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Hudson girl cleared to begin experimental cancer treatmentBy APRIL GUILMET
Union Leader Correspondent
March 25. 2014 6:26PM
HUDSON — A Hudson cancer patient has been granted permission to begin treatment with a drug that has not been approved by the Food and Drug Administration.
But before 12-year-old McKenzie Lowe can begin antineoplaston treatment (ANP), an alternative medicine piloted by controversial Texas doctor Stanislaw Burzynski, her family must find a local doctor who is willing to help.
McKenzie, the daughter of Ron and Dianne Lowe, was diagnosed with a DIPG, a rare, inoperable brain tumor in November 2012. After conventional treatments failed, the Lowe family began lobbying the FDA to grant McKenzie a compassion exemption.
FDA officials will occasionally allow use of an experimental drug in cases where a patient's diagnosis is terminal and traditional treatments, such as radiation and chemotherapy, aren't working.
This week, family friend Kim Frenette said finding a doctor willing to treat McKenzie with ANP is easier said than done.
"In order to help us, that doctor would have to be willing to work with the FDA," Frenette said. "And the FDA would have to be willing to work with that doctor."
To complicate matters further, a potential doctor would need to fill out a 200-page FDA application as part of the compassion exemption process.
Burzynski has agreed to work with the family and any local doctor they choose, and has also agreed to provide the ANP infusions at no charge.
The drugs are administered intravenously, with patients wearing a portable backpack.
Frank LaFountain, McKenzie's grandfather, said the family's insurance policy would hopefully cover any doctor's fees, though that too is unclear at this time. LaFountain had previously moved to Florida for his retirement, but returned to the area following McKenzie's diagnosis.
"A big problem is, no doctor wants to be associated with Burzynski," Frenette said. "He's controversial, and for many it would be career suicide."
For that reason, Frenette said, the family believes an ideal situation would be to work with a doctor who is not only experienced in pediatrics and oncology, but is also nearing retirement. They're hoping they'll be able to begin treatment while McKenzie is still relatively healthy and active.
As they wait to see what tomorrow may bring, the family is staying positive.
"We're pushing forward and making some progress anyways," Frenette said. "Things are starting to happen."
Burzynski began treating certain brain tumors with ANP nearly four decades ago, though his most recent clinical trials were put on hold by the FDA last year after a six-year-old New Jersey patient died while being treated with the experimental drug.
Proponents of ANP treatment noted the little boy's diagnosis was already terminal, and he had already received extensive chemotherapy and radiation by the time he began receiving treatment for his inoperable brain tumor at Burzynski's clinic
Last Friday, the FDA agreed to allow McKenzie and seven other patients around the country to be treated with ANP, on the FDA's terms.
"Even in our family there is discussion and disagreement with trying this," LaFountain said this week. "But what really matters is that McKenzie wants to do this and her parents want to do this. What else is there?"
Ric Schiff, founder of the California-based ANP Coalition, said the FDA recently granted Burzynski permission to enter the second phase of the drug's clinical trial — an early step in the approval process.
Schiff said the clinical trial process is a slow one and tumors like McKenzie's are relatively rare, making it difficult to find enough patients to participate.
Meanwhile, McKenzie and other families hoping to work with other doctors in their respective compassion exemption cases are in a race against time.
Schiff said he knows of at least one doctor in Texas who has agreed to work with Burzynski and the FDA to help another brain tumor patient.
"He's in the application process right now," Schiff said on Monday.
He added that it's "very, very difficult to find a doctor willing to work with an investigational new drug."
"You're signing up to work with a patient that's not expected to live," Schiff said. "That doctor, in turn, is agreeing to very little compensation, a huge amount of paperwork and the potential for liability."


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We would be very pleased to hear from you with any enquiries, observations or stories
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We would be very pleased to hear from you with any enquiries, observations or stories
email : sjgarner.69(at)gmail.com
Hi Martin,
Just found your blog and thoroughly enjoyed it. Can't imagine how I missed it before! Anyhow, it's great with a totally refreshing approach and (of course) some cutting edge ideas on identification. I've already added it my list of favorites.
Hope you and the family are doing well. Keep up the great work.
Best Wishes,
(still in Amherst, Massachusetts).
Hi James
Great to hear from you. I think you have the better blog name! One I toyed with at start.
I look forward to following what you are up to – and please you can teach me how to do digi binning – I just can't do it!
Cheers Martin
Hi Martin last saw you 25yrs ago in Thurso! great website, I too look forward to watching what you get up to.
Cheers Chris
Super site, Martin, so much information posted in such a short time by so few (apologies to WinstonC) – reading it makes me feel like a walk around with my eyes shut! – ID stuff like yours at least makes you look with a more discerning eye at things!
Keep up the good work –
Laurie –
Thanks Laurie, much appreciated!
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Hi Martin, Love this site ! Was the Eagle owl found on the Yorks side of the bridge ? Have you had it analysed yet ? would love to know the origin of this bird .
Hi Trevor
the Owl is fully in the hands of Andy Gibson, Yorkshire wildlife Trust warden and I imagine it may be some time before there is any news – these things can take a while – thanks very much for the interest
cheers Martin
Martin, great blog and very informative! So informative there are bits I wouldn't mind keeping in a folder for future ref. But printing is difficult as half the page gets chopped off! Don't know if anyone else has mentioned this or if you are particularly PC-lit (I'm not!) but have you considered a 'printable view' button that squishes it all into one page width? Maybe another reader (more techy than me) can advise on this…?
If you use the google chrome browser you can install an add on that takes a snapshot of the screen and saves it as a PNG file, you can store it in any folder and access it like a photo, a bit more environmentally friendly than printing .
Martin Just a line to say thank you for you talk at Wigg Island Community Park. Your friends Bill, Doug etc were really excited about your visit, and from your reaction you where glad to see them. Everyone enjoyed your presentaion hope to meet up with you again maybe on Frodsham marshes or its Pubs or maybe the Shetlands.
