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Liza Minnelli
Liza Minnelli, the daughter of two of Hollywood's Golden Era's leading personalities, was born famous. Her mother, Judy Garland, is best remembered as Dorothy in 1939's The Wizard of Oz. Liza's father, Vincente Minnelli, won a Best Director Oscar for 1958's Gigi. Liza followed in the footsteps of her singing/dancing/acting mom, and is best remembered for her appearance in 1972's Cabaret, for which she won her own Oscar.
Appeal"Sexy" and "Liza" are not two words our panel thinks of in the same breath, although one panel member felt that she possessed some "sexiness potential" back during her early film career. She had the trim body of a dancer, and the character she played in Cabaret was very sexually liberated for the period in which the film took place (the early 1930s).
Although she has recently undergone substantial weight loss, unfortunately, it does little to improve her score in this particular category.
SuccessLiza Minnelli belongs to an elite group of entertainers who have received the Tony, Oscar, Emmy, and Golden Globe awards, making her a bona fide star of the stage, screen and television. At age nineteen, she became the youngest actress ever to win a Tony award for 1965's Flora, the Red Menace. She won the Academy Award and Golden Globe for 1972's Cabaret. Liza With a "Z", her 1972 TV special, won an Emmy in the Outstanding Single Program category.
Other awards that Minnelli has picked up over the years include Theater World's Best Foot Forward award in 1963; the David di Donatello Prize for Best Foreign Actress in 1969's The Sterile Cuckoo; the British Film Academy's Best Actress prize for Cabaret and NATO's Female Star of the Year (both in 1972); a Special Tony in 1974; another Tony for 1978's The Act; and a second Golden Globe as Best Actress in a Television Movie or Miniseries for 1985's A Time to Live.
Minnelli is also the only singer in history to sell out Carnegie Hall for three weeks straight. And she also found herself in the rare position of making the cover of both Newsweek and Time on the same week, a status she shares with Milton Berle, Bruce Springsteen and Lee Iacocca.
Liza Minnelli BiographyLiza May Minnelli was born into a show business family on March 12, 1946, in Los Angeles. Her mother was actress/singer Judy Garland, star of MGM musicals such as 1939's The Wizard of Oz. Liza's father, Vincente Minnelli, directed classic MGM musicals including 1944's Meet Me in St. Louis, and 1951's An American in Paris. She was named after the Gershwin song "Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away)." Apparently, Frank Sinatra was the first person to visit newborn Liza in the hospital.
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Liza Minnelli began her professional career before she reached the age of three. She made her screen debut in 1949's In the Good Old Summertime, which co-starred mother Judy. When she was ten, Liza hosted the first-ever TV broadcast of The Wizard of Oz, which boasted an audience of about 45 million viewers.
Minnelli attended New York's High School for the Performing Arts. She dropped out at the age of sixteen to take on Broadway. She studied with Herbert Berghof and Uta Hagen at their HB Studio in New York City. Her work paid off, and in 1963, Minnelli picked up Theater World's Best Foot Forward prize for promising young talent.
She scored her first starring role on Broadway at the age of 19. As "Flora, the Red Menace" in the 1965 production of the same name, she became the youngest-ever actress to win a Tony Award for Best Actress in a musical. Making history again, Minnelli performed "What's New Pussycat" on the first color telecast of the Academy Awards in early 1966.
In 1967, Minnelli married Australian cabaret-style singer/songwriter Peter Allen. Her first marriage lasted until 1974, when the couple divorced. Beginning with Charlie Bubbles in 1967, Minnelli starred in a trio of films that displayed her skill in portraying social outcasts.
Minnelli was nominated for an Oscar for her performance in 1969's The Sterile Cuckoo, and received the David di Donatello Prize as Best Foreign Actress for her portrayal of "Pookie" Adams. In 1970's Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon, she played a disfigured young woman.
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Liza Minnelli reached the pinnacle of her movie career playing Sally Bowles in 1972's Cabaret. The film picked up eight Academy Awards, including Best Actress for Minnelli. This made her the only child of two prior Oscar winners to also win the coveted award. She also received the Golden Globe and the British Film Academy Award for the role. During the height of Cabaret fever, Minnelli appeared on the cover of Time and Newsweek magazines during the same week.
Also in 1972, she appeared in a musical variety show called Liza With A "Z". The televised program, which was directed and co-produced by Cabaret director Bob Fosse, spawned a top 20 album, and went on to win the Emmy for Outstanding Single Program. To cap off these industry achievements, she was named NATO's Female Star of the Year for 1972.
In 1974, Minnelli added a Special Tony Award to her list of prizes. In September of the same year, shortly after divorcing Allen, she married film executive Jack Haley, Jr. Haley was the son of the actor who played the Tin Man in The Wizard of Oz. In true showbiz family fashion, superstar entertainer Sammy Davis, Jr. served as best man at the wedding.
Liza Minnelli co-starred with Ingrid Bergman in 1976's A Matter of Time, the last film directed by her famous father. The family chemistry failed to ignite the film critics' fancy; the movie was universally panned and was described by columnist Michael Musto as "one of the possibly worst movies ever made."
liza and the big apple
In 1977, Minnelli appeared opposite Robert De Niro in the Martin Scorsese directed musical New York, New York. Many of the film's scenes were shot on the same soundstages as those 1940s MGM musicals that starred her mother and were directed by her father.
Romance was in the air, as Liza and Marty Scorsese allegedly became nearly inseparable following the making of the movie.
She received her third Tony Award for her turn in the 1978 musical, The Act. Liza divorced Jack Haley, Jr. in 1979, and her relationship with Scorsese soon fizzled out. In December of that year, she married sculptor/stage manager Mark Gero. This, her third marriage, would be her longest, lasting over 12 years.
the rocky '80s
In 1981, Liza co-starred with Dudley Moore in Arthur, in which he played a millionaire with a serious drinking problem. Moore's role reflected a reality in Minnelli's own life, which had been plagued by problems with drugs and alcohol, just as her mother's had been.
She received a second Golden Globe in 1985 for her performance in A Time to Live, a made-for-TV movie. In 1988, she reunited with Dudley Moore for the sequel Arthur 2: On the Rocks. She also hit the road with Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis, Jr. in 1988-89, replacing an ailing Dean Martin for a live concert reunion tour of the Rat Pack.
Minnelli teamed up with the British duo the Pet Shop Boys in 1989. The album, entitled Results, was a surprise hit in Europe. Another song and dance film featuring Minnelli, Stepping Out was released in 1991. She divorced Gero in January 1992, on the grounds that he didn't give her enough support while she was attempting to rehabilitate her substance abuse problems.
Minnelli replaced Julie Andrews for Broadway's Victor/Victoria in 1997. Andrews left the show to have vocal-cord polyps removed, coincidentally the same ailment that Minnelli soon developed. Julie's operation wasn't fully successful, while Liza had a complete recovery.
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Minnelli staged a comeback at New York's Palace Theater in December 1999. She returned to the stage to pay tribute to her father, in a show of tunes from his films, called Minnelli on Minnelli. It was also the first time she had publicly performed some of the songs made famous by her mother, who had staged her own comeback at the same theater in 1967.
A few months after the release of the Minnelli on Minnelli CD in February 2000, Liza was hospitalized for encephalitis (inflammation of the brain). Her doctors told her that she would never walk, talk, dance, or sing again. She proved them wrong, and staged yet another comeback.
Liza Minnelli's fourth marriage, to producer/concert promoter David Gest, took place on March 16, 2002 in New York City. The star-studded media event was attended by some 1,100 guests, including Dionne Warwick, Joan Collins, Diana Ross, and David Hasselhoff, who were entertained by performers like Tony Bennett and Gloria Gaynor. Elizabeth Taylor, Petula Clark and Gina Lollobrigida were among the matrons of honor, while both Tito and Michael Jackson, longtime friends of Gest, were best men.
