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Leah Barber
Chelsea and her crew did such a wonderful job on my wedding. Everything was perfect and super professional. I would recommend them to anyone!!!!
Nadia Rouchdy
Dan and Jason were just the best! Never ones to miss a shot they literally were ALL OVER THAT! We have received so much positive feedback from all over the world from our pictures, everyone kept raving about how phenomenal our photographers were. Made our jobs way easier! Chelsea was also a breeze to work with, exactly what you need when you're abroad and just want to get amazing people to also join in on the fun! Wish we could get married again so we could get more shots! Thanks BBS!
Branden Goodman
Dan and Chelsea did a fantastic job at our wedding. They have an unbelievable eye for capturing the perfect moments, leaving us with breathtaking memories of our big day. I would recommend Blushing Brides to any one. Thank you Chelsea and Dan, we are incredibly grateful for your quality work and for your charisma/humour throughout the entire wedding.
Melissa Halarides
Blushing Bride Studio was everything we dreamed of for our wedding photographers. One of the most important things to us was to have the candid moments captured to remember the best day of our lives forever, and BBS did this and so much more. They not only took beautiful photos of every important moment we would have asked for, and so many more we didn't even think of, but they made the experience of our big day all the better. Chelsea & Dan were an absolute blast, so fun to be around, accommodating to everyone's requests and incredibly professional. We could not be happier with how their talent translated to such beautiful shots of all of our loved ones on the most special day of our lives, as well as some inspiring artistic shots that really blew us away. We can't thank the team enough for everything!
Jaskirat S. Chugh
Chelsea & Dan you both were amazing. They were part of #philsukh 's wedding in India not just as photographers but as family.. the results are fantastic and before the committed time frame.. we look fwd to seeing u both soon
Stephanie Unger
Chelsea and Elizabeth were unreal! My pictures were far beyond anything I could have imagined. I was very specific in what style I wanted and they delivered exactly what I asked for. They made me comfortable in front of the camera (I am not usually good like that), gave great direction, were organized, patient and so easy to get along with. I am so happy with my choice in photographers and I cannot endorse them enough!!
Jordan Grover Pinchuk
BLUSHING BRIDE STUDIO captured my special day perfectly! they were amazing to work with and made us so comfortable. the pictures were amazing and so realistic of how we felt on that day. They are super easy to work with and are overly accomodating, chelsea gray and team are true professionals and very talented. we were so happy with them and will continue to use them with every event we have!
Allie Peckham
I was planning a bachelorette for my best friend – and thought – what would be more fun than having a photo shoot at the 'old Montreal castle'- where we were living for the weekend. I found Blushing Bride Studio online and Chelsea and I hit it off right away! We were in close communication with Chelsea for a few months leading up to the big weekend. Chelsea was willing (even on her birthday) to come out and shoot the group of us. Chelsea and I had it all planned out – She was to arrive at the venue (old Montreal castle) and shoot us for a couple of hours. Unfortunately, upon arrival to the castle the owners pulled a fast one on us and said if they saw a photographer enter the site that they would charge us significantly more. I frantically got a hold of Chelsea – just in the nick of time – and she immediately and professionally put me at ease and agreed to meet us the following day to do a shoot around old Montreal.
While some of the girls have no trouble goofing off in front of the camera – others were a little less confident – but once they met Chelsea everyone was immediately put at ease and willing to just relax, goof around, and pose for photos. Chelsea immediately fit right in with the bunch of us – it was like we had known her for years.
I can't thank Chelsea and Blushing Bride enough – they really came to the rescue. The results of the photo shoot were better than I could have ever imagined – and they arrived on CD at my doorstep in what seemed to be an impossibly timely fashion!
A talented, friendly and professional bunch – I MOST CERTAINLY – would recommend them for any event you want documented!
Love, a beyond grateful customer.
Melissa Rosen
Amazing photography, very creative and super fun to work with!
Maura Barrans
Elizabeth was the perfect photographer for our wedding, she was calm & so very creative! I couldn't have imagined anyone else being there to capture my special day! Thanks again Blushing Bride Studio!
Carlee Bartholomew
My husband and I were fortunate to have worked with the Blushing Bride team, more specifically Jason and Haley, on our wedding day. We were so impressed with their positive attitudes, professionalism, and overall fun loving personalities. They made us feel so comfortable while shooting, and they also listened to our ideas and incorporated them into the shots. Thanks for being our favourite vendor to deal with!!
Luigi Morelli
Blushing Bride Studio exceeded our expectations! We couldn't believe all the candid moments you managed to capture and how stunning and artistic the photos are! Getting to work with Chelsea & Elizabeth was so easy and fun. Thank you for such a great experience!
Catherine Russell
I cannot express how much it meant to have this incredibly talented ,organized creative and fun photographers at my daughters wedding . I doubt I will ever see a photographer again put himself at risk in middle of Scottish reels and the action packed dance floor to capture the ultimate memories for us. Thank you so much for giving us unbelievable photographic memories
Veronica de Campos
I knew I wanted to have Blushing Bride at my wedding before I knew who I wanted to marry. Chelsea and Daniel were the kind of people you would want to invite to your wedding, even if they weren't working, because they're so much fun! I am so happy with our photos and the memories they captured!
Claudia Bernard
We had the most stunning pictures of our wedding and engagement. Chelsea was fantastic. We loved her style. Each photo captures a moment and it couldn't have turned out better. We highly recommend her !
Jody M. Seed
BBS offers professional services and a creative eye! Chelsea's crew James and Valerie are a dynamic duo they work hard for hours making sure not to miss any moments on your special day! Thank you guys for a great experience you rock!
Lora Minicucci
We had BBS photographers at our wedding this January and they were WONDERFUL! I was so happy with all the pictures I got, and they were so professional and cool under pressure. Chelsea is so personable and helped me feel relaxed when things were a little more rock and roll than I wanted. Not to mention that she and the other photographer perfectly captured our loved ones (Spending the extra money for both was definitely worth it). I wholeheartedly recommend Chelsea and Blushing Bride Studios! THANK YOU SO MUCH! Lora & Rob
Gwylan Goddard
Blushing Bride Studio shoots such a variety of weddings and delivers every time with stunning, professional work no matter what the venue. Their experience and their ability to find the light & be creative is immeasurable. Thank you Chelsea & Melissa!
Jennifer Joseph
We loved Chelsea's engagement shoot and Neel and Elizabeth's wedding pics are fresh,fun and creative. Having worked with 3/4 of the BBS team, I can say they are truly fantastic and you are guaranteed some epic shots.
Cassie Sera
Chelsea and Dan are the best! They're fun and incredibly talented! Our photos are beautiful, we couldn't be happier!!!
Sabrina Vitulano Ranaudo
Chelsea and Liz were absolutely amazing! We hired them for our destination wedding. Spent the week with us and our families and their pictures are breathtaking. They captured every moment. They were there for every event, every little detailed captured but most importantly, each picture taken depicts the emotions felt on that day. Every time we look through them we can relive the moment and that is priceless! They are professional and extremely creative and always go the extra mile for you and to get that amazing shot! They are hardworking and their energy is infectious. Thank you blushing bride for making our wedding that much more memorable! Would definitely work with them again and highly recommend!
Natalie Ostapovitch
Chelsea and Elizabeth, We're so happy with all the photos!!!
You're kinda like photo ninjas, I didn't notice you taking half of these shots.
You're kinda like photo ninjas, I didn't notice you taking half of these shots.
Nicholas Trudeau
Thank you so much ladies, you guys were AMAZING! We had a blast, hope its going to show in the picture! Can't wait to se the result!!!!!!!!
Haley Withers
Fanny Laberge
Les meilleur(e)s photographes sont ici!"
