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Tre Dici [Click the photo above to go to Tre Dici's website]
128 W 26th St New York, NY 10001
Where have I been may you ask? I started a new job, that has weirdly sucked the life out of me, because I'm all punctual and workin' hard and that stuff (is someone from my office reading this?), but I'm also drinking my nights away instead of eating them away. But not this time, oh no. I more than made up for it when my dad decided to take my sister and me to dinner one night at TreDici in Chelsea.
I was pretty excited since my dad had promised he'd pick me up, so I wouldn't have to cab it to the restaurant, and just as I was reapplying my lipgloss I get a text message from my sister, "why are we picking you up? You're so far."
And then my phone rings, and it's my dad:
"We're sitting in some traffic, so do you want to just meet us there?"
My sister has gotten to him. Damn it.
I of course beat these numskulls to the restaurant, even after forcing my cab driver to do a full circle so he could drop me off in front of the restaurant, and I slither into the booth to get the seat that I want, and I begin scanning the menu: kobe beef ravioli, something with duck ragu, mac n cheese, meatballs…this is going to be a hard decision ahead of me.
My sister and Dad arrive, and they sit down.
"You were cranky over there, not wanting to pick me up." Like I'm not going to call my sister out.
"I'm starving."
We're all so mean when we're hungry.
"You have a pimple on your face." I got her back.
Thankfully the waiter brings over the bread basket, and we find out there are risotto balls inside the basket. I mean there are no words, fried balls of rice for a snack, done!
Full disclosure: my sister babysits for the restaurant's owner, so I was already told that we needed to order the angry lobster appetizer, which was fine with me.
The waitress comes over and starts listing off the specials, and they were like little lullabies to my family's ears: buffalo style calamari to start, a Mediterranean meatball, lobster ravioli, a pappardelle in a Bolognese sauce.
I could see my sister's mouth water. I think I saw drool hit her plate.
I know right away that whatever appetizer we were discussing is getting replaced by the calamari, so we go with the calamari, the angry lobster, and meatballs stuffed with mozzarella cheese in the center.
Mains? I was committed to the kobe beef ravioli before I stepped foot in the restaurant.
My dad is having issues though, he hasn't mastered cooking, and begins by telling us, "I haven't had chicken in a while."
"Yeah, because you don't know how to cook it."
"But I never order chicken."
"So don't get chicken."
He goes with their orecchiette special served with spicy sausage and spinach, served in a oil and garlic sauce. He was never going to order chicken.
My sister, is completely overwhelmed. Lobster ravioli! Pasta! Spaghetti!
"I'll have the lobster ravioli…I think."
The waitress walks away.
"Why you gonna get the lobster ravioli when we already ordered the angry lobster," my dad says as he butters the bread.
"I don't know! It sounded so good!"
"What else did they say?"
I know which one she's thinking about, "you want the pappardelle with Bolognese don't you?"
"yeah," and it is done.
Now that the ordering is out of the way:
"So tell me about your new job."
To be brief, my new job requires me to cold call, all day, so my dad made me act out a cold call for him at the table.
"Call me."
I give my shpeal (which I refuse to write on my blog), and he actually looks impressed.
"That's good!"
I'm not going to lie. I was flattered. I feel like an idiot half the time on the phone jabbering to people on the other end, so to get any compliment, even from my clueless dad and sister, I will take it!
Appetizers arrive. I have never had lobster in a spicy pepper broth, and I really should have it more often.
Buffalo style calamari: I'm going to use the word innovative. Judge me.
The meatballs: for one, they're gigantic, yep giant balls. And they were…my favorite appetizer.
I was full just from the appetizers, and then we see the waitress bring over pasta, but it's not any of the pasta we ordered.
Surprise! "We know you wanted to try the lobster ravioli, so we brought you some to try"
And there they are! 3 personal raviolis, for all of us.
To say I was stuffed at this point would be a gross understatement: risotto balls, lobster, meatballs, lobster ravioli, oh wait…we still have another course coming.
My kobe beef ravioli was out of this world. It is not to be missed. Even if you just get an order for the table so everyone gets one ravioli, it's one thousand percent worth it.
My dad and sister were pleased with their choices as well.
Dessert? Duh.
I know, I'm stuffed, but they have crepe cake! It's my new favorite dessert. I discovered it at Novita, and I haven't looked back. It's fab.
And the biggest surprise of it all?? It was all for the price of "on the house!"
As we're about to leave I realize we never took a picture. "Wait! We still need to take a picture!"
"I'm not letting you take a picture with this pimple on my face."
Guess she won in the end.
Bread basket.
It's not just an ordinary bread basket. It has risotto in it. It's borderline magical.
Inside Out Meatballs: fried beef, pork & veal meatballs stuffed with fresh mozzarella & ricotta cheese, in homemade marinara sauce.
