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Thursday, May 27, 2010
New print additions to my etsy shop
I hope you are all keeping cool in this hot weather we are having lately.
I just wanted to let you know that I have added 4 new prints from some of my favorite paintings to my etsy shop. Currently I only have a few of each.
Wishing everyone a wonderful holiday weekend!
6 comments:
- Tammy said...
As always, your work is amazing Tascha!
- May 27, 2010 at 9:47 PM
- Jill said...
These are all just adorable! Color, color, color! Love it!
- May 28, 2010 at 11:58 AM
- Giovanna ♥ said...
How cute!! I love them :)
Have a great weekend!
❀ ❤ ❀
- June 5, 2010 at 4:48 AM
- joven said...
hi, you have nice blog.. u can view also mine..http://akoniwares.blogspot.com
- June 6, 2010 at 9:30 AM
- Cerob said...
T; I really like your blog. Your new Boys are cute!
Cheri I've updated my blog. send me a message!
- June 8, 2010 at 12:52 PM
- Lauri said...
I love your work!
So colorful and bright!
Greets from the other side of the world!
- June 9, 2010 at 4:56 PM
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Snowstorm winds down in Northeast
Snow fell from Virginia to Massachusetts.
Although it's not technically winter yet, the 50 million Americans in the northeastern U.S. had to deal with another winter storm Tuesday that snarled commutes and travel schedules.
Snow fell through the morning in Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York City. Due to the snow, the federal government shut its doors in the nation's capital for the day.
By late afternoon, the storm was over for the big cities, though winter storm advisories remained in place in southern New England.
While this storm was over, heavy lake-effect snow was expected to fall over the next few days in the typical snow-belt regions of the Great Lakes. The heaviest snow will occur in Upstate New York downwind of Lakes Erie and Ontario, where up to two feet of snow could fall this week, according to the National Weather Service.
Tuesday's storm brought an average of about 3 inches to most spots, but a few locations received up to half a foot. Some of the highest snow reports by state, were 6.5 inches in Red Lion, Pa.; 6 inches in Manchester, Md.; 5 inches in Cross Junction, Va.; and 4.8 inches in Bunker Hill, W.Va., according to AccuWeather meteorologist Jesse Ferrell.
The weather service reported that about 1-3 inches fell in the New York City area. In the National Capital area, 0.9 inch fell at National Airport in Washington and 1.3 inches fell at Baltimore-Washington International Airport.
Airports and airlines were still scrambling. Almost 1,400 flights had been canceled nationwide as of 5:45 p.m. ET, according to flight-tracking service FlightAware.
At Newark Liberty, more than 280 flights (combined departures and arrivals) had been canceled as of 5:45 p.m. ET. More than 200 cancellations were being reported at a number of other busy airports in the region, including New York LaGuardia, Philadelphia and Washington Reagan National. Washington Dulles had about 100 cancellations.
This storm was bad news for air travelers following a dreadful day Monday, when 1,900 flights were canceled and 8,100 more delayed, according to FlightStats.
The winter storms are being fueled in part by an Arctic blast of frigid air that froze highways in the middle of the country over the weekend. Frigid temperatures remained in place Monday for most of the north-central U.S., with many locations at or near 0 degrees. Minot, N.D., reached 5 degrees Monday afternoon, the city's first above-zero reading since last Wednesday.
Nationally, the USA is seeing an unusually snowy December: In all, 66.9% of the USA was snow covered as of Monday, according to data from the National Weather Service. That percentage was the highest for the date in at least the past 10 years.
Contributing: Ben Mutzabaugh

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Understanding the Real Estate Tax Deduction
In November of 2011, FTB kicked off the Real Estate Tax Deduction Educational Campaign to help educate taxpayers and tax preparers on how to calculate the allowable real estate property tax deduction as an itemized deduction. California conforms to federal law for the deductibility of real property taxes. As part of this effort and in response to some conflicting information provided by the IRS regarding the deductibility of real property taxes that were not assessed on an ad valorem basis, the FTB wrote to the IRS in December 2011 requesting clarification on circumstances under which real property taxes are deductible for federal income tax purposes as an itemized deduction. A copy of that letter is provided here. In response to this request, the IRS has issued a letter stating that certain portions of their current forms and instructions should be revised to more accurately reflect the position of the IRS on this issue. A copy of that response is also provided here. Specifically, contrary to current federal instructions, the IRS has clarified that real property taxes may be deductible even though they are not imposed on an ad valorem (assessed value) basis. Specifically, the IRS has stated that:
Assessments on real property owners, based other than on the assessed value of the property, may be deductible if they are levied for the general public welfare by a proper taxing authority at a like rate on owners of all properties in the taxing authority's jurisdiction, and if the assessments are not for local benefits (unless for maintenance or interest charges).
The letter goes on to state that appropriate revisions to the IRS forms and publications on the subject will be recommended.
Under current law, the deductibility of real property taxes is generally a matter of federal law to which California conforms. As such, the FTB will be waiting to review the revisions to the IRS forms and publications to provide comparable revisions to California tax form instructions. The FTB does not anticipate that these revisions will be made prior to the due date for 2011 tax returns (April 17, 2012). We have removed material from our website that limits the deductibility of real property taxes to taxes imposed on an ad valorem basis. Once the IRS forms and instructions are revised, we will provide revised California forms and instructions that are consistent with the revisions made by the IRS.
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'Pilgrims' explores the immigrant experience with humor, humility
- Written by Deborah Stone
There are numerous cross-cultural misunderstandings and humorous awkward moments as the pair tries to figure out what they want from one another.
Sheri has been burned before in past relationships and though jaded, she still holds out hope for finding a "real" connection that has lasting power beyond a one-night stand. Musa is trying to acclimate to his American life, which he wants to embrace with gusto, but his emotional baggage, which comes in the guise of familial obligations, continues to get in his way. Like most immigrants, he carries the weight of what he left behind with him and the absence of familiar "touchstones" leaves him without a strong anchor or foothold in his new life.
Three other characters in the play help provide differing perspectives on being a stranger in a strange land. Abdallah (Anthony Leroy Fuller), Musa's roommate who is away on a pilgrimage to Mecca, appears as an otherworldly apparition, espousing his philosophical views and giving thanks for his success in America.
And then there's Tayyib (Sylvester Foday Kamara), a streetwise luggage vendor from Somalia who questions Musa's relationship with Sheri, noting the obvious cultural differences and the difficulty they would present in a long-term situation.
The lovely Gamlia (Kimberley Sustad), an Egyptian American, also enters into the fray, portraying a woman caught between two worlds. Seasoned director Anita Montgomery has assembled a strong, likable ensemble.
Parker's quiet sweetness is endearing and he makes his character's struggles real and visceral. You can see how conflicted Musa is, as he tries to balance his faith with the customs of his new homeland. Roscoe's Sheri is brash and neurotic, but under her crass exterior, she has a big heart. We get to see her vulnerability and come to understand that she, too, like all of the other characters is a pilgrim searching for that special something.
Kamara and Fuller shine in their roles and Sustad gives a finely focused performance, providing depth and richness to her character.
El Guindi's writing is witty and insightful. His dialogue is conversational and accessible, and he spins a highly entertaining love story while giving audiences an insider's view of the immigrant experience.
"Pilgrims Musa and Sheri in the New World" runs through July 17th at ACT Theatre. For ticket information: (206) 292-7676 or www.acttheatre.org.


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YEOVIL Town manager Gary Johnson has challenged his side to take their crunch clash at Birmingham City by the scruff of the neck.
Johnson's men head to St Andrew's tomorrow (January 18) languishing in the bottom three, having failed to pick up a league win since December 3.