Minnelli returned to the concert stage for a week of sold-out shows at New York City's Beacon Theater in June, while an album of her triumphant comeback concerts entitled Liza's Back!, was released in October 2002.
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In September of 2002, just six months after their marriage, Liza and David announced their plans to adopt a three-year-old girl. The television viewing audience was close to witnessing Liza and David's wacky lifestyle, as a reality series based on their lives together -- in the spirit of The Osbournes -- was in the works with VH1, but it has been cancelled, apparently because Gest was impossible to work with. With or without a reality show, there's no doubt that Liza Minnelli will keep on surprising us all.
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I've been reading about it and I've found different answers. Some say you have to have an anchor incision, some say you may not if you don't have excess sagging. Are my breast considered excessively saggy or could I get away with only a periareolar incision? Would I need an anchor incision to get good results? thanks!
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No anchor scar will be needed.
From the photo alone it seems that your left breast is smaller and your right breast is a little bigger and with more tissue laxity. If you would like to achieve better symmetry as well as more volume, an augmentation and a purse-string mastopexy (donut lift) will achieve this. A purse-string mastopexy or only requires an incision around your areola. I would recommend getting both sides done as this will allow making both areolas more symmetric. The final incision line will be at the border of your areola and your breast skin.
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Anchor scar not needed to lift saggy breasts
Thank you for your photo. There is a new technique for lifting breasts called the Ultimate Breast Lift that in your case (right breast) would not require a vertical scar nor an inframammary scar. Your left breast appears to be smaller, so a Mini UBL plus a small submuscular implant would be required to match the right breast. With the Mini UBL your existing breast tissue is repositioned directly over the implant to avoid the 'double-bubble' look.
I hope this helps.
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Would I Need an Anchor Scar if I Got a Breast Lift?
I am not sure what your goals are. This photo is tilted, so I can't tell if your nipples and areolas are misaligned. If all you want are even breasts, the size of your smaller left breast, a small reduction and lift on the right side could be done without a full anchor incision.
If you wish to be larger, an enlargement on one or both sides, combined with a lift on the right can be accomplished probably through an incision around the areola.
When you are ready for an in person consultation, RealSelf has listings of surgeons in your area. You should consider cross referencing the listings from the The American Society of Plastic Surgeons (plasticsurgery dot org). A listing in the ASPS website assures you that your surgeon is not only board certified, but also is a member in good standing of the major plastic surgery organization in the U. S. Thank you for your question, best wishes.
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Please don't make the mistake of choosing your surgeon because of the scar they promise you. Your goal should be to be safe, and to have the most beautiful and symmetric breasts you can, with scars that are acceptably inconspicuous.
The best way to active this is not to spend your time looking for the operation that will give you the shortest scars or that has the cutest name, but rather to spend it looking for the most talented, skilled, and experienced surgeon you can find.
In the hands of such a surgeon, your breasts will be more likely to be beautiful and symmetric, and your scars (wherever they are) thin and inconspicuous (provided you follow all instructions- realizing that your final outcome depends on how well you follow instructions as much as on how your surgeon does his part).
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Do I need an anchor Lift?
Hard to tell with the pics that you have supplied, you may not need a lift if you are willing to tolerate larger implants, there is always lots to talk about when breasts appear as yours does, you are not straight forward. You may or may not need a lift and may or may not need an anchor lift, hard to tell? I would recommend a consult with a BC PS to discuss your goals and how to best achieve them!! god luck!
Ancor Scar Lift Needed?
From this one photo you do not appear to need an anchor scar or even a vertical scar lift. You appear to be an excellent candidate for a bilateral circumareolar mastopexy with subpectorally placed implants. Benelli, purse string or donut lift are other names used for this type lift that limits the scar to a circle along the edge of the areola. This would give you a perky, fuller and more beautiful breast shape while improving symmetry with minimal scar. An examination would be necessary to determine this for certain.
Would I Need an Anchor Scar if I Got a Breast Lift?
I assume you are asking about the right breast? in my opinion ONLY and anchor to the right will allow better achievement of symmetry. Best to discuss in person with a few docs.
Which type of breast lift is best for me?
It's a little tricky to tell for sure from your pictures, but I don't think you need a full classical aka "anchor" lift to get a good result. There are a number of versions of the vertical lift that produce a nice elevation without the extra scar in the lower portion of the breast. In my opinion the inner portion of the anchor lift scar is most troublesome for patients, since it is in the cleavage area. I discuss the various types of lifts on my website johnqcookmd.com.
Would I Need an Anchor Scar if I Got a Breast Lift? (photo)
I dont believe that you need an anchor incision
A circumareolar or vertical lift in my opinion should be sufficient
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text: Politics 12 January 2011 Condemning "managed anorexia" What are the limits of free speech? Sign up for our weekly email * Print HTML Sarah Tonner has written a moving and measured piece on the Guardian's website about the issues of free speech and irresponsible promotion of anorexia. She argues that the harm that may be caused by such a campaign is such that it should be prohibited. She concludes of the person behind the campaign: If [the] tweets risk encouraging anorexia and causing harm, this should be addressed. By exercising his "liberty" to say whatever he likes, he risks infringing the liberties of others who read his words – those with a mental illness who have no control over the effect his words might have on their minds. However, as Sarah is the girlfriend of Paul Chambers, the defendant in the Twitter Joke Trial, the question has been raised whether it is consistent to support free expression in his case, but not in the case of a vile (and thankfully now ended) Twitter campaign. No sensible person believes free speech is an absolute right. If it was, obtaining goods and services by deception could not be an offence. Providing a false invoice is not a "speech act" that should be accorded the protection of human rights law. Nor is blackmail or conspiracy to murder. Nor is a bomb hoax. Such actions are rightly prohibited by the Criminal Law Act 1977, the law in respect of which Paul was initially arrested. However, the police and the Crown Prosecution Service quickly realised that there was no evidential basis for charging Paul under that offence. It was not what he had actually done. It is the fact that the CPS decided to prosecute Paul anyway, and chose the obscure and vague Section 127 of the Communications Act to do so, that causes significant concern from the perspective of free expression. Free expression is a qualified right, but the presumption must always be in favour of it. Any interference with it must be proportionate and exact. And the prohibition must always be in the wider public interest. Was the "managed anorexia" campaign the health equivalent of a bomb hoax, which would be rightly prosecuted under the Criminal Law Act? If so, the same principles would apply: there are words that can do damage, and in respect of which there should be a prohibition. Indeed, the promotion of health products is a tightly regulated area for this reason. Or was the "managed anorexia" campaign a speech act that should have the unconditional protection of the right to free expression? Views will differ on these questions. However, if a "managed anorexia" campaign is indeed more akin to an actual bomb hoax than to a jokey tweet, then it is perfectly open to condemn one, and to defend the right to send the other. I suspect there is not a single supporter of the Twitter Joke Trial who also believes that there should be no prohibitions on promoting dangerous health practices. The problem is where to draw the line. But it is not hypocritical to believe that there is a line to be drawn. David Allen Green is legal correspondent of the New Statesman. He is also solicitor for Paul Chambers. › PMQs review: Miliband leaves Cameron floundering on bank bonuses David Allen Green is legal correspondent of the New Statesman and author of the Jack of Kent blog. His legal journalism has included popularising the Simon Singh libel case and discrediting the Julian Assange myths about his extradition case. His uncovering of the Nightjack email hack by the Times was described as "masterly analysis" by Lord Justice Leveson. David is also a solicitor and was successful in the "Twitterjoketrial" appeal at the High Court. (Nothing on this blog constitutes legal advice.) Subscribe from just £1 per issue More Related articles Here's what Theresa May could say to save the Brexit talks Leader: Boris Johnson, a liar and a charlatan As long as the Tories fail to solve the housing crisis, they will struggle to win Subscription offer 12 issues for £12 + FREE book LEARN MORE Close This week's magazine


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Baidu in Tie-Up Talks with UCWeb
Baidu (NASDAQ: BIDU), a Chinese-language internet search provider, announced on Monday that it is in talks with UCWeb, a mobile browser startup, over a tie-up.