Marie Gagné
Asking Chelsea Gray, from Blushing Bride Studio, was the best decision we took for our wedding. From beginning to end, it has been a pleasure working with her. She made us feel special on our big day and she impressed all our guests by her professionalism and above all, her warmth towards all guests. Many of them actually asked us for how many years we had known her and been friends with her and all were very surprised when we told them we had met a month ago and barely knew her. She is by far the most talented photographer I have ever met and I would highly recommend her and her company to any future bride who does not want to worry about the photographer on her wedding day!! She will do everything to make sure that you enjoy your day and your pictures!
Michelle Deutsch
Andrew (my husband) and I continue to rave about Blushing Bride Studios two months after our wedding. Chelsea and Neel were absolutely amazing throughout our wedding day. Both were creative, energetic, enthusiastic, and best of all, took beautiful pictures of our family and friends. They truly captured the spirit of our wedding. They really listen to your wants and completely exceeded my expectations!!!!!! I highly recommend Blushing Bride Studios to anyone and everyone!
Liane Greenblatt
BBS gets 10 stars…We love you work, you are a blast to work with and you are beyond talented!!!! Thanks Chelsea & Elizabeth for capturing the memories we will look at forever!
Tim Page
What can we say about Blushing Bride Studio? Brilliant, professional, and easy going photographers. They shot the best wedding photographs I have ever seen. If you are considering getting married, I can honestly say they are the only option as far as photography goes. Our photographers were Paulo and Neel. And i must admit, my wife and i felt comfortable and at ease with them immediately. They felt more like our friends than photographers we hired.
Irina & Mikey 2016
"Thank you so much for your amazing job and helping us make our special day truly unforgettable. We couldn't be happier with our beautiful pictures"
Carolyn+Jon 2016
We cannot begin to thank you for not only capturing our wedding day in the most amazing photographs but helping make the day flow so perfectly.
We are so happy to have met you and to have had you be a part of our special day! Words cannot express how much the pictures mean to us and how much we loved working with you!
You have a wonderful talent, I mean the shot on this Thank You card is UNREAL! Thank you so much, you truly are amazing!
We are so happy to have met you and to have had you be a part of our special day! Words cannot express how much the pictures mean to us and how much we loved working with you!
You have a wonderful talent, I mean the shot on this Thank You card is UNREAL! Thank you so much, you truly are amazing!


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The replacement of the word "almaniya/secular/ عَلْمَانْيِّة' by 'madaniya/civilian/ مَدَنْيِّة' in Egypt is not a benevolent deception – it is a devious one. Will explain:
– Some say ''almaniya' was replaced by 'madaniya' because many in Egypt have sensitivity towards the word 'almaniya' since it is taken by the Islamists to mean anti-Islam; so some liberals do-gooders wanted to 'deceive' the simple folk by using a veiled word (madaniya) that they hoped could give the same meaning as ''almaniya'.
– In fact, these guys, by accepting to use the word 'madaniya' in place of "almaniya' are just fooling themselves, since 'madaniya' can never give the same meaning as "almaniya'.
– 'Madaniya' means 'civilian' which refers to a state that is not run by the military but by civilians; and a civilian state can be either a secular or theocratic state.
– The Islamists, of course, welcomed the intellectual dishonesty of the liberals who replaced "almaniya' by 'madaniya', and all the way they took 'madaniya' to mean something else, Islamist to the core.
– The Islamists refer to the word 'madaniya' to mean neither a secular state, and most importantly, nor a civilian state. 'Madaniya' in their literature refers to the State of Madina (دولة المدينة) which was inaugurated by Muhammad in Medina (Madinah/Medina), Hejaz, in the period 622-632 AD. That state was religious, led by Muhammad himself, and military, since he and all his follower men were soldiers in the army. It was a theocratic state.
The conclusion is: neither the liberals of Egypt, nor its Islamists, have been honest in this matter. Both have embraced the word 'madaniya' while all the time meaning something else than what the word entails. I say, cowardice and intellectual dishonesty are significant factors in Egypt's current plight.
October 21, 2012 8:28 pm
Why not use the word 'Tahaddor' from 'hadara' is more fitting for both Christian and Muslims. It implies to live in the present time 'al hader' and not the past or future. It also refers to civilisation and civility. To adapt and adjust to the present time and not cling to old and backward ideals and laws that oppress women, men and people of other race and ethnic backgrounds! Primitive laws that do not fit in our present time and are oppressive and only serves the patriarchal system that permits this sort of slavery in the subjugation of women and minorities.
mindthehat permalinkNovember 22, 2012 9:07 am
Good piece Dioscorus. The lack of intellectual honesty and the noncommittal approach of the liberals make the Copts the last line of defence for the secular/progressive/ non-Arab state. If the Copts fail, Egypt is gone forever and will be replaced by the United Arab/Islamic State?


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One of my new son in laws birthday is today.
According to my daughter, he LOVES the game Mass Effect.
She sent me this picture and requested that the quilt look just like it.
She also requested minky for the back.
...and of course, I had to make an awesome label for the back :)
For the quilting, I stuck with a pixelated stipple.
I used a raw edge appliqué method for the n7 and ended up doing a tiny blanket stitch around the edge.
Quilt measurements: 72" x 58"
Fabric: Moda Grunge Basics Romance Red
Riley Blake Blenders Slate
Riley Blake Blenders Shade Ph...(something, the receipt cut off the whole name ;))


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Insanity touched my mind once,
led me to my darkest thoughts
over the borders of reality;
vagabond to the surreal, I
embattled self versus self.
Courage lost along the way,
open heart clammed up—
fared my soul, feared my soul!
forgotten nigh and nigh…this
effervescent person 'neath
eccentric insouciance (a sham)
mirrors of my fancy drifted
on the shores of my reality,
reasoning with my pride…then
exposing my naked being;
trip to delusions were escapes,
hanging and deceptive threads;
a feel of hope, when mad is real
never alone in the world again.
Madness was a taste of bliss!
elusive truth and a passing wit;
nonetheless, I, pine for sad sanity
once more.
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MC by Tomo "Angie" Hoku
Saturday, July 7th
|10:00 a.m.
|10:15 a.m.
|Shinto-Muso-Ryu-Jo 神道夢想流杖術
By Shintokan 神稲館
|10:30 a.m.
|11:00 a.m.
By UV Performing Arts
|11:15 a.m.
|11:45 a.m.
|Ishi Yama Battojutsu Demonstration
By Ishi Yama Battojutsu
|12:15 p.m.
|12:45 p.m.
|Taiko Drumming
By Seattle Kokon Taiko
|1:00 p.m.
|1:30 p.m.
|Traditional Shotokan Karate Demonstration
By Washington Shotokan Association
|1:45 p.m.
|2:05 p.m.
|Hana Medley
By Evergreen Glee Club
|2:15 p.m.
|2:45 p.m.
|Okinawan Taiko Drumming and Dance
By Okinawa Kenjin Kai Chijinshuu
|3:00 p.m.
|3:30 p.m.
|Cosplay Contest
By Sakura-Con
|4:00 p.m.
|4:30 p.m.
|Salmon Cutting Show
By Ten Sushi
|4:45 p.m.
|5:15 p.m.
|Singing in Harmony
By Sophie, Makena & Kaia
Sunday, July 8th
|10:30 a.m.
|10:50 a.m.
|Beautiful Japanese Stage Dance
By Team Japonesque
|11:00 a.m.
|11:45 a.m.
|Authors Showcase
By Chin Music Press
|12:15 p.m.
|1:00 p.m.
|Japanese Taiko Drumming
By Japan Creative Arts/
CHIKIRI & The School of TAIKO
|1:15 p.m.
|2:00 p.m.