Their 2-1 home defeat to promotion-chasing Burnley last Saturday was the Glovers' 15th this season – and having fallen behind yet again – Johnson wants his team to land the first blow in the Midlands.
He said: "Birmingham is an important game. They're one of the teams in the lower half of the division and they're the games you've got to try and affect and get a win.
"It takes us to get a punch on the nose before we start fighting and really we've got to hit the opposition on the nose before they hit us.
"I think it's the level we're at as well; we're not as experienced as other teams. The teams that are at the top are up there for a reason."
An unstoppable effort from Danny Ings and a second half tap in by Sam Vokes put Burnley 2-0 up at Huish Park.
Substitute Kieffer Moore pulled one back for the Glovers late on but ultimately it was too little too late.
Despite numerous chances from the hosts, including an effort that saw Joel Grant hit the bar when trailing 1-0, Yeovil lacked a cutting edge.
But Johnson was left to rue two mistakes on the day fellow strugglers Sheffield Wednesday thumped Leeds 6-0.
He said afterwards: "For me, the strikers weren't the difference. We made two bad mistakes and the top teams don't make those mistakes, so that gives strikers a goal.
"At the other end we had to work very hard to create our own opportunities and we certainly did create enough to come away with something.
"We're not a million miles away but it's not about the strikers, it's about the whole team. The nitty gritty was the two mistakes cost us the game."


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i give more fucks than numbers can express my friend
Though after the last pages of incredibly exciting and in-depth thoughts about the film I'm more than satisfied with numbers.And here is that mentioned secret link to my new short film, that was completed just a few days ago. It's a thematic follow-up to Good Machine Gun Sound, and hopefully the second installment in a longer series of coming-of-age stories
First: it looks beautiful, from the VHS to the computers or the board games, it's the nineties.
Adults are always around but we feel the distance, it was also true for the last shot where, if I remember correctly, we didn't see their face as often.
The computer is the monolith of the house. The child looking at it, scared. The pages loading. You made drama with an internet history and it's very, very good. The scene where the father is in the kitchen, and his son realizing that he was checking porn...We feel the discomfort.
The opening shot is fantastic, you capture this moment in a way I can't describe: movements feel natural, the camera moves and, yes, there is movement, life.
your new short: what i most respect is the consistency of your focus, without the feeling that youre the master of your puppets. i feel like youre discovering things along with your characters.
"But I'm not." is a very strong way to end the short-film; parents often make us ashamed, and few have the courage to say "But I'm not ashamed." The very last scene, with him masturbating on his bed, feel a little bit unnecessary to me, but the way it is cut with shots of children playing adds...okay, I'm not sure about how I feel, but it's as if you show how something begins, continues, that it goes on. (yeah, I know, I'm not really clear.)
and i think the way its divided into sections allows the short to operate within the twin dimensions of story and emotions.
just watched this in the basement of an internet cafe and it almost made me cry, haha.
One of the most real portrayals of childhood i've ever seen. Too many artists portray childhood as this idealised state, as something that we've slipped away from rather than evolved from...either that or just with a totally patronising simplified cuteness, like they're just puppies with zero inner world, or conflict, or fears, or anger and confusion. Like they're incapable of doing bad things, or making mistakes. Their stakes are often lower but the struggle is just as real.
the dad smoking the cigarette to ease his anxiety over choosing an allegiance to his wife or to his son, wanting to mediate and appear both sympathetic and authoritative but failing to convincingly do either.
edit: ending is golden too. That feeling of 'i will never leave this room'. I think everybody can identify with that.
What camera/lenses did you use?
Some of these shots, man, like the one where he's sitting there paralysed after seeing that pop-under, that feeling of I'm-fucked-and-this-charade-is-over that you experienced on a daily basis
The physicality of this was beautiful. The sound design made this film so tactile, so intimate, sometimes delicate, sometimes rough. But I could always FEEL IT. Him washing his face (trying to get clean again?) feeling his parents bed sheets, breathing/smelling them (looking for sex? is this what they do?)
The computer literally sexualises his world. Fuck I loved how this virus infected the characters and how you painted this infection with your camera: cutting back to the wide of the dad in the kitchen BG and the son in the foreground, who now understands his dad's transgressions and is a unknowing accomplice.
The push in shot onto the computer at night, with the red screen and the pattern on the computer screen growing (what is that?) - is this a monster movie, in which a 256kps modem posses/infects a father and son via porno? Leading the son to a more honest wank?
The steadicam work as the boy touches his dad's feet, followed by his dad tickling him - the floaty freeness and innocence of touching at this point is lovely and inviting and again telling the story really fucking well.
On a personal note the Hornets Starter jacket made me immediately swoon and brought back a ton of memories. As did the slow loading porn images (the anxiety and joy that used to come with waiting) and the sound of the modem.
I've sat in on several short film programmes at the LFF this year, and you mr. withnail and you mr. gooses are straight killing all the shorts I've seen by a country fucking mile. And that's just me trying to hide behind a critical privileged p.o.v., (oh look at me seeing all these shorts) cos on the real, and on the honest humble, I've thought about ripping both these films off vimeo, just to study the craft, to think about how certain moments were arrived at, to ponder the questions you discussed with your collaborators and to show friends and to say to them, "I know these guys!!! These are my friends." And in some strange disconnected-internet-way I do know you guys, and through the films, I know you even more so, and those are my kinda films, through and through, and definitely my kinda filmmakers.
instead of being filled with dread/jealousy/anxiety at making my own stuff in the wake of these films, I'm filled with an overriding amount of joy and happiness to be around these films and their makers.
Dope. Also the cinematography is Killer. How the fuck are you getting the $£$ to shoot this shit? You got some Robert Elswitt shit going on here. Damn.
how absurd it is that people our age are now at a point where we can finally point and say, hey that's the exact same pipe screensaver (!!!!!!) I had on my slow-porn spouting computer fifteen years ago...
Also, your childhood was littered with beautiful homes in amazing landscapes. I'm so happy to hear from you that this is your aunt/grandmothers home. Is it chance that it's your aunt's home.... because the aunt in the previous short passed away... all of these homey details are what do it for me. You're collecting all of the dust and details and memories of your past and letting it settle ..
And on an immediate level... I love the purple. The mood of this piece is so god damn purple, the mood of it is like sperm in between the fingers, and that sensual feeling is connected to the color purple. This short in general had a chewy pulpy quality to it, that also leads to purple... I was just bummed he didn't taste his sperm (like some of us.... curious cats)
I may be projecting, but your father characters always get me. They fucking bite out of the screen straight into reality.


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Many experts in the nutrition and sports field continue to remind us that water is the most important fluid necessary to maintain bodily functions and to fuel exercisers. However, one study shows that almost 70 percent of us are chronically dehydrated. Why don't exercisers drink enough? Some forget while others say it's inconvenient to carry a water bottle or isn't an integral part of their routine.
Whatever the reason, the bottom line is that most exercisers simply don't hydrate enough. Because many athletic outdoor activities don't have a readily available water source, a product revolution was created years ago for climbers, bikers, mountaineers, long-distance runners and military personnel: portable, "hands-free" hydration systems that are lightweight, wearable, sanitary and highly functional. Now their utility and ease of use are causing these systems to transition from outdoors to indoors.
Essentially, hydration systems come in two varieties: lightweight backpacks with a water reservoir or bladder and waist backs with the same characteristics. Users simply fill the reservoirs, strap the units onto their bodies, and position the hose close to their mouths so that they can access it during workouts. When users need to hydrate, they simply turn their heads slightly, "bite" the valve gently and suck.The concept makes so much sense that I am surprised it has taken so long to transition indoors.