For months, rumors have circulated that Baidu would buy a stake in UCWeb. Yet, only one month ago, UCWeb's CEO Yu Yongfu stated very clearly that the company was not considering any buyout offers.
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text: New York, July 20, 2004—Iraq's interim government has allowed a weekly newspaper closed by U.S. occupation authorities in March to resume publishing. Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi issued a decree on July 18 allowing for the reopening of Al-Hawza, a Baghdad weekly affiliated with radical Shiite cleric Moktada al-Sadr. A spokesman for al-Sadr said the newspaper will resume publishing shortly. BackgroundOn March 28, 2004, dozens of U.S. troops sealed Al-Hawza's offices and ordered the paper closed for 60 days for allegedly inciting violence against coalition forces. A letter signed by former Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) Administrator L. Paul Bremer was hand-delivered by a CPA spokesman to the paper's staff saying that the publication had violated a CPA decree promulgated in June 2003 that prohibits "incitement" in the media. Specifically, the letter said the paper had published "many articles" containing false information and intended to "disturb public order and incite violence against the coalition forces and the employees of the CPA." The letter mentioned a February 26 Al-Hawza article about a deadly car bomb in a Shiite city south of Baghdad that the article said was actually a rocket fired by a U.S. Apache helicopter. It also cited an article in the same paper's edition, titled "Bremer Follows the Steps of Saddam," which alleged that the CPA was "implementing a policy of starving the Iraqi public." The letter also stated past examples of what the CPA says was the paper's false reporting in two articles from August 2003. One article accused the United States of waging a war on Islam, and the other said the United States wanted to steal Iraqi oil rather than depose Saddam Hussein. The letter said that these "false articles not only mislead readers but constitute a real threat to violence against coalition forces and Iraqi citizens who cooperate with the coalition in the reconstruction of Iraq." Al-Hawza's closure triggered widespread protests among al-Sadr's followers and several weeks' of clashes with U.S. forces ensued. For more information, see CPJ's March 29 alert.


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Students at a girls' high school in Gaza returned to their classes peacefully today as the presence of Israeli troops stymied their attempt to organize anti-Israel demonstrations. Demonstrations were forestalled in a similar manner in other Gaza schools. The night curfew was shortened by five hours and is now in effect only from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m.
The curfew was lifted in Tubbas village on the West Vank yesterday following a meeting of Gen. Dayan with the chairman of the village council. The Arab reportedly expressed regret over the anti-Israel demonstrations by village school girls and promised to prevent their recurrence
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WARSAW, Poland -- The most powerful man in soccer called goal-line technology a "necessity" Wednesday, only hours after Ukraine was denied what appeared to be a legitimate goal in its must-win match against England at the European Championship.
"After last night's match GLT is no longer an alternative but a necessity," FIFA president Sepp Blatter wrote on Twitter.
Marko Devic's shot in the 62nd minute of Tuesday's match looped up off England goalkeeper Joe Hart and appeared to cross the goal line before it was cleared by defender John Terry. The official standing near the post didn't signal for a goal, leaving the referee no option but to play on.
If the goal had been awarded, Ukraine would have pulled even at 1-1. But the co-hosts instead lost 1-0, a result that eliminated them from the tournament.
Ukraine's players complained furiously, coach Oleg Blokhin raged on the touch line, and Twitter was quickly awash with indignation, reaction and opinion on goal-line technology.
Ukraine prime minister Mykola Azarov said Wednesday that even he saw the ball cross the line.
Azarov told The Associated Press on Wednesday that "if I saw from the stands that the ball had crossed the goal line, the referee was bound to see that."
He called on UEFA to "draw conclusions about this refereeing ... so that such incidents don't take place in the future."
The high-profile incident added to the momentum behind providing referees with high-tech aids to make accurate decisions.
UEFA is using Euro 2012 as a trial for the five-official system that features a referee, two linesmen and two additional assistants beside the goal. It's UEFA president Michel Platini's preferred alternative to goal-line technology.
FIFA will decide on July 5 whether to approve the five-official system and either of the two goal-line technology systems currently being tested in England and Denmark.
Speaking at a media briefing in Warsaw on Monday, Platini said he expects goal-line technology to be approved at the International Football Association Board meeting.
"Yes, Blatter will do it," Platini said. "He will (introduce) the technology, but I think it's a big mistake. ... It's the beginning of the technology, the arrival of the technology."
Critics often hark back to a number of memorable goal-line incidents whenever a fresh controversy occurs.
The most famous came in the 1966 World Cup final, when Geoff Hurst's shot that hit the underside of the crossbar and bounced down was ruled a goal. It gave England a 3-2 lead over Germany, and Hurst later completed his hat trick for a 4-2 win.
In a match between the same two countries at the 2010 World Cup, a long shot by England midfielder Frank Lampard bounced down behind goalkeeper Manuel Neuer's line before spinning back out. Uruguayan referee Jorge Larrionda looked across at his linesman and allowed play to continue. The goal would have made it 2-2, but instead England lost 4-1.
Platini said Monday that if an official had been beside the goal that day, he would have spotted that Lampard's shot crossed the line.
"Of course, because it's his job to see if the ball is inside the line," Platini said.
Two days later, those words are coming back to haunt him.
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text: Perhaps Brandon Davies said it best after BYU's 74-63 loss to Gonzaga here tonight in front of 6,000 at the McCarthey Athletic Center. "You just can't win off effort [alone]," Davies said after scoring 23 points and grabbing 10 rebounds. "You have to make some shots." And the Cougars simply didn't do that. Playing without Noah Hartsock for all but seven minutes of the game, the Cougars didn't pound it inside until it was too late, and as previous games have shown, can't make outside shots consistently when the inside game isn't clicking. Forget the stat that stands out the most from Thursday's loss: Gonzaga attempted 44 free throws and BYU attempted 16. What really killed the Cougars is that they were 6 of 28 from 3-point range. Some of the 3-pointers that Matt Carlino took were heavily defended, but others came when BYU's guys such as Brock Zylstra (0 for 4) and Craig Cusick (1 for 5) were wide open. The Cougars shot 30.8 percent from the field; Gonzaga shot 39 percent. The Cougars won the rebounding battle 46-41, and forced 20 turnovers while giving the ball away 13 times themselves. They had eight more field goals. Coach Dave Rose said after the game that if someone would have told him those numbers sans the free-throw totals he would have thought the outcome would have been different. "Our effort was tremendous. We rebounded the ball, we guarded the ball, but didn't score the ball very well and I think that was the story of the game," Rose said. "We played hard enough to win this game, but we just need to play better. You have to figure out how to win games late in the season, but I am really proud of the effort of our guys." All for now. More later on the loss that might have cost the Cougars an NCAA Tournament at-large bid. We will see.


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Tuesday, June 21, 2011
i fed my family Tater Tot...
i fed my family tater tot casserole on thursday. if you watch the duggers, then you know exactly what it is.
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This is one of my husbands favorites...we used to make/eat it when we went camping.ReplyDelete
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im all for easy meals and a bunch of weid stuff thrown together lol. my fav... spam, cream of mushroom and green beans!ReplyDelete
Every time I visit your blog, I'm either laughing or smiling. I'm doing both right now. I'm going to make this dish. Only thing I need is tater tot and I have everything else already.ReplyDelete
Thank you for your comment on my blog. You're so neat.