|Chef Talk: "Ramen, Sake and Sushi:
Delicious promoters of Japanese culture"
by Shiro Kashiba, Sachiko Miyagi, and Brandon Ting
|2:15 p.m.
|2:45 p.m.
|Kimono Show "和遊着 (Wayuugi) Kimono"
By Kimono Art/NPO法人 愛loveきもの幸の会
|3:00 p.m.
|3:45 p.m.
|Hogaku Ensemble
By Songs of Hope & KOTO no WA
with Marcia Takamura and James Jennings
|4:00 p.m.
|4:20 p.m.
|Koto into Jazz
By Chris Kenji Beer
MC by Tomo "Hoku" Angie: Tomo (AKA Hoku) has been a bilingual emcee for many years in both Hawaii and Seattle, doing various events involving Hawaiian music, hula, sports, information technology and/or food & hospitality industries. She also works as an event promoter: she has done many Hawaiian- and Japanese- related events, and more recently is supporting Bollywood (Indian) events in greater Seattle area. Tomo works freelance as an interpreter and translator as well as a tour coordinator, and is also a regular contributor as a travel writer for a Japanese magazine. And as if those gigs aren't keeping her busy enough, she also fulfills her creative interests by being a recording artist for Hindi-Japanese songs, and also by posing as a model at Gage Academy of Art.
Shinto-Muso-Ryu-Jo 神道夢想流杖術by Shintokan 神稲館: There will be several demonstrations of traditional Japanese martial arts today, done by members of the SHINTOKAN MARTIAL ARTS DOJO, located in Woodinville, Washington. The first demonstration will be techniques from a 400 year-old school called SHINTO MUSO RYU. These techniques are mainly concerned with the use of a 4-foot staff against a sword. Following will be demnstrations of various other weapons, such as tanjo, jutte, and kusarigama, that have been historically taught along with SHINTO MUSO RYU.
Color by UV Performing Arts: Formerly known as ArtRise Dance, UV Performing Arts is a place where students of all ages and levels of ability participate in an array of performing arts such as dance, music and drama class with professional instruction.
Ishi Yama Battojutsu Demonstration by Ishi Yama Battojutsu: Ishi Yama ("stone mountain") Battōjutsu is a uniquely American expression of traditional Japanese swordsmanship developed by Russell McCartney Sensei, the Chief Instructor of Ishi Yama Battōjutsu. Ishi Yama is a teaching and training method, as well as a dynamic combat-oriented cutting style sword art form designed for multiple encounter scenarios from multiple directions and multiple targets within the flow of movement. Therefore, Ishi Yama Battōjutsu kata (forms) are typically comprised of more cuts and techniques after the initial draw than those found in other sword schools. Ishi Yama Battōjutsu is one of the few styles that incorporates nitto waza (two sword techniques) and jigeiko (free sparring) within its curriculum, as well as regular practice at tameshigiri (target cutting).
Taiko Drumming by Seattle Kokon Taiko: Seattle Kokon Taiko is a performing group based in the local Japanese American community. Taiko is a dynamic synthesis of rhythm, movement and spirit originating in Japan and evolving as a folk art over the last several hundred years. In Seattle Kokon Taiko, we try to combine the ancient with the modern; our repertoire is a mix of traditional pieces and contemporary compositions.
Traditional Shotokoan Karate Demonstration by Washington Shotokan Association: Traditional Shotokan karate demonstration involving kihon (basic techniques), kata (patterns of moves), and kumite (sparring) for various age groups.
Hana Medley by Evergreen Glee Club: EGC will perform 8 songs (16 minutes) as part of the Hana (Flower) Medley. The composition is specifically geared for 4-part male chorus group.
Okinawan Taiko Drumming and Dance by Okinawa Kenjin Kai Chijinshuu: Okinawan taiko drumming, dance and music.
Cosplay Contest hosted by Sakura-Con: Cosplay contest with prizes. Sign-up at the Sakura-Con booth by 1:30 p.m., and be next to the stage by 2:30 p.m.!
Salmon Cutting Show by Ten Sushi: Shinichiro Takahashi, the owner of Ten Sushi will give us a step-by-step demonstration of filleting a whole salmon. Some samples will be handed out at the end of the show.
Singing in Harmony by Sophie, Makena & Kaia: Sophie, age 17, was born in Japan and moved to Bellevue, WA, when she was 12. Fully bilingual in Japanese and English, Sophie has grown up with a deep appreciation for both Japanese and American culture. A veteran of many local musical theater productions, she most recently starred in the Bellevue High School spring musical, Crazy for You, and is looking forward to releasing her first album with Agenda Records for the Japanese market. You can follow Sophie on Instagram (@sophiiart).
Sisters Makena and Kaia, both a quarter Japanese, have been singing together all of their lives. Makena, age 15, is an accomplished musician who won a Silver award at the Golden Key Festival piano competition at Carnegie Hall and was recently selected for the WMEA All State High School Treble Choir. Kaia, age 12, is an aspiring songwriter and has been recognized for her original song, "I'm a Girl," inspired by the Time's Up movement. She has raised over $800 for the Time's Up Legal Defense Fund. ("I'm a Girl" can be found on iTunes, Amazon music and most other digital platforms.) Like her sister, Kaia was also selected for the WMEA All State Youth Choir this year.
Beautiful Japanese Stage Dance by Team Japonesque: We do slow tempo Sakura song with traditional kimono then we do little up tempo J-pop with our original costume. And more...
Authors Showcase hosted by Chin Music Press:
Poets, translators and authors introduce their latest Japan-related books and projects. Everything from haiku to Japanese literature in translation to poems for children will be covered.
Featuring: Dave Jacobson & Yuko Enomoto - "Are You an Echo? The Lost Poetry of Misuzu Kaneko", Doug Palmer - "Bruce Lee: Sifu, Friend and Big Brother", Jay Rubin - "The Penguin Book of Japanese Stories", Azusa Tanaka - "Subject Librarians: Unpacking Their Roles in American Academic Libraries", Shinichiro Takahashi - "Amerika ni koi!", and Michael Dylan Welch - "First Snow" (Haiku).
Japanese Taiko Drumming by Japan Creative Arts/CHIKIRI & The School of TAIKO: Exciting & beautiful performing arts of Japanese Music program, mainly Taiko Drumming. The stage will be made by the students with wide range ages; kids , youth & adults and led by CHIKIRI; the founders of The School of TAIKO. You can see their performance at various events, like halftime show for Seattle Storms, Celebrate Asia of Seattle Symphony, Library Summer programs and more community events. Their performance is suitable for any programs which need the good sounds and movement for communities, corporate and private events.
Chef Talk: "Ramen, Sake and Sushi: Delicious promoters of Japanese culture" by Shiro Kashiba, Sachiko Miyagi, and Brandon Ting: In 1970, Shiro Kashiba opened Seattle's first sushi bar, following his dream of bringing Tokyo style sushi to America. He went through grueling apprenticeships in the Ginza district of Tokyo, where he studied under the sushi master Jiro Ono. Over the decades he has become a sushi legend in his own right, opening several wildly successful restaurants in Seattle and across the country, including Nikko and Shiro's.
Sachiko Miyagi was born in Alaska and spent her youth in Japan. She worked at Chiso in Fremont, Seattle, while going to the University of Washington. After moving back from Boston to pursue architecture to Seattle, she started working at the Cedar River Brewing Company, the only Sake Brewery in Seattle at the time. Now she works as a Sake Specialist at Sake School of America, founded by Mutual Trading Company - one of the largest importers of Japanese foods and beverages worldwide.
Brandon Ting sees ramen as a perfect mix between art and science. A perfect bowl of ramen requires significant skill sets to create. Brandon is the first person to bring authentic Japanese ramen into the Greater Seattle area. Not only is he a successful business man and the founder of Kizuki Ramen & Izakaya, but he is also an avid supporter of our local community. Above all, he is a Ramen enthusiast and he can make you an awesome bowl of ramen.