The technology has evolved greatly in the past three years. Bladders are easier to clean, sanitary, more comfortable and available in a variety of designs for various activities. Some of the utilitarian models simply carry a water bladder while others can store extra gym equipment and other personal items. In each case the system comes with a removable, cleanable bladder that holds water, and a flexible tube that allows exercisers to drink water without reaching for anything at any point in their workout. The outer materials are made of high-quality, breathable, lightweight nylon or cordura that is washable and durable.
I would call Camelbak Inc. the largest and most innovative manufacturer of personal hydration systems (although it is being joined by companies such as Dakine and Deuter). Camelbak makes more than 20 models, and we tested the six that offer the most variety for trainers and clients. The newer systems were virtually flawless. Fluids stayed cold, and the systems were comfortable to wear even during intense exercise. In fact, after one to two workouts clients and trainers reported that the system became part of their normal attire, and they almost forgot they were wearing them. The systems proved close fitting, making the user feel that they did not have extra gear flapping around while they performed their cardiovascular exercise. Most importantly, their ease of access encourages hydration.
Special features on many of the systems include:
Insulated tubes that keep fluids cold (and prevent freezing during outdoor activities).
Patented "bite valves" to open the waterway and prevent leaking when users don't want water.
Wide variety of reservoir sizes from 25 ounces to 120 ounces.
Comfortable materials that breathe and wick perspiration.
Form-fitting designs.
Storage options for food, keys, etc.
Popular colors and materials in a variety of options.
Washable bladders that are silicone treated with an antimicrobial layer to keep them free of germs.
Variety of volume and storage options.
Lightweight, breathable and with shoulder and waist harnesses to fit a variety of users.
New generation fill-systems that allow easy refills at drinking fountains.
No plastic aftertaste — a problem with earlier models.
Cleaning kits and tablets that keep the reservoirs safe and healthy for years.
The favorite systems of our testers included the Camelbak Siren waist pack and the men's Hydrobak. Prices for models from a variety of manufacturers range from $30 to $120. Children's models can start as low as $25 and make drinking water fun rather than a chore.
In visiting clubs around the country we not only saw exercisers using these products, but we also found them offered at pro shops. As you explore this new technology, consider portable hydration systems as both a service for your customers and an additional revenue source.


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Southwest Alaska challenging for travel and resident
Homebuilding challenges for far north tackled by institute
BETHEL — Outside the Fly By Café, the ravens are flying backwards. At least they appear to be, as a powerful wind suspends them in time and space.
A brewing ground blizzard in this Southwest Alaska hub is making it difficult for Jack Hébert to get to Atmautluak, a village of less than 300 people here on the flats of the Kuskokwim River Delta. Hébert, president and founder of the Cold Climate Housing Research Center in Fairbanks, is travelling to Atmautluak because members of the village's tribal council called him for advice. The villagers want to both build their own homes and set up their own construction company.
Hébert, along with Aaron Cooke, an architectural designer with the center, want to partner with the people of Atmautluak as they have assisted others in places like Anaktuvuk Pass, Quinhagak, Crooked Creek and Point Lay. In Anaktuvuk, center staffers helped design and build low-cost, fuel-sipping, semi-subterranean houses that meshed with the country and the lifestyles of the locals.
Working with Alaska Natives on sustainable building projects makes up a small percentage of the work Hébert and Cooke do for the center, but traveling to villages and meeting with people are some of their favorite tasks.
On this day, so stormy that school has been cancelled in Atmautluak, about 15 miles of open tundra away, a TV set in the café blasts an episode of Friends as other delayed travelers eat grilled sandwiches and sip coffee. Outside the window, small aircraft rock like babies, saved from blowing away by nylon straps tethering their wings to the ground.
Awaiting word on the status of the flight to Atmautluak, Hébert uses a pen to mark up a report about a retrofit for a multi-apartment building in another village. On his computer, Cooke has a few images of building styles that might work for Atmautluak. He sits at his own table and revises it.
Hébert and Cooke have traveled to Atmautluak before. During summer, they stayed for three days, sleeping in a loft with cardboard padding beneath their sleeping bags.
"We spent most of the time listening to what they wanted," Cooke says.
The duo ask clients many questions.
"We asked them, 'What would you like to change about your houses?'" Hébert says. "We don't want to do it for them. We try to give these guys ownership of their projects."
An enjoyable challenge for Hébert, Cooke and others in the research center is to work around the limitations of an Alaska village. In the case of Atmautluak, these include the cost of importing building materials by barge or plane ("Forty percent of their building costs are freight," Cooke says). The village is also on wet ground with permafrost beneath, and there's no local source of gravel to pile up for building platforms.
After thinking about an executive summary he needs to write on the building report for the other village, Hébert takes a break to answer questions about the evolution of the Cold Climate Housing Research Center, located in Fairbanks just south of the university campus.
Sustainable housing has been on Hébert's mind for a long time, at least since he lived in the western Brooks Range on a remote homestead parcel. In the mid-1970s, when he was 23, the carpenter and Denali Park ranger spent four winters in a 12-by-16-foot cabin hand-built with sod and logs. In one of the coldest, most remote places in Alaska, he honed his sense of appreciation for shelters and developed homespun innovations like window shutters made of caribou skins.
Later, as the owner of Taiga Woodcraft, he designed and built homes from the ground up in Interior Alaska. All the while, he wondered what houses designed for Seattle were doing in Alaska villages, and why there was so little research outside Canada on northern building techniques and materials. Over the years, this curiosity became an obsession, he says.
In the late 1990s, Hébert gathered a group of Alaska builders and established a nonprofit center in which people could study housing techniques and materials in cold climates like ours. He became president and CEO of the Cold Climate Housing Research Center at the same time he was building homes. He still has the passion to design and build, he says, but his company has not created a new home in three years.
That's because he's been in places like the Fly By Café. With the wind continuing to add bite to minus-10 air, Hébert and Cooke's afternoon flight to Atmautluak seems unlikely. Finally, the call comes from the regional air carrier that the flight to Atmautluak is cancelled. Hébert and Cooke chat for a few seconds and decide that Cooke will stay overnight in Bethel and try to reach Atmautluak again tomorrow.
"That's why I added the 'cushion days' to my itinerary," says Cooke, a seasoned Bush traveler.
Hébert has no cushion, having a commitment to speak at a meeting in Anchorage the next day with regional leaders from Southwest Alaska and Sen. Lisa Murkowski. He does have time for a Bethel dinner, though, and takes a taxi with Cooke to a Korean restaurant. After their meals, they shake hands and duck from the wind into separate taxis. Hébert heads for the airport again.
Hébert catches the last Alaska Airlines jet back to Anchorage, where he drives a rental car to the Hotel Captain Cook. On the ground floor of the hotel, he will give a presentation on the Cold Climate Housing Research Center the next day.
At about 11 p.m., in his room in the east tower of the Captain Cook, Hébert pulls out his smartphone.
"I have 62 email messages," he says. After responding to a few, he gets between the sheets and laughs.
"I was expecting to sleep on a piece of cardboard tonight," he says.
This after a day that began in subzero Fairbanks, continued in the gnawing wind of Southwest Alaska, and ended in the relative comfort of Alaska's largest city, Hébert reaches over and turns off a bedside table lamp. Within a few minutes, he is asleep.
(Since the late 1970s, the University of Alaska Fairbanks' Geophysical Institute has provided this column free in cooperation with the UAF research community. Ned Rozell is a science writer for the Geophysical Institute.)


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Katie Allison Granju and Betsy Babb Kennedy, RN, MSN
You are the expert!
