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DALLAS, August 21, 2013 – TM Advertising announced today that Charles "Chuck" Henderson has joined the Dallas-based agency as VP, Director of Business Development. In his new role, Charles has been charged with marketing the TM brand and driving the agency's growth through new business initiatives.
With more than 15 years of experience – on both the agency and client side –Charles is a veteran marketing strategist known for his ability to accelerate growth and cultivate successful partnerships. Having worked for and on some of the nation's most recognizable brands, including Dell, MTV Networks, Nike and Coca-Cola, to name just a few, Charles' breadth of experience and diverse skillset bring tremendous value to the TM team.
"Charles' impressive background and unwavering desire to build business success makes him a great fit for our team," said Becca Weigman, CEO of TM Advertising.
"We want to grow our agency, but we also want to be thoughtful about our growth, and Charles will play a vital role in managing this. I want to continue to build the agency to promote the best thinking for our clients."
In addition to his business successes, Charles also has a strong commitment to his community. His passion for mentoring translated into co-founding the Houston Swoosh AAU Basketball team, which enables players to gain access to athletic scholarships at major universities. Charles, a native Texan and graduate of Texas A&M University, has relocated from Chicago to the Dallas area.
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The History:
The Victorian Age lasted over a long period and holds an evolution of style, but there are characteristics that stand out among Victorian gardens, just as there are in Victorian architecture and costume.
This was a time when plant exploration came into its own. The middle class expanded with an accompanying barrage of tastemakers, opining on everything from manners to interior decoration, architecture styles to garden landscapes. Ideas such as "a small city garden should be "dainty and neat"" were common. Some of those who molded public opinion, through their writing and landscaping, were William Robinson, Gertrude Jekyll, Andrew Jackson Downing, and J.C. Loudon.
Victorians embellished everything, and their gardens were no exception. Porches often hung with vines, trellises were attached to walls and vines grown upon them, and urns filled with greenery ad flowers were used liberally in the landscape.
The early "allotment", or community garden.
Hillclose gardens, survivals of Victorian plots, give some insights into what was valued in a garden. Some were Kitchen gardens, others ornamental, many contained a restful garden house. Visit these gardens if you are ever in the Warwickshire part of England.
The Influences
J.C. Loudon, an English author formulated the Gardenesque style, and Andrew Jackson Downing became an influencer through his popular books which outlined house plans and the way the exteriors and properties should appear. "Picturesque, Neoclassical, and Gardenesque" styles all became recognizable fashions in the landscape, as well as in architecture (which went hand in hand).
The Picturesque Style
Today's ideals of viewsheds might derive from some of the ideals of this design movement. Rev. W. Gilpin wrote inspirational essays and journals which gave rise to much of these ideals. Uvedale Price interpreted these for landscaping… "retain old trees, rutted paths, and textured slopes, rather than to sweep all these away"
The Neoclassical Style
The Neoclassical, or Beaux-Arts Era, included grand vistas with axial forms of pathways and roads, water features, or "tapis verts" (expansive lawns). "Symmetry, balance, and elegance" were very important.
– Cultural Landscape Foundation
The Gardenesque Style
When plant collecting came into its own during the Victorian age, this style developed to showcase specimens of the plants, and recognize the efforts of the gardener. Island beds became popular, along with small scale features from nature.
Architectural styles and their corresponding gardens:
House architecture styles and their period garden styles:
- Gothic Revival 1850-1900
Romantic, Picturesque garden
- Second Empire 1860-1880
Formal, Neoclassical garden
- Italianate 1860-1890
Gardenesque garden, carpet bedding
- Eastlake 1870-1880
Gardenesque garden, carpet bedding
- Queen Anne 1885-1900
Gardenesque garden, with carpet bedding
- Romanesque 1880-1900
Gardenesque garden, with carpet bedding
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Carpet bedding
This creates the first impression many have of Victorian gardening, both because it was so popular and because famous reactions against its excess resulted in the type of gardens we like so well today. Still used in public spaces, bedding can be judiciously employed in today's gardens,too.
"Bedding out" might be seen as an expansion of the parterre. "A parterre garden is a type of formal garden created by 16th Century French nursery designer Claude Mollet. Mollet based his design on the square boundaries and elaborate interior patterns of English knot gardens." It was expected to be viewed from an elevated place such as an upperstory window.
Bedding out often took the geometric shapes and the massed color evident in parterres. Using bright annuals, bedding out shapes often were fanciful:hearts, crescents, and paisleys.
The Greensward
Lawns became important and were used for framing views, garden flowers, and as "play spaces" for lawn games. Think of ubiquitous pictures of badminton and croquet games on a summer afternoon.
Flower Borders and Rosegardens
Rose gardens and perennial borders caught the public taste and developed into collections of full season interest.
Island Beds
Island beds within lawn areas came into their own, with the usual geometric shapes supplemented by paisley and kidney shapes.
Shubberies and Garden Rooms
Diverse choices such as hydrangeas, lilacs, and roses, plums, cherries, grapes, currants, gooseberries, raspberries, strawberries, and apples were all popular plantings in these gardens. The idea of bountiful produce from one's garden grew hand and glove with ideas of planting purely for visual pleasure. These two desires often found separate "rooms" with the front yard acting as a parlor of decoration and taste, while the back yard retaining humbler designations including the fruit and vegetable patch, drying yard, and child's play area.
Vanhoutte spirea, lilacs, mock orange, and snowball hydrangea were all popular choices of the time.
Fences were highly popular, outlining boundaries and ornamenting the garden at the same time. Fences were of metal, cast iron or wire, and wooden, the proverbial picket and mixtures of brick plinths and iron fences, dripping with roses, or vines and lined with shrubbery. Like the interiors, the garden was layered with a rich display of textures.
House Foundations and Porches
The foundations of a house were not disguised with shrubs the way modern plantings often are, while porches were heavily draped with vines such as Dutchman's pipe, honeysuckles, ivy, clematis, wisteria, or morning glories.
Growing annual or perennial vines on a trellis provided privacy for a front porch, shade and cooler spaces indoors, and adornment for a triple advantage- no wonder vines were such popular elements in the planting plans!
Specimen Trees
Trees and shrubs, including the newly introduced weeping and contorted forms of trees and shrubs, and varieties with unusual texture or color are all planted as specimens (planted singly to highlight them). Preferred shrubs are lilacs, mock orange, and snowball hydrangea. Trees or shrubs planted in multiples are usually along property lines in mixed hedges.
~ See Chapter 7 of 'Creating Period Gardens' by Gunda Grotans Luss
Her list of plants.
Victorian Style for Contemporary Gardens
How might you interpret Victorian style for your own home and garden? Rarely do people today want to have to fuss over trimming grass from around a myriad of pots and dots around the yard. We are our own gardeners for the most part, and have to constrict the time and effort that a landscape demands. Here are a few ways to give a Victorian feel to the landscaping, without as much of the busyness and work that the original Victorians would have deemed fitting.
Quick and Easy tips…
- Place some "bedding out" close to the house, in a dooryard garden or as symmetrical islands in reasonable sizes and number.
- Use some Urns or containers filled with "curiosities" at the entry points of the house.
- Choose a couple "specimen" trees to feature, underplant with easy care groundcover.
- Remove some foundation plants, perhaps introduce some in topiary form.
- Lace a trellis at the porch with a vining plant.
- Drape roses over the fence.
- Create rooms in the back of the property for Victorian kitchen garden, theme garden, and/or "lawn games"
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Salt Is No Friend to Heart or Head
Salty studies
A process called meta-analysis was used to combine and analyze data from 13 previous studies. The advantage of this approach is that it allows for large numbers of people to be studied together, increasing the likelihood that relationships between dietary salt and risk of disease will be discovered, if they exist.
The study revealed that:
- Higher salt diets are linked to higher rates of strokes and cardiovascular events (heart attacks). Even among people with normal blood pressure, higher salt intakes increased disease risk.
