaking authorities but, in the absence of the more powerful lower chamber, the People's Assembly, it is the only popularly elected, national body where the Brotherhood and other Islamists have a majority. The People's Assembly was dissolved by a court ruling in June.
Rights lawyers and activists, however, dismissed Morsi's assurances as an attempt to defuse the crisis without offering concrete concessions.
One of the lawyers, Ahmed Ragheb, described the presidential statement and Ali's comments as "playing with words."
"This is not what Egyptians are objecting to and protesting about," he said. "If the president wanted to resolve the crisis, there should be an amendment to his constitutional declaration."
On Tuesday, the influential Judges' Club, a sort of union led by an outspoken Morsi critic, vowed in a statement to escalate its resistance to the decrees. The statement was carried by Egypt's official MENA news agency, which also reported that judges and prosecutors continued their strike for the third day Tuesday, leaving many courtrooms empty across the nation.


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POINT LOOKOUT, Mo. - (FINAL BRACKET; Box Score) No. 3 Cornerstone (Mich.) captured its second NAIA Division II Men's Basketball National Championship with an 80-71 win over No. 13 Saint Francis (Ind.). The Golden Eagles, who also won the 1999 national title, finished off its impressive season with a 34-4 overall record. The 2011 event was held at the Keeter Gymnasium on the campus of College of the Ozarks (Mo.).
Ronald Bates scored a game-high 25 points, hitting on 4-of-6 three-pointers, and grabbed a career-high 12 rebounds while tournament most valuable player, Caleb Simons, netted 16 points and pulled down a career-best 15 rebounds, the second highest total at the tournament.
The teams traded baskets early on, until the defending champions went on the games first scoring run to open up a 12-4 lead. Still an eight-point game, Cornerstone responded with a 13-2 run sparked by a three-point play by Bryan Pasciak and three-pointers by Kelvin DeVries and Bates to put the Golden Eagles up three (19-16). Neither team would distance themselves from the other as the game was tied four times over the final nine minutes as Cornerstone took a 31-28 advantage into the locker room.
Cornerstone shot 46% in the first half, led by Bates and Pasciak with nine points each. USF struggled from the field, shooting its tournament-low 27% (10/37) and 0-for-6 from beyond the arc. The Cougars held a 20-18 advantage on the boards, including eight offensive rebounds which kept them in the game.
Both teams went on small scoring runs to start the second half. With the score tied at 37, Cornerstone began to pull away and after another Bates' three-pointer, led 49-41 with under 12 minutes to go. USF rallied, however, behind its work on the offensive glass and its top two scorers, DeJovaun Sawyer-Davis and Qadr Owens, who combined for 10 points during a 15-6 run to take back the lead 55-53.
Tied again at 58 with 6:22 to go, Cornerstone began a decisive 11-3 run, capitalizing off of a trio of three-pointers by three different players to open up a 69-61 lead with under four minutes left. USF would get no closer than six the rest of the way as Cornerstone made just enough free throws to preserve its second national championship.
Cornerstone shot 51% for the game and continued to shoot well from the perimeter, making 9-of-17 three-point attempts for 53%. Pasciak and DeVries
also scored in double figures with 14 and 13 points, respectively. The Golden Eagles overcame their struggles from the charity stripe, shooting just 13-27 from the free throw line (48%).
The shooting got better in the second half for USF but the Cougars still struggled from the field, shooting 29% for the game and 15% (3-for-20) from the three-point line. Sawyer-Davis led the way with 20 points and 11 rebounds while Owens added 19. Ferdinand Morales-Soto netted 10 points and pulled down 13 rebounds for the Cougars, who had 20 offensive boards in the game. The Cougars were trying to become the first team since Bethel (Ind.) to repeat as national champion. They finish the season with a 28-10 record.
All-Tournament Team:
*Caleb Simons, Cornerstone
Qadr Owens, Saint Francis
DeJovaun Sawyer-Davis, Saint Francis
Aaron Frazier, McPherson
Jonathan Dunn, Northwood
Kelvin DeVries, Cornerstone
Mike Wiebe, College of the Ozarks
Sadiel Rojas, Oklahoma Wesleyan
Patrick Hopkins, Indiana Wesleyan
Nathan Cox, Davenport
*tournament most outstanding player
2011 Rawlings NAIA Division II Men's Basketball Coach of the Year: Kim Elders-Cornerstone
2011 Dr. James Naismith- Emil Liston Sportsmanship Award: College of the Ozarks
2011 Hustle Award: Ferdinand Morales-Soto-Saint Francis (also earned the honor in 2010)

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Hamilton won't be asked to shoulder too much burden
GOODYEAR, Ariz. -- Billy Hamilton is impatient. As he describes it, he likes to "talk fast, eat fast and run fast."
"I feel like I gotta keep moving every time I'm doing something," Hamilton said.
That mindset has propelled the 23-year-old speedster from a second-round pick in the 2009 First-Year Player Draft to one of the most electrifying young players in baseball. But with his first full Major League season still on the horizon, it's fair to wonder if Hamilton's ascension perhaps moves too fast at times, expecting so much so early in his career.
On Thursday, Reds manager Bryan Price quelled some of those thoughts, insisting the organization won't put too much pressure on Hamilton in 2014.
"I'm not worried about that," Price said. "We're not going to ask him to carry all of the load. If we're going to be the team we think we can be, we have to disperse the responsibility throughout our lineup. We have to ask our bench to give us some energy and performance on days where we need to give guys a blow so they're not overwhelmed.
"But with that being said, that's just who Billy is. He just needs to continue to evolve because the work ethic is there."
Replacing the departed Shin-Soo Choo at the top of the lineup will be a worthy first challenge for Hamilton, MLB.com's No. 37 prospect, but even with the inherent weight of the job, the outfielder remains as loose and poised as ever, especially after getting a successful taste of the Majors last September, when he stole 13 bases and hit .368 in 19 at-bats.
"Coming up gave me a bunch of confidence, showed me what it's like to be up here every day and motivated me to get to this level and stay here," Hamilton said. "I got some really good work done in the offseason, so I'm looking forward to the spring."
Arriving in Goodyear several weeks early in January to work on his approach at the plate with Double-A Pensacola manager and ex-big leaguer Delino DeShields, Hamilton added that his bunting ability has developed greatly, and he expects the improved skill to pay immediate dividends come April.
"There will be a lot more bunting than I've done in the past," Hamilton said. "I have to use that to take some pressure off myself. My main job is to do whatever I can to get on base and help the rest of the guys in the lineup. It should be a good season."