Um, yeah they're as good as they sound, and as big as child's head. "The human head weighs 8 lbs." They normally some with just two, but they gave us three, so one for each of us.
Angry Lobster: 1lb maine lobster sautéed with lemon, roasted garlic, butter & white wine finished with red pepper flakes
I have never ever had spicy lobster before, and I don't understand why. It makes perfect sense, and I want to have it again.
Buffalo Style Calamari
No real description necessary, it's gourmet bar food, and it's good! Eat some of the celery, you'll feel better about it.
Lobster ravioli:
Oh here's our surprise lobster ravioli! It's delicious. The ravioli's are plump. it tastes fresh, and the sauce has great flavor.
Orrechiette: Bowl shaped pasta, crumbled sausage, finely chopped broccoli rabe & hot cherry peppers with EVOO & roasted garlic.
I prefer pasta in more of a sauce, but if this is a dish you're into, I highly recommend it!
Kobe Beef Ravioli: wagyu beef, caramelized onions & fontina di val'dosta in marsala, browned butter & thyme with natural reduction.
Surprise there's truffle, and if there isn't, it tastes like there is. I wish I could eat this all the time, but I can't otherwise I would look like a beef ravioli. It's an amazing combination, and no ingredients overpowers the other, they just work together!
Pappardelle with bolognese sauce. It is a meaty dish for lack of a better word, maybe hearty is a better word? Ok, yeah, hearty. It's satisfying to say the least.
Crepe Cake
Look at this beautiful creation! There are caramelized bananas on the side, if you're into that. I mostly went for the cake.
Joe Shanghai [Click the photo above to go to Joe Shanghai's website]
24 W 56 Street (between 5 and 6 Avenue) New York, New York 10019
I decided to go for a nice Sunday dinner with my girls Sara and Caryn, but they live in the same building on the Upper East Side, and I live in Murray Hill, so we always try to go for middle of the road, because that's what friends do. So I mean, we're definitely doing Chinese, it's Sunday, and it's also the weekend of the Golden Globes/premiere of Girls, so let's make it on the early side…
Final decision: Joe Shanghai in Midtown. a. I have never been b. I want to go c. that's it.
Spoiler alert: I liked it. It's not overrated. I'd eat it again (and again), and I liked our waiter.
So here's how it all went down:
We were supposed to go to dinner at like 7, but I received a phone call at about 6:
"Caryn's ready to go."
"Ok, are you cabbing it there, or taking the subway so I know how much time I have."
"I think I'm going to cab it."
"If you're going to cab it, then I'm going to cab it."
Easy enough, except I was totally focused on Instagram, and didn't realize that the cab driver dropped me off on 55th Street, and not 56th street.
"Oh, this is perfect. Thanks!" I say like an idiot, until I realize I'm on the wrong street, and have to walk , and guess what? Streets are longer in midtown than downtown. I just want my soup dumplings!
I walk in and tell the hostess my friends are already here, and they act like they have been waiting for the rest of the VIP party to arrive. They walk me up the stairs, through the dining area, to a private room with two empty tables, and a television set.
"Can you turn on the Golden Globe preshow?" we ask a waiter.
He did.
But I'm facing the wrong way to watch the television. Luckily though there's a mirror so I watch the tv through the mirror during dinner.
What could be better? It's like we were in someone's living room (just with a lot of Chinese people serving us food – everyone stop acting like that was racist).
We decide on 2 orders of pork soup dumplings, and one order of crispy beef, and one order of tea for the table, oh and my friend ordered hot & sour soup.
Soup dumplings arrive, and our cutie waiter Sam, places one dump on each of our spoons, and does a bow of sort and says enjoy.
So this is what a LEGIT soup dumpling tastes like.
NOT date material, because the exterior of the dumpling is sort of sticky, so we were all licking our lips and the dumpling to make sure it didn't stick to our face.
"You look weird."
"What? It's sticky."
"Why do you have to make it look sexual?"
"I love slurping the soup. I love that part."
"The [hot & sour] soup has shrimp in it."
"Oh, that's nice."
Crispy beef arrives.
I've had a lot of crispy beef in my lifetime (does that sound sexual? I don't mean it to be), but this was some of the best crispy beef I've ever had.
"What is she wearing?"
"Jessica Alba looks good."
"Kate Hudson looks amazing."
"She just seems like a bitch."
"You guys, when I got dropped off at the wrong spot in the cab I saw the LOVE sign, wanna take a picture after we finish eating?"
"Okay, but who will take it?"
"I don't know."
"We'll ask someone, and then they'll steal my phone."
Long story short, they didn't, Tina and Amy killed it at the Golden Globes, and Hannah has a new boyfriend who is black, adding some super forced diversity Girls. The End.
I had a bite. I liked it. It felt like it had more layers than the average soup. I Recommend.
