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This is for all the ladies with the booming fashion sense. If your laptop is not fully charged then find an electric outlet and plug into style. Today I am talking with world renowned women designer that is always in the air but never flies coach. His clothes have women looking smoking hot as if they were blazing in a fire. Here is the man with all the passion Marc Bouwer.
Throughout his career, Marc has worked with a dream list of clientele. Notables include Angelina Jolie, my favorite Mariah Carey, Jennifer Lopez, Oprah Winfrey, Beyonce Knowles, Paris Hilton, and much more. Too bad I am not a woman or a cross dresser; I sure do like to look at his clothes especially when on the catwalk. Meow!
The trends we follow and the clothes we wear are often associated with superficiality and materialism in my opinion that is. Fleeting styles come fast into vogue then disappear as quickly as they came. Fashion has always been intrinsically connected to deeper elements of the fashion experience, from the economy and labor system to culture, religion, and class. From our pajamas, to our jeans, to our shoes, what we wear has always spoken volumes about who we are, what we do, and what we want. Whether we dress to make a political statement, to assert class status, or simply to be irreverent, every style has carried a certain social meaning. This is in part because our culture has long ascribed great significance to individuals' public image, and because image has long been intertwined with the American capitalist economy. As Mark Twain once wrote, "Clothes make the man." Now without further ado, the man that makes clothes for women to be who they are, the all so talented, very passionate, handsome Marc Bouwer.
Hello designer that has women looking sophisticated, sexy, and classy. How are you?
Lil. I am fine. It's a dray day but days would be boring if the weather didn't change. How are you?
I am very excited to be speaking with you. What inspired you to design clothing for women?
I am from South Africa and there was no TV or cinema around so I read a lot of books. But in the 70's, when TV became available in South Africa, I became inspired by watching shows like the Brady Bunch and going to cinemas and watching all the leading ladies.
What are your top three fashion no no's?
Mum, let me see pictures, painted on nails, not cute; shoes with a thick heel or shoes that are open toe are a little gross. Shoes can really break or make the outfit and unless you are on a beach there is no reason for open toe shoes.
Which celebrity do you think is a fashion mess and you would summons the fashion police after?
We all have had our bad moments in fashion. Celebrities have it tough because they are in the public eye and sometimes are blinded when making a decision forgetting everything they wear will be dissected.
If you weren't a designer what other career path would you have chosen?
I probably would have become a director. I have worked with Shania Twain and Toni Braxton on their music videos, and I have directed a short fashion production. The whole process of directing is very exciting to me.
Be careful with what you say Marc I am a writer. So if I wrote a screenplay you would direct it?
If I liked it yes, why not.
What are your last words to all the readers?
Find what inspires you and give it your all. David, thank you! I will be waiting to read the script.
Marc you are truly a man of principle with a rebellious spirit and a charismatic presence. I am so grateful for the opportunity to meet with you. I wish your style will forever live in fashion.


