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Yeezy fans have something to get excited about in February when Kanye west's latest album, Swish, drops.
Kanye West has released some memorable tracks over the course of his music career and his upcoming album is sure to be fire. The album called Swish will release on February 11th, 2016 as noted by the man himself.
Swish February 11 16
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) January 9, 2016
And here is a snippet of one of his latest songs.
Are you ready for another Yeezy album to drop? What do you expect from this album? Let us know in the comments below and stay tuned with the Junkie Monkeys for more Music news.

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We are excited to announce that this year Western Technical College in conjunction with SkillsUSA will be hosting a Youth Baseball Tournament.
Western Technical College will host a youth baseball tournament with Eastwood Optimist to benefit SkillsUSA competitors. Various age groups can participate from April 10-12, 2015 . Register your team beginning February 20, 2015 . The deadline to register is April 3, 2015. Help us raise money for competing students in our local SkillsUSA Chapter. For more information, contact Rod Arras at (915) 227-0810 or Jesse at (915) 319-4533.


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The asset manager has hired Kendrick Wilson, a former Goldman Sachs banker and ex-US Treasury adviser, as a vice chairman.
Wilson joined the US Treasury in 2008 to advise then- secretary Hank Paulson on how best to navigate the financial crisis.
BlackRock chief Larry Fink said: "[Wilson's] unique perspective, informed by his vast experience in the industry, will be valuable to our clients as they consider the changing landscape."
Société Générale
The bank has hired Fiona Paulus to its corporate and investment banking team as head of coverage and investment banking for the UK, a role based in London.
Paulus was previously head of energy and resources for the Europe, Middle East and Africa region at Royal Bank of Scotland, having held the same position at ABN Amro before it was bought by RBS in 2007.
In addition, Andrew Nason has joined SocGen as a senior banker and head of the UK Financial Institutions Group (FIG). Nason was formerly managing director of FIG UK at Lazard.
Future Capital Partners
The alternative investment boutique has appointed Glen Stewart as a business development manager.
Stewart has over a decade of experience within the investment and tax sectors. He joins from Ingenious Media Investments, where he specialised in high quality alternative investments, structured to mitigate downside and enhance returns.
Prior to that, he was a sales manager at Deloitte and a tax consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers.
NetPlay TV
The interactive TV gaming firm has announced the resignation of finance director Nichola Halverson, following the group's decision to relocate its head office, finance, billing and marketing team to London.
Halverson will continue to work for NetPlay as a consultant, while Charles Butler, the former chief executive of Bowman International, takes over as finance director.
BrainJuicer Group
The market research group has appointed Alex Batchelor as its new chief operating officer.
Batchelor started his career at consumer goods giant Unilever, before joining advertising agency Saatchi & Saatchi as a planning director. Since then, he has worked as vice president of global brand at Orange, marketing director of the Royal Msil, and chief marketing officer at TomTom.
Hugh Zentmyer has been appointed as a board director at the investment research company.
Zentmyer, 63, was formerly executive vice president of Illinois Tool Works, an industrial technology manufacturer, until his retirement in January 2009.


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Advent Named "Best Fund Accounting Technology Platform" by
Global Custodian
Leading Hedge Fund Product Recognized at
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SAN FRANCISCO – FEBRUARY 4, 2014 – Advent Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADVS), a leading provider of software and services for the global investment management industry, today announced that its global portfolio management product, Geneva®, has been selected as the "Best Fund Accounting Technology Platform" in
Global Custodian
's 2013 Awards for Excellence.
In 2013, the
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Awards for Excellence added new categories to recognize technology firms that are delivering innovative solutions to the international securities services and alternative industries. Advent was honored along with other winners at
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's 2013 Awards for Excellence and 25th Anniversary Dinner at The Harvard Club of New York City.
"We are thrilled to be recognized by
Global Custodian
for Advent's excellence in fund accounting technology," said Chris Momsen, Executive Vice President for Sales and Solution Management, Advent Software. "Advent's solutions help support our clients' needs from the fund to the investor level in different currencies and legal entity structures. Our commitment to investing in ongoing product enhancements has made Advent the go-to fund accounting platform for hedge funds, institutional asset managers, fund administrators, prime brokers, family offices, private equity firms, and fund of funds, and we look forward to continuing our legacy of innovation.
Global Custodian
is pleased to select Advent Software as the Awards for Excellence winner in the category of best fund accounting technology provider," said Alexandra DeLuca, Editor,
Global Custodian
. "With 25 years of providing news and analysis for the international securities services community,
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has an inside view into what industry professionals need from their technology providers. Advent was the clear standout choice for this award."
Advent adds the
Global Custodian
Award for Excellence recognition to a long list of accolades won in 2013 including Best Portfolio Management and Accounting Systems,
Markets Media Choice
Awards; Excellence in Alternative Investments Technology Provider USA, IAIR Asset Management Awards; Best Research Management Tool,
Systems in the City
Awards; Best Fund Accounting and Reporting Software Provider and Best Portfolio Management Software Provider, MENA Fund Manager Fund Services Awards; Technology Vendor of the Year, Citywealth Magazine; and Best Technology Provider,
About Geneva®
In a market that calls for quick, informed decisions, Advent's Geneva® empowers fund managers with real-time performance, P&L, position, and exposure information. With comprehensive instrument coverage – from global equities and fixed income to derivatives and bank debt – Geneva® supports even the most complex global strategies. It's a leading portfolio management solution for hedge funds, asset managers, hedge fund administrators and prime brokers, as well as private equity and funds of funds. Learn more at
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Over the last 30 years of industry change, our core mission to help our clients focus on their unique strategies and deliver exceptional investor service has never wavered. With unparalleled precision and ahead-of-the-curve solutions, we've helped over 4,400 firms in nearly 60 countries — from established global institutions to small start-up practices — to grow their business and thrive. Advent technology helps firms minimize risk, work together seamlessly, and discover new opportunities in a constantly evolving world. Together with our clients, we are shaping the future of investment management. For more information on Advent products visit
Advent, Advent Software, and Geneva are registered trademarks of, and the Advent logo is a mark of, Advent Software, Inc. Any other company names or marks mentioned herein are those of their respective owners..
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It's almost been a year since I wrote down in here. A lot can happen in a year. I'm waiting for the birth of my newborn any week now. But I keep wondering if coming off, slowly off my medicine is changing my mind set and making me paranoid and think crazy things. Why do I feel like someone's going to hurt me or kill me? I just got that feeling randomly but if I tell anyone they will think I'm crazy, which technically I might be considering I have to come off medication due to the baby coming very soon and not wanting to have him to go through any withdrawals. My doctor said sometimes it might be better to be on medicine and let them go through it because you personally can't handle being off your medicine, but me personally I know crazy or not I would never harm myself or anyone else. I'm just paranoid someone's going to hurt me. I'm not schizophrenic either it's things that people do and that I physically see that makes a thought like that trigger into my head. I hate conflict, I hate yelling and screaming, I like quiet, I like happy and positive and people who encourage me, not people who put me down or hurt animals. It is traumatizing to see an animal get hurt and cry in pain because animals are innocent so whenever I hear stories about animals being tortured and killed it hurts badly in my heart and I can't do anything because I'm only one person. Not everyone believes in god, and I believe everyone has their own choices for that but I am a believer of god and, sometimes I wonder if he feels I'm too stupid to be here like, thinks all I do is cry and wonder what my purpose in life is, what if he thinks I should know my purpose by now but I'm too dumb to figure it out? I was very badly abused when I was 14 and 15 by a boyfriend at the time. I remember being punched and shoved and choked and held a knife to my throat I remember wanting to die cause I felt I wasn't good enough to live I remember cutting myself my wrist and them bleeding like crazy. But I remember just not being right after that. I'm just all messed up now. I need to know soon if someone is out to hurt me am I just a victim for someone to hurt or I'm hear to help people
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My first rant on this site has to do with what I call the "cult of instruction" that is currently sweeping through many academic libraries. As our digital environment becomes ever more complex, academic librarians have begun worshipping at the Temple of Bibliographic Instruction. Don't get me wrong: to a certain extent, I believe bibliographic instruction is useful in terms of indoctrinating, err, orienting new users of a library system on the tools, procedures, etc. of said system. But, increasingly, when faced with the vagaries of 21st Century librarianship, some academic librarians are losing sight of our mission (e.g. to provide high-quality. research-calibre information sources - in whatever format our users need them - to support the academic instruction, research, and intellectual inquiry of our parent institutions.)
What has replaced that larger vision is all too frequently an overly-simplified vision of the academic librarian/research library as a second-rate instructional center teaching bored, uninterested students how to use the frankly sub-par tools to discover content in our collections.
We need to take bold steps beyond this limited and limiting view of librarianship and libraries in the 21st Century. Contrary to popular belief, and misconception within our profession, our books are not going away anytime soon. We are not yet in an era of print vs. electronic resources. We are in an era of print AND electronic resources. If you don't believe me, get over it.
Instead of focusing our attention on half-assed attempts at bibliographic instruction, we should be putting our efforts into building much better discovery tools. Meta-search engines need to be perfected. Endeca-like indexing tools need to be inserted above our OPACS ... and over all of our other information silos. "Google"-like search interfaces need to be put into place where appropriate, and easy-to-use more advanced, finessed search functionality also needs to be at our user's fingertips. (For more on the topic of evolving library technologies, Andrew Pace has waxed philosophic for awhile on his blog. The pre-OCLC version is available at http://blogs.ala.org/pace.php. The new, improved, OCLC-era version is expected to have its grand unveiling soon.)
Any research library that does not put its money where its mouth is in terms of programming staff, system admins, and technologically savvy staff has missed the mark. If we give our researchers the search tools that they are clamoring for, they won't need us to instruct them on how to use sub-standard tools. If teaching someone to fish is better for them long-term than just providing them the fish, then by extension, building them a fishing pole that works would be just as - if not more - important.