Oh hello dumplings. No one warns you that they're sticky on the outside, but I guess you look paste it once you bite into a legit soup dumpling. It's all it's cracked up to be. The dumpling doesn't fall apart when you bite it, and there's soup cradled at the bottom of the dumpling. They are pretty much little bundles of love.
Crispy Beef
Just the name is delicious, crispy beef. While other people my age are getting married (it's lovely they're in love blah blah blah), I'm busy making love to this crispy beef, so it's pretty much the same thing. Sometimes crispy beef can be hard and crunchy, but this was cooked just right. Love ya crispy beef xoxo.
And here is how I watched the Golden Globes, in a Royal Caribbean t-shirt I got at a vintage store in Wisconsin (that a guy once told me I wore a lot, turns out I do), and through a mirror at a Chinese Restaurant. Too Legit.
Look, my phone didn't get stolen, and look at the fab tourist photos I got from it!
I have just returned from a family vacation to Anguilla, and if you think I eat a lot normally, then you do not want to see me on vacation. Despite the fact that I sit on a beach all day, with no movement with exception to me getting up to dip my feet in the ocean or to turn over to get my back tan, I still think it's completely acceptable to gorge myself to the point of no return, to then return to my lounge chair, possibly more bloated, but definitely more tan.
Just to give myself a little credit here, for no one else's benefit but my own, I did work out every single day on this trip, which included tennis lessons (in which my mom continued to say "you really did love tennis. You should take lessons at home") and pilates classes, and yes sometimes both in one day, but they probably did nothing for the 3+ meal a day marathon I was running on this trip.
To give you some background on Anguilla, there are a million trillion restaurants on this small island, and almost all are on the beach, so not only did we go out every single night for a 3 course meal for dinner, but we also left our hotel every single day to go out for lunch to sit at a different beach, and shovel in some food.
"Off we go to another meal!"
"It's like as soon as we finish lunch, we wonder where we're going to dinner."
"Where are you guys going to dinner tonight?"
"Can you believe it? It's time for another meal."
These are some of the fabulous quotes my mom continued to say over, and over, and over, AND over again to anyone that would listen to her: our driver Russell, my sister's campfriend and his family, our new vacation friends from Long Island, our other new vacation friends from Queens, people in our Pilates class, and yes even our waiters at the restaurants (the island is small, so people generally have more than one job, so they would literally watch us stuff ourselves at breakfast in our cover-ups at our hotel, and they would see us dressed up stuffing ourselves again for dinner at a restaurant).
It was like my mom felt the need to defend our actions to everyone in sight.
I personally thought we should just try and not make it so obvious, and just accept that everyone else was doing the same thing. What else was I going to do? Run on the beach? I started to laugh as soon as I typed that.
So, was the food worth it? Hell yeah it was worth it. Anguilla has some of the best restaurants in town, and for your benefit, I am going to give you the rundown on some of the favorite spots in case any of you do decide to make a trip there.
The entire list includes recommendations, but one place pissed me off so badly that I need to begin with a review of the worst restaurant on the island of Anguilla: Jacala.
Jacala is owned by a French man named Jac, and if the name of the restaurant doesn't give you a hint, he was maybe one of the most pompous narcissistic horrid restaurant owners I have ever encountered.
First off: he takes everyone's orders for the entire restaurant, so you need to wait for at least 15 minutes just to order drinks, let alone dinner. Can you say control freak?
I watched as his 3 waitresses walked around scared to make the wrong move, or step out of place.
He completely ignored my family, maybe because we were all women, maybe because he could, but he came over to take our order with a smirk on his face knowing he made us wait.
And the food??? He started off by serving us a cold asparagus soup with a soggy tortilla, which tasted exactly like the soggy noodles Chinese restaurants serve you at the beginning of a meal.
And the rest? Stuffy French food with a ton of sauce. The menu is described as "intuitive" cuisine. WTF is intuitive cuisine?
It was the ONLY restaurant that we did not order dessert, and the poor waitress that came over to tell us the specials brought over a huge board with 8 different desserts listed on the chalkboard. She would say one, and then nervously stare at Jac, and then say the next, each time watching the owner move from the bar to the main room. She looked frozen in fear of saying something incorrectly.
The restaurant has a posh reputation, but every single patron besides my family was over the age of 65. Skip this place, and go for a good meal.
Tuna Tartare
This was the least innovative dish, and tasted like something I could get at any run of the mill sushi spot.
Chicken stuffed with lobster in a lobster sauce with a side of asparagus and yams.
Chicken stuffed with lobster in a lobster sauce? Sounds delicious right? UH NO. It wasn't even warm when they served it, and it was whatever.
Porkchop in an apricot sauce.
Porkchop with sauce, sauce, sauce sauce, and a rice that tasted like potpourri.