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Chinese delegation signs friendship agreement with Fort Smith
Delegation members look for business opportunities during trip
Leaders from Jining, China and Fort Smith are optimistic about future economic opportunities in the region. A delegation from the Chinese city signed a friendship agreement with Fort Smith on Wednesday.
Wu Jiwen, Jining's vice mayor, said he was interested in economic and manufacturing cooperation between Jining and Arkansas.
"You know Jining, I know, there are a lot of manufacturers and big companies in Fort Smith," Jiwen said.
Zhang Weidong of Shandong Morningsun Coal Chem. LTD., said his company came to find business opportunities. He said Fort Smith is resourceful, and suggested it and Shandong Morningsun could cooperate in coal mining and coal chemicals.
Fort Smith leaders said they are optimistic about the future of this relationship. Philip Merry, who sits on the Fort Smith Board of Directors, said it was "kind of cool to see Fort Smith in an international arena.
They said they hope new jobs could be created because of the new friendship.
"They came to Arkansas they wanted to see Little Rock for politics, and education, and finance," Merry said. "And they wanted to see Fort Smith for it's economics and manufacturing."


text: New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author, A K Michaels lives in Scotland, spending her time with family, pets and writing, writing, and more writing. She has Dragons, sexy Highland Shifters, and smoking Vampires aplenty with a host of other paranormal beings, her stories are filled with hot Alpha Males, suspense, action and thrills to keep you turning the pages. Ava took up writing later in life and is always thinking of the next story to indulge herself in. She loves reading, chocolate, Rose wine and Luna who is a German Shepherd and mad as a hatter, and Jinx, a black Lab that is more than a little nuts. She has twitter, website and a Facebook page where she loves chatting to folks. She has her Sassy Lassie's VIP Clan where you can sign up and get a Bonus Freebie in your welcome email and keep up to date with her news that's filled with everything to do with Fangs, Fur, Fire and Steamy Romance.


text: Appealing your assessment If you believe the property information on your value notice is incorrect or you disagree with the value or classification, contact your county, city or local assessor first to discuss any questions or concerns. Often your issues can be resolved at this level. If your questions or concerns are not resolved, more formal appeal options are available. Property tax petition information Appeal deadlines When you receive your valuation notice in the spring, you have a finite amount of time to question or appeal your valuation or classification. Your time frame varies depending on where you live and the meeting dates of local boards of appeal and equalization. Contact your county, city or local assessor. Filing an appeal Detailed instructions are found on your valuation notice. You can also review the appeals process (PDF). The state of Minnesota also provides guidance for preparing an appeal (PDF).


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We saw a bunch of wonderful (and sometimes funny) Valentines on Instagram and Twitter the past week! Here are some of our favorites:
We reshared many more on our Instagram account. Check it out and keep tagging posts with #lettermo!
We saw a bunch of wonderful (and sometimes funny) Valentines on Instagram and Twitter the past week! Here are some of our favorites:
We reshared many more on our Instagram account. Check it out and keep tagging posts with #lettermo!
Having been a letter writer for several years now, I don't particularly find this challenge all that difficult, other than remembering to do it every day instead of when the whim takes me to write. And since I may not have a penpal's letter to answer, then I need to think outside my normal circle of penpals and write to others. I saw this as an opportunity to reconnect with a few old penpals that had lapsed, family members that live outside of the city, friends I haven't seen in a while, and strangers or persons of stature. I think it's a great challenge and maybe it will even boost the joy of those who process all this mail and deliver it to us. 🙂
I like this new design!
why the dripping blood on the postcard?
Thank you Mary!
Have printed out the calendar (at the library) and started to fill in… 🙂
Great article on postcard apps but you should also take a look at Postsnap's easy to use postcard app.
The app offers a number of unique features compared to the other apps reviewed including:
– Guest checkout with Apple Pay
– Extensive personalization options including collage layouts, stylish borders which can be adjusted in size with a slider and the option to add editable text in a variety of font types and colors and position it anywhere on the cards
– iPhone and iPad support
– Apple Pencil support
– Facebook and Instagram integration
– US postal address verification and UK postcode lookup
Cards are printed and posted in our facilities in the UK, USA and Australia on the same or next working day and so cards typically arrive quickly. Enjoy!
Stephen Homer
I have been writing letters for several years now. My go to paper is Rhodia Premium or Rhodia Ice pads. I also Life pads too. I like them because they are not quite as slick as the Rhodia.
Hi, Christmas cards & more recently a letter (a bill) from the UK to Australia have taken 3 weeks to arrive. The exterior of these envelopes were stamped with a mark such as this from the latest envelope:
The example quoted arrived at the Australian address on 28/07/2017, unfortunately it contained a bill dated 06/07/2017 which had to be paid within 14 days, by 20/07/2017.
Why is the post so slow? What does the DLC 992-4 stamp signify? Would appreciate your feedback.
My letter that I wrote was in September. The person who it was for still hasn't gotten it and it's now November….
I don't understand why it's taking this long. I live in AZ and he lives in NY. I want answers.
Right now it's November 22 2017 and I sent a letter to my friend on November 10 and she still hasn't gotten it. What is happening?
The Parkland survivors are courageously fighting the good fight.How can we help by writing letters? Any thoughts?
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Brewers, Microbrewers and Manufacturers of Craft Beers have special needs that SMAC Moving Coil Actuators addresses.
Cleaning Kegs
Air cylinders are frequently used to plug beer kegs with a sprinkler that cleans the keg's interior. The cylinder has to be replaced frequently due to corrosion. Since it does not have position control this contributes to an imperfect seal and the leaking of chemicals which constantly damages the air cylinder.
Double Seam of Aluminum Can Lids
Can seaming is done at high speeds from 1200 to 1800 cpm on rotary systems. The quality engineers and mechanical engineers need to check manually for a good seam one can at a time. SMAC can help measure the seam quality with our actuators taking a height measurement of the can, similar to a leak test but in this case top to bottom. This solution helps quality, diminishes the amount of rework and eliminates the amount of defective reject product.
CO2 Dosing
CO2 is injected into cans before Double Seam. The CO2 is used to pressurize and kill bacteria; an application similar to Liquid Hydrogen dosing for which SMAC is an established solution.
Palletizer Can Square
In this case the fastest operations are 1200 to 1800 cans per minute. The palletizer uses pneumatics to move the cans and square on all four sides. This process is unnecessarily time consuming. The cylinders are not capable of moving fast and touch softly to square the cans on top of pallet liner without damaging them. This part of the process is a bottle neck and production is slowed. SMAC can help speed up their process with the use of our patented Soft-Land and position features.