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I love the inexpensive Fall flowers you can get at the grocery store. I don't however, like the ugly plastic pots they come in. A quick and cheap fix is simply to wrap it in burlap and tie it with jute rope. Fits right into a natural look and dramatically refreshes a table or doorway.
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Lynch Probe Furthers A Troubling Saga
As Loretta Lynch continues to be the focus of yet another investigation tied to the misuse and misappropriation of an email server for communication of classified information, the matter has continued the saga that fueled a contentious presidential election.
But this matter is significant not because its ability to generate headlines and sell newspapers, rather it shows the level of betrayal so flippantly committed by many political leaders. Betrayal of the men and women who are beholden the powerful and commit their lives to working and serving the American public despite the roadblocks encountered at the hands of their elected and appointed leaders.
As new holes continue to appear in the former Attorney General's story, congress will have yet again another chance to see that justice is done and show the hard working men and women who rely on classified information for protection that they matter.


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Ok you guys are very lucky today, I did a content buffer checkup of sexy stunning asses, and what do you think? I said you're lucky before. If I did not have enough I wouldn't have made this post. On the contrary, we have a little too much of it I think! So this might be the hottest booty dump on the internet this week. Take a deep breath, don't forget your medication and enjoy!!
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*ECB will go into FULL MONETIZATION
*If the ECB does not print its way out of the crisis, The FED WILL
*Balance sheet of the Fed is now 50 times levered- it must print or become insolvent
*I cannot be short silver, and I cannot be short gold
I'm talking here about Europe coming in and starting their official program of quantitative and potentially qualitative easing. Should they (the ECB) not do anything, the Fed will have to step in. I think they would want to stabilize the threat to the banking system over there in the US. I think there will be a form of QE coming in the US.So they are going to have to introduce some financial repression tactics, which just means they will do some money printing. Now if that happens I cannot be short risk assets, I cannot be short silver and I cannot be short gold.Read more:


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Brookfield Township Historic Locations
The following historic locations are located in Brookfield Township, Michigan. Please select a historic place in Brookfield Township to view detailed information including address information, historical signifiance, and much more.
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One of the most common questions we get asked when we go to RV rallys is "Does Streets & Trips have low clearances?"
As you can imagine this is of H U G E importance to anyone driving a motor coach, fifth wheel or even pulling a tall camper. While Streets & Trips does not include these locations out-of-the-box, you can import a collection of low bridge heights into Streets & Trips pretty easily.
Nick Sundby and Jon Mills run the granddaddy of all low clearance poi collections at www.lowclearances.com. They claim that their database is 10x larger than any other low clearance POI database…from the pictures below this could easily be true!
How does it compare to the low clearance locations found in the free POI megafile? Good question…here is what I discovered.
POI Megafile Low Bridge count: 311 in 4 collections
Route1 LowClearances count: 3215 (details per state) in 108 different collections
The range of bridge heights is truly amazing. It will show you everything from a 5'6" low clearance just south of Lewisburg, TN to 15'11" clearance in Austin, TX.
So how much? and Where do I buy it?
The Full database & 12 months worth of updates sells for $19.95 can be ordered from their website [Lowclearances.com].


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BC: you make me so happy boo!
FC: Mandi Jordan is the Coolest Gal I Know!
3: hey manders way to rock out
4: I'm spreading Christmas cheer with Holiday Gifts. Send your own Christmas gifts at http://apps.facebook.com/holidaygifts/?holiday=92
9: Ahh boobies! | hey I see that tounge action there!!! | Pretty girlies.
10: you make me so happy boo!
11: hahaha i'm the same height as them! | look its a steve sandwich! | me? singing? gosh we didnt see that coming! | me and my awesome kids
12: one of my many singing nights at the border | I'm totally thinking of u
13: our very first snow fight
14: at least u look like u are awake in the pic jon! | me and steve on our way to get holes in our faces...ouch! | Steve giving the camera the evil eye | I cant see my glasses are fogged up!!! | ...and in this one i look like a cow!!!! hahaha wow i could not take good pics that night
15: my favorite delivery driver
16: and the evil side of mandi...or is Lynne the evil side? hmmmm? | shhhh...it's my secret | I think i said cheese a little too hard!!!
17: introducing the wonderful br-andi | me and d-lady | Me being drunk and taking pics in a bathroom stall...yeah i know im a goof | me and bryce before we became br-andi