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Enjoyed your website and gull photos.Send some of those gulls over here to the Irish east coast.I use the 400mm and 7D best combo for gull flight shot very fast.
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Hi Martin
I was a pleasure to meet you up by the lodge in Luddenden Dean. I am glad we spotted the Northern LTT. did you find it again?
Will you put some pictures on the Blog?
Best Wishes
I Bruce
ditto really good to meet you- think you must have brought the birds in!- hope to get pics up on blog soon
Enjoying your blog looking hard for caspian gull here on the louth coast ,one in wexford last week found by paul kelly.
All the best.
Gerry o neill
Hi Martin,
Just found your blog and borrowed one of your great shots of a Sooty Shearwater (I credited you) on my blog. Great stuff, thanks. Check it out: http://bit.ly/jopfG6
Happy World Oceans Day!
Thanks again,
Eco Ocean
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Hi Martin!
Very nice blog indeed.
Are you also into cachinnans or did I miss that blog?
Cheers, Theo Muusse
Hi Martin
Once again thanks to Tormond and yourself for a brilliant night on Sat at Rutland water on Pushing the Boundries it was excellent.
Congratulations, birders!
I have nominated your blog for the Wonderful Team Member Readership Award.
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Congratulations, Martin!
I have nominated your blog for the Cracking Chrispmouse Bloggywod Award.
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- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
- 2 teaspoons finely chopped garlic
- 1 (15- by 3½-inch) loaf Italian bread
- ¼ cup grated Parmesan cheese
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Stir together the butter, oil,
garlicand parsley in a small bowl.
- Using a serrated knife cut the bread into 1-inch-thick slices without cutting all the way through to the bottom, leave the slices attached to each other.
- Gently pull apart the slices and use a pastry brush to butter them with the garlic mixture, then sprinkle with Parmesan (you don't have to use it all).
- Wrap the loaf in foil and bake in the center of the oven for 15 minutes. After 15 minutes open up the foil and bake 5 minutes more.
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This is the best garlic bread on Earth!
Hot from the oven it has the perfect amount of crispiness with garlic infusing every last bite!
I added my own personal twist with a little Parmesan cheese. I love the salty bite it adds and the extra layer of decadence.
I am one who has never used a recipe to make garlic bread. Butter, garlic, parsley. Smear on bread. Bake.
Out comes dry, way too crunchy garlic bread. Bread I have to smear more butter on or dip in tomato sauce just to choke down.
Garlic bread I want to love but don't.
So I swallowed my garlic-bread-pride and went looking for the perfect recipe and the secret to good garlic bread. There had to be one. Not all garlic bread is made equal.
I found what I was looking for on Epicurious – a recipe claiming to be the best – the reviews said so too. It's all about having the right ratio of butter to bread but I happen to think it's something else. The addition of olive oil.
I truly believe after my experiments that it is olive oil that keeps it from drying out …and wrapping it in tinfoil rather than spread out on a baking sheet. The perfect ratio is 2:1 butter to olive oil.
If you're stubborn like me and think you don't need a recipe for garlic bread because it's one of the simplest things in the world to make just follow that ratio and it doesn't really matter how much garlic or parsley you add.
As long as you don't overcook it, use enough to generously cover the bread and wrap it in tinfoil then you will have lovely, moist garlic bread. Every time.
Garlic bread so stinkin' good you want to eat it all day and night.
Garlic bread you can't stop daydreaming about or making all for the sake of recipe testing.
Just to be sure it isn't some fluke.
If like me, you make garlic bread by intuition then I beg you to try this recipe.
Put it to the test.
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How does public transportation affect education? What impact does population density have on public health? Is there a connection between CO2 levels and obesity?
Officials in the City of Portland, Ore., have collaborated with IBM to find answers to those and other questions, developing an interactive model that connects the relationships between the city's core systems that handle the economy, housing, education, public safety, transportation and health care.
The computer simulation lets Portland's leaders see how city systems work together, how environmental and other factors relate to each other and project the likely results of actions under consideration.
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IBM puts its 'smart city' technology in one package
The model was built to support the development of metrics for the Portland Plan, the city's roadmap for the next 25 years, said Joe Zehnder, chief planner with Portland's Bureau of Planning and Sustainability.
"We wanted to break down our typical policy or investment silos like transportation, housing, economic development and the environment and look at how policy and investments within any of those areas could play a role in accomplishing a limited and shared set of priorities," Zehnder said.
Portland basically served as a living laboratory during the year-long collaboration effort to explore how complex city systems behave over time.
IBM approached the Portland officials in late 2009 and kicked off the project in April 2010, when IBM experts met with over 75 Portland-area subject matter experts in a variety of fields to learn about system-interconnection points in the city.
Later, with help from researchers at Portland State University and systems software company Forio Business Simulations, the city and IBM collected approximately 10 years of historical data from across the city to support the model.
The project resulted in a computer model of Portland as an interconnected system that provides planners at the Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability with an interactive visual model that lets them navigate and test changes in the city's systems.
"We've been trying to model across cities, looking at how transportation relates to public safety or how public safety relates to education," said Justin Cook, IBM's program manager for Portland. This will help cities set long-term policy goals.
Through a Web browser, the mayor or officials within the Bureau of Planning and Sustainability can access the model from anywhere, Cook said.
They can see an interactive visual map of interconnections and see, for example, what other areas are related to emissions, Cook said. Or they can draw a map between areas to visualize all of the connections.
Finally, they can make changes and test policy positions by doing "what if" scenarios such as "what would happen if the city added more sidewalk miles or more grocery stores per square miles," Cook said.
Meanwhile, IBM introduced new analytics software and services to help cities predict the results of policy decisions and their positive and negative consequences in the future.
System Dynamics for Smarter Cities is designed to help municipal officials reduce the unintended negative consequences on residents of municipal actions, as well as uncover hidden beneficial relationships among municipal policies, IBM officials said.
