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The Importance of Watching "13th"
It's been several months since my last post. I haven't been able to find the right words to follow up. It wasn't enough to just complain about the horrible conditions of racial injustice in this country. I needed to find a constructive way to add to the conversation. Many reached out to me to echo my sentiments of frustration and despair, feelings of incompetence at our inabilities to effect real change.
In the recent election, Black Lives Matter brought the conversation of racial justice to the fore. On the Democratic side, in the primaries, both frontrunners adopted racial justice platforms, both of them adapted their language (to some extent), and the presumption was made (by myself and millions of others) that while both old white candidates fell short, at the very least, assuming a Democratic win, we'd have something to build on in terms of prioritizing issues of systemic racism that impinge on the black community via mass incarceration, police brutality, environmental, economic and countless social injustices.
And then came the wrecking ball.
Since the election, the relentless assault on every avenue of justice and protection has obviously roused the nation. It's shameful that it's come to this. That for all these years, we've allowed so many injustices. We've expected time to rectify history instead of facing it and making amends. This has led to now. The conversation has devolved to the starkest of divisions—we recently had to debate whether Jeff Sessions, who was rejected as a federal judge for being too racist in 1986, should be appointed to basically oversee civil rights issues. And as a further step back, he was approved. I do blame this on a form of complacency. The sickeningly cruel history of this country (from its inception) has never been sufficiently addressed. This has allowed a huge segment to carry on as if nothing happened, as if the wounds of slavery and oppression live in history books rather than in the souls of generations and throughout all facets of our society's systems. It's offensively naive to propose that such recent barbarism and exploitation would simply evaporate and render a level playing field.
It's become clear to me that without racial justice in America, we have no justice of any kind.
Prior to November 9th, I watched 13th on Netflix. It struck me as urgently essential viewing…clearly illustrating, connecting the dots of how the past treatment of black people in America relates to the present and how the exploitation of marginalized people has been politically and financially profitable.
Now that we have Trump and the lines of division have become so pronounced, I feel it's beyond instructive to watch 13th, it's imperative, and as imperative for liberals as it is for conservatives. There's been a rash of liberals contemplating how to appeal to the "white working class," angling to direct attention away from identity politics. While I lament that politicians who profit off of division and oppression exploit identity to gain power and influence, there's an adjustment we need to make. A shift to nuanced, sincere, thoughtful, solution based, policy-backed, identity politics. Part of the problem with politics is when politicians shallowly exploit issues, it's the people who pay. We can't allow that to happen. We must demand more depth from our politicians and from each other.
Given the law and order rhetoric of the current administration, it's clear that the public urgently needs to be educated with regard to how those words translate to policies that target and destroy lives for profit.
I've urged everyone I know, across the political spectrum to watch 13th. I've even begged on occasion. It's a film that answers clearly, why "black lives matter" (as opposed to "all lives matter"). It acknowledges hypocrisy and exploitation across party lines. It illuminates how profit and ruthless capitalism have fueled systemic racism and the evolution of slavery into its modern day form.
Watching 13th is a uniquely personal, subjective experience and this post isn't intended to be an objective critique or review. I cried from beginning to end. I've had an intrinsic sensitivity to injustice since I was a child. I'd long ago come to the (rather obvious to me) conclusion that the ramifications of historical injustices permeate society and change form rather than disappear. Some of the information in 13th wasn't new to me, but pieced together, the film packed a dizzying visceral punch. I am not an expert on racial or criminal justice issues, not by any stretch. I defer to 13th to give voice to those who are educated, empowered, and entitled to speak with authority on matters of racial and criminal justice.
I'm grateful this film and its brilliant director, Ava DuVernay are garnering so much attention, including multiple awards and Oscar nominations. It's a work of purposeful art that serves to facilitate a conversation that must happen, now more than ever.
I don't know wtf to do about the murder of black people in America
I'm white so I generally take a very respectful, reserved approach when speaking of my own pain and grief in watching black men and women needlessly perish at the hands of cops. Murder is what it's called. Government sanctioned murder. But the truth is, I cry every time. I'm haunted every time. I think of Sandra Bland every single day.
I'm a pacifist, averse to images of violence. I watched the video of Alton Sterling's murder, not because I'm sadistic, but because we deserve to suffer through watching the horrific truth of what's being perpetrated on black people. You don't get to look away. We don't get to look away.
I saw a man murdered. I immediately recalled the words of Jesse Williams "… we know that police somehow manage to de-escalate, disarm and not kill white people every day." It's undeniable.
I cried this morning. I tweeted my outrage (as if that does a damn thing). I accompanied my son to a national basketball championship where there were hundreds of young black boys with their doting families. Our own teammates among them. And I struggled to hold back tears. And I wanted to talk about Alton Sterling but that would be a sort of emotional terrorism. We were there to celebrate these dedicated young people and their bright futures. And I kept thinking, it could be him next, or him, or him over there. And I'm white and I know that, as much as I worry about my sons, I have the privilege of assuming unless my kid goes way the fuck out of his way to literally force a cop to shoot him, I do NOT need to worry about him being murdered by the police. And, I realize that growing up with his privilege and the safety and security of feeling at ease in his skin, gives him great advantages in every facet of his personal well being. I'm a mother. I worry enough. But I can only imagine parenting, living with this level of fear, alienation, and oppression.
I'm a mother.
I love these kids. Every one of them. I'm not ok with this. I'm not ok with our children growing up in these conditions. I'm not ok with people of color getting fucked economically, educationally, socially, environmentally and then, on top of it, disproportionately incarcerated and murdered.
I'm a white woman. I'm privileged. I know that, but my heart is breaking and it's not enough to post on Twitter or write a blog post or walk around a coliseum crying with no one even knowing why.
I must do something. We must do something. I honestly don't know what the fuck to do.
What Loss Can Do
Loss can crack you open
Until you almost break
Or until you break
And either stay broken
Or put the pieces back together
Ignore the cracks?
Embrace the cracks?
Seal the cracks with love and gratitude?
The cracks remain
Loss can make you feel
Too much
Too often
Too fully
Or just enough?
Loss can remind you
That you cared that much
That you could again
That some things do matter
And some things don't
Loss can make you choose
To live with it
To accept the deal
To risk its barbs
Loss can make you
It's worth it.
On parenting and the speed of time…
I was just speaking with someone who has a six year old.
It brought back memories of those days—long and full of Legos and questions and battles over getting in the bath followed by battles over getting out of the bath. Nights were filled with cuddles and kisses and remembrances of the day, as if the day had been a fairytale set in a long ago time with vibrant characters and morals easily extracted. Having witnessed that innocence so intimately brings me to tears, even now, especially now.
Six years old. That was my younger son's age when my ex and I split, when we attempted to penetrate his naive determination that things are like this or like that, with an alternate reality, that things are really about to be a whole other way. An inconceivable way.
It's impossible for me to know if time would have sped up otherwise, but our world spun off its axis and sparked a sort of chaos and warped speed that never slowed. It's felt like skipping and tripping and sprinting and juggling ever since. Even in my quietest moments I don't feel I have caught up to the present. It's better. I'm closer to being in my skin again, like the younger me but with more humility and willingness to cede control.
My kids now tower over me (both more than 6 feet tall) with deep voices and man gestures. I find myself daily saying out loud, "who are you and where did you come from?"
And I think maybe that's just how parenting goes, no matter how present you are, no matter how conscious of the adage that "time flies so fast," there is no way to avoid the inevitable moment where you wonder where the time went and how these adult looking people are lumbering through your house, with insatiable appetites and distinct, passionately espoused interests and world views.
I'll never know how things would have evolved if my marriage hadn't ended. Life knocks us all on our asses in multiple ways. Perhaps there's just a limit for how long one can remain in what feels like an intact, manageable existence, to the extent that time doesn't seem to be running ahead of us.
You tell me? Do you relate? Is this part and parcel to raising kids in general? Specific to divorcees? I can only assume any trauma or upheaval can have such an effect. I'm interested to know how other parents have experienced the passage of time…
More Perspective and Some Great News…
So, last I posted, my best friend was awaiting a surgery date to remove a brain tumor. I'm thrilled to report that her surgery was a success, the tumor was benign, she's recovering well and back in the flow of her life.
