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it wouldn't accept a hostile takeover by France's Vivendi media group. Trading in Mediaset was halted twice on the Milan stock exchange Thursday morning for losses that reached nearly 8 percent before shares recovered around midday. Vivendi, which owns
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When VH1 played host to a question and answer session with Robin Thicke on Twitter, they could probably have predicted the reaction they received.
Instead of innocuous questions about the Blurred Lines singer's favourite foods or musical influences, the majority of those responding with the hashtag #AskThicke had more pressing concerns - such as his misogynistic song lyrics.
Blurred Lines, which includes the lyrics "I'll give you something big enough to tear your ass in two" and "he's don't smack that ass and pull your hair like that", received negative criticism for the song's trivialisation of sexual and domestic violence against women.
Even though Blurred Lines remains the most downloaded song in UK chart history, Thicke's critics went to town with the hashtag.
Thicke is planning to answer questions online Tuesday at 7.30pm BST.

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We've booked a massive villa in Ibiza for a week in September.
We're looking to have a few pool parties during that time.
We're just looking to see if anyone is interested in coming along.
We'll have all the usual stuff: djs, food, drink etc.
No cost to this but you'd have to chip in for the drinks etc, I'd say no more than 40 euros.
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Check out this Diablo 3 Bonus XP calculator made by bags+one.
"With the upcoming patch 1.08 a lot of stuff changes with regard to experience. It's not exactly straightforward anymore how bonus XP works since some of it is multiplicative and some is additive.
Even in 1.07, the best solution is not always "go max bonus XP gear", as the relative amount of XP varies a lot. I pointed this out in an earlier post.
To get an overview of what the max bonus XP in 1.08 is, what exactly the effect of certain items compared to monster power/multiplayer are, but also just because I wanted to play around a bit with Jquery, I created a little website that lets you calculate your bonus XP:"
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Friday, May 15, 2015
*Stacking MY Shelves/Weekly Wrap-up* 05/16/2015
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Don't feel bad about not attending a book convention Shelley. I'm sure one day you will get to go to one. Just hang in there. Looks like you got some interesting books this week. Descent looks amazing.ReplyDelete
Grace @ Books of LoveReplies
Oh, I'm not complaining at all. I have enough books to last me until my heart stops beating. It's way too much money for me anyway.Delete
Awesome haul! I can't wait to read Devil's Pocket. Shadows of Aspodel sounds awesome. I'm also looking forward to Silver in the Blood. I usually go to BEA, but for only one day since I drive to NY from PA. Next year it's in Chicago, so I won't be able to go. I'm terrified to ask publishers for books. I hate rejection. I had an experience with a publisher recently that asked for my address to send books and I never got anything or heard from them after that. I'll just go with NetGalley and Edelweiss.ReplyDelete
Michelle @ Michelle's Minions
My StSReplies
Hey Michelle! I have no idea why I'm so scared to send a request to publishers. I've been blogging for 4 years! What's the big issue? LOLDelete
Yes and yes Shelley! I don't think I've ever contacted a publisher directly.I haven't been to a convention either. Boo. On a positive note though I hope you enjoy the books you've got this week :-) My haulReplyDeleteReplies
Hi Chrissi! Thanks for stopping by and have a fantastic week!Delete
Oh wow! Awesome haul! I still need to read 7th Grave, so I ordered a signed copy of 8th Grave so it can take its time getting to me! LOL! Hope you enjoy all the lovely new reads!ReplyDelete
My STS will be up tomorrow, so be sure to stop by then!
Have a GREAT day!
Old Follower :)
I sooo want to go to BEA. I'm planning for possibly next year...ReplyDelete
Hotel Ruby is calling to me. I'll have to check it out. Happy reading.Replies
Thanks! Have a great week!Delete
Great haul this week! A Thousand Nights sounds very good. Happy reading!: )ReplyDelete
Krystianna @ Downright DystopianReplies
Thanks Krystianna!Delete
Yay great books, really enjoyed the Charley book and Grave Phantoms. Happy reading!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks Mel! Have a great week!Delete
A-Ha! I will have to ask Curiosity Quills for that series, I know it's Steampunk right?ReplyDelete
Happy weekend, momma!Replies
Hey B! That's what they tell me. I'm supposed to get the second book whenever they format it for me.Delete


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Here's a fun little video featuring voice over actors and celebrities reading the classic Christmas story, The Night Before Christmas with a few fun little twists here and there. Among the many voices are Jim Cummings (who replaced Sterling Holloway as the voice of Winnie the Pooh, and later took over as the voice of Tigger following Paul Winchell's retirement), Tom Kenny (SpongeBob), radio & TV personality Gary Owens, and voiceover master Don LaFontaine (you'll recognize him when you hear him). For fun, try listening to it without watching.
For younger children who are less familiar with the story, start with this version which is a faithful retelling of the original poem by Clement C. Moore with some nicely done animation and a brief introduction. The entire story is narrated by two moms who dedicate the video to their children.
Notes about the Author and the Poem
Clement Clarke Moore's famous poem, which he named "A Visit From St. Nicholas," was published for the first time on December 23, 1823 by a New York newspaper, the Sentinel. Since then, the poem has been reprinted, translated into innumerable languages and circulated throughout the world.
Clement Clarke Moore (1779 – 1863) was born into a well-known New York family. His father, Reverend Benjamin Moore, was president of (what is now) Columbia University and was the Episcopal Bishop of New York. Moore's father also officiated at the inauguration of George Washington's first inauguration and gave last rites to Alexander Hamilton after Hamilton was mortally wounded in his 1804 duel with Aaron Burr. Clement C. Moore himself was an author, a noted Hebrew scholar, spoke five languages, and was an early real-estate owner and developer in Manhattan.
Despite his accomplishments, Clement C. Moore is remembered only for "'Twas the Night Before Christmas," which legend says he wrote on Christmas Eve in 1822 during a sleigh ride home from Greenwich Village after buying a turkey for his family. Some say the inspiration for Moore's pot-bellied St. Nicholas was the chubby, bewhiskered Dutchman who drove Moore to Greenwich Village to buy his holiday turkey.
Moore read the poem to his wife and six children the night he wrote it, and supposedly thought no more about it. But it is believed that a family friend, Miss H. Butler, sent a copy of the poem to the New York Sentinel which published the poem. The condition of publication was that the author was to remain anonymous. Moore's poem immediately caught the attention and imagination of the state, then the nation, and then the world. Moore never copyrighted his poem, and only claimed as his own in 1844 when he included it in a book of his poetry.
Because of his "mere trifle," as he called it, 187 years ago Clement C. Moore almost single-handedly defined our now timeless image of Santa Claus. Prior to the creation of the story St. Nicholas, the patron saint of children, had never been associated with a sleigh or reindeers! The tradition of reading the poem on Christmas Eve is now a Worldwide institution.
