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Make-Ahead Christmas Morning Breakfast
It's the season for layering. You've already heard me rave about boots and tights, but I haven't even started telling you about layering striped sweaters and down vests, burning multiple scented candles, or repeatedly stacking cheese, spinach, and bread on top of each other, then soaking it all with an egg custard.
Here's why you should make this delightful dish: Beyond being delicious--whether you go whole hog with the full amount of cheese, or dial down the indulgence--this baby makes the morning easier. What's the catch? It just takes a little work the night before, when I'm more awake and it's safer to use knives anyway. If you've visited us in Seattle, chances are good that I served you this. The night before, I spend half an hour in the kitchen, sauteeing onions and spinach, grating cheese, and cutting bread, and the next morning I pop this in the oven while the house wakes up. You come to the kitchen for coffee and laugh at my unnatural leopard pajama pants, but you back off when you catch the smell wafting from the oven, and because my mom gave me those pants.
Besides this strata being filling enough to fuel your most ambitious houseguest for a day of sightseeing, it just as easily fuels a lazy holiday morning--I'm envisioning lounging in an explosion of wrapping paper, listening to Karen Carpenter's Christmas Waltz, and waiting for breakfast to cool slightly.
It starts just by layering sauteed spinach and onions with bread and cheese.
This part is a lot of fun: Mix up a custard with eggs, milk, and a little mustard. Pour it over the strata, soaking each chunky bread cube.
Wrap your beautiful strata up in a Saran Wrap blanket, tell it goodnight, and tuck it in...(in the fridge).
One note about the size of this recipe: It's HUGE. I usually make only half the recipe (using five eggs) unless we have a house full of hungry people.
Spinach and Cheese Strata
Adapted from Gourmet | Serves 6 to 8
10 ounces spinach, roughly chopped
1 large onion, finely chopped (about 1 1/2 cups)
3 tablespoons unsalted butter
1 teaspoon salt (this will be halved and added in two separate steps)
1/2 teaspoon black pepper (likewise)
1/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
8 cups cubed French or Italian bread in 1-inch cubes (1/2 lb), preferably a day old, or dried in the oven
6 ounces coarsely grated Gruyère (2 cups) or Fontina
2 ounces finely grated parmesan (1 cup)
2 3/4 cups milk
9 large eggs
2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
In a large, heavy skillet over medium heat, melt the butter. Add the onion and sauté until soft, about 5 minutes. Add 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1/4 teaspoon pepper, and all of the nutmeg and continue cooking for one minute. Stir in spinach and cook until thoroughly wilted. (You may have to gradually add the spinach as what's in the pan cooks down to fit it all in.) Remove from the heat and set aside.
Spread one third of the bread cubes in a well-buttered 3-quart ceramic or glass baking dish. Top the bread with one-third of spinach mixture, and one-third of each cheese. Repeat layering twice with remaining bread, spinach and cheese. (You don't have to be very neat with the layering. It won't be evenly spread, but the laws of randomness benefit you here: Just sprinkle the ingredients about and every bite should get a proportionate amount of each of the ingredients.)
Whisk the eggs, milk, mustard, and remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper together in a large bowl (one that has a spout is especially handy here) and pour evenly over the strata. Cover with plastic wrap, pressing down gently, and chill strata for at least 8 hours or up to a day.
After chilling, let it stand at room temperature for 30 minutes or so while the oven preheats to 350°F. Bake the strata, uncovered, in middle of oven until puffed, golden brown, and cooked through, 45 to 55 minutes. If you have an instant-read thermometer (shout-out to my Thermapen!), make sure the inside of the strata is 160°F. Let stand 5 minutes before serving. Sit back in your leopard pants and get ready for the rest of your day.


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"Sneaky" Pete Kleinow, a steel guitar virtuoso who helped create the genre of country rock by introducing rock audiences to one of country music's cornerstone instruments while performing with the Flying Burrito Brothers, has died of complications brought on by Alzheimer's disease. He was 72.
Kleinow died Saturday at a nursing facility in Petaluma, Calif., where he had been living since last year, his daughter Anita Kleinow said in a statement. He was diagnosed with Alzheimer's about 18 months ago, she said, and it "hit him hard and fast."
Country-rock pioneer Gram Parsons spotted Kleinow playing with a country band in a small North Hollywood club in 1968, and when Parsons and fellow Byrds member Chris Hillman decided to leave that group and form a band of their own that could wed country emotion with rock attitude, they wanted Kleinow to be part of it.
From his springboard in the Flying Burrito Brothers, Kleinow went on to become one of the most respected and sought-after steel guitarists in the music business, playing in hundreds of sessions over the next 30 years for such acts as the Rolling Stones, John Lennon, Stevie Wonder, Fleetwood Mac, Ringo Starr, Jackson Browne and Linda Ronstadt.

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Katy led the state of Texas as the best place to retire, a SmartAsset study showed, with a plentiful amount of doctors' offices and recreation centers elevating it to the top.
SmartAsset, a financial technology company and website, determined the ranking by examining three factors that affect the quality of life: income and sales taxes, the number of doctors' offices and opportunity for recreation and social life.Read Full Article
The top 10 list also included the Hill Country cities of Burnet and Fredericksburg.
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Fredricksburg, No. 5 on the list, had the highest percentage of seniors at 30 percent of the population. Among the top cities, Tomball had the biggest share of seniors in the Houston region at 18 percent of the population. Seniors made up less than 12 percent of the population in Katy.


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Who doesn't want a timeless face? This girl does! If your current foundation gives great color coverage but not great texture coverage, you may need to try a specialty primer. So many primers help makeup adhere to the skin better, but they don't make the skin look flawless from a texture perspective.
Tarte's new primer, Timeless Smoothing Primer helps to fix that gap. This silicone based primer fills in small imperfections while adding vitamin C for brightening, vitamin E for softening and loads of blurring agents which kick the butts of fine lines and over-sized pores.
To use this, just apply a pea sized amount to your finger. Then spread it out, starting from the center of your face and smooth out, towards the hairline. That's it. Then you apply your foundation like normal. I've been using this with a liquid foundation only. I'm not sure it's well suited for a loose powder foundation (but I don't really wear that, so I'm not sure). One other caveat -- don't use it in conjunction with a silicone based face perfector. It's too much silicone and things blend and slide strangely. Just use it with your regular liquid foundation and you'll be fine. Smooth and oh so fine.
If you have enlarged pores, fine lines or light denting in your skin, this will help give your skin a more even textured appearance. Try it yourself for $39.
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Cuban American Rapper Pitbull's 'We are one' selected as official 2014 FIFA World Cup Song ,and recently sony musics revealed the track list of this song.on january 22 2014 fif a announce d it as the official song for 2014 world cup football.this song was written by Pitbull, Thomas Troelsen, Lopez, Leitte, Daniel Murcia, Sia Furler, Lukasz "Dr. Luke" Gottwald, Henry "Cirkut" Walter and RedOne.
The interesting factor of this song is that it features two amazing people with their amazing voices american singer Jennifer Lopez and brazilian singer Claudia Leitte. Both of them perform together in opening ceremony at Brazil's Arena de São Paulo.The song"we are one" initially got some criticism from brazil because it may lack the feelings of brazil then it changed to a little bit.song mainly try to gives the feeling that we are one the entire world is one.But when Shakira's "La La La" world cup song released it got much appreciation than pitbul's song.Acording to the response of the people from different parts of the world shows that shakira's song may be a reason for faling little shadow on pitbull's "we are one".This is a multi lingual song including English,Portuguese, Spanish languages
"Dar um Jeito (We Will Find A Way)" is selected as the official closing anthem for 2014 fifa world cup foot ball.This Music video by Santana & Wyclef feat and world No 3 dj Avicii & Alexandre Pires performing in this amazing song.This anthem will present at the closing ceremoney of 2014 world cup football at Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro.
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This is the Official 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil app for Australia.Download this 2014 FIFA World Cup App from SBS for amazing mobile experience for Foot ball fest 2014 Brazil.It offer live foot ball play through SBS.Watch 64 matches and its replays of key moments from multiple camara angles.