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The Woman Who Wasn't There
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Traces the falsified story about denounced Sept. 11 survivor Tania Head, describing her interviews with the co-author, and the discovery that she was not in America at the time of the attacks, in an account that offers insider analysis of human morality and need.
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That summer of 2007, Tania had taken to disappearing for days and sometimes weeks at a time. She told her therapist that her flooding sessions were helping her to move on. Her progress was achieved no thanks to Linda, she said, whose own counselor had finally forbidden her to participate in any more of the flooding exercises because it had set back her own healing. After all she had done for Linda, the rejection was a real slap in the face.
After six years of feeling dead inside, Tania said, she thought it might be time to start thinking about what she wanted for herself and not doing for everyone else. She didn't want to be defined by September 11 for the rest of her life. It was in that light that she had begun thinking about keeping a lower profile within the Survivors' Network, she said, and maybe even divorcing herself from the group eventually.
That was all well and good, Kedem said, but between the widespread impact of her story, and all of the good she had done for the survivors, it was unlikely that she could live anonymously again. "You are the face of 9/11, and people will always know you as that," he said. Tania responded with a self-assured grin. "Well, believe it or not, I can change that," she said. It was a strange response, but the therapist didn't pursue it. In his mind, Tania could accomplish anything she wanted to, even if that meant becoming someone else.
At that point, though, she was survivor nobility. It was under her leadership that the survivors' group had gone from virtual obscurity to a formidable advocacy organization with power and respect. In its short existence, the network had recruited over a thousand members, forged important political alliances, saved the Survivors' Stairway from destruction, lobbied Washington for health services, and convinced the 9/11 Memorial Committee to give the survivors a presence in the museum planned for the World Trade Center site, ensuring that their legacy would be preserved for generations to come.
As if all of that hadn't been enough, next Tania spread her good will to the Tribute Center, where she had inspired hundreds of visitors with her story. So when David Dunlap of the New York Times was looking for a story to observe the sixth anniversary, Jennifer Adams didn't hesitate with a suggestion. Do a story on Tania Head, she said.
No news organization covered September 11, during or since, as comprehensively or as poignantly as the Times did. The newspaper had been awarded the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for its sweeping coverage of the attack and its aftermath. Its "Portraits of Grief" series about the lives lost that day resonated with readers around the country and around the world, and the lengthy story titled "102 Minutes," which told in superlative detail what happened inside the towers from the first plane hitting to the second tower falling, evolved into a best-selling book. Dunlap's archive of stories related to the attack—including the one he'd written nearly two years earlier, launching the campaign to save the Survivors' Stairway—was vast. Other media outlets had run stories on Tania, but not the Times. Indeed, its reporting had been so absolute that Dunlap and his editors wondered how they could have missed her.
Tania told the Survivors' Network board that Adams had asked her to consider doing an interview with the Times. She remembered Dunlap's name from the story about the Survivors' Stairway. She said that, as she'd understood it, the piece he wanted to do for the anniversary would showcase all of the survivors. She knew a story in the Times would be good for the network. That kind of exposure would bring in more members and remind the public that the survivors were still around and struggling. The others urged Tania to sit for the interview, and she called Adams to say that the reporter could call her.
But as had happened so often before, almost as soon as she agreed, Tania began having second thoughts. She had never wanted her work for the Survivors' Network or the Tribute Center to be about her, she told her friends on the board. Frankly, the Times frightened her a little, she said, although she wasn't quite sure why. "What should I do?" she asked the others. But before Tania had a chance to decide, fate intervened.
One morning, as summer was winding down, Tania called Linda at work, and she could barely choke out her words. It had been weeks since their falling-out over the flooding, and they'd had no contact since. Linda had mixed feelings about that. Some days she relished the freedom that came with the loss of such a demanding friend. Other times she missed Tania so much that not being able to talk to her hurt physically.
"What's wrong?" Linda asked.
Tania said that her brother Jay had died after a long battle with cancer. She hadn't wanted to burden anyone with her family problems, but she couldn't deal with another death of a loved one, and she was coming undone.
"Please come, Linda!" she cried. "I need you."
Linda ran from her office and grabbed a taxi downtown. Tania's eyes were red and swollen when she answered her apartment door. She wanted to go to church, she said. Linda walked Tania to a nearby Catholic church, where the two sat together in a wooden pew and prayed the Rosary. From there, she took Tania to her apartment in Hoboken, and they sat around talking about Jay for the remainder of the day. Linda felt so guilty. How could she have abandoned Tania the way that she had? The poor woman had almost lost her life in the terrorist attack, and her husband was killed. Now she'd lost a brother too. How much could one person take? Linda wondered. "How can I help you?" she asked. "What can I do?"
"Just be my friend," Tania said through her tears.
"Of course, Tania. I'll always be here for you. No matter what."
Linda promised to hold down the fort while Tania attended the funeral, and she promptly sent off an email to everyone on the network's mailing list. Under the subject line "Very Sad News," she wrote: "I wanted to let everyone know that Tania Head's (chair/ president of the WTC Survivors' Network) brother Jay lost his battle to cancer last Wednesday. She is out in California with her family and
I am sure would appreciate everyone's prayers for her and her family. Godspeed—we love you, Tania!"
Well wishes poured into the network. Tania's survivor friends took the news hard. They hadn't even known her brother was ill, and they couldn't fathom why such a beautiful person had to endure so much loss. When Tania got back to New York a week later, she told Linda that her whole family had gathered for the service, and everyone took turns telling stories about Jay. People had flown in from Spain and England to pay their respects. It was a touching tribute, and she was happy to have been there, but she was glad to be back home in New
York, where she could lose herself in her work.
Tania quickly immersed herself in planning for the sixth anniversary, but her friends noticed something different about her. She was irritable and ornery almost all of the time, and she seemed to be trying to distance herself from the others. As always, Linda was on the receiving end of Tania's moods, and, as always, she tolerated the hurt that came with Tania's razor-sharp words. She worried that, between regurgitating September 11 during her therapy sessions, and now losing her brother, Tania was headed for a nervous breakdown.
In early September, her worry turned to panic.
Shortly after returning from California, Tania had told Linda that Merrill Lynch was arranging for her to meet with the families of eleven of her coworkers who'd died in the towers. Over the years, she had been besieged with requests to meet the families, and she'd always refused. She knew what they wanted—details about the last moments of their loved ones' lives—and she had always resolved that they didn't really want to know what she knew. Those images had
nearly destroyed her life, and she still couldn't get through a night without closing her eyes and seeing a charred or broken body. How could sharing those terrible memories possibly help them? But for some reason—maybe it was having recently lost her brother—this year she had agreed.
Tania said that the meeting was scheduled for the first Saturday in September at the St. Regis Hotel on Park Avenue. Linda was worried about the effect it would have on her friend. "Call me if you need me," she said. "Call me if you need anything at all." At ten thirty that morning, Linda's phone rang. Tania was on the other end, sobbing. Coming to the St. Regis had been a mistake, she said. She had barely made it into the room at the hotel when the family members started bombarding her with questions. The atmosphere felt almost ghoulish, and she'd started to panic and look for the way out. When she
wouldn't tell them what they wanted to know, they turned on her, yelling and screaming at her that she had no right to withhold what she knew.
"Linda, I need you!" she cried. "These people are so mean to me.
They're screaming at me. I need you to come right now."
"Stay right where you are," Linda said. "I'm on my way."
Linda flew out of her apartment. She hailed a cab and went directlyto the St. Regis, where she found Tania curled in a ball on the sidewalk outside the hotel.
"Oh my God!" she cried, leaping out of the taxi and running to her friend. Tania! Tania?"
Tania didn't seem to hear. She rocked back and forth, crying and shaking. "I tried to get them out," she wailed. "I tried to save them. I tried. Really I did. I didn't want them to die."
Linda was terrified. Tania was having flashbacks, just as she had during the flooding exercises. Linda pulled a wad of tissues from her purse and mopped Tania's forehead. She needed to get her inside, to get help. She took Tania's arm and gently coaxed her to her feet. Guiding her into the hotel lobby, she put her in a chair and marched to the front desk, demanding to know where the Merrill Lynch meeting was taking place. She was going to give those people a piece of her mind. How dare they treat her friend like that? Didn't they understand what she had been through?
The desk clerk looked baffled. "I don't know what you're talking about," he said. Before she had time to think of a retort, Linda saw Tania beckoning her. The poor woman looked desperate. Linda threw up her hands and went to her. "It's going to be okay, Tania," she said, speaking quietly and reassuringly. "No one can hurt you now. I'm here with you."
"I want to go to Dave," Tania said, her voice thin and wobbly.
Linda knew what that meant. During Tania's lowest moments, she often visited the Marsh & McLennan Memorial Wall outside the company headquarters in midtown. The glass wall was etched with the names of the 295 people the company lost on September 11. Tania would go there and sit on the granite bench and be with Dave. It always seemed to comfort her.
Linda took Tania's hand, and they walked the ten blocks to the memorial wall. They stood together in the plaza, and Tania brushed her hand over Dave's name. Before long, her tears stopped, and she seemed to be calming down. Linda stroked her friend's hair, knowing that Dave was bringing her peace.
"You can go home now, Linda," Tania said slowly. "I'm going to be all right."
Linda felt nauseous all the way home. When would enough ever be enough for her poor, tortured friend? she wondered. How could those people have been so mean to Tania? How could they have attacked her that way?
It was midafternoon when she finally got back to her apartment. Her telephone answering machine was blinking with a message. A reporter from the New York Times had called. They were doing a story on her friend, Tania Head, he said. Would she please give him a call?
From The Woman Who Wasn't There, by Robin Gaby Fisher and Angelo J. Guglielmo, Jr. Copyright 2012 by Robin Gaby Fisher and Angelo J. Guglielmo, Jr. Excerpted by permission of Touchstone, a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc.