Moore's eight reindeer names refer to their individual character, mission, or magical flying prowess:
· Dasher (hurls or thrusts with great force)
· Dancer (moves with skill, grace, rhythm)
· Prancer (springs forward on hind legs, struts with spirit and confidence)
· Vixen (alert and fiercely protective, guards against all possible dangers)
· Comet (a powerful and fiery rock hurtling through the heavens, a celestial wonder)
· Cupid (symbolic of love, referring to just how admirable Santa's mission is to remind the world each year of the joy and Love Christmas brings)
· Donner (or Donder) and Blitzen evolved from the original Dutch words "Dunder" (thunder) and "Blixem" (lightning)
Rudolph was later revealed as the ninth reindeer in Santa's stable in Robert L. May's 1939 booklet for Montgomery Ward Department Stores. May's booklet was adapted by Johnny Marks into a song by the same name made famous in 1949 by Gene Autry. The tale tells of Santa's lead reindeer who possesses an unusually red-colored nose that gives off its own light, powerful enough to illuminate the team's path through even the most inclement weather.
Children 'round the world can rest assured that together, these famous reindeer eagerly exercise their God-given talents to guarantee Santa's arrival to all points on the globe each and every Christmas Eve.
- Some scholars now believe the poem was actually written by Major Henry Livingston, Jr. Whatever the authorship controversy ultimately determines, this work has become a Christmas favorite.
- What is a "courser?" A swift horse; a charger.
- Sash – A frame in which the panes of a window or door are set.


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Can't believe it's been 2 weeks since I posted an Instagram round-up kind of post. The last 2 weeks has been a blast. Well, the first not much so because it was kinda mundane...but then this week...all hell broke loose (not really) because a bunch of friends from abroad came back to visit! Cue daily outings, dinners, bowling, movies and all that kind of goodness. Last Sunday, was also the day my IB results came out. I was incredibly paranoid for the entire day (until 7:15pm) but that's another story for another time. On Saturday, I also went to Escape which is a cross between a music festival and a concert. Although the event was a tad muddy for my liking, the atmosphere was great and hey, I saw Sean Kingston live! Considering no one good ever comes to Vietnam, it's an achievement.
Also, I managed to get up at the ungodly hour of 2am to watch the World Cup Finals! First time I do this willingly for a football match..and this one lasted 3 hours :P But I'm the kind of person that likes keeps up with these kind of things and I even did my fair share of football news reading :D Anyway, it was such an intense match! Huge congratulations to Germany for winning, but I thought Argentina put up such a great fight and it was incredibly unlucky on their part - the many chances they had! Glad that Messi received the Golden Ball award though, he deserved it...and I just wanted to go all the way to Brazil and console him because he looked incredibly disappointed (naturally).
Follow me on Instagram (@yuenlim96)
Sister made the tastiest gingerbread cookies // A Tuesday morning selfie // Colour co-ordinated M&Ms
Result of colour co-ordinated M&Ms: chocolate cake with peanut butter & dark chocolate frosting // <3 these sunglasses (get them here) // A lazy day today
being healthy with guacamole & juice // them arcade foxes that no one will be able to get // Arcade before results are out? Why not.
it always helps to have a little bit of faith // that night was crazy - saw Sean Kingston live! // yes, I think I will have a break and have a kit kat
just watched the world cup finals and now since it's 5am...I sleep
And that was a huge ramble. Anyway, I'm heading off to Malaysia on Wednesday and then...*drum roll* Japan on Sunday for which I'm super excited about so hopefully I will have some posts queued and tons to blog about when I'm back! Of course, keep up with my adventures and all that good stuff over at my Instagram or Twitter!
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|The Tavern Scene from A Rake's Progress
|by William Hogarth.
The prosaic meaning of rake—a tool with teeth for scraping and bringing things like leaves together—comes from the Old English words raca and ræce, which likely derived from the reconstructed Proto-Germanic root rak-, meaning to gather or heap up. Similar words exist in Old Norse: reka, Old High German: rehho, and Gothic: rikan.
The more colorful meaning of rake—an idle, dissolute person and often a heartless womanizer—comes from the word rakehell. The shortening of rakehell to rake likely became common in the 1650s. Rakehell's origin is fittingly murky. It might be an alteration of the Middle English rakel, meaning rash or headstrong, because of the association with the words rake and Hell. I guess a rake gathers up Hellish habits of personal conduct.
Rakes bring pain and suffering to otherwise good people. Just try raking a half-acre of leaves. The other kind of rake does something similar—dispensing emotional pain and suffering—particularly in novels. Two of the most famous rakes are Vicomte de Valmont from Les Liaisons Dangereuses and Robert Lovelace from Clarissa.
Valmont pursues and falls in love with the virtuous Madame de Tourvel but then cruelly deserts her at the urging of the Marquise de Merteuil who had challenged Valmont to corrupt the young Cécile de Volanges. Valmont dies in a duel with Cécile's lover but not before destroying Merteuil's reputation. Emotionally wrecked by Valmont's rejection, Tourvel succumbs to a fever after learning of his death.
Lovelace desires to marry the virtuous Clarissa Harlowe, whose family insists she enter into a marriage with Roger Solmes, a union more economically advantageous to the Harlowe family. Angered at the Harlowe's rejection, Lovelace decides to take revenge on the Harlowe family by marrying Clarissa. He tricks her into eloping with him, but she refuses to marry him. He imprisons her in a brothel and decides that only after destroying her virtue will she marry him. He rapes her. His scheme backfires and Clarissa becomes even more adamant that she will not marry him. She escapes from the brothel but dies from illness and mental duress. Lovelace dies in a duel with Clarissa's cousin.
The machinations are much more complicated than those brief descriptions, but you get the idea. Who is your favorite rake?


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The first position arose in three games. Once, White found the correct move. FM Delisle Warner was White in that game, scoring an upset win against IM Kevin Denny.
White to move
The second position comes about a couple moves after 22...h4 instead of Nakamura's 22...Nh4.
White to move
Finally, Gelfand could have stayed in the game with the right move in this third position.
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FLAIR Research Excellence Award, Department of Higher Education, Govt. of Kerala 2015-16.
Microbiologist 2014 Award of Society for Educational & Scientific Research, September 2014.
P. A. Harris Foundation Award for contribution to Education, August 2014.
Rural Innovator Award of KSCSTE, Govt. of Kerala. March 2014.
Special Honour of Konkani Sahithya Academy, Govt. of Kerala, 2013.
Mathrubhumi-SPARK Award for the Best Project (College Level) September 2013.
BOLT Award (Broad Outlook Learner Teacher) – Alleppey District Runner Up 2008-09 by Air India and Malayala Manorama.
Selected for full sponsorship (travel grant and accommodation) to attend the Asia Conference on Laboratory Bio-security & Bio-safety at Bangkok, Thailand during April 17-19, 2007.
Young Scientist Award – December 2002, Association of Microbiologists of India.
Best Paper Presentation Award for presenting the paper entitled "Relevance of Solid State Fermentation in Kerala during the National Seminar at Trivandrum on 8th January 2001.
International Biotechnology Training Fellowship – 2000-01, German Research Centre for Biotechnology, Braunschweig, Germany.
Young Scientist (BOYSCAST) Fellowship of the Dept. of Science & Technology, Govt. of India, New Delhi – 1998-99 (to visit Dept. of Biochem. & Mol. Biol, Univ. of Georgia, Georgia, USA.).
Visiting Fellowship of the Indian Academy of Sciences, May 1998 (to undertake a visit to Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore, India).