Through this app you can see live fifa world cup foot ball ,status of play when game runs,recommended videos of football and news about world cup foot ball .At STATS option you can see History,Teams and match stats.People can share match events in facebook and twitter.SBS offering latest news, photos,social media content and reports from the tournament.This app help to walk with Fifa 2014 world cup ,it make our moments colourful and stylish.Matt Stone, FIFA Head of Digital says that
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Saturday, June 11, 2011
Magical Make A Wish Birthday
There is alot of sparkle & magic within this special birthday party styled by Frog Prince Paperie for Maddie's 5th Birthday. With a special ''Make a Wish'' party theme there was evidence of magic, glimmer & hope. The details and styling capture the essence of blowing out the birthday candles and making a wish. An absolutely beautiful party! For further information and images, {including vendors} please visit Frog Prince Paperie.
Posted by Suzanna ~ Mon Tresor at 5:27 PM
5 comments:
- Sandra Chetwynd said...
Oh my gosh how awesome are all those colors! Gorgeous!
- June 11, 2011 at 6:35 PM
- princess said...
It's very very beautiful!!! I think It's a part of a fairytale!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- June 11, 2011 at 7:03 PM
- Suzanna ~ Mon Tresor said...
i agree ladies! it is very much like a fairytale x
- June 11, 2011 at 7:43 PM
- Ghirlanda di Popcorn said...
So pink and so sweet! I simply adore it!
- June 11, 2011 at 8:56 PM
- Frog Prince Paperie said...
Thank you for sharing, Suzanna! :)
- June 11, 2011 at 10:05 PM
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There are a lot of things that the new duo of Makenna & Brock are stoked about these days. They are watching as their current single, "Burnin' The Night Down," continues to gain traction at radio stations across the United States. They have already opened for such acts as the legendary Sheryl Crow, and rising artists Parmalee and Granger Smith.
"We are so excited for everything that is going on," said Makenna Sullinger. "We've been absolutely overwhelmed by everything. It's definitely been a whirlwind."
The single is a little bit of a departure from what is going on in the format these days, according to Brock Wade.
"We listen to a lot of Country Music, and there's a lot of songs on the radio that are geared towards helping people. There's a lot of sad songs, and some happy go lucky ones. We just wanted to find something in the middle. It's a song that is for people that have been in a bad relationship or a bad situation – where they can just let go of it."
Sullinger added:
"It's a song that says it's okay to have fun and to be you. To just enjoy life without having to be with that other person. There's a lot of songs on the radio that are sad, or talk about missing the other person, and it being all my fault, but this is the opposite of that. We see on social media that people are struggling to let go of relationships. We just wanted to make this song for them."
She says that the song does have a little bit of a personal lean for the duo, who are also involved with each other.
"We did have a rough patch in our relationship early on, as a lot of relationships do. So, coming from that point of view, I think that helped to make the song what it is."
Wade laughs when asked about the beginning of their relationship – which he admits was far from harmonious.
"We met back in 2007. We've known each other for a while. We met at a benefit show for the Children's Miracle Network. It was a musical version of Oklahoma. We really didn't like each other very much at first, but you spend that much time together, and you realize that you have some similarities. We both liked country music, and writing music. So, we put a band together, and the rest is history."
Part of that young history includes opening for one of Sullinger's heroes in Crow.
"That was a cool experience. That took place at Drury University, where I went to school in Springfield, Missouri. It was really neat to open for her. Her fans are a little different, and not quite as rowdy as we're used to. They just really appreciate and listen to music."
The duo also were featured on The X-Factor in 2011, something they say will always be a highlight of their career. Wade explained:
"It was a very surreal feeling being up on stage in front of some of the biggest people in the music world. I don't think either one of us remembers a lot about our audition. We got our song the night before, and we were trying to get it in the right key. So, by the time the audition was over, there was this sense of relief. We were just so nervous about singing on national television. It was a lot of fun for us. I've been watching Simon and Paula on American Idol since I was ten or eleven. SO, to be 20, and singing in front of them was a very nerve wracking experience."
Sullinger says they still get recognized for their stint on the show.
"At Applebees' the other day, the waitress wanted to take a picture of us, which was really cool. It's amazing what an impact radio and television can truly have."
They have also made a name for themselves at the home of the St. Louis Rams – performing the National Anthem on several occasions. Wade says they always feel the butterflies at Edward Jones Dome.
"We can play in front of 10,000 people and be just fine, but you get up to sing the National Anthem, and you can get really nervous. There are so many things that can go wrong – especially like a stadium like that. There's 60,000 people, and all kinds of football players around you….it can make you a little nervous."
Sullinger added that they better bring their A-game when singing the song, because…in her words:
"The National Anthem is definitely not a song that you want to mess up…because people will remember you!"
Wade says they are about halfway done with work on an full-length disc – but are still looking for material.
"We're still writing and being pitched songs. I think we've got about half the album written. We're still probably a few months out, but are still working towards that goal. We'll likely put out another single before an album."
Listen to Burnin' the Night Down and let us know what you think @Cmchatlive.


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Starts: 8:00pm
Doors: 7:15PM
Duration: 2 hours
Pop Scholars is a 4-man, improv comedy team based out of Grand Rapids. If you've seen them, you'll know why Grand Rapids Magazine called them a "wave of smart, culturally relevant humor that is intelligent and funny as hell." So if you're in the mood to laugh, come check them out.


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Treatment of periodontal disease
Periodontal disease can be prevented and controlled if a risk-based approach is used to identify the disease early, and if your risk factors can be modified.
Before we start any treatment for you we will have used PreVisor: specialised computer software to help us find out exactly what factors are involved in the disease in your mouth. It is vital to the success of any treatment that you understand what your role is in controlling your periodontal disease – unfortunately, we're not responsible for the existence of your risk factors, and our role can only ever be to make you aware of them, and (where possible) reduce their impact by giving advice, guidance and encouragement.
For the effective clinical treatment of periodontal disease you'll need:
1. Consistently excellent oral hygiene,
2. The thorough cleaning of the affected root surfaces to remove infected and toxin containing material, and
3. A reduction in specific types of bacteria whose presence is known to be linked with periodontal disease.
This is termed 'non-surgical periodontal treatment' .
Different ways of providing treatment are possible, but one of the most common is called quadrant root surface debridement (we call it RSD). In this treatment your hygienist will treat a quarter of your teeth at each visit and will use a combination of ultrasonic and hand instruments to thoroughly clean the surface of the tooth roots. This is often carried out with local anaesthesia.
Another common technique is called full mouth disinfection where systemic antibiotics (in tablet form) are given and full mouth RSD occurs over one or two longer visits.
Once the initial treatment to stabilise your gum health has happened it's vital that an individually tailored program of longer-term care and maintenance of your gum health is followed, to avoid a recurrence of periodontal disease.
Non-surgical periodontal treatment does have its limitations, however, and when it does not achieve periodontal health, periodontal surgery may be required to restore some of the damage caused by periodontal diseases and to give you a better chance to clean the area in the future.


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Some high-achieving students may get break from Palm Beach County's new testing requirements
Protests by throngs of angry, orange-clad parents have become de rigueur these days at school meetings in Palm Beach County, inspired by controversial curriculum changes that include tests every three weeks.
But now, as Palm Beach Post reporter Laura Green writes in this morning's paper, the school district is offering a concession to the parents: "Students in Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate courses will be exempt from all the new tests in English and social studies and all but two for most students in math and science classes."
The reaction from parents who heard the news yesterday: Not impressed. The parents still wanted to know why other students must take the tests.
The district's latest tweak couuld be aimed at a divide that Green reported on in a story last weekend weekend: a perception that the great bulk of the outrage is coming from teachers and parents at more affluent, high-achieving schools, including those in Boca Raton, Wellington and Jupiter.