Now on to the good stuff:
[Click the photo above to go to Straw Hat's website]
Straw Hat (lunch or dinner): Love itttt. We went with another family for dinner, who has a love for food like us, so it was very exciting to have some rum punch and eat with a group.
Order: the tuna flat bread, which comes with truffle aioli. I ordered it twice, once for lunch and once for dinner (as an appetizer relax, like I'd only order that).
Crabcake minus the crab, and plus the lobster. Pretty, pretty good.
Say hello to the tuna flat bread. I love it. I love it. Did I mention I love it?
Spring rolls stuffed with fresh fish. Yep, it wasn't bad.
The appetizers were definitely the highlight of the meal, so that's what I'm going to leave you with. Lunch is standard fare, and difficult to complain about.
[Click the photo above to go to E's Oven's website]
E's Oven: This is a local spot, and hands down one of my favorite places we ate for lunch. I ordered the filet of red snapper with a side of vegetables, and so did my mom. My sister ordered the lobster club Panini with a side of fries.
"You can have fries or sal-"
The waitress was super sweet and accomidating, especially when concerning my mom's tomato allergy.
This restaurant is not on the beach, but it was near our hotel, so we were back on the beach rather quickly.
For the record all the bread on the island was absolutely amazing. Every loaf was served fresh and warm, and this was no exception.
They surprised us with a small bite of ground turkey with carrots in a light sauce. Seriously unreal. It is the only time I ate turkey in Anguilla.
Such a great dish! It seemed so classy for a tiny little restaurant.
The best carrots I've ever eaten. I have no idea why. Plantains are also on that plate. My mom and sister HATE bananas, and even they liked them!
This to me is America meets the Islands: aka lobster plus club sandwich. This is a lobster club panini.
[Click the photo above to go to Smokey's website]
Smokey's (lunch): jerk chicken, ribs, rum, beer, all while you're sitting on the beach. We went last year and this year, so recommendations vary. Jerk chicken wrap, the lobster roll, fish sandwich, or the ribs are all good choices. Oh, and they also offer a 50/50 plate of onion rings and fries…won't kill you to try them.
[Click the photo above to go to Picante's website]
Picante (dinner): LEGIT Mexican food. Tuna tacos, fish tacos, guacamole, even the artichoke dip is to die for. Island food is delicious, but by the end it's like "if you hand me another piece of snapper or grouper I'm going to smack you with it." Picante is the perfect change of pace. It's laid back, always crowded, and they make some strong ass drinks.
And we saw Kelly Osbourne there, so there's that.
My sister: that girl looks like Kelly Osbourne.
Me: Monica, that is Kelly Osbourne.
My sister: O heehee
My jam: the tuna tacos.
[Click the photo above to go to Barrel Stay's website]
Barrel Stay (dinner): French with Asian influence. I loved it. Order a salad, fish with Asian noodles, crayfish, or escargot, and you won't be disappointed. I ordered a sea food soup, which tasted like a deconstructed French onion soup with spicy seafood.
The restaurant is also on the water, and I loveddddd the chef. He came out to tell us the specials, and crouched down so we were all eye level. He was very engaging, and patient with any questions we had. He even helped me find the bathroom. He was a fabulous ying to Jacala's putrid yang.
Here's a little sample of what we ate: the goat cheese and asparagus salad
[Click the photo above to go to Veya's website]
Veya (dinner): "It looks like a tree house!" my mom exclaimed multiple times. There is a live band that plays in the background, and excellent wait staff. To start get the conch fritters to or the layered salad. And for your main? Crayfish. duhhh.
[Click the photo above to go to Scilly Cay's website]
Scilly Cay Island: The best day we had! You take a 10 minute boat ride to a small island called Scilly Cay, you lay on the beach, have the yummiest and strongest rum punch, and the food! I ordered a combo platter of lobster and crayfish, which comes in a light curry sauce, with a pasta salad and fruit. And the restaurant owner, a character!
Say hello to my little friend: lobster and crayfish combo.
And here's the view!
[Click the photo above to go to Blanchard's website]
Blanchards: American owners from Westchester, my people. The corn chowder is made with no cream and filled with flavor. The key lime pie is a great way to end your meal.
And they have a more casual spot next door for lunch. For $3 you can get a lounge chair for the day (can you tell it's owned by New Yorkers?), it's the only place on the island that charges for chairs, but it's also the only place where you can find frozen yogurt, milkshakes along with sandwiches, salads, and burgers.
You can just tell they had Americans in mind when this restaurant was created, but still has the authentic vibe of the island with bright green and blue chairs and tables.
Andy Cohen has finally tweeted me back after a month of tweeting him to go to a meal with for everyone to read!! Ah!! It's not exactly a yes, but I'll take it…for now. I will still continue tweeting him every.single.day until he agrees. I mean, he lives in Manhattan. I live in Manhattan. I've already seen him at Morandi (he clearly didn't recognize me for some unknown reason). We can go again if he wants, and this time we can sit together.