The software addresses the dynamics across a spectrum of municipal policies and their effect on citizens, such as the associations between:
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The greatest benefit from this would likely be citizen's initiatives in finding the beneficial relationships. That would require making the model and data available to citizens of the city. For instance "transportation access to farmers markets and population wellness". Wouldn't it be interesting if ease of access to farmers markets was negatively correlated with public welfare health costs? Or, possible use of methane gas production from restaurant trash digestion to power municipal mass transit and the reduction in the fill rate of the municipal dump as a result. (The fines sent to the farmers.) Somehow I expect city employees concerned with one aspect of city management may not be able to cut across multiple aspects as easily as citizens or have as open a mind about relationships that affect their area. Of course people of ill will and selfish motives will mine the model as well. Which creates security implications. But an informed public makes for better collective intelligence.
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Gold Derby nuggets: 'Animal Kingdom' dominates Aussie 'Oscars' noms | 'The Hobbit' staying in New Zealand | 'The King's Speech' to Broadway?
• As Michael Bodey reports, "Crime drama 'Animal Kingdom' has swamped the Australian Film Institute nominations, grabbing a nod in every category for which it was eligible. The film about a Melbourne crime family overseen by a charismatic matriarch (played by Jacki Weaver) earned 18 nominations, with war drama 'Beneath Hill 60' next in numbers with a surprising 12 nominations. Jane Campion's British-Australian co-production 'Bright Star' earned 11 nominations, the teen novel adaptation 'Tomorrow When The War Began' earned eight and indigenous musical 'Bran Nue Dae' and the French-Australian co-production 'The Tree' grabbed seven nominations each. All six films will vie for the best film prize." THE AUSTRALIAN
• Mike Fleming has the scoop: "Attorneys representing the Gotham-based real estate clan The Durst Organization are threatening to sue over the December release of 'All Good Things.'" The pic stars Ryan Gosling as a character allegedly modeled on Robert Durst, who was accused of murdering his wife and friend. DEADLINE
• Kyle Buchanan considers whether or not Sandra Bullock will be able to avoid the curse that has befallen other best actress champs as of late. As he notes: "If all goes according to plan, Bullock's next three films will be 'Gravity,' an ambitious space drama directed by Alfonso Cuarón ('Children of Men'), an adaptation of Jonathan Safran Foer's acclaimed novel 'Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close' by Stephen Daldry ('The Hours'), and an untitled comedy that would find Bullock co-starring opposite A-listers like Meryl Streep and Oprah Winfrey." VULTURE
• Richard Verrier has all the details on the decision to keep production of the prequels to Peter Jackson's Oscar-winning trilogy "The Lord of the Rings" in New Zealand: "The nation's prime minister, John Key, announced Wednesday that his government had reached an agreement with the producers of the two 'Hobbit' movies to keep the $500-million production in his country. 'I am delighted we have achieved this result,' Key said in a statement. 'Making the two 'Hobbit' movies here will not only safeguard work for thousands of New Zealanders, but it will also follow the success of the 'Lord of the Rings' trilogy in once again promoting New Zealand on the world stage.' The agreement comes after Key held talks with New Line Cinema President Toby Emmerich and other executives, who wanted assurances that the production would not be disrupted by labor unrest. They also were seeking additional financial sweeteners, which they received." COMPANY TOWN
• Jeff Wells examines the awards prospects for "I Am Love" leading lady Tilda Swinton. HOLLYWOOD ELSEWHERE
• Guy Lodge sings the praises of Emma Stone for her sparkling performance in the teen comedy "Easy A," and bemoans the lack of love from the academy for funny turns by pretty young things. IN CONTENTION
• The 2008 Tony best musical champ, "In the Heights," is closing Jan. 9. Creator and star Lin-Manuel Miranda, who won a Tony for his score, will be returning to the show for the final two weeks. PLAYBILL
• As Patrick Healey notes: "If the highly anticipated Colin Firth film 'The King's Speech' performs well this awards season, chances are a stage version will come about relatively quickly on Broadway, in London's West End, or both. Michael Alden, a producer on the Broadway musical 'Grey Gardens' and the Sarah Jones solo show 'Bridge & Tunnel,' said in an interview on Tuesday that he was developing a stage production of 'The King's Speech' after acquiring the rights to the work, about the real-life relationship between King George VI of Britain (the World War II monarch and current queen's father) and a speech therapist named Lionel Logue, who helped him overcome a stammer." ARTS BEAT
• Reports Joyce Eng: "Justin Bieber, Ke$ha and Katy Perry will make their American Music Awards debuts next month as performers, producers announced Wednesday. All three are multiple nominees and will duke it out in the artist of the year race alongside Lady Gaga and Eminem. Bieber is up for four awards, while Ke$ha and Perry each have three nominations. Eminem and Lady Antebellum lead with five bids." TV GUIDE
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Middle photo: "The Hobbit" book cover. Credit: Houghton Mifflin
Lower photo: Geoffrey Rush, Colin Firth and Helena Bonham Carter in "The King's Speech." Credit: The Weinstein Co.
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In its editorial opposing Chuck Hagel for Secretary of Defense, the Washington Post wrote:
Mr. Obama has available other possible nominees who are considerably closer to the mainstream and to the president's first-term policies. Former undersecretary of defense Michèle Flournoy, for example, is a seasoned policymaker who understands how to manage the Pentagon bureaucracy and where responsible cuts can be made. She would bring welcome diversity as the nation's first female defense secretary.
By playing the diversity card, the Post was, I think, firing a shot across the White House's bow. And, sure enough, suddenly there are reports that Flournoy may have replaced Hagel as the frontrunner for the Secretary of Defense position.
If Hagel were the nominee, it would mean that, for the first time since the Clinton administration, white men hold the top jobs at State and Defense. Not that there's anything wrong with that. The nation survived this particular manifestation of white patriarchy for more than two centuries, so an occasional recurrence is hardly the end of the world. But these days, in some liberal circles, the very notion that neither blacks and nor females won't occupy at least one of two top policy making jobs sends shudders all around.
I don't know much about Flournoy, but she would almost surely be a better selection than Hagel. Ashton Carter, a white male, might well be better than both of them. But if takes the left's obsession with diversity to derail Hagel, that's fine with me.