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Multiple Defendants Sentenced for International Money Laundering Conspiracy
Anchorage, Alaska – United States Attorney Karen Loeffler announced that four defendants were sentenced in the past week for their roles in an international conspiracy to launder the proceeds of drug trafficking.
On Monday, March 31, 2014, United States District Judge Timothy M. Burgess sentenced Claritza Natera, 45, to serve 24 months in prison. Natera, of Anchorage, pled guilty to international money laundering, admitting that in 2010 and 2011 she repeatedly deposited currency that she knew to be the proceeds of drug trafficking into her bank account in Alaska and then immediately wired the funds to persons in the Dominican Republic. She admitted that she was paid cash for conducting these transactions by a person known to her to be a cocaine dealer and an illegal alien. The court also ordered Natera to forfeit $239,990 to the United States. This amount represents the funds involved in the money laundering conspiracy. The court ordered a money judgment in that amount to be entered against Natera.
Also on Monday, March 31, 2014, Judge Burgess sentenced Joel Paredes Henriquez, 34, to four years of probation and ordered him to forfeit $25,500 to the United States. Joel Paredes Henriquez pled guilty to being a member of an international money laundering conspiracy, admitting that he deposited cash that he received from a man he knew to be an illegal alien and a cocaine dealer in Anchorage into his bank account, and wired the funds to the Dominican Republic. Joel Paredes Henriquez admitted that he wired over $25,000 between March 2010 and February 2011. In a plea agreement filed with the court, the defendant admitted that he knew or believed that the funds sent were the proceeds of or were intended to promote the importation and distribution of a controlled substance. It is a federal crime to transmit funds either domestically or internationally with such knowledge.
Nerido Paredes Henriquez, 38, of Anchorage, was also sentenced on Monday, March 31, 2014. Nerido, the brother of Joel, was sentenced to a three year term of probation and ordered to forfeit $15,400 to the United States. Nerido Paredes Henriquez pled guilty to one count of structuring financial transactions, admitting that he and others made several currency deposits at different bank branches to avoid the currency transaction reporting requirements of the Bank Secrecy Act. Federal law requires financial institutions to report currency transactions in excess of $10,000, and it is a federal crime to knowingly avoid those requirements.
Last Thursday, March 27, 2014, Judge Burgess sentenced Randin Paredes Henriquez, 36, to a term of time-served in jail. Randin Paredes Henriquez of Anchorage, the brother of Joel and Nerido Paredes Henriquez, pled guilty to one count of international money laundering. In December 2011, Randin flew from Anchorage to Philadelphia enroute to the Dominican Republic. Customs agents discovered that he was smuggling cash, which he admittedly knew to be the proceeds of cocaine trafficking in Alaska. Cash in the amount of $55,720 was seized and forfeited to the United States. Randin Paredes Henriquez had been in federal custody for approximately two years, since his return to Alaska from the Dominican Republic in March 2012. It is a federal crime to take more than $10,000 in currency or equivalents into or out of the United States without declaring the funds to Customs on arrival or departure.
Earlier last month, on March 14, 2014, Judge Burgess sentenced Concepcion Egea, 57, to four years of probation and fined her $5,000. Egea, of Florida, pled guilty to one count of structuring financial transactions to avoid the currency reporting requirements.
Evidence presented in court established that the defendants shared joint financial accounts, shared an address, and made multiple cash transactions in a single day or over several days at various branches to avoid suspicion. Most of the currency deposits were approximately $5000. The funds were almost always immediately wired to persons in the Dominican Republic. Randin, Joel, and Nerido Paredes Henriquez are lawful permanent residents of the United States, but remain citizens of the Dominican Republic. Concepcion Egea and Claritza Natera are naturalized U.S. citizens, and were formerly citizens of the Dominican Republic.
In a related case, United States v. Joel Santana Pierna, et al., numerous defendants were indicted in 2012 for drug trafficking, tax fraud, identity theft, passport fraud, making false claims of U.S. citizenship, bank fraud, and uttering forged U.S. Treasury checks. Seven defendants have been convicted in that case, including a former Wells Fargo Bank teller who helped facilitate the opening and use of bank accounts in fictitious names. Two defendants in the related indictment are in federal custody awaiting trial, and one remains a fugitive. Another former bank teller was charged and pled guilty in a separate case, admitting that she aided in the negotiation of forged Treasury checks.
"Joel Santana-Pierna ran a criminal enterprise that trafficked cocaine, stole the identities of honest citizens, and attempted to steal millions from the US Treasury by filing fraudulent tax returns. Santana-Pierna and the principle ringleaders of his organization already received stiff prison terms and penalties for their crimes," said Assistant Special Agent in Charge Steve Bellis of IRS Criminal Investigation, Seattle Field Office. "The sentences handed down to Concepcion Egea, Randin Paredes Henriquez, Nerido Paredes Henriquez, Joel Paredes Henriquez, and Claritza Natera should serve as a warning to everyone that it does not pay to flirt with the criminal element. These otherwise law-abiding people got caught up in the money and lifestyle offered to them by Joel Santana-Pierna and his organization. That's no excuse. Their actions made them criminal conspirators and now they too must pay their debt to society."
Kevin Feldis, First Assistant U.S. Attorney, emphasized that "Drug dealers and other criminals seek to profit from their illegal activities. Those who facilitate and participate in these criminal activities by laundering drug money and other ill-gotten gain must likewise be held accountable."
Ms. Loeffler commends the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation; Homeland Security Investigations, Immigration and Customs Enforcement; and Drug Enforcement Administration for the investigation leading to the convictions in this case.


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same like my current setup bro..multi-to-multiGUITAR ==> ZOOM G2NU ==> BOSTON OD ==> ZOOM G3 ==> AMP || || V V DIY TAP TEMPO ZOOM FS01 VOLUME PEDALit's a hybrid setup actually but the multifx takes the major role, especially in modulations, delay, Cold-Clean tone and ambient sounds.. =]I play mostly in church and sometimes jamming with friends [urbandub, franco, linkin park and incubus].. ganyan ka-versatile pag naka multifx, from soft majestic sound [church songs] to Hard head-banging sound [secular songs].. happy jamming sa setup mo bro!
and I thought I was crazy for having 2 multi-effects that G3 rocks!
I did the same with my POD xtl and my zoom g5. I had my pod xtl running direct to amp and G5 in the fx loop.
Here's my rig:http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.197234217073356.46562.100003603382424&type=1
huwaw! astig bro! Black all the way! porma ng setup mo..
^ Talo Xtl sa features eh hehe.
OT:Musta naman amp sims bro? Sino lamang?@HetfieldKung panalo amp sim ng nux go mo na yan!
soundclip na lang... tatakbo na!Congratz on you gear TS!
why is the NUX for sale sa classifieds?
never ending GAS
Kung pwede pag-isahin, isa nalang sana. Yun ang sagot tama ba?
Korek bro! M13 na meron expression pedal and lots of amp and cab sims...
or my GAS killer the HD500 hahaha
This is basically........this.
OT:Musta naman amp sims bro? Sino lamang?
Zoom G5 for me hehe. Shoot out natin yung dalawa when we meet.
If only I were in Manila I would welcome a shoot out anytime and play with you guys it's one way to learn more about these gears that we all have... I wana try also the G3 and G5...I'm yet to hold on a Digitech and Line6, these are the 2 brands I'm trying to get my hands on to, specially the Line6 multi's which have very good reviews like the HD series...Most Pinoys get their tones sa FX and we seldom invest on amps, that's because most players are short of cash (i'm one of them ). That only shows our ingenuity and resilience by working within our means. We get what we want on the FX and we are contended, so why bother looking for kick-ass amps when we can get it on the effects. (I'm not starting World War III to amp lovers wala lang talaga akong pambili ng swabeng amp sa ngayon )
pareho tayo mentality sir.. due to lack-of-funds, priority buying ang ginagawa ko.. i invest on effects rather on expensive tube amps and will settle on a mediocre amp [50w solid state china made amp specifically, hehehe].. saka dun ng-stand-out effects ko [zoom for me] na kahit crappy amp ang gamitin eh maganda at buo pa rin ang tunog.. kaya minsan pag nasa guitar store ako at pumipili ako ng gitara.. ipapasaksak ko dun sa pinaka mura nilang amp para makita ko kung ngsstand-out ung gitara.. minsan kasi madadala ka sa ganda ng tunog ng gitara pag nakasaksak ito sa mga top-of-the-line amps like marshall, fender, peavey, etc...pero nevertheless, kung may breads.. GAS lang ng GAS.. mas oks kung top-of-the-line lahat ng gamit.. hehe.. resourcefulness counts and priority buying helps..
