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Newlyweds…new place…and new toys to mess around with…all lead, subconsciously or like a bullet train that won't be stopped, to dinner parties. All of a sudden, while you are still feeling your way through your new role as wife and partner (sometimes gingerly and other times with glorious abandon), you are, without warning, by forces both without (well meaning and hungry friends and family) and within (oh you so know you want to preside over a table laden with delicious food saying things like, "it was my pleasure"), thrust into yet another role…that is hostess.
My first dinner party as officially-married-couple was given for C's grandmother before she returned to the States. There is nothing to document this monumental first because, as I was cooking for my new mother-in-law as well as grandmother-in-law, both good cooks in their own right, I was just way too nervous to take pictures. Or even think. Thankfully, everything turned out well and I managed to relax and enjoy the evening. So when dinner party # 2 rolled around I was ready with my camera, poised to document every moment.
Despite the performance anxiety, I actually enjoy orchestrating these dinners and the days leading up to them. Planning excitedly, going over endless menus and recipes, dragging cookbooks to bed and pouring over my choices, writing out my menus on (don't laugh!) special stationary, deciding on the place settings (I mixed and matched different patterns here) & centerpieces (my mom bought me orchids), thinking up of the little details (instead of having salt and pepper shakers, I like to crush red, green, and black pepper with sea salt and serve the mixture in small dishes with tiny silver spoons — you can see it in the picture above), and my pièce de résistance…a minute-by-minute game plan of the day itself.
For a little pica pica (appetizers), I had Warm Marinated Olives and Grilled Nectarines with Ricotta and Prosciutto. The olives can about because for Dinner Party # 1. We bought marinated olives from a specialty deli which has them laid out temptingly in wooden vats…we scooped them into small platic containers and then merrily had them weighed…only to find out they were mind numbingly expensive. I kid you not…more expensive than all our cheese. So this time I decided to try doing them myself, to very saticfactory results. I used a recipe from the Williams-Sonoma Bride & Groom Cookbook. I used regular olives from the supermarket (although the recipe does call for Picholine, Moroccan, and Nicoise, I was still smarting from my last olive purchase and wasn't about to go into olive debt one more time), just rinse them well and pat them dry. Then toss with orange and lemon zest, fresh thyme, and minced garlic. Right before your guests arrive warm them gently so all the flavors infuse. Very good and a great way to jazz up olives on the cheap.
The idea for the Grilled Nectarines with Ricotta and Prosciutto came from the fabulous J of Kuidaore. Inspiration struck when I read her post on jamón. She prepared a dish of Grilled White Peach with Mascarpone Foam & Jamón Serrano with looked and sounded so good I just had to try it. Due to ingredient availability and lack of J's wondrous foam-making contraption, I made do with grilling nectarines on our brand new contact grill (I heart, I really heart), then dabbing a generous splodge of ricotta on them, and wrapping them in thinly sliced prosciutto. Thank you so much J for the inspiration! This was delicious and a crowd pleaser.I decided to serve a salad as my mains were quite heavy. This one I got from the Donna Hay magazine issue 23, called Marinated Basil Bocconcini. I followed her recipe for the basil marinade (with anchovies…yum!) to the letter and left the bocconcini to soak ahead of time. The original recipe calls for arugula but I couldn't find any in the places I usually do, so I had to settle for regular curly lettuce. The original also has prosciutto, but since it was already making its presence felt amongst my appetizers I just nixed it here.The main event was quite a big deal for me as I have never, ever made roast pork before. I have no idea what behooved me to attempt a completely untried and untested dish during a dinner party, but there you have it. I used a recipe from Donna Hay's The New Cook, Roast Pork with Apple Stuffing. I followed it religiously, as it was my first time to make it, only tossing some dried apricots in with the apple and fresh sage stuffing. The pork was very good…tasty and tender (thank you Donna and cooking gods!), however, Donna's roast was crowned by a glorious crackling, and although I was very obedient with her commands, mine (as you can see) yielded nothing of the sort. Why oh why? Did I not rub your rind lovingly with lemon and salt as instructed? Then started you off at 425F for 20 minutes before lowering the temperature? Any help/tips/suggestions would be greatly appreciate as I really liked this dish and do want to make it again but I want my crackling!
As veggie sides for the roast pork, I simply steamed some asparagus and french beans (haricots verts), tossed them (separately) in butter with a generous sprinkling of fleur de sel.Now, this (below) was actually the dish which I decided to make before the other dishes came about on the menu. It is also the dish, among everything else served here, that I am most familiar with. Fabada is something which a number of people in my family (men and women, maternal and paternal side) cook. Each has their own recipe and I have learned from all. Now I have my own. I believe there is a different recipe for Fabada for every person out there who makes it. It's something I both love to make and love to eat. My way involves days worth of shuttling from store to store for ingredients (I buy my chorizo Bilbao and ham bone in one place, my Morcilla — if I use it — in another, my bacon slab in yet another, and so forth) and a long slow cook over a fragrant bubbling pot. It's not the most photogenic dish, but it is really, really good…something that I can truly say is one of my specialties.