Junior and Senior Research Fellowships C. S. I. R., Govt. of India. (to undertake Ph. D research).
Merit Scholarship (1986 – 1989) University of Kerala (to undertake graduate studies).


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Saturday, November 8, 2008
And it's over and done with!!!
I remember it was about 1 p.m. when I was in the day surgery room and Andy was talking to me.
I got home around 6 p.m. I would've been home sooner but the Dr. had an emergency surgery.
He removed close to 4 pounds! I never figured it would be that much!!! Now they really look nice and perky ;)
The pain is a LOT less than I was expecting, which is a good thing! I'm already feeling relief in my back and Andy says I stand up straighter too. The bleeding has mostly stopped so I (Andy) only have to change gauze once a day to keep it fresh. There isn't to much bruising and it doesn't look as bad as I thought it would.
I've been napping and sleeping quite a lot which helps me feel better every day.
And I must be feeling better because I'm getting antsy to start knitting again!
8 comments:
- N. Maria said...
Oh, I'm so relieved that you are now on the mend!!!
No, no, no knitting!!! Just put some knitting DVD's in and watch but no knitting!!!! :)
- November 8, 2008 at 7:46 PM
- Scale Junkie said...
So glad to hear you've already started to heal, happy knitting!
- November 8, 2008 at 9:33 PM
Bonjour. My name is also Sylvie. I also had breast surgery last August. I have Degenerative Disc Disease. You are in my thoughts.
- November 11, 2008 at 12:05 PM
- Maggie said...
Did you save some of that extra chest for me?? With it I might actually fill out an Alice Starmore sweater in size small...
Anyway, I hope you are doing well and back to posting soon, your blog is 1 I often take time to read. Maggie in IL
- November 18, 2008 at 1:49 AM
- Lucy said...
Thank you for being a follower of LOOSE AND LEAFY, Sylvie - and of PICTURES JUST PICTURES too!
I'm pleased you like them.
I also very much hope your post-operation recovery will continue well.
Best wishes
Lucy Corrander
- November 27, 2008 at 1:14 PM
- Maggie said...
You haven't posted for weeks now and I am wondering how you are doing. I hope your Thanksgiving went well and you are staying warm and knitting busily, take care, maggie
- November 30, 2008 at 9:23 PM
- Melissa said...
Congrats on your surgery :) I had a breast reduction 2 years ago, and it was the best decision I ever made! My back and neck thank me everyday :)
I was pretty surprised by the healing as well. I expected so much more pain. Dont knit though! You dont want the swollen, trust me I did it way to soon. Well not knitting but scrapbooking. I drank this lemon tea to help the swellon and it was a lifesaver. Let me know if you'd like the recipe.
Congrats again!
- December 1, 2008 at 7:01 AM
- Peggy said...
Sorry it took me so long to get over here and check on your surgery. So glad all went well. I'm sure you are back to knitting by now. :)
- December 2, 2008 at 4:49 AM


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Someone Breaks Into Song
A song in his/her heart and a spring in his/her step, someone writes to tell me the weather:
"June is busting out all over…"
Which is untrue. Note that:
Fresh and alive and gay and young, June is a love song sweetly sung!
Around here, the sun is harsh enough to show up the squinty, haggard wrinkles in your face – or if you don't have squinty wrinkles yet, it'll make you squint 'till you get some. It's been quite hot enough for things to wilt and spoil if they're not put promptly in the fridge, and furthermore, someone in the courtyard below me has been playing ABBA all day. No freshness, no youth, no love songs sweetly sung. There are pride parades, of course – but somehow I don't think that's what Rodgers and Hammerstein had in mind. So June it isn't, not in Los Angeles.
There were red, white and blue M&Ms in the checkout aisles at Target today; I suspect it's actually July.


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I think Flu season should be renamed soup season because it just sounds much more appealing. Everyone has been sick and so a soup night has been overdue. This soup was very easy to make and the results were simply perfect. It's pretty hearty so be ready for a full feeling after one bowl. It really hit the spot and I'm positive it warmed Perry's soul after being sick for so long. Quick note before I delve into the details of the recipe. There is a part where you can puree some of the lentils and broth to thicken the soup to your preference. I only pureed 1.5 cups of it because I didn't want to loose all of the lentils. It's totally up to you but I wouldn't overdo it with the puree process. The original recipe was found at http://www.foodnetwork.com . Perry gave this one a full 5 stars!
" I feel like I have been sick for 2 months now. Nothing seems to stop the chills so I was pretty excited when Kels said she was going to make some soup for me. I love Lentil soup and while Kelsey will say she just followed a recipe I'll compliment her and say SHE nailed it. I have no suggestions to make this soup better. It wasn't over/under spiced. The texture was good and the lentils were tasty (not undercooked which stinks.. I've had undercooked lentils in lentil soup before and it's awful). This one gets 5 stars hands down."
Serves: 6-10 Calories: 372
– 2 tbsp. olive or canola oil.
– 1 cup chopped onion
– 1/2 cup – 1 cup finely chopped carrot (the more you use the heartier it will be.)
– 1/2 cup- 1 cup finely chopped celery
– 2 tsp salt
– 1 lb lentils
– 1 can of diced onions
– 2 quarts of chicken or vegetable broth (We used veggie)
– 1/2 tsp ground coriander
– 1/2 tsp ground cumin
– 1/2 tsp curry powder (optional)
-1/2 tsp turmeric (optional)
1.) Place the oil into a large pot and set over medium heat.
2.) Once hot, add the onion, carrot, celery and salt and stir until the onions are clear. About 6 to 7 minutes.
3.) Add the lentils, tomatoes, broth, coriander, cumin and other optional spices. Stir.
4.) Increase the heat to high and bring to a low boil. Once boiling reduce the heat to low, cover and cook at a low simmer until the lentils are tender, approximately 35 to 40 minutes.
5.) Puree/blend to your preferred consistency.
6.) Serve.
*Original recipe found at http://www.foodnetwork.com
**Photo original taken by me


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ISRO (Indian Space and Research Organisation) has taken another big leap in settalite nlaunching and places in Orbit.
PSLV - C38 launched at Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota at 9.29 am.
Alongwith Cartostat 2 series setellite 30 Nano satellites are placed in orbit..
At 16th minute time Cartostat 2 Series Sattelite in the orbit.
As the rocket further propelled 29 sattelites belonging to 14 countries were placed in the orbit and one nano sattelite made by students of Noorul Islam university in Kanyakumari of Tamilnadu from India.
In this contexct it can be observed that PSLV-C37 LAUNCHED 104 Satillites iunto orbit on 15 Feb 2017..
"It is not an ordinary mission" commented Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre Director K. Sivan said. as it would travel 10 more orbits.with 2 payloads.
The 2 payloads would conduct experiments in 10 different orbits.
The success of the mission established that PSLV can do any mission AND can carry any number of settilites and travel multiple orbits.--Mission director B jayakumar said.
PSLV 38C ---30 settilites comprised of 10 from USA , 3 each from Belgium , Italy UK/ 1 each from Austria, Chile, CZech Repunlic, Finland, France, Japan, Latva, Luthania and Slokavia.and one from India.