No color? You didn't let them smother it in ketchup? I like this dish too. Have a great week!ReplyDelete
How could kids not love that? That is the ultimate kid food right there, and such a good craving filler....ReplyDelete
Frick this diet. I want to eat a tater tot casserole.
We make this, but we add in egg noodles and a can of green beans. :) We also do 3 cans of cream of mushroom soup with 1.5-2 cans of milk when we make it that way. Yummy, yummy!ReplyDelete
LOVE this stuff. I make mine with taco seasoning on the meat, and I put the tater tot letters on the top. I spell out all kinds of silly messages. Still, only 1 of my kids will eat it. Sigh.ReplyDelete
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White Horses
Sleeps 5
Room Layout
Walk in shower room Lounge with log burner / kitchen dining room
2 Double Rooms, both with bath Terrace overlooking the estuary
Day bed downstairs
Situated on the Quayside about 200 yards from Hotel Portmeirion, White Horses has no road access, and parking is by the main Hotel. The cottage is situated right on the quayside, and has a small terrace with views over the Estuary.
Pdf floorplan
Interior and Exterior image gallery
White Horses (part C18, extended 1966; listed Grade II 1971) was originally a fisherman's cottage. The old part is a single storey stone building with central chimney stack of traditional Welsh pattern. Clough's addition links the Observatory Tower to the old cottage. It is constructed on arches over the path which overlooks an inset anchorage for boats. The cottage was inhabited for a time by Thomas Edwards, an infamous South Walian better known locally as yr Hwntw Mawr who worked as a labourer for William Maddocks on the Porthmadog embankment. In 1813 he was publicly hanged at Dolgellau for the murder during a robbery of Mary Jones, the maid at Penrhyn Isaf farm close to Portmeirion.
White Horses' is so called because with a spring tide and a south-westerly gale, crested breakers batter its walls and occasionally used regularly to break and enter.
At one time Clough used it as a workshop where weaving and dyeing went on. In 1966 Clough converted White Horses into habitable accommodation by adding two bedrooms raised on arches above the beach footpath.
One of the first residents was Patrick McGoohan who stayed at
White Horses during the filming
of The Prisoner in 1966 and 1967.
The cottage was visited by Patrick McGoohan's daughter Catherine in April 2014.
There is a slate plaque in memory of Patrick McGoohan on the cottage wall.
White Horses is an old fisherman's cottage built directly onto the quayside a few meters above the sandy shore.
At high tides the sea regularly used to flood the terrace and all ground floor areas.
When the spring tides come in off the Irish Sea the waves can reach window height and this has caused the property to be inundated several times over the past few years.
On 3rd January 2014 the water was 500mm deep throughout the ground floor.
Due to the regularity of this inundation no flood damage insurance is available on this cottage.
The building was extensively damaged by the January flood and required re-wiring, re-plumbing, a new damp course including tanking the outside walls up to 1.2 meters, a new heating system, new kitchen, new shower room, new wood burning stove, new doors and windows and new furniture throughout. This was completed by 28th March 2014.
In the meantime, flood defences were installed to ensure that the increasingly regular winter flooding would not happen again.
A 1.1m wall was built around the property, replacing a metal fence.
This was designed in the same style as existing walls close to the cottage and on the advice of consultant architectural historians with specialist knowledge of the appropriate construction methods so as to ensure the work would be in keeping with the existing structures.
Stone steps were built to cross the tidal wall. The coastal path continues 50 meters beyond these steps and then narrows and rises steeply into the woods. Wheelchair access was never possible up this steeply inclined narrow and rocky path and we regret therefore that there is no wheelchair access beyond White Horses.
Without the tidal defences and steps the refurbishment of White Horses would not have been practical as it would have been flooded again at the next spring tide.
The essential flood defences installed have enabled this historic and charming cottage to be enjoyed all year round for the first time and have also protected the Lookout Tower or Camera Obscura Tower and the quayside promenade from the hotel.
White Horses had a very low internal entrance doorway; this has now been raised to normal door height.
A clearview wood burning stove has been installed in the sitting room area.
The interior design was created by Sian Llywelyn. The look and feel of a traditional seaside cottage has been retained using natural stone, local oak and rustic tiles. The fabrics were supplied by Ian Mankin and sofas and lounge chairs by PRHome.
The oak kitchen table, bench, spindle back chairs, sideboard, terrace furniture, pendant lighting and occasional lighting were supplied by Garden Trading.
A bespoke kitchen was built for the cottage by Muddy Furniture. Appliances were supplied by Smeg. Floor tiles were sourced from Johnson tiles.
A reclaimed and restored white fairground horse was bought from Dealers in Shropshire to ensure there will still be at least one white horse in the cottage now that the pounding surf is no longer welcome.
Baths and bathroom fittings were supplied by VictoriaPlum.com and Plumcentre. The two upstairs double bedrooms have a traditional slipper baths in the room with views over the estuary. Both rooms have en suite toilet facilities. There is a flat screen television in both bedrooms. Bedroom furniture was supplied by Julian Bowen. The cottage has wi-fi broadband throughout.
There is a sofa bed downstairs in a side room through the archway from the sitting area.
The main building contractor was T.I.R. Construction; plumbing was carried out by Elgan Williams of D.B.&E Williams; electrical wiring by Falconer Electrics, all three based in Penrhyndeudraeth.
All wrought ironwork was made by Dylan Edwards, also of Penrhyndeudraeth.
For more views of the cottage interior visit our gallery pages here.
Further along the coast one comes to a folly lighthouse which marks Portmeirion's southernmost point. Made of sheet metal and crowned with an upturned pig boiler and ornate finial it was in situ by 1963.


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Buddy Miller Takes Up 'Residence' With Emmylou Harris and Friends
The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum's Ford Theater is quickly becoming one of the most dependable venues for once-in-a-lifetime musical "events" in Nashville. On Thursday night (August 24), such an event occurred as guitarist/singer/producer/singer/songwriter Buddy Miller took the stage to demonstrate the astounding breadth of his talent, in addition to his dry wit and his obvious gift for choosing his friends wisely.
Joined by special guests Jim Lauderdale, Emmylou Harris and Shawn Colvin, Buddy's two-hour concert was the last of three weekly shows he presented as the Hall of Fame's 2010 Artist in Residence. The program was established in 2003 to annually honor a musical master who has contributed a significant body of work to American popular music. Previous honorees include Cowboy Jack Clement, Earl Scruggs, Tom T. Hall, Guy Clark, Kris Kristofferson, Jerry Douglas and Vince Gill.
"Welcome to 'Buddy in Wonderland,' Museum Director Kyle Young said in his opening remarks, noting that in turning over the stage "as Buddy's living room," the program, which began on August 10, marked the re-opening of the museum's 213-seat Ford Theater, which was damaged in the catastrophic flood that hit Nashville in May. In his previous performances, Buddy's guests included Lee Ann Womack, Tom T. Hall, Darrell Scott, Patty Griffin and the McCrary Sisters.
As he, his bass player and percussionist took the stage to get the intimate evening underway, Buddy joked, "It is an honor to be here. I really like to keep expectations low." He then launched into a scorching rendition of 'Does My Ring Burn Your Finger,' a 2000 hit for Lee Ann Womack, setting the tone for the evening. The incendiary theme continued as Buddy introduced 'Gasoline and Matches,' noting, "It's been in a vampire movie, so that gives me something to talk about." The "movie" is actually the dark — and, yes, truly bloody — HBO series, 'True Blood.'
"I haven't seen it but I heard it's pretty good," Buddy said. "I don't like the look of it, actually. I heard there was a chick vampire that bit a truck driver when my song came on the radio. It didn't work out for the truck driver … and I like truck drivers."