- The relationship between salt and risk of strokes and cardiovascular events is dose-dependent: the more salt a person eats, the higher his or her risk of these diseases.
- For a 5-gram per day difference in typical salt intake, there is a 23% increased rate of stroke and a 17% increased rate of cardiovascular events. For example, a group of people eating an average of 10 grams of salt per day will have 23% more cases of stroke and 17% more cardiovascular events compared with a group eating 5 grams of salt per day.
- At the population level, a 5-gram reduction in daily salt intake could lead to 1.25 million fewer deaths from stroke and approximately three million fewer deaths from cardiovascular disease worldwide.
Salt vs. sodium
Salt is made up of sodium and chloride. In the US the recommended dietary allowance (RDA) is given in terms of sodium, not salt. The maximum recommended intake of sodium is 2,300 mg (2.3 grams) per day. For certain groups—those who are 51 and older and those who are African American, or have high blood pressure, diabetes, or chronic kidney disease should consume no more than 1,500 mg (1.5 grams) per day.
To convert grams of sodium into grams of salt, multiply by 2.5. This means 2.3 grams of sodium is the same as 5.8 grams (2.4 x 2.5) of salt.
Average salt intake in the US is 10-12 grams per day. This means most of us need to cut our salt intake in half to reduce our risk of high blood pressure, heart disease, and stroke.
To reduce your salt intake:
- Processed food is the single biggest source of salt in the American diet. Particular salt offenders include soup, crackers, chips, bread and baked goods, cereal, sauces and dressings, cold cuts and deli meats, pickled foods, and cured and smoked foods.
- Read labels and avoid foods with more than 230 mg of sodium, or more than 10% of daily intake, per serving.
- Decrease dietary salt slowly over time. As your taste buds adapt, you will be amazed at how salty things you used to eat now taste.
- Remove the shaker from the table to reduce the temptation to salt your food.
- Iodized salt is one of the main sources of dietary iodine in the US, so Americans eating less salt need make sure to get enough iodine from other sources, such as a multivitamin that contains this mineral.
- Cook with less salt.
- Limit salty items such as soy sauce, ketchup, broth, and bullion cubes.
- Always chose "no salt added" when buying canned foods.
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At least 50 people have been killed in two strong explosions that ripped through the Syrian capital, Damascus, in the deadliest attack on the capital since the country's uprising began 14 months ago. The explosions heavily damaged a military intelligence building. The blasts happened at about 7:50 am, when employees are usually arriving at work.
Syrian inspectors investigate the crater in front of a damaged military intelligence building where two bombs exploded
Cars burn at the scene of the blasts
Smoke rises from the site of twin blasts in Damascus
Two Syrian soldiers and civilian citizens carry a dead body
An aerial view of the site of twin blasts in Damascus
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How do I know if everything is ok ?
I had a ultrasound a couple of days ago, and was told i was about 6 weeks, they did the vaginal ultrasound, she was able to find the sac, but i didn't see anything inside, is it to early to see anything ? i am worried because i have been reading post and some turn out as a miscarriage. please help !
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Firstly, don't read articles online and scare yourself :) that's something you may not want to take to heart during research. And yes, it is very early for you to see anything at 6 weeks. Normally, only the sac is visible and its not until 8 weeks can your little bean be visible with a heartbeat. That's why most doctors won't see you until 8 weeks. So don't worry yourself, that was a perfectly normal ultrasound for 6 weeks :)posted 06/17/2011 by peanutwitt
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Day after day of touring through spectacular high Sierra landscapes awaits cross-country skiers. Whether you glide on super-light waxless touring skis, or three-pin over and through the miles of gentler terrain on your favorite old pair of 99's, TPR affords more exciting touring opportunities than you can fit into your trip. TPR is also a great start (acclimatization!) or finish (hot shower and food!) to your trans-Sierra ski tour.
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This year's comedy trifecta - completed!Fri, December 20, 2013 - 4:58 AM
And when I did it, I laughed.
On the way to Burningman, I stood on a corner in Winslow, Arizona.
On the way to AIPG's National Meeting, I stopped in Limon, Colorado and purchased and consumed a Sprite.
And, finally, I had a jigger of Jack Daniels in northern Boone County on Old No. 7 Road.
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Hi, I am 5 weeks and 5 days pregnant. I Don't know what to do :(
I have 2 children, girl aged 12 and a boy aged 4. I had my daughter from a previous (disaster) relationship and when I found out I was pregnant it was devastating but I never ever considered abortion - or did my boyfriend at the time. We broke up when she was 6 months old. When my daughter was 4 years old I met my husband, got married and had our son 2 years later. There have been issues also with his relationship with my daughter but we seem to get through them day by day. Our marriage has not been easy but my husband loves me to pieces and I know that. My husband has always made it quite clear that he didn't want another child and although it saddened me at times I agreed. So now I'm pregnant and he wants me to have an abortion - I don't know what to do as it is against all my beliefs and I am so upset and feel like i've no choice... please help :(
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CONTINUED: pictures of the baby's development (online there are toooons of sonograms at every week, etc.) and start getting hi involved and excited without making it obvioius, he will be right on the boat with you. Help him get past the stress that he is carrying and help him to realize that you love this baby you have been blessed with and there is a reason for everything. A man can really respect a woman who ca take care of herself and hold to her decisions. sometimes it may take a while, but he WILL come around, even if it's not until he holds that soft little baby in his arms on delivery day. Help hijm remember the excitement and love he felt for his firstborn (since your first child was not biologically his) by going through the hospital pictures/videos and laugh about the funnythings you experienced together while getting used to your little one. never give up!!! We at babycenter are always here to support you! Much love, Kylieposted 11/28/2012 by tkkelsh
Since you stated that it would be against your beliefs to abort your child, I know that you uderstand that there is a beautiful little life inside you right now. Abortion, when you look at what it truly is, is murder. Whether society wants to admit it or not will not make a difference when it comes to your conscienceand trying to get through the rest of your life knowing that ere should be 3car seats in the back instead of just 2, or in the future thinking "this is when my baby would have graduated" or even just trying to get through the rest of the months that you were supposed to be pregnant could be devasating. I feel such sympathy for you, but do not let yourself feel helpless. Your husband is proababy havng a hard time right now dealing with the fact that you're getting another little on ut right now I cn garuntee you that he isn't thinking of the baby itself. All he probably sees is another cost, another 6 months of little sleep once th baby's born, etc., but if you show himposted 11/28/2012 by tkkelsh
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EL PASO, Texas, Oct. 5, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- Nanoforce, Inc. (Pink Sheets:NNFC), a developer of nano-materials, new refining processes, and equipment for use in the alternative and conventional energy sectors, announces the expansion of its wholly owned subsidiary Refinery Science Corp.
Refinery Science Corp. begins construction of a "pre-commercial" Extra-Heavy Crude Upgrader and Nano-Cat(tm) manufacturing plant.
Refinery Science's technology is licensed from the University of Texas at El Paso and Nanoforce Inc. and includes patented catalysts, processes, and devices that are designed to efficiently convert hydrocarbons -- including extra heavy and sour crude oils found in the U.S. and Canada -- into clean transportation fuels. The new Extra-Heavy Crude Upgrader is designed to use Nano-Cat in low pressure, integrated systems, to improve the price of production of high quality fuels from oil sands and make them economically competitive with Middle Eastern crude oil.
This pre-commercial demonstration of Refinery Science's technology is designed to allow customers to fairly evaluate commercial production-scale performance and compare it to the technology of potential competitors.
Dr. Edward Hauptmann, Director of Engineering, Refinery Science Corp., says, "We're confident that the pre-commercial unit will be completed on time and within budget. We're equally confident that the very positive performance demonstrated by Nano-Cat in our pilot plant will continue to be shown in the much larger pre-commercial upgrader."
The Company intends to complete the pre-commercial Extra-Heavy Crude Upgrader in March of 2007.