Turns out my opinion matters! [Click the photo above to see me on The Madelyn's website]
The Madelyn [Click the photo above to go to the Madelyn's website]
82 W 3rd St (between Thompson St & Sullivan St) New York, NY 10012
My dream in life is to get free food, and it finally came true when I went to my very first tasting at the Madelyn.
Here's how it went:
The first decision I had to make was who was I going to take? I felt it was appropriate to invite my friend who I went to the Madelyn opening with, but he told me he had plans, so he's a dill hole.
Who else?
I could invite my friend who also has a food blog, but he's going to some art show. He gets gayer and gayer (politically incorrect I know, but it is what it is) I swear.
I also had my holiday office party the night before so I was not in good shape to say the least. Who could I invite where I wouldn't have to over extend myself for at dinner?
"Mom, do you want to go with me?"
Ding ding ding ding.
I unfortunately told her while I was still at work, and might I add a busy day, and she was a machine gun of questions.
"Where is it located?"
"How do I get there?"
"What time?"
Text me this. Text me that. I think my favorite suggestion of hers was she wouldn't pick me up at my apartment, but I could have the cab drop me off somewhere on the west side, and she could pick me up from there.
So I would tell a cab driver a random corner, so I could drive downtown with my mom and her GPS, which she fights with…constantly…absolutely not.
"I'll meet you there."
Dinner was at 8:30, and of course my mom arrived at the restaurant at around 8 o'clock. I have to take extra care with whatever outfit I put together for my mom, because according to her I almost always a. need to iron it b. need to fix my hair c. need to put on more lipstick. I decide on a button down with a sweater.
When we arrive I order some wine, and we are seated at a couch in front of the fire place.
It is very romantic, and hot. I start pulling off my sweater, and I see my mom make a face.
"It's ironed. Don't worry."
I can see she didn't believe me until she saw the shirt for herself.
Lucky for us, a couple next to us found the fire place very romantic, and proceeded to make-out the entire meal, which was 5 courses by the way.
"How drunk do you think they are?"
"Why do you think they're drunk?"
"Who makes out like that sober?"
The waiter and owner ask us if we have any special requests, and the only piece of information they need to know is that my mom is allergic to tomatoes.
"Did you tell them I'm allergic to tomatoes?"
"I just did."
First course arrives: oysters and champagne. I am not an oyster person, but had I brought a man: champagne, oysters, fireplace…that's like out of a movie. Except in reality I was trying to figure out a way to slip an oyster on my mom's plate so it looked like I ate more, and my mom drank the champagne before I could cheers her.
Next course arrives: Guanciale "pork jowl" pizza with black truffle and egg.
They had this at the restaurant opening, and I picked at it, but this time I had to hold myself back. It was sooooo good. The egg is cooked in the center of the pizza, and you dip the pizza into the runny egg. I asked for this pizza to go, because if I finished it I knew I wouldn't be able to eat anything else.
I'm already in reclining position on the couch.
Home made burrata cheese on naan bread with pesto and tomato. My mom's portion had no tomato (touché). The naan bread was toasted perfectly, and I never ever everrrr don't like burrata cheese.
As the courses continue, my mom and I are served different dishes to accommodate mi madre's allergy.
I get spicy shellfish soup. She gets fried artichokes on a bed of lettuce.
"I can't find my contacts list anymore on my phone." My mom got her first Iphone, and before that she was using the Blackberry Pearl, so you can imagine the delightful questions my sister and I get asked.
"Is that why you emailed me that you were here, and didn't text me?"
You probably put it in another folder."
"How do I call people now?"
"You have the address book in the "phone" section when you make a call. The green button."
I get eggplant parmesan. She gets pork belly.
"Why is it green now? I need the brown button."
"It's two different buttons."
We both get veal ravioli, which tasted exactly like my grandmother's kreplach. It's always exciting with a restaurant dish reminds you of a home cooked meal.
And finally: apple crisp.
"Do we tip the waitresses?"
"I don't know. I've never had a tasting before."
"What are we supposed to tip?"
"I'll give it to them. You know, like the mom, doing it. It's a mom thing."
As long as I don't have to do it. Miss Awkward over here.
The owner Lou comes over to ask us how our meal was. He plops down next to me, so I'm a little sandwich between him and my mom. I can barely focus, because I keep staring at the couple next to us.
"You ready to go home?"
I grab my coat as the guy grabs his lady's butt, and off we go.
Champagne and Oysters.
These are East Coast oysters, hence their size. I am not a fan of the texture of any oyster, but I did enjoy the flavor of these.
Guanciale "pork jowl" pizza with black truffle and egg.
This is just sooo delicious when cooked right. Bacon, eggs, cheese, bread (no tomatoes)…its like a food pyramid of yummyness. I was beyond excited for leftovers, but my mom ate it instead.