Joined by his longtime friend and frequent songwriting partner, Jim Lauderdale, the pair harmonized on the plaintive 'Hold on My Love.' "There's nothing like a Buddy Miller concert,' Jim said before sharing memories of having first met his friend some 30 years ago in New York City where they became part of a burgeoning country-music scene. Jim summed up his pal by saying, "People are afraid to meet their heroes but he's one hero who won't let you down. He's as good as his music is as a person." Sentiment aside, the two then tore into a blistering version of 'Hole in My Head,' a song they co-wrote which was covered by the Dixie Chicks on the 1999 album, 'Fly.' After the song ended, Buddy recalled how Jim called to tell him the Chicks had recorded the song. "I didn't really know who they were," he remembered. "I asked him, 'Is that a good thing?' and he said, 'That's a good thing.'"
The second of the special guests was Shawn Colvin, who had been touring with Buddy, Patty Griffin and Emmylou when he was hospitalized to undergo triple-bypass surgery. Shawn's began with a lovely version of Lefty's Frizzell's 'That's the Way Love Goes,' which was, of course, also a smash hit for Merle Haggard. "Buddy's the reason I moved to New York City," Shawn said before the evening's host introduced their rendition of 'Poison Love' by classic country duo Johnnie and Jack. "Wasn't Johnnie married to Kitty Wells?," Shawn asked. Buddy answered, "She still is, I think." After a beat he wryly added, "I go out of town a lot, though."
Further establishing their connection to the song (which served as the title track to Buddy's 1997 album), Buddy explained that Shawn portrays Kitty Wells in 'Crazy,' a recent bio-pic of guitarist Hank Garland. The pair also performed the Everly Brothers classic 'Let It Be Me,' followed by Richard Thompson's 'Keep Your Distance' and Shawn's own 'Diamond in the Rough.'
Buddy then introduced Emmylou, who, joined by Shawn, offered the emotional highpoint of the evening with a tender version of 'Love and Happiness,' which she said is "a song about having children," something she noted she and Shawn have in common. After her own 'Red Dirt Girl,' Emmylou and Buddy slipped effortlessly into the roles of Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner for a lively duet of 'Burnin' the Midnight Oil.'
Closing the night on a poignant, though still humorous note, Buddy was joined by Emmylou and Shawn again for 'Heart of Hearts,' explaining that one of the first people to contact him after his heart surgery was the song's writer Stephen Bruton, The man who crafted much of the music for the Oscar-winning film, 'Crazy Heart,' Bruton died in May 2009. Buddy recalled that while in the hospital, he received an e-mail from the singer saying, "Sending good vibes your way." "I was really medicated and I ordered a set of vibes. I ordered kettle drums and a marimba. I canceled those but it was too late for the vibes. I completely forgot about it. I got home and this big truck pulled up …" he said, to uproarious laughter.
The "musician extraordinaire," as he was introduced, then ended the proceedings with the same intensity as he had begun them, leaving the crowd with the fiery 'Somewhere Trouble Don't Go' and the redemptive 'All My Tears,' written by his wife, Julie Miller.


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Los Angeles• As a kid, Randy Moore was haunted by Disney World, where he made an annual trip during summers with his dad. So as an adult, and a filmmaker, Moore wanted to capture and question the allure of such manufactured-fantasy.
The result is "Escape From Tomorrow," which was shot guerrilla-style at Disneyland and Disney World without permission from the famously proprietary Walt Disney Co., and which has actually made it to the screen.
"I was pretty confident that Disney wasn't about to go out of their way and give me permission," Moore said, "so I didn't ask them for it."


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Tree-lighting bomb plot suspect gets another sentencing delay
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) A federal judge has delayed the sentencing of Mohamed Mohamud until a week before Christmas.
The young Somali-American was convicted in January of plotting to bomb a 2010 Christmas tree-lighting ceremony in Portland's town square.
He was originally scheduled to be sentenced in June, but federal prosecutors asked for a delay because they needed more time to prepare sentencing recommendations.
The sentencing was reset for Sept. 6, but prosecutors asked for and received another delay.
The reason for the latest postponement has not been made public. Prosecutors asked a judge to seal the motion seeking the delay, and the defense team did not object.


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Police: New dad goes on rampage over car seat, refused kiss
SEATTLE -- A man with a new baby is not going to win father of the year any time soon after drunkenly beating up one woman over her refusal to kiss him and threatening to stab another woman's parents unless she returned his car seat, according to the Seattle Police Department.
According to the police report for the incident, the suspect and two victims were drinking at a Lower Queen Anne bar Saturday night when they decided to go back to one of the victim's apartments shortly after 9 p.m.
The suspect, who was already drunk, had another drink at the apartment then tried to kiss one of the victims, according to the report. The victim refused the suspect's advances because he was married and just had a baby a week ago.
According to the report, the suspect got angry and took out a knife. When the victim slapped the knife away from him, he reportedly punched her in the face then kicked her in the head when she fell to the ground.
The suspect then confronted the other victim, demanding she return his car seat that was in her car, according to the report. The victim told the suspect she would give it to him the next day.
According to the report, the suspect threatened to go to the victim's parent's house and stab them.
The suspect left the apartment, reportedly breaking the front door on his way out, and the victim's father called 911 after hearing about the suspect's threats.
While officers were at the victim's apartment, the suspect called her sounding very drunk and saying something bad was going to happen if he didn't get his car seat back that night, according to the report.
Officers found the suspect at his home but ended up leaving when the suspect turned off the lights and didn't come to the door.
The incident was referred to the City Attorney's Office for possible charges of assault and threats to kill.


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Let Girls Learn
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in Support of Let Girls Learn
For a full list of titles running the public service announcement, click here.
MPA – The Association of Magazine Media announced that 11 of its member companies have come together to raise awareness about Let Girls Learn, a U.S. government initiative launched by the President and First Lady Michelle Obama in March 2015 to expand access to education for adolescent girls worldwide. A total of 65 magazine brands are donating advertising space to the Peace Corps Let Girls Learn program to run three striking public service announcements, in upcoming fall issues, with most hitting the newsstand and subscribers' mailboxes in early October to coincide with the International Day of the Girl Child on October 11. The PSA campaign will reach more than 60% of U.S. adults.
|When girls gain skills, knowledge, and confidence, they break the cycle of poverty and help strengthen societies.
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First Lady Michelle Obama Discusses "Media With Purpose"
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Michelle Obama spoke about Let Girls Learn at AMMC 2016. She was joined by Lena Dunham and Julianne Moore.
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This is the same as the Alexander Allen Family Cemetery that I once had on my list.
It is located in Bedford, Texas, north of Harwood Road and west of McLean Drive, about a half mile east of the intersection of Harwood and Brown Trail.
Mrs. Cushman gives the location as "on the west side of McLain Road between Harwood Road and Cummings Road." Another source says it is at the southeast corner of McLean Drive and Harwood Road. There were burials as early as 1857, but it is no longer in use.
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The White House told reporters yesterday that Congress has neither the right nor the power to conduct oversight of the Executive Branch.
Dahlia Lithwick criticizes the John Yoo theory of Executive power:
Yoo's argument rests largely on more of this same "greater-power-includes-the-lesser-power" analysis. As he explains to his interviewer, "Look, death is worse than torture, but everyone except pacifists thinks there are circumstances in which war is justified. War means killing people. If we are entitled to kill people, we must be entitled to injure them." He goes on to say, "I don't see how it can be reasonable to have an absolute prohibition on torture when you don't have an absolute prohibition on killing. . . ."