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International Standard Bible EncyclopediaHUNTING
hunt'-ing (tsayidh): The hunting of wild animals for sport, or for the defense of men and flocks, or for food, was common in Western Asia and Egypt, especially in early times. Some of the Egyptian and Assyrian kings were great hunters in the first sense, for example Amenhotep III (1411-1375 B.C. "a lion-hunting and bull-baiting Pharaoh," who boasted of having slain 76 bulls in the course of one expedition, and of having killed at one time or other 102 lions; and the Assyrian conqueror, Tiglath-pileser I (circa 1100 B.C.), who claimed 4 wild bulls, 14 elephants and 920 lions as the trophies of his skill and courage.
Greek2339. thera -- a hunting, prey
... a hunting, prey. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: thera Phonetic
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61. agra -- hunting, a catch
64. agreuo -- to catch, take by hunting
1350. diktuon -- a net
4084. piazo -- to lay hold of, to take
Strong's Hebrew6718. tsayid -- hunting, game
... 6717, 6718. tsayid. 6718a . hunting, game. Transliteration: tsayid Phonetic
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6718a. tsayid -- hunting, game
4685b. matsod -- a hunting implement, net
4685c. metsodah -- a net
7639. sebakah -- latticework, network
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Smith's Bible DictionaryHunting
Hunting, as a matter of necessity, whether for the exterminatiOn of dangerous beasts or for procuring sustenance betokens a rude and semi-civilized state; as an amusement, it betokens an advanced state. The Hebrews as a pastoral and agricultural people, were not given to the sports of the field; the density of the population, the earnestness of their character, and the tendency of their ritual regulations, particularly those affecting food, all combined to discourage the practice of hunting. The smaller of catching animals was, first, either by digging a pitfall; or, secondly, by a trap which was set under ground, (Job 18:10) in the run of the animal, (Proverbs 22:5) and caught it by the leg, (Job 18:9) or lastly by the use of the net, of which there were various kinds, as or the gazelle, (Isaiah 51:20) Authorized Version, "wild bull," and other animals of that class.
Easton's Bible DictionaryMentioned first in Genesis 10:9 in connection with Nimrod. Esau was "a cunning hunter" (Genesis 25:27). Hunting was practised by the Hebrews after their settlement in the "Land of Promise" (Leviticus 17:15; Proverbs 12:27). The lion and other ravenous beasts were found in Palestine (1 Samuel 17:34; 2 Samuel 23:20; 1 Kings 13:24; Ezek. 19:3-8), and it must have been necessary to hunt and destroy them. Various snares and gins were used in hunting (Psalm 91:3; Amos 3:5; 2 Samuel 23:20).
War is referred to under the idea of hunting (Jeremiah 16:16; Ezek. 32:30).
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hunt.
2. (n.) The pursuit of game or of wild animals.
Topical Bible VersesGenesis 27:3-33
Now therefore take, I pray you, your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison;
Leviticus 17:13
Lamentations 3:52
Jeremiah 16:16
Psalm 141:9
Psalm 140:5
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Amos 3:5
Ecclesiastes 9:12
1 Samuel 26:20
ThesaurusChase (14 Occurrences)
... for the purpose of killing or capturing, as of an enemy, or game; an earnest seeking
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Flourishing (11 Occurrences)
Bittern (4 Occurrences)
Begun (50 Occurrences)
Cold (25 Occurrences)
Hero (7 Occurrences)
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Bible ConcordanceHunting (9 Occurrences)
Genesis 10:9 he hath begun to be a hero in the land; he hath been a hero in hunting before Jehovah; therefore it is said, 'As Nimrod the hero 'in' hunting before Jehovah.'
Genesis 25:27 And the boys grew, and Esau became a man skilled in hunting, a man of the field; and Jacob was a homely man, dwelling in tents.
Genesis 25:28 and Isaac loveth Esau, for 'his' hunting 'is' in his mouth; and Rebekah is loving Jacob.
Genesis 27:30 It happened, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob had just gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.
Leviticus 17:13 "'Whatever man there is of the children of Israel, or of the strangers who live as foreigners among them, who takes in hunting any animal or bird that may be eaten; he shall pour out its blood, and cover it with dust.
1 Samuel 24:11 And, my father, see, yea see the skirt of thine upper robe in my hand; for by cutting off the skirt of thy upper robe, and I have not slain thee, know and see that there is not in my hand evil and transgression, and I have not sinned against thee, and thou art hunting my soul to take it!
Proverbs 12:27 The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious.
Ezekiel 13:20 Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Lo, I 'am' against your pillows, With which ye are hunting there the souls of the flourishing, And I have rent them from off your arms, And have sent away the souls that ye are hunting, The souls of the flourishing.
Ezekiel 19:9 They put him in a cage with hooks, and brought him to the king of Babylon; they brought him into strongholds, that his voice should no more be heard on the mountains of Israel.
Hunting: Authorized in the Mosaic Law
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South Africa v Australia, Tri-Nations, August 8
Wallabies look to end Newlands drought
August 5, 2009
Jongi Nokwe dotted down four times the last time these two sides met © Getty Images
South Africa have got their 2009 Tri-Nations campaign off to the best possible start after two defeats of the All Blacks but now turn their attentions to Australia who they face in Cape Town on Saturday.
The Springboks haven't lost to Australia in Cape Town since August 1992 when a brace of tries from Paul Carozza, a third from David Campese and 11 fluid points from the boot of Michael Lynagh saw the then World Champion Wallabies shut the Springboks out, 26-3.
Then, the opening game of the 1995 World Cup preceded the eventual passing of the William Webb Ellis trophy between the nations as memorable images of Pieter Hendriks rounding Campese and Nelson Mandela gracing the tournament's opener remain etched in the minds of Springbok fans.
In 1999 there was a close tangle between the two teams that saw the Boks shade it 10-9 while four years later Rudolf Straueli's team produced a performance the raised the hopes of a disconsolate Springbok public with an enterprising 26-22 win sparked by the electric Brent Russell, setting up Victor Matfield for a memorable try.
The last meeting between the two sides at Newlands also came in a World Cup year, 2007. The game firmly heralded the arrival of the enigmatic Francois Steyn onto the international scene as he kicked a last-gasp drop goal from an impossible angle to seal a tense 22-19 victory for Jake White's side.
Since that match the two sides have met on three occasions with the Wallabies winning twice. Two wins in a row for new coach Robbie Deans, first in Perth 16-9 and then in Durban 27-15 saw pressure shift to the new Springbok coach, Peter de Villiers.
The Springboks though hit back a week later, and the last time the sides met, when they appeared to finally strike a chord with de Villiers' much talked of 'expansive game-plan' and destroyed the Wallabies in a 53-8 demolition job in Johannesburg. Jongi Nokwe scored four tries for the hosts as the rampant Boks crossed the Australian line a record-equalling eight times.
All-time record: South Africa won 38, Australia won 26, drawn 1
Biggest winning margin: SA: 45, 53-8 at Johannesburg, 2008; Aus: 49, 49-0 at Brisbane, 2006
Highest score: SA: 61 (61-22) at Pretoria, 1997; Aus: 49 (49-0) at Brisbane, 2006
Most tries: SA: 8 (53-8) at Johannesburg, 2008, (61-22) at Pretoria,1997, (28-3) at Johannesburg, 1961; Aus: 6 (49-0) at Brisbane, 2006
Longest winning sequence: SA: 7 (1953-1963) and (1969-1971); Aus: 4 (1999-2000)
Most points (individual) : SA: Percy Montgomery 140; Aus: Stirling Mortlock 150
Most tries (individual) : SA: 7 Breyton Paulse; NZ: 7 Stirling Mortlock
Most points in a Test: SA: 26 Jannie de Beer at Pretoria, 1997; Aus: 29 Stirling Mortlock at Melbourne, 2000
Click Here for South Africa's Test record courtesy of Statsguru
Click Here for Australia's Test record courtesy of Statsguru
Click Here for a record of all South Africa v Australia matches courtesy of Statsguru
Click Here for the South Africa v Australia record at Newlands Stadium courtesy of Statsguru
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Paul Jones is rejoicing a bit about the OpenID and Typekey functionality Wez Furlong shared just the other day on his blog.
Wez Furlong gives us good news about implementing the math functions needed to support TypeKey and OpenID more directly within PHP.
Paul also mentions that the Solar framework has also had the Typekey support integrated for a while now (as an adapter) that uses the "big-number math functions" currently available to PHP developers. Wez's solution, however, would just about make those obsolete.


