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In speaking with friends, no one has heard of English Apple pie which saddens me. Surely the recipe that my mother copied from Woman's Day Magazine in 1985 (!), has made it into more than just my home by now. After making this you will walk around with fork in hand, change your rout as to pass through the kitchen during the day, and scoop up bite after bite until you are sadly and suddenly left with an empty pie dish.
ENGLISH APPLE PIE: Makes One Pie
In a medium sized bowl beat until fluffy:
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup brown sugar
Mix in:
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 tsp cinnamon
3 TBSP water
Stir in (optional):
1/2 cup chopped pecans
In a large bowl place and combine with hands or spoon:
4 large cooking apples, peeled and sliced (about 6 cups)
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup flour
1/2 cube cold butter cut into pieces
1/4 cup flour
1/2 cube cold butter cut into pieces
1 tsp cinnamon
Preheat oven to 375°
Mound the apple mixture in a pie plate and spoon the dumpling mixture evenly over the top in dollops. Place pie on the lowest rack and cook for 40-45 minutes or until the apples are tender when pierced. (I like the apples when they are still barely firm.)
Serve in bowls with half and half (add sugar and vanilla to the cream and shake well, then pour a bit over a serving of pie.)
"This crustless pie, a favorite in the Hoellerich family, owns its origin to a disappointing crust Fairy Hoellerich made twenty years ago. After one taste, a friend suggested she try making English Apple Pie instead and Mrs. Hoellerich has been doing just that ever since. 'I'd recommend it to anyone,' she says.'It's much easier than ordinary apple pie.' Mrs. Hoellerich and her husband recently moved to Fayetteville, Arkansas, where she teaches Word-Processing part-time in a vocational school. She finds English Apple Pie the perfect dessert to serve to friends after a session of bridge."
Woman's Day 2/5/85
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Supposedly, these glammers are the plastic (isn't that the term?) Aerosmith rip, as opposed to the authentically (right?) nasty boys in Guns N' Roses. They sure do mow down their allotted share of dynamite riffs on side one, though--fit right onto Toys in the Attic. And if side two is pretty generic, it's only a rip, its meaner impulses undercut by Russ Meyer camp. B