The launch was telecasted by doordarshan
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Tuesday, June 10, 2008
This past weekend B and I decided to check out Monumenta 2008. Each year at the Grand Palais in Paris an artist is invited to create an original work to display to the public. The subject is determined by the artist with the hopes of engaging the public in an active dialogue with the work, and to become better familiarised with the creative process initiated by the artist. In addition to the work installed in the Grand Palais, there are numerous forums and events drawing on the main work to inform discussions in fields such as music, philosophy and dance.
This year the american sculptor Richard Serra was chosen to exhibit and he responded with this monumental installation, called "Promenade", of five steel panels measuring 17 metres high, 4 metres wide and each weighing 75 tonnes. And really, to fill up the nave of the Grand Palais they needed to be that immense. You can read more about it at the official site of the exhibit, and view prettier photos of the installation itself.
However, I must say that for all that is written about "Promenade" and all the photos one can take, it is really difficult to appreciate what Serra has done here without being in the space. It shares in fact much that is problematic in regard to documenting architecture. The whole point of seeing "Promenade" is not only seeing the work, but it is about moving through it and around it, from various vantage points throughout the hall, with various scenarios of natural light. In addition to the relationship developed between spectator and art, which by the way completely shatters the formal paradigm of a pre-established social/intellectual perspective, there is the dynamic between spectator and spectator.
You are aware that this is a public space and you are sharing it with other people. They become part of the field of perception, they are integral to the relationship with the installation. Yet, at the same time the experience is private and internal. You decide how you wish to set up the relationship with the work, and with others. We saw people taking photos in front of it and of it, children running around deleriously shouting at the top of their voices delighted with the reverberations, some other people meditatively contemplating from benches lining the nave. When I witness a scene like this I am reminded of how modern art is about the public domain, it is about bridging the distance between something precious and distant to something we can personally integrate into our lives. As Serra says, it's about "getting Art off the pedestal". The results are empowering and full of possibility.
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Who's Braderie?
I received the card shown above in the mail today and thought it was an invite to an art opening. I asked B who he thought "Braderie" might be, and he laughed. He explained that it wasn't a person's name. Braderie = clearance sale. oh, is that music to a budget strapped girl's ears, or what! A solde is great, but a braderie is deliriously good news. Supporting two adults on one architect's income in Paris is a bit of a challenge. I have been very very good and really brought the impulsive credit card flashing monster in me to heel, I don't even bother window shopping anymore. But there is a real need from time to time to refresh the wardrobe, so then what does one do? One can either hit up places like H & M whose clothes fall apart in a week. Or troll the sales at boutiques.
There are 2 massive nation wide sales each year (one in November, and I believe another coming up this month or the next) where everything seems to be drastically reduced. Parisians love their sales and so it is madness from the word go. Another type of sale, I have found, seems to be much more discreetly handled. You get your name on a preferred customer list (not sure exactly how that is determined. Perhaps an impressive initial purchase, or high cool factor?), and voilà, you are called up when there is an unadvertised sale in the store. It is the most civilised way of saving 50% and more off of otherwise off limits clothing.
Yet another way of saving money is to obtain a carte fidelité, basically a reward card. Imagine my delight when I was asked at Shu Uemura if I wanted such a card. bah, ouai! I can't remember how much money I dropped at the Shu Uemura stores in San Francisco, it seems such a shame there was no such savings program then. Perhaps there is now. If there is I am very bitter. Who can spend $24 on mascara all the time and not expect to go bankrupt? Girlie rant over, I will conclude by saying that yes Paris can be expensive, but reasonable if you find the loopholes.
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Unlike its appetizer counterpart, this quesadilla recipe is hearty enough for a family dinner. Filled with chicken, bacon and cheese, it's the perfect blend of flavors.
Kids love quesadillas because they can eat with their hands, but you may want to leave the jalapenos out of the little one's servings. The recipe makes one large quesadilla, make sure to increase the ingredients for each person. Serve with black beans and rice or with chili for a belly filling meal.
Chicken Quesadillas
2 10-inch flour tortillas
2 Tablespoons butter, softened
1 cup diced chicken
1/3 cup shredded monterey jack cheese
1/3 cup shredded cheddar cheese
1/2 medium tomato, chopped
2 teaspoons diced onions
1 teaspoon diced canned jalapeno
1 slice bacon, cooked
1/4 teaspoon finely chopped cilantro
1 dash salt
For serving as toppings:
Sour cream
1. Heat a large frying pan over medium heat. Spread half of the butter on one side of each tortilla.
2. Put one tortilla, butter side down, in the hot pan, then spread cheese and cut up chicken strips in the center of the tortilla, leaving about an each all the way around.
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8. Remove the quesadilla from the pan, and, using a sharp knife or pizza cutter, cut the quesadilla three times through the middle like a pizza, creating 6 equal slices.
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Poor thing isn't allowed to jump on the furniture or play with chew toys for a week, his two favourite past times by far. On the bright side, the vet said he is the perfect weight, and is in excellent health, so we must be doing a good job at keeping him healthy and happy. Also, while most dogs need a few hours to recover from the anaesthesia, Pepper was awake and moving almost immediately after his operation. He spent the majority of the evening staying close to mommy, and seems to be in much better spirits after sleeping through the night. He will probably still be a little tender when we fly home, which we are hoping translates into a more docile experience this time around. Though with the amount of energy he's showing today, he seems to be back to his normal, not-docile-at-all self.
The other newsworthy event was that Lily and I got our first real taste of caribou, when we were given a beautiful portion of fresh meat (we think it was either by the shoulder or a hindquarter?) For the uninitiated, caribou is very lean, compared to beef, and like most wild game, possesses a unique flavour that is hard to describe. Being the culinary whiz that she is, Lily served up a delicious slow-cooked caribou roast with a thick gravy, complete with creamy mashed potatoes and plenty of steamed veggies. The taste is wholly different from any I've tried before, but equally tasty. We also saved part and cut it into cubes for a stew to be made later. Caribou was a dish we were very excited to try, and the wait was worth it.
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For cyberpioneer Dan Pelson, acquiring the tiny Girls On Film Web site in 1997 and raising its online visibility could have backfired in a big way. Instead of hitting more of the site's target audience-women interested in film reviews and other pop culture subjects-he risked drawing in men looking for a quick thrill.
"It could have turned out that we reached 35-year-old men because they thought it was Girls On ..." Pelson trails off, laughing. "Well, whatever." A Web site with photos of naked girls could have made a lot more money, he admits, blushing, "but that was not our interest."
Reaching 18-to-34-year-old women was. In 1996, Pelson, president and founder of New York City-based Concrete Media, a company that builds Internet-based media brands, began searching for a Web property to appeal to young women. Surveys indicated that this age group was logging on in increasing numbers, but Pelson believed there were few places for them to congregate online. It was certainly a potentially lucrative niche worth mining: According to Mediamark Research, women 18-to-34 spend $3.6 billion a year on health and beauty products, representing 31 percent of all sales in the category. They also drop $12 billion a year on clothes, nearly 20 percent of total sales.
Enter Lise Carrigg, then a 27-year-old New York University film studies graduate. As a class project, Carrigg had created the Girls on Film (GOF) site in 1994, enlisting the aid of three friends to write film reviews and spout off about "chicks, flicks, politicks"-the site's motto.