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Looping with his students into sixth grade, Mr. Terupt continues to surprise them with challenging projects and perfect reading suggestions, but there are still aftereffects from the snowball Peter threw.
As in Because of Mr. Terupt (2010), short chapters narrated by seven students describe the year, their final one at Snow Hill School. Peter plays with failure, hoping not to have to leave his classmates for seventh grade in boarding school. Lexie hurries to grow up, egged on by some dangerous older friends, but Danielle is the first to get her period. Jeffrey finds an abandoned baby and an outlet for his anger in wrestling. Anna and her mother learn to be senior-citizen caregivers as volunteers in a medical facility. Luke may have saved a life with his Boy Scout skills, and Jessica provides continuity with her screenplays and voiceover comments. Family worries go along with lingering questions about the health of their teacher. Sixth-grade relationships and a grown-up romance, lessons in tolerance and a fairy-tale ending make this an exceptionally satisfying school story. Mr. Terupt seems unusually skilled and perceptive, but the student voices are spot-on. Readers will be better equipped if they attended fifth grade with this true-to-life yet timeless group, but this sequel can be read on its own.
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This page gives a brief history of the names of streets in Porirua City, including central Porirua, Elsdon and Takapuwahia.
Signpost Stories was an exhibition at Pataka Museum from October 2004 to January 2005 which explored the history behind, and the meanings of the names of the streets, avenues, lanes and groves of Porirua City.
Elsdon is named after an early New Zealand historian, Elsdon Best. He was born in Tawa 30 June 1836 and despite early in his career being involved in the 1881 raid on Parihaka, he spent many of his later years living in the bush learning the history of the land from local Maori all over the North Island. He studied and recorded many archaeological sites in the Porirua region and was a regular visitor to Takapuwahia.
Awarua Street - Named after the Taniwha of Porirua Harbour, "Te Awarua o Porirua". According to legend, he was very roughly treated by Tara, the first Maori to settle in Wellington, and he has been well behaved since. Possibly he had something to do with the fault line which runs up Porirua Harbour.
Gluepot Lane - Named in honour of Ashley's Wallpaper factory, which was nearby.
Heriot Drive - Heriot is a small town in the South Island where the Todd organization began its activities in 1912.
Kahika Grove - Just east of the old Prosser Homestead there was a village of Ngati Ira tribe known as Te Uru Kahika (grove of the white pine).
Kotuku Street - Kotuku: white heron
Prosser Street - Prosser is the street that runs through land which was owned by the Prosser family of Josh and Raiha. Their homestead was near the present road. Josh and Raiha trained and raced a series of very successful horses in the 1880s.
Raiha Street - Named after Raiha Puaha, daughter of the Ngati Toa chief Rawiri Puaha. She married Josh Prosser.
Waiho Terrace - From an old Maori proverb "Waiho; Porirua; te kainga ururua" this was used as advice to stay at home at Porirua and not undertake the rigours and hazards of travel and war. "Waiho" means "to linger".
Aparangi Crescent - Named after Kupe's wife. She first sighted N.Z. crying "Look a white cloud" and so New Zealand was named Aotearoa.
Hukatai Street - Kupe and his explorers landed at Porirua. His daughter, Mohuia found a bright white stone which was very suitable as a canoe anchor. She named it Huke-atai (sea foam) and it was taken aboard.
Mohuia Crescent - One of Kupe's daughters.
Muturangi Grove - Kupe had trouble with a giant octopus which kept taking the fish from his nets and finally devoured his favourite daughter. This octopus was in league with his enemy Muturangi. Thus the octopus was known as Te Whake-o-Muturangi.
Ngahue Crescent - Ngahue was Kupe's friend who travelled with him on his voyages.
Cobham Court - Sir Charles John Lyttleton, 10th Viscount Cobham, 1909-1977, Governor General 1957-1962.
Hagley Street - Hagley Hall, Stourbridge, Worcestershire was the country residence of Viscount Cobham.
Hartham Place - Hartham was the country residence of Sir John Poynder Islington, 1st Baron 1866-1936, Governor General 1910-1912, was Hartham Park, in Corshan, Wiltshire.
Jellicoe Street - Sir John Rushworth Jellicoe, 1st Viscount 1859-1930, Governor General 1920-1924.
Kilkerran Place - Country residence of General Sir Charles Fergusson, 1865-1951, Governor General 1924-1930. Kilkerran is at Maybole in Ayrshire.
Lydney Place - Country residence of Sir Charles Bathurst Bledisloe, 1st Viscount 1867-1958, Governor General 1930-1935. Lydney Park is in Gloucestershire.
Lyttleton Avenue - Sir Charles John Lyttleton, 10th Viscount Cobham, 1909-1977, Governor General 1957-1962.
Newall Street - Sir Cyril Louis Norton Newall, 1st Baron 1886-1963, Governor General 1941-1946.
Norrie Street - Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Willoughby Moke Norrie, 1893-1977, Governor General 1952-1957.
Serlby Place - Country residence of Sir George Vere Arundell Monckton-Arundell Galway, 1882-1943, Governor General 1935-1941. Serlby Hall is at Bawtry in Yorkshire.
Walton Leigh Avenue - Country residence of Sir Cyril Louis Norton Newall, 1st Baron 1886-1963, Governor General 1941-1946. Walton Leigh is at Adddlestone, Surrey.
Auty Lane - Named after Robert Richard Auty, who established a store and bakery in Porirua in 1869 and ran the post office from 1898-1903.
Blue Heron Lane - Formerly adjacent to the Blue Heron Motel.
Bluff Road - Situated on a high bank above the Porirua Road.
Broken Hill - Reflective of industrial area.
Bullock Lane - The Bullock's were a family who lived on the Titahi Bay Road.
Civic Place - Close proximity to the Municipal Buildings.
Durie Street - David Stark Durie, Inspector of Police in the 1840s and active in pursuing Te Rangihaeata at Pauatahanui and on the Kapiti Coast.
Eastwood Avenue - This is understood to be named after T.H.(Harry) Eastwood, an early settler and Councillor for the Porirua Riding of Makara County. He was a Councillor for two terms covering the period 1908 to 1914.
Ferry Place - Was in close proximity to Jackson's Ferry.
Kapuni Grove - Industrial themed name after Kapuni gas fields.
Kenepuru Drive - Kenepuru Stream.
Kinleith Grove - Industrial themed name after Kinleith paper mills.
Lodge Place - After the Ngatitoa Lodge Building in Hartham Court.
Parumoana Street - Refers to estuary nature of the harbour; Paru: muddy or dirty, moana: sea
Semple Street - Hon. Robert Semple, Minister of Public Works from 1935.
Station Road - Formerly the main road of Porirua Village connecting to the railway station.
Trask Place - Mrs Lily Trask was a well known resident who lived nearby.
Tutu Place - Tutu was the nickname of former Councillor Wineera who served from 1965 to 1972.
Wall Place - The Wall family the owned land in which the street is located.
Wi-neera Drive - Named after the Wi-neera family.
Streets are named according to their destination:
Trades Road
For more information about any of the Governor-Generals listed above, please go to the Dictionary of New Zealand.
The streets around the Marae are named for prominent leaders of Ngati Toa; Nohorua, Te Hiko, Puaha etc. This reflects the fact that Takapuwahia is an old Marae that the city has grown up around rather than a new marae built around a growing population.
Akeake Grove - Akeake: poor land or continuation in time (eternity).
Chapel Street - Leads to the Latter Day Saints Church.