Kimono Show "和遊着 (Wayuugi) Kimono" by NPO法人 愛loveきもの幸の会/KIMONO ART: The Kimono specialist Yu Ugawa is making an appearance again. This year's stage performance will be the "wayuugi" show that was displayed in November of last year in Kobe, Japan. The "wayuugi" show will demonstrate a creative, open minded, and fun theme for wearing kimonos. Not only will Yu Ugawa demonstrate the traditional Japanese styles of Kimono, but she will also coordinate all sorts of different cultures with her traditional Japanese kimonos to show a diverse display. For example, she will be implementing traditional Thailand fashion with her style of Japanese kimonos, using shoes such as heels and pumps instead of the traditional 'zouri', and many more. She will also be coordinating and displaying men's kimonos so don't miss out!
Hogaku Ensemble by Songs of Hope & KOTO no WA with Marcia Takamura and James Jennings: Japanese traditional music by SOH member Shiho Kurauchi (koto), guest perfomer Marcia Takamura (shamisen) and guest performer James Jennings (shakuhachi). Tanabata story by SOH members Miho Smith (storyteller) and Shiho Kurauchi (koto and others). Tanabata songs by SOH member Fumi Tagata (soprano).
Koto into Jazz by Chris Kenji Beer: I will play variations of classical Japanese Koto music on the piano with a western jazz twist. I will also play nature- inspired instrumental piano songs I wrote, including award winning originals.
Saturday, July 8th
|Stage 1
|Tea Ceremony Demonstration 茶道
by Chanoyu Seattle Omotesenke-Ryu 茶の湯シアトル表千家流
|11:00 a.m. ~
|11:45 a.m. ~
|12:45 p.m. ~
|1:45 p.m. ~
|3:45 p.m. ~
|Stage 2
|Ikebana Demonstration 生け花
by Ikebana International Seattle #19
|1:00 p.m. ~ 2:00 p.m.
|Bonsai Demonstration 盆栽
by Puget Sound Bonsai Association
|3:00 p.m. ~ 4:00 p.m.
Sunday, July 9th
|Stage 1
|Tea Ceremony Demonstration 茶道
by Chado Urasenke Tankokai Seattle Association 裏千家淡交会シアトル協会
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|1:00 p.m. ~
|2:00 p.m. ~
|2:45 p.m. ~
|3:45 p.m. ~
|Stage 2
|Bonsai Demonstration 盆栽
by Puget Sound Bonsai Association
|1:00 p.m. ~ 2:00 p.m.
|Ikebana Demonstration 生け花
by Ikebana International Seattle #19
|3:00 p.m. ~ 4:00 p.m.


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The Opinion Makers: An Insider Exposes the Truth Behind the Polls
Wednesday, October 15, 2008, 7:30 pm
First Parish in Cambridge
3 Church Street, Cambridge, MA
Free and Open to the Public
Americans typically trust the poll results published by respected media outlets --New York times/CBS News, Washington Post/ABC News, USA Today/Gallup -- yet who asks these polling company to justify their methods and results publicly? To generate good headlines, do media outlets know what they want to learn from polls? For example, in 2007, why did media outlets report solid leads for Clinton and Giulianni early in the campaign when both races were in fact wide open?
David W. Moore was a senior editor at the Gallup Poll for thirteen years. Before that, he was professor of political science at the University of New Hampshire and the founder and director of the UNH Survey Center. He is now a senior fellow with the Carsey Institute at UNH and author of two previous books, How to Steal an Electionand The Superpollsters.
Cambridge Forums are free and open to the public. Book signing will follow
program. Open discussion follows speaker presentation. Events are recorded
for public radio broadcast. CDs and tapes are available. Call 617-495-2727.
Forums can also be viewed online: Go to www.cambridgeforum.org and click on the
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ku x sker amet dgn perangai si pulan nih..
ku taw r dy tu ensem.. rmai peminat.. pe g erk..
nmpk cool.. mature..
guwe tw lorh guwe x perfect cm lorh.. guwe sdar lorh..
jgn r angkoh sgt.. law ckp nk belagak cm dy sorng yg hebat pstu nganjen org..
igt perangai dy bgos sgt.. suke decide thing by himself..
suke fitnah org.. smpi guwe kene tekan ngn membe2 ku..
law skjp x pe jgk ni brpnjgn.. law gitu r behavior dy..
smpi biler pon kw x de kwn tw x??
igt ku suke sgt ke kwn ngn kw..
u just bwat ku jd gler.. ngn kate2 nganjeng kw..
u also selfish. time2 genting pena plak kw nk tolng ku.. kw just pikir sl pnat kw jerp..
arghh.. lw piki kn bleyh jd gler.. huhu..
ku just nk shout out.. sory.. x de sper ku nk citer ag..
shoooh.. stay away from my life..
hoho.. 1 crite g..
guwe nk g PLKN y?? guwe x dpt..
pengrh tu bute ke x nmpk guwe yg sihat g cergas tok serve 4 country..
hoho.. pengarh plish deyh.. guwe mao bnget lorh..
lw x dpt pegi sure guwe wt muke toyer kt dpn balai polis BT.. mampos ku dianggp PaNTI..
mat endon mner nth..
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
ku x sker amet dgn perangai si pulan nih..
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Sunday, June 28, 2009
result ku yg agk mggeronkn
guwe lw part bajor mmg low r..
mlas gler sih guwe..
result yg latest .. haha..
dgn kureng rase malu ku sebarkn tok ttapn umum..
Phy - 57
Bio - 51
Chem - 59
no a's ea..
so lampi lorh..
so cm ner guwe nk naikkn mrkh guwe tok trial ni??
korang yg bce blog ku ni plish.. giv some idea??
arghh.. mulai gler..
kene scooling ngn abah.. smpi lebam.. telinga..
kene ugut nk tarek duet blnje huhu..
kurus deyh guwe cm ni..
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Friday, June 26, 2009
27 Jun..
bhgie seyh.. dpt realese tension jamm..
ude lme ku x jamm mmg perform gler r kli nih..
ku yg tgh men gitar first n solo..
video nye yg sempt ku rakam.. ..
komen r skit..
sekureng2 ku lpskn kedunguan .. huhu.. but mmg best..
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Sunday, June 21, 2009
biler buhsan...
If you're single,why?
= i durn know.. haha
Do you prefer warm or cold weather?
= neither. i prefer cloudy:)
Where will you be in an hour?
= well, let see. on bed.. tido..
What were you doing at 12 am?
= mid night .. berangn or mybe study.. ho3
Are you wearing anything you borrowed from someone?
= er. i think yes. pen albi yg ku bwt harte.. haha
Where did you last eat out?
= kedai cagu. carot susu rm1.. mura2..
Where are you right now?
= home sweet home
Are you happy there?
= not really. BORED TO THE MAX
Last FRIDAY NIGHT,what did you do?
= hurm. i think . stay up wif frend
What is the last reason you cried?
= x siap keje seni. huhu
Where is your cell phone?
= under my pillow. x nk reply ms8 org. haha
Who are you texting?
= nope. nobody. ia dtg sndiri.
What was the worst mistake of your life?
= thinking like children. huhu
How did you sleep last night?
= eppy. sleep wif my frend n mimpi indah.
What time did you go to sleep last night?
= almost 4am.
What/who woke you up today?
= abid n cilok
Do you secretly like anyone?
= yup. n it very secrety. huhu
When was the last time someone yelled at you?
= er. yesterday. malan yg gler. haha
Anything annoying you right now?
= er. yup.
Things you did today?
= thinking of her. hey. she reply my comment lorh.