About Nanoforce, Inc.
Nanoforce is engaged in the research, development, acquisition and commercialization of advanced nanotechnology. Nanotechnology is the science of building and manipulating materials, devices and processes on the scale of atoms and molecules (one billionth of a meter). According to market research, it is estimated that worldwide revenues from products using nanotechnology will increase to $2.6 trillion in 2014, equal to about 15% of global manufacturing output, from $13 billion in 2004 (Lux Research). Nanoforce is taking advantage of rapid innovation in materials science to meet critical needs in growing industry sectors including petroleum refining and biodiesel production. www.nanoforcetechnologies.com.
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Refinery Science Corp., a subsidiary of Nanoforce, is a material science-based petroleum technology business. The company intends to apply the benefits of its latest developments in material science and nanotechnology to provide solutions to issues associated with the production and transportation of extra heavy crude, and increase profits from refining heavy crude and residual bottoms. The Company's unique nano-materials may enable companies to profitably refine low quality crude oil, such as that from shale and oil sands that are difficult and expensive to process. www.refineryscience.com
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Five Finger Death Punch has released a audio snippet of "You" and you can check it out below. The track comes off the band's fourth studio album, which will now be released on July 30. The disc is the first half of a two-record set titled The Wrong Side Of Heaven And The Righteous Side Of Hell, with the second half due to arrive sometime this fall.
The deluxe edition of The Wrong Side Of Heaven And The Righteous Side Of Hell Volume 1 will come with a bonus 15-track live CD titled Purgatory (Tales From The Pit), plus a redeemable limited-edition T-shirt.
A box set limited edition will be available for pre-order at the band's webstore on June 18. It contains the deluxe version of the album with the bonus live CD, an early free download of an exclusive new track, a Five Finger Death Punch lunch box and assorted other collectible items.
The album features guest appearances from In This Moment singer Maria Brink, Soulfly frontman Max Cavalera, Hatebreed vocalist Jamey Jasta and Judas Priest singer Rob Halford, who contributes to the first single, "Lift Me Up".
Make sure to check out the band at the 2013 Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival this summer alongside Rob Zombie, with the tour kicking off in San Bernardino, California on June 29.


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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A judge cleared the way Wednesday for the removal of a 120-year-old monument to Confederate soldiers that sits near the University of Louisville.
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A 6-month-old girl whose professional water-skier parents put her on junior-size water skis last week glided 686 feet across a man-made lake in what her parents say sets a youth record.
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Red Berry Trifle2012-12-20
- Cuisine: Christmas, Continental, New Year's, Party
- Course: Desserts
- Skill Level: Medium
- 1 Plain Pound Cake, recipe follows
- 1 cup good raspberry jam
- Framboise (optional)
- 2 half-pints fresh raspberries
- 1 pint fresh strawberries
- Cognac Cream, recipe follows
- 2 cups cold heavy cream
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 2 tablespoons pure vanilla extract
Cut the pound cake into 9 (3/4-inch) slices and spread each slice on 1 side with raspberry jam, using all the jam. Set aside.
Place a layer of cake, jam side up, in the bottom of a 2 1/2-to 3-quart glass serving bowl, cutting the pieces to fit. Sprinkle with Framboise. Top with a layer of raspberries and strawberries and Cognac Cream. Repeat the layers of cake sprinkled with Framboise, raspberries, strawberries and Cognac Cream, ending with a third layer of cake jam side down and raspberries and strawberries.
Whip the heavy cream in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment. When it starts to thicken, add the sugar and vanilla and continue to whip until it forms stiff peaks. Decorate the trifle with whipped cream. The trifle can sit for a while at room temperature.
For the Pound Cake:
- 1/2 pound (2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 2 cups granulated sugar, divided
- 4 extra-large eggs, at room temperature
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 3/4 cup buttermilk, at room temperature
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour 2 (8 1/2 by 4 1/2 by 2 1/2-inch) loaf pans. Line the bottoms with parchment paper.
Cream the butter and granulated sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment for about 5 minutes, or until light and fluffy. With the mixer on medium speed, beat in the eggs, 1 at a time.
In a large bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. In another bowl, combine the buttermilk and vanilla. Add the flour and buttermilk mixtures alternately to the batter, beginning and ending with the flour. Divide the batter evenly between the pans, smooth the tops, and bake for 45 minutes to 1 hour, until a cake tester comes out clean.
When the cakes are done, let them cool for 10 minutes. Take them out of the pans, place them on a baking rack and allow them to cool completely. Wrap well, and store in the refrigerator.
For the Cognac Cream:
- 3 cups milk
- 10 extra-large egg yolks, at room temperature
- 1 cup sugar
- 4 tablespoons sifted cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon Cognac
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 tablespoon heavy cream
Heat the milk in a medium stainless-steel saucepan over medium heat and bring almost to a boil. Remove from the heat.
Beat the egg yolks and sugar on medium-high speed in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment until pale and thick, about 5 minutes. With the mixer on low speed, sprinkle on the cornstarch. Beat on medium-low speed until combined, scraping down the bowl with a rubber spatula.
With the mixer on low speed, slowly pour the hot milk mixture into the egg mixture. Pour the mixture back into the pan. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until the mixture thickens, 5 to 7 minutes. (Pay attention because it will thicken and then quickly become scrambled eggs!)
Immediately, pour the mixture through a fine sieve into a large bowl. Stir in the vanilla, Cognac, butter, and heavy cream. Place plastic wrap directly on the custard and refrigerate until cold.
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So some of us n neighbours are new on block, and a couple people got together and made this flyer invite up to get to know one another. It just says bring out your bbq lawn chairs, n games. So what ideas do you have for me?
just normal trifle with.
custard, jelly spongecake, canned fruits and cream
i had this cake the other day, it was mostly made of some kind of whipped cream, and it was set with geleton toit was like a whipped fluffy cake with fruit in it. aparently it's a dutch cake, but i can't remember what it was called. if anybody knows what i'm talking about, and could tell me the name it would be greatly appreciated
Today my doctor told me that I have high cholesterol and that I need to go on a low cholesterol diet. Problem is…I really don't know how to cook (although I am trying to learn) I shouldn't eat dairy, but will still eat it at times. Does anyone know of some simple meals/snacks/breakfast/
DESSERTS (that taste good) to cook that are healthy for me to eat. I'm starvin and want to start off learning how to cook healthy.
Recipes would be appreciated thanks!
I want to find pints of the best and most useful liqueurs.
i was looking on the pampered chef website and saw this strawberry and blueberry dessert but i can't find the recipe on the website.
first i went to the pampered chef website:
then i went to products and chose shop online
the picture is at the top of the page. it is red white and blue in a glass container. it has strawberries blueberries and i guess whipped cream but there is other stuff at the bottom.
the first person that finds the recipe for this fruit concoction will get the best answer.
stuffed quahogs,baked potato,drawn butter and lemon wedge for lobster. Am I forgetting anything?
Ok making a flag cake for a party tmw…i make it every 4th if july party every year but today im tired and not in the mood to be betty crocker so being impacient i flipped the cake before it cooled
And it fell apart..lol…so any ideas how to make a cake woth cake crumbs?
I am having a dinner party and I was having trouble coming up with ideas for the main course. So if you went to a dinner party and had something you really enjoyed or if you threw one and your main course was a success please fill me in on your secret!
This is probably the first Christmas that my daughter will actually remember it and I'm hosting for the first time. I want to pick a few desserts to fix for Christmas that will become traditions from here on out. I want to pick things that are very traditional. I'll probably make Lane cake. Any other ideas?
Lol, your family sure does like the peanut butter!
Thanks guys!
Ok well i already have the dinner thing …now i need help with snacks and dessert? Now remember we are going to eat these things at the fireworks display….And i really don't have simple ingredients like flour ?