Mahinawa Street - Mahinawa: the stream that runs beside Elsdon Park and name of land block that the park and Mana College sits on.
Mataiwhetu Street - Mataiwhetu: the name of Joe Prosser's original homestead.
Ngatitoa Street - Ngati Toa are the tangata whenua of Porirua.
Nohorua Street - Te Rauparaha's elder half brother and Ngati Toa tohunga.
Puaha Street - Ngati Toa chief Rawiri Puaha
Rangituhu Crescent - Rangituhu: the name of land block, now reserve land.
Takapuwahia Drive - Takapuwahia: a locality near Kawhia that the local Ngati Toa marae was named after.
Tangare Drive - Tangare: a small nearby stream.
Tau Grove - Tau: new year, season.
Te Arataura Street - Te Arataura: the name given to the demarcation line which marked the border of the land defining Ngati Toa land as settled by the government in 1852.
Te Arawi Street - Te Arawi: the name of coastal pa outside the entrance to Kawhia Harbour where Te Rauparaha and his tribe lived before migrating to Porirua.
Te Hiko Street - Te Hiko: a Ngati Toa chief Te Hiko O Te Rangi, the son of Te Peehi.
Continue to Historic Photos of Porirua City Centre or return to Porirua City Centre, Elsdon and Takapuwahia.
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Monday, November 14, 2011
Train in the Distance
Now, there is a mistake in the lyrics at Simon's website. It says "He was old/she was young." This is wrong. In the song itself, Simon seems to sing: "He was old/ he was young." This, while it seems self-contradictory, is corroborated by two sources. One is the liner notes of the album.
The other is the new book Lyrics: 1964-2011, which I purchased at Paul Simon's concert here in the Chicago area last night. (Now that the book is out, someone at the website should really spend a couple of days doing line-by-line proofreading.)
The difference is enormous. The incorrect version seems a simple statement of fact as to their relative ages. The correct version provides one of the only enigmatic lines of the whole song. "He was old," in years, perhaps-- but in every other way, he was "young." Romantic, impulsive, ambitious...
The story starts with a older man attracted to a younger, married woman (her husband is immaterial to all concerned, dismissed as a mere "someone"). Our hero would "tip his heart" instead of his hand (the term comes from playing cards), meaning that he made his amorous intentions known. But even though she initially "withdrew," she hears the sound of the distant train as much as he does ("everybody" hears, it, after all).
The next steps seem automatic and inevitable: "Eventually" they marry, "sure enough" they have a boy. But even while she was pregnant, "disagreements had begun."
It is not clear when the child is born, relative to their divorce. But divorce they do, although they "they remain in contact." The line "Let us say it's for the child," implies that this is not the true reason, but one that seems reasonable and acceptable to both and to the families and community involved (is the real reason that they are still somewhat attracted to each other?).
The word "disagreements" comes up again, this time with regard to the "marriage contract," but again more is going on. Certainly lawyers can (although expensively) debate that, professionally and coolly. Their "conversations," meanwhile are "hard and wild" and obviously about things more personal and intimate than just legalities.
Was there something,,, there? Well, "from time to time, he just makes her laugh/ She cooks a meal or two." Here, we have a disagreement, to borrow a word, about lyrics again. The website and album notes say "he makes her laugh," while the song itself and the Lyrics book have it "he just makes her laugh." This is not as crucial an issue as the disputed pronoun above, but it does go to a central theme of the song.
Which is that it had to happen this way, going back to when he "doggedly" hounded and wooed her. This goes through the "eventual" and "sure enough" phases discussed above to how they "just fell apart." And now, he "just makes her laugh." He doesn't seem to mean to, but something he says "just" strikes her as terribly amusing.
The narrative breaks, during the divorce chapter, for the speaker to insert an observation about the characters: "Two disappointed believers/ Two people playing the game." They do believe in love, but are disappointed by marriage. Instead of loving each other and working toward compromises for the advancement of the union, they are "playing" against each other, each trying to win and advance his or her own interests.
The phrase "negotiations and love songs" would become the title of one of Simon's compilations of hits, but here it means that love songs, through which one hopes to win the heart of the other, are often little more then sales pitches, in which the singer hopes to win, period. But while dogs chase cars, what would a dog do with a car if it caught one? What good is winning if, now that you have sealed the deal and gotten married, the game is over? Then the power struggle moves into the marriage itself, with everyone losing.
Why? Why does all of this have to happen, with the forgone nature of one "train" car following the next down a predetermined track?
It is not outside fate exactly, Simon theorizes, but how our brains are wired (or "woven") for ambition and improvement of our situations: "The thought that life could be better/ Is woven indelibly/ Into our hearts/ And our brains."
It's not the song that needs to be explained, after all. It's the people in the story, a tale so lacking in detail that the characters never even get names. We have all heard of some couple that this story, in some form, has happened to. So it is important to ask why such a story is so sadly common.
Still, there is some growth. "The boy and the girl get married," but after they divorce, "the man and the woman remain in contact." They haven't simply grown older, they have grown up.
And, if either one does marry again, it might actually go "better." For her, she left her first marriage for this man. But this time, she leaves her second husband for herself. Certainly, she will have to be mature enough to think of the impact this would have for her child. But if she does marry again, it should be for the right reasons.
Meanwhile, he was old when he started this adventure, and now he is a father. Still, he is "dogged" and "young" in a way, so maybe he will have another shot as well.
Did ambition and competition destroy this marriage, even before it had begun? Yes. Will the same thing happen in the next go-round? Well, as Samuel Johnson explained, "Second marriage is the triumph of hope over experience."
Next Song: Rene And George Magritte with Their Dog After The War
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I have just discovered this blog and it's amazing. Thanks so much for doing this. And so glad to see someone else who recognises Paul Simon's supremacy as a songwriter.ReplyDelete
Rosalie-- Thanks! And thanks also for "recognising" that an American songwriter is as good as any Brit.ReplyDelete
Well, yes. Not that I tend to think of Paul Simon as particularly American (sorry) or of John Lennon as particularly British, come to that. They're all world citizens where I'm concerned :)ReplyDelete
Mind you, I think most US modern literature is way better than the UK equiv, if that's any comfort...
- AnonymousNovember 23, 2011 at 2:36 AM
Esteemed Another Paul! I'm a freelancer translator from Russia. Simon's poetry is one of my favorite thing of interest. Your blog's very helpful for me. You write:It's not the song that needs to be explained... Please, think about the foreign listeners and readers. Then do your excellent work. Great thankfulness for you. How about next Simon's albums?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 24, 2011 at 3:34 AM
Esteemed Another Paul! My name's Valeriy. I'm a freelancer translator from Russia. Simon's poetry is one of my favorite things of interest. Your blog's very helpful for me. You write:It's not the song that needs to be explained... Please, think about the foreign listeners and readers. Then do your excellent work. Great thankfulness for you. How about the next Simon's albums?ReplyDelete
Response to Rosalie: One of my favorite photos of Lennon shows him wearing a New York City shirt and standing in front of the Statue of Liberty; he certainly loved New York. And Simon, even more so, has worked with songwriters and musicians from Brazil to England to South America; he even wrote a song called "Citizen of the Planet."ReplyDelete
Response to Valeriy: Privyet... and Spasibo. I am glad that my blog is useful to you. I am working on Simon's songs in the order they are presented on the albums. So after "Hearts and Bones" there are a few more songs that are not on any album, and then I will start in on the "Graceland" album either before the end of 2011 or at the start of 2012. While it is true that the majority of my readers are from English-speaking countries, as another reader just wrote, Simon's audience was truly worldwide, and so is my readership. In fact, one of his songs begins: "I am a citizen of the planet." I certainly hope people from other countries are helped to understand the meaning behind Simon's poetry, which like much poetry does not always translate well. And then there are American and other cultural and historical ideas that need to be defined and explained. Your English is excellent, by the way!ReplyDelete
Just a nice, small discovery for you to make. That one line in 'Train in the distance' is not "She cooks a meal OF two" but "She cooks a meal OR two". Look it up in the PS Lyrics book, or on the record sleeve.ReplyDelete
I noticed this because the expression is literally the same in Dutch (my native language)."She cooks a meal or two" meaning literally that she may cook one or two meals. And figuratively that she might not just leave it at one meal, but may be offering another one if she likes to.