Home Made Burrata Cheese: grilled naan bread, pesto, roasted tomato
This bread had the perfect amount of crunch. Creamy cheese, and pesto. It's not a cute thing to eat: potential green in the teeth, and requires more than one bite, but seriously I don't care. It's worth it.
Madelyn's Spicy Shellfish Soup: shrimp, scallops, little neck clams, garlic, tomato broth
This is perfect for the winter weather. It's hearty but not heavy. I had a few bites, because soup fills me up very quickly, and I had to save room.
Fried Baby Artichoke Salad: parmesan cheese, chili oil lemon vinagrette, parsley
This was light and crunchy. They served this to my mom, while I received the soup, and I popped one of those chokes right into my mouth. I actually preferred this, and I think my mom preferred the soup (but she couldn't eat it heehee).
Eggplant Parmesan
My mom was again jealous that she couldn't eat this. Solid eggplant dish.
Berkshire Porkbelly with vinegar sauce.
I sort of died for this. The porkbelly was crispy on the outside and a little fatty, and the vinegar just gave the dish some acid. This was the first time they made this dish with the vinegar sauce, and I loved it. The waitress even brought over the vinegar they used, so my mom could use it for cooking at home. Here it is below.
White Vinegar for pork belly, sold at specialty markets.
Veal Ravioli with balsamic reduction.
I try to stay away from pasta dishes at restaurants that have a lounge/bar vibe. It just seems too heavy for a cocktail, however this was delic. If it tastes like something my grandma made it's a great sign.
Apple crisp
FYI: this was just for me, and they served another apple crisp just for my mom. I was about to keel over at this point. My mom lovesss apple crisp, and it was very good. However, it was still very hot when it was served to us, so I think the crisp needed to sit for a bit longer so it wasn't so oozy. Still a great end to the meal 🙂


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Xanthas had een nieuw logo ontwerp nodig en lanceerde daarom een wedstrijd op 99designs.
Een winnaar werd gekozen uit97 ontwerpen ingezonden door39 freelance designers.
Logo for a top site website for online, browser based games. Read Complete Brief for more information.
Desired Color Scheme:
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Logo for a top site website for online, browser based games.
Note: I canceled my last contest as I was apparently not clear enough as to what type of logo I wanted. More money this time around and hopefully better entries.
Logo Requirements
Text: topwebrpgs.com - designers can manipulate this how they want
Size: 400px (wide) 100px (high) - please keep it within these dimensions
Background Color: This must be a darker color (black, 292929, 222222, etc). Any entries on something other than a dark background will be removed.
Colors: For starters, designers choice. Nothing fruity.
Graphics: Please pay close attention to the logo examples provided below. If you're going to incorporate an image into the logo design, do it in a way that is clever, stylish, and professional.
Logo Examples: These are logos I find attractive.
http://radiantmars.com - they have an awesome logo imho. i like everything about it.
http://logopond.com/logos/startupcapital02.gif - nothing special, but along the lines of what i'd want
http://logopond.com/logos/MediaLoop2.png - same as above, just like the uniqueness of the 'loop'
http://logopond.com/logos/optiflame.gif - i like how they used the flame
http://logopond.com/logos/daninko.jpg - i like the way they added the image - i don't like the reflection effect
http://logopond.com/logos/ln_logo.png - another neat one
http://firedog.com/ - another simple logo with a great incorporation of an image
These should be enough examples to show, at the least, how I'd like to see an image added into the logo if the designer chooses to use one (you should try).
Summary: Please don't submit entries that a beginner (me) could do in PS. If you have any questions, need clarification, whatever, feel free to ask. Thanks and good luck!
Bekijk hoe een ontwerpwedstrijd werkt of leer meer over logo ontwerpdiensten.


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Roses? Check. Candles? Check. Nice dinner in the oven? Check. Beautiful place setting with automotive theme? Negative. It's a shame you forget the smallest parts of your romantic Valentine's Day dinner, such as the nice plates, glasses and silverware. Help is available, however. Say hello to the gearhead place setting.
Nothing says romance like eating prime rib out of a tire with wrenches and pliers. An included chrome hubcap is just the right amount of shine for the tire—and great for keeping your finely cooked dinner warm as your transport it from kitchen to dining room. Ever drink wine out of a piston-shaped mug? Me neither, but with classy equipment like that, you're bound to get some Saint V's Day desert after the actual dinner is all said and done. [Product Page via Nerdapproved]


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Workshop Proceeding
Genetically Engineered Organisms, Wildlife, and Habitat: A Workshop Summary (2008)Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources
Research is needed to help us to better understand the interactions of genetically engineered organisms (GEOs)--organisms whose genetic material has been modified to produce desirable traits--with their surrounding ecosystems. Today, most GEOs are crops that contain one or two gene traits that improve weed and insect control. However, research and testing are underway in a large variety of plants, microorganisms, and animals to introduce a much broader range of traits with potential benefits to farmers, consumers, and other users. The diversity of traits suggests that future GEOs may interact with the environment in different ways than current GEOs. A quandary for researchers is that possible interactions are best studied in natural settings, but current regulations prohibit the release of many experimental GEOs until their likely impact can be established. Therefore, alternate research approaches are needed. This workshop summarizes discussions on the kind of research that can help to understand possible GEO-ecosystem interactions. The workshop was requested by U.S. Geological Survey, which, though not a regulatory agency, advises the National Park Service, the Bureau of Land Management, and other agencies responsible for taking care of federal lands.