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BRENTWOOD, Tenn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Churchill
Mortgage started the New Year by adding 15 mortgage professionals to
its branches in Georgia, Michigan, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and
Virginia. The lender is a full-service and financially sound leader in
the mortgage industry, providing conventional, FHA, VA and USDA
residential mortgages across 34 states.
In Brentwood, Tenn., the lender adds Catherine Wood and Hillary
Larson as closing coordinators, Alexis Louk and Madison
Louk as customer care assistants, and Nathan Langlitz as a
marketing assistant. Also in Tennessee, Churchill's Chattanooga branch
welcomes Austin Heithcock as a licensed loan partner.
In Texas, Britt Holmes and Brittany Holmes join as process
administrators in Dallas, and Zuri Garcia is the lender's newest
home loan specialist in Houston. Churchill also adds Paul Farag
as a loan originator in Atlanta and Jessica Dropps and Eric
Ensley as home loan specialists in Greenwood, S.C. and Okemos,
Mich., respectively. In Herndon, Va., the lender welcomes James St.
Onge as a pipeline manager, Lauren Grolemund as a processing
administrator and Kimloan Le as a processing assistant.
"Beginning the New Year with the addition of these 15 mortgage
professionals gives me a great deal of confidence about our performance
in the coming months and throughout 2016," said Mike Hardwick, president
of Churchill Mortgage. "In fact, Zillow.com's new chief economist,
Svenja Gudell, recently said in an interview with Reuters that
the combination of unemployment, population growth and the home value
growth will support market growth. We're in agreement and believe the
additions at our branches will enable us to continue paving paths to
homeownership for borrowers across the country, one family at a time."
About Churchill Mortgage
Founded in 1992, Churchill Mortgage is a privately owned company by its
more than 300 employees. A full-service and financially sound leader in
the mortgage industry, the company provides conventional, FHA, VA and
USDA residential mortgages across 34 states. Unique within the industry,
it is the only mortgage lender endorsed by nationally syndicated radio
personality and personal finance expert and author, Dave Ramsey. Through
its consultative approach to lending and strong commitment to local
communities, the lender focuses on the right loan product for each
borrower, providing the education and tools necessary to ensure
borrowers' financial stability. Churchill Mortgage is a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Churchill Holdings, Inc. For more information about
Churchill Mortgage, visit www.churchillmortgage.com
or follow the company on Twitter @ChurchillMtg
and Facebook at www.facebook.com/churchillmortgage.
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Yes my little sugar free niblets, I am officially on the road to becoming a pumper of insulin. On Thursday I am scheduled in an introduction to pumping class at the children's hospital in my area. It's pretty ridiculous how excited I am. As I mentioned in an earlier post, I did a complete turnaround in my stance on insulin pumps. I hated the idea of being connected to something. I quickly got over that though when I saw all the benefits (oh yeah and all the cool kick butt features some of them have). So below I decided to include the pros and cons of the insulin pumps available in Canada right now that I considered and why I'm choosing the one I am.
-No tubing
-Sophisticated PDM (personal diabetes manager)
-Don't have to see needle
-Cheaper than many other pumps
-Wasted insulin if the "pod" fails
-Inability to disconnect
-Stranded if the PDM is lost
-Bulky under tight clothing/ no ability to relocate pump once attached
-Integrated CGM (Continuous Glucose Monitoring)
-Customizable Skins
-Not waterproof
-Low Resolution Screen
-Meter-Remote (ability to deliver insulin using glucose meter without needing to remove pump from wherever it is stashed)
-Colour Screen (in Canada there is a high resolution colour screen on both the pump and meter remote)
-Carb database (store foods along with their carb values in the meter. Eliminates guesswork when calculating carbs)
-Customizable alert songs (that's just cool)
-Company will lend you a spare pump if you go on vacation in case something happens to yours
-No CGM
-Limited options for skins
So by what I've written you can probably hazard a guess as to which one I've decided on. Animas Ping baby! For a while it was a little bit of a toss up between the Veo and the Ping (Sorry Omnipod, but I knew you weren't going to work for me after about five minutes). I really like the idea of continuous glucose monitoring especially since I will be at university next year. I would love to be able to catch any possible nighttime lows and know my BG and any given time. But in the end, I could just see myself using more of the features on the Ping (e.x I'm a lifeguard/ swimming instructor. The waterproof feature was kind of a no brainer.) I'm still hoping and crossing my fingers too that the stand alone cgm system Dexcom will be made available in Canada soon. Happy pumping everyone!!!


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Thursday, February 24, 2011
Some Pretty Cool Stuff
Okay, so first of all, you guys know I'm doing the,
right? Well, I started work on that last night, and I'm pretty stoked about how it's turning out.
Also, our giveaway at To Sew With Love wrapped up today. Head over there to see if you're the winner! The lovely ladies of TSWL have another giveaway going on now, enter it. It's awesome.
Three of my projects are being spotlighted at A Recovering Craft Hoarder. Lyndee is on a constant quest to use up what she has. I admire her for that because I have very little self-control when it comes to crafty stuff, and my craft room reflects that for sure.
A few of the items in my etsy shop have made it into treasuries this week! Here are the links: He Will Be Tall, Dark, and Handsome This one has my fascinator barrette Flora, Fauna, and Merry Weather Please Woodland Bed Photograph Beautiful Like The Rainbow Star headband Lovers in Paris Pink Fascinator headband I love seeing things I've created surrounded by beautiful things other people have created.
Last thing, I finally got myself the EA Sports Active 2.0!!! I've wanted it since I found out they were making it. It was on my Christmas list, but I didn't get it. Since then I've been putting off buying it until I had some extra dough. Tonight the hubs convinced me to go with him to GameStop to trade in a bunch of our old games because they have a promotion going on right now that gives you more money on trade-ins. We ended up with a $63 credit!! So, the hubs got the game he wanted and I got the Active 2!! I cannot wait to start that puppy up tomorrow. I have the original and the More Workouts, so this is going to be fun. Does anyone else have it? Do you like it??
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Our special homemade Tiramisu is always here but we have a selection of classic italian desserts that will change sometimes, so please ask a member of sta what we have available today!
We are very passionate about beers, and we are costantly researching for the best craft beers on the market!
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The San Antonio Spurs decapitated the LeBron James-lead Miami Heat in last years NBA Finals and by the end of the series, you were left with an wilted and exhausted Heat unit that were eventually broken up by James' departure.
LeBron had to carry an unearthly load with Miami last season, he played in 77 games of the regular season at 37.7 minutes per game, coupled with the brutal playoff run, James had just been completely spent by the time the Finals came around, possibly culminating in his controversial exit with cramps of Game 1.
The King went home this summer to Cleveland, where he joined a young core of players, centered around other superstar talents Kevin Love and Kyrie Irving. A vastly reduced work load was expected for James but this season has already lead to early playing time problems for the 29-year-old.
Minutes are not just a problem for James within a new system and rookie head coach David Blatt, LeBron is averaging 39.1 minutes a game. Kyrie Irving is averaging 38.4. Kevin Love is averaging 37.
That would be third, fourth and fifth most minutes per game of players in the entire NBA but whilst the season is in its early doors and players retain their fresh legs, that is heavy milage to begin a campaign and something LeBron was desperate to avoid upon returning to Cleveland.
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Not what James asked for
Coach Blatt is attempting to build a strong rhythm within key rotations that will only come through extensive playing time together, the Cavaliers are also looking to put a few win streaks together after a troublesome start.
However James who has a lot of experience with burn out and the gruelling schedule the NBA season offers, he realises the extensive minutes he and the other stars of the Cavs are facing cannot last forever:
"That has to come down, for me, I don't want to do that all year, Obviously right now it's difficult because we're trying to find a groove and we're trying to find a rhythm and we're trying to find something that you can't really, you don't want to shortcut it but at the same time you gotta be smart about it."
Its one of the significant changes that new coach Blatt will have to overcome whilst making his transition from the European basketball league to the NBA.
In the NBA you have to be willing to sacrifice to make sure key guys stay fresh and certainly superstars of the calibre of James, there are fewer games and fewer games per week, there are also a lot more practices for him to work with.
The NBA season is always a calculated marathon, despite the vital importance on gaining good seeding come playoff-time, keeping key assets fresh for the post-season is the number one priority.
The Cavaliers are developing a real rhythm like Blatt has targeted, it will help them win a lot of regular season games, but that's not the race that matters, they'll need to rest up for playoffs.