Attachment parenting (AP) is a highly adaptable nurturing style being adopted by modern families who are interested in growing a secure and healthy bond of trust and physical closeness with their children. Popularized by best-selling pediatrician and father of eight, Dr William Sears, attachment parenting embraces gentle, commonsensical, cross-cultural, and time-tested parenting practices. The attachment parenting philosophy is that you yourself -- in partnership with your child -- are the real "parenting experts" when it comes to your own family. While you will likely find that AP practices are in many ways quite different from much of the childcare guidance you may have read or heard previously, you will also discover that they are increasingly supported by a growing body of solid scientific research, as well as by recommendations from specialists in a wide variety of disciplines related to family life.
Although the precise way in which they are implemented can vary from family to family, the following concepts provide a brief introduction to the core nurturing tools for attachment parents
Bond with your baby in the early days: The first hours and days that parents and baby spend together constitute a unique "sensitive period" during which both are exceptionally open to falling in love with one another. A gentle birth, followed by close, relaxed physical contact with your new baby provides the best context in which to get attachment parenting off to a great start.
Breastfeed your baby: Breastfeeding is a centerpiece of the attachment parenting style. For starters, it's one of the most important things you can do as a parent to safeguard your child's health. But breastfeeding is about much more than nutrition. In fact, the nursing relationship is like no other in the human experience. For both baby and mother, breastfeeding enhances their interaction with and enjoyment of one another. Attachment parenting encourages "cue-feeding" (sometimes called "breastfeeding on demand"), as opposed to parent-directed scheduled feeding. With cue-feeding, parents trust babies themselves to know when and how much they need to nurse. In addition, many attachment parents breastfeed far past the first year and respect their nursling's own unique timetable for weaning.
Practice responsive caregiving: Parents who are in close physical contact with their babies and young children and who remain open to their cues find that they are better able to figure out the "how" of parenting. On the other hand, parents who have been convinced that they should let their babies "cry- it-out" or only nurse for nourishment (as opposed to comfort) often feel out of sync with their young children. When you allow yourself to get to know your own baby's special cues and routines you will feel more connected and comfortable with him. While it's true that this process of getting in tune with your child comes more easily for some parents than for others, consistently responsive caregiving eases the way for every parent-child pair.
Family bed
Sleep with or very near your baby or young child: Although "family bedding" is the cultural norm over much of the planet, it has misguidedly become something of a taboo in modern, western parenthood. However, parents who sleep with their babies and young children nestled nearby enjoy both restful nights and enhanced family closeness. Additionally, properly prepared family bedding is safer for babies than being left alone in a crib down the hall.
Wear your baby
Carry, hold or "wear" your baby: In many cultures all over the world, parents believe that it is beneficial to keep their little ones safe and healthy by carrying them close to their own body in some type of soft, cloth carrier. Of course, many other mammals also carry their "velcro" babies' close to the warmth of their bodies until their offspring are ready to venture forth on their own. Attachment parents utilize one or more of the various types of modern baby carriers--such as a cloth sling, frontpack or backpack-- in order to "wear" their children. This allows busy parents more freedom to get things done while still offering their little ones the physical closeness that they need. Research has confirmed that carried babies cry less and are more content than others.
Respect your child as an individual right from the start: Although many parents today push their babies and very young children to become "independent" as quickly as possible, attachment parents respect each child's own special timetable for growing out of their early (and healthy) dependency needs. Children who are allowed to enter each new developmental stage as they become ready, as opposed to when parents deem it "time" to (choose one)wean, sleep through the night, or stay alone without parents, are ultimately more self-confident and independent as older children and adults. You can't force a flower to bloom before it's ready. Trying to do so will only damage the petals.
Initially, this parenting style may sound tiring or even overwhelming. The idea of spending so much time simply being with our children--in our arms, at our breasts, and in our beds--may seem daunting. This is because most of us come to parenthood steeped in the sterile, detached, hands-off, put-the-baby- down-with-a-propped-bottle parenting culture with which we were raised. But babies and young children thrive better -- and develop into healthier adults -- with the attachment parenting style.
The whole picture
Perhaps the most important thing to remember about attachment parenting is that it is more than the sum of its parts. It isn't just a simple list of parenting tools. Some women who breastfeed do not practice attachment parenting, while many parents who have never used a baby sling do.
Attachment parenting is a way of thinking about your child and your relationship with her. It is a belief that your child is to be trusted that she knows what she needs at each developmental stage. It is a willingness to be truly physically and emotionally present for your child. And it is a respect for the value of your role as her parent and for the sensitive bond that you share with her.
Experienced attachment parents who have seen their children through early childhood and beyond describe this gentle nurturing style as a truly fulfilling way of life.


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If you looked at the pictures on the Posole Post, you might have noticed that there was more prep on the table than was used in the Posole.
I also made another soup, one I've made variations on over the years, Pureed Squash and Apple Soup.
I often make this with Indian spices, Curry and Ginger, but when I mentioned that this time, Mrs Flannestad pointed out that we already had one spicy soup in the Posole, so maybe the second should be mild and simple.
You'll notice that there is a lot more mirepoix in this soup. If you're making a vegetarian soup, you always need to up the vegetable content of the soup to make up for the lack of meat flavor components.
Butternut Squash and Apple Soup
2 Onions, chopped
2 Stalk Celery, chopped
2 Carrots, chopped
1 tsp dried Thyme
1 tsp dried Tarragon
Olive Oil
1 Medium large Butternut Squash, peeled and roughly chopped
4 Apples, peeled, cored, and roughly chopped
1 Cup Apple Juice
1 Cup Dry White Wine or Lillet Blanc
Salt & Pepper
METHOD: Sweat onions, Celery, Carrots and herbs in Olive Oil until tender. Add white wine to deglaze and cook off a bit of the alcohol. Add Squash, Apples, and Apple Juice and cook until squash is tender. Puree in a food processor or blender.
Lastly, for Dessert I made this Guinness Ginger Bread Cake originally from the Gramercy Tavern in New York.
It is delicious and easy enough to make that even a non-baker like me can pull it off.
The use of leavening in a cake is first recorded in a recipe for gingerbread from Amelia Simmons's American Cookery, published in Hartford in 1796; I guess you could say it is the original great American cake. Early-19th-century cookbooks included as many recipes for this as contemporary cookbooks do for chocolate cake. This recipe, from Claudia Fleming, pastry chef at New York City's Gramercy Tavern, is superlative—wonderfully moist and spicy.
1 cup oatmeal stout or Guinness Stout
1 cup dark molasses (not blackstrap)
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
2 tablespoons ground ginger
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
Pinch of ground cardamom
3 large eggs
1 cup packed dark brown sugar
1 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup vegetable oil
Confectioners sugar for dusting
Special equipment:
a 10-inch (10- to 12-cup) bundt pan
unsweetened whipped cream
Preheat oven to 350°F. Generously butter bundt pan and dust with flour, knocking out excess.
Bring stout and molasses to a boil in a large saucepan and remove from heat. Whisk in baking soda, then cool to room temperature.
Sift together flour, baking powder, and spices in a large bowl. Whisk together eggs and sugars. Whisk in oil, then molasses mixture. Add to flour mixture and whisk until just combined.
Pour batter into bundt pan and rap pan sharply on counter to eliminate air bubbles. Bake in middle of oven until a tester comes out with just a few moist crumbs adhering, about 50 minutes. Cool cake in pan on a rack 5 minutes. Turn out onto rack and cool completely.
Serve cake, dusted with confectioners sugar, with whipped cream.
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Neither my father nor my two paternal uncles served in the military. No doubt that is the reason my grandmother was only an honorary member of the Navy Mother's Club No. 2 in Houston, Texas. But why was she involved with this organization at all? Perhaps she had grandsons in the Navy? I need to research the organization and its activities to see if I can figure out why Gram was a member.