Don't have kids Murray but Thnx for all the details~Im Really young(13) but i plan to cook for forth of July~Lol Thnx Guys~
I recently made some brownies because I love to bake. Then I went away to sleep away camp for 5 days and my family ate them. I made some more brownies. My family and I ate them super fast again. I want to bake something again tonight, but not the classic brownies and cookies. I love to bake but it is so annoying how all I ever think of is cookies and brownies. So do you guys have any good, easy dessert recipes. I already did s'more brownies – delicious. Try to avoid shortening, yeast, vegetable and canola oil. I don't have those.
Hi, so this year for the 4th of July, my family is going to have a dessert making contest. My two aunts are also in the contest and they are very good at baking and cooking but I am very competitive and I really want to win. I was thinking of what to make and so for this is my idea: I'm going to make white chocolate bowls (dip melted chocolate in water balloons, freeze it, pop the balloon) with red velvet ice cream inside, and add blue pop rocks to represent fireworks. is that a good idea? And can you think of any other awesome desserts that go along with the 4th of July theme? Thanks so much:)
I have red berries and don't know what to do with them? I was thinking that you could use the for scones or jam! Can you put them in trifle?
strawberries and raspberries!
I am doing a three course dinner, and the theme is carnival, i need ideas on what to serve, but it can't be very expensive
I am having my daughters 4th birthday party in a few weeks, we are doing everything in Olivia (cartoon) and would like to have Red Food/Drinks….All ideas are welcome!
I made the best trifle but have seen a million ways to make it but never like I do..what is your way of making it?
I cut up a raspberry scroll sponge cake and layer that on the bottom top with green jello, custard, peach slices,cream and make about 3 layers of each but the second layer has red jello for the christmas feel.I sometimes pour a little brandy over the sponge cake (but not for the kids).Yummm!
It's urgent! I desperately need the recipe to something called "berry coconut cream". If anyone knows how to make this, please answer ASAP!Thank you so much, you gems
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text: Clinical Program Director - Surgery And Ambulatory CareFile: UN EX 1400000417Position: CLINICAL PROGRAM DIRECTOR, SURGERY AND AMBULATORY CAREStatus: Full TimeLocation: Lakeridge Health OshawaThis position is open to all qualified staff throughout the Lakeridge Health commencing April 28, 2014 and closing at 11:59 p.m. on May 5, 2014.Your compassion and commitment to quality care have placed you among the best in the profession. Now it's time to enjoy the incomparable rewards of a career with us. The Clinical Program Director, Surgery and Ambulatory Care is a high visibility, high impact, leadership role. If you have passion, high energy and flexibility then you would be a great fit to help take our Surgery and Ambulatory Care Program to the next level! Accountable to the Associate Vice President Clinical Services, the Clinical Program Director works in partnership with the Medical Director to lead the program(s). The Clinical Program Director provides strategic direction, leadership, and administration of the Surgery and Ambulatory Care Program in accordance to the Mission, Vision and Values, of Lakeridge Health.In this role you will lead and orchestrate the development, management and evaluation of administrative and operational activities of a large multi-site community hospital, including three Surgical sites, Surgical inpatient beds, Endoscopy services, Sterile Processing Department and various Ambulatory clinics. The position requires a leader with vision, initiative, strategic thinking, strong relationship-building skills and a record of making a decisive impact in a demanding environment. Your active participation in health care networks, the broader stakeholder community, and other professional groups will advance the health system in the provision.DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:Set the appropriate context for the program by translating corporate strategic directions and objectives into program-specific goals and objectives and set the environment that enables the Program/Service to meet and exceed the evidence based/best practice standards and regulatory requirements. Develop new or expanded programs and services, including proposal/business plan development, and manage the resulting implementation and establish an environment that enables the Program/Service to meet and exceed expectations of patients, their families and communities we serve.Build team cohesion by leading the management of change and disseminating and promoting an understanding of corporate mission and values.Establishes and maintains external/internal partnerships and linkages and establish the communication strategies to ensure the appropriate involvement of stakeholders in program development. considerations.Develop the program strategic human resources plan including short and long term needs and succession planning and promote the development of leadership skills and capabilities within the program area.Develop and recommend the annual operating and capital budget for the program, review monthly financial and statistical reports and determine the appropriate actions and accountability for the overall allocation and efficient utilization of clinical resources.Take a lead role in creating a culture of safety, quality, and service across the organization, to improve practices and service delivery.QUALIFICATIONS:Masters prepared in requisite field or Business Administration;Certificate of registration in good standing from a healthcare regulatory college;Membership in a Professional Association such as RNAO;7 or more years of progressive experience in a health discipline, with progressive management experience;3-5 years clinical experience relevant to the Program;Demonstrated clinical and administrative skills;Superior oral and written communication skills combined with excellent analytical and conceptual skills;Demonstrated management and staff development skills, with emphasis on coaching, mentoring and leadership and effective change management skills;Exceptional leadership, relationship management, facilitation, negotiation and problem-solving skills;Ability to create a collaborative, interprofessional working environment which fosters high morale and effective staff relationships and participation;Proven ability and experience in managing quality, risk and utilization;Demonstrated understanding of and commitment to Lakeridge Health's comprehensive safety programs and practices including staff, patient and environmental safety and participation in regular in-service in this area.CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT:The terms and conditions of employment are in accordance with Lakeridge Health's policies and procedures.Lakeridge Health thanks all applicants, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.Accommodation will be provided in all parts of the recruitment and assessment process as required under Lakeridge Health's Employment Accommodation policy. Applicants need to make their needs known in advance.


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Events are an integral part of everyday life at Camana Bay. The Events Calendar below has the latest schedule of concerts, community events, cultural series, and family activities.
If you are interested in planning an event at Camana Bay, we would be delighted to review your request. Please contact our Events team here.
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You should go see "TRON: Legacy" this weekend. Preferably in IMAX 3D. See it for the pretty visual effects. See it for Michael Sheen's part as David Bowie as Willy Wonka (thank you Karina Longworth for recognizing the performance as one of the year's best). See it for Olivia Wilde as Louise Brooks as, ultimately, Ariel the mermaid. See it for Jeff Bridges, obviously, as Jeff Bridges and Jeff Bridges. Hear it for the Daft Punk score, while seeing how it enhances the visuals, especially the moment featuring Daft Punk (or maybe they're stand-ins? we'd never know). But see it, let it wash over you as a spectator and nothing else. Never mind that it's a film about the user and there's nothing for you to do. Identify with the slaves in the digital coliseum passively enjoying the gladiatorial games provided to them by the grid's evil emperor.
Yes, I'm serious, because as a sequel to 1982's "TRON," which broke new ground in special effects while featuring a much simpler yet quite sufficient sci-fi/fantasy narrative, "TRON: Legacy" is at least as good as the most disappointing returns to great franchises (the "Star Wars" prequels, the "Matrix" sequels, the "Back to the Future" sequels, etc.), and yet it was never really a great franchise to begin with. So I think that's a step up? Or a balance out? Either way, it's a movie that looks and sounds and feels far better than its predecessor probably deserves while for whatever reason is not as great as you would wish.
I know people always compare big blockbuster spectacles to fireworks, but this time it's really appropriate. It's like how every year you get excited and you watch the 4th of July display and, well, it's as fine as it was last year. Maybe there's finally a new kind of burst of lights -- like when fireworks started looking like smiley faces -- but overall it's familiar. This year that smiley face is seeing Jeff Bridges made younger, which is only technically a variation on effects developed for "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," and the rest is just the same old dazzle. The point is that the dazzle is still dazzling.
Plot-wise, just tune out. The movie starts out involving a tech industry commentary that rivals at least the one in "Iron Man 2" (though here the only competition of brands seems to be when Bruce Boxleitner uses an iPad during the ENCOM meeting -- unless it's an EN-Pad or something), as well as a seeming endorsement of free and open source software. Some may take this more to be an ironic encouragement of piracy, but there's a difference. And anyway the irony would be amusing given that "TRON: Legacy" is one of the few movies this year that necessitates a theatrical experience and would not be so good in bootleg form.