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I am just thrilled with the way our daughter's nursery turned out. We didn't really have a theme, but I decided to go with the colors Mint, Coral, and Gold and to add lots of modern aspects - like artwork, calligraphy, tissue paper garland, and yes - of course, that deer head. Don't ya just love it? ;-)
You Are So Loved Wall Decal // Papermade
Tissue Paper Garland // Glam Fete by Bri
Mint Pillow with Arrows // Chuck Two Forty Eight
Oh Baby Banner // Little Dovie
White Shag Rug // Pier One
Coral Triangle Pillow & Watercolor Giraffe Pillow // Society6
Gold Dot Blanket & Burp Cloth // Sugarplum Lane
Bookshelves & Crib // IKEA
Deer head & Lamp // Hobby Lobby
Coral Changing Pad Cover // The Buttercup Boutique
Colorful Art Print above dresser // Land of Nod
Calligraphy Prints - Thou Fount, Beautiful Girl, World is Lucky, Eat you Up // Lindsay Letters
Giraffe Print // The Animal Print Shop
Dresser // Ashley Furniture


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I could not be more excited about fashion for Fall 08. I love the sweetly ruffled grunge combinations. I love the layering. I love the stripes and checks. I love the big bold patterns and traditional fall color palettes. and I really love these pieces from the Fall '08 collection from Karen Walker. those tights are amazing.
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Do you fold your Sensei's hakama?
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Re: Do you fold your Sensei's hakama?
My first Aikido teacher expected the senior student to sit in seiza immediately after class and wait for him to hand them his hakama. Then it had better be done by the time he got done changing and you better still be sitting in seiza where he handed it to you with both hands still holding the thing. He'd take it, feel it to see if it was flat enough and either put it on his desk, or flop it open and tell you to do it again if he could feel any bulges.
That's stupid. Really stupid, although I do fold a mighty tidy hakama now.
I have offered to fold people's hakama, but mostly as a convenience or a show of respect, sort of like saying, "Hey, you're busy and I know you need to get going, so I can fold that for you..." It's similar to in my sword school when I've offered to clean my teacher's shinken after class because I knew he was in a hurry. It's not grovelling, it's just being polite.
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Robert Redford and Shia LaBeouf will be The Company You Keep
Robert Redford, Shia LaBeouf, political thriller? Is this something you're into? If so then THE COMPANY YOU KEEP will be the film for you.
Redford and LaBeouf will star in the adaptation of Neil Gordon's novel, which was penned by Lem Dobbs (THE LIMEY). In addition to taking a role in the film, Redford has also taken on directing duties. As if he'd have it any other way.
One of the producers for the film, Nicolas Chartier said this on the story and stars, "This is an edge-of-your-seat thriller about real Americans who stood for their beliefs, thinking they were patriots and defending their country's ideals against their government. It is absolutely amazing to have Shia LaBeouf, arguably the brightest young star in Hollywood today paired with the global icon Robert Redford."
Here's your synopsis for the film from Deadline: "THE COMPANY YOU KEEP chronicles the story of a former Weather Underground militant wanted by the FBI for 30 years, who must go on the run when his true identity is exposed by a young, ambitious reporter hell-bent on making a name for himself. Redford plays the former radical at the center of this nationwide manhunt and LaBeouf, the determined journalist doggedly chasing him and his story."
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You might know what diversity LOOKS like, but have you ever thought about what it SOUNDS like? Check out this fantastic project on linguistic diversity at GMU, featuring a few CISA students, faculty, and staff!
You, too, can be part of this project by signing up at iammason.gmu.edu.
From ths site: "At George Mason University, we bring together one of the most diverse, talented academic communities. We celebrate our ranking as one of the most diverse university campuses in the United States. Diversity of perspectives and approaches in turn fuels innovation and breeds ideas. New ideas nurture our enterprising spirit and inspire action. Indeed, diversity is a hallmark of Mason university life.
But what does diversity sound like? All speech is accented and this project invites us to hear each other in a new way—a symphony and celebration of speech accents at Mason. In the coming months, we will be adding to the number of speakers on this site and we invite you to take part!"


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Two contestants of the Bigg Boss house will not be allowed to enjoy the benefits of the luxury budget task, this week. This announcement will be made by Bigg Boss in tonight's episode.
To increase the pressure on the inmates, the stern voice of Bigg Boss will ask them name the contestants who performed worst in the task.
As viewers know, this week Bigg Boss gave inmates a rather unusual task. The inmates were divided into teams of two led by Rohan Mehra and Monalisa. Contestants were forced to live a nomadic life after all their essentials were locked in a room. They are made to wear clothes from sacks, cook food on hearth, sleep in the garden area and use the washroom of the jail.
Over the course of the task, viewers will see that inmates will get into many arguments.
In tonight's episode, captains Rohan and Monalisa would get into a war of words as they will accuse each other of disrupting their team member's performance. Manveer Gujjar will also argue with Om Swamij over the placement of luggage and will end up removing his mic. Apart from them, captain of the house Bani J will reprimand Nitibha Kaul which will not go down well with the latter. Nitibha will tell Bani that just because she is the captain that doesn't mean she has a 360 degree view and knows it all.
With so many fights that have happened in the task, we wonder how inmates will react when they will be made to choose the weakest link from their team. More importantly, it will be interesting to see how the 'worst performers' will handle their team's decision.


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In my humble opinion, the cruiser/klunker look is the hardest to pull off in a pleasing manner. Many try, few succeed, and most look wonky in some way or another.Originally Posted by prphoto
My top three as far as getting the lines right, proportions, and details spot on are Mountain Goat's FKR, Trek/Fisher Collection Sawyer, and Coconino's cruiser style bikes.
(I think Inglis is making the Goat?)
Anyway, those are my top three in that category. Everybody elses is just not quite right. Good, but not right.


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Penny Carr [Mrs Thrifty] was our guest tonight, here are some of her top tips.
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The 52 week challenge?
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"When people ask me how to break into independent film, I tell them about The Cold Reading Series."
– Benjamin Ratner, Actor, Writer, Director
Are you an actor looking for an opportunity to hone your cold reading skills live on stage? At the CRS we cast brand new scripts on the spot and then watch them fly in front of a live audience.
No rehearsals. This is live.
We pre-select scenes from hundreds of script submissions. At 6:30 p.m. the CRS team assigns about 40 roles in an hour. It's a lightning-fast casting frenzy. Actors have only minutes to read through their scripts before going live in front of the audience. But the CRS is more than just 'reading'. The best actors make strong choices and live in the moment. Be alive – no one wants to watch a boring conversation on stage.
Getting in on the act
You don't have to submit your head shot and resume around here, just come on down. If we've got something for you, we'll let you know. If you don't read on your first night, don't worry, we'll see you next time!
Remember: Casting starts at 6:30 pm. If it's your first time – don't be shy – come say hello, tell us about yourself, grab a drink, and watch the readings. You'll get an idea of how we work.
Tips for Actors
- When you are given a role, go through your script. Don't hesitate to talk to the writer and ask questions. You are representing their work.
- The purpose of the Cold Reading Series is to allow the writer to hear their work read aloud. So stick to what's on the page.
- This is a seated reading. No rehearsal = no blocking.
- Consider going through the script with actors reading the other roles, this will help create a more cohesive reading on stage.
- Project your voice for everyone to hear. If you feel uncomfortable, then you are just loud enough to reach the audience in the back.
- Keep a good pace and be alive when you read. A lively pace brings energy to the story.
The Actor Challenge
VANCOUVER ACTORS! Don't be defined by how often your agent calls. Take responsibility for your career and make your own work!
We want actors to submit their own short scenes to read at the weekly event. At the heart of the CRS is about taking chances. You can't wait for good material to land at your door steps
So do you have a story idea in mind? Write it down. Submit a monologue or a short scene to Lori Triolo on the General Submission Page. Make sure to mention that you are submitting the work as The Actor Challenge. If your work is chosen, you can read your work (or have other actors read it) at the Cold Reading Series.
Don't wait for us to give you the role you want, make the scary leap into storytelling and create for yourselves. Take up the Actor Challenge! There is tremendous power in your truth.