The girls reflected their own target audience: female twentysomethings with brains who were looking for movie recommendations from critics they could relate to. Reviews and casual commentary on everything from bad-hair days to movie theaters that serve beer resonated with readers. On a good day, the site-whose name is a sarcastic nod to the cheesy Duran Duran song of the same title-racked up to 5,000 page views.
But at the end of the day, the site didn't pay the bills. "I hadn't eaten very well in two years," says Carrigg, who found herself, resume in hand, seated before Pelson in the winter of '97. At the time Pelson was hiring for Concrete and was starting up a project called Bolt that would later become a premiere Web site for teens. When Pelson asked the usual interviewer opener-"tell me about yourself"-Carrigg gushed on and on about GOF. "This was obviously her passion," Pelson recalls.
A few weeks later, Pelson and Carrigg were in negotiations over Concrete acquiring the GOF site. Pelson did his homework before signing the check. He ran a few focus groups to test the site's potential, but relied mostly on online surveys to gauge audience interest. Surveys asked about the user's demographics, lifestyle, and habits, such as how many movies they watched in a typical week. "Focus groups are good for getting general stuff, but ultimately, if you ask 10,000 people some questions on the Internet, that's more valuable to me," Pelson says.
The surveys confirmed Pelson's hunch: GOF's audience, with its core group between 18 and 25, was looking for a place of their own on the Web. Two months after meeting Carrigg, Pelson completed the deal (he's mum on how much he paid), and Carrigg found herself behind a desk at Concrete as an executi ve producer-"which was kind of funny," she recalls, "since there was nobody else there. I was in charge of me, basically." Soon, Carrigg hired GOF's three cofounders, who all still write for the site: 30-year-old Clare Bundy works out of Los Angeles as the site's editor; Sibyl Goldman, 28, is a part-time writer/consultant, as is Carrigg, now 29; Dre Pyros, 28, came on full time last May after finishing graduate school and now works as an executive producer based in New York.
While Carrigg and company concentrated on the creative, Pelson worked on attracting more young women to the site, taking a mass-market approach. Four months after acquiring the site, he established a deal with Yahoo! that allowed the popular search engine's users to connect directly to GOF via a link on the Yahoo homepage. Similar deals were inked with AOL, Netscape and Hotmail. Hits to the site quadrupled. Of course, not every first-time visitor was an 18-to-34-year-old woman, Pelson says, but the viewers who liked the content, bookmarked the page and kept coming back were.
Content was expanded as well. Sections on television and books were established, as was a new name: Girls On Network (www.girlson.com). A feature called "GO Notes" brought instant messaging to registered members. Today, nearly two years into the venture, the site has 100,000 members and averages five million page views per month. One such member is Thisbe Lynne Sauvage, 33, from Denver, Colorado. Sauvage says she logs on to GO everyday, often to check her GO Notes and catch up on the latest content updates. "It's wonderful to finally have a place to express opinions about movies and books that I love," she explained in a GO Note. "[GO] is informative, and smart-assy."
The demographics are right on, too: 80 percent of GO members are females who are generally young, single, and college-educated, making between $45,000 and $65,000 a year. Most are white and live in urban areas like New York and San Francisco. They typically spend only five to ten minutes online per session, but return often. Off-line, they go to movies, watch TV, read books, and, most importantly for advertisers, shop.
"Most Web sites in this age group skew 80 percent male," says interactive media specialist Shawn O'Meara, with ad agency Fallon McElligott, who works with clients like Lee Jeans and Ralston Purina. Last fall, Lee advertised its Lee Dungarees, targeted to 17-to-22-year-olds, on the GO network. Banner ads, which run $6,000 to $16,000 on the site, linked viewers to the Lee site. "We could have bought space on an .edu site, but then you're only getting people coming from a college server," says O'Meara. "We didn't want to cast anyone away. Girls On is appropriate for us-it's fresh, hip and cool."
Greg Smith, director of strategic services at Darwin Digital, the interactive marketing division of Saatchi & Saatchi, says niche sites like GO ensure that advertisers reach the right people even if they don't reach as many. "With a female-skewed product, for instance, it's more efficient to advertise at a place like GO," Smith says. "I know exactly who the person is that I'm talking to. I know it delivers the right environment or attitude for my product."
Indeed, GO is eager to please advertisers and defends the right to tailor content to suit them. "We're comfortable that we know how to handle it, just like a newspaper has to be concerned that ads and editorial are not confused," says executive producer Pyros. Still, the line between ad and editorial blurs much faster on the Web, as evidenced by GO's options to advertisers. A clothing retailer, for instance, might sponsor a two-month series on celebrity fashion faux pas. A Web bullet-a banner ad alternative that "fuses" content with sponsorship from the retailer-would allow viewers to replace a starlet's bad-clothing choice with the sponsor's apparel. Viewers who wanted to purchase the clothing could then go through an on-site transaction processing system or order a catalog. The advertiser's cost, which includes content creation by Concrete Media: $45,000.
Still, not every GO girl will be ready to buy, says Arielle Dorris, vice president of strategic planning for the online direct marketing firm, i-traffic. "The site's younger viewers are less likely than the 25-to-49 age group to actually make purchases," she says. Without such immediate gratification, marketers may be less inclined to advertise on the site. That could be a challenge to Girls On, which relies mostly on ad revenue, and similar sites. Using the accepted industry formula, GO's monthly revenues may hit $50,000 a month or higher. Pelson declined to comment on revenue. While GO may not be Amazon.com, Darwin's Smith explains, "You don't have to be big to make money. GO could very well be profitable, if they're lean and mean enough."
With that in mind, GO is already expanding the brand offline. Since November, a New York-area cable show has featured film reviews by GO writers. And this summer, HarperCollins will release a GO book of reviews and social commentary. It's a strategy that competitors like the less commercially successful Cybergrrl site hope to follow. Cybergrrl founder Aliza Sherman, author of A Woman's Guide to the World Wide Web, has watched Pelson and GO closely. So far, she likes what she sees: "He really understands the value of the brand and the importance of being cross media."
Pelson also understands the importance of keeping tabs on GO members and tweaking content to suit their interests. One recent survey, for example, found that the audience wanted music reviews, so GO's three categories will grow to four within a few months. Pelson hopes to explore topics like finance, cars, and technology.
The information hardly flows one way, reflecting the interactive strength of the Web. GO members often weigh in with their own advice and opinions. "Some of the funniest content is when people disagree with us," says Pyros. "We got hundreds of e-mails when my negative Spawn review came out." Adds Cybergrrl Sherman: "Dan realizes the importance of voices. But he also knows we're in this business to make money."
Total number of people aged 18-34 online in the last 30 days: 17 million
Number who were women: 7.5 million
Why women 18-34 used the Internet in the last 30 days (multiple answers were allowed):
sought information: 5.1 million
used chat areas: 1.4 million
used e-mail: 4.7 million
Estimated number of women between the ages of 20 and 34 today: 27.9 million
Projected number of women between the ages of 20 and 34 in 2005: 28.1 million
Projected number of women between the ages of 20 and 34 in 2015: 31.5 million


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Market Analysis and Background Bing is considered to be 'the new' search engine. Released in June 2009, Bing is Microsoft's solution to the current search engine market monopolist, Google. Microsoft has focused on Bing being the search engine with the best quality results. One-click access to desired information, easy-to-use exploring tools, simplified search tasks and more specific search results are the main competitive advantages of Bing.