Dessert was another old standby, found when I just started exploring food blogs and was enamored (still am!) with Clotilde's adorable blog, Chocolate & Zucchini. The recipe is taken from Je Veux du Chocolat! by Trish Deseine and is called Gâteau au chocolat fondant de Nathalie. It is chocolate perfection if you like your cakes rich, dark, and melty. You can find the recipe here. This is my brother's favorite cake that I make. On another note, I am in love with my dessert plates.
The evening was a roaring success! Everyone was happy…my grandmother was amazed that I even cook…my mom proud…and everyone else in a blissful state of satiation. Good food and good company…what could be better? 🙂


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Process Automation Operator Performance Gets Better
Prioritized Data, Simpler Displays, Human-Factors-Designed Equipment, Fatigue-Reduction Efforts, Alarm Planning and Other Tools Can All Improve Situational Awareness and Operator Performance. So How Much Do You Need of Each?
Just as there are many ways to improve process controls and automation, there are many useful ingredients that go into improving operator performance. And, just like mixing up a nutritious fruit smoothie or protein shake, the best recipe for optimal operator performance means finding the tools and methods you need most and will suit you best.
These components include better prioritized data and alerts, simplified displays and software, improved ergonomics, targeted training and simulations, new policies on alertness and physical fitness, and numerous software tools and proactive procedures. All can help enhance operator performance and improve the safety and productivity of process applications, and lately they're being followed by a bunch of other helpful tools and software.
For instance, Dave Strobhar, chief human factors engineer at the Center for Operator Performance, reports it's testing the semantic procedure analyzer (SPA), which is learning software that recognizes and flags terms, updates all applicable documents and makes it easier for operators to organize and update routine and emergency procedures. SPA was developed by Penn State University with contributions from center members Chevron and Yokogawa Corp. of America. The center also just developed its display metrics toolkit (DMT) that lets operators measure their performance with different graphics, which can help them create better tools for individual applications. "We now have a range of tools and methods for evaluating performance, so operators and managers can more easily develop the best solution for them," says Strobhar.
See Also: Immersive Simulator Boosts Operator Preparedness
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One of the best ways to improve operator performance is to get the operators involved early in designing solutions that can meet the specific needs of their applications.
"When we implement interfaces and control systems, we get the operations guys on the team developing the graphics as soon as possible," says Keith Jones, president of systems integrator Prism Systems Inc. in Mobile, Ala. "So after we program the PLCs and DCSs and bring their data to the HMIs, about 80% of the input on what those displays should include and how they should look has already come from the operators. Once operators get some real input on changes they become very proud of them."
Despite these potential benefits, Jones adds there can still be a lot of reluctance to change by older, entrenched operators when Prism is asked to upgrade brownfield applications. "We've seen some really horrible HMIs that pack as much information and color onto one screen as possible. This was done because HMIs and screens used to be a lot more costly, but they make it very hard to pick out what's important," explains Jones. "This is why we began following and preaching the Abnormal Situation Management Consortium's principles on prioritizing data and using minimalist-style graphics and quad-display systems. But even though monitors are cheaper and more effective now, it's still hard to sell operators on them, and management doesn't want to increase their burden or add more training."
See Also: ASM Consortium Process Safety Incident Log
Jones reports that some HMI software can allow users to keep the look of their old, custom screens, but this can make them harder and more expensive to upgrade in the future, so it's better to make the jump to common, standard HMI function blocks and configuration tools, such as Siemens Industry's Simatic PCS 7 and HMI Plus software. "If we can convince a user to change to standard HMI, then we can begin to clean up the graphics and do training on them," says Jones.
Jones adds that PCS 7 has conversion tools for migrating tag databases and hardware-defined tasks from old PCs and unsupported software to new systems, which can greatly reduce the costs of HMI and DCS upgrade projects. "We can even leave some old hardware in place and run it in parallel with a new HMI system for awhile," explains Jones. "Then, if mistakes are made, we can make a punch list and check them by comparing the old and new systems."
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If one of the best ways to aid operators is to fix what they're looking at, are there common recommendations for improving those screens and other HMIs? No doubt.
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Partitions of Unity Subordinate to a Cover
We know what a partition of unity is, but not all partitions of unity are very useful. For instance, the single function defined by for all points is a partition of unity all on its own — its support is itself, which is clearly a locally finite cover of , and it adds up to the constant unit function. But we can't really do anything with it.
What we need is a partition of unity subordinate to an open cover. That is, given a collection of open sets that cover , we want a partition of unity such that for every there is some so that is supported in . In particular, we can let be the collection of coordinate patches in a smooth atlas, so each of the functions "lives in" a single local coordinate system.