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Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Design Under the Influence: The Serge Mouille Lamp
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OTTAWA — The Harper government is on the verge of potentially imposing an "assimilationist" education system on aboriginal children that repeats the mistakes of residential schools from past decades, says the head of Canada's largest aboriginal group.
In an interview with Postmedia News Monday, Assembly of First Nations National Chief Shawn Atleo urged Prime Minister Stephen Harper to turn the page on more than a century of Canada's mistreatment of its indigenous peoples.
He called on the federal government to take substantive action in critical areas — by recognizing native treaties and land claims, establishing a public inquiry into missing and murdered aboriginal women, and dropping its "unilateral" and "top-down" approach on how to bolster education for aboriginal children.
The calls came as aboriginals marked the 250th anniversary on Monday of the Royal Proclamation, the document which provided the basis for promises made to First Nations peoples by the British Crown.
Harper's record on aboriginal issues is now under the international microscope, as a United Nations fact-finder began an eight-day trip through Canada to collect information about this country's treatment of its indigenous peoples.
The government's education plan will be the centerpiece of its aboriginal affairs agenda — to be featured in next week's throne speech, and then detailed later this year with the introduction of a First Nation Education Act.
But so far, said Atleo, the Conservative government's approach to working with First Nations on the forthcoming act has been reflective of how federal governments have always acted — "paternalistic at best and assimilationist at worst."
He said that although Harper agreed at a mid-January meeting with aboriginal leaders to bring more "political oversight" to aboriginal issues, his government's consultation on education has "fallen short."
He said aboriginal leaders all agree on the need to improve education for indigenous children, but they are worried the current plan is being unilaterally designed by Aboriginal Affairs Minister Bernard Valcourt and that the upcoming act will impose standards that don't reflect indigenous culture, and that funding for aboriginal education won't be increased.
"That would be an example of paternalistic at best," Atleo said.
"Anything less than full supports for language and culture would absolutely fit within a continued assimilationist effort that we still have to this very day," he said.
"I've had residential school survivors who are now leaders in education say to me that the approach (now led by Valcourt) feels like the experience of residential schools.
"This is a pattern that the prime minister has to understand. What would give action to his words of apology in 2008 is to not repeat the pattern of the past and just exacerbate a problem for decades into the future."
In 2008, Harper delivered an apology in the House of Commons to aboriginals for the federal government's involvement in church-run residential schools.
Over many decades, 150,000 aboriginal children were taken from their families and sent to these schools, where attempts were made to assimilate them into European culture, and where many faced physical and sexual abuse.
Valcourt was unavailable for an interview Monday. In July, his department released a "blueprint" that provided hints of what the education act will contain. It indicated the bill will allow schools to be community-operated through First Nations or an agreement with a province, and there will be standards for qualifications of teaching staff and curriculum and graduation requirements for students. There will be regulations governing discipline (such as codes of conduct and policies on suspension and expulsion), hours of instruction, class size and transportation.
The government will share a draft version of the bill with aboriginal leaders before it is tabled in Parliament, but it wants the new system in place by September 2014.
Aboriginal youths are now the fastest growing demographic in the country, and the federal government says it wants to help them "achieve their full potential."
But Atleo said that won't happen without a significant increase in funding.
"I've had senior corporate executives travel with me to northern remote reserves and see first hand kids going to school in trailers at 35 degrees below zero that are not even properly insulated. You walk through that front door and you're walking into the classroom, and the kids are sitting around with their winter boots on and their jackets on."


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The Editor thinks that children will readily forgive him for publishing another Fairy Book. We have had the Blue, the Red, the Green, and here is the Yellow. If children are pleased, and they are so kind as to say that they are pleased, the Editor does not care very much for what other people may say.
Language: English
Published in: 1894
Word count: 102,749 words (≈ about 7 hours)
Source: http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/640
Copyright: Public Domain
The first stories told at the dawn of history, these stories have been retold throughout the generations and continue to inspire us today.


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Today, it is photography, not painting, that provides our chief visual images of the world and ourselves. Indeed it is hard to imagine life before photography.
Historians argue about photography's exact date of birth. Silhouetted images, or 'photograms', had been made earlier by Thomas Wedgwood in 1802: he placed small objects on surfaces covered with silver nitrate which turned black when exposed to the sun, but the images could not be made permanent. In 1816, Joseph Nicéphore Niépce partially recorded and fixed a of a 'camera obscura' image, but it took another 11 years before he could preserve a picture. It would be Louis Daguerre who would win the accolades by providing beautifully detailed images on silvered copper plate in 1839. However, the long exposures (up to 15 minutes) and the dangerous chemicals needed were a handicap for the demands of a popular market.
Improvement in lens construction and the development of a negative/positive process by William Henry Fox Talbot in 1841 helped make photography simpler and more flexible, and allowed copies to be multiplied. In 1844, Talbot published the world's first book illustrated with photographs called The pencil of nature.
Over the next 25 years, photography remained a craft that required professional skill with the use of glass plates and a wet collodion process; nonetheless it meant that countless people could now have photographs of themselves and family members. When plates or flexible rolls of film with fast-drying emulsions became available in the 1870s and '80s, the medium became industrialised and far more democratic. In 1888, it became big business when George Eastman patented and marketed his portable Kodak camera to amateurs: 'You press the button – we do the rest'.
Digitisation has not seen the demise of analogue (or wet) photography and, therefore, the end of manual processing. The strength of the medium lies as much in its virtuosity as in the imaginative triggers it provides for its audience.
Over the last 150 years, photography has also been widely recognised as a major artform. Critics, art historians and theorists have greatly refined our understanding of the medium. John Szarkowski, the influential director of the Department of Photography at New York's Museum of Modern Art, helped set the terms for critical discussion. His 1973 book Looking at photographs: 100 pictures from the collection of the Museum of Modern Art outlined the formal properties of the photograph, including frame, detail, time and vantage point.
By the 1970s, celebrated photographers such as Alfred Stieglitz, Julia Margaret Cameron, Edward Weston and Ansel Adams were routinely collected. Dozens of dealer-galleries devoted to fine art photography mushroomed in the United States and Europe. By the late 1970s, art photography had also arrived in a big way in Australia and by the 1980s, artists like Cindy Sherman or Robert Mapplethorpe were selling work for up to $50 000.
Photography continues to engage and excite because of its close relationship to memory, time and the real. The many and various interpretations of these relationships add to the ongoing enigma of the photograph, whether it is a snapshot, news item, art object or an imaginative and interpretive record.
Adapted from Focus on photography: an education kit for the photography collection


text: Did you miss out on these two new Saucony bangers by the just opened Bait flagship location? Both of the blue and red pairs haven't completely disappeared into the ether as of yet, at least one sneaker shop on the opposite coast getting them in stock. Click through with us for a look at the Bait x Saucony Grid 9000 'Viridian Burner' and the PYS x BAIT x Saucony Shadow 6000 'Blue Apple' and keep in mind that you can pick up both at Extra Butter right now.