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I believe in the magical power of the creative process, the creative art flux that can bring diverse people together to work and learn from each other and nature. It is the power that can bring forth the best in each individual thru looking and seeing anew, that can bring forth new visions and new ways of dealing sanely with critical environmental and social problems facing us. Art making brings forth curiosity, collaboration, hope, humor, appreciation, affection, some of my favorite states of being.


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It's been well-publicized that Donte Stallworth was well over the legal limit for drinking and driving when he hit and killed a man, but he may have been feeling the effects of a smoking marijuana, too.
Justnews.com is reporting a source close to the case said traces of weed were found in Stallworth's system after the March 14 accident. Mario Reyes was attempting to cross the MacArthur Causeway when he was hit by Stallworth's Bentley. He died from his injuries.
The Reyes family knew about the toxicology results, which revealed the traces of marijuana and still agreed not to prosecute Stallworth, the source said.
Stallworth is currently in a Miami-Dade jail serving a lenient 30-day sentence for pleading guilty to DUI manslaughter. Justnews.com also reported that a video tape of the incident does exist, which shows Reyes being hit by Stallworth. This comes on the heels of police releasing Stallworth's emergency call just after the accident on Tuesday.
Sounding distressed and concerned, Stallworth's pleas for an ambulance can be heard in the 911 call he placed just minutes after he struck and killed a man on the MacArthur Causeway.
"Ok, listen, listen...This guy just ran in front of my car and he's (expletive) laying in the street dude...I, I…," Stallworth says in the call, released yesterday for the first time.
"So you hit somebody in the street?" the dispatcher asks.
"Yeah, you gotta send an ambulance right now man," Stallworth responds.
Stallworth is serving a month in jail after reaching a deal with Miami prosecutors earlier this month after the Cleveland Browns wide receiver was charged with DUI manslaughter.
Stallworth struck and killed 59-year-old Mario Reyes with his Bentley after a night of clubbing in Miami Beach in the early hours of March 14. The 28-year-old had a blood alcohol level of .126 when the accident occurred, well over the legal limit of .08. Reyes, a construction worker, was on his way home after working overnight.
In addition to the 30 days in jail, Stallworth will have to perform 1,000 hours of community service, will be on probation for 10 years, and will never be able to drive again.
The call, as well as police evidence photos, were released yesterday. The photos show a gruesome crime scene, with Reyes' belongings strewn about and Stallworth's smashed Bentley nearby.
"He ran in front of the car sir, he like jumped in front of the car," Stallworth tells the dispatcher. He then expresses the grim situation, saying "Oh no. [Expletive.] Oh my God, this guy is...oh..."
Police said Stallworth cooperated throughout the investigation and the football star has continued to offer his condolences to the Reyes family, who he reached a confidential settlement with to avoid a civil trial.
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In its early years, the Obama administration was fairly active in deporting illegal immigrants. But in the summer of 2012, with the election looming, Obama granted unilateral administrative immunity to a large class of illegal aliens who came to this country at a young age.
Most observers expected, I think that many deported aliens who would not have been removed under current Obama administration policy would attempt to sneak back into the U.S. It's likely that some have.
But others are simply walking openly in the country with fanfare. The first such group, the "Dream 9," entered the U.S. in the Arizona to apply for "humanitarian parole."
Such parole is normally reserved for people with extreme medical conditions. The "Dreamers," instead,cite fear over violence in Mexico.
What happened? The 9 were able to apply and were "paroled" to families in the U.S. pending resolution of their case, which will likely take years.
Inspired by the Dream 9, a larger group of 32 deported "Dreamers" crossed the border into Laredo, Texas at the end of September, with the cameras rolling. Wearing their high school caps and gowns, they chanted "undocumented and unafraid." These days, under the Obama administration, the undocumented have little to be afraid of.
It appears from the Huffington Post, which serves as their cheerleader, that the Laredo Dreamers will succeed in remaining in the U.S.
Frankly, I see no good reason why this cohort should fare worse than the more than ten million other illegal immigrants who would receive amnesty and citizenship under the Schumer-Rubio legislation or some variation thereof. The deported Dreamers tug on the heartstrings more powerfully than their parents who illegally brought them to the U.S., and more powerfully than millions of others who entered the U.S. illegally as adults.
But that tug stems from the fait accompli of their prior illegal entry into this country, coupled with their persistence. It's bad policy to reward this sort of fait accompli and persistence. You end up getting more of the same.
The Arizona and Laredo Dreamers teach us that there will always be that next wave of illegal immigrants clamoring to be made legal and asking, not without reason, "why not me?"


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Two jurors excused, two struck on Day 2
RALEIGH � With two days completed in the trial of Grant Ruffin Hayes, the 12 people who will decide his fate have yet to be named.
Hayes is charged with first-degree murder in the killing of former Kinston resident Laura Jean Ackerson in July 2011.
Superior Court Judge Donald Stephens allowed two jurors to be excused Tuesday morning for personal reasons, putting new jurors in seats No. 6 and 12. State prosecutors finished their questions for prospective jurors, as well, asking jurors No. 5 and 10 to be released from their obligations.
With the addition of two additional new jurors, there are an equal number of men and women in the jury box, along with two military veterans.
As defense attorney Will Durham cycled through his questions, he asked prospective jurors if they would have a problem looking at images of Ackerson�s dismembered body or autopsy photos.
�As I discussed with (Juror No. 1),� Durham asked Juror No. 2, an architect, �the state will put into evidence that Mr. Hayes was involved in the disposal of Ms. Ackerson�s body. That�s not contested, and he�s not on trial here in regard to whether or not � especially whether or not he�s guilty of being involved with disposal of the body.�
Jurors No. 3 and 5 replied they have Army combat experience � No. 3 in Vietnam, and No. 5 in Afghanistan � and said they had experience in graphic imagery.
Each of the seven jurors questioned by the defense, though, said they would be able to seek a verdict without being profoundly affected by evidence presented.
Assistant District Attorney Boz Zellinger objected to what he said was an attempt to inject a murder defense into the questioning, calling it �self-serving hearsay.�
When the defense got to Juror No. 7, Durham attempted to strike him from the jury for cause because the juror has education in biblical counseling and expressed skepticism for psychology and the science behind it.
Stephens denied the motion since Juror No. 7 said he would not reject out of hand testimony by an expert witness on the psychological state of the people involved in the case, but instead give the testimony due consideration.
Juror No. 12 left the courtroom for a brief period following the 4 p.m. break because she injured her leg on a marble bench and had to be treated by EMS technicians.
When court reconvenes today, the defense will finish questioning of the final four jurors and recommend people to strike from the jury.
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I was on the plane today, heading for Oslo and a weekend of festivals, the first one called Trollrock and the second Sommerfesten which I attended last year. I can't fathom how quickly time has moved. It's been a whole year since we hung out on Giske and had fun with all of our great friends. This time though the trip is not a solo affair. This year the rest of the band are here too. We just spent a week in New York in a room bashing song ideas into shape. I think we have a record. Some lyrics need completing and a few middle 8's but it's pretty much there so it's good to be coming here so soon after.
We all met at Oslo airport and got in a little transit van driving for 3 or so hours through some beautiful scenery, sun setting slowly over mountains, reflecting on fjord. I listened to Scott Walker – Scott 2 and reviewed the new Travis songs recorded on a single mic in the room we were in. They sound great. Dougie has written a couple of gems and Andy too. We are planning to return to Giske in October to record the as yet untitled 7th album. More about that later.


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I started to write there are so many things I forgot, but really there are so many things I remember. Here are a few I remembered after the fact–being a Brownie leader, spending every New Year's Eve until graduate school … Continue reading
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It has happened again, so I have to wonder again: What's the reason for a sudden, vitriolic knee-jerk reaction to the idea of someone forking a distro?