It's been pretty remarkable to watch her navigate such an emotionally and physically challenging disruption. It's been inspiring to witness her handle it with grace, dignity and stoicism. That's not to say she never expressed feelings of fear, frustration and intense discomfort, of course she did. But she moved so quickly into acceptance at each turn and expended the bare minimum of energy on the things over which she had no control.
That's the great news! She's alright. And when you think about the possible alternative outcomes, that's where perspective comes in and profound gratitude.
Do we need to be faced with actual mortal perils to elicit this state of gratitude? Maybe sometimes, especially during tough times, the trick really is to contemplate all of the possibilities of what could be so much worse in order to appreciate what is wonderful in our lives.
Acceptance, perspective, gratitude…all feel very passive but they're so powerful. I'm looking forward to exploring and expounding on how people hone these skills and rely on them especially in crises.
God-Damn, Mother-Fucking Perspective!
I'm certain you'll excuse my language when I disclose that my best friend was just diagnosed with a brain tumor. So I can cuss as much as I fucking want, right? And blaspheme for good measure?
Talk about limbo, she's currently waiting for her surgery to be scheduled. She won't know the outcome or what, if any, permanent damage has occurred until she's well into the month long initial recovery period (how long does it take to fully recover from brain surgery? No one knows). So, in the meantime, she's on steroids and pain meds and functioning in the fog, ruminating over the possibilities and maintaining an admirable sense of humor and stoicism.
"Surviving Limbo" has felt like an apt title for a blog about living in-between married and divorced, but since I chose it I've felt a subtle shame due to the relatively first world, non-dire nature of such circumstances. It's certainly a painful inconvenience to struggle with identity and philosophical crises and restructuring a family. It can be life-degrading, even life-threatening but there's a measure of exaggeration in the application of the word "surviving." You only have to witness someone truly imperiled to recognize the distinction between lifestyle issues vs. life and death issues.
One of my ambitions has been to broaden my scope and tell other peoples' stories of surviving limbo, whether facing divorce, mortal threats, or any significant transitions, how we survive and thrive in the midst of ambiguity, doubt, fear and confusion, fascinates me.
It's dreadful that I now find myself compelled to pursue this course, not by my own self-motivation but by the provocation of my closest, dearest, life-long friend living out the epitome of surviving limbo. I won't say her name. I won't tell her story right now (it's just begun and she may not want it told) but tonight I'm fixated on perspective.
A wise teacher once said, "if you have a problem, you just need a bigger problem." None of us really need that bigger problem, we just really need to recognize the potential, the frailty of our existence, the fact that we live in a state of limbo from the moment we're born until the moment we die; the whole of our experience, at least in this incarnation, occurs in the in-between state. All unknown and rich with variables from the most exhilarating and joyous to the dreadful and agonizing. We live here, perpetually. Sometimes, that is highlighted by surprises, like an unexpected love affair, employment opportunity, or … brain tumor.
So, how we live and thrive in this overall limbo can be informed by how we live and thrive in the most challenging and traumatic limbos. These are the stories I want to explore and share in the hopes of providing insights, inspiration and perspective.
To be continued…
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Life Lesson: "You can't just play defense!"
Last week my dad came to watch my 12 year old son's basketball game. The opposing team was really aggressive but our team was maintaining a fat lead (around 15 points). I turned to my dad and said, "They just have to keep them from shooting right? Just hold them off to win this thing." My dad's gaze shifted from the court straight to me and with exasperation, he exclaimed, "What? No, that's not how you win. You can't just play defense!"
Immediately I personalized this comment. With a chuckle, I affirmed, "yeah dad, I get it, you're right." His focus was back on the game when I muttered, "hmm, this could explain a lot. I've been playing defense. It might be time for me to play offense." I hadn't even intended for him to hear that part but he swung his head, looked me dead in the eyes and said, "yeah, it is time for you to play offense. Get moving."
The game turned into a nail biter with both teams playing hard and giving 100%. My son's team won by only a few points. No doubt, if they had let up at all, it would have been a loss.
Ever since, I just haven't been able to get my dad's message out of my head. Only a month ago I wrote about feeling like a fighter on the ropes needing to stay in the ring. I'm tough. I'm ready. On alert. I'm playing defense. All the time. No wonder I'm exhausted. No wonder it's hard to muster, not just energy, but enthusiasm.
We all take hits in life and get thrown off our game. It's so interesting to me to suddenly become aware that ever since my husband left my approach to life has been one of warding off trauma and difficulties—protecting myself, protecting my kids and doing a great job of it for sure. But not fully directing my own life, not really living 100%.
Dad's wisdom was so simple and so universal. Now, I'm contemplating how I can translate my awareness into action. I know for one thing, I'm going to have to start taking more risks.
This was my son's first season playing basketball and he had the guts to take shots when he wasn't sure he could make it. It looked like fun and it worked. His whole team took and missed a lot of shots but ended the season undefeated. I'm going take a nod from those champs and start doing the same.
Single on Valentine's Day? Don't Sweat it…
I'm single and I don't really give a fuck about Valentine's Day. I mean, I'm digging my life and the people who are in it. Romance is fun too. I've had it before and I'll have it again.
If you're single or in a bummer of a relationship, don't fret. Love the shit out of everyone around you. It's fun. Love your friends, your relatives, your neighbors, your kids, and for cryin out loud, please, love yourself.
We know we've got to love ourselves in order to be loved; it's a cliché at this point. But like many clichés it's based on some truth.
You should always treat yourself well, but Valentine's Day is a perfect occasion to really appreciate yourself and the unique value you bring to this world and the people around you. And if you doubt you are valuable, just go ahead and be nice to some people, even strangers, and observe the effects of that. You can make people smile, feel good and cared about and I promise, in turn, you will smile and feel good yourself.
I love to analyze and dissect everything but this is really simple—Valentine's Day does not have to be about roses and romance, it doesn't really have to be about anything at all. But if you're looking for love and a hit of oxytocin, you don't have to procure a romantic partner, you can hug anyone for 20 seconds and be good to go. How cool is that?
So, this Valentine's Day (and how about every day?) be kind, be loving and give lots of hugs! XO
Time to Buck the Fuck Up!
Ugh, I feel like such a wimp sometimes. The demise of my marriage completely knocked me on my ass — to a degree that is very hard to rationalize. Though I know many can relate to my experience and of course I understand my own psyche, I've often said to myself, "come on, big fucking deal, your marriage ended, happens all the time, get over it already."
Well, I'm finally over it. I mean over the break up, over the loss of the vision I had for myself and my kids, over the disappointment.
But one of the most annoying things about traumatic events is that typically when it rains it pours. It's like when a boxer is on the ropes — that moment of weakness leaves him open for more hits and the more times he gets hit the harder it will be for him to get back up. But he gets back up, he has to. And you just don't know until the damn thing ends if that worn out bruised and bloody disoriented mess of a person is going to pull it all together and win the match.
I'm not bruised and bloody, but I was a disoriented mess of a person for a long stretch after my husband left. And I'd get back up and get hit back down. Whether it was drama with the ex, dating disappointments, work prospects falling through, a friend's betrayal, or some other let down, every hit seemed to weaken me further. Each blow sent me spiraling back into that pit of insecurity, with panic attacks, nightmares and pervasive self-doubt. The thing is though, each time the recovery has been shorter and more informative.
This shit comes with the territory of being human. I'm not in a war-torn country, I am not starving — I am not suffering the fate of many, if not most, people on this planet. I am simply alive and facing the music.
So, today it occurred to me that I need to buck the fuck up. It doesn't mean I won't be sad or feel insecure or get hurt again, it just means I need to keep my big girl panties on and keep going.
At the bare minimum, bucking the fuck up can mean just staying alive. Yes, that counts. If you're depressed, just staying alive is brave and bold. And hopefully from there it is getting out of bed, engaging in life, taking some risks. And if you get hit one, or two, or three times, take a breather, lick your wounds, and then get back in there. None of us know what is coming next and when some gust of inspiration, fortitude, or kismet might propel us forward.
It would be so lovely if we could give ourselves credit for getting up off the ropes and back in the ring. When in the midst of despair, it takes great courage to respond with a renewed commitment to risk loving, caring, and engaging in life. It takes awareness to appreciate that it may seem to get worse before it gets better, that our resolves may be challenged over and over again. This is how the best stories unfold, how we get to know our own strengths and weaknesses and how we discover who we really are and how to fulfill our own potentials.
There are so many diverse and inspiring quotes about courage. When I read them I feel humbled and sort of ridiculous for thinking there is anything particularly unique about my journey. The greatest thinkers have made it explicitly clear that they had to buck the fuck up and so must we.