But do any such things exist? Remember, except for the trivial example above I haven't actually given any examples of a smooth partition of unity at all. The example last time was differentiable, and even twice-differentiable, but not smooth. So this is a nice concept, but it might well be vacuous.
Still, all is not lost: I say that given any open cover of a smooth manifold, there is a countable smooth partition of unity subordinate to that cover. In particular, given any smooth structure on a manifold we can always find a partition of unity with each function supported completely within a single coordinate patch. The proof of this fact, however, is one of the few really annoying, fiddly, technical bits in differential geometry. It will take a few days of doing, and I fully understand if you'd rather just skip it. All you really need to know is: whenever we need a partition of unity to break global things defined over our entire manifold up into nice chunks that fit into coordinate patches, we can do it.
However, I should point this out: analytic manifolds are not nearly so forgiving. The basic (but sketchy) idea is that in order to construct our partitions of unity we'll need to create "bump" functions sort of like the one we did last time, but ones that are smooth instead of just twice-differentiable. This means using a piecewise definition, just like last time, and at the edge of a piece we'll have points such that in any neighborhood of that point we need two different definitions of the function. But if the function is supposed to be analytic, then the definition that works on one side should keep working on the other side, and so we can't make the bump functions we need.
This is a big reason why people stop at smooth manifolds rather than working with analytic ones, despite the fact that analytic functions are arguably "nicer". Unfortunately, this also means that not everything we do carries over quite so easily to complex manifolds — based on complex vector spaces — which must always be analytic.
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We represent a company that verifies and assures the integrity and business practices of Online Auction websites. We need a logo for the company, and a related/similar icon that you can also think of as the 'Seal of Approval" from the company.
The company's goal is to "certify" auction companies such as Bidz.com, uBid.com or ProxiBid..
The name of the company is "Safe Auction Federation", whose initials are SAF. We'd like those letters highlighted as part of the logo. We also believe that we could use the letters written this way: "SAFe" since the second letter of that last word, "federation", is an e...and "safe to buy here" is the point we're tried to communicate.
Most "seals" and most government logos are based on circles (http://www.google.com/images?um=1&h…=&gs_rfai=)
We believe that round logos inspire trust and look more official, and so we'd prefer that our logo be a circle as well. Still, we are open to any ideas you might have. For example, the Better Business Bureau (http://www.bbb.com) is not a circle at all, and Thawte (http://www.thawte.com) and Verisign (http://www.verisign.com) don't have circle logos, but use circles in their logos or seals. Underwriters Laboratories (http://www.ul.com) is a circle logo.
McAfee Secure (http://www.mcafeesecure.com) has a shield logo. We'd be open to using a shield as well.
We want the logo to instill trust, be easy to read, and look very legitimate and strong. We'd also need it to work well (possibly in a slightly different, less detailed version) when very small, possibly if used as a small icon or seal of approval. (See below for details).
We have two target audiences. The first is the auction companies themselves, who we hope will pay us to "verify" their operations. Our second audience is the auction visitor, who wants to know that the website they are shopping on is legitimate.
* We want SAF or SAFe to be easily readable in the logo. In the full version of the logo, we should see the full name "Safe Auction Federation" spelled out. If you are basing your logo on a circle or shield, the name can either be inside the shape (like most government logos) or alongside.
* An alternate version of the logo should be our "seal", with "SAFe" in larger letters, and "Verified" also in the logo.
* The colors should be web safe colors, and are open to any "trustworthy" colors, such as IBM blue, money-green, or a deep solid red. We're really open to almost anything.
Deliverables would be the logo itself, in the following formats:
* Layered, original source PSD or Illustrator format
* Static JPG, GIF, PNG with and without transparency where possible.
Note: We'll be placing the logo onto our own website as well as our client's auction sites. We'd need to be able to use it just about everywhere.
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Monday, June 15, 2009
See you at the US Teradata User Conference 2009
Last year, at the Asia Teradata User Group in Beijing, I presented some generic data mining that was being performed at Optus (mostly simple churn analysis and behavioural segmentation). I also had a few meetings with the analysts from some China telco's about how relatively simple data analysis can scale up to many millions of customers and billions of rows of data.
This year I'll be presenting at the US Teradata User Conference some of the more advanced analysis that I've recently done, notably surrounding social network analysis in the mobile customer base on large amounts of data (several billions of rows). I'm hoping to be able to quote some actual business outcomes and put up some $ numbers.
The US 2009 Teradata User Group Conference & Expo, October 18–22, 2009, at the Gaylord National Resort.
I'll be presenting on Wednesday 21st October 2009 at Maryland D on the Business Track. Judging from the large number of presentations I guessing it will a much smaller and personal room than the 1000+ conference hall I was in last year in Beijing :)
Feel free to say hi and ask lots of questions if you see me there. I might have one free evening for a few beers if anyone wants.
8 comments:
- Rick Burgs said...
is that an emoticon in your session title?
- June 29, 2009 at 4:39 AM
- Tim Manns said...
yeah, I can't believe they put it in! I laughed...