After all, you have a slightly different idea of where a distribution should go. You have a plan, a goal, a mission statement and your own favorite wallpaper. What more do you need than that, plus a little ambition, to set yourself up as supreme dictator for life?
I understand brand loyalty, if that's the reason for the reaction. After all, some people would have every Ubuntu variant ever concocted permanently erased, or at least merged into one megadistro available on a series of six DVDs. But just about every brand out there comes with a clause that says if you want, you can adjust and redistribute it, free of hassle, free of charge and free of obligation. So it's not like it's some big surprise that someone actually follows through on that.
Or maybe it's an inability to see a distro's shortcomings. I can understand that, if you think your preferred version is all that and a bag of chips. It's an unfortunate situation, but not a difficult one to understand: Brand X does everything you ever wanted, so it must be perfect for everyone else too, right?
If I had the guts, I would threaten to rerelease just about every distro out there, and effectively double the number of available options, just to annoy the people who are already annoyed by the software buffet before them. And all I would do is tweak the default wallpaper. Oh, if only I had the guts. And the time.
But I won't dwell on this any longer. I've discussed it in the past; splitting off someone's work and dedicating your time to it does no more harm than take your time away from you. It's educational, it's free (short of bandwidth and hosting, I guess) and you're allowed to, for goodness sake.
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Welcome to andLinux! We hope you will contribute much and well. You'll probably want to read the help pages. Again, welcome and have fun! Joachim 14:55, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
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2007: Rushed 31 times for 157 yards and four TDs at Georgetown... 31-151 with 3 scores against Cornell to earn share of Ivy Player of the Week... 40-256 (school rushing yards record) with 5 TDs (tied Yale record) at Holy Cross made him Gold Helmet winner along with player of the week honors from Ivy, ECAC, TSN, CSN... Passed John Pagliaro for Yale career TD record with third score against Crusaders... Totaled 155 yards against Dartmouth with one score... Broke his own school record with 276 yards against Lehigh while reaching the end zone twice... Scored 3 times (2 in OT) along with 147 yards at Penn despite breaking a bone in his toe... Scored three times at Columbia in rain storm... Broke Robert Carr's school career rushing yards and attempts records and passed Rich Diana for single-season yardage mark with 185 against Brown in bad weather... 107 yards and one score at Princeton...
2006: First-Team All-Ivy... Established new Yale records with 20 TDs in a season and 19 rushing scores (3rd best Ivy all-time)... Second best season rushing total for Bulldog with 1,364 yards (14th best in Ivy all-time) and a school sophomore year record... Ranked sixth among I-AA runners and No. 1 in Ivy with a 136.40 yard average... Ranked fourth in scoring (12.0) and 11th in all-purpose yardage (149.60) in I-AA... Career-best four TDs (2nd at Yale) against Princeton... Career-high 204 yards (4th best at Yale) on a career-best 40 carries (2nd at Yale) while scoring game-winner in 26-20 OT win over Lehigh... Ivy Offensive Player of the Week after wins over Lafayette and Dartmouth... Walter Camp Yale Player of the Game against Cornell, Lafayette and Lehigh... New Haven Gridiron Club co-Offensive Player of the Year... First career TD catch was a 41-yarder off a screen pass at Cornell... First Yale player to score three TDs in consecutive weeks (Cornell, Lafayette) in 30 years... Scored 20 of Yale's 32 TDs... Had 40 (37 rush, 3 pass) plays of 10 or more yards... School record eight straight games (and season total) with more than 100 yards... His 297 rushing attempts rank seventh on Ivy single-season list... First Yalie to lead league in rushing yards in conference games (925) since 1982.
2005: Became Yale's second Ivy League Rookie of the Year in three seasons... Second-team All-Ivy... Awarded "Charley Loftus Award" for Rookie of the Year by the New Haven Gridiron Club... Ivy League Rookie of the Week against San Diego, Harvard and Dartmouth... Team Offensive Back Award against San Diego, Holy Cross and Harvard... Walter Camp Yale Player of the Game for San Diego... Recorded 689 yards, six touchdowns and 13 catches... Averaged 68.9 yards per game... Started seven games as tailback... Starting KOR man (445 yards) in every game.
At New Britain High: New Haven Register Connecticut Player of the Year and Hartford Courant Offensive Player of the Year in 2004... First-team all-state... All-league and all-area and MVP of state championship game... Helped New Britain win three state titles and four league championships... Rushed for 1,800 yards and scored 39 TDs in 2004... Received scholar-athlete honors twice...
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DailyDirt: Robot Scientists
from the urls-we-dig-up deptPeople are usually pretty quick to admit that artificial intelligence programs are better than most humans at solving a lot of math problems. Human scientists have generally been needed to interpret data and make conclusions, but AI software could be catching up with scientists by coming up with their own hypotheses and conclusions. Here are just a few examples of programs that might be writing up their own PhD dissertations someday.
- Robot mathematicians like Graffiti have been around for a very long time, generating far more interesting conjectures than any human could. Interesting mathematical conjectures should be surprising, not too closely related to an existing conjecture, and not too specific. [url]
- Software dubbed Eureqa is analyzing (without help from humans) experimental data from biological systems to derive mathematical models for processes like glycolysis -- and could potentially find new biological discoveries. And I'm sure we'll see stories of robots found cheating by plagiarizing from Wikipedia soon. [url]
- Adam is the first automated scientist -- successfully developing a hypothesis, performing experiments, refining its hypothesis into a novel discovery. Adam found three yeast genes that coded for an orphan enzyme. [url]
- A newer version of Adam, called Eve, is sifting through some of Adam's data and looking to find her own discoveries about yeast genetics. Unfortunately, some intellectual property issues are delaying some of Adam and Eve's latest publications. [url]
- To discover more interesting robot-related content, check out what's currently floating around the StumbleUpon universe. [url]
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A small organized crime syndicate based out of Witchita Kansas deals in moonshine, cock fights, loan sharking, and petty crimes. Apparel usually consists of a blue glove on the left hand while wearing pinstriped black suits with a black fedora and a blue sash.
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Italian Restaurant Chain Refused to Hire Blacks; Many Locations Had None at All; Managers Said to Use Racial Slurs
CHICAGO - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a lawsuit today alleging that ten Rosebud Restaurants in Chicago and the surrounding suburbs violated federal civil rights laws by refusing to hire African-Americans in numerous Chicago area locations because of their race.
The EEOC's pre-suit administrative investigation, managed by District Director John Rowe, revealed that company managers, including Rosebud owner Alex Dana, indicated that they preferred not to hire African-Americans to work in the company's restaurants. He noted that Dana and other managers used racial slurs to refer to blacks, according to the agency's investigation.
The EEOC charged in the suit that Rosebud failed to maintain employment applications for a one-year period and to file required employer information reports with the EEOC prior to 2009, in violation of federal regulations. Private employers with more than 100 employees are required to file annual reports with the EEOC providing employment data by job category, race, ethnicity and gender. Federal regulations also require that employers keep all personnel and employment records, including employment applications, for one year.
"The EEOC is committed to using education, outreach, informal settlement efforts, and, if necessary, litigation to make equal opportunity the reality in the workplace," said EEOC General Counsel David Lopez. "Cases like this illustrate that, unfortunately, race discrimination continues to be a barrier for African-Americans seeking employment and this is the latest in a series of such challenges."
The EEOC filed suit in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in Chicago (EEOC v. Rosebud Restaurants, Inc. et al., Civil Action No. 13-cv-6656), after first attempting to reach a pre-litigation settlement through its conciliation process. The suit has been assigned to U.S. District Judge Marvin E. Aspen. The agency seeks back pay and compensatory and punitive damages for the black applicants denied employment, hiring of qualified African-American applicants, an order barring future discrimination, and other relief to prevent future discrimination.