So what have we got here? He makes an attempt to (re)connect by not just talking to her, but by trying to make her laugh - in spite of the dire circumstances. While she makes an attempt to (re)connect by not just offering that one casual, obligatory meal, but to grant him some more of her hospitality... in spite of the circumstances.
Two meals = two days of hospitality. And a whole night in between.
It's really not that unusual among ex-lovers. If someone has gotten so deeply into your heart & bones & brains, it's pretty hard to wipe them out of your emotional system.
One little word... and a world of meaning opening up. That's why I like Simon's songs.
Hannes-- Thank you. Yes, it is a meal "or" two. That was a typo. I am now re-editing all of the pages, 25 per week, to catch just such errors.ReplyDelete
Hi there,ReplyDelete
Just want to throw out my own interpretation on the "he was old/he was young" line. In falling in line with this being a song with more literal than ambiguous lyrics, I always assumed that "he was old" referred to 'her' first husband, with the 'he' being so doggedly determined partly on account of being younger than his rival. Just my spin on it!Replies
Came to this site to offer the same conclusion. Kudos for getting there first.Delete
He was old/ he was young. Been listening to that for years. Think I got it.ReplyDelete
There are two males here. The someone she was married to and the one determined to get her. The former is old, the latter young.
What a wonderful gem. Hidden in plain sight until you consider the story told.
Fred and Rasmus-- I think we can take a cue from Dylan here, when he sings, "I was so much older then/ I'm younger than that now." He was more confident of his knowledge, now he is aware of his own ignorance.ReplyDelete
Age is a number; youth is a state of mind. Here, Simon means, I think, that while he was technically old, he was still young at heart, or naive, or hopeful, or inexperienced, or all of the above.


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Hannah Mather Crocker's "Reminiscences": Lunch Talk Recap
On Wednesday, 20 January, Eileen Hunt Botting from the University of Notre Dame spoke about her current project: a scholarly edition of Hannah Mather Crocker's Reminiscences and Traditions of Boston, written between 1826-1829 shortly before Crocker's death. Botting describes Reminiscences as "tripartite" in structure: two versions of Crocker's history of Boston and an appendix of primary source material, including more than one hundred poems, often political in nature, authored by Crocker, some of which were published during her lifetime. The first, and longer, version of Crocker's history is organized geographically and thematically, focusing on the people and places Crocker knew from a lifetime living in Boston. The second version is a shorter, edited version that Botting theorizes may have been drafted with publication in mind – possibly in the MHS Collections.
Botting opened her talk with a brief biographical sketch of Crocker herself, a descendent from both the Mather and Hutchinson families of Boston. What little is known of Crocker suggests that she strongly identified with the Mather side of her family and was also deeply affected by her experience as a young woman coming of age in the midst of the American Revolution. As a daughter of the new Republic she saw herself as the "female heir" of the Mather tradition of ministry, writing persuasive poetry and in 1818 the first American-authored book-length tract on women's rights, "Observations of the real rights of women, with their appropriate duties, agreeable to Scripture, reason and common sense." Crocker was, Botting argues, the American equivalent of Mary Wollstonecraft, although her work was derided by later nineteenth-century feminist leaders as too conservative in her political demands.
Reminiscences is the largest repository of Crocker's extant writing and drew upon the Mather family library as well as Crocker's personal connections to the Massachusetts Historical Society and the American Antiquarian Society. Crocker also draws upon oral remembrances shared among her circle of family and friends, providing valuable first-hand accounts of Boston during the Early Republic.
Conversation among attendees at the presentation centered around Crocker's methodology as a writer of history, particularly in the context of other female historians of her day (such as Hannah Adams and Mercy Otis Warren). There was also discussion about her religious ties (Botting describes her as a "an open-minded Congregationalist") and speculation about the financial pressures that may have led her to begin writing and publishing after her husband's death in the 1790s when she was left with about three hundred dollars to her name and seven surviving children (out of ten pregnancies!) to support.
We look forward to the forthcoming Reminiscences and Traditions of Boston as a valuable addition to Boston and American women's history, and hope it will be of use to future generations of scholars in a variety of fields.
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I am a female in my early 50s, and recently, I have noticed that one area of my eye has become discolored. The area is about the size of the end of a pencil eraser, and it is located on the white part of my right eye. Rather than being white like the rest of my eye, this discolored area is grayish. There is no pain in my eye, and I do not have any other symptoms that appear to be related to this problem. Is this eye discoloration a normal, common part of aging, or do you think that it may indicate a medical issue that required a doctor's attention?
It sounds like you may have a nevus on the surface of your eye. A nevus is commonly known as a "mole" and it's a collection of pigment containing cells called melanocytes. A nevus or mole in the eye is very similar to a nevus or mole anywhere else on the skin and doesn't necessary indicate a serious problem. That being said, it would be important to have your regular eye doctor or primary care doctor take a look at the spot, because there is no way to confirm this diagnosis over the internet! Also, rarely, a mole or nevus may be a risk factor for the development of a serious type of cancer known as melanoma. This is especially the case if the nevus is new (meaning, not present earlier in your life), or if it is rapidly growing or has irregularities in terms of either its border or color distribution. Your doctor will be able to take a look at the area to see if there is any concern for melanoma. If so, you will definitely need to have the area biopsied to rule out this possibility. Regardless, the first step is to call and make an appointment with your doctor!
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Ducks Weekly
Oregon was able to spring one of the major upsets of the season in terms of the BCS race this past weekend. Although it isn't really an upset in their minds.
Recent Results
While Oregon's defense didn't exactly shut down Stanford's offense, they were able to slow it down enough to secure a victory in this one. In fact, the game was never really in doubt for the Ducks.
They were able to keep Stanford running back Stepfan Taylor out of the end zone for the first time in two months.
The Ducks secondary were also the first to finally figure out Andrew Luck. For the most part he was held in check as he was forced into two interceptions on the day. That is the first time this has happened all season long.
He also threw three touchdowns, but when you couple that with five turnovers for the Stanford offense., it doesn't really look all that impressive anymore.
It was a back and forth first half between the two. The two traded scores on three different occasions.
The difference was that Oregon had three touchdowns, and one two point conversion. While Stanford had two touchdowns, a field goal, and a failed PAT. This left the score at 22-16 after the first half.
Then Oregon broke it open in the third. They got two quick touchdowns to get it out to a 36-23 lead, and they never looked back from that point.
They were also able to secure the last two scores of the game to wrap up a 53-30 win, which just so happens to ruin Stanford's BCS title hopes for the second consecutive season. Ducks Football Stats
Upcoming Game
If Oregon wants to finish off their season with a bang, they will have to get through the Trojans of USC. Luckily, they will face them at Autzen, as USC has proven mighty tough at home so far this season.
USC's offense is not one to be taken lightly. They are an incredibly balanced bunch. They rank in the top 50 nationally in both the running game, and passing game. Of course, the passing attack seems a little ahead on paper with Matt Barkley, but the running game has been closing ground in a hurry since the return of Marc Tyler.
Their total offense ranks at number 27 in the country, while their defense still ranks in the top 50 as well. This will definitely be a challenge for the Ducks, but after last week's impressive defensive showing against Stanford, this is the Ducks' to lose.
Player Recognitions
LaMichael James was able to keep up his outstanding season with over 150 total yards from scrimmage on 21 touches last week against then-No. 4 Stanford. Good for well over seven yards per carry.
Freshman De'Anthony Thomas just can't be kept out of the end zone it seems. He was able to score yet again last Saturday.
He caught a 41 yards touchdown pass in the first half for his 13th total touchdown on the season.
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BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - An elderly woman who was badly hurt in a crash Thursday afternoon has died from her injuries.