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With a resemblance like that, who can blame you for mistaking her for the Impossible Girl, Flower? =P And, yeah, kinda weird huh, Aribeth? Especially since we were literally creating our characters at the same time (at least from the messages on here)! Well, you know what they say about great minds thinking alike!I figured I would post up my character, Claire, here if anyone is interested in making ties and connections and all that fun stuff! Summer is right around the corner after all!Speaking of which...surfing Loves!? In Hawaii, I'm guessing!? Jeez, someone's lucky...Haha.
No, no chickens! Though being friends with someone as color-centric as Heather might inspire some interesting hair colors!
LOL she'll get out her colours and see what shades she can come up with Surfing in England actually... Kendra had set up information on it. water will be cold, but that's all part of the fun
Surfing in England?! Iggy Scoffs at all that!
lol...Lyn won't need Heather to color her air, she's a Metamorphmagus, she can change it on her own anytime she likes!
Gonna be gone most of today, but if anyone wants to discuss history with a Ravenclaw first year, PM me. I pretty much have my character designed completely if you'd like to take a look (had to change a couple of details and am waiting for final approvals).
Well scoff or not, its all Heather as available to her I meant Heather might suggest thing...lol... like stripes and pokedots, or rainbows! (she has a thing for rainbows)PM sent
Fancy meeting you here, Loves. *feigns ignorance and surprise... badly*
Alrighty. Might not be able to take a good look til late tonight. Won't have access to a computer for a few hours and I don't like fighting Autocorrect on my phone >.>
If you wanted to give him a project of a friend who is capable of being a decent and rule-abiding person and chooses not to be, I volunteer my character.
Haha. Well he isn't always entirely rule abiding himself but he does tend to fall more on the "good" side. But sure, he likes trying to bring out the best in people so he could very well attempt to do so with your character. We can plot a little more once she's approved and posted up if you'd like.
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Bedroom interior designs are a great place to play around and have fun with interior design. If it goes "out of trend," typically no one else will see it but you, so youve got plenty of extra time to enjoy the space before you decide its time to update. When youre working on the interior design scheme of a bedroom, chances are you want it to be comfortable and relaxing. This leads many people to decide they want to create a bedroom design that is inspired by nature. Even with this general direction, many people have a hard time figuring out exactly where to start or what they should incorporate into a nature inspired bedroom design. Here are a few tips and tricks on where to start and what to look for.
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Miscarriage infection may occur after a woman knows she has suffered a miscarriage, or it is sometimes the result of the death of the fetus in utero, and the woman is unaware that the child has died. The second is less common when women receive regular care, because fetal death is often easily noted in absence of a heartbeat and can be confirmed with ultrasound. In either of these instances, signs of a miscarriage infection may include extra bleeding, cramping, fever, and unusual vaginal discharge. If these signs are ignored, the infection may turn into a blood infection or sepsis, and it can affect numerous organs and create a strong health risk.
When a woman is aware that she has had a miscarriage or an abortion has been performed, doctors typically give guidelines to follow for recovery. The first of these is abstaining from sexual activity for about two to six weeks, and to avoid placing anything in the vagina like tampons during this time. Bleeding is expected for a couple of weeks after a miscarriage, and in some women, this can last for up to four to six weeks. It usually gets much lighter as time passes, and women shouldn't notice large blood clots or an increase in bleeding, especially after the first few days. Severe bleeding, particularly several days after a miscarriage, could be sign of a miscarriage infection or of hemorrhaging, and quick attention to this symptom is needed.
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Sometimes, some or all of these signs of miscarriage infection occur in a woman who is unaware of a pregnancy or unaware that the fetus has died in utero. This makes any symptoms of cramping, bleeding, discharge or others important to report to a doctor when they occur. They can certainly indicate other conditions that might also require treatment and immediate medical attention.
Most women have a follow-up visit with their doctor after having suffered a miscarriage. This is an important visit to attend and usually occurs about six weeks after the miscarriage. After this point, women are unlikely to have a miscarriage infection unless they've retained some portion of the fetal tissue. Should this be suspected, doctors may order procedures to remove remains of the pregnancy to prevent sepsis from occurring and to preserve the health of the uterus for future pregnancies. This step may be taken earlier if doctors diagnose a missed miscarriage.
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Doctors should also make sure the woman's partner or another close family member know the signs of miscarriage infection. This is because some women may be in such deep grief after a miscarriage they may not be taking care of themselves properly, so they could miss these symptoms.
In extreme cases, the woman may not want to live after her baby dies, and may knowingly neglect herself, hoping she dies, also. This kind of circumstance obviously warrants taking the woman to her doctor immediately.
This is an extremely difficult situation and all women who have gone through it have my sympathy.
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Ohhhh... it's my dream one day to go to Japan. It looks super cool. Also, I'd love to go to that pancakes place.ReplyDeleteReplies
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Bucket list! I've been to Tokyo airport at least twice but I've never been to the city proper. Gorgeous!ReplyDeleteReplies
Ah its nightmare when that happens! I've seen Taiwan and Dubai airport so many times but I never make it past the boarding gates lol - one day!Delete
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Ahh, Japan is one of my dream locations to visit one day and so I definitely loved reading about your travels! The pictures look beautiful, I'd love to visit an owl café myself and the food looks delicious. Hope you'll have a great rest of your trip!ReplyDeleteReplies
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I am a Vietnam Era vet. I did not serve in Vietnam as I was sent to Korea. And that turned out to be a bit of a hot zone all by itself, though Americans had little if any knowledge of that. But I am getting ahead of myself.
When I joined the army, I was sworn in February 19, 1968, the Vietnam war had taken a dark turn for Americans. Earlier that month the Viet Cong mounted what is known as the Tet offensive. Tet is the Vietnamese New Year. Americans let their guard down figuring the Vietnamese would be busy celebrating Tet, their new year. Contrary to what people were told in America, the North Vietnamese Army and the Viet Cong were very smart and very savvy. They hoped we would let our guard down so they could spring a surprise attack of large proportions, and that is what happened. Starting on January 31 they attacked over 100 South Vietnamese cities and nearly overwhelmed many American strongholds. Hue, Danang and even Saigon were attacked. The Marines at Hue were nearly overrun and suffered nearly 700 casualties.
But who were the men who were fighting in Vietnam? All branches of the armed forces, Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines, and the U.S. Coast Guard too, who in those days fell under the auspices of the Treasury Department. A very large portion of those in Vietnam were draftees even though some were never formally drafted. Many guys waited for the draft notice to show up and went for induction. But others with the knowledge that they were probably next, gave in and enlisted just prior to their likely drafting. Then there were the poor. The army was filled with a disproportionate number of blacks, mostly poor, mostly poorly educated. To them, the army seemed like a good deal. Then there were the white kids like me who, lacking direction, enlisted because we did not know what else to do but also because our fathers had fought in World War 2 and it seemed like the right thing to do.
When I arrive for my basic combat training at Fort Polk Louisiana, I discovered there were four identifiable groups of men, those who had signed up known as RAs, those who were drafted known as USs, those who signed up for the reserves, ERs, and those who joined their state's national guard, NGs. The two letter codes were the letters that preceded our soldier's identification number, for example, I enlisted and my number was RA11625182. Some things you never forget. But had I been a draftee the RA letters would have had US substituted. And since we all had to recite our number many times in the early days, we knew what every man had chosen.
A tour in Vietnam was mandated by law to last no longer than 12 months. This meant there was a high turnover of personnel going and coming to and from Vietnam. But there was also this country called Korea which also had a maximum 12-month tour. From 1964 to 1975 over 9 million men in uniform served in Vietnam, 58,145 died there. And here is a stunning fact: over the 4 years an infantryman served in WW2, he saw about 40 days of combat. Over the 1 year an infantryman served in Vietnam, he saw about 240 days of combat. It is small wonder so many came back so screwed up.
The infantry training at Fort Polk, in those days, was rough. The drill sergeants were charged with bringing together a very disparate group of men into a single fighting force. One of their most successful ways of doing that was to pit us against each other. I was in Company B, 5 Battalion, 1st Training brigade. I was in what was called the "Yankee Platoon." We were men from north of the Mason-Dixon line of course. Then there were two southern platoons and finally one "misfit" platoon. The misfits were from states like California which were not easily grouped. The drill sergeants showed great favoritism towards the southern platoon in large part because every one of them hailed from the south. The drill sergeant assigned to my platoon was from Texas. Our company command was from Alabama and his executive officer was from Georgia. But a funny thing happened during those 8 weeks, we all came together. Any sort of divisions which existed at the start of basic training disappeared along the dusty roads were we force marched along. Their plan worked magnificently. On graduation day a full 95% of the men of our company were loaded onto the back of cattle trucks and taken to "Tiger Land." Tiger Land was the advanced infantry training course with an emphasis on tactics used in Vietnam with a faux Vietnamese village to boot. I had gotten myself into helicopter training school so that was not in my future. But for as much as those drill sergeants yelled at us "Charlie's gonna get you!", Charlie being a euphemism for the North Vietnamese army, I do not remember a single conversation regarding the possibility we could die over there.
The American forces in Korea in 1968-1969 number in excess of 50,000 troops. There were two full infantry divisions, 2nd and the 7th. And there were countless support units. I was stationed a mere 25 miles from the DMZ and had change to travel in its proximity on several occasions. Places known as Camp Humphries, Camp Casey, Camp Red Cloud and others we each an armed camp unto themselves. They were armed because there was always the very real threat of a North Korean incursion into the south which actually happened though in small numbers. Still, anything north of the Han River was considered a combat zone and many an infantryman in Korea saw his share of combat, as did some of the field artillery units. Remember, this was the time when North Korea captured the USS Pueblo and shot down a US Air Force EC-121 reconnaissance aircraft.
During my tour in Korea a fair number of American soldiers were killed in action by North Korean soldiers but most of that was never reported. Few new of that war zone. Those tasked with guarding the frontier were under the constant threat of an attack from the north. North Korea regularly lobbed artillery shells into the south. A lieutenant who was inspecting the DMZ was cut to pieces by a machete wielding North Korean soldier. America seemed to have forgotten that even 15 years after a truce was declared, it remained a truce in those days and that truce was violated by the north of many occasions. American soldiers died and no one knew.
As for Vietnam, on April 30, 1969, there were 543,482 men station there at one time. But one thing was consistent for the soldier in Vietnam, his short-time calendar. A "short-time calendar" was the outline of a naked woman with 365 squares, or what passed for squares, within her body. You filled in one day waiting impatiently for that day you could call yourself a "short-timer." A short-time was someone who had 99 days or less of time to serve. You got to call yourself a 2-digit-midget because you were getting so close. Sadly, stories abounded of guys who were within two weeks of rotating back to the U.S. only to be killed. Everyone knew such a story and some even knew the guy. Such things wreaked havoc on the psyche' of the young soldier. Many came back so damaged, not just physically, that putting them back together was an impossible job. It wasn't until either very late in the war or in the first few years following it that the term PTSD came into being. The VA and Army hospitals overflowed with men so damaged that it was felt they would never be right. I knew of at least 2 such individuals. One put a gun to his head and the other had a heart attack at the young age of 34. He had yelled at the VA that he had been sprayed with agent orange but that fell on deaf ears.
If you want a good picture of the army in those days first watch "The Boys of Company C" which will give you an excellent view of basic training during Vietnam and then watch "Good Morning Vietnam." Each in its own way does justice to what really happened, to the tensions which existed, the horror of war, and how boys were forced to become men literally overnight.
About 90% of the men who served in Vietnam never saw any combat but it did not free them from the horrors of the war. No one was ever very far from a medivac hospital where surgery was frequently done in what would be considered unsterile conditions but the surgery being needed in such an immediate fashion, the doctors had no choice. These doctors and nurses suffered greatly as they attempted, too many times in vain, to put back together the wounded soldiers, and to provide some sort of reason and solace for those of his friends when the soldier died. The rock group, Country Joe and the Fish, came out with a song in 1968 which had a line that went "then it's one two three four, what are we fighting for, don't ask me I don't give a damn, next stop is Vietnam." That was the sentiment of the soldiers in those days. We don't know why we are here but we will do the best job we can.
While in Vietnam there were phrase such as "back in the world" which meant back at home, and round eyes, which meant American girls. The soldiers had created a language peculiar to their environment which helped them deal with what they were up against. Many of those soldier had never traveled more than 100 miles from home and now they were in a country so alien to them, that fitting in was impossible so they worked hard just to get by. Soldiers received no training about the customs of Vietnam nor what to expect of the general population. It was all on the job training.
Guy did not do marijuana in Vietnam. Why would they when they could get the more potent form of cannabis known as hash, of Thai Stick. Much stronger in content it allowed many troops to escape the horror of the day. And there were those who found solace in the all too prevalent heroin. And what did the military do about those problems? Virtually nothing. They were too busy fighting a war than to consider the welfare of their men.
Soldier returned to America in large numbers from 1968 to 1972. But they found no welcome mat, no parades, no gestures of kindness. Americans knew the war was ugly and they wanted to distance themselves from it. They did this by ignoring the returning troops. They turned a blind eye to the problems the troops returned with. They did this because of their collected guilt.
It was well-known that the upper middle-class and the upper class did not serve, or if they did, they found comfy jobs in Washington or in Germany. Their service would have been good except that they took extraordinary measures to insure that the Department of Defense would not mistakenly assign them to Vietnam.
If nothing else, the War in Vietnam should have taught us what not to do, which skirmishes to stay away from, and to let people pitted against themselves the space to work out their issues. But we did not do that. Iraq 1 seemed a necessity and I have no issue with it. But Iraq 2 was a pure boondoggle. In Vietnam we said we were preventing the expansion of Communism. In Iraq we were supposedly going after weapons of mass destruction. In each case not only was the premise faulty, but our actions were and are virtually defenseless. But once again, the American soldier has been asked to do far more than is right. Our armed forces have been decimated by repeated reductions in force to where once again soldiers are being asked to do more than their psyche can handle, and it shows in the returning troops.
One thing which has changed for the better, it is common to hear the phrase, "thank you for your service." But as nice as those words are to hear, they do not heal the injured psyche, and that remains an all too prevalent problem.
All who serve, by the nature of the oath they take, promise to put their life on the line in defense of our Constitution and our country. No other job requires this of a person. A truly grateful nation will take care of all its veterans to whatever extent is needed, but that is not happening. Too many veterans come back to no jobs and no prospects. Too many come back severely broken, are patched up and pushed back into society long before they are ready. If America wants to show how it is truly grateful for the service of all veterans, it will do whatever is necessary to insure a safe and secure future for them. It will find the reasons they turn to drugs and sometime crime and resolve those issues. It will make Veteran's Day more than just a national holiday, it will treat it with the same respect as Christmas gets, only necessary people work that day and all others take a day to remember those who put their lives in danger so that we can live feeling safe and secure.