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Aliens VS Predator PS3 (Pre-owned) Description
The three most deadly predator species in the universe come together for a showdown: chest-bursting aliens, high-tech hunter Predators and well-armed human marines fight for survival against each other in the ultimate in scary first-person shooters, Aliens Vs Predator.
Aliens Vs Predator updates the classic film-inspired action of the original game with state-of-the-art atmospheric visuals and all new features including groundbreaking and terrifying three-way multi-player.
In online multi-player, and in the single-player campaign play as the Alien, able to scale any surface and kill with teeth, claws and tail; or as the Predator, with high-tech hunting camouflage, a master of the stealth kill; or as a Colonial Marine, with firepower and squad numbers to fight back against overwhelmingly lethal odds.
A three-way fight for survival means epic and scary first-person action in Aliens Vs Predator.
In the all-new Aliens vs. Predator, players will have the chance to take the role of the three infamous species; the Colonial Marine, the Predator and the Alien. Each of the three species has its very own distinct story-driven single-player campaign mode that interweaves with the campaigns of the other two species. Aliens vs. Predator will also feature unique 3-way online multiplayer, allowing gamers to pit the three species against each other in the ultimate battle for survival and for the right to be crowned the deadliest species.
- On planet BG-386 a colonist mining group discovers an ancient pyramid containing a dark and horrible secret. Across the stars a race of warriors is alerted to the discovery of their pyramid and a hunting party is dispatched to ensure that it remains sealed at all costs, whilst deep inside the ruined pyramid a malevolent intelligence awakes from centuries of dormancy.
- The Marine's story is an incredible fight against the odds, and the horrors lurking in the dark. Beset on all sides yet armed to the teeth, the Colonial Marine represents humanity's last stand with the firepower to fight back.
- As the Alien, players will discover what it's like to be the most murderous and lethal creature in the universe, with the ability to traverse any surface with awesome agility in order to get close enough to unleash its deadly teeth and claws.
- A master of the hunt, the Predator grants the player a suite of exotic weaponry and equipment with which to stalk its unknowing prey. Earn the greatest honour by ambushing prey up-close and butchering them for a gory trophy kill.
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In general, reductions are not as great for people with blood pressure in the normal range: A Belgian review of scores of studies found that for people with high blood pressure, average reductions from exercise were 6.9 mm Hg systolic and 4.9 mm Hg diastolic, and for participants who did not have high blood pressure, only 1.9 mm Hg and 1.6 mm Hg.
Age seems to matter. In one study, exercise did not reduce systolic blood pressure in older people -- ages 55 to 75 -- although it did reduce diastolic pressure. (Both readings are important.)
A possible reason: Systolic blood pressure increases as arteries grow stiffer, which happens as people age, and exercise did not reduce artery stiffness in the study participants.
Most studies about the effects of exercise have looked at aerobic exercise, although resistance training may also be effective. Recommendations call for exercising every day (or at least most days) for 30 to 45 minutes. Moderate exercise may be as effective, and possibly more so, than higher-intensity exercise.
Blood pressure can drop in just a few weeks of regular exercise. It can also pop right back up if you stop exercising.
During the exercise itself, it's normal for blood pressure to rise. But some people who have normal or only slightly raised blood pressure can experience abnormal spikes during exercise that may be a sign of high blood pressure to come. Such spikes are more likely to occur in those whose blood vessels are too stiff to expand to accommodate the increased blood flow that accompanies exercise -- a sign of early artery disease.
Just why exercise lowers blood pressure isn't clear, but there are several possibilities. Exercise makes the heart stronger, so it doesn't have to pump as hard, which in turn lowers the force on your arteries. Exercise reduces blood insulin levels, and high blood insulin has been linked to hypertension.
And regular exercise reduces blood levels of the hormone adrenaline. That, in turn, lowers blood pressure and heart rate.
You should consult your doctor before beginning an exercise program, especially if you already have high blood pressure.


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When having a conversation through an online service, you may encounter a scenario like this:
(Messenger chat)
- Me: Hello Stranger!
- Stranger: Hello!
- Me: What do you think of Barack Obama?
- Stranger: He's a good friend! We play tennis together!
- Me: Oh? You meet him in real life?
Whenever I say "real life" or "in reality" during this kind of online conversations, I hesitate and have this horrible itch where I tell myself "gosh, this doesn't make sense at all, how is this NOT real life?"
Is there a better term to use in this kind of situation?
I don't want to say "in reality" because, well, even an online chat is reality...well, even if you disagree with that, is there an alternative anyway?


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Crosby to see game action Monday vs. Cards
TAMPA, Fla. -- Casey Crosby now has a timetable for his attempt to win a spot in the Tigers' bullpen. The lefty prospect is tentatively set to make his first outing of the spring on Monday against the Cardinals in Jupiter.
Crosby missed a week and a half with soreness around his left elbow. He was cleared for game action after throwing a 35-pitch session of live batting practice Friday at Tigertown.
If Crosby stays on plan, that gives him about 2 1/2 weeks to try to win a bullpen spot out of a crop of lefty relievers that includes veteran Phil Coke, trade acquisition Ian Krol, swingman Jose Alvarez and Blaine Hardy, who has looked good early. Given his starting history, Crosby could provide some flexibility as a multi-inning reliever, rather than as a specialist.


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Loving WWE Wrestler Randy Orton's Tats (Among Other Things) – Hunk of the Day
The other day, GuySpeed.com featured heavyweight fighter Randy Orton on the site because he has some pretty awesome tattoos. But for those of us not so much into the fighting part of wrestling, we had our eyes on other things.
Hardcore WWE fans have a different view of wrestling than the rest of us. While they watch to see two guys beat the crap out of each other, we just want to see them sweat with their shirts off. (Let's be real.) That's pretty much the reason we love Orton here. He spends more than half the time in the ring shirtless and walking around in those those spandex trunks of his.
After suffering from a concussion at the start of the year, Orton has been recovering and is now looking to get back into the ring. Cross your fingers that we won't have to wait too much longer to see a glimpse of those abs again.