Rowe said, "At the time the EEOC began examining Rosebud's hiring practices, most of its restaurants had no black employees at all. In most of them we were looking at what we call the 'inexorable zero'-situations where the absence of any African-Americans makes it unlikely this was caused by chance. Those are almost always the result of strong racial bias."
John Hendrickson, EEOC regional attorney in Chicago, said, "Major restaurants in Chicago present the face of the city to the world, so it is a special shame when they present a face disfigured by intentional discrimination. That is not what Chicago is about, and the EEOC can be counted on to challenge that kind of discrimination. This discrimination will not stand."
Rosebud currently operates ten restaurants in greater Chicago, including eight white-tablecloth Italian restaurants and two steakhouses. The restaurants that are subject to the suit include Carmine's, The Rosebud, Rosebud Prime, Rosebud on Rush, Rosebud Old World Italian, Rosebud Steakhouse, Rosebud Deerfield, Rosebud Theater District, Rosebud Italian Specialties and Pizzeria, Ristorante Centro (formerly known as EATT and Bar Umbriago), and the recently closed restaurants Rosebud of Highland Park, Rosebud Burger & Comfort Foods, and Rosebud Trattoria.
In December 2012, the EEOC adopted its Strategic Enforcement Plan, which sets forth the agency's priorities for combating employment discrimination, and includes eliminating barriers in recruitment and hiring.
The EEOC's Chicago District Office is responsible for processing charges of discrimination, administrative enforcement and the conduct of agency litigation in Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and North and South Dakota, with Area Offices in Milwaukee and Minneapolis.
The EEOC is responsible for enforcing federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination. Further information about the EEOC is available on its website at www.eeoc.gov.


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Faribault Woolen Mill Co (from MN since 1865) lovely Zig Zag Wool Throw
STELLAR - an art show by Stasia Burrington in Seattle, WA - features 50 paintings of tiny cosmonauts and large washy sumi moons.
French designer Laurent Corio and Gallery S.Bensimon have created a furniture collection for seller by mail La Redoute.
Diablo, compact hard-case clutch, distinctive geometric character and luxurious two-tone leather appearance. Handmade in Belgium.
The deep red-brown of the Mahogany shows off the intricate carvings that act as the grip for the top of your board, no need for ugly black grip tape on these beauties!
Unruly Sprits, from Wayward Distillation House are made from a honey base. The bottle housing illustrates the the Unruly partnership that exists between this Wayward distiller and the bees.
Light Barrier, phantoms of light crossing millions of calibrated beams. The light installation creates floating graphic objects which animate through space as they do through time. By Kimchi and Chips.
The Carbon Fiber Eames Sofa is a sofa reborn using the most modern materials and the most traditional methods.
Rosone, a large wall clock with cuts and inlays, designed to create a strong visual impact. A tribute to the rose windows of Gothic cathedrals. By Eloisa Libera.
Skills or Skulls Skateboards - love this hand painted poison edition handpainted by Zender.
Port Wine Holder by Clinica de Arquitectura and Museu do Douro. One of the cavities is dimensioned to fit the bottle. The other is designed to land the stopper, in a way the cork does not touch the support itself.
VIDEOMeet the makers of the World Cup. A short film that visits the family factory in Italy where the World Cup has been designed and then produced since 1974
Matt Reilly of Japanther skateboards on canvases creating unique skatepaintings.
Reiko Kaneko launches her first jewelry collection - the Hula! Lovely bone china and fine metal blend together for these loops that layer so nicely together.
Lakeland Flare with FIN-X technology - this new line of pots and pans are making the rounds designed to heat more efficiently by rocket scientist from the UK, Dr. Tom Povey.
The Open Company Go Bag Kickstarter: A pack with all the gear you need to keep yourself and your community safe in the aftermath of a natural disaster
Brott Barcelona - beautiful, minimalist handmade dog collars and leashes in vibrant colors.
"Revenge of the Great Showdowns" the new Scott C show at Gallery 1988.
Fundamentals: Form-ContraForm installation by Bekkering Adams architects at Venice Architecture Biennale 2014
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Alite Designs Bison Chair - a full sized lounger that works as well at home as it does on car camping adventures! Packing down to a small 4.6lb pouch with an aluminum frame that folds down like tent poles.
Stripe, the multifunctional box to create customizable lightweight cube furniture designed by Natali Ristovska and Miki Stefanoski.
Captcha Tweet - tweet so the bots can't read your messages (though they'll probably mechanical turk a human to translate it for them) Project by Shinseungback Kimyonghun.
Emil Boards - rectangular skateboards from Munich, Germany.
FLORA DRIFT is an online interactive synth garden, which procedurally generates music & visuals
Look like you have a 3D printer by leaving some of these '3D Print Failures' from Bits to Atoms around. They are a mere $6.66.
Agraffé, the essential wire table lamp created by Italian designer Giulia Agnoletto.
Plumen now has lamp shades to perfectly showcase their stunning bulbs!
Crate and Barrel's Table In A Bag - can't believe i've had mine for around 15 years now (in red!) and still use it from college apt coffee table to picnics, beach and more. As we test car camping gear, still loving this.
Jungle by Jungle - adorable french kids desk/chair sets.
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&Tradition & Space Copenhagen's Copenhagen Pendant SC6 at A+R.
'Partially Buried Cereal Aisle' by Bradly Brown, cultural entropy in our commercially driven surroundings. Satirical nod to Robert Smithson's 'Partially Buried Woodshed.'
Smeg is doing "small domestic appliances" - from toasters and mixers to kettles and blenders.
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Rich People Things Surfboards are made of wine corks! "From the pine resin to the bees wax that we use as glue until the natural fiber and the bioresin we use to finish the boards, all our process try to increase that intimal conection to nature."
Vans OTW 2014 Summer Prelow "Cork" - Even Vans is getting in on Cork with their latest OTW shoe.
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Mageia 6 DVD is now available containing the KDE, Gnome, Xfce and LXDE desktops. Mageia is a fork of Mandriva Linux formed in September 2010 by former employees and contributors to the popular French Linux distribution. Unlike Mandriva, which is a commercial entity, the Mageia project is a community project and a non-profit organisation whose goal is to develop a free Linux-based operating system.
Mageia 6 packages include Linux Kernel 4.9, Libre Office 5.3, KDE Plasma 5, Gnome 3.24, and Firefox 52.2 as well as many others.
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This is basically a joke, so please take it as such. Karate can be funny too.
Here are some things you do not want to hear when you perform a kata for an expert in your style:
- Your gi looks very good
- Your patch was sewn on very well
- Your gi was very loud
- You pronounced (shouted) the name of the kata very well
- I like the way that you kiai
- When you kiai, you really are not supposed to actually say "kiai"
- I like the way that you bow (actually, that is a compliment)
- Are you really supposed to slap your hands on your sides like that when you come to attention?
- What kata was that?
- You appear to be in very good shape
- I have never seen a kata performed like that
- You move from movement to movement too quickly
- You have no feel for the kata
- That was like an artificial flower, it looks like a flower but has no smell
- What rank did you say you are?
- Who is your Sensei?
- Do you practice our style of Karate?
- Are you OK? I thought that you were having convulsions.
- You must have learned from a book because that kata has only 16 movements but you did it with 35 movements, the number of photos in the book
- Do you have any idea what the movements in that kata mean?
- The good news is that you can only improve after that
- I am so glad that you are finished
- I give you a 10... out of 100
- I am literally speechless
- Very pretty
My Sensei here in Hawaii would sometimes try to do the kata like I had done it. It would be so frustrating for him to try to move incorrectly, but it was almost a little humerous to see him straining to do so. Actually, I found moving incorrectly to be very easy!