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Well I am back in Perth and I am lovin' summer! Hot stinky 35 degree days are so much better than freeze your arse off winter days.. Today I felt like going for a drive, so drove to North Beach and then did the coastal drive to Hillary's Boat Harbour for some Wok in the Box and then a relaxful sit in the sun to watch the waves roll in.
Melbourne was very enjoyable. It wasn't the every-day-at-the-beach kind of holiday that it was like last year, but it was still very cool to be able to relax with a glass of champers, try work out the daily newspaper puzzles, watch dvds and celebrate the end of 2008 with a bunch of mates.
What a year 2008 was! The Wheelcats won the NWBL premiership for the 3rd year in a row. The Western Stars gained a new coach and went from last to runner up team in the WNWBL final. The Gliders travelled to China, Japan, and USA for several different tournaments as well as many training camps at the AIS. We then won the bronze at the 2008 Beijing Paralympics (my first ever Paralympics!). The Wheelcats then travelled to Kitakyushu, Japan to compete against the worlds greatest. I also started building my dream house which is soon to be completed hopefully some time this month.
So what will 2009 bring? Well I will be settling into the new pad, making a house a home. Will go back to studying my Bachelor of Legal Studies (majoring in Criminology) after deferring it for a year. Then I have the honour of playing for my three beautiful basketball teams again. Will it be 4 in a row for the Wheelcats? A feat that has never been conquered before. Will the Western Stars be able to go one better and stop the Hills Hornets 7 year reign? The Gliders have been revamped with new staff. A fresh new look will be good for the Gliders. Western Stars coach John T has been appointed head coach and has Ben O and Matt D have been appointed assistant. No manager has been appointed yet but Im sure he or she will be able to get the job done. Though, having to put up with 12 - 16 girls would be a tough gig (snaps to Sonia who did an awesome job the past years). Lastly, a casual job may be on the horizon. Just to fill in what will already be a busy weekly schedual for me :)
Anyway, hope you all are having fun safe holidays.. if you havent already started working that is :)


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Thursday, July 7, 2011
A Secret Kleenex Marketing Scheme: A Review of The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
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I'm completely unsurprised that you gave this book 5 out of 5 because it deserves it. No doubt about it. I was/am so impressed by it.ReplyDelete
I cried sooooo much when I read this book! I had put it off for ages but I had to read it for one of my classes and I'm so glad I got the push I needed to read this one.ReplyDelete
Haha...I love the title of this post! I had a serious case of swollen eyes after reading this fantastic book.ReplyDelete
Satia: I could not get over how much I loved this book, especially since I didn't think I'd like it to begin with. I'm also not usually a fan of YA, but this book was just so incredible.ReplyDelete
Kayleigh: I've come to learn over the last few months that it's the books I've been putting off that I usually end up loving.
Kat: I'm not usually a conspiracy theorist, but I'm making an exception in this case. Zusak totally had a deal with Kleenex. LOL
See, I knew I wasn't the only one who cried when they read this book. Great review. I'm having a giveaway for this book on my blog if anyone is interested:ReplyDelete
I'm going to recommend your review to anyone who wants to know what it's about, if you don't mind of course. So far I only have one person who wants the book.
You wrote about all the really important things about this book. Thank you for being honest and for really analyzing it.
From what I've heard, everyone cries when they read this book.ReplyDelete
That's totally fine by me. I'm glad you liked the review. :)
I'm going to be going through my already-been-read books this weekend so I can see if I can't find some books to give away. I'll e-mail you as soon as I figure out what I've got.
OKay thanks. Can't wait.ReplyDelete
Very cool to read your thoughts on this great book --- nice post!ReplyDelete
I haven't read this one yet, so I'm not going to read your whole review, but I definitely am more excited to read it now!ReplyDelete
I've read this once and listened to it another time. It's one of those that I would give 6/5 stars if I could. I love the title of the post--so very true.ReplyDelete
I loved the title of your review. So very true. This book will always remain a firm favourite of mine. I cried reading it too. I say cried, I bawled! On Christmas Eve too. Not the best time to read it but still. My sister is not a big reader of fiction. She tends to stick to non fiction but she finally read this last week too and loved it. I've yet to meet anyone who didn'tReplyDelete
Loved your review too.
This is one of my favourite books ever. Great review. I was an emotional mess after reading it - especially at the end. But it was such a lovely book.ReplyDelete
Jo: Thanks! it really is an amazing novel.ReplyDelete
Kathy S: I can't recommend this book enough. Hope that you enjoy it as much as I did.
Shelley: I almost gave it a 6/5 just to be cheeky, but I didn't feel like making a new graphic. LOL. It deserves it, though.
Karen: I sometimes have to wrack my brain to find a clever title, but this one took me all of two seconds. I dislike when authors try to manipulate your emotions and they come out all fake. With this book, the emotions are completely genuine. There's no manipulation, just a pure connection to these characters and their situation. I'm going to have to read more of his work. If it's anything like this book, he may end up as one of my favorite authors.
Belle: Agreed. I came away from this book with such a feeling of satisfaction. The only thing I want to know is what happened to Max later in life. I'm guessing they got married when she was older but it's never explicitly said. It's the one thing Death decided not to tell us.
You say it's a YA book but it wasn't marketed as that over here and I wouldn't classify it as YA except that there's a young, central character.ReplyDelete
It should certainly come with free hankies though! I think one of the best ways to really learn about history is through an emotional response. Facts and statistics don't stay with me, but descriptions of the "little people's" daily struggles do.
I wouldn't classify it as YA either, but that's what it's been labeled as here. In fact, the copy from my library had a big ol' YA sticker on the spine.ReplyDelete
That's one of the reasons why I prefer college history courses to high school history courses. High schools are more worried about tests than they are about understanding so you don't normally get that in-depth, emotional connection. Colleges (or, at least, my college) focus more on understanding than they do on testing, which makes them more enjoyable and less overwhelming in terms of memorization. Reading a book, however, is probably the best way to find that connection, especially when it's so well-constructed.