That introductory storyline is abandoned and never returned to once the bland protagonist played by Garrett Hedlund enters "the Grid" (apparently the transition to "the Grid" is when the 3D kicks in, like the way "Wizard of Oz" turns to color when Dorothy reaches Oz, but I honestly didn't catch this, and if it's meant to be then it was not successfully achieved), to search for his long missing father, to kind of fall for a sexy algorithm who likes to read Jules Verne and wants to be (sing it) a part of your world, to prove that nerds can be "athletic" heroes in the game world and, most importantly, to ride in some new and improved light cycles for the delight of the slave-like spectators, on screen and off.
And I guess there is a correlation to be made between how we "use" computers and how we experience "TRON: Legacy." Compared to the olden days, more of us are "users" and partake in interactivity, but the ways in which the computers and internet are used is so much more passive, for the masses anyway. Thanks to sexy algorithms and the real creators and users out there we have it pretty easy and easily pretty. Whereas "TRON" was centered on video games, the sequel is focused more on operating systems, which help the laymen navigate the computer grid without much effort on their part.
There is at least one way to interact with "TRON: Legacy," however. It's not a game likely intended by the filmmakers, but it is nonetheless a fun way to "use" what we're given. Tally up a list of every movie that "TRON: Legacy" reminds you of, whether obvious ("The Matrix," "2001: A Space Odyssey," "Star Wars," "Avatar") or not so much ("Back to the Future Part III," "Mannequin"). Compare with your friends afterward, instead of just expounding on the movie's obvious problems (though you can see the derivativeness as a problem). Whoever finds the most influences wins!
As a final note, regarding the moment I associate with "Mannequin," I can't stop thinking about the ending. Maybe I'm the only one fixated on it, but I want someone to tell me what is up with that over-extended final shot. For once I'm not going to write any spoilers in a post -- maybe if I discuss the movie further at a later time I'll go into the shot more. I'll just say it's a very odd way to end the movie, for a number of reasons.
So see "TRON: Legacy," share your thoughts on that ending below and also list as many of those influences you spotted.
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Ukraine continues to seek a course between full integration with both the West and the East. In the run-up to parliamentary elections in October and Ukraine's 2013 OSCE chairmanship, what are Kyiv's foreign policy objectives and how will U.S.-Ukraine relations evolve?
Ukraine's newly appointed Deputy Foreign Minister Andrii V. Olefirov discussed the current state of foreign policy in Ukraine. Carnegie's Thomas de Waal moderated.
Ukraine has recently celebrated the 20th anniversary of diplomatic relations with the United States, said Olefirov, adding that US support strengthens democratic statehood in Ukraine. The potential of bilateral trade and commercial investment between both countries remains high.
The Carnegie Russia and Eurasia Program has, since the end of the Cold War, led the field of Eurasian security, including strategic nuclear weapons and nonproliferation, development, economic and social issues, governance, and the rule of law.
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Cleveland, OH (Sports Network) - Brandon Knight scored 23 of his career-high
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Tayshaun Prince had 14 points and Rodney Stuckey and Jason Maxiell added 10
points apiece for the Pistons, who snapped a two-game skid.
Jeremy Pargo dropped in 24 points and Anderson Varejao added 16 points and 13
boards for the Cavaliers, who have dropped five straight and nine of their
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Dr. Dre set off a whirlwind when he brought Tupac Shakur to the Coachella stage on Sunday night, in the form of a hologram, and now the world waits to see what happens next. It's already been confirmed that Holo-Pac was Dre's idea, and while there has been plenty of debate about the morality of resurrecting dead musicians, Dre hopes that people follow his lead and produce more holograms.
Tupac's Coachella Hologram Inspires 'Holo-Pac' Memes
TMZ caught up with Dre in Los Angeles, where he graciously — and enthusiastically — answered questions about the hologram, which has been described as his brainchild. Dre didn't give any predictions for how popular hologram performances might become, but he did reveal the next step, in terms of technology.
"I'm not sure right now, [there's] a technology that's happening where the hologram could be 360 degrees," Dre said, explaining how the hologram would likely evolve. "Right now it's flat, it just looks like it's 3-dimensional from the front, but I'm working on some new and different things for the future."
Dre seemed to be very proud of the success of Holo-Pac, adding, "I think everybody's in love with it right now, so we're having fun."
The legendary producer doesn't seem to be too invested in the moraldebates about resurrecting dead musicians, saying that he hopes his hologram will inspire other spin-offs. "Hopefully, different artists are able to bring out their favorite artists," he said. "Hopefully, we can see Jimi Hendrix and Marvin Gaye. Let's see what happens."
Before we see Jimi Hendrix onstage, however, the biggest hologram rumor in circulation is that Dre would take the holographic Tupac on tour, to which he replied, "Thinking about it, nothing for sure."
Earlier in the week, MTV News spoke with Nick Smith, president of AV Concepts, the San Diego company that provided the technology for the hologram. "We worked with Dr. Dre on this and it was Dre's vision to bring this back to life," Smith said. "It was his idea from the very beginning and we worked with him and his camp to utilize the technology to make it come to life."


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Just got back from listening to Robert Thurman's talk at the Tattered Cover in Denver. All I can say is…"Wow." Prof. Thurman is one of the most dynamic and enjoyable speakers I've heard in a while. He's warm, funny, entertaining and incredibly knowledgeable. He spoke for about an hour, and not once did I check my watch. He spoke on a variety of topics, but the focus of the night was Tibet and his new book, of course. If I didn't already have my tickets to tomorrow's elevision, tonight's talk would have convinced me to buy one. If you don't have your ticket yet, get one. You'll regret missing it, personally speaking.
Prof. Robert Thurman at Tattered Cover (Denver) night before our talk show@ historic Boulder Theater.
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Black Eyed Peas star Fergie sparked baby rumours after a recent performance in New York. Photographs showed what reports claimed was a "bump" in her stomach area.
The images of her concert at Madison Square Garden on February 24 sparked an "is-she or isn't-she" report in the National Enquirer, which claimed the star has recently been taking better care of herself. The Enquirer claimed: "Fergie's dreams of motherhood could be coming true very soon. Friends say her expanding middle means there could be a baby on the way."


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The Rock y Road 50/50 Race will be held in Tucson, Arizona on Saturday, October 20th, 2007 at 6:00am at McDonald Park, 4100 N Harrison Rd, Tucson, AZ. This is an endurance race for those wanting to test their limits. It has 100 miles with 12,134 feet of climbing. There are two sections of the course, a 50 mile mountain bike loop and a 50 mile road bike loop, both will be completed in succession.
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Images: Wounded Marine veteran makes house a home [Image 4 of 5]
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Marines from the 1st Marine Corps District present the colors during the homecoming celebration Sept. 28. Hundreds of onlookers lined the Caron's new driveway welcoming Sgt. Greg Caron, a Marine veteran, and his wife, Nina, into their new home.
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Just Three Sticks
Submitted by Mark J. Grant, author of Out of the Box,
"To the uneducated, the 'A' is just three sticks."
Three sticks and three chances for a poke in the eye. On the other hand they could be kindling for the fire or perhaps the first ingredients of alphabet soup. You see, this is what makes things so tough; we all stare at the same things, the same events and reach wildly different conclusions. The media hands out each stick as presented by the government, a corporation or someone else in a supposed leadership position. The somewhat wise can grasp that there are three sticks and not just one and the good minds recognize not only the three sticks but see that it can be made into the first letter of the alphabet. The great minds go further and see that the same three sticks can also be made into an "H," an "N" or an "F." Then, finally, there is the time factor; get there first and the odds of you winning go up dramatically. Just a little wisdom from Pooh and his friends.