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In a move that will appeal to two-year-olds everywhere but leave English teachers aghast, the new slogan for Pepsi Cola has been revealed: More Happy.
This is a radical departure… from proper grammar. There's more in this Businessweek article, which, in the last few paragraphs, outlines the slow decline of PepsiCo's sentence structure.

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Athy Art Group hosts 35th annual exhibition
Athy Art Group is this week holding its 35th Annual Art Exhibition, which runs until Sunday, June 30.
It is taking place in the Athy GAA Centre on the Dublin Road.
The Exhibition was opened on Tuesday evening, the 25th June by Dr. John Macdougald.
Over 200 art pieces by some 60 local artists are featured.
"It's our 35th year to have the exhibition," said Athy Art Group's chairman John Rainsford. "We have two new members this year and a lot of old members from past years. In Athy Art Group, we have amateurs to professionals, but everybody's equal."
"The exhibition and demonstrations are free to attend and all are welcome," he added. "It is open from 2pm to 5pm and from 7pm to 9pm each day until Sunday, June 30th."
"During the week there will be some demonstrations by members of the Athy Art Group," he said.
The Athy Art Group was formed in 1971 and its first exhibition on the current scale was mounted in 1979.
The group's only stipulation is that new members are residents of Athy.
For more information, visit www.athyartgroup.com
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East Palo Alto teen injured in hit-and-run
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A 15-year-old boy from East Palo Alto is in critical condition with a head injury after he was side-swiped by a pick-up truck in a hit-and-run accident the day after Christmas on the 2300 block of Ralmar Avenue.
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Do you understand the law involved in each case after you've done this?If you do, you're brilliant. I'm spending a lot more time on each case than that.
Quote from: jeffjoe on August 29, 2004, 10:29:32 AMDo you understand the law involved in each case after you've done this?If you do, you're brilliant. I'm spending a lot more time on each case than that.As far as I know, yes. I mean, I feel like I do, and after that quiz I had the #4 score out of 67 in our class, so apparantly I'm answering the questions right I suppose. I'll see how that end of things holds up. I guess I mostly want to know is if cases + class notes is pretty much it. There seems to be a ton of unnecessary reading to get to the cases in each book, which I just gloss over. I see everyone in else coming in with all that stuff in pages of notes. And then in class they're all like secretaries banging away on their keyboards like total freaks.I'm just trying to ascertain if the cases + taking notes on what the professor says in class is pretty much going to cover typically would be on an exam.Like, when you say it's taking you several hours to 'get it' so to speak, can you give me an example of something, or some concept that held you up for a while?
If you are among the 0.01% of people who can put in no time studying and still do great in school, then wonderful. But you arent in law school to pass a class. you are in law school to learn a profession. How much more capable a lawyer could you become if you put in 5hrs a day of studying? how much better could you represent the interests of your client?


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Helen Noguchi (ヘレン野口)Helen Noguchi is a 16-year-old girl who is saved by Tar-chan from a crocodile. She is half Japanese and half American. Initially she is a rather bold character who is searching for summer experience and plans to let Tar-chan take her virginity, but she later becomes friends with both him and Jane and teaches them how to manage a rice field. She was Tar-chan's biggest fan, but switched to Pedro after first seeing him. She stops appearing soon after New Jungle King Tar-chan began, but suddenly reappears for the final story as a full grown woman. In the anime her love interest is Pedro, but in the manga she marries Chikō.
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Potty training is hard business. This was my third accident today, and Momma got real real mad at me for it. She said that if I wasn't gonna even try to be a big boy, then she is gonna treat me like a baby. So, after a quick bath, it was back to diapers for me and Dog. She even made me use my binky instead of sucking my thumb while I waited for dinner. Maybe she's right, maybe I should be in diapers……Potty training is hard business, afterall…
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Yes potty training can be a weary hard thing for a boy to handle. It is more easy for mommy to handle the diaper change then all this wet pants. That leads to allot of laundry for mommy.
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Friday, June 25, 2010
Ivins: The Looting of America ('05)
Link: The Looting of America
by Molly Ivins
December, 2005
[Excerpted; full text at the above link. (The pictured book is just for illustration; it does not include this Ivins column.)]
I do not think it premature to conclude that the entire financial industry of this country is riddled with fraud....
Jack A. Blum, a Washington lawyer and expert in money-laundering and other forms of tax evasion, wrote the following for an academic conference held earlier this year at the University of Texas: "Corporate managers have spent the last century developing tools for avoiding regulation and taxation. They brag that acts of tax avoidance are part of corporate productivity. For them, each dollar of tax not paid because of their machinations is the added value they bring to a company. Tax avoidance is a profit center. Avoidance of regulation and supervision is an equally high priority. Corporate contributions and the personal contributions of senior corporate managers have funded anti-regulatory think tanks and anti-regulatory scholarship. Political contributions have turned theory into reality."...
The social control of corporate behavior also stops with this administration. George W. Bush's first choice for chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Harvey Pitt, famously planned "a kinder, gentle SEC."...
At the Treasury Department, John Snow, master of paying no corporate taxes and the golden parachute, is now in charge. Bush's Federal Power Commission, with one member banished by Ken Lay of Enron and another selected by him, couldn't be bothered to notice the enormous fraudulent "energy crisis" in California until $30 billion had been sucked out of that state.
Talk about the lunatics running the asylum. Former lobbyists for special interests now dominate the top of the bureaucracies -- not to regulate, but to facilitate corporate rip-offs. Michael Powell at the Federal Communications Commission thinks more media mergers will be good for the nation. At the Interior Department, it is rip and run, all-out exploitation of natural resources, leaving nothing but a trash heap behind -- a trash heap, incidentally, that the taxpayers will have to pay to clean up, since the Superfund for toxic waste cleanups has been allowed to lapse entirely.
Richard Todd, writing about the mutual-fund scandal in the Times Sunday Magazine, asked: "Were these laws and rules taken seriously by anyone -- or was it common knowledge in the industry that they were routinely flouted? Who was in on the deal? Was all this done more or less in the open with a genial nod and wink among hundreds of guys who understood the game? Or was the money inhaled like cocaine in a surreptitious instant in the back room? Did non-players know? Did 'my' broker know?"...
And the corrupt corporate culture has in turn bought the political system. Medicare "reform" is a huge boondoggle for the drug companies. The energy bill is nothing but corporate subsidies. We have seen people like Dennis Kozlowski and Ken Lay loot their corporations. We are now watching the looting of an entire country.
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When fate/destiny exerts its power and decides to handle you roughly, in a moment you will feel as you have no arms and you cannot change anything. As you are worthless, all that you can do is watch, and maybe cry and scream.
Everyday, hundreds of people loose a member of their family in war. Is it truly fate?! Or is it human made, a human creation?
All the researchers say that humans are the greatest creatures in the world!
So I want to ask this question: Which is better, the human creature who has the desire to kill and fight others for no reason, or the animals for whom fighting or killing is only to eat and to stop the hungry feeling, to survive? The lion will never eat his booty unless he's hungry!!!
Why this human hunger for wars and blood? Why does anyone think their group is better than the other one? Why am I better than you, or you better than me? What gives anyone the right to decide this?
A lot of questions, and I hope that someone will share some answers with me...