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CAPTAIN JACKI know this poet who dances with words who does the two-step political hustle that lacks any real muscle a Waltzing Matilda poet who glides along the dance floor like a skilled political whore a poet weaned on the game of favors who traded in his vision for a poetry politician's hat but dancing for an audience isn't like feeling the rhythm that rubs up against the soul Buffy Saint-Marie Phil Ochs, Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Billy Bragg is living proof of this power corrupts the spiritual truth the scriptures tell us this the true poet knows this stands tall above the dancing with word poets who are little more than an instrument of a poem far greater than themselves bar room revolution talk is little more than an exercise in futility take it to the streets be like Walt Whitman walk blood stained battlefields real and imagined tend to the spiritual wounds of your comrades quit trading favors in twenty-eight Baskin and Robbin flavors be like the people of Egypt who risked life and limb for their beliefs be like the anonymous poets of Poland who during the height of government tyranny tossed poems into the public square for the people to read giving them hope in desperate times sitting at Spec's bar in North Beach downing shots of vodka and shouting," I hate America," is cheap political theater be like your sisters and brothers in the workers struggle in Wisconsin marching for worker rights love them become one with them shout your poems from town squares and from rooftops in solidarity with them. words can not be danced with they need to be lived Whitman was the Heavyweight champion of poetry stood tall and fearless among the enemy which is never really man but the poison in his soul pride envy lust for power how can those inflicted with this disease write from the heart? one column of media praise is of less value than a single tear-drop on a poem from a waitress in a greasy road stop diner
a poet who dances with words dances a solo dance in a barroom with no jukebox the true poet's topic is the people not the poet
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The Mediterranean diet is a life style based on a balanced and varied diet largely made up of foods from the traditional produce of this geographical region, bathed by the Mediterranean: wheat, olive trees and vineyards.
We have chosen these staple foods for our Mediterranean Breakfast: bread with tomatoes and olive oil, cold meats, Mediterránea de Codorníu cava and must for the kids.
Codorníu is synonymous to the history of a family of winegrowers which dates back to the XVI century and which has cultivated its vineyards with respect and passion in order to obtain the choicest grapes for its cavas. We are convinced that the produce that comes from the land and the ways it is cooked have created a life style with its own habits such as strolls in the sun, informal gatherings and the siesta.
Enjoy a Mediterranean breakfast during a layback moment. Immerse yourself in the history of cava, of culture and culinary delights.


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94FM The Fish and Family Life present The Art of Marriage hosted at Cannon Community Church, 209 Murfreesboro Road, Woodbury, Friday, September 27, 6:30-9:30 p.m. and Saturday, September 28, 9:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Who is this event for? Singles/engaged couples. Gives a great foundation for marriage, gives a clear understanding of what a marriage commitment truly is; married couples/divorced/remarried. Marriage is in a constant state of movement. Every marriage needs a tune up from time to time.
Our desire is to give individuals the tools to make their marriage strong, healthy and lasting. Cost is $39 per couples which includes two workbooks.
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Gutenberg Bible, also called Forty-two-line Bible, or Mazarin Bible, the first complete book extant in the West and the earliest printed from movable type, so called after its printer, Johannes Gutenberg, who completed it about 1455 working at Mainz, Ger. The three-volume work, in Latin text, was printed in 42-line columns and, in its later stages of production, was worked on by six compositors simultaneously. It is sometimes referred to as the Mazarin Bible because the first copy described by bibliographers was located in the Paris library of Cardinal Mazarin.
Like other contemporary works, the Gutenberg Bible had no title page, no page numbers, and no innovations to distinguish it from the work of a manuscript copyist. This was presumably the desire of both Gutenberg and his customers. Experts are generally agreed that the Bible, though uneconomic in its use of space, displays a technical efficiency not substantially improved upon before the 19th century. The Gothic type is majestic in appearance, medieval in feeling, and slightly less compressed and less pointed than other examples that appeared shortly thereafter.
The original number of copies of this work is unknown; some 40 are still in existence. There are perfect vellum copies in the U.S. Library of Congress, the French Bibliotheque Nationale, and the British Library. In the United States almost-complete texts are in the Huntington, Morgan, New York Public, Harvard University, and Yale University libraries.


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The purpose of the Taliaferro County Chamber of Commerce is to build a healthy economy and to improve the quality of life in our community through partnership efforts with business, professional and community members.
Membership is based on a calendar year cycle, beginning January 1 through December 31. Dues are to be paid annually before January 1, 2016. Chamber meets the 2nd Thursday of every month at the Stewart Center, downtown Crawfordville, GA.
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Sonic Dictionary
2013 to 2016
Humanities Lab
The Sonic Dictionary is a multi-course, multi-institution collaborative experiment initially hosted by the Audiovisualities Lab and then migrated into Story Lab. The project's goal is to build a digital database of sounds that can be accessed and searched freely as if it were a "dictionary."
The project was inspired by the lack of reference materials available for students and teachers of sonic material, whether musical, environmental, or technological. This enterprise aims to experiment with the form of a dictionary to imagine how audio recordings can be used to enhance understanding of vocabulary related to auditory culture.
Existing music encyclopedias give information about many sounds but contain actual recordings of very few. You would be hard-pressed to find a reference source that could actually inform you of the difference between the way a high hat and kick drum sound. This creates challenges for non-specialist students of music and non-musical sound. Sheet music and descriptive language cannot explicitly communicate what a bassoon sounds like, much less a film projector! With this in mind, this project addresses a void in sound-based reference material.
In Spring 2016, Sonic Dictionary will have been incorporated into 19 courses, enrolling approximately 250 students. In addition to course at Duke, it has also been used in two courses at Oberlin College, two courses and North Carolina School of the Arts, and one course at the University of North Texas. The collection currently includes 650 sound recordings.
Sonic Dictionary Workshop at HASTAC
-- Oct 11 2016
Sonic Dictionary, the HWL project that has been building a searchable public database of sounds, was recently the focus of a workshop presented by the Publishing Makerspace working group of... Read More
Documenting the South Through Sound
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Duke Today has featured Sounds of the South (ENG90S.04), a course affiliated with the Audiovisualities Lab.
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I'll admit it has been an inconsistent 6 months, but considering I am a senior in college I think I've been doing pretty good and posting at least somewhat regularly-ish. Right? Maybe?
Well either way it has been six months and I have decided I want to do something to celebrate my little corner of the internet's half-a-versary. And what better way to celebrate and thank all of you lovely people who have joined me over these first few months than with a giveaway?
I decided quite awhile ago what I wanted to giveaway. I discovered "A Thousand Pieces of You" by Claudia Gray over the summer. I read the synopsis and instantly knew I had to have it. Then I read the release date and wanted to cry. But fortunately for me, (and now one of you!) the book was finally released earlier this week! When I realized how close the release date was to my blog's six month mark, I knew I had to do a giveaway because it was just all too perfect.
Wondering what the big effing deal is about this book and why you should bother entering? I'll let the synopsis speak for itself:
Cloud Atlas meets Orphan Black in this epic dimension-bending trilogy by New York Times bestselling author Claudia Gray about a girl who must chase her father's killer through multiple dimensions. Marguerite Caine's physicist parents are known for their groundbreaking achievements. Their most astonishing invention, called the Firebird, allows users to jump into multiple universes—and promises to revolutionize science forever. But then Marguerite's father is murdered, and the killer—her parent's handsome, enigmatic assistant Paul—escapes into another dimension before the law can touch him.
Marguerite refuses to let the man who destroyed her family go free. So she races after Paul through different universes, always leaping into another version of herself. But she also meets alternate versions of the people she knows—including Paul, whose life entangles with hers in increasingly familiar ways. Before long she begins to question Paul's guilt—as well as her own heart. And soon she discovers the truth behind her father's death is far more sinister than she expected.How could you not want to read that? Oh and the cover is gorgeous too, by the way.
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Seriously, though. I have loved these first few months, inconsistent as they may have been, and I cannot wait to see where the future takes me and Paperback Planes. I hope you'll come along for the ride. (:


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Undercover Commissions teaches you how to get massive traffic ultra fast using a little-known, under-used traffic source. It's not a "secret" per se, but most Internet Marketers tend to focus on the most talked about sources of traffic and therefore miss out on this gem. I won't reveal it here, in fairness to Matt, but I will tell you it's paid traffic. With that said, Matt shows you how to get it for pennies (and it's not PPC).
You'll see Matt show you "live" as he generates massive traffic (over 52,000 visitors in less than 24 hours) right there on the Undercover Commissions web site… so there's no theory and no pretending like so many others do with their fake screen shots.
But the beauty of this product is that it doesn't just stop at traffic. Matt also shows you how to monetize it, both immediately and long term (aka, how to build a sustainable profit-producing business). This includes how to build a list FAST from this traffic.
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Price comparable to value?
The price is only $47, to my surprise. One would expect to pay $97-197 for this. At least, that what most people are pricing similar products. In fact, Matt sold a watered-down version of this recently for $97 and didn't include Matt's high-converting web template nor his NEW software that plays a huge time-saving part in the speed at which you receive and monetize this traffic.
So yes, the value you receive with all of the training material (plus the excellent support, by the way) is well worth the asking price!
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There is another offer made, but I won't reveal it here… again out of fairness to Matt. But I will say it's another complimentary offer that gives you instant ability to make 100% of the money you make from your traffic, instead of 50% average profits you'll make otherwise. It's not for everyone, but again worth checking out.
What I like about these offers is that you don't need them to succeed with the core training. I hate it when you purchase something, then realize after the sale that you NEED something else to actually make it work. Not the case here. Instead… Matt makes the offers 100% complimentary & added value for those who want to save time and see results quicker and easier.
In addition, Matt has put a lot of thought into the user's experience providing access to the core product along the entire process! 2 thumbs up for that. Plus, there are links to contact them on all of the pages (even a telephone number to call if needed) if you have any questions or need support.
There is a 60 day guarantee. I think that's fair. That's plenty of time to put Matt's training into action. If I can't duplicate a fraction of Matt's success in that amount of time, then it's on me. Matt's contact info is in plain site, so it's easy to contact him at any time should you need to request a refund. So no worries.
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1991 hit with expectations for the Patriots hitting an all time low. They had just finished one of the worst seasons in sports history, and interest in the Pats was waning. Owner Victor Kiam added a new head coach, new QB and WR, and for the first time Foxboro Stadium had natural grass. Would that be enough to make the team relevant again in Boston? The 1991 season was a roller coaster of ups and downs....
The Good
- Well, after a 1-16 season how could it get any worse? The Pats started the season off against the Colts and beat them on the road, ending a franchise worst 14 game losing streak. This win must have felt pretty good, other than the fact that the Colts turned around and went 1-15.
- The brief tenure of QB Hugh Millen began on the right foot in week four as he hit Brockton's own Greg McMurtry with a 34 yard bomb with :06 left to upset the
Tennessee TitansHouston Oilers. After the loss Warren Moon went home and beat upHUGGED his loving wife.
- The Leonard Russell era also began and he gave us a glimpse of what an actual running game could look like. Russell, the 14th overall draft pick ran for 969 yards and 4 TDs (but also had a mind numbing 8 fumbles) on his way to becoming the NFL Rookie of the Year.
- Marv Cook led all Tight Ends in receptions, Vincent Brown was All-Conference and had 115 tackles. Bet you didn't know that Brown was recently named the linebackers coach for the Patriots. See you learn something new everyday at MassHysteria.
The Bad
- Tommy Hodson was a disaster at QB, who seemed hell bent on repeating the shit show that was the 1990 season. He was pegged to be the heir apparent to Marc Wilson (shudders) and averaged a whopping 96 yards a game before being pulled for the young whippersnapper Hugh Millen.
- After the win against the Colts, the Patriots failed to score a touchdown for two consecutive weeks, and their offense was still pretty shitty ranking 25th out of 28th.
The Ugly
- 1991 is where the Hart Lee Dykes saga ends, the highly touted wide receiver tore a ligament in his knee which effectively destroyed his NFL career. Dykes was originally drafted by the Chicago White Sox in 1989 but decided to go into the NFL, chasing his dreams of having possibly the greatest name to ever grace the back of a NFL jersey. After leaving Oklahoma State University a huge corruption scandal hit the school, centered around Dykes receiving 23,000 dollars in bribes (which is about what I make in a year). Hart Lee effectively fucked his alma mater for years to come, with a boatload of sanctions and scholarship losses. Hart Lee Dykes is now the owner of a trucking company in Sugarland. Seeing signs advertising Dykes Trucking would NEVER get old.
- 60 year old Dick MacPherson left a coushy job at Syracuse to coach the Pats, which could have been career suicide but Dick helped turn around the Pats to a 6-10 and record, and drew talks of Coach of the Year. Coach Dick...teehehehehe. Sorry, I couldn't resist the dick jokes.
The Record 6-10. Hard to imagine that this was considered a "successful season" but after 1990 anything was considered an improvement. Things were finally looking up, the Pats were finally winning games, they had young superstars on offense and defense, and a coach that (we thought) wasn't grossly incompetent. Boy oh boy were we wrong....
Song of the Year "Everything I do, I do it for you" -- Bryan Adams. I know every word to this song, and deserve to be punched in the balls for it. Adams was possibly one of the worst "musicians" of my childhood, and for some reason losers who dig slow, boring ballads put money in this Ass Ulcer's pocket. The fact that I also know its from Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (and as a kid really liked this movie) is a bigger embarrassment. Go to hell Kevin Costner.
Movie of the Year Terminator 2: Judgment Day. Ok, so remember how I encouraged you to attack me for knowing the words of the Bryan Adams song? Well, I have never seen any of the Terminator movies, I have no clue what they are about. Smash my head into a wall please. I just know there are is an army of really pissed off robots, and some chick named Sarah Connor that Arnold needs to save. I still have no intention of ever watching one of these movies. Call me what you will.