In this light then let us consider the recent proposal from the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. Under the banner of limiting the government's support for the large U.S. banks in case one were to fail the Dallas Fed has proposed capping assets at $250 billion and of walling off investment banking from the bank. This would represent a massive reversal from Glass-Steagall and would have a severe impact upon the financial condition of all of the major American banks. This plan is suggested so that the FDIC could shut a failed bank without using taxpayer funds.
I would not count this plan out as some far-fetched scheme because the support for it, by both Republicans and Democrats, is increasing rapidly. Banks, as you may have noted in any number of comments from our President, are not exactly beloved institutions these days and they are the favorite whipping posts most weeks for politicians trying to raise the level of anger in the American people and turning it to their advantage. It could be increasing pressure from the various regulators or we may have some AT&T moment where the powers that be actually bang the gavel on the desk.
However it occurs, it will not be good for our large banking institutions. The amount of debt for these banks is massive as they leverage their positions and if the assets shrink or are mandated to shrink then the underlying ability of the banks to service their debt becomes problematic as the assets contract while their debt does not. To put this into prospective, J.P. Morgan had U.S. assets of $646 billion at the end of December while Bank of America had $686 billion of like assets. Consequently the plan of the Dallas Fed would mandate at 60% cut at these two banks, a 30% slash at Citigroup and a 70% whack at Wells Fargo. I note that when assets are no longer there and money making operations have vanished while the debt remains constant that ratings downgrades happen, that debt to free cash flow, debt to assets and debt to equity ratios worsen significantly. Proverbially the squeeze would be on.
There is also another significant part to this proposal that would require separate capitalization and funding for any investment banking and trading units. This would mean that the capitalization of the parent, the bank, could no longer be used to support these operations and they would shrink dramatically I suspect while counter-party risk increased substantially as well as all sorts of funding activities that are currently utilized. Keep your eyes on this. This is not some off-the-world idea by some fame seeking academician but a real world proposal by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and it has legs.
"If you feel awkward visiting friends without a special reason, tell them you've come by to wish them a Very Happy Thursday."
There was a sigh of relief yesterday as neither Mr. Berlusconi nor Mr. Grillo was elected Pope. Various journalists were also relieved as they no longer have to consult the internet to add some Roman Numerals to the Pope's new name. There was also celebration in Argentina of course. The first South American Pope and it is reported that the government has already contacted the Holy See to plead that some of the money on the Sunday plate might be used for the Argentinian debt.
All of this overshadowed Mr. Grillo's comments yesterday, of course, as he declared to the German newspaper Handelsblatt that his 5 Star Movement was "the French revolution – without the guillotine." He went on to state that, "The northern European countries are only holding onto us until their banks have recouped their investments in Italian sovereign bonds. Then they'll drop us like a hot potato."
Clearly this is not the drink of choice in Brussels or Berlin. Overnight it was reported that there was a massive increase in demand for Pepto-Bismol in both cities. This was also true in Athens, where no agreement with the Troika has been reached, but the one available bottle of Pepto-Bismol was apparently auctioned off overnight which was funded by the National Bank of Greece, collateralized by the pink label, guaranteed by the country of Greece, pledged at the ECB and declared "risk free" by everyone. You may expect a speech from Mr. Barroso or Mr. Rehn on this topic later today.
"What's the point in making a mess when you have to clean it up?"
"Quel est le point de faire un gâchis quand vous devez la nettoyer?"
"Was ist der Sinn in ein Chaos, wenn Sie es aufzuräumen haben?"
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I think the scary part is when he says the banks will need separate capitalization for their trading units. Meaning they cannot steal from the banking side and get free money from the Fed. So how many investors will turn over zero percent money to the London Whale?
You need to know your Pooh.
You need to know your Pooh
You mean, like a stool sample?!?!?!?
Someone call a plumber...
apparently the "Turd's" punchbowl is leaking.
"What's the point in making a mess when you have to clean it up?"..........well, the fucking BIGGEST MESSES in the world have, and will be made, because the US TAXPAYER will clean them up!
We can either shrink the banks now, or shrink them after they cause the next economic and market crash.
I think that if they are looking at ways to wall off a complete banker meltdown, then one is already starting to occur. Even discussing the POSSIBLE implementation of this will require pulling back the curtain, and that will be both ugly and eye-opening, depending on how you view your three sticks.
Mark should know by now the only FED bank you listen to is the NYFRB.
"the French revolution – without the guillotine"
...Is Mr. Grant a bankster sympathizer?...Either that, or a visitor from a 'parallel universe,'....
where banksters neither bankroll lawyers to write legislation skewed to their favor, nor pay lobbyists to twist the arms of any recalitrant legislators who might balk at the increasingly obvious skewings....
not to mention he must be a denizen of that happy place where regulators are not only NOT alumni of the offending kleptocratic kriminal kartel, but actually refuse to plead ignorance of how to enforce any 'legacy' legislation that might not have already been re-fashioned into simply more tools by which the pillaging may proceed apace!
"Banks, as you may have noted in any number of comments from our President, are not exactly beloved institutions these days and they are the favorite whipping posts most weeks for politicians trying to raise the level of anger in the American people and turning it to their advantage. It could be increasing pressure from the various regulators or we may have some AT&T moment where the powers that be actually bang the gavel on the desk."
Now that single paragraph must rate as one of the most, if not they most, singular pieces of bafflegab ever to be strung together in the English language. It strikes me, after re-reading that jewel, that there may be a third possibility...Mr Grant may just be a 'garden-variety' moron...but I would prefer to discount that, in favor of the visitor explanation!
"This is not some off-the-world idea by some fame seeking academician but a real world proposal by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and it has legs"...
in the 'really real' world, Mark, there's not a chance in hell that this bankster creater and controlled 'administration' is going to lift a finger to impede their sponsors' drive to a total command economy...do people actually pay to subscribe to your raging fantasies?
Open those books and those sticks will be used for making banker fudge-sicles.
Without bailouts, they're washouts and the conveyor system from taxpayer to bank to politician breaks down.
Anyone see the political will to make this happen?
"What's the point in making a mess when you have to clean it up?"
This has never been a problem for Wall Street. They get to profit from making the mess and from having someone else clean it up.
we all stare at the same things, the same events and reach wildly different conclusions.
I think this is the heart of the problem with central economic planning. The idea that even a small group of knowledgeable people can reach consensus on a social topic they consider important is ridiculous.
Here's another example. Have you ever watched one of those panel discussions during a football halftime show? Five guys who spent their entire professional career in football sit there and give wildly different opinions about what they just saw in the first half of the game. They all nod their heads at each other like they are in agreement, but, I wouldn't bet my retirement savings on the hope that any one of them could or would put that agreement in writing.
Need another example. Read all the comments to this posted article.
Arrest the banksters. Re-distribute their stolen wealth. Long live the revolution. Enlist Eeyore and Pooh Bear. To the front. To the front. To the front. Stop the banksters before they nuke a city.
Splitting banks could end up creating more risk, not less. Lets say you decide to cap at $250. Okay, so that means you will need to roll off various business units, (IBK, card, home loan, deposits...etc). Each of those units would have separate reporting and a higher chance of messing it up.
Another model is you smash a bank into several smaller banks that each have the same service offerings. Couple things will happen. First, once they start competing, many will die and some will get bigger. Same issue. Again also same fragmented risk management.
I think pols prob understand this and this is the reason why its not happened. The devil you know vs 5-8 devils you dont...
If they fragmented banks, it would be a field day for banking IT, consulting, legal, support...etc. All of these mini would need duplicate functions. It would take years of billing to accomplish this. Bring it, Im down with getting paid
The head of an international cabal of child molesters sits on a throne of gold and wears a bejeweled hat worth more than Liberia's debt while children starve to death and the Vatican is one of the largest shareholders in defence companies like Beretta that make weapons of war for the oligarchs. And he wears red velvet Prada shoes, flowing sparkly robes and carrys a snazzy disco stick while condemning homosexuality.