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Monday, 22 April 2013
Spring has Sprung...Seeds are Shooting...
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Hi, it all looks very spring-like ! a bit different from the snowy pics you posted only a short while ago.ReplyDelete
I'm intrigued about the chick peas ? do you grow them as a decorative 'greenery' plant or for a crop ? I've never tried these ? and did you use ordinary chick peas from the supermarket or buy special ones for growing ?
I sprout them, they are delicious in a salad or stew.Replies
You're supposed to be able to get a crop of green chick peas in a season, got the idea from James Wong's new book Homegrown Revolution, they're just supermarket seeds, wasn't sure if they were going to grow, but they have!Delete
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Your balcony looks great Sooz, not much colour in my garden just yet but things are starting to grow.I think we are a little behind up in Scotland, but we did see the sun yesterday LOL :)ReplyDelete
Are you still going to be growing stuff round at your mum's this year, or just on your balcony?Replies
Thank you...we have seen lots of sun this week, I hope it's on its way up to you!Delete
I will be gardening at mums too - big veg at hers, small stuff (salad, herbs, strawberries) at mine...I have to get down there this week sometime and get some stuff in the ground!
You must be so proud of that colourful balcony. My seeds are very slow to come up this year, although hubby has just fixed the lid of the cold frame so perhaps the warmer conditions in there will get things going! Just wanted to say I love the new blog header with the close up of your retro tray. Those colours!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you, I am a little bit proud of it, it's so nice to look out of my window and see a bit of colourful cheerfulness!Delete
Thank you for the compliment on my banner too :D
Hope your seeds get their sprout on soon, I'm sure the warm weather will help! And the cosy cold frame!
Wow your balcony looks amazing Sooz!ReplyDelete
Love the idea of growing chickpeas - look forward to seeing how they do... Hope you're enjoying life in your little place!
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text: Long before the films that featured Arnold Schwarzenegger in 1982 and 1984 and Jason Momoa in 2011, "Conan the Barbarian" began as a character creation of Robert Howard, an American author known for his pulp fiction work in diverse genres. In many writings from books to websites, he is regarded as the father of the sword and sorcery sub-genre. His character Conan has now become a viable franchise known for its many licensed books, comics, TV programs, video games, and films.


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Sorry to be a bit late on these cute half log cabin blocks, Ruth. I've always liked pink and green together. Can't wait to see the finished quilt!
Joan's grey/brights color combo is so great! It was fun choosing some little squares from my stash to add to your lovely fabrics to create this block. It will be a stunning quilt!
I'll get these both in the mail tomorrow!
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
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Thanks Carla! My sister picked the pink and green color scheme to go with her baby's room, and then somehow when I was selecting the fabrics, teal found it's way in, too. I love it because I never would have thought "now let's make a teal, green, and pink quilt" but it really works.ReplyDelete
Beautiful work, as usual, Carla. Thanks so much :)ReplyDelete
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The Smoking Frog - Poem by Robert William Service
Three men I saw beside a bar,
Regarding o'er their bottle,
A frog who smoked a rank cigar
They'd jammed within its throttle.
A Pasha frog it must have been
So big it as and bloated;
And from its lips the nicotine
In graceful festoon floated.
And while the trio jeered and joked,
As if it quite enjoyed it,
Impassively it smoked and smoked,
(It could now well avoid it).
A ring of fire its lips were nigh
Yet it seemed all unwitting;
It could not spit, like you and I,
Who've learned the art of spitting.
It did not wink, it did not shrink,
As there serene it squatted'
Its eyes were clear, it did not fear
The fate the Gods allotted.
It squatted there with calm sublime,
Amid their cruel guying;
Grave as a god, and all the time
It knew that it was dying.
And somehow then it seemed to me
These men expectorating,
Were infinitely less than he,
The dumb thing they were baiting.
It seemed to say, despite their jokes:
"This is my hour of glory.
It isn't every frog that smokes:
My name will live in story."
Before its nose the smoke arose;
The flame grew nigher, nigher;
And then I saw its bright eyes close
Beside that ring of fire.
They turned it on its warty back,
From off its bloated belly;
It legs jerked out, then dangled slack;
It quivered like a jelly.
And then the fellows went away,
Contented with their joking;
But even as in death it lay,
The frog continued smoking.
Life's like a lighted fag, thought I;
We smoke it stale; then after
Death turns our belly to the sky:
The Gods must have their laughter.
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"President Barack Obama says the situation in Syria has reached, in his words, a ''critical juncture,'" AP writes, adding, "Also Thursday, Obama freed up money for the first round of direct nonlethal U.S. assistance for Syria's armed opposition. The president signed a declaration directing up to $10 million to provide food and medical kits to help the rebels and civilians. Secretary of State John Kerry had promised the aid in February as part of a $60 million package of direct assistance for the rebels. The next phase of U.S. assistance to the rebels is expected to include body armor, night-vision goggles and other military-style equipment, while stopping short of providing weapons to the opposition."
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"Are you saved? Are you born again?" These are questions asked by mostly well-meaning people worried about the status of your soul. I understand the concern, but…
What is it exactly we are being "saved" from? Is it the big sin the bible says Adam and Eve started mankind with? So is God a masochist? I mean think about it, he gave them free will, and not only created the tree of knowledge of good and evil but had it growing in the middle of the garden with them. He then peaked their human curiosity (curiosity he gave them) by forbidding them from eating from it, and apparently added a talking snake into the mix for shit and giggles.
Wasn't it also God that said they would surly die from even touching the tree of good and evil? Which to me seems a bit of a fib considering there are over 7 billion people on earth that would not be here had that been true. Although I suppose semantically it could be said that he meant they would be kicked out of Eden and dead to him, but then why did he not just say that? It was actually the snake who told the truth, they did not actually die and apparently gained knowledge of good and evil just like he said they would.
Jesus is the savor sent by God and nailed on a cross in unbearable pain for three days to pay for some crap two people apparently started 100's of generations prior to his birth. Again, it is a bit masochistic, especially considering he did nothing wrong in the eyes of God. Regardless, this selfless act by Jesus opened the door for salvation. By asking him into your heart and adding a little water (or a lot, depending on which of the 1000 or so denominations one follows) you are "born again" with "Christian" attached to your name and a guaranteed ticket into heaven.
I am not saying that is not true, but then what is the point of God's judgement? Is this how the conversation for "Christians" go when they get to the pearly gate??
Angel: Name please.
Soul: Joe Blow-Christian.
Angel: Okay Joe Blow, I see you have lied your way up the corporate ladder and cheated on your wife with your neighbor's 17-year-old daughter. You also called the police on a homeless pregnant prostitute to have her removed from the sidewalk in front of your building, though you did give her 20 bucks for her services the week prior. Wow, I could go on and on, thank God you are a Christian.
Joe Blow-Christian: No shit.
Angel: Well, as you know you still have God's judgment coming, let me check something…Yep, just like the Christian before you, you're grounded for your first two weeks in Heaven, no TV or video games during that time.
Joe Blow-Christian: Are you freaking serious? Awe come on man, can't you do something I'm gonna miss the Big Brother season finale.
Angel: Well, I see you did spend an hour in church each week, so we can release the restrictions on the TV, but still no video games for two weeks. (:
Why do people add "Christian" to someone they are recommending I use for some kind of service. It's always like… "Oh, use my mechanic Joe Blow, he's a Christian you know." Sometimes I want to say, "First, nope I did not know that. Second, I so do not care and I have no clue what gave you the idea I would, especially considering I worship Satan." (;
Just once I would love to do that, the look would be priceless. However, even though I don't care if someone is a Christian or not I don't really worship Satan and I am not that big of an asshole so I will never say it out loud. It will have to remain an inside joke between The Big Guy upstairs and me.
I am sure what I said could be considered blasphemy in some religious circles concerned about saving souls from the big sin, and I mean no disrespect. Ultimately I respect everyone's right to believe in anything they want, I am just saying sometimes people need to open their minds. If you follow anything blindly you might walk off a cliff, follow what Jesus actually did and walk this earth in truth and love and you might be amazed at what is out there.