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Huge thanks to all who entered our June challenges, 59 total entries- WOW!!! The Mavens have been having fun this week looking through each entry and visiting your blogs to select our top 3 as well as our big June winner!
First we have Evgenia and her fabulously artsy take on Sketch #49. Loving all those paint splatters and misting, and her ability to combine patterns!
Second, we have Marianne with her layout for Sketch #50. We love how this layout is so simple and clean and yet so fun as well!!
And thirdly we have Tamika, the winner of our Open Challenge. Just look at all those gorgeous elements layered on the page; flowers, butterflies and jewels, oh my!!
And finally we have the big winner for the month, thanks to Mr Random Generator:.....
Congrats to Elizabeth, who created this lovely wedding layout based on Sketch #49!!!
Top 3 and winners, please email me firstname.lastname@example.com to get your blinkies, and for Elizabeth, to get your $20 Gift Certificate from our June sponsor, The Paper Trail!!! Thanks to all the talented scrappers who linked up with us in June, we hope you'll be joining us for our upcoming July challenges! The Mavens will be back next week with another wonderful sketch and as always, some fabulous inspiration! =) Maven Tiffany


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Stamp duty good news for first-time buyers
Stamp duty on corporate and non-local homebuyers will help those hoping to buy their first flat, with drop in prices forecast
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Rachael Ng's dream of owning a home of her own has been dashed so many times she was beginning to despair - until last week's government measures to rein in soaring property prices revived her hopes of finding a flat to fit her budget.
"I have been searching for years, and even when I found a flat that wasn't quite suitable, my agent would urge me to make an offer as soon as possible because a number of other home-seekers had their eyes on it.
"But when I finally decided to buy, even though it was not quite right for me, the agent said the flat had been sold. It was becoming very frustrating," recalled Ng. "Now I believe I will have more choice and can find what I am looking for."
Ng, who is in her mid-thirties and works in the banking sector, is presently renting a home in Mid-Levels. She resumed her search this week for an apartment on Hong Kong Island of between 700 and 1,000 square feet, and priced at around HK$15,000 per square foot.
"I am not buying with a view to making a capital gain. I can make returns similar to those available on property by investing in other assets, such as bonds. I need a home to live in," she said.
Her hopes of finding a home that fits her requirements and budget were boosted, she said, by a new crackdown on speculators operating in the property market.
Financial Secretary John Tsang Chun-wah said the special stamp duty, first introduced in November 2010 to curb snap resales of homes by speculators seeking a quick profit, would rise from 15 to 20 per cent on resales within the first six months of a purchase, and from 10 to 15 per cent for resales within six to twelve months. The duty period was also extended to three years, with the levy on homes sold within one to three years of purchase rising to 10 per cent.
Tsang also announced a buyer's stamp duty of 15 per cent would be payable on property bought by non-permanent residents or by buyers using a company to make the purchase.
Tsang said the measures aimed at curbing speculation in the market were "extraordinary measures under exceptional circumstances", and pointed to a 21 per cent rise in the price of small and medium-sized flats since January, which he said had made homes unaffordable for many buyers.
Paul Louie, head of regional property research for Asia at investment bank Nomura, said he expected transaction volumes to decline by 15 to 20 per cent as a result of the latest measures, and said prices could fall by 3 per cent to 5 per cent in the next one to two months - an outcome that Ng and many others in her situation would welcome.
The immediate effect was that the number of flats sold on the secondary market in 10 major housing estates plunged from 20 the previous weekend to just 12 last weekend.
"Agents told me there were fewer buyers looking for homes over the weekend. But at the same time, fewer sellers were offering flats for sale," said Ng, who has decided to watch the market closely for a few weeks before making a move.
In response to the new duty on non-resident buyers, Yao Wei, a Beijinger who has worked on and off in Hong Kong for a number of years, said he would check to see if he qualifies for a Hong Kong identity card.
"Assuming that I can apply to be a permanent resident, I will take this as an opportunity to buy, as I expect home prices may drop a bit. But without the residency status I will not buy, as the extra stamp duty costs a lot."
The frustrations may not be over for buyers, since many sellers could respond to the measures by withdrawing their homes from the market.
Homeowner C.L.Kong, for example, said he would not offer his Tseung Kwan O flat for sale until a clearer picture emerged.
"I anticipated the government would issue more measures. I had planned to sell my flat and then wait for a price drop. But the measures came sooner than I expected," said Kong, who is in his mid-thirties and also works in the finance industry.
Thomas Lam, the director and head of research for Greater China at property consultancy Knight Frank, said he expected residential sales to reach only 65,000 this year, down from 84,000 last year. Price movements would be highly uncertain, he added.
"Developers are expected to launch new homes with a milder pricing strategy, while secondary residential supply will decrease since owners who do not need to sell urgently will hold on to their properties or lease them rather than sell," he said.
However, Lam said that in the medium to long run, buyers would come back to the market, including end-users who had genuine housing needs. Some speculators would also be drawn back in - particularly those from the mainland who still saw Hong Kong as a safe haven for asset investment and enjoyed price discounts due to continuing yuan appreciation. But Lam cautioned that if prices did not fall as a result of the latest measures, the government could take further steps to stem any upward movements.
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Living Room Furniture – Helpful Tips before Buying Living Room Furniture
After you choose the design you want to apply to your living room, paint the walls and choose the flooring type, you may feel confused about choosing the furniture and you may feel like you don't know where to start from and that is exactly what I'm here for. In this article we will be talking about some helpful tips that will help you in choosing the most appropriate furniture pieces for your living room, so let's begin.
The choice of your living room furniture should fit your needs and your daily life to feel more comfortable in your home. For example, if you usually receive a lot of guests like friends and family and your living room is your favorite place where you love spending your time together, then you need to provide your living room with enough seating places.
This point may make you reconsider some of your options, for example, you may replace the small couch with a bigger one that provides more seating places or you can add extra comfortable chairs instead.
That may lead us to think of another point which is the sleeping places, do you have enough sleeping places in your home or you may need to buy a bed couch in your living room? The answer of this question may affect your budget, because bed couches may cost you more than the regular ones, so if you have enough sleeping places in your home like guests rooms, it would be better to save your money for something else.
The seating places like the couch and the chairs are the most important part that you need to choose first, but they are not the only part. The TV unit is also important which is known as the fun part as well. The choice of the TV unit will depend entirely on the enough free space that you have in your living room. For example, if you have a small living room, then choosing a wall mounted TV unit is the best option you can go for.
We can't deny that the coffee table is also an essential part of any living room design and we usually use it for more than one purpose. In this regard, you need to look for a practical coffee table design that provides you with extra options especially if you have small living room. For example, if you love reading magazines or books, you can look for a coffee table with extra storage places like drawers or shelves.
If your living room can't even occupy a small coffee table, a couple of corner side tables would be the perfect alternative to go for and for sure you can add both if you enough free space. The main point we want to achieve from choosing the right furniture pieces is to keep the living room organized and to eliminate any clutter atmosphere.
If you have small living room, I think having the main pieces like the one I mentioned above would be more than enough, but if you have larger room and enough budget you can always go for extra pieces. You can add extra pieces like a reading corner, rocking chair, more side tables, bookcase or display unit.
After you determined the exact number of the pieces you want to buy for your living room, it will be the time to write a list of all these things, so you don't forget any thing when you are shopping. The list should be arranged according to your priorities and that means the big pieces should come first, like I mentioned above. We should start with the couch, chairs, TV unit, and coffee table, then you can add any other pieces according to the enough free space you have and your budget.
Speaking of budget, you will need to take a look at your budget to determine which things you may need to buy first, delay or even exclude. It's such a good idea to save extra money for any changes, it's always better to be ready, right? I know these steps have nothing to do with designing or decoration, but they are all about organizing which is the main part of any successful design.
Last but not least, take the measurements of your living room to determine the place of each piece you will buy. Taking the measurements is very important and it may help you to avoid a lot of serious future problem. It will also give you enough time to search for more suitable alternatives and it may also inspire you with new amazing ideas.
For example, if you are planning to buy a bed couch, you will need to leave extra space between the couch and the coffee table or at least you will need to look for a coffee table that is easy to move, so you have enough free space to convert your couch into a bed.
Planning is always the best step to start with, because it will make the entire designing missions like choosing the furniture pieces easier and it will help you to remember every little detail that may prevent big problems.