The real trick, as Jack Balkin of Yale Law School points out, is convincing your listener that the same rules and norms that govern the "greater" category also govern the "lesser." You need to convince them that if the state is allowed, for instance, to execute criminals, any laws regarding cruel and unusual treatment simply go away. In the case of the U.S. attorney firings, that would mean insisting that the same rules and norms that govern presidential authority over U.S. attorney appointments govern everything to do with the Justice Department's oversight of individual (partisan, political) criminal investigations and prosecutions. You would similarly need to insist that the rules that govern the president's power to kill someone during wartime also govern his authority to torture a suspect during an undeclared war on terror. Professor Dave Glazier makes this point very clearly at the blog Balkinization.
So, can you claim that the laws of war somehow vaporize the laws governing everything else that may be incident to war? Yoo does seem to contend just that. His argument appears to be that executive power in wartime vaporizes the laws governing virtually everything else. And if that's truly your starting point, I suppose all the other constraints imposed by those other "lesser" laws—from being required to obtain a FISA warrant to having to give a lawyer and a court date to Americans picked up in Chicago—would evaporate as well.
A recipient of a National Security Letter describes life under a gag order:
Living under the gag order has been stressful and surreal. Under the threat of criminal prosecution, I must hide all aspects of my involvement in the case -- including the mere fact that I received an NSL -- from my colleagues, my family and my friends. When I meet with my attorneys I cannot tell my girlfriend where I am going or where I have been. I hide any papers related to the case in a place where she will not look. When clients and friends ask me whether I am the one challenging the constitutionality of the NSL statute, I have no choice but to look them in the eye and lie.
I resent being conscripted as a secret informer for the government and being made to mislead those who are close to me, especially because I have doubts about the legitimacy of the underlying investigation.
Former White House Counsel Beth Nolan argues that Executive Privilege does not allow the White House to dictate the terms of Congressional oversight:
We don't know exactly what happened, but enough questions have been raised by the e-mails that have been disclosed and officials' changing stories to establish that Congress -- and the American people -- are entitled to know more. When Congress has already received information and testimony that raises serious questions about possible wrongdoing, the White House counsel's offer -- a closed-door session that may not be recorded, even by a transcript, and on the condition that Congress has only one bite at the apple, no matter what it may subsequently learn -- is simply inadequate. Executive privilege is an important and essential constitutional principle, but it is not the only important principle at issue here.
UPDATE: Aziz Huq argues that the caselaw does not support the view of Executive Privilege advanced by the White House:
In fact, presidents' power to keep information from Congress is more uncertain than the President's supporters claim. There are few definitive judicial opinions on the matter. And, for the most part, courts have bent over backward to avoid any definite solution to the conflict. In the most recent high-profile case, the challenge to the Vice President's secretive "energy taskforce" (remember when that was the most scandalous thing about this Administration ?!), the Supreme Court expressly declined the Government's invitation to dismiss out of hand the effort to cast sunlight on the task force. Certainly, the Court showed great deference to the Administration, but there was no suggestion that courts have no role in determining the balance of secrecy--or that the say-so of the President or a close colleague is sufficient to end the story.
But the judicial opinions that do exist are fairly clear on a couple of points.
First, presidents can invoke a presumption that some documents can be kept secret, and this presumption is especially strong in case involving advice being given to the President. This is the principle the President relied on in his speech this week.
Second, even when these documents involve communications from the president himself (or perhaps one day, herself), this privilege dissipates when the need on the other side of the ledger is sufficiently great. And there is no requirement of an absolute privilege short of allegations of criminality. (To the contrary, the Supreme Court in 2004 eschewed such an absolute rule in favor of the executive branch, explicitly declining to dismiss a civil suit against Cheney for information).


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Chords: C, F, G7, C7
This song can be found on the CD "The World of Benny Hill - Benny Hill
Sings?" which includes 25 of his comedy classics. It also appeared on
an old vinyl recording, "The Golden Hour of Benny Hill."
Incidentally, C///\ = C chord strummed down three times and up once.
Now it was [C]Christmas Day in the jailhouse, the [F]old man sat in his
"[C]Put out your pudding, for trico," he [F]heard the warden [G7]yell,
"If you want [C]trico on your [F]pudding, put it [C]out without de[F]lay."
The [C]old man put out his pudding, and the [G7]warden took it a[C]way.
What a [G7]world, (what a world) what a [C]place, (what a place)
Ain't you [F]glad you're a member [G7]of the human [C]race.
[G7] Now the [C]folksinger came from America to [F]sing at the Albert
He [C]sang his songs of protest and [F]fairer shares for [G7]all,
He [C]sang how the poor were [F]much too poor and the [C]rich too rich by
Then [C]he drove back to his penthouse in his [G7]brand new Rolls Royce
[G7] Now [C]Annie's a shorthand typist [F]working for the B.B.[G7]C.,
[C]Her brother Jackie's in prison doing [F]three years for forge[G7]ry,
Her [C]sister Josie's in [F]Holloway, in [C]Dockmoor is her Uncle [F]Jim,
And her [C]dad runs a pirate radio ship, but [G7]she never talks about
[G7] Now [C]three old maids had a she-cat, [F]kept her indoors night and
[C]Kept her away from the he-cats, thought she'd [F]like it better that
Then [C]one old maid went and got [F]married, the next [C]morning she
hastened to [F]write,
A [C]note to the others which simply said, "Let [G7]kitty out to[C]night."
[G7] Now the [C]button was pressed, the world destroyed leaving [F]just one
solitary [G7]man,
And at the [C]top of the Empire State Building his [F]lonely existance
But his [C]loneliness was too [F]much so he jumped and he [C]fell like a
bird with one [F]wing,
And [C]as he passed the seventh floor, [G7] he heard the telephone [C]ring.
PS- I don't know what 'trico' is, or if it's spelled correctly, but that's
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This is one in a series of Benny Hill songs I've learned by ear. Most of
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The Children's Aid Blog
Children's Aid Remembers Joy Dryfoos
We mourn the loss of our colleague, mentor and friend Joy Dryfoos, who died peacefully at home on Saturday, March 17. Joy was an inspiration and champion for our community schools work, here in New York City, nationally and internationally. She loved to visit our schools and to bring policymakers, funders and other leaders to see them "in action." She challenged us to make our work better and she documented our work so that others could learn from it. There is no one quite like Joy and we are grateful to have had her in our lives for these past two decades.
Jane Quinn
Vice President for Community Schools and Director, National Center for Community Schools
If you would like to make a donation in Ms. Dryfoos' name to Children's Aid, please click here. You can also leave a personal message by signing her online Rememberance Book.
Children's Aid Middle School Youth Council Project
The Children's Aid Society Middle School Youth Council project started with our January retreat at Wagon Road. Youth Councils from JHS 98 Herman Ridder, Mirabal Sisters Campus, SU Campus, and Fannie Lou Hamer Middle School broke into four groups and made posters representing each group, had an ice cream party, played games and had a great time. We also started talking about issues in our schools. My group said that the biggest issue was bullying. Some other things we talked about were relationships with our teachers and school principals and how can we change the school.
The main project we did was creating a survey. We came up with the idea of surveys when we started talking about bullying and other school problems. The Youth Council decided we should see what other people thought and what other people felt. To create the survey, we went around the group and we started asking each other questions about bullying. We collected surveys from all of our schools, over 300 surveys, and put the answers in Survey Monkey. This weekend we are going to continue our project with our next Wagon Road trip. When go on our next retreat, we hope to complete a video about the results of our survey. We will show this video on Wednesday, May 23rd at the Barnes and Noble on 86th Street. Please join us from 4:30PM till 6:30PM!
Written by: Daphne C.
7th Grade
Herman Ridder JHS 98
Photo by: Kenya R.
Education Week Article Covers Children's Aid Community Schools
The community schools movement is growing – and it continues to capture national attention. This time it's the front page of Education Week. Reporter Christina Samuels takes an in-depth look at community schools in Multnomah County, Ore. and its nearly two decades of success.