"Google Australia accounted for 74.61% of Australian searches during February, with Google.com taking 12.65%, equating to an overall market share of 87.26%" Stafford, P. (2011).
We can see the incredible market share of Google (refer to Appendix 1) despite the fact that Microsoft has invested more that $80 million dollars on Bing since its launch in 2009 (Sullivan, D. 2009). Google currently owns 89.68% of the search engine market share, while Bing is responsible for a minute 3.77% of the Australian market and 4.21% worldwide (StatCounter, 2011).
Business Objectives Increase awareness in Australia Regardless of Bing's release into the market almost 2 years ago with such a large advertising and marketing budget, many people are still unaware of Bing and it's functions. The campaign aims to increase awareness by 80% in Australia, and by 90% in the specified Australian Target market within 12 months.
Increase brand usage: The 12 month campaign will look to increase Bing's market share by 6% and also a 40% increase in search engine consumers who have utilized the website at least once.
Communication Objective Increase brand loyalty The campaign needs to communicate to the Target Audience how Bing is the best search engine for them. They need to connect with the campaign personally and put Bing at the forefront of their minds when it comes to search engine.
Consumer Objective The campaign should increase consumer preference. Over 12 months the objective is for an increase by 10% of the Target Market to prefer Bing rather than Google and other search engines. This will probably prove to be the hardest objective to achieve as consumers have been found to be extremely difficult to change current search engine preference.
Target Audience The researched has directed the campaign to a primary and a secondary target market. One is the early adopters – so Bing can build and grow in time, and the other is the older generation – to increase short-term market share.
Primary market The primary market for the campaign will be 6 to 13 year olds of both genders. They will have a middle to high education, go to school, and be tech savvy. They will spend much of their free-time online, exploring entertainment and social networking sites such as Youtube and Facebook. They are interested in games (online and video), movies, music, sport and are active information seekers. This market is young, future trendsetters and will not have the strong loyalty that the majority of the search engine market has with Google.
Rationale It has been proven to be almost impossible to get current loyal Google users to switch to Bing. Focus group research revealed that 8 out of 12 users thought they would stay with Google as their preferred search engine, despite a positive experience with Bing (Shaer, M. 2009). Also a current Google user stated in an interview "Bing generates interest, but it's hard to take me away from Google because I'm so comfortable with it' (Shaer, M. 2009).
Secondary The secondary market will be males and females aged 50 – 65. They will be more likely to have children, slightly less educated, not so tech savvy, generally live in metropolitan areas. They are wealthier than the average search engine user, although due to their children, have a small level of disposable income.
Rationale Again it is not possible to effectively target current Google users. This audience is not quite as familiar with the Internet, and therefore do not have the brand loyalty with Google. Also Bing is often the default homepage on Microsoft browsers, therefore if a consumer does not have loyalty to another search engine, all that is needed is brand awareness and they will generally use Bing.
The Site-reference: Comparing Google and Bing Demographics video (2010) reveals that this outlined target audience is also Bing's current target audience and therefore, advertisers who have been wanting to reach a similar market have been investing more on Bing advertising and optimization. This is making the website actually better suited to this audience and must be utilized by Bing (
* Massive amount of funds available
* Less 'clicks' to arrive at desired result
* Provides more visual search options
* New search Engine
* Low brand recognition
* Low customer loyalty
* Future business expansion
* Performing in a thriving and growing market
* Google holds a monopolistic position in the market
* The many other search engines will be added clutter to affect Bing's advertising
Research Bing is a new search engine, facing an enormous task at competing against the web giant Google, the largest website in the world. However, research has shown that Bing has a number of competitive advantages that are superior to Google. And, although slow, Bing has the potential to slowly grow and increase its market share.
Bing is a new search engine, still seeking to position and market itself within the industry to properly compete with Google. Research has been conducted to understand where Bing is currently out and how it has got there. Research has also found gaps in the market; places where Google should be heading in the market and how they can best reach these goals in the future market.
Research first found that Google consumers expect that they have to dig through search results before stumbling across the desired answer (Sebald, B. 2009). Bing aims to provide a faster, easier and more specific service than its competitor engines. "We chose Bing because it's short, memorable, and symbolic of the moment when information and opportunity come together and a simple search becomes an engine for taking action" state Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer (Hartley, M. 2009). The name came about by focus groups, where regular Internet users were probed for a short, simple, catchy name that personified the exact moment when the idea pops into your head.
Much research has been conducted to find consumers are not entirely happy when searching for information online. They receive a lot of clutter and it was found that 50% of other search engines results failed to meet people's needs and also 72% were after help to better organize their results (Hartley, M. 2009). Since Bing's arrival to the mark place, more recent research states "81% of the searches done on Bing and Yahoo resulted in an actual visit to a website. Google only showed a 65% rate" (Sebald, B. 2011). The comparison of this research is evidence that Bing has a great search engine, with advantages over Google that are answering consumer demands.
Schwartz (2009) reveals, "Consumers can process results with images 20% faster than text only results". From this Bing has developed 'visual search', an innovative way to search the Internet with images rather than words. Bing search intends to provide a more specific, more integrated results incorporating video and images to the results.


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Warning: this is a dreadful post about dreadful politics. But don't worry, it's not substantive or useful, and I've obscured things with an overdrawn allegory that makes absolutely no sense.
There's no need to rush into it. How about if we start with a cold beverage? Join me for happy hour — or a happy 30 seconds — with this 1980s Shasta pop commercial. (It subtly introduces my allegorical device in a non-partisan and inoffensive way.)
Don't give me that so-so sodathat same ole colaI wanna rock 'n' rollaI wanna pop, pop, pop, I wanna Shhhhhhasta! (Shasta!)I wanna taste pizzazzall the great taste Shasta hasI wanna pop, pop, pop, I wanna Shhhhhhasta! (Shasta!)I wanna a thrillI wanna wowtaste it allI want it nowI wanna pop, pop, pop, I wanna Shhhhhhasta!
Another shining example of why we all love the '80s. Please, please, please, gods of copyright and YouTube, let this video survive so all can experience the rapture. It's right up there with the ecstasy of Dr. Pepper ads from the same era.
Anyway. Let's move on to the dirty and offensive part of this post: Politics. I can't say a single sensible thing about politics, but that won't stop me from spewing nonsense, like when soda pop comes out of your nose.
In the United States, we have two national brands, just like with pop. Yes there are off-brands like Shasta, but our "choice" is between the big two. And despite the scare quotes, they're not exactly the same. They're both bad for you, and both will rot your gut, but one of them is more likely to cause your teeth to fall out. You can claim there's no choice, and refuse to be a part of it, but you'll still get served the winning beverage.