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Death Notice: Maynard "Max" Allen Chambers
Maynard "Max" Allen Chambers, 76, died Tuesday, Sunday, December 2, 2012, at the Samaritan Memorial Hospital in Macon, MO. Visitation will be held Wednesday, December 5, 2012, from 5:00-7:00 p.m., at the HUTTON & MCELWAIN Funeral Home in Macon, with a prayer service starting at 4:45 p.m. A private Mass of Christian Burial will be held at a later date. Burial will be in the St. Joseph Cemetery in Fremont, OH.


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Mar 13, 2012 at 1:58 am
you got one nice 73 how do the caps fit my dad wants to put some new honeycomb wheels on his car ?
Mar 11, 2012 at 5:12 pm
Nice looking 97 Trans Am noticed you on my page just started to place pictures on my page along with write ups. like the nickname on your garage page. Very nice looking and well kept Trans AM like the white. I have a 79 firebird and a 01 Trans Am with the WS6 package also.


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Blocks: EJSApp "private files" browser
EJSApp is a module that supports the deployment of EJS simulations, that usually correspond to virtual and/or remote labs, into Moodle.
EJSApp "Private Files" Browser
This block enriches EJSApp by supporting the cloud storage of state files (i. e., data of an EJS simulation can be stored online on the Moodle server). In particular, it provides a browser to navigate through the user's EJS files. Moreover, it connects the state files to the their corresponding EJS simulation (i.e., when the user clicks on a state file in the browser, the EJS simulation that generated it is automatically loaded in Moodle and updated to the state).
This feature enables a number of valuable functionalities. For instance, the intermediate running states of a lab may be stored. So, a student may start lab practice in a given computer, and later, using any other computer in any other place, take up the practice. Another additional functionality is the possibility to save and load files with experiments that run automatically. This block also includes a little AJAX feature that let users to refresh their EJSApp private files block without refreshing the entire page.
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Communism in China
Description: The purpose of this study is fourfold: to show why and how Communism is emerging in China; to explain the special characteristics of the Chinese Communists and their tactics; to indicate the effect of Communism on the people of China; and to attempt an analysis of the attitude the Chinese Communists manifest toward the United States and Russia. Special emphasis will be laid upon the conflict between the Kuomintang (Nationalists) led by Chiang K'aishek and the Communists led by Mao Tze-Tung.
Date: 1949
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EDU524 Current Issues/Common Challenges in Athletics/Activities Administration
This course will provide athletics/activities' directors with a broad understanding and better perception of current issues and common challenges they will face in the local and state educational community, as well as those evolving issues on the national and global levels. These include gender equity, emergency/crisis planning as well as issues regarding co-curricular and extra-curricular activities. 3 Credits


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Below you will find links to example survey reports which have been submitted by members towards their NAS Part II Certificate.
These reports are intended to provide you with examples of the types of surveys which have been carried out for Part II projects and how the reports have been written up, they are not definitive examples of how this should be undertaken.
For more information on completing a Part II please refer to the Guidance Notes or for further assistance please contact the NAS Office
Some examples of Part II Reports:
- An Archaeological Survey of the Elizabeth Austin (2012) by Brian Minehane
- Survey Report of the 'part' foresmast of the wreck of the Steam Trawler Sheraton, lying in the inter-tidal zone off Hunstanton, North Norfolk (2010) by Jezz Davies
- Hamble River Clinker Boat (2009) by Rodrigo Pacheco
- A survey and study of the background of the wreck of the steam trawler Sheraton lying in the inter-tidal zone off Hunstanton, North Norfolk (2007) by Simon Draper
- Survey and Research of 'New Dispatch' (2006) by W. Tabner and K. Peake
- The Brighton Marina Protected Wreck Project (2004 - 2005) by Keith Clark
- Scarborough Harbour International Project: S.H.I.P. Tobago, May 2000 by L.M.P. McKewan
Examples of Part II Reports written by our International Students at Northwestern Michigan College can be viewed here.


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Sympathy for the NPC
It wouldn't be fair to say that Ni No Kuni has a specific urination quest. It's more of a side story or side effect of a larger task, if you will. Nevertheless, when I came upon this girl who needed to whiz, I immediately wrote it off as filler NPC chatter. A few missions later I had learned that my tasks had indirectly let her use the bathroom. Someone went through the trouble of updating our hero on this story. Planning went into this. Okay, then.
She made an impression on me because, of all the things this young girl could have vocalized to me, she was intent on telling her mother and I that she needed to execute a mad leak. She needs to piss really bad, you see. Either that, or she required some for alchemy. The dialogue isn't really clear on what she intends to do with said pee-pee, but le't just assume she had made a surplus and wanted to remove it from her body.
Why not just run behind a tree? We're in a forest, after all. Despite the marvel of modern videogames, here's a cute example of why NPCs are still the dumbest forms of life in gaming.
As cleverly editorialized in The Secret Lives of Non-Player Characters, the idiocy of NPCs is one of the funniest things about our primitive videogames. This chick will stand there until the end of time holding that bladder until I go a vast journey talk to a tree, beat down guardian, and return to steal a guy's heart ten feet away from The Pissy One so the gate can open. Unlike the ants in your kitchen (which some heavenly power has expertly scripted for thousands of years to solve every task possible) it does not occur to this bitch that she can take a whiz behind a tree. Ants are my favorite script, by far. Whomever invented ants is probably rich.
The mom will stand there and ignore that her child desperately needs to defecate, and will also starve her for as long as I please. It's unfortunate that if I leave my PS3 on for the weekend I wouldn't return to an angry mob beating the tits out of the guards, or a camp of hippies cooking turkeys in front of the castle that I can spy sometimes pooping in the woods.
It's my hope that in the not-so-distant future game engines will allow developers to instill more common sense of survival to their non-player characters. Until then, I'm happy to help them twinkle.
Also, slow news day. Sorry THQ, you'll be missed.