SUN (Schools Uniting Neighborhoods) Community Schools in and around Portland has been lauded as a shining example of how schools and communities working together can achieve sustaining positive outcomes for students even in the economic downturn. While it features SUN, this in-depth, three-page story also covers the growth of community schools in recent years in cities like New York and Chicago and its growing favor with federal education leaders, including Secretary Duncan and President Obama.
Photo Credit: Clare Redhead, second from right, leads a group of students during a 4-H program offered at Faubion School in Portland, Ore. The K-8 school is one of 64 "community schools" in the county.
Children's Aid Ambassadors: Ready for the Job
Children's Aid has its Ambassadors! Rest assured that New York City's children have a group of talented and passionate group of youth and parents ready and able to speak up for them. The Advocacy Ambassadors from each CAS site have been trained over the last couple of weeks and now have the tools to be leaders in our advocacy efforts at the very next press conference, rally or to spread the word using the most popular social networking sites.
Over the next couple of months, the efforts of our Ambassadors will be focused on fighting to protect the more than 47,000 child care and after-school program slots from being eliminated, as proposed in Mayor Bloomberg's preliminary budget. Children's Aid serves 2,280 children in city-funded after-school and holiday programs and more than 600 more in early childhood programs.
"Children's Aid calls us Ambassadors, we call ourselves protectors of the people and services that guide, shelter and teach our children while we are at work or school. The city wants to cut budgets and shorten our programs, who is then accountable for those children who then wander aimlessly through the streets with nowhere to go" said Jessica Ortiz, a parent whose child attends the Children's Aid Society after-school program at Fannie Lou Hamer High School.
Lilibet Mendez, also a CAS parent whose child attends programming at P.S. 50 wonders how a working parent would choose between providing income for her family and the safety of her children if they lose their after-school slot. "I work full time and live check to check. I depend on the Children's Aid Society extended day and holiday programs so that I can receive my full check and work in peace knowing that my sons have a safe place to be and are surrounded by a wonderful group of people who care about their well-being and educational needs, they also provide a clinic with a registered nurse so that I don't have to take any days off from work."
Thank you to all the CAS Advocacy Ambassadors for taking on the challenge. Stay tuned to learn more about our Ambassadors and as they update us on the various efforts throughout the city over the next couple of months.
Photos by Lily Kesselman
Young Men Lift Their Voices in Honor of Their Culture
The Children's Aid Society's African American Male Initiative held its public speaking event "Lift Every Voice" last month on Saturday, February 25th at the New York Mission Society's Minisink Townhouse. Lift Every Voicewas an opportunity to encourage a deeper appreciation of African American history and culture.Along with participants from AAMI, young men from Middle Schools 161, 129, Promise Academy II, and from Abyssinian Baptist Church's Saving Our Son's youth group presented their speeches related to Black History Month.
Top honors went to Mark Jackson of AAMI and Chazz Johnson of Abyssinian Baptist Church for Exceptional Content and Dzifa Gzaba and Armani Moore of AAMI for Exceptional Delivery.
"This was an absolutely amazing event "said Mr. John Reddick, a founding board member of the Harlem Link Charter School. "I was impressed and I do not see any reason why next year won't be bigger and better."
The African American Male Initiative-Steps to Success(AAMI) is a program created by The Children's Aid Society in response to the educational and social challenges that disproportionately confronted young men of color. AAMI seeks to provide comprehensive services and support to program participants and their families by encouraging academic, social and leadership development of young men.
Congratulations to all the young men for their participation and continued appreciation of African American History.
Children's Aid Fights for New York City's Kids
The Children's Aid Society, Emergency Coalition to Save Child Care, NYC Youth Alliance, parents, advocates and elected officials gathered at City Hall on Monday, March 5th to launch Campaign for Children, a citywide campaign against the Mayor's proposed cuts to child care and after-school programs. The coalition spoke highlighted the devastating aftermath that will surely fall upon New York City's neediest children and families if the City continues to cut these critical services.
Present among the many elected officials showing their strong support were New York City councilmembers Maria del Carmen Arroyo, Gale A. Brewer, Margaret Chin, Leroy Comrie, Elizabeth Crowley, Julissa Ferreras, Sara Gonzalez,Brad Lander, Stephen Levin, Darlene Mealy, Rosie Mendez, Diana Reyna, Hon. Joel Rivera, Albert Vann, Melissa Mark Viverito and Jumaane D. Williams, New York City Public Advocate Bill de Blasio and a representative from the Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz's office.
Mayor Bloomberg's fiscal year 2013 proposed budget would eliminate 15,900 child care slots and slash after-school program capacity by 50% – so that 31,800 children will lose their after-school programs come September. In all, more than 47,000 children would be left with no other choice but to fend for themselves or their parents would be forced to walk away from their employment. This is the fifth straight year that the Mayor has cut child care and after-school programs. If the latest proposal is enacted, 90,000 fewer children will have access to these programs since2009.
"It is unconscionable that tens of thousands of kids who already have it tougher than most of us can imagine, now stand to lose some of the most important supports in their lives that will put them on a path to success in school, college and life" said Richard R. Buery, Jr, President and CEO of the Children's Aid Society. "The Campaign for Children coalition has taken a bold stand to fight for some of the most vulnerable people in our city and I'm proud to join them."
Join the Children's Aid Society and Campaign for Children by getting involved and Take Action now!
Children's Aid Youth Speak Out at Anti-Bullying Forum in Albany
Written by: Keyla Espinal
On Saturday, February 18th, more than 30 students from Fannie Lou Hamer Freedom Middle School and High School, I.S. 98 and the Mirabal Sisters Campus took a bus up to Albany to take part in an anti-bullying youth forum hosted by Assemblywoman Vanessa Gibson and Assemblymember Marcos Crespo, both from the Bronx. This forum took place during the annual Black and Puerto Rican Legislators Caucus weekend whose mission is to empower the communities it represents and shine a light on the issues that are hindering those communities. During the first part of the forum a panel of members spoke of the consequences of bullying and the resources that can be used to stop, prevent or report it. The panel included Assemblymembers, youth and a representative from the Attorney General's office.
Then it was time for the voices of the Children's Aid Society youth to be heard. They shared their thoughts and recommended solutions, to both physical and cyber-bullying, and what they are doing at their respective schools to stop this type of harassment. "Bullys are usually victims themselves and programs like those offered by the Children's Aid Society can provide them a safe haven that can make the difference in how they redirect their aggression" said Chelsea, a middle school student from I.S. 98., a Children's Aid Community School. Fannie Lou Hamer students spoke of their Peace March taking place in May to encourage peace and allow students to engage in dialogue about the violence going on in their communities. Kimberly, a Children's Aid Youth Council representative, spoke of the survey that the council is conducting to get real numbers on how much bullying is affecting the students at their schools. All the youth made it very clear that while bullying in general is a large issue to handle, students need to try their best to get informed and do their part to prevent it.
A talent segment later on in the afternoon was symbolic of all the positive things students can and should, do with their energy and time. Our own Iconic Dancers from I.S. 98 had an amazing performance dancing to the rhythms of the newest beats. The day was an experience for both adults and students alike. The forum provided a basis for a larger and longer discussion on how all can join together to make our schools and neighborhoods much safer.
Richard Buery on The Huffington Post: The Case of the Disappearing Black and Latino Student
Race and the Achievement Gap at Smith College and Stuyvesant High School
"The American dream demands that where a child ends up in life should not be determined by where he started. Race, class and zip code should not determine destiny. "
Over the past several days, I have spent too much time on Facebook and Twitter discussing two widely posted articles. In the first, a blog entry titled "Alum Tells Smith College to Quit Admitting Poors," Jezebel posted a letter from Anne Spurzem '84, president of the Smith College Westchester alumni club, bemoaning the current makeup of Smith's campus. Her letter complains:
"The people who are attending Smith these days are A) lesbians or B) international students who get financial aid or C) low-income women of color who are the first generation in their family to go to college and will go to any school that gives them enough money..."