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A Discussion About The Discussion
What follows are excerpts of an actual online discussion about the debt ceiling and the notion of minting a coin to avoid allowing partisan extremists to use the nation's debt obligation as a bargaining chip to implement policies they can't pass through normal constitutional processes.
Economist Paul Krugman figures prominently in the discussion since he has weighed in on the notion of the presidential use of the treasury (via minted coin) to bypass that scenario.
The Original Post
Paul Krugman is unpopular with many folks…he is not considered to be a "real economist" by many conservative business school academic types, since his Nobel Prize in Economics was given for his work in trade theory. And many call him a "socialist" without understanding the difference between Keynes and Marx.
But here is the hard reality that many people who view economics simply in the here and now generally overlook: In the long run, Krugman has been fairly consistent in being proven to be much more often right than his peers and certainly his naysayers.
I first noticed him just prior, during and following East Asia's so-called IMF crisis. And dang it all – he was consistently on target while being dismissed as some kind of liberal gadfly by establishment types who ended up being very, very wrong. I suspect he is still on target and he is most certainly not much more popular by pointing out that the kings of economic policy-making are still strutting about without any clothes.
The following is a decent summary of his minority perspective that may well be viewed by future historians as pleas from our generation's Jeremiah: The Big Fail (New York Times.)
The Discussion Thread
Commentator A: "The 'Free Market' in perspective"
For the principles of the free market (ie. the capitalist system) to function efficiently and effectively, there needs to be competition, as opposed to the anti-competitive oligarchical forces of corporate personhood. Take away competition in enterprise and politics, and you're left with – what? Let's look into this further:
- WalMart dominates perhaps 25% of retail in the U.S., which has caused the collapse of small business retailers and the suppression of wages and benefits.
- The cause of skyrocketing U.S. healthcare costs is the domination of the industry by a cartel of about 5 insurance corporations (United, Cigna, etc) and about that many pharmaceuticals, along with the consolidation of community hospitals under large hospital chains. Because these giant corporations have a lock on the industries they dominate, enabled by the failure of government to enforce anti-trust provisions of the law, the competitive forces that conservatives pretend to worship have all but been eliminated. The results: costs that are more than double those of other advanced nations, inferior outcomes, declining quality of service, and poor general health.
If these observations sound radical, they really aren't. They're simply representations of core U.S. economic problems – and history shows that the founders, like Jefferson, Washington and Adams, tried to avoid the domination of the economy by such forces. Jefferson, for instance, who was not a wealthy man (he owned land and slaves, which were both quite cheap at the time, and died bankrupt) wrote quite emphatically and eloquently about this.
What differentiates Krugman from an ideologue is that his observations are based not in opinion and theory, but history. That the supply side economic theory has been quite compellingly discredited doesn't deter some from continuing to espouse it. Since Krugman calls them on their lack of rigor, dishonesty and intellectual corruption, he is quite naturally villified and slandered.
But never make the mistake of false equivalence – ie. putting the opposing viewpoint on the same level as his scholarship. The "balanced media" fallacy that we see on CNN and other infotainment media does a quite disrespectful job of perpetrating the notion that the right and left are simply having an honest philosophical disagreement, and both deserve an equal hearing. What they fail to do is call out the falsehoods.
Commentator B: "What about that trillion dollar coin idea?"
Is this the same guy who is proposing a trillion dollar platinum coin to rid us of all our fiscal problems?
Commentator A: "Here's the coin idea in context"
Should President Obama be willing to print a $1 trillion platinum coin if Republicans try to force America into default? Yes, absolutely. He will, after all, be faced with a choice between two alternatives: one that's silly but benign, the other that's equally silly but both vile and disastrous.
Bear in mind that if Congress does nothing to deal with the debt limit, the country could lose its ability to meet its financial obligations. The idea of empowering the Treasury to create currency to deposit into its Federal Reserve account to pay off past debts (which the Republicans were happy to create but anxious to push off onto a Democratic administration) is not a solution to rid us of all our fiscal problems, but rids us of the possibility that economic neanderthals to cause another unnecessary crisis.
Commentor B: "Isn't it all just theoretical?"
Commentator A: "Actually, it's all empirical"
By contrast, economists like Krugman and others appeal not to confirmation bias, but the ability of people, given these basic facts, to sort out the facts that track trends over time and allow individuals to draw correlations for themselves.
Analysis of these facts and figures reveals a clear pattern: Despite the fact that the job creators have had their demands met over the past few decades, vis a vis deregulation on labor, anti-trust and fiduciary practices, and had their taxes lowered, this period has seen record budget deficits, job losses and wealth and income disparities. And if you trace the history of these developments, you can extrapolate a causality between these windfall benefits and the current economic malaise. So the "job creator" theory hasn't been borne out in fact.
On the other hand, the facts are also in about Keynesian or demand side economics. Analysis of U.S. economic history shows that the emergence of a middle class corresponds with the rise of economic democratic developments, including organized labor, and that the decline of the same has resulted in a reversal of the fortunes of the working class, a shrinking middle class, and unstable economic trends.
You rightly mention exponentially rising health care costs. This is indeed at the root of the problem, and it is caused by anti competitive forces. As the health care industry is dominated by a few giant corporations that continue to merge and consolidate, gobbling up competitors, prices continue to rise. Privatization of public programs is one of the culprits. The public VA model is the most cost effective one in the economy, but the industry is lobbying for privatization that benefits themselves rather than the consumer.
Commentator B: "What about inflation?"
I don't see how dismissal of the inflationary impact of his coin folly and avoidance of the tremendous fiscal impact of the aging population is anything less than a honest discourse.
Commentator A: "Inflation is a red herring."
The debate Krugman highlights is refocusing on the root issue: that a group of ideologues are attempting to use the debt ceiling as a leverage tool to effect a radical political agenda. That radical agenda justifies itself as "reducing the deficit, but in fact has nothing to do with the deficit. The fact that Republicans voted 19 times to raise the debt ceiling under the historical deficit spending of GWB exposes that dishonesty.
What is really going on is a politicized rhetorical cover ploy, which I call "whack-a-mole." Keep the Democrats busy defending against red herring after red herring to distract attention from the underlying issue.The underlying issue is, of course, an attempt to redistribute wealth upward via legislative policy, allowing oligarchs to enjoy greater tax breaks and more lenient regulations that enable them to strengthen their position at the expense of the working class.
The debate then becomes a false dichotomy: whether or not to cut programs that encourage economic competition, strengthen small businesses rather than large conglomerates, and provide policies that allow the working class (which is 98% of us) to flourish.
The areas that could be reformed sufficiently to reverse the deficit are by designed barely mentioned, such as corporate welfare to all of the industries that benefit from special favors and privatization (such as the security industry, oil and gas, big agriculture, big hospital groups and pharma, etc.)
Or as Krugman puts it:
It's easy to make sententious remarks to the effect that we shouldn't look for gimmicks, we should sit down like serious people and deal with our problems realistically. That may sound reasonable — if you've been living in a cave for the past four years. Given the realities of our political situation, and in particular the mixture of ruthlessness and craziness that now characterizes House Republicans, it's just ridiculous — far more ridiculous than the notion of the coin.
In other words, returning the balance to a reasonable discussion requires a reset, but when "conservatives" are engaging in rhetoric, gerrymandering, filabuster, whack-a-mole, voter disenfranchizement, huge injections of corporate capital and influence, factual distortions and other strategies to game and rig the system, it's easy to get wrapped up in discussions like the one we're having here, which just attempts to teach people how they're being influenced by power. However, it's a discussion I'm glad to have as it can help raise awareness of the game.