Are you excited for winter?
= deh. no winter in malaysia. so why shud i excited for?
Is there something/
Have you heard a song that reminds you of anyone today?
= yeah. truly deeply i miss her
Have you ever lied to someone about your feelings?
= oh yes. ALWAYS. n im
Did you have a good birthday this year?
= i hope so. tggu jerp.
When you see a foggy window do you feel the need to draw or write on it?
=yes . wan draw naruto. haha
Did you get at least eight hours of sleep last night?
= nope. my schedule is tight lorh
Do you wear any jewelry 24/7?
= im guy lorh
Who was the last person to play with your hair?
= myself. =_=
Do you feel like the world will be a better place one day?
= i guess. sumday. i think bout the dooms day. so scary
Will this weekend be a good one?
= this weekend? duhh. bored enuf
Last night you felt?
= sad. huhu
Have you ever made a boyfriend/
= h
If you saw the last person you kissed kissing someone else, would you be sad?
= giv back my kiss. huhu
Who was the last person you were in a car with?
= my sis
Besides this, what are you doing right now?
= mengelamon
Will you be up before 7 am tomorrow?
= yup.
Who will be the first person you call tomorrow?
= mybe dugunk. weyh amek ku g sklh. haha
Who did you last piss off?
= no one
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Saturday, June 20, 2009
The Truth
dis gurl a..
she is cm ner nk ckp .. ee.. mmg r dy nih..
geram btol..
dis gurl r my true frend..haha
she gler2.. accept mny thing..
to her if she read dis.. thx 4 cheerish my life.. PEDOT.. haha..( guwe agk tension mliht botol pech) ...haha..
to thee : ku da berusaha.. its up to u .. to mind me or not..
ku de letih.. de gler.. x tdo mlam.. ish3.. ku de letih.. arrrghhh.. ku nk jerit..
K Box mner?? nk release..
Jamming Jom .. haha..( ku De gler) cos of her.. bweekk
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Thursday, June 18, 2009
Winner Of Golden Globe award..
bes citer nih..
bnyk pengjrn..
Kehidupn Berdikari.. percintaan..
ak rekemen kt korng smer..
How are you?
= im fine.
Are you really okay?
= yes i am.
Do you enjoy being single?
= sumtim's
Are you crushing on someone?
= Yea.. not to sure..
Do they like you back?
= I durn think so.
What's their name?
= Siti Nur aina bt ayob. im not sure her name. really lorh?
Do you think high-school relationships can last?
= maybe yes maybe not.if they were destined to be together, sure it can last forever.i think
Do you remember your first crush?
= oh hell yeah. silly me. im in love with a wrong gurls.
Have you ever been in love?
= yes. who never? duhh. stupidity
Does anyone love you?
= not really. but im sure they like me.. haha..(arrogant laugh)
Do you think there is a difference between love and lust?
= yes ofcourse. well,love is based on an affinity while lust is based solely on desire. agree?yucks?
When will you next see the person you like?
= let see. dunno when. i'll tell u soon ok?
How does it feel when your crush doesn't like you back?
= er?okay? that alwys hppen lorh.haha
Is their anyone you couldn't live without?
= yes. i think so. haha
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Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Majalh NIE
kiteorg wat mjlh ..
team kiteorg trdiri drpd bbrpe org.. tp yg aktif cme 3 org dr lime org..
kieorg wt nie sbb nk dpt kt plncongn ke pulo sibu.. huhu..
hrp2 dpt..
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Saturday, June 13, 2009
Father's Day
12 June Is remarking as a Fathers Day..
today also all around the world is Remeber the great contribution Of father..
Happy Fathers Day ayah..
I Love U..
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Friday, June 12, 2009
pnyakit yg amat mnggeronkn..
tkot gler ku kt bende tuh..
chicken pox..
with windows vista cd pack..
musim durian ... yea.. amt mnyeronokn..
mkn kt dpn uma cilok..
knangn yg amt mnggembirakn..
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Wednesday, June 10, 2009
i was very kecewa b'couse of her..
i remember the word in my last seminr score a at UTM ..
i durn think i will feel it.. n i feel it now..
i think ku da trlnjor amt jaoh skli..
n i think is will be horrible thing in my life..
ku hrp bende ni hnye mimpi smate2 cos i hv a feeling too.. i not animal..
n i hope the word kecewa is forggoten like the lembaga think..
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kdng2 ku fiki pelik..
btol n ptot ke ku bwt smer ni...
apekh akibtnye.. adkh smer ni prlu berakhir..
adkh bende tu smpi ketngn nye..
adkh dy mmbcenye.. ato mmbuang smbil memaki hamun ku dlm drinye..
apkh ni smer prlu brlku ats driku..
ku risou.. pe prlu ku bwt lps ni.. adkh sekadr brdiam dri ag cm dlo..
prlukn ku ulng kembli mse itu.. adkh ku akn tros mnghrp..
kusut ku memikirkn nye.. adkh beliou akn berikn jwpn yg ku nk slme ni.. or sbleknye..
knpe pompuan bwt ku cm ni.. ku x penh rse kusut cm ni.. until she cme in my life..
arghh.. if i cn go back time.. ku jmin ku x kn bwt cm tu.. n ku rse prhubungn ku n dy kkl smpi skunk even we might become a gud frend..
hurm.. story of life mine is siily..
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Wednesday, June 3, 2009
The Longest Joy
4 june 2009..
hangout ngn membe.. bleyh r best.. mse pegi mmg syok gler..
tgk terminator salvation.. best gler r citer tuh.. 5 star.. aq ksi..
jjlan ngn pedot cam org gler.. mkn mcd 2 set.. melantk kuat..
jmpe membe lmer..
ni yg frust gler..
cilok ckp nk g danga bay..
aq bli r tiket tok g danga bay..
last2 smpi danga bay dy x tron.. lepak r aq..
driver bus uh check trpkse r aq.. bayor ..
bengang gler.. yg frustnye .. dala aq yg bayo.. pstu ketawe kn aq..
fed up gler aq.. tp x pe r.. pngalaman begini dtg skli seumo idop..
lpas ni aq x kn jjakkn kaki dkt bas courseway link uh.. huhu.. laen plak yg jdi ea..
bdk yg pegi x ramai pon.. aq ngn membe2 rpat ku..
cilok.. abid.. pedot..n aq ( ewan )
aq bengang r ngn bdk2 bp uh,.. psl bas td..
gentle dy igt aq nk tipo an bas uh..
peghh.. mnyirap gler aq..
da r.. aq wat budo jerp..
but x pe ...
aq x ksah pon..
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i need help. seriously. losing weight and stuff.
so... i've been vegan for about 10 months now.
i've lost about 15 lbs. from 170 to 155. i weighed 155 in high school.
i'm craving meat like never before.
i'm angry at animals now. it feels like they're doing this to me on purpose.
i don't feel right.
i have 2 theories:
1. i need to start reading more and get back to why i changed in the first place. this happens to everyone.
2. i'm not getting enough protein. and i need to be more careful about what i'm eating. just because i get full at every meal doesn't mean i'm getting the nutrition i need.
Yeah, read books and watch videos and read online information to reaffirm your choice.
What kind of foods are you eating? Incorporate more small meals throughout your day. Take another look at vegan food pyramids, just to give you an idea.
it's pribably not protein you're missing. maybe iron? iron deficiency is much more likey than a protein deficiency.
remember lots of fruits and veggies! nuts.
remember lots of fruits and veggies! nuts.
I think a combination of both 1 and 2 is a good idea. Maybe you're not getting enough carbs?
Then I think eating a little throughout the day is a good thing to try. Are you very active? If so, I would eat more, try adding a little more protein to your diet and some good fats.