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If you already contribute to an IRA, then you're taking an important step toward building the financial resources you need for retirement. If you don't have an IRA, then you might want to consider opening one. But which one?
Your two main choices are a "traditional" IRA and a Roth IRA. These IRAs share some common characteristics. First, you can fund either one with virtually any type of investment you choose - stocks, bonds, CDs, etc. And second, you can contribute up to $3,000 per year to either IRA, or $3,500 if you're 50 or over. (However, you cannot contribute to a Roth IRA if your modified adjusted gross income exceeds $160,000, if you're married and file jointly, or $110,000, if you're single.)
Beyond these similarities, though, there are some important differences in the two IRAs. Here's a quick look at each:
- Traditional IRA - Your traditional IRA contributions may be tax deductible, depending on your annual income and whether or not you're covered under an employer-sponsored retirement plan. And your earnings grow tax-deferred until you start taking withdrawals.
- Roth IRA - You fund a Roth IRA with after-tax dollars, so you always have tax- and penalty-free access to your contributions. And your earnings grow totally tax-free, provided you don't start taking withdrawals until you're 59 1/2 and you've had your account for at least five years. Also, you can typically make tax-free withdrawals for first-time homebuyer expenses.
(If you withdraw money from a traditional or Roth IRA before you're 59 1/2, you may have to pay a 10 percent penalty.)
So, which IRA is right for you? As is often the case in the investment world, there are no quick and easy answers. If you're not eligible to deduct your contributions to a traditional IRA, and you are eligible to contribute to a Roth IRA, then you may want to choose the Roth IRA.
But what if you're eligible to contribute to a Roth IRA and you could still deduct your contributions to a traditional IRA? On one hand, the traditional IRA offers a powerful combination: tax deductibility and tax-deferred growth. On the other hand, a Roth IRA is one of the few investments that offers tax-free earnings.
Obviously, it's a tough choice. And that's why you may want to consider some other criteria. For example, if you have a traditional IRA, you must start taking minimum distributions by the time you're 70 1/2. With a Roth, you never have to take them - you can leave the entire value of your IRA to your beneficiaries, and they won't have to pay taxes on withdrawals. Consequently, your projected need for retirement income and your desire to leave money to your family are two factors you'll want to consider when choosing between a Roth and a traditional IRA.
Unfortunately, you can't have it both ways - that is, you can't contribute the maximum amount to both types of IRAs. Whatever amount you contribute to one will reduce what you can contribute to another.
A qualified financial professional or your tax adviser may be able to help you determine which type of IRA is right for you. But, even with this assistance, make sure you understand all the issues involved. Remember, this money is for your retirement - so you'll want to make the right moves.


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Indian food is enjoyed by many Canadians as well as those of South Asian descent. The food is made up of a variety of traditional cuisines that differ from region to region, from Punjabi to Bengali. However, these traditional foods can be problematic when it comes to diabetes management and prevention—especially for South Asians, one of the groups at high risk for developing type 2 diabetes.
Chef Siva Swaminathan, who was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when she was 40 years old, and who is cofounder of Diabetes Canada's South Asian diabetes chapter, explains, "People back home [in India, where she was born] eat many courses for the major meal of the day, with many of them being very carbohydrate-based. Just an ordinary lunch may be three or four courses, with each containing a carb-rich choice." In addition to the high carb count, traditional meals can also contain a lot of fat, both of which can contribute to weight gain, which in turn can increase the risk for diabetes as well as heart disease. So, what's the solution?
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Wanna' Know About Terror? Ask A Native American (What We're Up Against)
By Mickey Z.
"I did not know then how much was ended. When I look back now from this high hill of my old age, I can still see the butchered women and children lying heaped and scattered all along the crooked gulch as plain as when I saw them with eyes still young. And I can see that something else died there in the bloody mud, and was buried in the blizzard. A people's dream died there. It was a beautiful dream." - Black Elk
"Indian Removal, as it has been politely called, cleaned the land for white occupancy between the Appalachians and the Mississippi, cleared it for cotton in the South and grain in the North, for expansion, immigration, canals, railroads, new cities, and the building of a huge continental empire clear across to the Pacific Ocean. The cost in human life cannot be accurately measured, in suffering not even roughly measured. Most of the history books given to children pass quickly over it."
"There is a profound historical legacy in the United States, going back to people like George Washington, for example, describing Indians as 'wild beasts of the forest' and 'savage as the wolf,'" explains Ward Churchill.
"Terror is what poor people worldwide feel when approached by uniformed, armed men; what animals feel in research laboratories; what people feel when their families are faced with starvation; what a child feels when an adult starts to hit; what millions of families feel when they hear planes overhead; what fish feel when hooked in the mouth; what people feel under threat of having loved ones tortured or killed; what forest dwellers feel when the loggers come in to clear-cut; what people feel when they are threatened with invasion; and what animals feel at slaughterhouses."


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Debt and return pursuit: PAYE: Regulation 72 (5) Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) Regulations 2003: initial review of cases: responsibility for working the case
After completing the initial research the file should then be passed to the caseworker.
The caseworker should be at least an officer grade and is responsible for:
- evaluating the employer's explanation
- obtaining any further information
- corresponding with the employer.
There is more on the officer's role at DMBM522980.
The higher debt manager (or above) should:
- supervise the work of the caseworker
- request further information or clarity on any open point
- make the final decision on each case.
Direction or refusal notices are always issued by a higher officer grade (or above) authorised in that role; see DMBM523040.


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Discussion in 'Trading' started by pma, Mar 14, 2007.
Feels like the indexes are going to plummet.Please discuss.
What is this? The speculation of an educator???
I dont really care if the market turning which way. I just follow the trend, and the trend now is bearish, however next hours it may just turn into bullish... We never know
Big down move = more volatility. More volatility = more profit per contract and less chop in price movement.
That's my formula of perception of this market.
One thing interesting to note, the foreign markets have tanked but the indices have not moved much.
Last week, dax/ftse were moving the indices big time premarket.
Indices may be setting up for a morning bounce but then they tank.
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Torquay on the English Riviera. Great places to visit; try Cockington Village stroll around the gardens, perhaps visit the Church in the heart of Cockington, there are also cradt shops in the Manor House.
Torre Abbey situated in the heart of Torquay, and along side the Spanish Barn now utilized for famous works of art.
Bowling, a great sport with so many greens in and around Torquay. We provide hotel & transport for bowls touring teams.
Visit other places of interest by boat from Torquay Harbour - Brixham is only 5 miles away across the Harbour.


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Things have been busy around here lately with lots of traveling and fun adventures and I am off to Canada next week again, alone, for six days. This weekend, starting today with the kids off school and through Monday, we have nothing on the calendar. Not one single plan. We will be staying local, hanging out with the kids, relaxing at home, eating some watermelon and maybe catching a movie. It'll be so nice. I have only two things I want to do, finish reading my book and finish my final painting for Get Your Paint On. Other than that, I will let the weekend take me where it wants.
Wishing everyone a good Memorial Day weekend, and sending our love and thoughts to all the service men and women who work so hard to keep us safe.
What are your plans for this weekend? I'd love to hear about them.


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There is no soul mate or best friend out there who will solve every one of your problems. There is no love at first sight that lasts without work and commitment. But there are, however, people out there worth fighting for. Not because they're perfect, but because they're imperfect in all ways that are right for you. You complement each other's flaws in a way that allows your souls to unite and operate more efficiently as one. You will know when you meet one of these people, when through them you meet the very best in yourself. – Unknown
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VoIP phones disrupting some security alarm systems
Homeowners who make their phone calls with Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephone services may want to check their security alarm systems, warns a Winnipeg man who recently found out his house had not beenproperly protected for over a year.
Dennis Terrick said he had no idea the VOIP phone service he signed up for 18 months ago was incompatible with his home security system. He learned his alarm signal was not being received by the security company, meaning any calls for help would have gone unanswered.
"I had been in this comfort zone of knowing that my house was patrolled for a year and a half when in fact it hadn't been," Terrick told CBC News on Thursday.
"I was really disturbed … while nothing did happen in the year and a half, so that was comforting, but I don't like to operate that way."
VoIP uses a high-speed internet connection as a phone line instead of a regular analog line — and often at a fraction of the cost of traditional land-line phone services.
Terrick said no one at Primus, his VoIP provider, told him about incompatibility issues with security systems when he signed up for the service.
Primus spokesman Dmytro Marushkevych said that kind of information is available to customers, but it's buried within a lengthy contract.
"We never had major issues with that," he said, saying he had received few customer complaints.
"If [a] customer has some other services, some other ways that they're using their phone system for something else, then it's [the] onus on the customer to see, or ask us, 'what about our security system?'"
Problems reported
But David Currie with the Canadian Security Association said companies are hearing of problems. Currie, who owns a Sarnia, Ont., security alarm firm, said 25 of his customers have found their alarms do not work once they switch to VoIP telephone service.
The incompatibility between VOIP and alarm systems can arise because almost 90 per cent residential alarm systems operate on conventional phone lines, he said.
"When you try and marry that kind of equipment to the newer technology, there's many problems that arise there. Some days it will work, other days it may not work," he said.
"If a customer is going to change their phone service to VoIP, I would strongly urge them to consider changing their alarm communications to internet or cellular reporting directly."
But Terrick said he is taking another route — switching back to a traditional land-line for his telephone service.