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Essentially every detail of the new 2018 Jeep Wrangler has been updated in its most extensive refresh to date. It's taller, has a longer wheelbase and features a new more powerful turbo engine choice. Given the depth of updates to nearly all functional components the Wrangler offers a much better ride when negotiating normal everyday city streets without sacrificing any of its off-road capabilities. The soft top design allows for easy removal of windows and paneling while doors and the front windscreen have never been easier to remove.


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Posted on the TCS List on Wed, 15 Jun 2005 11:22:22 -0700
On Jun 15, 2005, at 11:17 AM, a poster wrote:
In the wake of TV programmes like Jamie's School Dinners and the almost daily "children are obese and will all die before they're 40" media scares, I'm finding that opposition to my children eating what they want to eat when they want to eat is stronger and more vocal than ever. I'd become accustomed to knit-your-own-muesli home educators tutting as we headed off to McDonalds, but the looks from random strangers in the local supermarket are starting to become annoying. Now, I'm no fan of the infamous Turkey Twizzler (taste disgusting) and I've been pleased to read a few articles mentioning how ridiculous the whole nutrition scare thing is (see this, for example). And I'm not really wavering about how we feed ourselves as a > family but...
... hey, I could just do with a little TCS input on this, just to knock those re-emerging "eat your greens" memes out of my head :-)
Muesli actually tastes good – it has lots of raisins. Unfortunately, the flakes part tastes worse than normal cornflakes, presumably in the name of health.
There are yummy, green foods, like pesto, mint icecream, and umm split pea soup, imo. Oh, oh! And avocado/guacamole.
Anyway, eating is an important parts of our lives. We need to enjoy it, and prevent it from feeling boring/repetitive/a-chore/etc. This is a creative process, and severely limiting what you can eat makes this process much harder to get right. That makes for unhappier people with worse lives (which has been shown to cause cancer, headache, AIDS, and death). Stop listening to the special interest vegetable farmer groups, and start looking at the human cost of putting people's feelings second.
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Some help
for fun food that's 'green' see http://www.slowfood.com
where extravagant taste and uber eco sensibilities merge...or sth
fyi, there's an article in new left review 1985 by laclau and mouffe on 'the hegemony of form' - it's of interest to TCS types, I'd say
the muesli issue is amusing...
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Muesli tastes so much better than cornflakes! Except that I have to do a careful search in the grocery store to find muesli that doesn't have too many raisins in it...
Conclusion: Don't make too many assumptions about what kids like - "unhealthy" processed foods don't necessarily taste better, unless we or the whole culture convince the kids they do.
taking food seriuosly
Submitted by C-Mo (not verified) on
This article must be a joke. Let me play along.
It is weird that my kids think oatmeal and fresh fruit is a tasty breakfast. I bet I have not exposed them to enough varieties of junk food. I need to encourage them to sample more junk, and choose the tastiest breakfast. I will inform them not to take nutrition into consideration when they choose food. I'll tell them, "Don't listen to all those 'health scares.' Just make yourself happy."
In the unlikely event my children begin to suffer from high blood pressure, obesity, diabeties, or any of the other diseases associated with junk food, I won't feel guilty. I don't believe in coecercing them to eat healthily, and everybody knows kids won't eat healthy food unless they are forced to. I am not convinced that nutrition is really linked to disease. It is probably just a government conspiracy.
I am going to eat a lot more junk food now. Healthy food tastes bad and makes me unhappy. Unhappiness causes cancer, AIDS and death, therefore healthy food is harming my health. Junk food tastes good and will make me happy. I need junk food to SAVE my health.
Eating healthily
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Part of our role as parents is to show the world to our children. I have not yet shown chocolate (or many other less healthy foods) to my 10 month old.
In the same way as people who are veggie from birth almost exclusively remain vegetarian for the rest of their lives, instilling good eating habits early, by simply offering only good food, can result in a child only wanting good food.
When a child is spending hir days munching on fruit, mom can love it because it increases hir fruit intake too.
Most of us are too full of
Submitted by sabinuta (not verified) on
Most of us are too full of ourselves to take into consideration our children's opinions. Right ?
It can be difficult to know
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It can be difficult to know when you're not taking your child's opinion, or whether you're simply doing what you know is best for them. This revolves around the issue of consent for me; children don't have the right to vote as they are deemed not intellectually developed enough to make an informed choice. Can we not, therefore, infer the same logic with parenting?
Should they therefore not get
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Should they therefore not get ot make any decisions till they are 18?
A lot of our junk food
Submitted by a TCS reader (not verified) on
A lot of our junk food worries are unfounded, if the parents themselves adhere to healthy eating habits. As the saying, the fruit is not far from the tree, so is how the children's eating habits are not different from their parents.
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That is such a black and white statement. Up until they are 18, it is our jobs as parents to TEACH them HOW to make good decisions. At the age of 4, we can let them choose which pair of socks they'd like to wear for the day, or which plate they'd like to eat from. Those are easy decisions that can not harm them, regardless of the decision they make. However, children are not born knowing that, while it might be fun playing in the fireplace, there is a danger to it. So NO...there are many many decisions that regardless of their age, they CAN NOT make.