Seems Legit.
Seems a little early to be picking on the new guy, isn't it?


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How America Ends Its Wars
Between War and Peace
How America Ends Its Wars
Edited and with an introduction by Col. Matthew Moten, a professor of history at West Point, Between War and Peace explores the endings of fourteen American wars, from the Revolution to the first Gulf War. Here, with incisive insight, narrative flourish, and strategic detail, some of America's leading historians examine the progress of America's wars: their initial aims—often quite different from their ends—their predominant strategies, their final campaigns, the painful journeys out of war, and the ramifications of the wars' ends for the nation's future.
This timely and important book confronts one of the most pressing issues of our time: how do we end conflict and how do we deal with the country we are leaving behind? As recent history has shown, an "exit strategy," though it's sometimes neglected, can be as important a piece of military strategy as any. Taken together, these essays break new historical and theoretical ground, building on our current understanding of America's history in ways that few studies have done before.
A formidable enterprise of historical collaboration, Between War and Peace takes readers inside the climactic moments of America's wars, offering a penetrating look at the past in hopes of illuminating future debates that will determine the nation's course between war and peace.
- Free Press |
- 384 pages |
- January 2011


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Facebook Accused Mother of Hate Speech for Posting Pics of Her Special Needs Soncarolyncastiglia
File this one in the OH BOY category: Facebook locked the account of North Carolina mother Diana Cornwell after she posted pictures of her 7-year-old son with Down Syndrome at a Special Olympics event, because they thought the photos were mocking people with special needs. Facebook may be especially sensitive about these issues right now, considering that they received some flack for ignoring the repeated requests of Britain's Liz Crowter to remove photos of her daughter, Heidi, a 16-year-old with Down's who was in fact being mocked on the site.
TIME reports, "For three days, Diana Cornwell couldn't get back onto Facebook and couldn't get an answer as to how photos from the Special Olympics could get her banished from the network. And even though she's back on now, Cornwell is still unhappy with how Facebook handled the situation and wants to see changes in how they flag photos." Cornwell says Facebook has "not apologized nor have they explained. They sent me a generic message saying it was a computer error." When TIME reporter Mitch Lipka reached out to the social networking site for further explanation, he was told, "The photo was taken down in error. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused and we hope she'll repost the photo and continue to share her son's experience at the Special Olympics on Facebook."
In exchange for her inconvenience, Cornwall is now asking Facebook to sponsor next year's Davidson County Special Olympics. Ha! Good for you, Diana Cornwell! Though I imagine getting Facebook to sponsor your local Special Olympics is going to be more difficult than getting spammers to stop tagging you in photos of shoes.


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Near the Wall of a House (from poetry 180)
Yehuda Amichai (trans. by Chana Bloch and Stephen Mitchell)
Near the wall of a house painted
to look like stone,
I saw visions of God.
A sleepless night that gives others a headache
gave me flowers
opening beautifully inside my brain.
And he who was lost like a dog
will be found like a human being
and brought back home again.
Love is not the last room: there are others
after it, the whole length of the corridor
that has no end.
The poem turns on what is visible/invisible, image/being (to a degree: both the previous are outside/inside), and – almost hidden – the speaker/others. Visible/invisible: the house itself; our speaker is near a wall, meaning he only sees part of it or no part of it at all. Image/being: the painting of a wall hides what it truly is, or so attempts. "Like stone"/ "like a dog" / "like a human being:" more images, specifically likenesses. Flowers are given, albeit in what seems to be a dream; they create a link between the stanzas concerning what seems to be stone, and the dog/human being. What are the "visions of God," exactly?
"A sleepless night that gives others a headache" – what are they seeing in the darkness? They could be seeing the same as our speaker: those flowers blossoming inside one's head could be painful. They could also be near the wall of a house whose appearance was questionable; those flowers may be near the house themselves. They most certainly feel lost, like a dog, and are recovered as ("like") human beings.
There are two assumptions in this attempt to find meaning. First, that the speaker experiences what others have experienced, and second, that all the imagery given is related and not discrete. The second is obviously more controversial than the first, and justifies a total separation between the speaker and others if rejected outright. The poem itself mentions rooms, implying that the stanzas stand separate. The first feels less speculative taken by itself, though. The speaker's crazy-talk follows from "visions of God" and the prophecy of the third stanza. The imagery, strangely enough, follows logically from what we recognize the speaker's speech to be.
The poem presumably started in the day and moved to "a sleepless night." Then we were lost, found, brought back home again. The dog – the issue of loyalty we feel and is felt toward us – moves us well away from stone, from flowers, toward the human. But the likeness of the human leads back to home, what we thought stone, strangely as the flowers were real in the sense they were a bridge between inanimate/animate. The flowers indicate growth. In the last stanza, we are definitely inside the home. We thought love "the last room;" our speaker moves willingly, we may be more fixed in our beliefs. Because he sees love as possibility, he not only sees others, but he cannot help seeing others even alone. The infinitude of God, always on display.


text: True story: one of the GoJane writers' mom had Kat Von D as a student in the eighth grade. And while Kat didn't have any tats at the tender age of thirteen, she did have plenty of talent. We guess it shouldn't shock us that the now famous tattoo artist showed plenty of promise at an age when most of us were more concerned with pizza than careers. Anyways, happy birthday birthday, Kat Von D!


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Nowadays the high school diploma is already pretty worthless in the real world; hell its getting harder and harder to get a job with a college education. Does this mean we should just give everyone a high school diploma regardless of whether they actually know anything? Most would say "no", but some parents and students in Fort Worth staged a protest outside of the school district headquarters because students who failed to pass the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) test were not going to be allowed to graduate. The picture below is from said protest and a picture really is worth a thousand words: Are kids, there knot dum!
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On a side note, does RyanF live in Fort Worth?


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I caught the tail end of a report on the local news last night that sent me off to the internets, to find this story from CNN on the latest stats on "out-of-wedlock births," conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics. According to the study, in 2007, almost 40% of babies born in the United States were not the children of married couples. It's 25% more than were recorded in 2002.
The response has varied from stern, furrowed concern, to outright panic. My response is "Mm-hm. So how are the mothers and their children faring?" I'm no big fan of teenage pregnancy, and I'm all for planned and wanted children. No arguments there. But there's some hand-waving going on here around language. "Out-of-wedlock births" does not necessarily mean "unwanted or unplanned births." So it's not clear to me why that designation,"out-of-wedlock," is important.
Oh, wait, yes it is. It's important because how else will we know which women deserve to have children? A woman called Sarah Brown, who heads up the National Campaign of Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy, glibly opines:
"I wish people spent as much time planning when to get pregnant, with whom, under what circumstances as they do planning their next vacation. The stigma [of out-of-wedlock births] has eroded, and these numbers made me feel perhaps it's disappeared altogether."
You know what women need more of? Shaming and stigma.
Stupid, stupid women, thinking about where to summer and gettin' themselves knocked up all over the place! Stupid babies, robbing bastardy of its cultural power to create an exploitable underclass! Ms. Brown, your privilege–to say nothing of your mean spirit–is showing. I looked around the NCPTUP's website (no links from me!), and on the surface, I'm down with their mission to promote education and contraception and, generally, lowering the number of unwanted pregnancies. But this goal rubs me the wrong way:
to help ensure that children are born into stable, two-parent families who are committed to and ready for the demanding task of raising the next generation.
Yeahhhh, no. I'm probably in the minority of people–at large, if not at this site–who really doesn't care what or who makes up a "family." I've read the data that children of two-parent families suffer less poverty, do better in school, commit fewer crimes, etc., but I'm never going to get on the "kids need a mom and a dad, and need them to be married" boat. Those studies look at straight married couples with children vs. single parent (usually mother-headed) families. They ignore parents who are unmarried but cohabitating, those who are non-cohabitating but committed to their child/ren, all lesbian and gay parents, as well as co-parenting arrangements and relationships of other stripes. They also generally have focused on marital status as the prime indicator of family stability, and socio-economic status as an outgrowth thereof. For the record, I think that is exactly backwards.