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"It's better to end something at its peak."
"This is the last FAT FEST."
Bullshit, I thought. How can this be the last one? I just started going to Fat Fest 3 years ago, and I'm not fat enough yet! Since 11th grade I have gone with friends every year to get a tee, maybe some CDs, and most crucially to get as close as possible to the front when The Richman Toy were up on stage rocking it. The year I started attending was the year they were on top of the charts.
But to me, Fat Fest isn't just about The Richman Toy or buying band stuff. It's also that one time of year I am able to gather all my Thai friends who love music together. No matter how far and INCONVENIENT the venue is from the practical side of town, or how gross and exhausted your body gets from behaving like lunatics for hours and hours, you never look back on a Fat Fest without smiling and being grateful you went with your crazy friends. I've always secretly thanked Fat for giving me a reason to call up these people that I might not see or talk to everyday. To think that it all started in art class in the 11th grade, when Charlie who sat back to back with me turned and said, "Hey Mika, are you going this weekend?" - provides the very picture of how such an event brings people, who might be sitting at different tables, together. Even when last year's was sort of a fail in gathering people to go because of the floods and how J and I were abandoned by our taxi in the middle of nowhere and had to get there "indie-style", I still say it was perfect hanging out with just Charlie, Earth, and J that night. Taking weird astronautic pictures. Watching Charlie and J have the time of their lives catapulting themselves into the air on some space jump attraction. Holding onto each other's shoulders while singing a song we all know. Catching a ride home with Charlie's parents.
I had hoped for memories as poignant as these this year. Before the night began, with the emotional weight of the word "last", I wasn't ready it all to end. But unexpectedly, last night I didn't stay for the last band.
I wasn't able to convince my friends this year of the importance of the festival over work, fatigue, sickness, and other petty things. So I ended up going with a senior I somewhat know and 2 seniors I had never met. Fortunately, they are very pleasant folks and let me do my own things, which tends to be ideal given that I'm such a lone-wolf. But browsing through booths by myself made me realize that I do indeed get something out of meeting my friends in the middle, going with their flows sometimes and not mine all the time. I felt guideless and out of place now. A lost, washed out rock fan among the blur of a new generation of enthusiasts. Girls sporting high-waisted denims, native American details, faux vintage, and hippy hairstyles. Boys with thick black framed glasses, folded up skinnies, suade shoes, and flat "hipster" mohawks. They should call this the Instagram or Tumblr generation, really. When did mainstream invade the sanctity of rock?
Another difference for me this year, and probably the reason why I didn't last til the end, was that The Richman Toy came and went so early, so fast. They're usually the grand finale, which is good for me because I am not able to hold back on them and I can just die right after. But this year, they were out of sight by 8 p.m. I didn't know what to do with myself for the 4 remaining hours then, and I was already exhausted. So I crawled out of the crowd and listened to the rest of the performances from a distance under some fancy lights.
Disappointment? Initially perhaps. But now I see that this really was the perfect year to end "Fat Fest". 12 years. That's like school. You wouldn't want it to keep going after senior year, even though senior year was the best. You simply outgrow things you'll still love and always love. You're ready to move on to new things. Doesn't mean you'll never see your friends again. (Or your favorite bands again.) It'll just be under different lights and through a new perspective. Fat Fest is just an atmosphere. Like middle school or high school.
I look forward to the next atmosphere.
"All good things must come to an end."
"It's better to end something at its peak."


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GRANBURY, HOOD COUNTY - Construction has started on a new $8.7 million, 41,000-sf medical office building located on the campus of Lake Granbury Medical Center, a Community Health Systems affiliated hospital at 1310 Paluxy Rd.
The medical office building — which will house the hospital's orthopedics, cardiology and sports medicine departments — is being developed to connect directly to each of the hospital's three levels for efficiency and ease of patients, said Darrell Simpson, senior vice president of development, who is overseeing the project.
The Sanders Trust, a health care real estate developer, is acting as developer and will own and provide property management services for the building upon its completion. Construction is expected to be completed by June 2014.
The 83-bed hospital offers a range of services, including inpatient, outpatient and emergency care and has a staff of 116 physicians representing 24 specialties.
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Do you ever find yourself in a public place, daydreaming about past disappointments and garlic bread, when suddenly a person appears before you where once there was none, your heart skips a beat, and you are certain that you are about to die? Yeah, me too. Often. Too often. And this experience is not relegated to dark alleys and public transportation terminals. In fact, I haven't been in a dark alley or a public transportation terminal since the early 1990s. I'm talking about the grocery store. I'm talking about the library. I'm talking about the cheap burrito joint. Why are these predators after me, you ask? Who are these blood-hungry pillagers, hell-bent on slaying me where I stand? Well, I'll tell you. They are demons in the most clever of disguises. They are children. Children whose parents lost their goddamned minds and bought them wheeled shoes.
The skull and crossbones really speak volumes…
Not to put too fine a point on it, but I feel that putting children in wheeled shoes should be considered an act of domestic terrorism and that the Department of Homeland Security should hand these parents their asses on a plate. And then confiscate the wheeled shoes, gather the villagers, and burn the shoes in a huge bonfire in the town square. Drinks and light appetizers should be served, but we can work out the details later.
The thing is, I like to keep tabs on all humans who are within my immediate area. I assess their ability to kill me, based upon a patent-pending formula of size, proximity, age and perceived physical limitations. Wheeled shoes fuck up my whole formula. Kids are quick. Kids are impulsive. Kids have never heard of "personal space." Do we really need to up their already extraordinarily high chances of breaking the hips of the elderly? I say, let's not. I say, let's work together on this societal scourge that is wheeled shoes.
Parents of wheel-footed children, I have a proposal for you. You keep your
horrifying precious sociopaths offspring in non-wheeled shoes when they are indoors, and I double dog swear that I will stop sending my kids to the library with nunchucks and throwing stars. Deal?