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|Winnebago County Sheriff's OfficeNews Media Release
|News Release Number 2011-012
|Information: Boating Safety Class
|Date: 05/14/11
|Time: 8:00 am – 4:00 pm
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Narrative: The Winnebago County Sheriff's Department will be hosting an Illinois Department of Natural Resources certified boat safety class. This class will be held at the Winnebago County Justice Center on May 14th, 2011, from 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM, and is free of charge. Persons who complete this training meet the Illinois State Statute requirements for boat operators between 12 years old and 18 years old to be able to operate a boat / personal water craft without direct adult supervision. This class is open to anyone 10 years of age and older. To sign up for this class, please call (815) 319-6300 any time.


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In Town & Country's February issue, the bougie pub has compiled some addictive reading in the form of a particularly juicy cover story: "The Top 50 Bachelors: A Tell-All Survey of the Most Eligible Men in the World." And Prince Harry just happens to be the biggest hunk of them all. As you can see here, the wild-child royal poses on his steed, fully outfitted in polo gear. A little suggestive? Not really. Particularly in comparison to some of his splashier headlines from the past year.
What is it about the youngest prince we find so fascinating? Writer Sarah Lyall nails it. "He's the wild-card royal, the naughty one, the one who goes out with rah women, hangs out with a fast crowd, downs too many drinks, and goes home at the wrong moment. That's why we all like him best."
And let us not forget about the 49 other eligible lads to make the list. Grouped into such cheeky categories as "Kennedy & Single," "Salt & Pepper Players," and "Royals," the mag makes it easy to
stalk see what's on the market. Of course, this being Town & Country, the picks are anything but socially, or even, ethically diverse, but it sure is nice to see how the other half dates.
Click through to see our favorites, then head over to Town & Country to check out all 50 men. Who do you think should be number one?
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Esprit is the name of the iconic San Francisco fashion label established in 1968 by Susie and Doug Tompkins, two local hippie merchants today considered pioneers in socially and environmentally conscious marketing. They started selling their own line of clothes in a very unconventional manner: out of the back of a station wagon. Today, the brand that pays homage to the relaxed, sunny Californian style and way of life is present in more than 40 countries with several product lines targeting men, women and kids. Smart and affordable, Esprit products have an especial appeal, which always corresponds to the current tastes and trends.
Our Esprit timewear collection includes four lines, each with its own character and target group while always sticking to the generic Esprit brand values.
Women's Collection – high-quality, feminine business looks.
Men's Collection – elegant, trend-oriented business styles.
EDC Collection – casual, young, urban and feminine.
Kids Collection – colorful and fun, this collection is child-oriented and follows the current trends.