One part of my presentation will be on how Teradata is able handle the processing load of data mining tasks such as social networking analysis.
Although I developed our in-house solution using SPSS Clementine, the whole project is a series of SQL queries that runs on the Teradata warehouse and involve processing bilions of rows of transactional level data.
I'll try to keep the techie stuff to a minimum and keep it business focused. I'm trying to ensure I have some success stories and examples for the presenation, although keeping 'intellectual property' disclosure to a minimum and obtaining executive approval is always tricky.
- June 30, 2009 at 2:13 AM
- Rick Burgs said...
Tim, I struggle with your usage of the phrase "social networking analysis". Typical SNA applications make delibrate attempts to view the system as an actual network. In mobile telecommunications, I would expect an SNA initiative to make some attempt to learn the structure of these networks, discover how causal influences move through the network, and understand how the network changes over time. It doesn't seem like you're doing that... granted, I don't know every detail of your project, but based on what I've read in your blog, what you're doing would not be considered true SNA.
- June 30, 2009 at 9:57 PM
- Tim Manns said...
I made a previous post in Sep '08 that describes the SNA I've developed;
You're right to be concerned, because for the moment what I've developed is currently only used to identify groups of individuals associated together by communication (eg. in a small world network). It could do so much more, but small steps for the marketing team.
There is tons of summarised information that describes the nature of the communication in a calling relationship, and attributes of the relationship itself (in relation to all other relationships either customer might have).
We measure immediate relationships (no degrees of separation) from a target customer. Although I could look at customers with degrees of separation, I haven't found much benefit in doing so yet (except for fun).
What creating simple social association (millions of small world networks) enables me to do is quantify the importance of that relationship for any individual at the same fixed point in time (all communications in a month).
I also repeat the analysis monthly and track social groups over time (I keep 3 months rolling). So, if one customer leaves (churns) we can see that other customers in immediate association will also be far more likely to leave at the same time and also subsequently next month (and any linked to that customer and so on..). I don't see a strong behavioural influence where there is no direct association (eg a degree or two of separation seems to bare little influence to customer behaviour).
I do combine/overlay networks, so I can identify social groups that fulfill any specific criteria, for example where every customer communicates with every other customer (ie a full interconnected group). I can identify customers within a social group that illicit certain behaviour, such as call stimulation (ie anyone connected with this customer calls more than they do to anyone else in any network they are connected to).
I definately see hubs (individual customers highly connected) and for a laugh did link myself to someone famous on the TV (it wasn't Kevin Bacon though...) with only four degrees of separation. I doubt we will run those type of queries though against millions of customers, and I'm struggling to think of why we would want/need to.
I agree it is quite a simplicist use of SNA since I am not concerned with the structure of the network. I don't have a strong stats background, and I tried to get to grips with SNA whilst I was developing my analysis. If I had to summarise what I have done in a 30 sec ice-breaker statement it would be something like this;
"We have created millions of small-world social networks in which individuals are the focal point of each network which together form a scale-free network."
- it looks scale-free if I plot examples...
Does that help?
- July 1, 2009 at 9:37 PM
- martini said...
hi tim, i'm lost as to where to post on the data mining with spss clementine forum so i'll post here.
i'm a clementine newbie and am completely lost as to why i can't aggregrate a file. it seems simple enough but i don't get an output that completely looks correct (as done in spss)
any advise or guidance would be greatly appreciated!
- July 15, 2009 at 2:58 PM
- Tim Manns said...
I added a post to kdkeys.net
I do check this forum, so best to post questions there.
- July 15, 2009 at 6:07 PM
- Sonamine said...
Hi Tim, using just immediate neighbors does seem to cover most of the variation that a carrier would be interested in.
One interesting aspect of SNA is simulating how an event propagates through the network. IBM researchers have created a simple churn diffusion simulation that terminates under certain conditions. These identified churners were then checked against the test data set.
Have you used simulation yet?
- August 10, 2009 at 9:50 AM
- Tim Manns said...
Hi Sonamine,
re: "Have you used simulation yet?"
- Interesting idea. I tried looking at filtering degrees of separation based upon frequency and % of comunication. My thought was that by only keeping specific relationship of sufficent 'strength' we might more clearly see an effect. So for example, suppose we had two sets of calling relationships between immediate neighbors connected by one individual (so three people, connected by only one). In cases where communication consumed over 30% then maybe there was more chance of influence between the unconnected individuals (ie a 'stronger' word of mouth effect), but it doesn't seem to happen. A simple direct association combined with detailed call analysis is giving us the best results so far.
For several months I have examined real outcomes and tested the predictive ability of our models that use social affinty (immediate neighbors) and call analysis. Its working very well, so I strongly recommend it.
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Born in April 2012, Grumpy Cat's real name is Tardar Sauce. She is a female cat that appears permanently grumpy because she has feline dwarfism. Her celebrity status has grown ever since her owner's brother posted a picture of Grumpy Cat on Reddit in September 2012.