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November 18, 2012
Sunshine Sunday - my husband, Saturdays, and Wienerschnitzel
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Maybe it is my "little boy" sense of humor, but I think it is funny that he dances saying wiener over and over again before saying the whole word! They can dance!ReplyDelete
oh .. the butt wiggle is sooo cute! you MUST keep a copy of this and play it years from now, at their weddings! hahahahaReplyDelete
Little boys are so awesome!ReplyDelete
They have great moves! What cuties. I really like the picture of your husband and Rex. I love the look on Rex's face. He looks like he is in heaven.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous18.11.12
Totally read "My husband has been pulling a whole lot of weight lately..." as:ReplyDelete
"My husband has been PUTTING on a whole lot of weight lately..."
Your version is better!Replies
Ha! My husband has only lost weight since we've been married. I guess that tells you how poor of a cook I am :)Delete
Your boys are so cute. I love the dance moves, especially the booty shake. My boys are 8 and 10 and this sure makes me miss when they were little. They too loved Saturdays with Daddy, and called them Dadderdays because they got to have Daddy for the whole day. Enjoy these precious times! Thanks for sharing.ReplyDelete
OH Cheri, that is too funny! I love how your little guys says "Beaner-schnitzel." Giggle. Giggle.ReplyDelete
I love "you can't live without Wienerschnitzel." They are too cute. My kiddos love Saturday too. They love that no one has to go to work or school and we get to play all day.ReplyDelete
Love it! I have two boys and one awesome husband too. I feel that pride too!ReplyDelete
On another note, where did you get those awesome houndstooth curtains? Did you blog them and I missed it?Replies
I never blogged about them, so you didn't miss it. It was fabric I bought at a local store that I found really well-priced. The store never carries the same fabric again, though, so that's not very helpful. If you're local, it's Home Fabrics. They won't have the same one, but they often have great fabrics and their prices are awesome.Delete
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GroupWise has been a solid, mature, feature rich, enterprise solution for many years. However, over the past few years GroupWise has seen a decline in market share. GroupWise has trailed the leading vendors (IBM and Microsoft) in development of functionality. Novell has increasingly relied on partnerships to provide new functionality such as mobile access, business application integration, and team workspaces (eventually acquiring the technology). Given Novell's investment in and the current state of GroupWise, it is likely that it would be sold off to a partner. GWAVA or Messaging Architects are the leading candidates. These partners have the capability to take the technology and run with it as a vertically focused alternative to the bigger vendors.
Novell also has the Teaming solution (technology acquired through the acquisition of Sitescape) and the recently announced Pulse that might of interest to a variety of vendors.
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Beef in Coconut Cream
Makes about 6 cups
I think this exotic beef dish goes really well with roasted sweet potatoes and turnips, plus a salad made of tropical fruits and topped with a tangy, almost sour dressing.
2 tablespoons Chef Paul Prudhomme's Meat Magic® OR
1 teaspoon ground allspice
1 teaspoon ground mace
1 teaspoon dry mustard
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 cup pine nuts
1 cup canned unsweetened coconut milk (regular or low fat)
2 pounds flank steak, scalloped
3 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 cup chopped onions
1 tablespoon chopped fresh ginger
1 tablespoon chopped fresh jalapeno chile peppers
1 cup beef stock
2 cups daikon, diced into ½-inch pieces
½ cup chopped fresh cilantro
how to prepare
Combine the first 6 ingredients in a small bowl to make the Seasoning mix.
Process the pine nuts and coconut milk in a blender until smooth.
Sprinkle the Seasoning Mix evenly over the meat and rub it in well.
Heat the oil in a 5-quart pot over high heat just until it begins to smoke, about 4 minutes. Add the seasoned meat and cook, stirring frequently, until it begins to brown, about 4 minutes. Add the onions, ginger, and jalapeño peppers. Cover and cook, stirring and scraping the pot bottom occasionally, for 15 minutes. Add the stock, daikon, cilantro, and the pine nut-coconut milk mixture. Cover and cook, stirring occasionally, until the meat is tender, about 15 minutes. Serve piping hot over mashed potatoes, brown or white rice, or your favorite pasta.
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Lindsay Lohan managed to not get arrested over the Independence Day weekend. But it's only the beginning of July. And she lives next door to her ex-girlfriend Samantha Ronson in Venice. And did you know Samantha is dating someone new? Someone beautiful, someone well connected, and someone very well liked? Sam's new gf is Erin Foster. Full Story
The reason for the pumpkin patch
Last week I posted this article with photos of Christina Aguilera at the pumpkin patch playing good mommy with her kid Max noting: Oh this can only mean some sh-t is about to go down. Or leak out. When someone wants to look this good this quickly, you know it's for storage. Full Story
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Lindsay Lohan wants to come to Cannes. Of course she does. The world's press is here. And the parties are wild. So why not get cranked on the French Riviera? Lilo also wants to promote her upcoming turn as porn star Linda Lovelace, the only role she could land. Problem? She can't afford it. Full Story
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Like clockwork. Lindsay Lohan is hating on Samantha Ronson again. Somehow they ended up at the same party last night. And of course they decided to Twitter fight about it. Lilo's tweets are, not surprisingly, totally incomprehensible. Samantha's are particularly sharp. VERY sharp. She drops the c-word. Full Story
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Samantha Ronson dj'd at an Emmy afterparty last night. Needless to say, Lilo was not invited. So she crack tweeted about it for our pleasure. Lindsay Lohan's Twitter really does provide endless, endless amusement. It started around midnight last night: Nice to see @samantharonson has found a 90210 rather than being a loyal Possessive and jealous, as usual, Lilo seems to imply that Sam is cheating on her with someone from 90210? Then she accuses Sam of lying because she's working: Nice to see @samantharonson has found a party rather than being honest This is followed by a tweet that suggests that she crashed the HBO party: Hbo security sucks And finally, Lilo says she's heading out the door with a sly dig at the Ronson Family, and it's widely known that they hate her. Full Story
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PopCrush's Top 20 Songs list this week has one newcomer, sassy U.K. star Cher Lloyd and her hot single 'Want U Back.' The track is featured on her album 'Sticks + Stones,' which will hit the States on Oct. 2. The rest of the the countdown does a bit of jumbling: Alex Clare's 'Too Close' moves up to No. 14 after making its debut last week, and songs by One Direction, Demi Lovato and Gotye shift around slightly, as well.