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Saturday, July 31, 2010
Meanwhile, back in Hollywood...
...Life goes on for Miss Trouble.
Also, I just got the latest issue of CHT (comic / historietas / tebeos) this time dedicated to Hal Foster's 'Prince valiant'. Incredible work by this team, once again, displayed along 100 beautiful pages!
I hope summer is treating everyone nice.
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Saturday, July 24, 2010
San Diego 2010!
Just back from San Diego Comic-Con. It was great, certainly always an occasion to meet up with friends and also to finally put faces to names I heard so many times or that, so far, I had only been in touch with through blog or email.
So thanks to everybody who showed up and specially the 'Design Studio Press' guys that put together once again a wonderful stand for everyone to enjoy.
The signing of my book went great, and I'll say that today Saturday around early afternoon the supplies of 'Framed Ink' that were available for this festival got sold out. Right now they are taking orders for August, when the book will be finally released.
It was a pleasure to talk with everyone and share the interest we all Comic Con nuts share on everything related to comics and movies in general!
Photos (left to right, at the top): Tinti Dey - Scott Robertson - Alfie
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Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Great news
I just got a phone call.
After all and thanks to the efforts of DSP and the printer, 'Framed Ink' will be ready and available for sale during the San Diego Comic con. So if you guys are around it will be great to see you there, I'll be at booth #1701 on Saturday 24th between 1pm and 2pm, when I'll have a book signing.
Thanks everyone again.
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Saturday, July 17, 2010
Summer days
The always handy staircase to the top floor...
As far as the car on the road, it's a concept illustration I did time ago for a personal project.
I hope everyone is enjoying summer.
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Thursday, July 08, 2010
Catching up
It had been a while since the last time I posted any pages of the 'life and miracles' of our customer department attendant turned secret agent in one single night, ...so here are two more!
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Liz Lange, fashion writer and founder of one of the most recognizable lines of maternity wear, is launching a ready-to-wear women's collection exclusively on HSN Feb. 19, officials said Thursday. And it's not for pregnant women.
The new line, Completely Me By Liz Lange, will be available this spring at HSN. Bluestar Alliance, Liz Lange's brand management firm, has signed a licensing agreement with Tiger J to produce the collection.
A former fashion writer at Vogue magazine, Lange has had great success with her Liz Lange Maternity line.
"Completely Me By Liz Lange offers style that embraces her favorite attributes and adds a vacation-wear fun to her everyday wardrobe," HSN said in its press release.
The pieces are all priced at less than $100, the spring 2010 collection ranges from knit leggings for $24.90 and a three-quarter sleeve embellished knit top for $44.90 to a heavy knit double-breasted sweater jacket for $69.90, with all styles available in spring colors such as navy, white, turquoise, bright orange and lime green.
In the 1990s Liz Lange redefined maternity by providing modern women stylish clothing while simultaneously accentuating the beauty of the female body during pregnancy.
After being approached for years by customers seeking a line of non-maternity wear, Lange decided to design a collection of separates using her signature chic sensibility. With the addition of a ready-to-wear collection under the Liz Lange umbrella, the brand will further its growth as the choice for fashion-forward women.
"We are thrilled to be taking this natural next step together with HSN and Tiger J," Lange said in a prepared statement. "Women have so much to balance in their lives; our collection will keep you looking great while adding simplicity to your wardrobe. The fit and fabric of this collection is essential, but more than anything it is the optimistic attitude and approach to life that exemplifies the brand."
Completely Me will launch on HSN Feb. 19 and be on again at Feb. 20.
"We're excited to partner with Liz Lange to bring to life her exclusive ready-to-wear designs," HSN Mindy Grossman said in a prepared statement. "Liz has a terrific connection with her customers. The addition of her collection to HSN reinforces our commitment to respond to our customers' needs — women not only want to look and feel beautiful, but they also seek comfort and fit."
In the 1990s, Lange redefined maternity with a revolutionary approach, providing a stylish, yet well-made elegant collection for the modern woman seeking clothing that accentuates the beauty of the female body during pregnancy. Behind her success of Liz Lange Maternity, lies an understanding of mixing comfort with contemporary edge, designing for the businesswoman to the stay-home mom. Today she has developed one of the most recognizable lines of maternity wear, with product currently available at Target.
Bluestar Alliance was established in January 2007 by Joey Gabbay and Ralph Gindi. The fund's purchase of Liz Lange was preceded by its acquisition of better men's apparel firm Ron Chereskin Studio in September 2007 and quickly followed by that of junior brand Hot Kiss in February 2008.
Bluestar Alliance recently purchased The Sharper Image. Gabbay is also president of Wellington Capital Group, which purchased the Harve Benard ladies' brand in September 2006. Each of these apparel companies operates as a wholly owned subsidiary.
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The other top winners included Charlize Theron, picked as 2003's best actress for her scary psychological and physical incarnation of real-life prostitute/serial killer Aileen Wuornos in another American indie, Patsy Jenkins' "Monster"; Bill Murray, chosen as best actor for his part as a disillusioned movie celebrity at loose ends in Japan in Sofia Coppola's "Lost in Translation"; and Eastwood, voted best director for his adaptation of novelist Dennis Lehane's "Mystic River."
All three won by wide margins over the runners-up, as did foreign-language film victor "The Man Without a Past" (Finland), Aki Kaurismaki's droll lower-depths fable about an amnesiac's struggle to regain his life. "American Splendor" also garnered the screenplay award for writer-directors Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini, making their first dramatic feature after estimable careers as documentarians.
The blockbuster J.R.R. Tolkien fantasy-adventure adaptation "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" -- which had won best-picture honors from the New York Film Critics' Circle -- was shut out this time, although "Rings" director Peter Jackson did finish second to Eastwood in the best-director balloting.
Instead, "American Splendor" and "Mystic River" were the top two contenders throughout the afternoon, with "Mystic River" finishing second in four other categories -- best picture, best actor (Sean Penn), best supporting actor (Tim Robbins) and best screenplay (Brian Helgeland). Meanwhile, "Splendor's" Hope Davis, as Pekar's brainy helpmate, was the best-actress runner-up to Theron. (Davis was also cited for her lead performance as the wife in Alan Rudolph's "The Secret Lives of Dentists.")
The supporting-actor category was won by Peter Sarsgaard for his intense portrayal of a gutsy magazine editor faced with a major scandal in "Shattered Glass," the docudrama about the New Republic's prevaricating writer Stephen Glass. Patricia Clarkson won as supporting actress for her roles in two films, as the sharp-tongued dying mother in "Pieces of April" and as one of a trio of small-town outsiders in "The Station Agent."
The best-cinematography prize went to Russell Boyd for his spectacular work in Peter Weir's film of Patrick O'Brian's sea adventure novels "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World." Named as best nonfiction film was "To Be and to Have," Nicolas Philibert's luminous French documentary on the daily life of a provincial elementary school teacher. That film barely nudged out runner-up "The Fog of War," Errol Morris' powerful interview portrait of Vietnam War-era Defense Secretary Robert McNamara, while the foreign language runner-up was Sylvain Chomet's exuberant French cartoon feature "Les Triplettes de Belleville."
The NSFC's special Film Heritage Award was divided between two companies. Milestone Film and Video was cited for its DVD and theatrical presentations of Michael Powell's "The Edge of the World," E.A. Dupont's "Piccadilly," Andre Antoine's "La Terre" and "Mad Love," a collection of early Russian silents by Evgeni Bauer, while Kino on Video won honors for its collections of the works of directors F.W. Murnau and Erich Von Stroheim, and producer Ely Landau's productions for The American Film Theatre.
The awards this year were notable again for the number of films honored from independent or subsidiary companies such as Fine Line ("American Splendor"), Focus ("Lost in Translation") and Sony Pictures Classics ("The Man Without a Past") -- a trend that held despite the initial unavailability of critics' screeners from these companies because of the MPAA's screener ban. (Eventually, the ban was struck down by a federal judge.)
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We create multiple mining models by using different algorithms, different input data sets, and different algorithm parameters. Then we evaluate the models in order to find the most appropriate candidates for the actual deployment to production.
Many different algorithms can be used for fraud detection; it is difficult to say which one would generally yield the best result. In a project, the available algorithms are typically chosen, based on experience and the knowledge about the given domain. Because we use the Microsoft SQL Server suite, we use Microsoft Decision Trees, Microsoft Neural Network, and Microsoft Naïve Bayes directed algorithms, and Microsoft Clustering for the undirected one. In recent years, the Support Vector Machines methods are becoming more and more popular. SSAS does not bring this algorithm out of the box. However, it can be downloaded as a free plug-in algorithm for SSAS from the Microsoft CodePlex site at
Valkonet, J. (2008). Support Vector Machine plug-in in Analysis Services. Retrieved from Microsoft CodePlex: http://svmplugin.codeplex.com/
Of course, if there are time and software policy constraints that prevent us from using this download, we simply skip it. We do not lose much, because, according to
Sahin Y., & Duman E. (2011). Detecting Credit Card Fraud by Decision Trees and Support Vector Machines. Proceedings of the International MultiConference of Engineers and Computer Scientists 2011 Vol 1. Hong Kong: IMECS.,
the Decision Tress algorithm usually yields better results in fraud detection analysis than Support Vector Machines. For details on specific data mining algorithms, please refer to
Han J., Kamber M., & Pei J. (2011). Data Mining: Concepts and Techniques, Third Edition. Morgan Kaufmann,
or to the SolidQ course
Sarka D. (2012). Data Mining with SQL Server 2012. SolidQ. Retrieved from http://www.solidq.com/squ/courses/Pages/Data-Mining-with-SQL-Server-2012.aspx.
We evaluate the efficiency of different supervised models by using standard techniques, namely the Lift Chart, the Classification Matrix, and Cross Validation. All of these techniques are built into the SSAS data mining feature and are described in more detail in
MacLennan J., Tang Z., & Crivat B. (2009). Data Mining with Microsoft SQL Server 2008. Wiley.
To evaluate the Clustering models, we have developed a technique of our own, implementing entropy. If the individual clusters are homogenous, the entropy in any given cluster must be low. We calculate the average entropy and the standard deviation of the entropy across all clusters. In a SSAS Clustering model that has been trained (or processed), it is possible to read the model data with DMX queries. In the cluster notes we can identify the distribution of the input variables, and then use it to can calculate the entropy.
From experience, we have learned that not all algorithms are equally useful for all data sets. The Microsoft Neural Network algorithm works best when the frequency of the target state (i.e. fraud) is about 50%. Microsoft Naïve Bayes can work well when the target state is represented by approximately 10% of the population or more. However, Microsoft Decision Trees work well even if the target state frequency is only about 1%, and is thus a very suitable algorithm for small data sets and low frequency of the target state as well.
The continuous learning cycle is shown graphically in Figure 1.
Figure 1: The continuous learning cycle
We start by creating the directed models, assuming that the customer has already flagged frauds in the existing data. We evaluate the directed models and then use the best one to predict the frauds in the new data. We also create the undirected models, evaluate them, and use the best one for selection of potential frauds. We do this over time and check the difference between the number or percentage of frauds caught with the directed and the undirected model deployed. When this difference drops, it is time to refine the directed model. In addition, we store the predictions of both models and the actual, confirmed or reported frauds in a data warehouse. When the percentage of the predicted frauds in the total number of frauds drops, it is time to refine both models. We use an OLAP cube on the top of the DW to measure the efficiency of the models over time.
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Public approval of the job Congress is doing averaged 19 percent this year, according to Gallup — the eighth straight year in which less than one in five Americans has been satisfied with the job lawmakers are doing.
GOP leaders might find a silver lining in the dismal numbers: Congressional approval among Republicans jumped from 18 percent last month to 29 percent this month after both chambers passed tax cut legislation. And Republican approval ratings for the year averaged 28 percent, the highest since 2006. But even Republicans aren't as positive about the GOP-led Congress as they were in February, when they gave lawmakers a 50 percent approval rating.
Congressional approval measured by Gallup averages 31 percent since 1974 — and Gallup data might provide a warning for lawmakers as they try to hash out a budget and avoid a government shutdown later this month or next: "The lowest annual average, 14% in 2013, came when Congress' failure to pass a budget led to a partial government shutdown in the fall of that year."