In January 2013, Grumpy Cat Inc. Corp. Ohio applied to trademark the "Grumpy Cat" phrase, as well as an image of the cat. Managing Grumpy Cat is Ben Lashes, an experienced Internet meme talent manager who specializes in cats and also represents Keyboard Cat and Nyan Cat. In response to the explosion in Grumpy Cat's popularity, her owner, Tabatha Bundesen, has taken a leave of absence from work to manage the cat's schedule. Her brother Bryan – the man who posted the first Grumpy Cat photo on Reddit - manages Grumpy Cat's website, as well as her Facebook, YouTube and Twitter pages.
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Additionally, Grumpy Cat was in the Lil Bub & Friendz documentary, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in April 2013. The film won the Tribeca Online Festival Best Feature Film.
Personal appearances have also been a large part of continuing to build on Grumpy Cat's viral success story. In March 2013, Grumpy Cat attended SXSW Interactive. CNN, CBS and CNET all called Grumpy Cat the biggest star of SXSW Interactive 2013.
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Tuesday, March 2, 2010
School Lunches, Bento Style
Fortunately for many of us, our children do not have to eat what is served in the school cafeteria. They can bring healthy and delicious food from home. In the Pre-K my child attends, school lunch is not an option so he is quite used to bringing a lunch every day. That won't change when he starts in a new school in the fall.
Today, Ben got a fun lunch: three mini pita sandwiches (you can get Mini Whole Wheat Pita Pockets at Trader Joes for $1.49), one with almond butter, one with tofu salad, and one with black bean spread; a homemade vegan banana flax muffin; carrots, celery, and dip; and grapes and strawberries. If you're wondering about that cool lunch box, it is a Laptop Lunch Bento Box, which I've been using for almost 2 years now. I love that thing; it cuts back on waste (no paper or plastic bags needed) and encourages me to include a variety of healthy foods every day (gotta fill those sections!) Most of you out there probably already know about the blog Vegan Lunchbox; the blogger, mom Jennifer McCann, has the Laptop Lunch systems as well (she showcases the one I have in older posts). I think that her family is the best-fed family on the planet!
Anyway, back to school lunch...The sad truth is that many families cannot afford to send their children to school with fresh, healthy food. They qualify for free or reduced school lunch, and since the USDA promises that the meal meets at least 1/3 of a child's daily requirement for nutrients, it should be a trusted program. Unfortunately, the meatball sub meal mentioned above DOES meet these requirements. But imagine if the standards were different -- imagine the meals had to meet OPTIMAL nutrition standards! Antioxidants. Phytochemicals. Fiber. Disease-preventing phytonutrients. The problem, as always, comes down to money: the government provides subsidized foods to school, mainly dairy products and meat. Healthy foods, in OUR system, are costly. It doesn't have to be that way.
In future posts I'll showcase some of the heroic pioneers who are transforming school lunches to make kids maintain a healthy weight, perform better in school, and have reduced risk of chronic diseases that are more frequently showing up in childhood, particularly heart disease and diabetes.
7 comments:
- Stefania said...
I'm always worried about sending almond butter in my child's lunch. While the school is peanut free I'm concerned some ill-informed teacher will take her sandwich away.
I want to buy the Bento-style box but I'm concerned the lids won't make it back home and then I'll have to buy replacements.
- March 3, 2010 at 6:14 AM
- Dina said...
Sounds like your child's teacher needs a talkin-to! :-) Maybe you could call him/her or email him/her or set up a short meeting, where you can discuss the peanut butter / almond butter issue... not sure how old your child is but you can also be sure he or she knows that it's not peanut butter. Or you can leave a note in the box: "THIS IS NOT PEANUT BUTTER. IT IS ALMOND BUTTER."
As far as the replacements... I have been using the box for almost 2 years (sending it to school) and no piece has ever been lost. Ben's name is clearly written on each piece, and I have taught him that it's important to be careful with the pieces and not remove them or lose them.
Laptop Lunches does sell replacements, though. And even if you have to buy replacements now and then, it still saves $$ overall b/c you're not buying bags and foil and such. And of course it's better for the environment!
- March 3, 2010 at 6:22 AM
- Stefania said...
I'm going to order the Bento system. I think The Pea is pretty good about returning things home. I'm going to roll the dice... :-)
- March 5, 2010 at 2:17 PM
- Dina said...
Yeah, good for you!!! If you order from the LL web site, tell them I say hi!! They're really great... one time a piece burned on the heating element in my dishwasher, and they sent me a replacement gratis.
- March 5, 2010 at 2:19 PM
- Stefania said...
I thought you're supposed to handwash only. That's awfully nice of them to send you one for free.
I'm going to try to buy one locally so I can save on duty and conversion rates.
- March 5, 2010 at 2:28 PM
- jaime said...
Hi Dina!
I was hoping to email you, but this will be fine for now. I came across your site today while researching online about raising vegan children.