There are some weeks I feel resentful of food in general not satiating me. During those times I drink almond milk-protein powder shakes and it helps. It has nothing to do with my activity levels or anything, it just hits like that sometimes.
When I'm craving sugar I need protein.
When I'm a bottomless pit I need fat.
Maybe your craving meat is something like that.
HH- What protein powder do you use?
I'm not brand loyal, although they're all soy-free. Soy may/may not inhibit thyroid function/metabolism, so I avoid it. I use any mix with a complete protein (I have Genuine Health brand Vegan Proteins + and Biochem Sports 100% Vegan Protein) or I combine individual proteins (pea, rice, and hemp).
I use the soy protein powders. Might not be compatible for some but it works well for me and it is a more complete protein than the rice and others. I do have some difficulty with the soy based food products though - way too much fiber.
Exercise is important for anyone, veg*n or not. I would think if one's activity level is increased the body would respond by requesting more nutrition. Variety is quite important too I've found. A nice little tool I've found for checking nutrition values is at http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/search/
Weight loss is one of those things that have a lot of possible causes so a physician would be the best person to consult on such a matter. Health is not a thing to play around with. A good physician would likely rule out medical problems and then refer to a nutritionist.
Not that 155 lbs is fear-inducing, but if there's a concern then go to the experts.


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Adjunct Faculty, Cedar Valley College
Larry Jordan worked 10 years as an aircraft mechanic before switching to motorcycles. He has taught in the Engine Technology program as an adjunct faculty member since 2001, teaching courses in Two-Stroke Engines, Service Principles and Tuneup.
He is a program alumnus, having earned a Motorcycle Technology certificate from Cedar Valley College. He operates his own business at Cedar Creek Lake, where he works on personal watercraft and jet boats.


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Guest Article : Test and Invest to help your Manuscript Sell
Artwork by Bradley Wind
If authors are not prepared to invest in themselves, why should anyone else?'
OK, I hold up my hands at the start. I manage a company which makes money out of helping aspiring writers to fine tune their manuscripts until they are of publishable standard. So I have a personal interest in promoting the idea that paying for a professional edit is a sound investment.
However, even I was shocked when my business advisor, Paul Harper, blurted out the comment above. We were chatting over coffee and I said that many authors didn't seem to realise the hours of work involved in properly editing a manuscript, that many baulked at the cost of hiring a professional to undertake the work. Paul is not a man who suffers fools gladly.
'But if authors are not prepared to invest in themselves, why should anyone else?' he snapped. 'Why should publishers invest in their damned book, if they won't?'
The ferocity of his tone led to a sharp intake of breath, but it also made me think.
Business entrepreneurs, all over the world, invest time, energy and their own money into the development of their products. They begin with an idea (just like an author) and develop a prototype. This prototype is then thoroughly tested, over and over again, to make sure that it does the job it is supposed to do. They accept that the product will not be marketable until it is thoroughly refined and they often go back to the drawing board to start again or make major adjustments. It is an expensive, time-consuming and frustrating process. However, as a result of this professional approach, our world is full of incredible products. Everything from our computers, to intricate life-saving medical equipment and our beloved cars enhance the quality our lives and provide a well-deserved reputation for excellence for their creators.
Professionals in every other walk of life, from accountants to lawyers and dentists, also invest heavily in themselves. They pay thousands of pounds or dollars in university/college fees and accommodation, and live on peanuts until they are qualified. Many of them also bear the brunt of the cost of continuous training and development throughout their careers.
Yet, although most aspiring writers are desperate to be regarded as professional authors and want their manuscripts to be taken seriously by publishers or agents, far too many dismiss the need to invest in any quality control testing of their product and try to do everything on the cheap. Sadly, this often includes the editing and proofreading of the books which they may have laboured over for years. What a waste.
As a result, the Kindle store is bursting at the seams with thousands of books of poor literary quality which have been rejected, time and time again, by publishers or agents.
So, when does writing a novel become a business venture?
There are a multitude of reasons why authors begin the daunting task that is writing a novel. For many people it is fun, a hobby, an extension of the scribbling they have done since they were a child. Their imaginations teem with stories that need out to be set down on paper and characters who demand a voice. Others may be driven by a deep-seated need to express their anger, grief and frustration with the world; they seek catharsis through the journey of their protagonist. But whatever originally motivated us to spend those long, frustrating months (or years) at the keyboard; we all have something in common. When we finally type: 'The End,' we have a burning desire to share our creation with others.
But the process is not over. At this stage, the writer has a prototype of a novel, not a complete product. Those 100,000 words will need a thorough edit before they are marketable. This was never 'The End' but only a mid-way point in the manufacturing process. What started as a personal journey for each individual author has now become a viable business venture.
'No need for an edit'
Of course, some writers will find my analogy with business distasteful. Their precious manuscripts are far more than mere 'products'; they are works of art. These authors see themselves as ethereal and otherworldly artistes, who inhabit a delicate yet intense universe of similes and syntax far removed from the grubby clutches of commerce and business. To view your novel as a work of art is quite acceptable – in many ways fiction is an art form – but that doesn't mean you can't work on it to make it technically as good as it possibly can be through the use of a good editor or consultancy. These days, if you don't do that then you're not going to get very far in the highly competitive world of publishing.
Unfortunately, there are still some would-be novelists who maintain a bewildering arrogance. They assume that there are publishers and agents who will spot their genius without the need for an edit. They may even think that they are so talented, they don't make mistakes. Or they believe that publishing houses will overlook their excessive word count, lapses in grammar and frequent inconsistencies to launch a bidding war, regardless. They need to think again.
'I gave it to the woman down the road to edit'
Some debut authors do make a half-hearted effort to get some help. They ask their aunty and their best friend to read their final drafts. Because aunty has no idea what to look out for and because the best friend wants to stay 'best friend', they both return the MS with glowing reports. That's it: editing and proof reading complete.
Other aspiring novelists rely on total strangers on the Internet to read their precious manuscripts. I cringe every time I see this kind of transaction take place in online writers' groups. Yes, there are some genuine people in cyber space who are happy to spend hours reading someone else's book; they like helping and they revel in the title 'beta-reader.' But who knows whether the opinion of these enthusiastic amateurs is any good? They are strangers, faceless and unaccountable. They often have little credibility apart from the fact that they may have already self-published an unedited, poorly-written novel on Amazon. They may be worse at characterisation, pacing and grammar than the naive writer who emails them that precious first draft. Or they could have the attention span of an amoeba, become bored half-way through and abandon the book. Then there is always the danger that they might not be genuine and may deliberately try to mislead the author:
'It's all right,' they report back. 'Your novel is great – just a couple of typos on the first page.' Editing done.
'A quick edit tonight'
Another thing which shocks me is the sheer number of authors who post on Facebook that today they have finished their book, and tonight they will give it a quick edit before they submit it to agents tomorrow. This is horrific. It takes days to edit a book properly. At Famelton, we estimate about thirty hours are needed for an average length novel. In addition to this, most writers are far too close to their work to see the weak areas and mistakes. Many of us bring some grammatical or linguistic idiosyncrasy into our text from our regional dialect and most of us make mistakes – especially when we redraft. But all manuscripts need to be as close to perfect as possible before submission. That's what publishers and agents want.
My question is this: If you have invested so much of your time and energy to create the book in the first place, is it not worth investing a little money and effort to refine the product and put it through some form of quality control process? In other words: surely your book, your baby, deserves a thorough, professional edit?
'If you need an editor, hire one.'