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Ideas For Renovating Your OfficeFebruary 24th, 2017 by GeaMitJo
Every individual has different taste and wants his work space according to that space. If you current office space is not according to your taste and your needs you must go for renovating your office. Renovating your office and making it according to your needs, taste and preference will make your work more easy and fruitful. There are many factors which should be considered while renovating your office and one of the most important one is budget. You must fix a budget before starting to renovate your office; however there might be some ups and downs in your fixed budget but the overall expenditure will be encircling the amount. If you are not much aware about the various other factors to be taken into consideration while renovating your office, then here are some of the ideas for renovating your office to help you out.
Sell the old stuff
It is but obvious that you are going to need some huge amount of money for renovating your office for bringing the new stuff. When you bring the new stuff, the old one would be of no use. Consider selling this old stuff and generating some money out of it. You can sell your stuff online and utilize the money you got for renovation purpose. Many of the times you are in so much hurry to trash the old stuff that you don't wait for the right deal and sell away in low price. You do realize that by doing so you are losing a big amount of money which can make the project of renovating your office even better. Old furniture and appliances can grab good price in market. Take little care when they are getting removed or else it can damage which can be hindrance in getting good value.
Keep the good things intact
When you are renovating your office, it doesn't mean you have to replace everything with new. There will be several things in your office which are quite good and unique and can be focal point of your office. Try and keep those things intact while renovating your office. This will help you save a lot while renovating your office. There might also be certain things which don't need to be replaced; just repairing them will do the work. Several times, it can happen the part which was a mess or a hassle, after repair it turns out to be an eye catcher of your entire office.
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If you have hired a professional for renovating your office, don't let him everything decides. It's your office and you should be the one working there and hence make your decisions while renovating your office. Keep in mind that not each and corner should be luxurious and eye catching, try and keep your budget some importance and choose the things which you like, need and make your working more comfortable. Also choose the paint color very carefully as it plays very important role while renovating your office.