I was wondering if I may email you a few questions - not about kids, actually, but about your career path! I have tossed around the idea of becoming a dietician and if you had the time to answer a few things, I'd appreciate it!
I'm in Bethlehem, PA and don't think you're terribly far away. It would be wonderful to meet you some time!
- March 8, 2010 at 7:28 PM
- Dina said...
Sure jaime! Please email me privately at firstname.lastname@example.com and we'll talk!
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I hate to say Beyonce can't catch a break -- because really, she's like the biggest superstar in the world with a virtually untarnished reputation and a lovely family and she probably sleeps on a bed made of feather-lined gold ingots -- but based on two back-to-back RIDONCULOUS controversies, I'll go out on a limb and say she's "having a streak of mildly bad luck." First there was LipSyncGate, which was a silly thing for the public to get worked up over. And now we have these seven photos from her Super Bowl halftime show that are supposedly so "unflattering," her publicist removed them from Getty and asked Buzzfeed to remove them from their website.
What makes them so unflattering, you ask? Did Beyonce secretly sneak aside to club a moist-eyed harp seal between moves, or was she caught shoveling Funyuns in her food-hole at some point? Not exactly. In fact, I don't think anyone would have thought twice about these particular images if her publicist didn't describe them as "the worst."
So here's what happened: Buzzfeed published one of their signature round-up pieces titled "The 33 Fiercest Moments from Beyonce's Halftime Show." That's when they got an email from one of Beyonce's PR agents:
As discussed, there are some unflattering photos on your current feed that we are respectfully asking you to change. I am certain you will be able to find some better photos.
The worst are #5, 6, 10, 11, 12, 19, and 22.
Buzzfeed being, well, Buzzfeed, they not only published the email, but re-posted those specific images. You know, the WORST ones.
If you look at the images, I guess there are a few that are a little awkward, because they're from high-speed, high-quality cameras that perfectly freeze-framed her in the midst of what was undoubtedly a fierce move. I mean, there are some odd facial expressions in there, but I'm mostly drawn to what a rockin' body Beyonce has. If it wasn't completely apparent as she strutted onstage, these images show with clarity just how diesel she really is. I'm talking visible muscle striation, Beyonce is TIGHT. Jesus, if I were caught mid-motion like that, I'd look like a giant flapping bowl of Jello. Watch it wiggle, see it jiggle!
In my opinion, Beyonce exudes confidence and athleticism in those "unflattering" photos. Her publicist is a complete fool for calling them out, and she must have never heard of Buzzfeed before, because it's hardly that website's style to meekly acquiesce. Thanks to one bumbling PR move, the images have gone viral -- and, of course, Buzzfeed has gleefully followed up with "The Best of the Internet's Response to Beyonce's 'Unflattering' Photos."
It's a bad day to be Beyonce's photo publicist. In fact, I might go so far as to say it might be "the worst."
Do you think the images are really that bad?
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When a woman is turned on by the sight of her husband/boyfriend/partner doing regular household chores, that she would normally be doing.
"Last night, it was all about choreplay. I was all 'OH YEAH, fold that laundry. Oh yes, just like that! In half and, then in half again. OHHH'"
by american-wife January 24, 2008
Whenever I am doing work around the house my girlfriend gets horny. She thinks it's choreplay and wants to get bent over the kitchen sink
by Social Chemist March 26, 2014
The act of doing chores around the house in an effort to win sexual favor from one's significant other.
Pickles: "Last night my husband made dinner AND set the table AND cleaned up the kitchen. THEN he started a load of laundry!"
Juanita: "Girrrrl, nothing gets me in the mood like some righteous choreplay!"
Juanita: "Girrrrl, nothing gets me in the mood like some righteous choreplay!"
by calicoblondie March 06, 2011
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Chore play is the activity whereby a man tries to seduce his wife by completing menial tasks around the home which she would usually perfom herself.
Charles: damn it, I spent all afternoon cleaning the bathroom and when Esther came home she never gave me so much as a kiss, i was hoping to get some sweet booty action.
Gaylord: Damn that shit is whack, didn't that bitch know that was meant to be chore play? Hmmm she should have put out aight!
Gaylord: Damn that shit is whack, didn't that bitch know that was meant to be chore play? Hmmm she should have put out aight!
by The Padre October 17, 2009
Foreplay that is not performed out of enjoyment, but rather out of a sense of duty (or entitlement).
I just wanted to get my game on... the last thing I wanted to do was get caught up in choreplay, but damn, she was so demanding.
by CapTim January 29, 2008
The act of a man doing chores around the house in order to please his female counterpart.
Wife: Honey, I've got chin hairs I need you to tweeze.
Husband: OOOH, CHOREPLAY!
Husband: OOOH, CHOREPLAY!
by elpharory16 June 12, 2010
As finished our meal, wifey said to me me: "you better finish doing the dishes , no choreplay no dessert. "
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U.S. industrial output rose sharply in April, the latest evidence that economic growth is picking up following a lackluster start to the year.