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Feb 24, 2011
Rabbonim Discuss Current Events
Ynet reports from the WAP site "Haredim" (late addition: I have also seen this now reported in the edition of Mishpacha newspaper that I got delivered today) that a number of rabbonim have discussed these issues.
Supposedly, Rav Ahron Shteinman, Rav Chaim Kanievsky, and Rav Michel Yehudah Lefkowitz have all recently commented on these issues.
Rav Shteinman: Rav Shteinman suspects the lack of stability in the region is because of the attempts to shock and disturb the "olam haTorah" by harassing the kollels and avreichim - when people try to disturb the torah world, Hashem disturbs the whole world.
Another thing Rav Shteinman suggested is that strange and major events have been happening around the world in order to distract them, so they will not pay attention any more to the "torah world". If they don't learn their lessons, the events will continue getting closer and closer to us.
Rav Chaim Kanievsky: We see many things are happening in unnatural ways. We dont understand them. People come and say that these events are Gog and Magog - we are nto able to know if that is so or not, but definitely Hashem is showing us that Mashiach is getting closer, and we must do what we can to strengthen ourselves and prepare for that day. Whoever ignores these signs is a fool/
Rav Lefkowitz: Hashem shakes up the world to put people back in their places. Hashem is knocking down the "Kochi V'Otzem Yadi" that exists. First there was a small fire here, and the country that thought it is so great and strong, suddenly it has to go requesting assistance from countries around the whole world - not even for a war, not for anything special, just a small fire.
Then, they still think they are great, and Hashem goes and messes up the countries, and suddenly everyone is scared because they were not able to predict these monumental events would happen, and they dont know what to do about them. Hashem is laughing at them, watching to see when they will figure it out that He controls the world, not them.
Through everything that happens in the world, one can see and sense the faith. You can see how there is a leader, and it is His wish to confuse the nations and do what He wants. Those who close their eyes and ignore it - he is not evil, rather he is a fool.
This reminds me of a story I read about Rav Mendel Kaplan zt"l who used to read the daily newspapers to his students in yeshiva. He would say that it is important to learn how to read the news from a torah perspective, to find the messages from Hashem.
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- AnonymousFebruary 24, 2011 11:56 AM
It could also be a case of: ה' ילחם לכם ואתם תחרישון....ReplyDelete
- MiriamSFebruary 24, 2011 12:02 PM
Rafi, the statements you've been quoting from Rav Shteinman, assuming that the rest of the world has this inherent responsibility to foot the kollel bills without asking any questions, just don't hit home for me....ReplyDelete
I really think this "game" is ridiculous. There is no prophecy today. And statements like these about geopolitics, unfortunately, only make those making the statements seem very naive about the workings of the outside world.ReplyDelete
However, even within their mindset I guess you won't hear of too many "gedolim" positing the idea that maybe these "troubles" are the result of the ethical and moral lapses among growing numbers of "B'nei Torah" and their leadership.
If the non Torah world on their "low" madgrega could be responsible for all of the world's ills we can only imagine how the Torah world is being judged for their shinanigans "kchut hasara".
- AnonymousFebruary 24, 2011 1:53 PM
I thought learning in kollel IS considered supporting the rest of the world.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 24, 2011 4:26 PM
Rav Shteinman suspects the lack of stability in the region is because of the attempts to shock and disturb the "olam haTorah"ReplyDelete
What disturbs the olam haTorah?
כל תורה שאין עמה מלאכה סופה בטלה
Did he really say "Hashem is laughing at them"?ReplyDelete
So anthropomorphism is ok in the Yeshiva world today?
- AnonymousFebruary 25, 2011 3:18 AM
Here is my take.ReplyDelete
The meshugana in Libya said last week that the Palestinians should start fighting and taking back EY and less then a week a complete V'nahafchu.
Also, one of our biggest enemies was Mubarak, and how the Obama ran after him for stability, again V'nahafchu.
All this in Adar where our enemies were destroyed.
We should take from this how Hashem is constantly watching over us and as we say in the Hagada, every generation they try to destroy us but Hashem saves us.
I would agree with Rav Mendel Kaplan.ReplyDelete
Key words though are "every day," which means that one can not presume to comment unless one remains fully informed as to the complete story and context.


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Social Media in China
Tencent, the owners of China's largest social media platform WeChat, are employing 200 Chinese content reviewers to flag up low quality or harmful content on the site, including pornography, plagiarism, fake news and out of date news. Made up of 10 journalists, 70 writers and 120 users, they will be expected to make 300 reports each per month. As WeChat has become a primary source of news, particularly among younger generations, finding articles that are fake or contain out of date information is of great importance. China introduced new laws last June that tightened up on cyber security, and some Chinese Apple product users could be affected by the new rules.
- WeChat wants users to help with censorship
- WeChat becomes primary news source in China
- Apple warns of data losses
- Fake news a problem for TenCent
- Knowing China's taste in news
Smartphone News in China
In 2017 Apple's iPhone 7 Plus only made second place for sales in the Chinese marketplace, being beaten by Oppo's R9S. Apple was the only foreign brand in the top 10 phones being sold in China last year. Although Chinese smartphone maker, OnePlus did not make the top ten, they did pass a billion dollars in sales for the first time and made a profit. This is quite an achievement when huge companies such as Motorola are running at a loss. Meanwhile, a little known Chinese phone maker, Transsion Holdings, came third in the table of sales in India, a market almost as large as its home market in China. They succeeded because they noticed that the Indian habit of eating with their fingers made it difficult to use a smartphone and very cleverly developed an oil resistant finger recognition feature.
- Oppo's R9S beats Apple's iPhone 7 Plus
- OnePlus pass a billion dollars in sales
- Using a smartphone with oily fingers
- Are foldable smartphones the next innovation?
- Samsung Galaxy S9 to be cheaper in China
China Business & Technology
At the recent CES there were 4500 exhibitors, just over 1500 of them were from China. The only nation that had more was the US, and that was only by a few. Technology in China is advancing at an amazing pace, partly because the government backs new innovation and has highlighted technology as part of the plan for the country. A growing number of exhibitors have been looking at blockchain technology, among other things, and they are building a reputation for high quality output. China has also identified virtual reality as a growth area, and included it in its latest five-year development plan.
- China neck and neck with Silicon Valley
- Blockchain fever grows in China
- Jaunt China making VR films
- Internet giants bet on the future of driving
- China is more than a manufacturer
Cultural News in China
A new website, www.discoverychina.org.cn, was launched this week at the forum "Global Design: Inspired by China" The focus of the forum included opportunities and inspirations for promoting Chinese culture to global design industries. The Chinese Embassy in Kuwait, together with the Association of Chinese Companies in Kuwait hosted the New Years celebrations in Kuwait, a country that embraces Chinese culture. Traditions and culture are an important part of Chinese life, and each year nine awards are presented to recognise cultural achievements. China's 2017 Cultural Industry Oscars included awards to the China Cultural Figure of the Year, Special Contributors to Chinese Culture and Charming Towns with the Highest Cultural Value.