And concludes:
"I can tell you that the days of white, wealthy, upper-class students from prep schools in cashmere coats and pearls who marry Amherst men are over. This is unfortunate because it is this demographic that puts their name on buildings, donates great art and subsidizes scholarships."
Then, Fernanda Santos published a compelling story in the New York Times describing the travails of Rudi-Ann Miller, one of 40 black students at my alma matter, Stuyvesant High School. Stuyvesant is one of New York City's prestigious specialized high schools; admission to the school of 3,295 students is based entirely on a standardized test. Those 40 black students (1.2 percent of the student body, compared to 32 percent of students system wide) represent a significant decline: according to the article, Stuyvesant was 12 percent black (303 of the school's 2,536 students) in 1975. By 1980, there were 212 black students; in 1990, 147; in 2000, 109; and in 2005, 66. Latino students make up 2.4 percent of the student body, and 40.3 of the school system. A follow up article by Ms. Santos shows a small overall uptick in black and Latino admissions at the eight NYC high schools that use the test for admissions, but the overall trend remains disturbing.
Follow Richard Buery on Twitter: www.twitter.com/RichardBueryCAS
Children's Aid Students and Parents Advocate for School Based Health Centers in Albany
In February, dozens of Children's Aid Society students and parents traveled to Albany to advocate for their School Based Health Centers (SBHC). As part of National School-Based Health Centers Month, nearly 500 students, parents, health care practitioners and advocates from all over the state of New York took to the State Capital Building to meet with their legislators and share their stories on how SBHC's have impacted their lives and their communities in general.
SBHC's are considered by experts as one of the most effective and efficient ways to provide preventive health care. With a parent's consent for services, medical, dental and mental health issues are addressed in the school setting. This proactive approach prevents health issues from becoming acute concerns in the home, emergency room or community. As a result, youngsters miss fewer school days and parents miss fewer days at work.
Thanks to all the CAS students and parents for sharing their SBHC stories!
Richard Buery on The Huffington Post: Arrests In Schools a Sharp Reminder That Life Doesn't Stop at the Classroom Door
"NYC schools need better strategies to help deal with these challenges. We cannot arrest our way out of this crisis."
The New York City Police Department (NYPD) has just released some startling numbers: five students are arrested on average each day in NYC public schools. In the three month period covered (October through December 2011), 93 percent of those arrested were black or Latino and 75 percent were male. While these numbers by themselves are disturbing, they mask the full extent of the challenge that we as a city face.
We all know children are complex, and they don't leave these complexities behind at the school door. This is true for all children, including those from impoverished backgrounds. For example, a child who is chronically absent because of untreated asthma will have great difficulty succeeding even in a world-class school. A young woman who has been in six foster homes in the last five years and is a mom herself may have trouble connecting with classmates or teachers. A teenage boy who does not have enough to eat may be unable to pay attention or become irritable during the school day.


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NewswireToday - /newswire/ -
Geneva, Switzerland, 2009/03/26 - The World Watch Report 2009 (WWR) by IC-Agency includes Audemars Piguet, Baume & Mercier, Blancpain, Breguet, Breitling, Bulgari, Cartier, Chopard, Ebel, Franck Muller, Girard-Perregaux, Hublot, IWC, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Longines, Montblanc, Omega.
The World Watch Report (WWR) market study published by IC-Agency, a company specialized in luxury digital marketing, released its 2009 report which deciphers queries entered into search engines throughout the Internet from millions of prospects for 25 luxury watch brands (compared to 12 previously).
"This year's enhancement of the report includes expanding to 25 luxury watch brands, Chinese and Japanese demand analysis as well as adding the social media impact, as it has been designed to answer today's watch brand managers needs." Florent Bondoux, project manager for the World Watch Report.
The report covers 7 major export markets: China and Japan (for the first time), as well as the United States, the United Kingdom, Italy, France and Germany. Below are the main trends revealed by the 2009 World Watch Report:
Internet demand for counterfeit goods is growing by 6% in the United States, whereas it is shrinking across Europe. China is overtaking Japan and presents a high growth potential. It has an online customer base with high brand awareness, but less awareness of the models. Social media platforms are becoming crucial meeting places for luxury watch brands.
WWR on global demand distribution for luxury watches:
Europe represents the major market share (44.2%), with the UK leading (14.6%), followed by Germany (12.1%), Italy (9.6%) and France (7.7%). The United States is still by far the most important market (42.8%). Asia is still weak, with 13.2% market share, but China (7.4%) overtakes Japan (5.8%), whereas the level of Internet use there is only 22%, compared to 74% in Japan. The Chinese are mainly interested in brands (77%), and are less interested in models (less than 10%, whereas that figure is usually around 18%), confirming the awakening interest in Swiss watch culture and the importance of product marketing.
WWR on the most demanded models:
Omega holds the two top places in the top 20 models ranking, with Seamaster (7.8%), and Speedmaster (4.7%), overtaking Rolex's Daytona, which at 4.3% drops from 2nd place to third. TAG Heuer's Link (10th place), Rolex's Date (16th place) and Omega's Planet Ocean (20th place) enter the ranking for the first time.
WWR on the luxury watches ambassadors:
Omega the highest ranked brand (17%) uses the Michael Phelps effect: an American swimmer who beat the Gold Medal record in a single Olympics (8 medals), in the Beijing Olympic Games. Six of TAG Heuer's ambassadors are ranked in the top 20. At the top of the line is golfer Tiger Woods, who garners 15% of searches, followed by Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan (7%), Formula One racing driver Lewis Hamilton (4%), actor Leonardo DiCaprio (3%), tennis star Maria Sharapova (3%) and deceased actor and racing driver Steve McQueen (2%).
WWR on counterfeiting:
The main market for counterfeit goods is still the United States, representing over 66% of global demand (constant range of +6%). Will the financial crisis push the Americans towards counterfeit timepieces? However, this figure remains marginal (6%) compared to the total number of searches for authentic products (94%). Eighty percent of demand for counterfeit products is for Rolex only. The remaining 20% is divided up between the other 24 brands analyzed. Japan is the only country in which there are more searches for counterfeit goods on Omega (15%) than Rolex (11%).
WWR on social media networks as brand advertising on official websites is no longer enough:
Facebook (180 million members): Cartier dominates Facebook with 30,000 fans, followed by TAG Heuer (18,500), Rolex (17,500), Bulgari (14,300) and Breitling (13,600). Are multi-product brands better positioned to grasp the opportunity presented by social media? YouTube (100 million videos viewed monthly): Videos posted by fans are now taking up 38% of brand visibility. Is this an opportunity to support these fans who often have a high power of persuasion?
More about the 2009 World Watch Report: The market study carried out by IC-Agency is published in partnership with Europa Star (europastar.com) the most influential watch magazine and is available for purchase online.
"In this time of financial turmoil and significant changes in luxury consumers behavior using Internet, the World Watch Report aims to provide the industry with accurate recommendations." Florent Bondoux, project manager for the WorldWatchReport.com.
About IC-Agency
Created in 2000, IC-Agency (ic-agency.com) is a leader in luxury digital marketing. Based in Europe (Switzerland) and in North America (Canada), IC-Agency provides its clients with services such as analysis, promotion, optimization and protection for their brands, products and services.
Among IC-Agency's clients are many independent luxury brands, as well as brands belonging to groups such as Swatch, Richemont, LVMH, and PPR/Gucci. The company was recently awarded the Strategis/HEC Lausanne prize for its excellence in Management.
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