The Top 5 remains the same as last week, except that Neon Trees make their move to No. 1 for the first time with 'Everbody Talks.' Take a look at this week's Top 20 Songs and be sure to tune in to our weekend radio show to hear all of these plus the winning About to Pop song (Enrique Iglesias' new hit 'Finally Found You' featuring Sammy Adams).
Top 20 Songs: Week of Sept. 3 – Sept. 9, 2012
20. Cher Lloyd, 'Want U Back'
19. fun., 'We Are Young'
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17. One Direction, 'What Makes You Beautiful'
16. Matchbox Twenty, 'She's So Mean'
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12. Kelly Clarkson, 'Dark Side'
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9. Demi Lovato, 'Give Your Heart a Break'
8. Carly Rae Jepsen, 'Call Me Maybe'
7. Taylor Swift, 'We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together'
6. fun., 'Some Nights'
5. Maroon 5, 'Payphone'
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3. Ellie Goulding, 'Lights'
2. Pink, 'Blow Me (One Last Kiss)'
1. Neon Trees, 'Everybody Talks'
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I mentioned this in my game story, and thought I'd start by elaborating. It is an interesting time to evaluate this Phillies team. It seems like regardless of how bad they play -- and in losing five of the last six, they are playing poorly right now -- the rest of the division seems content to let them run away with the title. Granted, it is early. And five games up with 58 to play is by no means a lock. But considering the teams chasing them, and their failure over the last three seasons to take advantage of the their mis-steps, it still feels comfortable.
The Phillies have played 104 games this season. They have been in first place for 70 of them. From April 28 through May 7 they lost three of six games, yet GAINED a game in the standings, going from a half game down to a half game up. From June 5 through 13, they lost five of eight, yet lost just one game in the standings. From June 16 through June 26, they lost nine of 10, yet lost just 3.5 games in the standings. And they enter tonight have lost five out of six, yet have lost just two games in the standings in doing so.
I say all this to provide some sort of context to the daily beat coverage you read on this blog and in the pages of our fine newspaper. The reason I focused more on Jamie Moyer's struggles last night and less on the offense's struggles is that, for better or worse, the Phillies offense is what it is. And now that Jimmy Rollins is hitting -- in a dramatic turn of events, he has gone from one of the few players not hitting to one of the few players who is hitting -- there aren't many big-picture concerns that one can derive from a six-game slice of the present. Simply put, the Phillies have had a maddeningly inconsistent offense for the last year-and-a-half, but there isn't much they can do except ride out the downturns and wait for the next wave, which is where we now sit.
With all that said, here is the breakdown for this afternoon:
1) I made this remark to somebody in the press box last night, and I'll make it here: I find it hard to believe that any other first-place team carries with it the level of intrigue that the Phillies currently have. Look at all the things that still need to get sorted out: What will happen with Pedro Martinez? How will his arrival affect the rest of the rotation? When will the three relievers on the disabled list return? Will Brett Myers be able to help the Phillies this season? If he is, what will his role be? Will Brad Lidge have different results in the final two months of the season? It really is a fascinating time to be covering the team.
2) Martinez makes a rehab start tonight in Reading. The Phillies have not said that this is is final rehab start. But the way Martinez has talked publicly, he expects this to be his final start, and might be a tad displeased if it is not. After pitching tonight, he would be on pace to make a start on Tuesday in Chicago against the Cubs. That would also be J.A. Happ's day to start.
3) So all signs indicate that the easiest move for the Phillies to make is to send Happ back to the bullpen, where he was 2-0 with a 2.49 ERA in 12 appearances before joining the rotation. After all, Martinez is pitching on Happ's day and Happ seems better suited for a bullpen role than Jamie Moyer. The thinking amongst my fellow beat scribes is that this move is destined to happen. I'm not so sure. . .
4A) We go back to the first point I made in this post: Right now, every decision should be made with an eye on the postseason. Sure, the Phillies are taking it one day at a time and yadda, yadda, yadda. But the fact of the matter is that, when you are defending World Champions, simply making the playoffs is not enough to satisfy the populous. So while the players are right to keep their sights short, those in charge must include October in every one of their moves. Of course, that is my point of view, but this is my blog, so I get to have one. To me, a decision like the one that confronts the Phillies needs to be made by working backwards:
4B) Moving Happ to the bullpen and keeping Moyer and Martinez in the rotation might make them a stronger team in the short-term. Happ, the thinking goes, pitched well in the role early in the year and has a young, fresh arm, so while the rotation might lose some strength by sticking with Moyer or Martinez, it would be off-set by the gain in strength in the bullpen. I don't necessarily agree with that line of thought -- after all, Happ was essentially a long man during his time as a reliever -- but let's say it is true. Chad Durbin and J.C. Romero are on pace to be back with the team within the next couple of weeks. While Clay Condrey remains far away from a return, you would think that he would be back at some point after the rosters expand in September. And the Phillies are optimistic that Brett Myers will be able to contribute in some fashion out of the bullpen. So while the team might benefit from Happ's arm in the bullpen now, what happens if all four of those players return? Two of them are capable of pitching multiple innings, like Happ; one of them is a lefty, like Happ. And one of them is a former closer with back-of-the-bullpen stuff. So if you move Happ to the bullpen, you are looking at a scenario in which the following could enter the final week of the season as relievers: Brad Lidge, Ryan Madson, Scott Eyre, Chan Ho Park, J.C. Romero, Brett Myers, Chad Durbin, Clay Condrey, J.A. Happ. Maybe Happ is one of the seven best relievers in that bunch. But is he markedly better than any one of them to warrant the drop-off you might suffer by taking him out of the rotation? Maybe he is. Maybe he's not. Fortunately, it isn't my decision.