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On February 11, 2013 at the Glendale, CA Americana Barnes and Noble, 90 plus guest came to see Ally Carter, young adult author, who came to sign her new novel "Perfect Scoundrels." She started out the evening by answering fan questions, giving the first fan to ask a question the privilege to be first in the signing line. Her answers were a good combination of witty and serious.
Ally Carter first got her inspiration to write after reading the book "The Outsiders" by S.E. Hinton. Carter was a 16 year old Oklahoma farm girl. When she looked up information on S.E. Hinton, she was surprised to find that not only was Hinton alive, but also from Oklahoma just like her. She was so used to reading novels by authors like the Bronte sisters, that it was the first time when it clicked that writers were not just old dead people from Europe, but were living here and now.
Carter was asked where she gets her inspiration for her novels from. It comes from everywhere, she explained, and "you never know when inspiration is going to come." Sometimes from billboards, or a part of a TV show, or even from a part of a conversation you are having. Generally she will start with an idea and create a storyboard, adding thoughts and characters.
Carter told us to not worry about it being perfect the first time. Each author has different methods for writing. She doesn't rewrite as she goes, but fixes at the end. Generally taking three or four or more drafts to finish a book. Her motto to editing is "anything can go at anytime."
She was also asked about how to put chapters in a book. "A chapter's goal is to move the story forward." If a character or a plot doesn't go anywhere in a chapter than that chapter is not needed. She equated chapters to TV commercial breaks. The goal of a commercial is to get you to not change the channel, to hook you. It's best to break chapters in interesting spots; where something has happened, or something new has been introduced.
Ally Carter was very fun to listen to. It never stopped amazing the crowd when she talked about her other YA author friends. She did say however that she was disappointed that J.K. Rowling has never invited her to the castle. All joking aside she did emphasize throughout the night that writing is self taught. If you want to be a writer you just need to find what methods work best for you. Sometimes it will vary from book to book. Don't be discouraged if it takes you a long time to write one book. Everyone is different, and that makes every experience unique.
Ally Carter described her fellow YA authors as nice, smart, cool people. I think that's also a description fit for her. Check out her new book "Perfect Scoundrels" in bookstore now. For the fans of the Gallagher Girls series be ready this fall for book six, the final book in the series.


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Saturday May 11, 2013 was a lovely evening in Los Angeles, especially at the "One Million Animals Gala" party and fundraiser for F.A.R.M., Farm Animal Rights Movement. Hundreds of local animal rights advocatesput on the ritz and kicked up their heels on the fabulous lawns of the estate of Ellen Lavinthal and her family. They were aided by dozens of generous volunteers who helped make the evening smooth.
The event was lots of fun, as well as being educational and inspirational. Many of the locals knew about the F.A. R. M. group, but many did not know much because it is headquartered on the East Coast. One of the popular Los Angeles activists seen at many animal related protests and activities, Brian Monell, has started working for them. He put together this gala with his buddy Lavinthal. Lavinthal heads up her own group, Animal Alliance, as well as being co-founder of Fur Free West Hollywood, the first city in the world to ban the sale of fur.
There was lots of vegan food catered by Veggie Grill, and there was an open bar as well. A silent auction was held, and the big prize there was the enormous oil painting by Al Jackson of a cow depersonalized by a bar code, along with a big eraser removing that code. It was a fitting symbol for the evening and the work of the Farm Animal Rights Movement. Later in the evening there was dancing under the stars.
Actress and well-known animal rescuer and advocate Elaine Hendrix was the emcee. Lavinthal and her family received the Isaac Bashevis Singer Award from Monell on behalf of F.A.R.M. for all her dedication to helping animals. Seba Johnson, the youngest and first black Olympic alpine skier, also spoke. She has been a vegan since birth, and she told how she was disqualified from the Olympics because she refused to wear a piece of equipment or clothing that had leather in it. This made her a bigger hero than the first-place Olympian.