I was thinking about this because there is a certain drink here in Minnesota. You're probably familiar with this one, even if you're way out of our market. I'm talking about a particularly fizzy drink that is currently the market leader in one of our districts. This soda is bubbly in a disturbingly fanatical way, it stains your teeth, and it makes your pee smell like you've eaten about two pounds of asparagus. A lot of us are embarrassed that so many people insist on drinking that kind of pop year after year. It's like we have no taste in this state. The product isn't distributed in my area, so I don't get to make the choice, but still I get whiffs of the funny-smelling pee with an easterly wind.
It can only be explained by brand preference. These two large companies control the market. They have huge marketing departments and large advertising budgets. They are good at pushing their products. I imagine there are those who truly like the goofy flavoring, but there are probably more that don't care for it, yet think it's still better than buying the competing brand.
For those that are simply going with their brand preference, I can kind of get it from that perspective. And maybe I'm incapable of seeing my own "chosen" brand as similarly toxic. Both sides advertise so heavily, and I'm almost certainly as malleable as the next person.
Recall that for soda-in-chief of the grocery aisle (the big endcap display), one of the brands fell out of favor four years ago because it was found to contain lead and it made us all dumber. For that brand, I can remember when the newly proposed presidential drink was considered a mildly flavored concoction. I remember a couple of years ago thinking that if I had to drink something from the competing line up, I'd probably want the Mitt Light. But now that the flavor is set and both sides have been making their pitch, I'm convinced Mitt Light is rat poison. (At the same time, its ad campaign has been hilariously entertaining.)
But in any case, be that a case of twelve or twenty-four cans, I'll be sticking with my usual on this shopping trip, like most people. It frightens me that these things are apparently decided by people who don't already have a brand preference. It seems like they'd drink anything if they saw the right commercial on TV enough times.
("I wanna pop, pop, pop, I wanna Shhhhhhasta!")


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The new colour challenge at The Outlawz has started. The inspirational photo and colour palette this week was chosen by teamie Cara with the twist to make it masculine. Choose 3 of the colours and come and play this week.
This photo reminds me of our Saturday morning walks at the moment. We do a Park run every Saturday in a lovely park with gorgeous trees and as it is now winter here in South Africa, a large number of the trees have shed their leaves, so the ground looks very much like the photo. A few weeks back we had a very misty morning and seeing the photo made me think of that walk.
As we don't have a sponsor this month Laurian, our team leader is giving a Gift Certificate as the prize.
The DT have made some amazing cards for your inspiration, so do pop over and see what we have for you. I hope you will join us this week,
I decided to go with 3 of the colours and the leaves for my card.
I embossed a card that I had coloured with Pan Pastels.. The design of the embossing reminded me of the trees.
For the leaf diecuts I used a Poppystamps die...gentle leaf. Coloured it with pan pastels as well and attached them with some twine through an eyelet.
Heat embossed the sentiment with copper embossing powder ...it doesn't look very coppery in the photo and attached it with brads.
A fairly simple card, but I rather like the look of it.
Will enter the following challenges:
Come and Get it ...Make your own background
Eclectic Ellapu ...Anything goes
One Stitch at a Time #266...Elements of Nature
All Sorts challenge #371...One for the boys
Crafty Calendar Punches or dies
Artistic Inspirations #160...Anything goes
Crafting from the Heart #120...Anything goes
Craft your Passion #320...Anything goes
We love to create #14...Anything creative
Creative Corner ...Anything goes
Creative Fingers #113...Anything goes
Cut it Up #100...Anything goes
Jo's Scrap Shack #146...Anything goes
Simply Papercraft #32...Anything goes
Craft Rocket challenges #19...Anything goes
Crafty Girls Creations #22...Anything goes
DL.ART Linky challenge July...Anything goes
Moving Along with the Times ...No designer paper
Inspiration Destination #93...Anything goes
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Have you ever read the fairytale «The Emperor's New Clothes»?
«The Emperor's New Clothes» is a short tale by Hans Christian Andersen about two weavers who promise an Emperor a new suit of clothes that is invisible to those unfit for their positions, stupid, or incompetent. When the Emperor parades before his subjects in his new clothes, a child cries out, «But he isn't wearing anything at all!».
An increasing number of people in Norway are starting to see through the evil and say to the Norwegian moralists the same words as the child dared say to the naked emperor in the fairytale: «But he isn't wearing anything at all!».
Year after year, people have been listening to the Norwegian moralists´ propaganda and bigotry. With help from religious communities and the media, they have managed to create a scary illusion for a numb and helpless Norwegian people. Citizens have become an audience to the moralists´ misleading scaremongering about "victims" of sex work.
It is in the nature of a moralist a desire to remove something he or she doesn´t like. Recently, this moralistic mind game has become more and more unmasked. And like in the fairytale, their arguments are left with no clothes on – naked, embarrassing and fraudulent.
The philosopher Penny Gelder has described the Norwegian sex ban (the so-called Sex Purchase Law) as «a wicked and surreal modern time castration and a mental genocide».
Did you know that children and young people in Norway grow up in a society in which they learn that consensual sex is prohibited? The damage of such education is mind-boggling. More and more people are becoming extremely angry and feel that their private sphere is violated. It is very easy to explain, in a factual and logical way, why this law is one of the greatest assaults on humanity ever. When moralists and their arguments are revealed in the media, a lot of Norwegian eyes are forced open.
So, why doesn´t Amnesty International or the United Nations take solid action, demanding the Sex Purchase Law to be removed immediately? I know people around the world who refuse to eat food from Norway because they get a bad taste in their mouth and they deny to support a country that violates 12 human rights openly.
The Sex Purchase Law violates absolutely all citizens in a country where it is in effect. Not only sex workers, because any kind of sex is in fact a trade or transaction. Thus, any consensual sex would logically be illegal.
Google Translate is a great thing, especially if the international community can be informed about what is happening in smaller, unsophisticated societies. Not long ago there was an article in a Norwegian newspaper in which the reader could observe the human faces of evilness, two parochial feminists (also government politicians) representing those behind this abusive law exposed their fanaticism and horror openly. Without spending time on details, I can say for sure that it was easy to see a connection between complacent looks and the malice behind such laws. I assume this phenomenon is found all over the world.
That Norway reportedly has to wait for a change of government to remove a mental genocide, is not easy to understand – and even harder to accept. The conclusion here must be that both democracy and the UN are a failure since these institutions do not prevent laws based on moralism or unfair brainwashing.
As Penny Gelder says; every second of this law´s existence is a disaster. You actually get harsher penalties having consensual sex than breaking most traffic laws in Norway. Yes, it is true.
When it comes to something as serious as mental genocide, the "new Norway" after the change of government must make several arrests in order to limit the damage as much as possible. I take it for granted that those behind this law shall be punished exactly in line with people who commit physical genocide: with the strictest punishment possible in Norway or, alternatively, the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. This is only just, because the consequences of the Sex Purchase Law are both of a physical and mental nature, and can be extremely post-traumatic for a number of young and old people.
If politicians can play with human fates as they wish, without repercussions; why should we trust Democracy or Society? Of course, we cannot trust anything based on fanaticism, moralism or religion.
Though, I cannot help but be surprised that abusiveness such as The Sex Purchase Law can materialize in a supposedly enlightened world.
Still, people have been fooled before like in the fairytale «The Emperor's New Clothes».