Do children do generally do better when more than one adult is there to support and provide for them? Yes. But I dont believe that the "best" way is the traditional, heteronormative household. It might be a good way, but marriage is no guarantee that a relationship will be healthy, supportive, or stable, anyway. Marriage is not a good in and of itself. (And regardless, aren't women usually doing the bulk of labor involved in raising children, anyway?)
Pilgrim Soul has mentioned her interest in making alternative family structures (with or without children) more acceptable and supported, and I'm with her, 100%. David Popenoe of the National Marriage Project, however, bemoans such things, even when they are carefully chosen, for fear they will become more generally acceptable, even fashionable. "'So many people are doing it, why shouldn't I just go ahead? It's part of a slippery slope," he says.
Oh noes! Unwed mothers will drag us into the muck! I'm struck by the fact that throughout the article, the concerns voiced are primarily about marriage. Not really about what's best for children and families. Not about men's personal responsibility or abdication thereof–they barely warrant a mention. And of course, it's not about what's best for women.
I don't plan to be a mother at all. I honestly don't recognize or even understand all the "ticking clock" and "baby-hungry" memes going around. Nonetheless, as a feminist, I am only too happy to let other women make their own choices about when and with whom to procreate. Even if that means they make choices that I disagree with. I feel safe assuming that most women want children, and I know that most women have children. Since women are individuals, however, they want them for different reasons, and under different circumstances. Some women want to have children with their husband. Others, with a wife. Some want to be, plan to be, single mothers, or end up creating a cooperative arrangement with other families, to the benefit of all.
This focus on "out-of-wedlock" births is misplaced. Marriage confers a host of benefits and responsibilities, it's true (which is why I am in favor of same-sex marriage), but it isn't a magic bullet. Rather than pushing for more marriage, longer marriage, I'd like those who are really interested in the welfare of American families to push for health care and education, instead, so that women (and yes, men) can truly make free choices about what sort of families they want, and when they want them. But that's probably because I'm an unmarried slut with no values.
P.S. I'm explicitly not dealing with the role of fathers in their children's lives here. The more people truly invested in a child, the better. But despite what marriage-at-any-cost advocates would have to believe, men do not need to be married to the mother of their children in order to feel (or act) responsible for and loving towards their offspring.
P.P.S. Don't read the comments to that CNN article, unless you want a parade of sexist and racist banner-waving: "women today are loose," "why buy the cow?", "welfare mothers raising bastards on my taxes!", "anchor babies," etc. My disgust is only slightly greater than my lack of surprise. It's more evidence that the debate going on here isn't about family welfare, but about women's sexuality.


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05 February 2011
Photo: Paul ZimmerSamantha Stosur (AUS) and Flavia Pennetta (ITA)
HOBART, AUSTRALIA: Defending champions Italy and host nation Australia head into the second and final day of the Fed Cup by BNP Paribas World Group first round tie in Hobart level after the opening two singles.
Australia's Jarmila Groth got the home side off to a great start with a 67(4) 63 63 victory over world No. 4 Francesca Schiavone, and then Flavia Pennetta brought things back by stopping world No. 5 Samantha Stosur 76(5) 67(5) 64.
The second singles marked the first time in Fed Cup history that Italy had won a match against Australia after 16 consecutive losses, including Groth's victory at the start of the day.
Stosur was also hoping to break a drought as she had never taken even a set from Pennetta in their three previous encounters but, although she did win the second set in a tiebreak, she squandered the chance to post a win over the Italian even though she had more than her fair share of chances.
In the first set, after coming back at 1-1 from a one-hour rain delay, Stosur had a 5-3 lead and served for the set but was broken. Pennetta forced a tiebreak and, after Stosur missed another chance, the Italian took the lead.
Stosur again reached 5-3 in the second set, serving at 5-4, only to let Pennetta back in. The Australian was frustrated at not capitalising when these moments came up, but she did manage to close out the set this time in the subsequent tiebreak.
The final set see sawed with three consecutive service breaks late on. It gave Pennetta an opportunity to serve for the match at 5-4 and she gratefully took the opportunity and levelled the tie.
"We both fought hard and wanted to win the point for our teams," said Pennetta. "She had a few chances in the first and second sets but I was playing well. This match was decided by one or two points and it was a really good match. I think the crowd enjoyed it."
"Anytime you serve for the first two sets and lose, it is disappointing," said Stosur. "We wanted a better result but it was not to be. She's a very tough competitor and you just don't want to make silly mistakes."
In the opening match, Groth looked a bit nervous at the start, something to be expected as it was her Fed Cup debut for Australia, but she stuck it out with Schiavone, perhaps gaining confidence from having recently won the Hobart WTA title on this same court.
The Italian then seemed to be making a move when she led 2-0 in the second set, but the Australian played a point at a time. She held serve and suddenly Schiavone's game began to fall apart.
Groth's confidence started to grow and she took eight of the next nine games, including five in a row. That gave her a 2-0 lead in the final set and the 23 year-old kept the pressure on with aggressive back court tennis, rifling groundstroke winners down the line, particularly off her forehand, and Schiavone was just unable to retrieve them.
Then at 5-3 with Schiavone serving, Groth held three match points. The Italian saved them and went up game point, but Groth kept grinding out the returns and on match point five Schiavone put a forehand volley into the net.
"It is my first Fed Cup singles and it is very important and exciting and I beat someone who is No. 4 in the world," Groth said. "It is one of the great wins for me and I am happy and excited.
"Even though I lost the first set I played pretty well; I had so many chances. I had not played her before so I didn't know how to direct things, but I concentrated well and a couple of points turned the match around."
"I had chances when I went up 76 20, but then I didn't serve good the rest of the match," Schiavone said. "My level was not so high and she got right shots and played good. I never seen her play and I was passive a little bit and she won. If she plays more consistent she will be more dangerous, but today she did enough."
The reverse singles on Sunday will start with Stosur playing Schiavone in a repeat of last year's French Open final, then Groth meets Pennetta. Closing out the series will be the doubles with Rennae Stubbs and Anastasia Rodionova facing Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci, although substitutions might be made if the tie hinges on the final rubber.
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The Beatifics: The Way We Never Were
The Way We Never Were
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Maybe the timing is right. Urban warfare in the streets of Baghdad appears imminent. Our "economic recovery" continues to crumble. And projections on how quickly a smallpox outbreak would spread are no longer just the fodder of sci-fi novels. What we need is a diversion, a respite from all the CNN-hyped doom and gloom. And the Beatifics' latest release, The Way We Never Were, is the perfect anti-stimulant for the current cultural climate--easy to listen to, easy to remember, and easy to forget. In a more stable socio-political environment, you might call it bland. But for now, we'll just label it accessible.
The Way We Never Were is that sort of shimmering light alternapop that is best suited to a slow Sunday afternoon drive: It makes no demands on you and offers little in return. The album is the first full-length release by Chris Dorn and friends since 1996's How I Learned to Stop Worrying, and the passage of six years hasn't appeared to generate any kernels of accumulated wisdom or expanded musical vocabulary. The opening track, "Sorry Yesterdays," sets the pace with its insistent vocal refrain, bright, slowly strummed guitars, and heavy backbeats that keep your head bobbing along. From there, the next nine songs lope along lazily with little evolution in intensity or theme. But Dorn's vocals--the focal point of this release--still manage to catch your attention.
On "The Only One," he croons "You'll always be the bitter thing that I could never play for keeps/Exactly like the kind of dream that never lets you back asleep," his voice floating softly above the straightforward song structure. The cathartic effect of The Way We Never Were may be fleeting, but for a brief moment, it can help you forget about the world that lies outside the song.
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