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Marcus was a very prominent person who lived in ancient Michina. He was the mastermind behind the whole plot to betray Arceus. He is the main antagonist in Arceus and the Jewel of Life. Marcus was a sly and evil person, and many people followed his orders. Marcus believed that the people of Michina should keep the Jewel of Life, or otherwise the land would return to its desolation again.
Marcus had no intention of returning the Jewel back to Arceus when it returned. Marcus told Bronzong to use Hypnosis on Damos, and made it look like he betrayed Arceus. Arceus got mad, and Damos and Marcus fell to their death.
When Sheena arrived with Ash and his friends from the future, Marcus put Ash and his friends in prison with Damos. He pretended to be the good guy and questioned Sheena about the future. This time when Arceus appeared to get the Jewel back, Marcus gave Sheena the staff that held the Jewel. When she opened it in front of Arceus, it was gone.
Since Marcus knew about the future, he was ready for Arceus, so he got all the Pokémon to use Ice Beam on it while they dropped Silver Water on it. Ash and his friends were able to stop Marcus, and this time only because Marcus fell to his death.
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How can we reduce energy usage in laboratories?
As part of 'Spotlight on Energy' month in February 2019, come along for information and discussion on this topic. Areas will likely include how to prioritise your highest energy users and practical tips on improvements that can be made. A demonstration of the LEAF tool to quantify energy usage and opportunity within labs will also be presented. With representation from the University of Cambridge's Green Labs initiative and Environment & Energy team.
Late morning refreshments will be provided.
Another session with the same content will also run at 17 Mill Lane in central Cambridge the previous week. See Related Courses.
Anyone who works in the University's laboratories, including:
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(Reuters) - At least 28 fans and one driver were injured after a multi-car crash at the Daytona speedway on Saturday when car debris flew into the crowd near the end of the Nationwide NASCAR race.
Race officials said 14 fans were sent to nearby hospitals, with another 14 being treated at the Florida speedway, which will host the prestigious Daytona 500 race on Sunday.
Driver Michael Annett of the Richard Petty Motorsports team was being treated at the Halifax Health Medical Center in Daytona Beach and would be kept for observation, the team said in a statement.
Joie Chitwood, president of the Daytona International Speedway, said Sunday's main race would go ahead despite the incident.
"First and foremost, our thoughts and prayers are with our race fans," Chitwood said.
"Following the incident, we responded appropriately according to our safety protocols and had emergency medical personnel at the incident immediately.
"We transported 14 people off property and 14 were treated at our on-track care centre. We are in the process of repairing the facility, and we will be ready to go racing tomorrow," added Chitwood.
Debris from the 10-car crash flew into the spectator area and amid chaotic scenes, some fans were taken away on stretchers.
The crash sent driver Kyle Larson's car airborne, although he climbed out of the wreckage afterward unhurt.
Dayton Police Department spokesman Jimmie Flynt said 11 people were taken to Halifax Health Medical Center, two of them with serious injuries, and one patient to Florida Hospital Memorial Medical Center in Daytona Beach. Florida Hospital spokeswoman Lindsay Rew said three more patients were expected there.
Annett was transported to a hospital after complaining of pain in his chest and sternum and was treated for bruising on his chest and underwent a CT Scan.
NASCAR's vice president of race operations, Steve O'Donnell, said that the fencing, which was ripped through by the flying debris, was being replaced and the incident would be reviewed.
"We're very confident that we'll be ready for tomorrow's event with the 55th running of the Daytona, but as with any of these incidents, we'll conduct a thorough review, we'll work closely with the tracks as we do for all our events, learn what we can and see what we can apply in the future," he said.
Tony Stewart won the race on Saturday, which is the curtain-raiser for American stock car racing's biggest event on Sunday, which will feature Danica Patrick as the first woman to start on the pole position.
(Reporting Simon Evans in Orlando, Florida, and Cynthia Johnston; Editing by Peter Cooney)


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The Khaolak Bhandari Resort is the perfect snug oasis in which to unwind. This in the end is the dream: A hotel as a refuge, a piece of paradise.
|All guests room are luxuriously appointed with elegant Thai décor, superbly designed with specious living corner and private balcony offering a choice of pool and tropical garden view for Thai Style bungalow, terrace and balcony view for Thai Style Chalet.
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Manhattan: Fanelli's Cafe (Yes, It Serves Pizza)
94 Prince Street, New York NY 10012 (between Greene St & Mercer St); 212-226-9412; Pizza Style: Bar
Oven Type: Gas
The Skinny?Classic New York City watering hole serves a not-so-classic pizza
Price: 9-inch personal pie, $11
Fanelli's Cafe has been around in its current form since Michael Fanelli bought it in 1922 and, in defiance of the Prohibition laws that went into effect that year, turned his new "cafe" into a speakeasy and gin mill under the guise of selling food. But the building itself has an even more storied past, dating back to at least 1847 as a grocery and liquor store, and at one time the site housed a brothel. It is a quintessential New York institution, and, despite being surrounded by the glitz and glam of contemporary Soho, it remains a touchstone of the city's past.
Stepping through the doors, underneath Fanelli's iconic but battered neon sign, and into the cozy bar room is like stepping back in time. The worn wood, dim lighting, and invariably jam-packed bar all have the feel of a bygone age. The small kitchen in the back cranks out some decent pub grub, such as burgers, sandwiches, and fries. I had often wondered what the pizza might be like.
Fanelli's is situated near Little Italy. It has existed almost since the official birth of pizza in America (1905, when the original Lombardi's was granted the city's—and the nation's—first pizza license). I wondered if some of this might have had an effect on the pizza here. Certainly with such an Italian sounding name one might expect Fanelli's to serve a decent pie. I wasn't expecting anything transcendental, but I was hoping to find a good bar pizza.
Unfortunately, the pizza I sampled was worse than middling. The crust was a dense disk. It had no elasticity, no sponginess, no life. Textural contrast? None to be found, the crust was soggy and overcooked all at once. The deluge of commercial grade cheese that topped the pie was blistered and had a crust better suited to mac and cheese. I prefer my blisters on the crust, the Fanelli's pie got it upside down. There was a generally innocuous red sauce lurking underneath the blanket of cheese, but it did not make a significant contribution, save dying the cheese an eerie orange color.
There is much to like about Fanelli's—a rich history, an ambiance untouched by trendy Soho, a decent pint of beer and a more-than-decent hamburger. Unfortunately the pie I had hoped for—an exalted form of bar pizza —does not exist there. What they do serve is less than appealing; I only managed to eat a slice before venturing out onto Prince Street and heading over to Ray's Pizza. I'll tell you about that visit next week.
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I heard from another vegan community, that these brands of cereal are not vegan since they contain animal drived D vitamins! My Shredded Wheat cereal I eat some mornings is made by General Mills! Is Kellogs the same? I really like Frosted Flakes too.
This is horrible. Does anyone know of this? How rampant is animal derived D vitamins in breakfast cereals/other packaged foods?
This is so unsettling. All this time, munching on my Post and General Mills cereals, reading the ingredients and not finding anything unvegan about them. I feel quite upset, as you may imagine.