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Saturday, 28 June 2008
21 comments:
- ~Becca~Bluebird Rose said...
Congrats on your Birthday!
Your roses are beautiful.
I was admiring those soaps and then saw you were having a giveaway!
Please count me in! :)
Thank you!!
- 28 June 2008 at 12:58
- Pipany said...
Yeah you are back! Happy birthday and I think your garden is looking lovely - roses and lavender, what could be nicer? xx
- 29 June 2008 at 04:45
- JJ said...
What makes me smile? Your blog ;) A freshly cleaned home, big fluffy clouds and the sounds of children playing!
- 29 June 2008 at 06:14
- Charmingdesigns said...
Hi Faye!! Happy Birthday!! Looks like you are doing well!!! Your blog looks wonderful!!! Have a fantastic day!! Laurie
- 29 June 2008 at 10:09
- Claire said...
Happy bloggy birthday! There are lots of things that make me smile - the cats (or any other animal for that matter) being cute or doing something silly. A new embroidery pattern. Great thrifty find (particularly if it's something embroidered). Not having to get up in the morning and being woken by my alarm (not a regular pleasure I am afraid to say). The craft group we run and some of the lovely things people say and do for each other, just by being themselves. Lately it's also been the exression on people's faces when they have seen my work at craft fairs and the recognition of a connection with theirs, or their mothers or even grandmothers' pasts, which means I am doing what I set out to do. And reading blogs! xxx
- 29 June 2008 at 12:54
- Vanessa said...
Congratulations on your anniversary!
My friends don't get the blogging thing either but my sister is beginning to be hooked, she has even opened her own blogger account!
The soaps look good enough to eat, so please count me in for your giveaway.
Vanessa x
- 30 June 2008 at 05:20
- Country Cottage Chic said...
Happy birthday!
The ice cream soaps really do look good enough to eat!
- 30 June 2008 at 09:53
- Lavender hearts said...
What makes me smile is coming home after a long day at work and curling up on the sofa with a nice cup of tea. I'm so glad you're back in blogland, I do love your blog! :-)
Sian x
- 30 June 2008 at 11:32
- Katherines Dream said...
*****Happy First Birthday Faye*****
Your lovely pictures and posts always make me smile. I have friends like yours...they do not blog..I wish the days were longer too!
Your garden is very neat and tranquil....love it all Faye.
Carol xxx
- 30 June 2008 at 13:39
- Country Cottage Chic said...
PS: I couldn't resist buying one of the soaps to try & the polka dot clock will be perfect for my newly decorated room to replace the boring plastic one!
- 1 July 2008 at 01:30
- The Fairy Glade said...
Happy Birthday to you. I'll tell you what is currently making me smile..my daughter learning to knit, sitting on the floor next to the dog, her tongue poking out as she concentrates on her needles and telling him how tricky it is. He of course is totally oblivious, but he is being lulled into a false sense of security because she is knitting a scarf and guess who its for? I'm not sure that lilac is his colour! Bless her!
Dev x
- 2 July 2008 at 01:19
- julia said...
Happy birthday from a fellow rubbish blogger! Loving those soaps, count me in !
Julia x
- 2 July 2008 at 15:26
- prettyshabby said...
Happy bloggy birthday!..I think your blog posts are fab..even if they are few and far between! quality not quantity as they say! x
- 3 July 2008 at 14:40
- mollycupcakes said...
Hello Faye,
Happy 1st birthday in bloggy land.
This is my first look at your lovely blog and I'l be back again and again now. I just love your website and have bought for you in the past.
Many hugs.
Catheirne x
Ps did you get my pricelist?
- 4 July 2008 at 12:09
- Miss sew n sew said...
Hi Faye
Your garden is looking beautiful love your roses. I really like the look of those soaps so count me in please. What makes me smile? The funny little things my two litttle ones do like when I caught Emily putting on my pink lipgloss smothered all round her mouth or when Elliott toddles round the house in Daddies shoes!
- 4 July 2008 at 14:27
- PiaMaria said...
Greetings from Finland :o)
Those soaps made me smile! They are gorgeous!!
xx PiaMaria
- 4 July 2008 at 23:53
- Gill at Lucy Locket said...
Happy 1st birthday Faye from another rubbish blogger, I too have lots of ideas for posts but never find time to write them. I'm embarrased when I read other lovely blogs and see what nice things other people are doing :(
What's making me smile this morning is the thought of roast dinner later today after such a busy week at work that I haven't cooked a meal at all and the kids have lived on rubbish. Oh and I've got 4 weeks off to look forward to.
Gill x
- 6 July 2008 at 02:43
- MNChic - Jessica said...
Happy Blog Birthday!!
Congratulations!!! What makes me smile... my kids. Everyday its the little things they do and/or say that I feel like I'm always laughing or smiling when I'm with them.
- 6 July 2008 at 13:19
- Deb said...
Happy 1st blogging Birthday :-}
Your garden looks wonderful filled with roses and lavender!
- 12 July 2008 at 15:27
- Summer by the sea said...
Hi Faye - I agree, your garden is looking lovely and those soaps look delicious. Like so many others, the main thing that makes me smile is my children, especially seeing the world through my two year old's eyes, hearing her calling 'muuuummmmmmyyyyy' when she wakes up in the morning, getting into a freshly made bed, and waking up and realising that its Sunday! - Natalie x
- 13 July 2008 at 13:51
- VintageGirl said...
Happy "birthday"! You have a lovely blog, I love your decorating style.
Things that make me smile are when my husband comes home at the end of each week, watching my children laugh, looking at laundry drying on the line, my flower gardens, freshly made beds (they are so comfy to get into), our dogs antics, our horses running, a finished sewing or quilting project, having everyone home for supper, oh there are so many things. Have a beautiful da! Heather
- 23 July 2008 at 07:43