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March 1936. "Frame houses, Fredericksburg, Virginia." Large-format nitrate negative by Walker Evans for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
If anyone knows the street or general area this was taken in, I can snag a modern picture for comparison.
I like the ripples and sags along the eaves. That does look like someone standing there - a woman? looks a bit chesty?
Those houses are of the classic "shotgun shack" or "shotgun house" design.
...the ones who put up this row of houses were tenant farmers organized into work groups by the FSA, not professional framers. Switching those two letters in farmer and framer can be crucial in the result, as seen in the photo. And on the other side of the coin, a framer would doubtless produce some sorry crops and animals. Bless all of them, those were proud people doing the best they could.
it was built by committee.
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Players: 1 Player Game | Release Date: 11/19/00 | Genre: Action
All right gamers. If your like me, then your getting somewhat tired of super fast, shoot'em up games that have become the norm over the past few years. Well if you are, then I got the answer. Hitman: Codename 47 by Eidos Interactive. In this possible "Game of the Year," you're a mysterious contract killer who must complete a vast array of contracts, from completing a hit on a drug dealer named Pablo Belisario Ochoa, to an Austrian terrorist named Frantz Fuchs.
When it comes to PC games, one of the most important things to me is game play. The first thing I noticed about the play was the unique camera angles. With an over/behind the head view, it gives you the first person shooter effect while putting you somewhat outside the action. While some games only give you moves like crouch and jump, Hitman gives you sneak, allows you to lean to look or shoot around corners, even step up on your tippie toes to shoot an enemy from behind cover. This becomes helpful many times in the game. All right, enough with the boring stuff. You want guns, they got guns. The Hitman's arsenal contains simple devices like different types of knives to piano wire. He also knows how to handle the big stuff. If knives and wire are a little too messy, then buy one of the many types of sniper rifles. If you're into just shoot 'em up, then they have that to. You can buy a wide array of sub machine guns and shotguns. Very cool!
What the game lacks, which isn't much, it makes up for in realism. For instance, while dragging bodies down stairs and around obstacles they actually move realistically. You can also change into their clothes on. That always comes in handy for a quick and unsuspected get away.
I wouldn't recommend this game for anyone under 15 or 16 but it's a riot for the adults. In addition, I wouldn't touch this game unless you have at least 128mb of ram and a half way decent graphics card, like above a G-Force 2 Annihilator MX. The minimum requirement may call for 64 MB of RAM, but don't be fooled.
There aren't 100 levels like some games, but don't worry. After you've played the first hit 10 times and still haven't got it right, you'll see what I mean. While it takes some time and effort to get it right, it is really rewarding when you get that perfect hit. And even when you get it right, there are several ways to do each mission, so you'll be hooked.


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Hello everyone. As promised I'm back to announce the winners from our last challenge-Traditional Christmas,
The winner drawn at random is:
Congratulations Linda Simpson. Please email me at email@example.com to claim your prize. You can grab your winner badge from the side bar.
The top three in no particular order are:
#5 Mama Beate
#9 Glenda Atkins
#14 Lorianna
Congratulations. Please grab your Top Three badge from the sidebar.
Thank you to all who joined us for challenge 12. We hope to see you back again soon.


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For all summertime runners that want to brighten up their runs even more, Nike has released the Photosynthesis Pack. A fresh floral pattern covers no less than three running models. The Nike Free 5.0, the Nike Air Zoom Pegasus 32, and the Nike LunarGlide 6 all are graced with fauna arrangements on their mesh uppers.
Most definitely these models will catch any streetwear dweller's and fashionista's eyes, but they will make a great sight on any running path.
First 3 photo's via the newly opened Stride Running Store in Moscow, Russia.


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Top Reasons to Live in Sanford, FL
- Convenient location! Nestled between tourist-rich Orlando and coastal Daytona Beach, Sanford, Florida blends small town charm with the convenience of living just northeast of a major city. Trips to Orlando's theme parks, including Disney World and Universal Studios, and the Atlantic coast's pristine beaches are less than an hour away.


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Boppin' & Shakin' In Italy with GENE VINCENT! - Blue 7" Single Vinyl
DJ Rock-Ola Jordi: Gene Vincent on RAI TV Studios Rome, Italy 1960: A menacing figure dressed in black leather with an expression of pain, a tortured rebel crouched over microphone shaking his greasy hair and focusing his eyes to heaven
Shortly after the tragic car crash in Chippenham where Eddie Cochran was killed and his fiancée Sharon Sheeley and Gene Vincent were seriously injured, Gene was back on the stage and, among other things, made a special appearance for the Italian television on 28/5/1960. He performed for the program Boune Valenze, where was backed by the razor-sharp guitar of JOE MORETTI.
Joseph Edward Moretti, born on 10/5/1938 in Glasgow, Scotland, he supplied his guitar for Colin Hicks & His Cabin Boys, Vince Eager, Nero & The Gladiators, Jet Harris & Meehan, etc
and of course, Gene Vincent, to name just a few.
He will always be remembered for play the eternal guitar riffs on Johnny Kidd & the Pirates tune SHAKIN ALL OVER and Vince Taylors 1959 hit BRAND NEW CADILLAC (once Tony Sheridan left the Playboys). Both, the greatest British RocknRoll anthems and two of the most influential songs in future generations!
So you are holding now in your hands a slice of ROCKNROLL HISTORY, for first time on 7 vinyl, fruit of the vibrant guitar work of Joe Moretti alongside the energy and rawness of The Screaming End!
A double winner, yes indeed. Whatever you play, BOP side or SHAKE side, it really works!
Side A:
1. Blue Jean Bop
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Three03 May 2013
I place your baby sister to sleep, night after night in your cot, and think in disbelief that we did just the same thing with you 18 months ago.
We kept your cot - determined not to be superstitious, but needing something to change. We stripped, scrubbed and sanded the dark varnish off every little slat of oak for what seemed like days, as if this act alone could erase the horror of the image it contained.
If I had known what the morning held for us, maybe I would have read your story a little bit slower. Maybe I would have hugged you for that little bit longer, savoured your soft, puppy skin and breathed you all in, so deeply, just that little bit more.
It had been a long day and I hoped that you wouldn't kick up a fuss going to sleep. If I'd known the future, maybe I would never have let you close your eyes, never put you down. Maybe I would have looked at your beautifully alive face just one more time.
You've been gone from this world for as long as you were here. 18 months is not such a long time, yet oh so limitless.
So many days I think we are fine. And we are, we are fine - after thinking that we could never ever be happy again, we have so many happy moments. We are immensely grateful for the here and now and what we have in this moment. We live more in the now than we used to. We savour, slow down and breathe. Deeply. Often.
But deep deep down, I know we will never be the same people and that this world will never be what it was for us before.
You should be three.
I like these images taken of you with my lomo film camera - you were 15 months old and sitting still for even a split-second was not an option. We made friends with pretty much eveyone on the beach. The soft, grainy, bluriness of these echos some part of our new world.


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Sharing another layout using the American Crafts Autumn Crisp, with a few embellishments from Polka Dot Party and Cut and Paste.
I had been wanting to do triangles on a layout, and love how it came out.
Some days are cool here, the mornings, then gets hot again. Hoping for more cooler weather here!
Paper Issues is having a Fall theme right now. Link up here!


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New York Law Journal: Realty Law DigestNovember 2016
Scott Mollen analyzed the following cases in his weekly Realty Law Digest column in the New York Law Journal (subscription required):
- November 29, 2016: 'Pfeffer v. N.Y. City Depart. of Finance', where class certification granted in ADA suit over rent freeze program's administration by agency; and 'Houdek Real Estate Co. v. Bayport Postal Realty', where a landowner's adverse possession claim failed, but its prescriptive easement assertion was allowed to proceed.
- November 22, 2016: 'Dolomite Products v. Town of Ballston,' where a challenge to a zoning decision was held not 'ripe' because the final decision on the underlying project was never issued.
- November 15, 2016: 'Old Country Road Realty v. Zisholtz & Zisholtz', where the court rejected a tenant's claim of five percent late fee as usurious, granting the landlord summary judgment; and 'Women in Need, Inc. v. Allen', where the respondent was granted vacatur of judgment in a non-payment proceeding.
- November 8, 2016: 'East Village Re Holdings v. McGowan,' 'City Club v. Park Trust,' and 'NSA 2015 Owner v. Frederick.'
- November 1, 2016: 'Thurston v. Sisca,' 'Morgan Stanley Mtge. Loan Trust v. Morgan Stanley Mtge. Capital Holdings,' and 'Cushman & Wakefield of Connecticut v. Access Private Duty Services.'