The Baton Rouge Police Department said Gladys Sonntag, 90, of Baton Rouge died Thursday evening.
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We've two episodes in to "Hart of Dixie," and we're already incredibly invested in the sweet, charming story of Bluebell, Alabama — and, of course, in Zoe (Rachel Bilson) and her progress as the new doctor in town.
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Date + Calendar Screencast (Drupal 6)
(If you are looking for Date + Calendar instructions for Drupal 7, look here.)
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Here is a fast screencast covering the Date and Calendar modules for Drupal 6. This recipe illustrates one way to let your users post their own events (like parties, appointments, meetups, etc) that include date information stored in a field. Then you can see how to display these dates on a traditional calendar layout with all the events sorted into the correct days.
The modules doing the heavy work are the Date module (for use with CCK) and Calendar module (for use with Views). Something to note is that the Calendar module provides a number of default views that display a calendar-style layout. While you can simply enable the view called "Calendar" and call it done, this screencast instead demonstrates the two to three different steps one would take to build a calendar-style view from scratch. I chose to do it this way to help you better understand how the all the date and calendar parts fit together.
There is an entirely different approach to making dated nodes, which uses the Event module, but that is not covered in this screencast.
To make the best use of this screencast it would be awesome to have some prior exposure to the Views and CCK modules for Drupal 6. You should also have working knowledge of Drupal including the installation of contributed modules.
If you find this helpful, drop me a note. Also, if you find anything incorrect that I may have overlooked the please let me know so I can correct it.
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Thanks for this tutorial which I followed and it really helped me!
Anyway as few users I upgraded CCK and views and it doesn't diplay anything - the calendar table is empty. I know that it could be problem with Calendar module which renamed tables from date_star to date_start_something or something like that. The end date as well.
I don't remember it exactly but this I think causing the problem.
If anyone has a solution not only me would appreciate it.
Thanks Sean again
I've found it finally.. http://drupal.org/node/399536
thanks for posting
Thanks for the screencast, unfortunately bliptv is blocked in China. Anyone know of a good workaround to get to it? Just checking
Love the screencasts!! Wish you made more :)
awesome site! thanks for sharing. very insightful. :)
Thanks for this great introduction, sweet help for a sweet CMS :-)
Thanks Sean for this screencast. Clear and informative. Watching it has me thinking how I could put the module to good use into a community based website I'm starting to develop. I'm glad I've found your site, and I'll be coming back in the future to check out your other screencasts. Keep up the good work!
Outstanding! Love your presentation style. This screencast is a massive help to newbies such as me. Please keep them coming!
Also for anyone interested - "Using Drupal" Chapter 9 (O'Reilly) has an Event Management walk through example: http://www.doitwithdrupal.com/files/u3/UsingDrupalch09.pdf
DEMO Result: http://events.usingdrupal.com/
Thanks for outlining this. It has really opened my eyes to how powerful drupal really is.
Great tut -
I love that you BEGIN by telling us the date that you recorded the video. Otherwise, when I'm watching a video, it's sometimes hard to know if the tutorial was recorded a week ago or 3 years ago!
Hi Sean,
I need your help on the calendar...i got the calendar working and it looks great...my problem is the month, previous and next links don't show up on my calendar can you help me with this....thank you!
Oh..and I keep getting this error I don't know if this has anything to do with it but here it is...
Duplicate entry 'd/m/Y - g:ia' for key 2 query: INSERT INTO date_format (format, type, locked) VALUES ('d/m/Y - g:ia', 'short', 1) in /home/content/html/includes/common.inc on line 3422.
Good tutorial, thanks.
Unfortunately the current calendar version 6.x-2.0 is having problems showing the back-next buttons for the month view. Otherwise your explanation is very helpful.
Good tutorial, thanks.
Unfortunately the current calendar version 6.x-2.0 is having problems showing the back-next buttons for the month view. Otherwise your explanation is very helpful.
The only thing I can't find anywhere how to do is color-code the list view with some sort of stripe or box using taxonomy I set up. I try putting div ids but no where seems to work.
Does anyone know how or where you could do this???
I followed the tutorial and used the calendar view instead of date browser view for a number of reasons. It lets you color-code each event by the type of event(taxonomy), however it will only show up in the calendar.
Thank you thank you thank you.
Hi Sean,
Thanks for taking the time to put this screencast together. I love your tutorials and to be honest don't know where you find the time to do it.
Oh and I won't be a menace either.
Fantastic tutorial!... Great teaching skills and approach!
Thank you very much! This was a very useful and clear tutorial!
Hello.. very clear screencast (I normally got bored after few minutes..).
However, after upgraded to latest (19 march 2009) date, CCK, view modules I can't get any longer the events in the calendar view.. it's like the new date fields are not recognised... anyone else did had such behaviour??
Yes, I have the same problem after the update. Not sure how to fix it...yet.
the answer is...!
One thing that tripped me up for a while was that although I had a drupal custom content type with a Date field, and I had instances of these content types in the CMS, I could not get them to display in the calendar.
I finally got the content to display in the calendar after I added the date field to Fields in the view. I thought that Fields for the view only where used to control the display of views, however this was not the case.
Great job.
Very education and clean.
Thanks a lot :)
Very nice tutorial - super clear and very well done. Thank you!
Joseph Gutwirth
Hi Sean,
well done!!
It's a very good job, please continue recording this helpful videos!!
You had mentioned in the screencast that it is possible to not show the actual date inside of the calendar view, just have the times in the date block. Is that done through custom themeing or is there a way to configure that in the view?
You actually don't configure this in the view, but you can still configure it through the administration pages in your Drupal installation.
Go to Administer › Site configuration › Date and time. You should see three tabs for "Date & time," "Formats," and "Locale Settings." You want to choose "Formats."
Inside of Formats, you'll find more options: "Configure," "Custom Formats," and "Add format." You want to go first to the Add Format area.
Once there, you're going to enter a string that describes how you want to format your date and time. There should be a link to the "PHP manual" that will show you all the options you need to make the date and time format however you want. However, to get you started, I'll give you a simple one. If you enter this string into the field:
g:i A
...then the resulting date/time format will be this:
The "g" represents the hour (without a leading zero for single-digit hours), the "i" represents minutes, and the capital-A represents "AM" or "PM". The colon and the space just get output as straight text.
Okay, so once you've created your new format string, you need to apply it to an actual new "format type." Click on "Configure."
In the fields under "Add format type," enter a nice descriptive name in the human readable field and a machine readable name in the other and click "Save configuration."
Your new format type will appear under the default format types. For your last trick, click on the drop-down menu for your new format type, and select the option that coincides with the format string you created moments earlier. Don't forget to save your configuration.
Your last step is to go back into "Views." Under "Fields", you select the Date and time field you already have there. Once you have the edit box open, find the drop-down for "Format," and choose the new format type you created. Click update, and don't forget to save your view.
If anything doesn't work along the way, you might need to clear your cache (like Views might not see your new format type until you do that). You can go to admin/settings/performance and click the "clear cached data" button whenever you notice that your changes aren't being picked up somewhere else.
Thank you so much for this detailed reply... I was scratching my head until I found this comment to show only the time and no date on calendar view.
Very helpful :-)
Hi Sean,
Thanks for taking the time to put these screencasts together. They're very clearly explained, and even though I am no slouch when it comes to technical things, being an experienced web developer, it still helps to have a system as complex as Drupal explained with clear working examples.
Keep up the good work.
Hail Sean! A great tutorial well demonstrated and put together. It covers a few areas of the drupal system, enough to see how the overall system works... in this tiny demo... nice one :)
I may as well ask it here.. I was trying to set up different date formats, so I could get the day separate and the full month separate.. This would allow for a list grouped under the full month name and a small amount of space allocated to the day on the block event list. I only seem able to access 4 :
As Time go By
I need to see at least one more custom slot... may i kindly ask how?
Hi Sean,
Another great tutorial. I'm really becoming a fan!
I just want to know though, how can I create a "mini calendar" using this method? Enabling views calendar and using it instead allows me to have a ready built mini calendar, which i could place on the sidebars using blocks.