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The Kansas City Art Institute's spring lineup of artists, designers and scholars that spoke as part of the college's "Current Perspectives" lecture series during the spring 2009 semester are listed below.
Tumelo Mosaka is curator of contemporary art at the Krannert Art Museum at the University of Illinois. Prior to joining KAM, he was the associate curator of exhibitions at the Brooklyn Museum, where he organized the exhibitions "infinite Islands: Contemporary Caribbean Art" (2007) and "Passing/Posing: Kehinde Wiley" (2004); co-curated "Open House: Working in Brooklyn" (2004); and organized the presentation of Alexis Rockman's monumental mural "Manifest Destiny" (2004), "Petah Coyne" (2008) and co-organized "@Murakami" (2008). Previously he worked for the Spoleto Festival USA in Charleston, S.C., where he co-curated the exhibition "Evoking History" (2002). Mosaka has organized several national and international exhibitions for other institutions, such as the National Center for Afro-American Arts (2004) and the St. Louis Contemporary Art Museum (2003). He was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, and currently lives and works in Champaign, Ill. He holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg and a graduate degree from the Center for Curatorial Studies.
Marc Fischer is a member of the long-running Illinois-based group Temporary Services. Since 1998, Temporary Services has produced more than 75 publications and organized or participated in dozens of exhibitions, projects, and events. Temporary Services' projects include Prisoners' Inventions (a collaboration with an incarcerated artist named Angelo that resulted in a book and a full-size recreation of Angelo's cell that was created from blueprints sent through the mail) and The Library Project, where the group surreptitiously added 100 artist books into the holdings of the main Chicago library branch. Fischer also is a co-founder of Mess Hall, an experimental cultural center in Chicago's Rogers Park neighborhood. Most recently, Fischer launched the new participatory initiative Public Collectors. Public Collectors consists of informal agreements where collectors allow the contents of their collection to be published and permit those who are curious to directly experience the objects in person so that knowledge, ideas and expertise can be freely shared and exchanged.
Keetra Dean Dixon is a designer and artist who works under the handle "FromKeetra." She has been featured in numerous publications and has spoken and exhibited widely. Her works were exhibited for the 2009 U.S. Presidential Inauguration and have been highlighted in several publications by Die-Gestalten. Her first solo exhibit opened in November 2009 in London's Kessell Kramer Gallery: KKOutlet. Born in Anchorage, Alaska, in 1977, she lives in Baltimore, Md., where she has a studio and teaches as an associate professor at the Maryland Institute College of Art. She holds a master's degree from Cranbrook Academy of Art. Her work has gained notoriety for its "friendly, sincere absurdism." "Her objects of social agency aim to involve the viewer as an active participant or ask an audience to imagine themselves in relation to another. The pieces create or exemplify heightened emotional moments and often rely on context or unique interactions to complete the work's narrative. Recent works utilize typographic messaging partnered with material studies as an investigation into the fallibility of communication, understanding and intention." (quoted material is from information provided by the artist)
Born in 1961 in Indonesia, Tiong Ang was raised and educated in the Netherlands. Most of his works incorporate footage taken during his nomadic travels throughout the world. His work has been shown in many international exhibitions, including the 2001 Venice Biennale in Italy. He has exhibted with many galleries, including the Florence Lynch Gallery in New York and the Lumen Travo Gallery in Amsterdam. He lives and works in Amsterdam.
Rebecca Sack lives and works in Philadelphia, where she is adjunct assistant professor at the University of the Arts. She holds a B.F.A. degree from The Cooper Union in New York and an M.F.A. degree from Tyler School of Art at Temple University in Elkins Park, Pa. In 2004-05, she studied at Temple University in Rome. In 2011, she will have a solo exhibition at the Nicelle Beauchene Gallery in New York, and her work has appeared previously at that same gallery as well as in solo exhibitions at Galleria Glance in Torino, the Fleisher Art Memorial in Philadelphia and Temple Gallery in Philadelphia (for her master's thesis). http://rebeccasaylorsack.com/paintings.html
San Francisco writer Rebecca Solnit is the author of 13 books about art, landscape, public and collective life, ecology, politics, hope, meandering, reverie and memory. They include November 2010's "Infinite City: A San Francisco Atlas," a book of 22 maps and nearly 30 collaborators; last year's "A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities that Arise in Disaster," and many others, including "Storming the Gates of Paradise;" "A Field Guide to Getting Lost;" "Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities;" "Wanderlust: A History of Walking;" "As Eve Said to the Serpent: On Landscape, Gender and Art;" and "River of Shadows, Eadweard Muybridge and the Technological Wild West" (for which she received a Guggenheim, the National Book Critics Circle Award in criticism and the Lannan Literary Award). She has worked with climate change, Native American land rights, antinuclear, human rights, antiwar and other issues as an activist and journalist. A product of the California public education system from kindergarten to graduate school, she is a contributing editor to Harper's and frequent contributor to the political site Tomdispatch.com and has made her living as an independent writer since 1988.
Painter Wendy White lives and works in New York. She holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University in New Jersey and a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Savannah College of Art and Design in Georgia. Her work has been shown in solo exhibitions at the Andrew Rafacz Gallery in Chicago and Leo Koenig Inc. in New York (2010); Galeria Moriarty in Madrid (2009); and Solomon Projects in Atlanta and Sixtyseven in New York (2006), among others. In 2008, she received an Artists' Fellowship Inc. grant, and in previous years she has received grants from the George and Helen Segal Foundation in New Jersey, the Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation in New York and the Hungarian Multicultural Center in Budapest, Hungary. Her work is in the collections of the ARCO Foundation, the UBS Art Collection, Saks Fifth Avenue and the Savannah College of Art and Design. (Photo by Robert Teten)
Amanda McDonald Crowley is executive director of Eyebeam Art + Technology Center in New York. She is a cultural worker, curator and facilitator who specializes in creating new media and contemporary art events and programs that encourage cross-disciplinary practice, collaboration and exchange. She moved to New York in October 2005, relocating from her native Australia, where she had been based while working nationally and throughout Europe and Asia. She was executive producer for ISEA2004, the International Symposium for Electronic Arts 2004, held in Tallinn, Estonia and Helsinki, Finland, and on a cruiser ferry in the Baltic sea. She was associate director, Adelaide Festival 2002, and in this position was also co-chair of the working group that curated the exhibition and symposium 'conVerge: where art and science meet."
Eric McDade earned a B.F.A. degree from Wayne State University in Detroit and an M.F.A. degree from Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. He received a 2005 Mural Arts Program Grant and a 2001 Mural Arts Program Grant. His work has been shown in solo exhibitions at Basekamp in Philadelphia; the University of Delaware in Wilmington; the Oulous Repair Shop in Los Angeles; the Philadelphia Art Alliance; the Painted Bride Art Center in Philadelphia; and the Spector Gallery in Philadelphia. Pictured: Untitled, by Eric McDade, 2008, diazotype print, 18 inches by 24 inches.
Born in San Francisco, Peregrine Honig attended the Kansas City Art Institute and currently lives and works in Kansas City, Mo. She has had recent solo shows at The Dolphin Gallery in Kansas City, Dwight Hackett Projects in Santa Fe., N.M., and JetArtworks in Washington, D.C. Her work has been shown internationally with Gallery Akinci in Amsterdam and Gallery Arcaute in Monterey, Mexico. Honig's work is in numerous private and public collections, including the Art Institute of Chicago, Yale University Art Gallery, the Fogg Art Museum, the Milwaukee Art Museum, the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Kansas City Art Institute. A portfolio of lithographs, "Father Gander," published by the Lawrence Lithography Workshop, was recently acquired by the 21C Museum in Louisville, Ky., and the Ball State University Museum of Art. "Widow," her most recent project, published in collaboration with Landfall Press, is a one-volume, limited-edition fashion magazine. In fall 2010, she appeared on the Bravo Channel's "Work of Art: Next Great Artist" reality show.


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J. George Stewart was appointed Architect of the Capitol in 1954 by President Dwight Eisenhower to fill the vacancy caused by David Lynn's retirement. Like his two predecessors, Stewart was not an architect, but unlike Woods and Lynn, he had no prior experience with the Architect of the Capitol's office. He is best remembered as the Architect of the Capitol who extended the east central front of the U.S. Capitol (1955-1962).
Other projects carried out by Stewart included completion of the New (Dirksen) Senate Office Building and connecting subway system, the continued improvement and expansion of the Capitol Power Plant, the construction of the Rayburn House Office Building and its connecting subway system, and the House underground garages. In addition, preliminary plans for the James Madison Memorial Building of the Library of Congress were drawn under Stewart's direction.
Stewart was born in 1890 in Delaware. He attended the University of Delaware but quit in his junior year to join his father's construction business. In 1934 he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives and served a single term. After his reelection defeat, Stewart held a number of political appointments and was named Architect of the Capitol upon the recommendation of Speaker Joe Martin. Stewart died in office in 1970.


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Penticton Vees vs Salmon Arm
December 12, 2015 @ 6:00 pm - June 6, 2020 @ 12:45 am
Cheer on your Penticton Vees as they take on the Salmon Arm Silverbacks! The puck drops at 6:00 PM at the South Okanagan Events Centre (SOEC). Doors open at 5:00 PM.
Game tickets are available in-person at the Valley First Box Office (at the SOEC) and at the Wine Country Visitor Centre. Tickets are also available for purchase online at ValleyFirstTix.com* and over the phone at 1.877.763.2849 (SOEC TIX)*. *Additional service fees apply.
Please note:
Though tickets are FREE for students and children, they must pick-up game tickets at the Valley First Box Office (at the SOEC) only. Free student and children's tickets do not include Premium Seating.