Still not convinced? Well, if you don't believe me, here is the opinion of highly-acclaimed novelist, Ruth Harris, on the subject of editing. A million-copy New York Times best-selling author, Ruth has reached the top of the literary pile. She also worked in the publishing industry before she began her dazzling career as an author. In a recent blog article, Ruth explained why so many manuscripts are rejected. Her very first point was this:
The reasons for rejection start with the basics, i.e. the ms sucks. Author can't format/spell/doesn't know grammar, is clueless about characterisation, plotting and pacing. Maybe, though, it's not that bad and with competent editing, it's publishable but the days of Maxwell Perkins are long gone. Staff editors, these days, don't have the time, so if you need an editor, hire one.
Enough said.
Karen Charlton is the author of two historical novels published by Knox Robinson Publishing, Catching the Eagle and The Missing Heiress. She is also the co-founder of Famelton Writing Services. www.fameltonwritingservices.com.
Paul Harper is the Managing Director of Zeddcoms, a marketing agency with a sales focus. http://zedcomms.com/
Editor's note: Other literary consultancies that we'd recommend as well as Famelton that may be of interest if you want to compare what's availiable are :
The Creative Writing Consultancy
The Literary Consultancy


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|Birth Name
|Adrian Anthony Lester
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Adrian Lester OBE was born on August 14, 1968 in Birmingham, England as Adrian Anthony Lester. He is a multi award winning actor and director, known for seven seasons of the hit TV show Hustle (2004), The Day After Tomorrow (2004) and Primary Colors (1998) and his extensive classical work in the theatre playing Othello, Henry V, Rosalind and Hamlet to name but a few. He is married to actress and writer Lolita Chakrabarti. They have two children.
- IMDb Mini Biography By: Lolita Chakrabarti
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|Lolita Chakrabarti
|(31 August 1997 - present) ( 2 children)


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Christmas is the season which is all about being happy and keeping others happy and the best way to do that is to give your loved ones some cool Christmas presents. We are all different people with different tastes and different likings. Therefore, it is always better to present people with something that they would prefer to own. Here are some of the coolest presents you can give to your loved ones based on their preference and likings.
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1. Canon PowerShot ELPH 110 HS Digital Camera
Canon PowerShot ELPHThis swanky digital camera is an ideal gift for those who love to capture those special moments of their life and keep them forever. It is especially great for those who are into photography just for the fun of it. The Canon PowerShot ELPH 110 captures some brilliant images with its 16.1 megapixel resolution and 5x zoom lens. It also comes in several attractive colors.
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People who love taking photographs or filming videos like to do it on a regular basis. So if your friend or relative has a camera or camcorder, you can provide them with some extra memory space with this 32 GB Memory Card from Sony. Apart from the space, it also has a great transfer speed of 40MB per second.
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There may be someone close to you who has a real penchant for cooking and also cooks well. The 4-Hour Chef by Timothy Ferriss may be just about the perfect gift for such a person as he or she can learn more about cooking and even try to take it a step further if possible.
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Only 2 hours from Lausanne to Zurich, how come we never did this before?
The formal Website for the Seurat collection is here
Although Seurat died in 1891 at the tender age of 31 he left us with some classic artwork. Some favourites from the day:
Georges Seurat: Le chat blanc
Georges Seurat: Sunday afternoon
Georges Seurat: Sunday afternoon
Jackie, Andrew and Marcus in post Seurat discussion
Zurich unlike Lausanne is rather flat as evidenced by the plethora of bicycles and racks in and out of town
So to ease our mountain withdrawal syndrome we journeyed to Zurich's summit: Uetliberg. We climbed the look out tower for a better view. Here is Hotel Uto Kulm
The 2009 Swarovski Christmas tree in the Christmas Market
Tree is adorned with Swarovski crystals
Marcus and Agata prepare to Run from the Bruno Weber sculpture in Dietikon back to Zurich main station


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Thousands of bikers participated in the 26th Annual Toys in the Sun Run in Broward Sunday.
Broward Sheriff Scott Israel served as grand marshal of the charity event, which brought out nearly 30,000 motorcyclists.
"This is the first one my mother's gotten to see," Dennis Eisenberg said. "My wife and I rode this the last 12 years but were unable to make it today but I thought I'd bring my 91-year-old mother to see her first toy run."
The ride began at Mardi Gras Casino in Hallandale Beach and ended with a party at Markham Park, featuring music from Poison's Bret Michaels.
The event benefitted the Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital Foundation.
The Toys in the Sun Run is one of the largest motorcycle parades in the world.


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Did you get a new sewing machine for your birthday or Christmas but don't know how to use it? Bring it in with all its parts and user manual for a private orientation on how to thread it, maintain it, and use all its bits and pieces.
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Each week in Bookends, two writers take on pressing and provocative questions about the world of books. This week, Adam Kirsch and Rivka Galchen on why Hannah Arendt's "Eichmann in Jerusalem" remains contentious fifty years after it was first published.
By Adam Kirsch
What makes "Eichmann" so inflammatory to some readers is Arendt's tone. But tone here is closely connected to substance.
Few controversial books remain controversial 50 years after they were published. But the storm of indignation that greeted "Eichmann in Jerusalem" when it appeared in the pages of The New Yorker, and then in book form, has not fully died down even now. Hannah Arendt's interpretation of the trial of Adolf Eichmann remains a classic, a touchstone in the 20th century's thinking about morality and politics. But it is a classic constantly targeted for revision: David Cesarani challenged Arendt's interpretation of Eichmann in his biography of the Nazi bureaucrat, as did Deborah Lipstadt in her study "The Eichmann Trial."
It's no secret that reaction to "Eichmann in Jerusalem" has often divided along religious lines. Mary McCarthy, Arendt's close friend, noted this fact in a Partisan Review symposium: "A gentile, once the topic is raised in Jewish company (and it always is), feels like a child with a reading defect in a class of normal readers — or the reverse. It is as if 'Eichmann in Jerusalem' had required a special pair of Jewish spectacles to make its 'true purport' visible." To illustrate McCarthy's point, compare her own characterization of the book — "a paean of transcendence, heavenly music, like that of the final chorus of 'Figaro' or the 'Messiah' " — with Saul Bellow's acerbic take in "Mr. Sammler's Planet": "making use of a tragic history to promote the foolish ideas of Weimar intellectuals."
What made, and still makes, "Eichmann in Jerusalem" so inflammatory to some readers is in large part Arendt's tone; but tone, in this case, is closely connected to substance. Arendt, who fled the Nazis in 1933 and again after they conquered France in 1940, was reckoning in this book with the evil that had claimed the lives of millions of her fellow Jews, and damaged her own life as well. To counter this injury with a display of pride was for her a moral imperative, a way of showing her utter contempt for Nazism. Indeed, the whole idea of the "banality of evil" is at bottom a way of denying Nazism any glamour or substance, of relegating it to the realm of nonbeing.
The necessary converse of pride, however, is shame, and whenever Arendt judges Jews to have acted unworthily, she expresses an acute sense of shame. The most famous example is her comment on the Jewish Councils, through which the Nazis ruled some Jewish communities: "To a Jew this role of the Jewish leaders in the destruction of their own people is undoubtedly the darkest chapter of the whole dark story." But the sense that Arendt is embarrassed by the Jews, that they fail to live up to her high standards, begins in the first pages of the book, in which she acidly criticizes the Israeli translation service, the showmanship of the Israeli prosecutor and Israeli marriage laws. Above all, she loathes the idea that "the audience at the trial was to be the world and the play the huge panorama of Jewish sufferings."
It's not hard to see that for Arendt, this stringency was a form of respect. By holding Jews to what she conceived to be the highest professional and personal standards, she was treating them as full moral persons. For Eichmann, on the other hand, she had only contempt, refusing even to dignify him with hatred: He appears in the book only as a bumbling mediocrity, "genuinely incapable of uttering a single sentence that was not a cliché." But it's also easy to understand how this tactic could appear, to readers still traumatized by the Holocaust, as an arrogant inversion placing blame on the victim while minimizing the criminality of the criminal. "Eichmann" would be a better book, perhaps, if Arendt were not so intent on demonstrating mastery over her material, and could admit that at times the only adequate response to the Holocaust was mute pity and terror.