4C) So we've covered the bullpen angle of the Martinez connundrum. Now let's look at the rotation. Again, we'll work backwards. If the playoffs started today, who would the Phillies want in their four-man rotation? Cliff Lee, Joe Blanton and Cole Hamels all are locks. Maybe Manuel, Amaro and Co. really would pick Jamie Moyer, deciding that his playoff experience and 10 wins outweigh his 5.55 ERA and inconsistency. If that is the case, then we've just wasted our breath dissecting this situation. Because if they view Moyer as a better starting option than Happ, then there is no reason why they shouldn't make Happ the odd man out. But let's say that, like you and I, the Phillies have watched Happ pitch into the sixth inning in all 13 of his starts, and post a team-leading 3.09 ERA, and pitch quality starts in seven of his last eight outings. And let's say that they decide that, on paper, their best playoff rotation at this point in time includes Lee, Blanton, Hamels and Happ. If that is what they project as their October rotation, does it make sense to switch it up now in August? It would stand to reason that moving Happ to the bullpen would risk tinkering with whatever magic he has been able to capture thus far as a starter. To me, the worst-case scenario is this: Move Happ to the bullpen, watch Moyer and Martinez both struggle as starters for the next month, then move Happ back to the rotation, at which point he struggles, and the Phillies are left to wonder whether Happ would have struggled regardless of a move to the bullpen, or if the yo-yoing had something to do with it. And when you have one eye on October, the No. 1 goal would seem to be avoiding worst-case scenarios.
4D) In essence, here is what I spent the last 500 words saying. The Phillies must consider Happ's worth as a starter both now and in October, divide it with his worth as a reliever both now and in October, and then compare it to Moyer's worth as a starter now and in October/His worth as a reliever now and in October and to Martinez's worth as a starter now and in October/His worth as a reliever now and in October.
5) I just realized that this blog post is already way too long, so I'll save the rest of the run down for later this afternoon.


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Every summer my parents (65 & 66 years old), 6-year old niece and 11-year old nephew and I (39 years old) take a vacation together. This year the kids picked Great Wolf Lodge in Grapevine, Texas after seeing commercials on one of the New Orleans TV Stations.
Our vacation was awesome. We checked in to the Great Wolf Lodge at 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, July 8, went to the indoor waterpartk and played til 8:30. We order food from the snack shop, which we thought was resonably priced, ate then we went straight to our room for the night. The kids were so tired that they did not even want to play video games or participate in the MagicQuest game.
The next morning we got up to go eat with Wiley and Violet at Camp Critter Bar & Grille, but were told we had to make reservations, so we made them for 9 and hung out in the lobby for an hour. We couldn't pass up the chance to eat with Wiley and Violet. After eating with the characters, which was well worth the money, we headed to our room, the KidCabin, packed up and at about 10:30 checked out of our room, put our luggage in the truck and enjoyed both the indoor and outdoor waterparks.
At about 2 pm both kids were ready to shower, dress and hit the road to explore the Grapevine Area. We had a blast! The only thing we think can be inproved upon is the room lighting and when you check in the front desk should tell you that you need to make restervations for the Camp Critter Breakfast. Other than that we can't wait to come back hopefuly next year!
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Mayor Nutter is today freezing salary increases, including pay step increases or longevity increases, for union workers and non-represented civil service employees.
The move – which the city said could save about $80 million* over five years if it stays in place – comes a week after contracts expired for the city's four municipal unions. While the city is legally required to maintain the "status quo" of employee compensation during negotiation, the state Supreme Court has ruled that status quo does not include pay increases.
"If you got it, you got it and if you didn't you didn't," said Managing Director Camille Barnett this afternoon. She said the administration was not making a negotiating move, but rather trying to achieve much-needed savings.
Workers were notified of the move through a mass email. Barnett said the city was not in a financial position to continue paying pay increases. The city has said they need to get $125 million in savings from union contracts over the next four years. The city's contract proposals to the four unions include no salary increases of any kind.
Under civil service rules, employees are hired in a pay range with four or five increasing salaries, or steps. Workers typically move up one step each year until they hit the maximum pay in their range. Some union workers are also awarded a differing amount of "longevity pay," a salary bump after they hit a certain amount of service – like 10 or 20 years.
The city today said that any future step increases or longevity increases would be determined by contract negotiations for the almost 20,000 union-represented employees. For the 870 non-represented civil service employees, Mayor Nutter will dictate when the city can afford to start paying salary increases again.
* The Nutter administration earlier said the savings would be about $49 million over five years, which we originally reported. They later amended that number to $80 million.


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STOCKTON - The Stockton City Council wrestled Tuesday night with pivotal decisions, voting unanimously to approve 95 percent of its bankruptcy settlements and then later struggling with revisions to the city charter.
STOCKTON - The Stockton City Council wrestled Tuesday night with pivotal decisions, voting unanimously to approve 95 percent of its bankruptcy settlements and then later struggling with revisions to the city charter.
Council members voted 7-0 five times on resolutions approving the creditor agreements under the bankruptcy plan of adjustment. The action sets up May 12, the scheduled date for the city's Chapter 9 trial in federal court in Sacramento with its two remaining creditors.
Even with the pending trial, City Manager Kurt Wilson was confident Stockton's bankruptcy status would end by mid-summer.
"We are on pace to reach all of our agreements this fiscal year," Wilson said.
Marc Levinson is the city's bankruptcy attorney.
"This has been an arduous and expensive process," he said. "The council had as a goal, the relief of the general fund into the future. We reached that goal and got the general fund off the hook."
Wilson also pointed out that certain council-established principles had been achieved, including sustaining city services and making sure that "we never come back to bankruptcy again."
Retired businessman Gary Malloy, a regular at council meetings, disagreed with the City Hall assessment. Mayor Anthony Silva introduced him as Gary "Watchdog" Malloy.