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One of these things is not like the other. Actually, none of these things are like any of the other…and that's what made the premise of Ivan Reitman's 1988 film Twins work. But how do you further capitalize on the hilarious assumption that Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito are twin brothers? Add in Eddie Murphy as a long-lost sibling and call it Triplets. DeVito talked about the possibility of a sequel in an recent interview with Steve. Currently, there is no director attached, but Reitman will produce the project via his Montecito Picture Co. The sequel is in the process of recruiting writers as no substantial creative talks have occurred yet. Hit the jump for more on Triplets.
THR reported on the development of Triplets. The original film posited that Schwarzenegger and DeVito were twins born "in a secret lab somewhere in the Western hemisphere" where Schwarzenegger got all the good genes and DeVito got all the crap. While the original was hilarious, I must admit that I couldn't help but crack up the first time I heard about the idea. Check out a synopsis and trailer for the original movie, Twins below:
The central "gimmick" of the comedy-adventure Twins is established early on. Unbeknownst to one another, king-sized Arnold Schwarzenegger and gnomeish Danny De Vito are twin brothers. Even better: Schwarzenegger is a mild-mannered, bookish type, while De Vito is a vitriolic troublemaker. The film takes satiric jabs at the notion of "perfect" genetics, and makes several pointed comments concerning the dangers of youthful pre-conditioning by insensitive parents. (via Fandango)


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DamegedSpy wrote:This is because the system made the word weapon.
Its like saying that nmap and similar are weapons.
That telnet is a weapon.
That Metasploit is a weapon.
While the truth is that they are tools.
DamegedSpy wrote:Really, if someone just wants to crack a program. They just do it. Having or not the tools best tools for the job.
Spectre557 wrote:A gun is only a "tool" if you actually need it, just like a stick of dynamite... It could potentially be useful in the right hands, but if it's not being used properly and appropriately it's dangerous as hell.
faazshift wrote:How about scissors? They can be a useful tool in the right hands, but in the wrong hands they can be very dangerous. Should we have to get 'scissor permits' to operate them? With what you were saying about distance, how about nail guns? Should we not be able to get those just because of what they can potentially be used for?
faazshift wrote:Aside from all that, criminals are going to be able to get guns whether they are legal or not. If a citizen cannot have a gun, the criminal only has the advantage. How is a good person supposed to defend themselves if they cant have a reasonable means of defense, yet the criminal does?
Spectre557 wrote:I've been talking ideals, really - I understand that in places where guns are already easily available introducing gun controls may not be effective or practical.
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Long gone are the days when I used to relish over all-you-can-eat places, including Korean bbq, and made-for-Viking joints like Claimjumper's. America is about exceeding limits – a sometimes tacky and overbearing demonstrating to other countries that power is exemplified through making things faster, bigger and stronger. Is it a wonder that Americans don't live as long as, say Europeans, who bask in the sun with wine and gorge in meals 3-4 times a day? No, because they understand the concept of moderation and turn their heads away from fast food. As you can see from my profile photo, I haven't come to terms with eating in moderation –
I am clearly... American.
During my grueling 2-month stay in San Francisco for work, I came across this little gem, Laiola, with high recommendations from Bar Crudo's Chef Mike Selvera. Previously, I had asked Selvera about his favorite places to eat, during my 7 visits to Bar Crudo. I love finding out what chefs, sick of their own success, like to eat after a long shift. For those that haven't seen Mojo HD Channel's 'After Hours with Daniel', watch it. It's an intimate 60 minutes with celebrity-French Chef Daniel Boulud and America's famous chefs. And most of all, you get to see what they like to eat.
Laiola serves tapas. Tapas is Spanish for appetizers – delightful nuggets of goodness nestled into a 6 x 6" plato. I may be one of the last people on earth to have ever tried tapas, so for me, this was a meal long overdue. And just like dim sum, Vietnamese steamed rice cakes (banh beo) and izakayas... tapas are proof that small dishes are often very delectable.
I took a cab into the Marina district of San Francisco, an area much like the La Brea/Beverly Hills area, with restaurants ranging from passable to showstopping. I met J's brother at the front of Laiola and within a few minutes, we were seated front row. By front row, I mean, right in front of the kitchen set up behind the counters. And next to me sporting a shiny bead of forehead sweat was the head chef firing orders with an AK-47-like demeanor. For any restaurateur and guest, this arrangement can be the breaking point. It can be thrilling watching the line cook add some cognac to the pan, with rising flames that kiss the overhead range. But it may not be thrilling watching him pick out his murph and then using that same hand to plate your $35 dish. Excluding tax and tip.
In Laiola's case, cleanliness and orderliness was intact. The drinks were flowing naturally in a Spanish sangria-serving environment. And gossip was in the air amongst coworkers, business grunts and people with their date-faces on.
Laiola's Stylish Sangria
I'm a beer and whiskey drinker and the chances of seeing me with this drink are very unlikely because it has fruit in it, unless I'm on vacation. It might as well have had an umbrella and a hula dancer on it because it looked like liquid vacation. I remember back a few years ago when I attempted to make Sangria for my friends. A little wine, some chopped up apples/oranges/grapes, 7-up and some brandy.... you're good to go. Or so I thought. My friends told me that the Sangria I had made was probably 150 proof, meaning 75% alcohol. I was convinced that I had made liquid death after seeing 2 of my friends pray over the White Porcelain God. Oops, sorry! But this drink was different, it was aesthetically pleasing, very light and flavorful as any drink should be. I had 2.
Pan Con Tomate
Literally means 'bread with tomato'. Fresh artisan bread, cut 3/4" thick was first grilled with a light drizzle of olive oil, rubbed with a cut garlic glove and then sanded down with an heirloom tomato. The result is a slightly-soggy, red-tinted, garlic-scented slice of bread... that is ultra savory.
Chickpea Croquetas
We actually didn't try this Jenga-like dish. But since the chef was next to me, I asked if I could take a photo of it. From the looks of it, this is a healthier form of its cousin, the french fry because it isn't battered and well it's made of chickpeas.
Olive Oil-Poached Albacore Salad
I usually don't like to eat cooked fish because many times, the process of holding the fish overcooks it. Cooked fish tastes the best when served immediately. The poaching of the albacore resulted in extremely moist and tender strands of meat. I could taste a hint of cayenne or paprika in this. I didn't like this dish at first, but after a few bites, I grew to like the taste of it.
Cigrons Amb Morcilla (Chickeas with House-made Blood Sausage)
I've had Korean and German blood sausage before and was curious how the Spanish like to do it. I expected to see a sausage, but instead saw raisin-like cuts of meat. And it actually tasted very sour. The mixture and ratio of chickpeas and blood sausage was honestly quite bizarre. With recommendations from three staff members, we were left somewhat disappointed.
Steamed Willapa Bay Clams with Lamb Sausage
I love clam dishes. It's almost like a double treat. Most of the time at restaurants, you'll get a clam dish steamed in wine and chorizo. But the addition of lamb sausage made this stellar. After you get to eat the clams, you still have all that delicious clam juice/butter sauce. We asked for more grilled bread so that we would not leave any of that juice on that plate. This was great.
Frituras Con Ojos (Fries with Eyes)
The advantage of getting a seat at the counter with kitchen view has its advantages. We overlooked this dish on the menu because my Spanish has gone down horribly over the years. We saw this dish being fired every five minutes. I asked the chef if those were fries and he gladly replied "fries... with eyes!" Smelt fish is battered lightly and sent to the Deep Fried Sea. A little squeeze of lemon and a savory and memorable dish is made. For $9, you get quite a big portion of 'fries'. We could only finish 1/4 of it because we had so much food.
This was my favorite of the evening. Baby octopus are blanched really quickly so that the tentacles spread in a more presentable form and grilled with olive oil and served over a cold romano bean salad with chicken stock. Very healthy and very delicious! I wish the romano beans were served hot.
Laiola is a great place for those that are super hungry or those that just want something small to munch on. I'll be back here for sure to try the rest of the 22 -tapas on the menu. In addition, there are four full-plate dishes as well – roasted lamb, grilled swordfish (HUGE steak), slow roasted piglet (looked awesome!) and grass-fed steak.
Thanks for reading.
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Giveaway! Meaningful Beauty by Cindy Crawford
It's hard to believe that my 30 days of Meaningful Beauty are up already! I may not look like Cindy, but I sure feel like superwoman after a month of channeling her mission of living with meaning. It's amazing how simple life becomes when you take care of yourself and those you love! For the final week I'm hauling myself through the snow to the 'burbs to have birthday dinner with one of my best friends and the funniest guy I know, my dad, then will be spending the weekend painting the living room and drinking wine with the best mother-in-law on in the world. And for you, dear readers, I'm giving away on one but THREE Meaningful Beauty 30-day anti-aging kits! To qualify, you'll need to pony up a meaningful activity of your own and leave it below in the comments section.
For anyone who has been hard-pressed to get on a skincare regimen, this is for you. Not only is it straight-forward and easy to follow, but covers all the steps that are tempting to skip—like SPF! The kit also includes a surprise bonus that I added into my routine last week, the Glowing Serum. Dr. Sebagh calls it his "model secret," previously available only to his exclusive clientele. Well dahling, it most definitely adds that subtle glow we can all use.
So who's in? Excited to hear what good you'll be doing! I'll select a winner at the end of the week—good luck!