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Polly Bergen movies: 'First woman U.S. president' dead at 84
Emmy Award-winning actress Polly Bergen – whose movie and television roles ranged from the first woman U.S. president in the 1964 comedy Kisses for My President to Felicity Huffman's mother in Desperate Housewives – died of "natural causes" on Sept. 20 at her home in Southbury, Connecticut. The 84-year-old Bergen, a heavy smoker for five decades, had been suffering from emphysema and other ailments since the 1990s.
Never a top movie star, Bergen was a popular television personality, guesting in dozens of TV series and taking part as a panelist in shows such as The Hollywood Squares and To Tell the Truth (both in the mid-'50s and in the early '80s). At age 27, she won an Emmy for her performance in the Playhouse 90 presentation of "The Helen Morgan Story." More recently, Bergen was featured in the television hit series The Sopranos, playing the former mistress of both Tony Soprano's father and John F. Kennedy.
The epitome of Hollywood poise and elegance, she authored a trio of self-help books and in the mid-'60s launched her own brand of "oil of the turtle"-based cosmetics. Bergen was also a politically active Democrat, one whose name was found in the extended version of the Richard Nixon Administration's notorious "Enemies List."
For nearly two decades, she was married to Hollywood superagent and sometime producer Freddie Fields.
Poor, Southern Baptist beginnings
"Most people think I was born in a rich Long Island family," Polly Bergen told The Washington Post in 1988. In reality, she was born Nellie Paulina Burgin on July 14, 1930, to an impoverished family in Knoxville, Tennessee. Her father was an illiterate construction worker while her mother got only as far as the third grade. The family had to keep on moving to wherever work was available during the Great Depression.
"We were a Southern Baptist family," Bergen told the Post, "very poor, from time to time on welfare. My father spent a lot of time flat on his back with a broken back. But my father always believed that you worked for a living, so I worked from the time that I was a kid. I took care of the house and I did all the cooking and washing and cleaning."
She also did quite a bit of singing. Inspired by show-biz success stories like those of child stars Shirley Temple and Deanna Durbin, Paulina Burgin, nicknamed Polly, began singing at home, hoping to be discovered by a producer passing by – just like Durbin in one of her movies.
In her mid-teens, while living in Richmond, Indiana, Burgin sang with her father on the radio. "Everybody thought I was black and thought I was 25. I was 15," she told the Hartford Courant's Susan Dunne in 2013. "I thought Sarah Vaughan was the best singer in the business. I learned to sing listening to Sarah Vaughan records."
Polly Burgin's show business career, however, would kick off only after her parents settled in California, where she sang with a local band. According to the IMDb, she can be heard (uncredited) singing on the radio in Mark Robson's boxing drama Champion (1949), starring Kirk Douglas, and in Fred Zinnemann's psychological drama The Men (1950), Marlon Brando's film debut.
Polly Bergen movies: Paramount duds, 'disgusting' Jerry Lewis
"I was fanatically ambitious," Polly Bergen would confess to the New York Times' James Gavin in 2001. "All I ever wanted to be was a star. I didn't want to be a singer. I didn't want to be an actress. I wanted to be a star."
Curiously, although a beautiful, talented, and, by her own account, quite determined actress – one who was married to a top Hollywood agent for nearly two decades – Bergen never quite became a major Hollywood star.
As found on the IMDb, she landed her first credited screen role – for the first and only time as Polly Burgin – in Monogram's grade-Z 1949 musical Western Across the Rio Grande, playing a saloon singer. In 1950, the rebaptized Polly Bergen was given a Paramount contract, courtesy of legendary producer Hal B. Wallis (Sergeant York, Casablanca, The Strange Love of Martha Ivers), who had moved from Warner Bros. to Paramount in the mid-'40s.
Despite Wallis' patronage, Bergen found herself stuck in thankless roles, supporting the likes of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis in the comedies At War with the Army (1950) and That's My Boy (1951), and Edmond O'Brien and Dean Jagger in Byron Haskin's B Western Warpath (1951). Regarding her relatively brief appearance in At War with the Army, Los Angeles Times reviewer Philip K. Scheuer wrote: "Miss Bergen looks like a nice person, and her voice is pretty good, but she doesn't know how to face a camera. Give her time. She's new."
Paramount was in no hurry. The best the studio – and Hal B. Wallis – managed to do for Bergen was to cast her as the leading lady in one more Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis production, the formulaic 1952 musical comedy The Stooge, directed by Norman Taurog.
Bergen was surely anything but thrilled at once again being relegated to a decorative role in a Martin and Lewis flick – and not only because her career had stalled. "Jerry Lewis is a disgusting man," she would affirm to the Hartford Courant. "Every day I worked with him, he made me cry."
Brief MGM stint
Years later, Polly Bergen claimed to have walked out on her Paramount contract, though some sources state the studio itself let her go. Either way, she landed another one at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1953. At the time no longer the "More Stars Than There Are in Heaven" studio of previous decades – when Bergen might have had a real shot at movie stardom – MGM was just as unable as Paramount to boost the career of their new contract player.
The year she arrived at the studio, Bergen was relegated to leading-lady roles in B or near-B fare such as:
- Joseph H. Lewis' Cry of the Hunted, as a swamp woman who comes between lawman Barry Sullivan and fugitive Vittorio Gassman.
- Richard Fleischer's Arena, playing opposite Gig Young and Jean Hagen in what is supposed to be the first Western filmed in 3D.
- John Sturges' romantic comedy Fast Company, as Howard Keel's love interest.
Polly Bergen's one important MGM production was another 1953 release, John Sturges' well-made Western Escape from Fort Bravo. But her role was a relatively minor one, supporting William Holden and the film's actual female star, Eleanor Parker.
By 1954, Bergen was no longer making movies for the Culver City studio.
'Two sexy women' in Las Vegas
After the first phase of her movie career came to an abrupt halt in the mid-'50s, Polly Bergen switched her focus to television (more on that in the follow-up article; see link further below). She also sang in nightclubs and at one point was a star attraction in Las Vegas. "Me and Lena Horne were the two highest-paid and the two biggest female draws because we were the two sexy women," she would explain to the Hartford Courant.
Making things more lively in the booming desert town, Bergen had "one of my favorite mobsters" and his "beautiful, beautiful" girlfriend, Ug, as her mentors. "They made sure that all of my money went straight home to my mother and father so I did not gamble it. … There was nobody in the world who knew good from bad better than they did."
More Polly Bergen movies: Second phase
Three years after turning down Gregory Peck's offer to be his co-star in Stanley Kramer's post-doomsday drama On the Beach (1959) – Peck had been impressed by her performance in "The Helen Morgan Story," but she had recently adopted a child (Ava Gardner eventually landed the role) – Polly Bergen finally returned to the big screen in 1962, with none other than Gregory Peck as one of her co-stars.
For a brief period, she would be given bigger and meatier parts.
- In J. Lee Thompson's thriller Cape Fear (1962), she is Peck's wife, terrorized by psycho Robert Mitchum, who in one scene cracks raw eggs on her and proceeds to smear them all over her breasts.[1] Regarding her screen husband, she would recall, "He was very reserved, but he was just a love."
- In Michael Gordon's Move Over Darling (1963), Bergen is the beautiful woman who marries "widower" James Garner – whose dead wife Doris Day inconveniently turns out to be very much alive. Now, which wife will the widower-turned-bigamist choose?[2]
Initially, Bergen had been "violently opposed" to getting cast in Move Over Darling because hers was the second female lead; at director Gordon's insistence she eventually relented. It was a felicitous decision. "I arrived on that set and I fell in love with Doris Day within three minutes. … She was just heaven. We had the best time working together."
- And in Hall Bartlett's drama The Caretakers (1963), Bergen is a mental patient at a hospital where progressive doctor Robert Stack butts heads with traditionalist nurse administrator Joan Crawford.
For her efforts in The Caretakers – she goes totally berserk in one scene – Polly Bergen was nominated for a Best Actress - Drama Golden Globe (back then a minor accolade) along with seven other actresses. She lost the award to eventual Best Actress Oscar nominee Leslie Caron for Bryan Forbes' British-made The L-Shaped Room.
First woman U.S. president
Polly Bergen's final role during that second phase of her film career was that of the first woman U.S. president in Curtis Bernhardt's irritatingly reactionary comedy Kisses for My President (1964). As the newly elected Commander-in-Chief Leslie McCloud (a role Warner Bros. studio head Jack Warner had intended for Maureen O'Hara), Bergen looks elegant, beautiful, and intelligent. For Bernhardt, that wasn't enough.
The director, who made a career expertly handling female-centered melodramas (e.g., Joan Crawford in Possessed, Jane Wyman in The Blue Veil, Rita Hayworth in Miss Sadie Thompson), would remark that Bergen's "chicness is quite convincing and makes her look like a president, even if she doesn't know how to act like one."
As for the movie itself, it lacked both chicness and wit. Following a series of overlong, unfunny, cringingly sexist sequences, most of them featuring emasculated First Gentleman Fred MacMurray, Bergen's president, ever the dutiful American wife and mother, chooses to resign after becoming pregnant.
Despite its "first woman U.S. president" gimmick – and that's all it is – Kisses for My President was a curious career choice for a liberal-minded actress who would become an ardent supporter of the Equal Rights Amendment. A box office failure, this dismal comedy ended Curtis Bernhardt's film career and all but ended Bergen's as well.
Sporadic movies in recent decades
Unlike another minor '50s actress, Anne Bancroft, whose return to Hollywood in the early '60s led to a prestigious, decades-long film career, Polly Bergen's big-screen comeback fizzled after Kisses for My President.
After a three-year hiatus, she could be spotted as one of the big names featured in "technical adviser" cameos, alongside Lucille Ball, Jack Benny, Jayne Mansfield, Jeffrey Hunter, etc., in Gene Kelly's comedy of mores A Guide to the Married Man, starring Walter Matthau and Inger Stevens. After that, Bergen would remain away from the big screen for two decades, returning in a small role in Susan Seidelman's Making Mr. Right (1987), starring John Malkovich.
From then on, Bergen would be featured in only a handful of movies, mostly minor fare. Among these were:
- Micki Dickoff's short Mother, Mother (1989), featuring fellow 1950s veteran Piper Laurie.
- David Price's spoof Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde (1995), supporting Tim Daly and Sean Young.
- Charles Busch's coming-of-age drama A Very Serious Person (2006), with Bergen as a cranky, dying old woman.
Of this bunch, the best-remembered title is John Waters' teen musical Cry-Baby (1990), in which Bergen plays the high-society grandmother of Johnny Depp's love interest (Amy Locane). "I don't like that movie," she would admit to the Hartford Courant. "I'm a big fan of John Waters, but I am not a big fan of John Waters' films."
According to the IMDb, Polly Bergen bade farewell to the movies by playing another grandmother in Brian Dannelly's comedy-drama Struck by Lightning (2012), featuring Glee's Chris Colfer (who also penned the screenplay), Rebel Wilson, and Allison Janney.
"Polly Bergen Movies: 'First American Woman President'" follow-up post: "Actress Polly Bergen on Richard Nixon 'Enemies List.'"
Robert Mitchum in 'Cape Fear'
[1] Regarding Robert Mitchum, Polly Bergen would tell the Hartford Courant:
He was a kerplunk! He was open and loving and funny. The very first scene we did was the rape scene. … The door that was supposed to be semi-shut had accidentally been completely closed and clicked. He used my body to physically open that door. You can imagine the kind of force. By then I was starting to sob. I was really in pain. He just kept right on going and I kept right on going because I didn't know anything anyway. We arrived at the end of the scene and he completely fell apart. He grabbed me put his arms around me and said 'I'm sorry, I'm so sorry I hurt you, I didn't mean to hurt you.' And we were friends for life.
In Martin Scorsese's 1991 remake, Jessica Lange plays the wife, Nick Nolte the husband, and Best Actor Oscar nominee Robert De Niro the psycho.
Both Robert Mitchum and Gregory Peck make cameo appearances in the film, but not Polly Bergen.
'Move Over, Darling'
[2] In 1955, Michael Gordon had directed Bergen in Champagne Complex on Broadway; John Dall and Donald Cook co-starred.
Move Over Darling was 20th Century Fox's second attempt at remaking Garson Kanin's 1940 RKO comedy My Favorite Wife, itself inspired by Alfred Lord Tennyson's poem Enoch Arden, with the genders reversed.
Production on Something's Got to Give was shut down in 1962 after Marilyn Monroe was fired from the film directed by George Cukor; Dean Martin and Cyd Charisse (in the role eventually played by Polly Bergen) were Monroe's co-stars.
Cary Grant, Irene Dunne, and Gail Patrick (in Bergen's role) were featured in the 1940 original.
Unless otherwise noted, Polly Bergen quotes via The Guardian, Susan Dunne's interview for the Hartford Courant.
Clip of Fred MacMurray and first female U.S. president Polly Bergen in Kisses for My President: Warner Bros.
Robert Mitchum and Polly Bergen Cape Fear image: Universal Pictures, via the Hartford Courant.
Polly Bergen Kisses for My President image: Warner Bros.