I just want to know if it's possible to recreate the mini calendar by editing the views date browser. I got interested in this when you got to mention it at the end of the video.
Thanks a bunch!
Great Work Budy!!!!!!
Thanks for this tutorial, I have used it for a website and it works great.
This is a great site. Keep up the good work!
Great job at explaining. I'll be visiting this site again. You're very thorough and clear. Thanks so much for giving me a handle on some capabilities with these modules!
Hi Sean,
Thank you very much for this lesson.
Great! Thanks very very much! With your help I created a calendar for manage policemen teams! Bye!
Thanks very very much! With your help I created a calendar for manage policemen teams! Bye!
Thank you Sean,
I followed your tutorial step by step. Well done!
Thanks a lot, this is a great tutorial!!!
Now I just have to convert event dates to calendar - has any tried the date-copy to import events info?
Hi Sean!
Great little run through, certainly helps you get to grips with these modules!!
When I change the date argument from updated date to my created date field (as shown around 14:20) my calendar does not display anything anymore. Does anyone know what might be wrong?
My date field is displayed as: "content: - value " instead of as content: date (field_name value) as in the screencast, so that might be it... maybe...
All help appreciated!
I had the same problem.
Administer > Views > edit date-browser > Arguments Date: Date > Update > Save
Hope this helps!
The screencast was done on a mac. This is probably why it displays the field_name differently.


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After 18 years in the MIS BBA Program, I decided that I wanted to leave something behind when I retire, something that would help fulfill a need in the program and recognize my parents, Ouita and Roy Patton.
Electives have historically been the MIS BBA Program venue for trying out new trends from the marketplace. New electives let us test the waters to see if a new class is needed for the curriculum or if content needs to be added to existing classes. Electives equal innovation. Since the dot com bust, the program has faced many challenges tied to enrollment. As in industry, resources follow product numbers. Although we have seen growth (from the bottom of 140 MIS majors in 2005 to almost 300 majors today), the university has also seen some fairly drastic cutbacks. The combined result is that the number of MIS electives has fallen dramatically.
How to solve this elective challenge? With the Ouita and Roy Patton Endowed Lecture Series for MIS Innovation. The goal is to generate funds enough to support one lecturer to teach one new elective per academic year – beyond electives supported by normal budget lines. To do this, we need a base of at least $250,000. That's a lot of money, but there is already momentum. From friends and family, I have already raised $30,000, and I am optimistic about raising another $20,000 from personal connections. And here is the GREAT news! Dean Gilligan has agreed that if we can raise $100,000 in gifts and pledges, he will match that with $100,000 from the McCombs gift. We have ONE YEAR to raise the $100K, but it can be in the form of pledges payable over time, up to a limit of five years.
As an alumnus, you will be hearing more about the Our Turn campaign, an effort to re-engage McCombs alumni across the world. As a faculty ambassador of this campaign, I hope to get you all involved with the Our Turn campaign. My efforts to leave a legacy at MIS fall exactly in line with this effort to increase the number of alumni giving back to the McCombs Schools of Business. If 100 alums give $1,000, we will raise $100,000 and get the $100,000 match. Add the $50K from Patton family and friends to equal the $250K we need to enable this innovative solution to our elective problem.
Go to the Giving Link. In the special information textbox, you will see Ouita and Roy Patton Endowed Lecture Series for MIS Innovation. If you give $200 for five years, payable at $50 a quarter, that's $1,000! If you give $250 a quarter for one year, that's $1,000, for five years, that's $5,000! Help us create the Ouita and Roy Patton Endowed Lecture Series for MIS Innovation; invest in the future of the MIS BBA Program.
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Twins are fascinating, plain and simple. The fact that they shared all that time together in the womb creates a bond that's mystifying and magnificent. From stories of twins separated at birth who are found miles apart living nearly identical lives to those who share special languages, the duplication of their traits and habits is often amazing.
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TIBCO to Acquire Spotfire
Acquisition Complements Predictive Business Strategy; Combines Real-Time Infrastructure with Enterprise Analytics to Deliver Next-Generation Business Intelligence
TUCON(TM), SAN FRANCISCO, May 1 -- TIBCO Software Inc. (NASDAQ:TIBX) today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Spotfire Inc., a rapidly growing, privately held software company headquartered in Somerville, Mass. and a leader in next-generation business intelligence (BI) software, in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $195 million.
Today's announcement is the latest example of TIBCO's ongoing commitment to providing a complete, real time and event driven infrastructure that organizations need to compete in the 21st century. While a myriad of data management technologies, applications and interface standards are making information increasingly available today, the technically diverse environment where the data resides too often remains unresponsive and disconnected from business users across the enterprise. Most large IT vendors are overly invested in the status quo and only offer traditional BI architectures of dashboards, proprietary application stacks, and transactional process management. Uniting Spotfire's next generation BI capabilities with TIBCO's solutions for service-oriented architecture (SOA), business process management (BPM), and business optimization will transform the way business users interact with data.
"Our customers are constantly seeking a sustainable and systemic information advantage," said Vivek Ranadive, chairman and chief executive officer, TIBCO. "The combination of Spotfire's next generation BI capabilities with TIBCO's real-time infrastructure will successfully transform the way customers can interact with data to offer a complete and contextual picture for making truly informed decisions. Until today, no one has been able to deliver this type of joint offering."
"Today's front-line decision makers want not only unparalleled access to business-critical information, but also a broader, clearer view of how that data relates to processes," said Christopher Ahlberg, chief executive officer, Spotfire. "By bolstering our platform with TIBCO's real-time infrastructure, we can deliver a responsive and user-friendly environment for businesses to discover new insights, make better decisions and take action. This combination provides the information advantage that is a prerequisite to the competitive advantage that all our customers seek."
Spotfire provides an interactive, visual approach to data analysis that puts the power to ask and answer questions on demand directly into the hands of a wide range of business professionals. Unlike current first generation business intelligence systems, the Spotfire Enterprise Analytic platform is architected to deliver a radically faster experience and one that is infinitely more adaptable to multiple industries and business processes. The Spotfire Enterprise Analytics platform delivers the ability to ask and answer virtually unconstrained questions.
Spotfire has over 800 active customers including such global leaders as ABN AMRO, AMD, Boehringer Ingleheim, Chevron, Merck, Pfizer, Shell, Texas Instruments, Toshiba, Unilever, along with a variety of government agencies involved in both civilian and intelligence services. Spotfire also has a strong global sales force and solution partner network.
The acquisition is expected to close in Q3 of fiscal 2007 and is subject to regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions. Upon completion of the acquisition, TIBCO plans to retain the Spotfire brand and operate Spotfire as a business unit within TIBCO, led by Christopher Ahlberg, Spotfire's CEO, that will focus on developing, selling and servicing Spotfire's products and solutions.
TIBCO chairman and CEO Vivek Ranadive, Spotfire CEO Christopher Ahlberg, and TIBCO executive vice president and chief financial officer Murray Rode will discuss the acquisition on a conference call for financial analysts, investors and the news media at 6:00 a.m. (PDT) / 9:00 a.m. (EDT) on Tuesday, May 1, 2007. Interested parties may participate live via a conference call by dialing (800) 262-1292 or (719) 457-2680. Please join the conference call at least 10 minutes early to register. A replay of the conference call will be available until midnight on May 31, 2007 at www.tibco.com or via dial-in at (888) 203-1112 or (719) 457-0820. The pass code for both the call and the replay is 4178693.
For more information about TIBCO, go to www.tibco.com. For more information about Spotfire, go to www.spotfire.com.
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TIBCO Software Inc. (NASDAQ:TIBX) provides enterprise software that helps companies achieve service-oriented architecture (SOA) and business process management (BPM) success. With over 3,000 customers, TIBCO has given leading organizations around the world better awareness and agility -- what TIBCO calls The Power of Now®. To learn more, contact TIBCO at +1 650-846-1000 or on the Web at www.tibco.com.
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