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Fred & I are watching Sex & the City. I've seen the series before, but this is Fred's first go. He says he enjoys the writing, the characters, & the acting. It's pretty cool to be able to watch one of your favorite shows & know your boyfriend doesn't hate it.
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- Rachael DickinsonOctober 21, 2016 at 12:23 PM
I love Sex & the city - its my go to box set!!ReplyDelete
Rachael xox
All of the above, but right now I am loving Modern Family, barbecue chicken, weddings and online shopping! Love SATC and the smell of freshly baked bread too, of course xxxReplyDelete
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Lovely Pictures, I hope you have a great Day! ;-)ReplyDelete
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Iced coffee and fresh bread are so good!!ReplyDelete
Sex and the City is one of my favourite series ever! Good taste ♥ReplyDelete
- marie from heartfelt huntOctober 23, 2016 at 11:36 AM
super cute post - thank u so much for sharing!!! <3 <3 <3ReplyDelete
- Lucrezia CandeloriOctober 23, 2016 at 12:22 PM
Yummm, everything looks so delicious! Hope you had a great weekend and got some rest anyway! :DReplyDelete
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Sex and the City and fresh bread are two things I will never grow tired of!ReplyDelete
I can re-watch sex and the city all day long :) Hope you enjoyed your weekend!ReplyDelete
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Mmmm, fresh bread is an amazing thing. Also, been loving breakfast in bed :)ReplyDelete
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I absolutely love fresh bread, I literally just eat it plain!ReplyDelete
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So lovely! XxxReplyDelete
Love Sex and the City! I hope you are well rested now :)ReplyDelete
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- Yiotou_LaOctober 23, 2016 at 10:54 PM
Sex and the city is the best, it is the only 'girly' tv show that my fiance is willing to watch with me on a Friday night. I have a crush on Carrie, I think he has a crush on Samantha hahaha!ReplyDelete
such a lovely post <3ReplyDelete
That Pine candle sounds amazing!!!! I really want to smell it hahaReplyDelete
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- Taylor KimOctober 24, 2016 at 12:08 PM
I had no idea horchata iced coffee was a thing! I need to find out where I can get that asap!ReplyDelete
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Oh my gosh HORCAHTA ICED COFFEE?! How did I NOT know that was a thing. Ugh, as a Californian I should be ashamed, haha. It sounds amazing!!ReplyDelete
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I haven't heard of that iced coffee before, but it sounds lovely!ReplyDelete
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I love everything except satc, haha sorry!ReplyDelete
I don't hate it, I just don't love it as much as Horchata ^^
Horchata has a very special place in my heart lol
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It's a classic. :]ReplyDelete
Online shopping is the best!!! :]ReplyDelete
Thanks Lisa. :]ReplyDelete
They're even better when paired together. :]ReplyDelete
You can't go wrong. :]ReplyDelete
It's so fun to rewatch a good show. :]ReplyDelete
Yes, Fred & I devoured a whole baguette one day. So fresh & yummy. :]ReplyDelete
Me too, especially when it's super fresh. :]ReplyDelete
Excited for another weekend. :]ReplyDelete
Hahaha, that's funny. It's nice when we can watch shows with the men in our lives. :]ReplyDelete
I finished it! It smelled great but didn't have much potency. :[ReplyDelete
I didn't either. So yummy. :]ReplyDelete
Shame on you! JK. But yeah, I hadn't heard of it either. :]ReplyDelete
Comfy sweats. Winter duvets. Sounds like it's cold over there. :]ReplyDelete
No need to be sorry, not everyone likes everything I like! Horchata is the best though. :]ReplyDelete
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A couple of years ago I posted some memorable Muziki wa Dansi, a tribute by Tanzania's Orchestra Vijana Jazz to their departed lead singer Hayati Hemed Maneti. Hayati Maneti (Last Recording) (Ahadi/Flatim AHD (MC) 6018) is another outing dedicated to the great vocalist. The usual caveats regarding recording quality apply:
Orchestra Vijana Jazz - Witi Zangu Mnaninyanyasa
Orchestra Vijana Jazz - Ngapulila No. 2
Orchestra Vijana Jazz - Imani za Uchawi
Orchestra Vijana Jazz - Nyongise (Kihehe)
Orchestra Vijana Jazz - Heshima ya Mtu
Orchestra Vijana Jazz - Siri ya Ndani
Download Hayati Maneti (Last Recording) as a zipped file here. Purely by coincidence, when I logged on this morning I saw that Stefan at WorldService has posted the great Vijana LP Mary Maria here. And if you're looking for still more classic Vijana, Sterns Music's The Koka Koka Sex Battalion: Rumba, Koka Koka & Kamata Sukuma - Music From Tanzania 1975-1980 is highly recommended. The picture at the top of this post is entitled "My Village" and is by a Tanzanian artist named Mkumba. Explore more of his work and that of a number of other excellent East African artists here.


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