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And hello to Jessica Alba as well. On Monday, the actress suffered a nip slip on the streets of New York City, accidentally revealing her sheer-bra-covered left boob as she adjusted her coat.
Later in the evening, Jessica's assets were all covered up at the 2013 Met Gala. Her Tory Burch perforated leather dress did have some cutouts on the chest and upper-stomach area, but no under boob or excessive cleavage made an appearance.


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Although we have been enjoying our European league football for about a month now, the real season does not get going until the major players start plying their trade in the Champions League. Until we start hearing about teams that we cannot pronounce and have never heard of before playing Europe's elite, until coaches start complaining about their travels, and until we have to sit through a million Heineken commercials, then the season has not truly started.
With the first fixtures in this year's Champions League, even with teams like Arsenal and Barcelona still to play, the favorites seem destined to own this year's Champions League. Without an away draw for Juventus, the easy-pick favorites were 6-0. Not only were they walking away with wins, the favorites were always winning by (at least) two.
Real Madrid, many CL followers quick pick favorite to win the competition (have these people not been watching the CL the past few years?), dominated a team that gave them a little bit of trouble in the knockout stages last year. Going away to Gala is always a tough ask and Madrid absolutely dominated. CR7 bagged a CL hat-trick and Madrid fans will be excited to see their main threat getting hot with just the first CL fixture.
Big spenders Manchester City looked less likely to get knocked out of the group stage this year as it truly looks like Bayern Munich will be the only team that can take points away from the Citizens. The other oil-rich club, Paris Saint-Germain, seem likely to cruise into the knockout stage as they are the deepest and, easily, the most talented in Group C.
Manchester United look like they might be getting back to "the way things were" as they won over Bayer 04 Leverkusen. They will regret allowing two goals at home, but having Wayne Rooney back in scoring form and Moyes winning fixtures will give the Red Devils hope that this season will not be a throwaway.
For me, Bayern Munich (the defending champions) and their win proves to me that they are still my early favorite. Their fixture against Manchester City will be a great measuring stick and seeing how Barcelona fares against Ajax will also add some intrigue, but Munich are still the easy favorite. Until someone knocks them off their perch, then they deserve to be up on top.
The Champions League always makes the fall feel right. Although this year may not be the best to have hope for a dark horse winner (can you still consider BVB a dark horse?), there will definitely be some marquee fixtures. Make sure that you start paying attention early so that you can make your friends feel inferior when you start spouting everything you know about the CL.


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Today has been a very lazy Saturday of long lies and Netflix - exactly how at least one Saturday a month should be! I have been snuggling up in my pyjamas all day and it got me thinking to my extensive pyjama collection. I have a little obsession. So I thought I would do a little browsing online for my favourites that are currently available. Perfect for the best snuggle Saturday!
Marks and Spencer, £54.50
I love Rosie for Autograph at Marks and Spencer. Even in bed you should look and feel your best and these really live up to that. These are silk so a little indulgent but trust me you will have the best sleep. Throw on a cosy knit jumper and some cable knit socks if wearing in the day and you will be doubting the need to ever wear clothes again.
Marks and Spencer, £54.50
I love them in floral too, if you are going to make the investment buy and want to add that extra bit of cute - these are the ones for you!
Victoria's Secret, £36.62
I have had my eye on these for a while... You can order them online but the shipping and taxes are expensive. I am in America a week today so will definitely be picking up a pair! Or if you are in London, you are in the perfect place to hit the store on New Bond Street or at Westfield. I love the classic pink and white candy stripe and full pyjamas are so cosy.
Victoria's Secret, £36.62
They also come with matching eye masks! This is literally the perfect snuggle set and the tartan is exactly the pattern that is needed now the seasons are changing. This may be too early to say it but they would make a great Christmas present!
Next, £16
These are so fun so I thought I would throw them in too. The bottoms have little gingerbread men on them - how cute! I love the knitted pom pom hat too, everyone loves a faux fur bobble!
What are your favourite pyjamas?
Styling Happiness xoxo