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Rate : USD 320/person
Participant : Minimum 4 person
Duration : One Full day
Komodo Island One Day Tour
For those who don't have much time to explore the islands of Komodo or Rinca, We provide you one day tours to see komodo dragons and it's wildlife in one day tour with our local boat.
Tour Itinerary
Pick up and directly transfer to Labuan bajo harbor, sail to Komodo island while enjoy sunrise and small islands along the way.
Arrive in Komodo Island loh liang bay, register to at Komodo National Park Range office, accompany with Komodo ranger, walk to banu Nggulung to search for Komodo Dragons which can grow up to 03 meter in length and over 150 Kg in weight. ALso search for other wildlife such as, Timorensis Deer, Wild Boars, Lizard and Birds. Return to your boat and sail to RED BEACH ( Pantai Merah )
Lunch on your boat or on the beach of PANTAI MERAH, After lunch, enjoy swimming, snorkeling or just beach combing at World class underwater an reefs of Komodo. Spend your time with relaxing.
Return to your boat and sail back to Labuan Bajo.
Arrive in Labuan Bajo and transfer back to your hotel.
End of Service
- Hotel pick up in Labuan bajo
- Entrance Fees in Komodo National Park
- English Speaking Guide
- Lunch, Mineral Water, Coffee, Tea
- Ranger Fees, Donation
- Snorkeling Equipments, Boats
- Refreshment, range fee
- Entrance fees, Komodo Conservation fees @Euro 15/person
- Hotel in Labuan Bajo
- Return Air Tickets to and From Labuan Bajo
- Alcoholic and Non Alcoholic Drinks, Camera Fees
- Komodo Conservation Fees, Tipping
- Laundry and any persona expenditure


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Government at all levels will frequently use its taxing authority to encourage or discourage selected behavior as it deems necessary. Last week, we discussed how the depreciation allowance encourages real estate investment which bolsters the rental market. In this post, we'll tackle taxes on gasoline and cigarettes. As a disclaimer, there are times when what appears to be an effort to change behavior is really just a money grab. The gas tax may be one of these. That said, before you head to the pump or buy that next pack, you might want to read this.
Gasoline Tax
Most of us use gasoline on a regular basis and most understand that the price we pay at the pump includes the actual cost of the product plus a variety of taxes. Outside the cost of the commodity itself, there is a federal excise tax, a state excise tax, a few other miscellaneous state taxes, and in some localities, an additional tax is inserted. The federal gasoline excise tax began with the Revenue Act of 1932 at a mere one cent per gallon (cpg). The first state to levy a tax on gasoline was Oregon in 1919 at 5 cpg.
The federal excise tax has increased over the years until it hit the current level of 18.4 cpg in 1997. This increase is roughly equivalent to the rate of inflation. However, with the onset of the 2008 financial crisis and shackled with a mandate to balance their budgets, the gas tax at the state level has been much less stable. Some of the largest increases since 2009 have come from Georgia, Hawaii, California, Connecticut, New York, and Indiana.
In New York (excluding the federal excise tax), if you include the state excise tax and other taxes and fees, it adds up to 50.6 cpg, leaving it with the dubious distinction of "Highest in the Nation" for 2013. Following New York is California with a state gas tax burden of 48.7 cpg. Then comes Hawaii (47.1 cpg), Connecticut (45.0 cpg), Illinois (39.1 cpg) and my state of birth, Michigan (38.7 cpg). Which is the state with the lowest state gasoline tax? It's Alaska at only 8.0 cpg.
Ultimately, elevated gas prices would strengthen the argument for alternative fuels. If you convert the amount of natural gas it takes to equal a gallon of gasoline, if it cost much less gasoline, government could actually levy higher taxes and the consumer would still come out paying less. Think about it!
Cigarette Tax
Cigarette use is perceived by many as a public health risk and as such is another target of government taxation. On February 4, 2009, President Obama signed into law the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 which raised the federal tax rate on cigarettes from $0.39 per pack to $1.01. Will higher prices increase revenue or reduce cigarette sales? According to Gary Becker, a Nobel prize-winning economist who has studied the price elasticity of cigarettes, this increase will result in a decrease in unit sales of 10.6%. Would the big picture be a reduction in cigarette related diseases and subsequent savings to our health care system?
Beer tax, wine tax, cell phone tax, grocery tax, property tax, income tax tolls and fees, etc. With so many tax options, government officials are surely busy looking for ways to increase revenue. And if they can do it in a way that encourages healthy behavior, I'm confident we'll be hearing about it. Come to think about it, I have noticed a lot of commercials targeting smokers coming from the Department of Health and Human Services. Should we expect another round of cigarette taxes soon?
My sources for this blog: U.S. Census Bureau, The Tax Foundation, The American Petroleum Institute, RJ Reynolds and state revenue departments.


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Coco Richmond forwards-
i just heard about this contest on t.v.
WFN (world fishing network) is having a contest for the ultimate fishing spot etc.
the community that wins receives $25,000.00.
The pre-registration ends APRIL 1st. then their is a nomination period from 4/2/12 thru 4/30/12.
I am new to the area and I receive your blog daily. Thought you may be interested in this and could promo thru GMG.
the website is: www.wfnfishingtown.com
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