When I observe kata, I usually say, "Good, good, keep working on it." And when I first started learning from Sensei Katsuhiko Shinzato, he would almost throw a party every time I got a movement even 10% (maybe 5%) correct. He would say, "So, so, so!" and give a huge smile. He gave me so much encouragement!
If you are an instructor, it might be a good idea to avoid the comments on the list above. There are better ways to encourage students. And if you have to say one negative thing, try to say two postive things. My Sensei here in Hawaii, Sensei Rodney Shimabukuro, always said this, and he said that his Sensei, Sensei Tommy Morita, said the same thing too.
"Good, good, perhaps you can work on this..."
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Some days back I visited the main hospital in Srinagar, the SMHS hospital that sits in the jumbled center of this mangled city. Inside the hospital the scenes resembled an aftermath of a war, where sufferings and ordeals formed a seemingly endless queue. I, along with my friend (a senior doctor) was coordinating the visit of specialists from mainland India for critical Ophthalmological surgical intervention for victims hit by pellets. For all the guts, I may have or may not have gathered from living decades of conflict in Kashmir, I could not stay for long in the inpatient area. You looked at the closed bandaged eyes, or the pierced the blood shot attempting to open yet closed eyes, or the shut and dark eyelids those were dotted with countless holes, and you would want to breakdown in a lonely corner, somewhere in a dark seclusion where none could see my helplessness. Withdrew hurriedly from what I could not bear to witness, did not want to believe and wished had never happened in the first place. I retreated to a runaway that knew a denial was not to be.
Back home the images of the hospital came flashing in front of my eyes, before a 'black out evening' (when we are supposed to shut out all lights in Kashmir as a mark of protest) and frighteningly sleepless nights. A horrendous disquietude prevailed all along. The feeling of infirmity pushed me to try how it would feel for these kids to be in a permanent dark, and the next day morning I tied a cloth on my eyes, pretending to be blind. The pretending could not last for more than two hours, during which I banged on two doors hitting my head once, shattered a glass of water, slipped on the lobby steps, while my books, my papers and my laptop pretended to not know me anymore. Behind the tied cloth on my eyes, was a fearsome darkness with no end, an eclipse where no planets moved, where the night knew no borders. Then I thought about the kids in the hospital, with pierced and shuteyes, shuddered at the unspeakably horrendous and petrifyingly looming darkness. And I sunk again in a saddening recluse !
Main kis ke hath pe apna lahu talash karun,
Tamam sheher (Mulk) ne pehnay hue hain dastaanay.
While there seem no respite in the 'dark hours' in Kashmir, our enforced darkness remains willfully invisible to mainland India, where a major part of its 'blaringly noise emitting' media and political enterprises are busy pushing Kashmir further to the margins, measuring Kashmiris by their scale of 'collective conscience'. In such manufactured debates and rhetoric, that is only aimed to harden the common mindset in India and take it further away from facts, the truth is concealed and layers of deceptive falsity are added under the premise of 'national interest'.
In this manufactured rhetoric, where anchors and politicians in India have taken the task of 'Posturing and Pontification', too seriously, the larger question remains unanswered. Has this vile rhetoric actually helped the nation or harmed it? And does this rhetoric have any power to actually change the truth on Kashmir or to even alter it? Has vilifying Kashmiris day in and day out not actually pushed them further to the margins, to a point of no return?
That the Kashmir issue exists as a political conflict for decades, that consumed thousands of innocent lives is undeniable. And the refusal to accept this fact as willful blindness on Kashmir is lamentable.
Ironically silence of mainland India comes from political calculations in other states of India, where any talk on Kashmir is treated as anti-national. But such silence can't ensure closure of factuality for long. The 'pressure cooker' in Kashmir will only keep simmering, till the need for a resolution dawns on them. The Indian political state, and the media that sides with these political powerhouses, are only doing the greatest disservice to the idea of India, as a nation, by confiscating the truth and pretending that all is well, facts being contrary to that. While the Kashmir issue is not any easy puzzle to solve, with so may claimants and stakeholders, an initiative has to be made somewhere. We have already lost two generations in Kashmir to a bloody conflict, while the third generation that grew amidst the violent upheaval under the shadow of guns, crackdowns, humiliations, deaths and denial has been hardened by the contretemps of this mayhem. Taking them on board may not be easy but there is no other option, for their unaddressed anger will only cascade into a harder stance for coming generations, making peace more elusive for Kashmir.
Given the complexity of the Kashmir issue, no abstract papers can work. But an honest initiative at resolution has to be made. And that initiative will not and cannot flow from the barrel of the gun, for we have seen too many wars and tragedies in Kashmir for decades. That initiative will have to start from realization of the issue and acceptance of the need of a resolution. New Delhi, Islamabad and Srinagar will someday, one day have to talk, but how much innocent blood that realization seeks, only providence knows.
Till that realization dawns on these powers, may Allah save the kids of Kashmir and may Allah restore the sight of the willful blind outside Kashmir.
"Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high
Where words come out from the depth of truth
Into the heaven of Freedom, my Father, let my country awake" (Tagore)
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O'Hara's riding companion returns
Monday July 23, 2012
LENOX -- Pittsfield author Kevin O'Hara and his former equine traveling companion were the centers of attraction Sunday afternoon at a fundraiser for the Berkshire Carousel.
O'Hara is the author of "Last of the Donkey Pilgrims," which featured the tales of O'Hara's circumnavigation of Ireland in 1979 when he was accompanied by a small donkey, Missie.
Missie is now deceased, but a replica of her will be one of the characters on the proposed Berkshire Carousel.
Sunday's event, at Jae's Asian Bistro on Route 20, was to raise money for, and awareness of, the project.
Preliminary estimates were unavailable of exactly how much money was raised, but more than 150 supporters were expected to be in attendance at $40 per ticket.
The Berkshire Carousel is more than just a pretty merry-go-round, according to Maria Caccaviello, executive director of Berkshire Carousel.
Rather, it is a massive public art project. More than 300 volunteers and 4,500 students will have combined their efforts upon its completion, Caccaviello said.
It takes about 1,500 hours of work to carve each piece, said Caccaviello. With 36 horses planned, that is a serious accumulation of work time.
In addition, she said, local artists will be painting the animals and "rounding board," which is the inner part of the carousel. A host of local Berkshire scenes, including St. Joseph High school, Mount Greylock and Balance Rock, will be painted on the rounding board, she said.
"The project is more than just the horses and the artists,' said Caccaviello. "It's about community art."
At Sunday's event, as part of a number of works by local artists, a painting of Missie herself, as she will appear on the carousel, was on display. The portrait was done by local artist Susan Edwards. Both O'Hara and his wife, Belita, pronounced it a true rendering.
"The blanket she has on her back was the blanket she wore on her trip," said Belita O'Hara. "The bridle she wore is accurate, too. It's a fine likeness."
Edwards said she worked from photographs O'Hara had taken of Missie during his trip, as well as a sketch she did herself. The project took about three weeks, she said.
In addition to all this, O'Hara said that the Discovery Channel will be filming a documentary about the carving of Missie, from a block of wood to the final touches of paint. O'Hara said he doesn't' yet know when it will air.
It was a packed house on Sunday, with friends and well-wishers all grabbing Kevin O'Hara or his wife for a momentary chat.
In between chats, O'Hara pondered what it all meant.
"I think the one thing this does is continue the legacy of the journey itself," he mused.
"It still amazes me that a long-haired guy can travel the open road, with a donkey, with no plans for accomodations, and meet so many wonderful people along the way. If there's any way to sum it up, that would be it."
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