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Business Insights: After analyzing your website and services, We will start our Influence SEO marketing approach so that you can easily get more visitors, brand recognition and high ranking status.
Key Term: The ability to properly utilize the CORRECT method to improve the volume and QUALITY of traffic to your website via ORGANIC search results.
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Content Marketing
Website Usability
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Quality Link Building
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Beat Your Competitors
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As part of the technical SEO campaign, professional services will include ensuring that your site is able to be crawled. There's no excuse for blocking spiders crawling your site due to broken links. Further a search engine spider can crawl your site, the more pages can be indexed and the bigger your SEO advantage will be!
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A benefit for a site that has been designed with on-site SEO and off-site SEO factors taken into consideration should continue to rank for a set of specific keywords in the long run.
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In some parts of the world it's simply good practice, in others a legal requirement, but optimizing your site correctly to ensure the partially sighted / blind can use it is advisable.
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SEO Key Factors
SEO - Search Engine Optimization
SEO Objective : The goal of SEO is to increase the likelihood that your website will be listed among the top sites when internet users search the web using keyword phrases related to your website or service.
SEO Benefits
• Qualified Leads – SEO can increase the number of potential clients who are already interested in and looking for your product or service.
• Improved User Experience– SEO also focuses on creating a streamlined and engaging interface with your clients that reduces bounce rates while increasing conversions or sales.
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• Greater Brand Awareness– SEO can increase market awareness and brand visibility for your business's products or services.
• Long-term Credibility and Ranking– SEO can increase traffic from organic searches and help establish your business as reliable and dependable. I'll find long term keywords and build high quality back-links to your website so that you can get long term credibility and ranking.
Below, I've mentioned our 360WISE approach for your website which will really help achieve the top results on Google as well as make your website Google friendly. We've also mentioned our link building & content marketing approach which will be further accomplished while promoting your services.
Our Approach
On Page Optimization (SEO):
1. Keywords Research: This will be my first step to find most relevant keywords which could be productive for your business & services. Once these keywords have been searched then they'll be further stuffed in your web pages along with title & Meta tags. Keywords will play vital role while doing the link building & content marketing because all the promotional campaigns will be based on these keywords.
2.Title & Meta Tag Creation: On the basis of analysis & keyword research. I'll prepare the Title & Meta tags and will be updated in the website. I'll use our business oriented keywords in Title & descriptions and same will be stuffed in the web content which will be helpful while ranking your website.
The page title is what shows up in the tab of whatever web browser you are using. If you hover over the tab it should display the full page title.
A good Meta description can increase the search traffic of your site. It is also important for your keyword to be present in your Meta description and that the description does not exceed 156 characters in length.
*This is what results appear after the Meta Description of your page in the search.
3.Content Optimization: I will optimize the content of the website according to targeted keywords. Quality content is the number one driver of your search engine rankings and there is no substitute for great content. Quality content created specifically for your intended user increases site traffic, which improves your site's authority and relevance. Don't forget to use bold, italics, heading tags and other emphasis tags to highlight keyword phrases, but don't overdo it.
Update Your Content Regularly:
Regularly updated content is viewed as one of the best indicators of a site's relevancy, 360WiseMedia makes sure to keep content fresh.
Heading Tags:
The H1 tag is the most important heading because it's the highest level tag that shows what your specific page is about. Search engines generally give this tag more weight over other headings, so it usually improves your search engine ranking when you use it correctly and in conjunction with other onsite SEO techniques. Use keywords in your headings with your most important keywords in the top level, and be sure to maintain the to hierarchy.
Unlike the H1 tag, you may have multiple H2, H3, H4, H5, and H6 sub-headings. Think of these sub-headings as ways of organizing the content on your page for your readers more than for the search engines. These headings should also contain important keywords and help organize your content into sections, so readers can scan your page and decide if it's something they're interested in reading.
Off Page Optimization (SEO):
Off-page SEO is the process of optimizing your web pages outside your website by getting links back to it. Now I'll move further to off page activities which I will do to build the back-links.
1. Social Bookmarking: In social bookmarking firstly I'll target the websites with high domain authority. Apart from this on social bookmarking sites, I'll complete the profile through which I will able to get links through website URL, Which will help us to show diversity in back-links.
We will be able to improve your website's Google ranking by improving your link popularity through social bookmarking. To improve your online visibility, social bookmarking is the best. 360WiseMedia keeps your bookmarks professional.
Daily hundreds of visitors come to social bookmarking sites and your brand will become popular online. This will also increase the traffic rate to your website as a considerable portion of the website visitors will click on your website's link and come to your website. The descriptions and the titles I create are keyword rich your bookmarks will be listed in the search results.
Example of Social Bookmarking Sites:
2. Directory Submission:
There are number of benefits of directory submission. One of the main benefits of directory submission is highly quality back links. All the search engines consider the number of back links your website have. Directory submission to the most trusted sites on-line will give your website the required back links.
Online highly trusted traffic web directories attract a lot of visitors each day. By listing your website in the top directories, your website will get the required additional exposure and visibility needed.
We also provide profile linking in which we'll be able to build back-links to our site through other Highly trusted profiles pointing to your business / brand.
Forum Posting:
Forum links allows you to boost the link popularity of your website. Forum posting helps in creating huge traffic as well and also provides strong back links for your website. 360WiseMedia will find your service niche forums and participate in them. We also will add your website link in the source section to increase the popularity of your website or to get the quality back-links.
Posting Classified Ads:
Classified submission promotes your business to your local audience. We specialize write attractive Title and Description for every Ad which will be based on your service or on your products. We use keywords in the Title and Description to increase the visibility of the product/service. This method is good as well for targeted traffic and to increase sales. As classified ads get removed in one to two months Team360Wise monitors the AD content and replaces them monthly.
Blog writing & submission:
We create multiple theme-based custom blogs. Then submit the written content on it to generate strong back-links and healthy traffic.
Blog Promotion:
360WiseMedia also promotes the created blogs to make it popular by doing submissions on different bookmarking sites and sharing them across Social communities/individuals.
360WiseMedia will submit posted content like blogs, web blogs and other data on popular sites so that these can easily index on Google. There are so many popular blog sharing websites which allow URL sharing with 140 – 160 characters and your followers can instantly know about new posts on your blog. To get instant traffic on your website and to enhance the visibility of your content.
Example of Blog Promotion Sites:
Local Citation: In Local Citation, I'll promote our website on other website and it helps us to rank in local search results.
10. Image Sharing: - I'll target the different image sharing sites like flickr, photobucket etc. to drive healthy & quality traffic on our websites. I'll add Images Alt Tags and proper description while submitting them.
11. PPT Submission: - I'll also create business PPT (power point presentation) and submit it on top PPT submission sites list to get the quality back-links and healthy traffic to our website.
Example of PPT Submission Sites:
12. Article writing & submission: Not only will we write the article content and submit it to top article submission websites from where along-with back-links We will be able to get more traffic to your website.
Note : All Of Our Press Releases are submitted to 360WiseNews and then picked up by ABCNews, FOXNews, CBSNews.... to name a few.