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It's that time of the year where posting becomes erratic and reading consumes every spare moment. Sometimes life is hard ;)
From the Blurb:
"There was Polly's tokotoko on the ground. Carved and polished, with its eel head, the snout inlaid with pāua. Alexia picked it up and cracked it across the cop's shoulders. She raised it again and hit and hit. She would stop this."
Alexia is a law student escaping the Greek family that stifles her, and Isaiah is a young Māori returning home to find the family he's lost. Cut loose from their own cultures, they have volunteered to help Isaiah's Taranaki iwi get rid of the fracking that's devastating their land and water.
The deeper Alexia and Isaiah go into the fight, the closer they get to understanding the different worlds they inhabit. But when a protest march becomes violent a boundary is crossed, and they need to decide where they stand and fast. It's clear the police have been tipped off, and the activists gathered at the marae suspect they're being watched or, worse, there is an informant in the group.
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The German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) foresaw a European collapse into nihilism. In works of powerful and beautiful prose and poetry he struggled to head off the catastrophe.
Friedrich Nietzsche was born on Oct. 15, 1844, in Röcken, a village in Saxony where his father served as a Lutheran pastor. The father's death, when the child was 4 years old, was a shattering blow to which Nietzsche often referred in his later writings. This death left Nietzsche in a household of women: his mother, grandmother, several aunts, and a sister, Elizabeth.
After attending local schools in Naumburg, in 1858 Nietzsche won a scholarship to Pforta, one of the best boarding schools in Germany. Here he received a thorough training in the classics and acquired several lifetime friends. At the end of this period of schooling, Nietzsche, who had earlier fully shared the genuine piety of his family, found that he...
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10/26/2015 07:29:01 pm
We're holding out hope a judge will allow Mr Purcell to continue the project. The baseball fields and antiquated theater and pool have run their course and need to go. Winter Haven would've been reaping tons of new tax revenue from a lakeside village type retail outlet that the city clearly dropped the ball on.
Richard Treuman
10/31/2015 11:08:07 am
It seems that non-productive taxpayer's dollars continue to be spent. The trail on Lake Howard and the "settlement" with Mr. Purcell look like two such examples. I keep wondering how many miles of sidewalks could be repaired/installed for that kind of money. At least we can now look forward to some critical planning to benefit more citizens, especially should new faces sit in the leadership role at City Hall. Winter Haven continues to thrive in spite of some questionable financial decisions.
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June 29, 2013 (CHICAGO) --Some art lovers are having a rockin' good time at a downtown art fair this weekend.
Gray skies did little to dampen the colorful Gold Coast Art Fair which is being held in Grant Park.
More than 350 artists from around the world are displaying their work at the fair, which is now in its 56th year.
Admission is free, the event will run through Sunday afternoon.


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What do you think of this design? It kind of came to me by accident... but I'm thinking I really like it! Change it up without having to totally switch pillows. I can think of endless fabric combos... :)
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Sunday, April 6, 2008
Repurposed Items: Printers Typeset Trays
Back in January, I wrote about reusing common household items for new storage purposes.
That prompted fellow organizer Audrey Lavine to write to me about old typeset trays; the one shown above belongs to a friend of hers. Audrey suggests they work well for craft supplies - for buttons and beads and such. (She also puts a piece of glass on top and uses them for coffee tables.)
You can see more examples of typeset trays in use over on Sweet and Shabby Jullie's World, Paper & Crazy, and Craft and Chaos.
You can find these printers trays for sale on places like eBay and craigslist, and also through antique dealers. The one above is currently being offered by GoAntiques.com. Another nice-looking tray just got sold in New Zealand.
And Audrey isn't the only one to turn typeset trays into tables.
7 comments:
- Jenny is Live & In Color said...
I've seen these on people's walls with their little collectibles in them and had no idea that they were typeset trays! I thought they were just shabby shadow boxes. The trays history gives it so much more character!
- April 7, 2008 at 6:50:00 AM PDT
- Jeri Dansky said...
Jenny, I'm glad to have provided that missing bit of information!
- April 7, 2008 at 8:13:00 AM PDT
- Anonymous said...
it may be wowed by other people, to me it is a too cluttery. be careful about using trays. it may once used by LEAD typesets. I used to work in antiquied printshop.
- April 8, 2008 at 12:58:00 PM PDT
- Jeri Dansky said...
Anonymous, thanks for the useful caution. And yes, they certainly won't be to everyone's taste - we all have different preferences.
- April 8, 2008 at 1:21:00 PM PDT
- Heather said...
I love them!
They give you that Shabby Chic look.
I'm a packrat by nature who must constantly fight the desire to keep everything and never throw it away.
So I find the "organized clutter" appearance these give very soothing. No when I see typesets for sale in the antique shops...I'll ask about the trays instead!
- April 9, 2008 at 10:39:00 AM PDT
- Jeri Dansky said...
Heather, I'm glad this post was useful to you!
The variety of responses to this post just illustrates, one more time, that everyone's choice of organizing tools will be different.
- June 15, 2008 at 8:29:00 PM PDT
- 100tonsofstuff said...
We have many old wood typeset trays for sale (have more pics to add) for a very reasonable price. It is the shipping that I just found is more expensive than the 1/2 size tray I just sold at 2 lbs 5 oz parcel post was $9.19 a problem for heavy wood. We have washed & air dried all of ours to get rid of the ink & dust. Keep in mind that each one is slightly different in cubby size due to font type size. Some have been cut into 3rds (3 areas to a large normal size tray), some have 2 cubby sides leaving one tray which is smaller. Love the idea of miniature collections on display & they are so much fun to do - a great keepsake. DAJ
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Hub Créatic by the Tetrarc agency
The Tetrarc agency has put its name to the Hub Créatic in Nantes, a building dedicated to young companies developing new digital applications.
Behind its lively yellow walls, the building assembles seventy of these start-ups businesses. It has affirmed their presence in the town and offers them a scalable work space at a reduced rent where they can finalise their creations, live out the first moments of their existence and recognise their early development. It gathers them around a vast swirling atrium, a spatial design favourable to communication and the synergy of projects, Here architecture and innovation work in harmony.
The architecture reflects the particular purpose of the building and showcases an industry of excellence in Nantes comprising 700 companies and representing 18,000 jobs in the city of Nantes alone, that of new information and communication technologies.
The Hub Créatic has been built at the heart La Chantrerie, a campus comprising private and public higher education establishments such as the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines, Ecole Supérieure du Bois, Ecole de Design Nantes Atlantique et Polytech and the Ecole d'Ingénieurs de l'Université de Nantes. The new building is marketed as a communicating urban office building. Its architecture transmits the image of a hive of activity thanks to the honeycomb shaped windows and its honey colour which makes you think of the positive connotation of a hive and its intense and highly productive activity.
To impose this vivid image of buildings on the volumes and the disparate aesthetics created by different agencies since the 1990's, Tetrarc has taken advantage of the project's location. The building takes ownership of the site's open position on the Brittany road link. Its windows and main entrance look onto the virtual boulevard designed by Christian de Portzamparc so that Nantes town centre, represented by the tall figure of the Tour de Bretagne, is symbolically linked to its academic, cultural and tertiary peripheral extensions.
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