Industrial production—a measure of output at factories, mines and utilities—jumped 1.0% from a month earlier, the Federal Reserve said Tuesday. That was the largest gain in more than three years.
The strong showing follows a string of upbeat April indicators, including the unemployment rate falling to its lowest level since 2007, solid consumer spending gains at online sellers, restaurants and other retailers, and existing-home sales climbing at their fastest pace in a decade. The broad-based growth across key sectors of the economy suggests healthy demand from consumers and businesses, reversing some gloomier readings from earlier in the year.
But I'm sure this is all the fruit of Barack Obama's eight years of exceptional leadership.
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Baltimore Circuit Court Clerk Frank M. Conaway Sr. reacted with disbelief upon hearing that an illegitimate tax break was inexplicably on the property tax bill for a rental home he owns in Northwest Baltimore — again. "No, it's not," he insisted recently to a reporter.
Yet there it was, in black and white: City records showed Conaway wrongly received a $396 homestead credit on the house for the current tax year, which started last July.
Conaway thought he'd resolved this issue for good. In late 2011, state officials revoked several years' worth of credits on the same house after The Baltimore Sun reported that he didn't qualify. An individual is entitled to only one homestead credit, and it must be the person's principal residence. He later repaid the city $3,640, saying he didn't know he'd been getting discounts on the rental.
At the time, both the state officials who grant credits and the city officials who issue tax bills agreed that Conaway shouldn't have received the breaks. The Sun found that hundreds of other property owners were getting improper credits on rentals or otherwise non-owner-occupied houses. Many owners said they were unaware of the discounts.
Now, once again, Conaway isn't alone. At least two other city homeowners received back-from-the-dead credits this tax year, even though, like Conway, they didn't seek a break and the state had yanked discounts from prior years, officials confirmed. Those credits have since been rescinded, and revised tax bills sent out.
In addition, state Department of Assessments and Taxation staff recently identified several city homes whose status was wrongly changed from nonprincipal to principal residence. Those owners saw no tax break, however. At least one is vacant.
How did all this happen? "Two systems are used to process changes," said Owen C. Charles, deputy director of the assessments agency. "It appears we made the changes to the city's tax billing system for the prior years but didn't carry the update through for the current year to the department's records."
Conaway said he was "shocked" to learn of this year's $396 credit and promptly wrote the city a check.
To Matt Gonter, a longtime property tax activist from Patterson Park, the situation is frustratingly familiar. He says he often sees — and dutifully reports — homestead credits improperly granted on rentals, vacants and LLC-owned properties. Each one deprives the city of rightful tax dollars.
"I'm surprised things are still not corrected," Gonter said.


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by Paula M. Riley
Chestnut Hill's Restaurant Month this March is bigger than ever. Within less than a mile in quaint Chestnut Hill, many restaurants are offering a smorgasbord of promotions, deals and discounts all month.
Lunch and dinner specials are available in a variety of dining experiences from nationally ranked Mica to neighborhood favorites Tavern on the Hill and Campbell's Place.
One of Philadelphia's most beloved neighborhoods and named the Best Main Street Shopping Destination by Philadelphia Magazine, Chestnut Hill offers a distinctive dining experience along its main cobblestoned corridor. Bistros, pubs, fine dining, gourmet catering and casual eateries are tucked between fabulous boutiques and shops.
The neighborhood features American, Italian, Chinese, Thai, Japanese and other cuisines. Enjoy a three-course dinner for just $29.95 at Heirloom, Cafette, Stella Sera, Iron Hill Brewery or Mica on Sundays through Thursdays.
Alan Richman, of GQ Magazine, which named Mica one of the "Ten Best New Restaurants in America," said of Mica's Chip Roman, "He's creating complex dishes and doing it astoundingly well – Mica is about food."
In Chestnut Hill during March it's all about the food. Roller's Restaurant at Flying Fish hosts "The Roller Classic Dinner Deal": a four-course dinner for $22.95 plus a glass of wine for only $5. Treat your date to a romantic dinner for two at Chestnut Grill & Sidewalk Café for just $29.95. Share an appetizer, two entrees and one dessert, Sundays through Thursday.
At the Tavern on the Hill, every day in March, "Shamrock Suppers" ($15) and "Leprechaun Luncheons" ($10) serve a heaping platter of corned beef, cabbage and potatoes. A three-course dinner featuring veal parmesan is available for $19.95 – this complements its "Nine after Nine" menu with late night suppers for $9 served after 9 p.m.
Many other Chestnut Hill restaurants, such as Chestnut 7, King's Garden, Thai Kuu and CinCin, well regarded for its inventive Chinese and pan-Asian dishes with a refined French flair, are offering a three-course, $19.95 dinner.