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Ingredients Nutrition
- 1⁄2 cup corn oil or 1⁄2 cup lard
- 1⁄3 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 large onion, peeled and chopped
- 1⁄4 cup chopped scallion
- 1 -2 clove garlic, peeled and minced
- 1 stalk celery, chopped
- 1 (16 ounce) can whole canned tomatoes, in tomato juice
- 1 tablespoon tomato paste
- 2 tablespoons chopped parsley
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1 bay leaf
- 8 allspice berries
- 4 cloves
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄4 teaspoon black pepper
- 1⁄4 teaspoon white pepper
- 1⁄4-1⁄2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 2 quarts cold water
- 2 cups white lump crabmeat (several small whole crabs, cleaned, or cracked crab claws)
- 1 lb uncooked medium shrimp, peeled and deveined
- 1 1⁄2-2 tablespoons file powder
- Heat the oil in a large, heavy pan and add the flour.
- Cook, stirring, to make a medium-brown roux (the color of peanut butter).
- Add the onion, scallions, garlic and celery and cook until softened.
- Add the tomatoes with their juice, breaking them down with the side of a spoon, then add the tomato paste, parsley, thyme, bay leaf, allspice, cloves, salt, peppers, cayenne to taste, lemon juice and water.
- Bring to a boil, stirring well.
- Add half the crabmeat and the whole crabs or claws.
- Simmer for 1-1/2 to 2 hours, stirring occasionally.
- If you like, you can scoop out allspice, cloves and bay leaf.
- Add the shrimp and the remaining crab and simmer for a further 15 minutes.
- Remove the pan from the heat and stir in enough file powder to thicken.
- Do not boil the gumbo after adding the file powder.
- Serve hot.
- NOTE*****Other seafood, such as purged crawfish, lobster and well scrubbed clams may be added to the gumbo, as available.
- Cooked seafood may be used, too.
- The finished gumbo will not have the richness of flavor given by crab cooked in it, but will still be delicious.
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Coast Guardsmen Go Bald for St. Baldrick's to Support Cancer Research
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Crewmembers from Coast Guard Station Channel Islands Harbor, the Coast Guard Cutter Blacktip, and several members of the Coast Guard Auxiliary gathered to shave their heads in support of the National St. Baldrick's charity event to benefit children's cancer research, March 27.
"We joined the Coast Guard to save lives and help people in distress," said Petty Officer 1st Class Lia Chasteen. "This is our way of helping support our community in the fight for the cure of cancer."
In its eleven years of existence, the St. Baldrick's Foundation has become the world's largest volunteer-driven fundraising program for childhood cancer research.
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A complex tale about the Iraq War, intrigue, love, and survival.
Gallagher follows up on his successful first book, the memoir Kaboom: Embracing the Suck in a Savage Little War (2010), with a smart Iraq War novel that adds something new to the genre—new genres. Gallagher subtly weaves throughout this excellent, brutal tale intrigue, a mystery, and two compelling love stories. The "suck" of war surrounds young Lt. Jack Porter, a platoon commander of 40 men, many rookie "youngbloods." They're stationed in Ashuriyah, Iraq, performing "counterinsurgency handholding bullshit" as the military prepares to withdraw from Iraq. A stark desert surrounds them, the heat looms like "holy venom." Their checkpoint base, a "desert acropolis" that overlooks the town's slums, is a mansion Saddam gave one of his generals. Porter is a sensitive leader who wants nothing more than to survive and bring his men home, to leave "having done a good thing…that actually matters." When a new, more experienced and assertive sergeant, Daniel Chambers, shows up, Porter feels threatened, his leadership challenged. This is when Gallagher's war novel morphs into a noir mystery. Intense fighting has broken out. Porter hears stories from Iraqis about Chambers having been involved in civilian killings four years ago and having helped kill a powerful sheikh's son. He learns about the disappearance of a Sgt. Rios, or Shaba, the "money man" who once saved Chambers' life; he just went missing, perhaps kidnapped. Rios was also in love with this sheikh's daughter. He wanted to marry her and live in Iraq. Porter becomes obsessed with Rios and his involvement with Chambers. Seeking more information, he's drawn deeper into the lives of the local Iraqis. It means more confrontations with Chambers. It means building new relationships that could jeopardize how well he can lead his men.
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Friday, 10 March 2017
BBQ Chicken Wings
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enough chicken wings for the year!? but .. but .. it is only March, can you survive the next 9 months without chicken wings? ;pReplyDeleteReplies
I think so hah..hah...Delete
I would love this!! I could never get bored or enough of chicken wings.ReplyDeleteReplies
Chicken wings are very appealing. Last time I don't like.Delete
I know the Bbq chicken wings must be tender, juicy and aromatic.ReplyDelete
Can I have a pair pls:)Replies
Of course you can, Aunty Young :)Delete
I used to roast my chicken wings like your style with the BBQ sauce and others to feed my fellow American college mates. I made over 200 wings and even put MSG! They loved them like hell. MuahahahaReplyDeleteReplies
Wow, you can cook for a party!Delete
i miss baked chicken wings but hubby still not free send my oven for repairing ~>_<~ReplyDeleteReplies
Adoi! That was so long ago LOL!Delete
I cannot resist these, chicken wings are my favourite anytimeReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous11 March 2017 at 05:44
Yum! Yum! We do bake/roast/grill our own quite often...and yes, we do use BBQ sauce as well, the ones sold commercially. These days, I would have to check the ingredients, some are not gluten free. Not cheap, the imported ones.ReplyDeleteReplies
Some of the imported BBQ sauce are really tasty.Delete
Your chicken wings look yum. I do love chicken wings though I prefer them without too much sauce slathered on them. In fact, I just had grilled chicken wings with that lovely charcoal flavour from a coffee shop 2 nights ago! ^.^ReplyDeleteReplies
If it is well seasoned, it doesn't even need any sauce :)Delete
I need a BIB now...really salivating over these chicken wings.. After an unsatisfying breakfast this morning, these wings are very welcoming!ReplyDeleteReplies
Smoothie for breakfast? hee..hee..Delete
Wow! That looks good!ReplyDelete
It's so tempting, I can eat many of it, hehe...ReplyDeleteReplies
hee..hee...me too :)Delete
These BBQ chicken wings looked tasty and tempting! I can't say no to chicken wings ... anyway of cooking them ^-^!ReplyDeleteReplies
Me too love chicken wings :)Delete
I'm not a fan of chicken wings, as I don't like the fat and bone. I bet I'd like the sauce on the breast meat however, maybe even sliced into a salad.ReplyDeleteReplies
It's good on chicken breasts too, though that's not my favorite part :)Delete
Hi Phong Hong, your BBQ chicken wings look really, really good and nicely 'tanned'. I want some.ReplyDeleteReplies
Hi Kimmy! hah..hah...the sauce is good.Delete
Mmmm .... sounds so delicious and finger licking good!ReplyDelete
Aduhhh.... Sos BBQ I tak terusik lagi LL. Bila bila nak cari Chicken Wings jugaklah. Macam sedap jer tuReplyDeleteReplies
Hah...PH dah agak dah BBQ sos Hainom masih dara lagi hah..hah..hah...Delete


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The airline management, however, is blaming Air League of PIA Employees for putting pressure on its management over the issue of transfers of some of officials.
Sources mentioned that several booking offices of the national airliner has been closed as well due to the strike.
Air League of PIA Employees stated that that PIA management had promised a wage increase of 15% on Eid-ul-Azha which has not been fulfilled as yet due to which the strike is taking place.
On the other hand, PIA management has said that Air League has differences over the transfer of some of the officers of the national airliner.
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