Adam Kirsch is a senior editor at The New Republic and a columnist for Tablet. He is the author of two collections of poetry and several other books, including, most recently, "Why Trilling Matters." In 2010, he won the Roger Shattuck Prize for Criticism.
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By Rivka Galchen
Many of the objections to Arendt's work have been based on arguments she never made.
In "Eichmann in Jerusalem," Hannah Arendt shows us an Adolf Eichmann who, describing a trip he took to Bratislava to arrange for the evacuation and extermination of Jews, brags of bowling with the minister of the interior. He speaks at length and unironically to a Jewish policeman about why he should have been promoted further within the SS. And when he repeatedly, and self-destructively, says, "I will jump into my grave laughing," because having the deaths of millions of Jews on his conscience gives him "extraordinary satisfaction," he seems to do so mostly to cut what in his mind is an impressive figure. One gets the sense of a man, amid genocide, still and above all concerned with keeping up with the Joneses.
Of course, "to cut an impressive figure" and "keeping up with the Joneses" are both clichés. As is, now 50 years on, Arendt's famous phrase "the banality of evil." Through its own epigrammatical forcefulness, it has lost its force, and its suggestiveness makes it easy for us to think we know what Arendt argues in her unsettling and always intelligent essay, even when we haven't read it with care.
Arendt does not argue that the Holocaust and its unspeakable horrors are banal. She does not endorse or believe Eichmann's presentation of himself as a man beset by the tricky virtue of obedience. And she does not say that the evil she saw in Eichmann is the only kind of evil. Many of the objections to her work are based on arguments never made.
But Arendt does find Eichmann, the man, abysmally laughable (and some still find her laughter's proximity to atrocity intolerable). She argues that he is a kind of evildoer — "evildoer" is now a dead metaphor, courtesy of our recent history — unlike the sort we tend to find in literature, where evil is most often a fallen angel, a brilliant devil. Eichmann, in Arendt's view, is second-rate and a buffoon. Of Germans who saw figures like him as ingenious monsters, she said: "They possibly understood this as a way of creating a certain alibi for themselves. If you succumb to the power of a beast from the depths, you're naturally much less guilty than if you succumb to a completely average man." There is also an emotional gain in this view for those who fear being victims: Destroying a few singular monsters is comfortingly more achievable than countering a bottomless amoral mediocrity latent in millions.
Eichmann spoke in a mix of canned speech, officialese and repetitions of his own formulations. Arendt sees this as a symptom and an abettor of his variety of evil. "The longer one listened to him," she wrote, "the more obvious it became that his inability to speak was closely connected with an inability to think, namely, to think from the standpoint of somebody else." Eichmann tells of the "great inner joy" of visiting a former Jewish colleague in Auschwitz; he commiserates with his "dear old friend"; he doesn't help the man escape; he describes the meeting as "a normal, human encounter" and even uses it to show how he, Eichmann, did not hate Jews in his heart; Eichmann stands by his take of the "normal, human encounter" even as his "friend" is shot dead six weeks later. Eichmann adapted naturally to the Nazi rules for terming deportation "resettlement" and extermination "special treatment." The net effect of those rules, Arendt argued, was not to keep the involved officials "ignorant of what they were doing, but to prevent them from equating it with their old, 'normal' knowledge of murder and lies."
Nearly 15 years after the publication of "Eichmann in Jerusalem," Arendt wrote another long essay for The New Yorker, "Thinking," in which she tried to clarify and further analyze the "thoughtlessness" of Eichmann. "Clichés, stock phrases, adherence to conventional, standardized codes of expression and conduct have the socially recognized function of protecting us against reality; that is, against the claim on our thinking attention which all events and facts make by virtue of their existence," she wrote. "If we were responsive to this claim all the time, we would soon be exhausted; Eichmann differed from the rest of us only in that clearly he knew of no such claim at all."
Rivka Galchen is a recipient of a William J. Saroyan International Prize for Fiction, a Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award and a Berlin Prize, among other distinctions. Her fiction and nonfiction have appeared in numerous publications, including Harper's and The New Yorker, which selected her for their list of "20 Under 40" American fiction writers in 2010. Her debut novel, the critically acclaimed "Atmospheric Disturbances," was published in 2008. Her second book, a story collection titled "American Innovations," is forthcoming in May.


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Mirrors are so reflective and hence any dirt or dust or any junk can be easily and clearly noticed on them. Mirrors in the bathroom are easily vulnerable to the dirt. They will accumulate an untidy layer of toothpaste or hairspray or any such products. Accumulation of dirt can be even worse if you are having hard water. Hard water will cause the buildup of lime and calcium. This can really look very ugly. Hence you must clean your mirrors in timely manner. Cleaning your mirrors is not that of a time consuming job. It's an easy and effortless job to clean your mirrors; you just need the right tips and right materials and tools for cleaning your mirrors. You need to clear off the difficult deposits and clean off the trouble spots and you will be able to clean your mirrors in a flash. You will often look at the mirror to see yourself; a dirty mirror will also make you look dirty even when you are looking good. If you don't want to clean your mirrors for cleaning purpose then at least do it to see yourself look good. Even the guests arriving at your home will also be using your mirror and hence it is very essential that you clean your mirror. You don't want a bad impression that you are lazy and untidy in front of your guests. Here are some of the easy and efficient tips to clean your mirror and look at beautiful you in that.
Check the condition of your mirror
Process of cleaning your mirror depends on the place where your mirror is located and also way it is being used. You will need special kind of mirror cleaning agent for removing the special kind of dirt and grime. The real culprits for making your mirror dirty are calcium and lime scale and special treatment is needed to remove them before you jump on to the smaller stains. You can find this calcium deposits by searching for white and little bit rough textured spots. You can make use of white vinegar to clean such stains. Apply white vinegar on the mirror and then wipe it with damp cloth. Find the lime scale dirt; you will know it by seeing the white milky deposit on your mirror surface. You can make use of lemon juice for getting rid of such stains. You can also use lime juice or pickling vinegar for cleaning your mirrors. All these things are easily available in your home and hence you don't have to pay extra for bringing these things from market for cleaning your mirrors.
Collect all supplies for cleaning your mirrors
If you are thinking of using paper towels or regular rags, the roughness of these materials can cause scratches on the surface of your mirror over time. Once your mirror gets scratches, it will not show you properly and you cannot get rid of it at any cause. The last option to get rid of it is to replace your mirror. Rough materials can also leave lint. Having a microfiber cloth for cleaning your mirrors is great option for cleaning your mirrors and getting rid of lint. Along with this, you must have various supplies for cleaning your mirrors efficiently.
- Water
- White vinegar
- A bucket
- Rubbing alcohol
- Rag for cotton cleaning
- Mix up your mirror cleaning supplies
You can try using pre made window cleaner for cleaning your mirrors. This cleaner is usually available at most of the home improvement stores. Apart from pre made window cleaner, you can try using white vinegar, it is considered as the safe cleaning agent and it is also quite affordable which will also very easily remove the buildup on your mirror.
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Most people warm up with scales or tone tones. I usually start with a little bit of improvisation to get the chops going.
Most classical musicians (myself included) can be a bit uptight when it comes to improvising. We are so used to seeing music on the page – music usually ordered with beats, bars and phrases – that we find it difficult to let go of the notation.
It is as if the notation is a security device. We need to set ourselves free.
Doing a little improv in our flute warm up is the perfect time to get the chops going before moving onto scales, long tones or pieces.
Here's a little improv warm up I did today: [Read more…]