Fabulous specials are available during lunchtime as well. Enjoy a cup of soup, half sandwich and non-alcoholic beverage at Chestnut Grill & Sidewalk Café for $7.95. McNally's Tavern's lunch special includes the sandwich of the day and cup of soup for $10.45.
At the Night Kitchen Bakery, lunch is as delicious as its cakes in the window. For $9.95 guests enjoy tea sandwiches like smoked salmon with cream cheese, with a shortbread cookie and one cup of tea or coffee. Thai Kuu Authentic Thai and Asian Cuisine, offers soup, salad or appetizer and entrée at lunch during March for $9.95 as well.
Who says you can't get a free lunch anymore? During Restaurant Month in Chestnut Hill, you and your fellow diners can, courtesy of Valley Green Bank. A bank representative will visit one restaurant each week during the lunch hour and customers eating lunch then will have their meals paid for compliments of Valley Green Bank. Participating restaurants include McNally's Tavern, Campbell's Place, Cafette, Roller's Expresso and The Night Kitchen Bakery.
Anytime of the day throughout the 31 days of March, families can enjoy a large pizza at Cosimo's Pizza or a Triple Play: 3 Schmitters® – Philadelphia's most famous sandwich – for $20, eat-in only at McNally's Tavern. Like most of Chestnut Hill's dining establishments, these offer family-friendly environments.
New to Restaurant Month this year is an opportunity for families, and all diners, to help others in the community. Participating restaurants will include a donation card for Chestnut Hill Meals on Wheels (MOW) in customers' bills during March. Diners are invited to buy a meal ($7) or a week of meals ($35) for a Meals on Wheels recipient. These individuals are generally homebound, ill or senior members of the community who receive two fresh meals each day, five days a week.
"While diners are enjoying a delicious meal in Chestnut Hill, we invite them to share the experience with those who can't get out to celebrate Restaurant Month," said Laurene Topping, MOW Board Member.
In honor of Restaurant Month, the 18 participating restaurants are collectively underwriting 18 weeks of meals for the Chestnut Hill Meals on Wheels program.
"We are very proud this year that our restaurants are partnering with Chestnut Hill Meals on Wheels to help raise funds for this very worthwhile organization," said Peggy Miller, deputy director of the Chestnut Hill Business Association. "This is another example of local establishments lending a helping hand to a local charity, and it speaks to the generous nature of our Chestnut Hill businesses."
This warm and friendly business community creates a wonderful environment for locals and visitors to enjoy Chestnut Hill's amazing dining options. A complete listing of all participating restaurants, menus and directions are all available on www.chestnuthillpa.com. Be sure to treat your palette to Chestnut Hill during Restaurant Month.


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During his press conference, almighty Steve Jobs announced next week's release of iOS 4.1 next week. This free firmware update for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad will introduce a bunch of bug fixes and small features. The iOS 4.2 update that will come out in November will be a lot more cooler since this update will bring some exciting new features such as of course Apple's Game Center.
Steve Jobs dedicated quite some time to Game Center, and showed off some nice features along with Mike Capps from Epic Games. They presented the game Project Sword (codename); a sword fighting game with astonishing graphics, an amazing framerate and a multiplayer mode. Game Center will be all about multiplayer games said mister Jobs. You'll be able to challenge friends, create duel games and compare scores with other gamers.
It looks like Apple is going to start taking gaming really serious now. This Game Center should become what Xbox Live is to the Xbox 360; one of the most vital things that keeps the platform rocking. The point collecting should be a great method to keep gamers going and to create a community aspect. As of now, there aren't really any other games that Apple announced as Game Center games, but we know that a lot of developers will implement Game Center features in their existing games and are about to develop new games that support Game Center.


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It's the American way to dream of being a celebrity. But if the whole hullabaloo over Charlie Sheen's ex-wife Brooke Mueller being rushed to the hospital is any indication, it's much easier wallowing in obscurity. The mother of Sheen's twin sons is busy today fighting allegations that she overdosed on drugs.
Mueller actually has a toxicology report that she's showing off to prove there were no drugs in her system yesterday, even though she was found unresponsive by her assistant. Can you imagine?
Brooke says she wasn't using drugs; she was just exhausted after a jewelry making bender (TMZ's term, not ours), and her assistant has apologized for mentioning the mother of two's past drug use in the 911 call. Considering she was released from the hospital within hours of being admitted, it sounds like the truth.
But I still can't get over the way this whole thing went down. Most of us get rushed to the hospital and it's all "OMG, are you OK?" Celebrity gets rushed to the hospital, and the first thing she has to do is produce the toxicology report that proves she wasn't strung out.
Relationship to Charlie Sheen not withstanding, what happened to giving people a little sympathy? If she was hospitalized for exhaustion, particularly, the first thing Brooke should have in mind today is getting some rest ... not tracking down the tabloids to make sure they know the real story. I'm not knocking her for doing so; it's her reputation on the line, and no doubt this would become fodder in some famous custody battle. But this whole debacle certainly makes me glad to be a nobody.
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