"The bankruptcy plan is flawed," Malloy said. "We should look for more from the city's bondholders. They should take some hits or we'll be back in bankruptcy."
During the four-hour meeting, the council also dealt with a recommendation to further pursue regional fire dispatch possibilities and, after an hour-long discussion, voted 5-2 to overturn a unanimous Planning Commission decision to deny an off-sale liquor license to a Shop-N-Go market on Pacific Avenue.
The discussion over charter revisions proved to be the most contentious, in part because members of a 15-member citizens commission made it clear they felt like their recommendations were being ignored.
Shortly after the residents' panel was formed early last year, the council created its own ad hoc committee. The two groups haven't always been on parallel paths.
"We are disillusioned by the treatment of the council and city staff," said Howard Seligman, chairman of the Charter Review Advisory Commission. "We need assurances that our work won't be put on a shelf to gather dust."
Seligman is an attorney and a former city councilman. He expressed particular concerns about charter language involving what he called a "discretionary fund for the city manager" and language regarding the city auditor "in light of our recent history."
Marcie T. Bayne, a Stockton political consultant and fellow member of the commission, also spoke with bitterness and resentment.
"We want to have the best charter we can," she said. "But for the most part, these are the recommendations of staff. If that's all you want, why should I waste my time? I'll quit and so will others."
Tuesday night was the first of two required public hearings on the proposed charter changes. The next one is scheduled for May 20 and a vote is set for July.
Another complaint - from several residents and council members - was the slow pace of the charter-review considerations.
By state law, changes to the charter must go before the voters of Stockton and by state law that is impossible until November 2016.
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KOEGHANS HEROES - Thursdays Keoghan's Heroes is a story of redemption. Early Show pal Phil Keoghan, host of the Amazing Race, visited coastal New Zealand where people are saving whales and helping preserve an entire town and an essential piece of cultural heritage.
OMG how I miss Phil
Quote from: puddin on February 06, 2008, 05:50:55 PMOMG how I miss Phil Me too, puddin! We must wait how long until the next TAR?? But doesn't he do something on TES once in awhile? Was thinking I read about it somewhere.
Quote from: RudyRules on February 06, 2008, 06:05:58 PMQuote from: puddin on February 06, 2008, 05:50:55 PMOMG how I miss Phil Me too, puddin! We must wait how long until the next TAR?? But doesn't he do something on TES once in awhile? Was thinking I read about it somewhere. Yes, hes been doing Keoghan's Hero's for sometime now Rudy ....................GOOLLLLYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
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Making It Big, which airs on Fridays at 10 pm, is a programme that inspires young professionals to take up creative careers. Each episode features three hopefuls who face some tough challenges while competing for a reward. The aspirants are mentored by a high profile leader in their respective creative industry that includes television host Phil Keoghan of The Amazing Race fame, Manhattan event planner Preston Bailey, Academy Award winning costume designer Angus Strathe, music video director Floria Sigismondi, advertising guru Sally Hogshead, and New York fashion photographer Joshua Jordan to name a few.
MOST people know Phil Keoghan as the host of The Amazing Race, but this week he's putting in the leg work in Northland's own amazing race. The Kiwi cycling enthusiast - and host of a US reality TV show that has bickering contestants racing around the globe - is among the hundreds of cyclists taking part in the four-day Twin Coast Cycle Challenge. Mr Keoghan said it was just his second road race. His first was the 200km K2 cycle race around the Coromandel Peninsula. "My wife signed us up for this," he joked
THE LONG DRIVE: CBS television host of Amazing Race, Phil Keoghan, has traveled the world and done some crazy things. But even he was wondering what possessed him to attempt this ridiculous challenge: to hit a golf ball clear across Scotland from coast-to-coast, ending at the birthplace of golf, The Old Course at St. Andrews. 107 miles in 4 days, basically a marathon a day. But along the way he would meet some delightful characters, like a champion women's tug-of-war team, a professional whisky taster, and a man who's built a golf course where you can only play with antique hickory sticks, exactly like they used in the old days. And a magical ending awaits Phil when he makes it to the 18th hole of The Old Course.
TV presenter Phil Keoghan finished a marathon journey from Greenock to St Andrews with a birdie three at the last hole on the Old Course. Using only a seven iron, Phil hit a golf ball the entire 100 miles.
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Down the street on rue Rambuteau is Cupcake Berko, famous for their colorful mini cupcakes. More goldeny than bright yellow but this tarte fine is still yum.
This post is making me hungry!
Carol, This post is making me a. want to go back to Paris b. mix colors c. eat & gaze upon Parisian pastry d. tell you that I think your still life is a delicacy...RitaReplyDelete
mewrci Rita!
homesick too
Tres jolie aquarelles!ReplyDelete
You make me want to bake even when it's almost 6:00PM..and I painted a little bird like that in les Alpes Maritimes..I remember!!
First thing I painted there I liked.
Oh and you make me want to paint:)
What a dear Limoges box you found and painted..
I found it in a chatchka shop in Passage Joufroy for maybe 5 euros..
Never thought to paint it before
Are those berries still in season?
How's the ballet lecons?
I don't know how you do it??
Love your little Limoges box aquarelle painting & your 3 colour mixing. I'm still practising my blob painting.ReplyDelete
You can still practice blobbing with RYB.
Just use Perm Rose or Cad red +Yell Ochre + cobalt blue or ultramarine blue or Cerulean.
You'll get beautiful greys.
That perfume bottle watercolour is beautiful, Carol. Trust you to have such an eye with the table colours. I'd normally just walk right past them but they are so cheerful!ReplyDelete
This post is making me hungry too! :-)
And after walking my eyes through all those beautiful color blogs, I almost fell into that tarte fine (well, wished it were so).
I read a book by Gertrude Stein before going to Paris and it gave me some flavor for the city prior to arriving. BUT CAROL, you give me flavor and color and Paris perspective in the sweetest light. Thank you so much for your yum blogReplyDelete
You paint gold edges on porcelain so beautifully! Gorgeous watercolor! :-)ReplyDelete