Aside from learning about the effective techniques of F.A.R.M., the most intriguing part of the evening was listening to Alex Hershaft, founder of the organization back in 1976. Hershaft is a Holocaust survivor whose family was slaughtered in the concentration camps. He told us that during that time of immense agony and suffering, the Jews comforted themselves with one thing: when the news of the atrocities came out, they would hopefully inspire something like this to happen "never again." In the '70s when the Tutsis slaughtered the Hutus by the millions, he began to ask himself if "never again" applied only to Jewish people.
Shortly after that, he visited a slaughterhouse, saw the terrified animals and the horrendous crowding conditions just like those his family experienced in the death camp at Treblinka. Both situations were merciless killing machines. "Piles of animal parts were reminiscent of the piles of Jewish bodies." He quoted Isaac Bashevis Singer who wrote that "for animals, all men are Nazis."
This was the time when Hershaft realized that "never again" doesn't mean what others should not do to us, but what we should not do to others. He made a vow that never again would he participate in atrocities against any beings. His goal is to never again have animals raised for food and other exploitation.
Hershaft is on the verge of retiring and writing a book, and F.A.R.M. will be headed by Jen Riley and Michael Webermann.
The next presentation was by Webermann who explained what the 10 Billion Lives Tour is all about. F.A.R.M.'s philosophy is that most people who eat meat are not aware of the horrors the animals go through. So they have put together a telling 4-minute video. In order to get people to watch something so unpleasant, they offer a dollar to everyone who will view and give their information. They now also offer theatre tickets to one out of every 25 viewers.
This seems to be the magic technique. On campuses last year there were 90,000 viewers. Over 80% of them promise to cut back on meat eating. When they are later followed up, there is some back-sliding, and some who continue in the vegan direction. The average, Weber said, has been calculated -- for every person who watches the video, 10 animals are spared. That's 1,000,000 animals! That's a lot of animals. And yet every year 10 billion are raised and slaughtered for food in the United States. Hence the new campaign 10 Billion Lives.
When you find out that every dollar donated saves ten animals, it is easy to want to give and support such an effective group. Much money was raised on Saturday, I am told. Over $30,000 in one night. I personally am very happy with my poignant photograph by Susan Weingartner, scored at the silent auction.
Another recent action sponsored by F.A.R.M. was the protest at Farmer Johns slaughterhouse on May 4. A historic number -- over 400 people -- showed up to condemn the cruel slaughter and abuse of the very sweet, innocent and intelligent pigs. There were many familiar faces from the protest, a sad and serious event, who were happy to be at the Gala, socializing and having fun.
I for one am completely sold on them and will do my best to continue to support F.AR.M.
Georja Umano is an actress and animal advocate.


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Right, in a continuation of my obsession with predicting things, with 18 months to go it's about the kind of time that we get a rough idea of who's under consideration for the World Cup squads for each country. Give potential 15-man squads for any country, and we'll dig this thread up when the squads are actually picked and see how wrong we were. Should provide some interesting debate as well, might help keep this thread going beyond my usual three pages' worth.
MP Vaughan*
ME Trescothick
AJ Strauss
KP Pietersen
A Flintoff
PD Collingwood
GO Jones+
AF Giles
SJ Harmison
SP Jones
LE Plunkett
IR Bell
MJ Prior (+)
ID Blackwell
JM Anderson
AN Cook
RT Ponting*
AC Gilchrist+
MJ Clarke
MEK Hussey
AJ Symonds
SM Katich
DR Martyn
SR Watson
CL White
GD McGrath
B Lee
NW Bracken
SK Warne ( )
BL Hodge
SW Tait
PN Jaques
R Dravid*
MS Dhoni+
SR Tendulkar
V Sehwag
IK Pathan
G Gambhir
Y Singh
M Kaif
H Singh
RP Singh
AB Agarkar
JP Yadav
M Kartik
VRV Singh
A Rayudu
S Raina
That's all I can really be bothered to do at the moment. Thoughts?


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Sam invited us to her house one evening to try out some sex toys. Watch me use a strap-on with her and us sharing a double dildo.
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I did a lot of bukkake years ago so we got Trinity to do a bukkake movie. Fresh faced and just 18 years old, it was great to see these older guys wanking and cumming over her.
Indian Spice's Threesome 20 mins
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Shanice is a delightful black BBW who loves kinky and sexy fun. All dressed up in her basque, stockings and heels, shes pushes a dildo into my ass.
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Alison starred in our infamous 'Essex Pub Orgy' movie that made the front page of a national newspaper at the time. Its another from the archive but a classic not to be missed.
Brenda The Swinger 60+ mins
Mature and thick bodied, Brenda is what you would call a true swinger and loves nothing more than handling cocks. This movie sees a homemade orgy in the living room.
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Red-hot Blazers welcome Mavs to Rose City
(SportsNetwork.com) - The Portland Trail Blazers are on fire and will try to continue that momentum on Saturday night when they conclude a four-game homestand against the Dallas Mavericks.
The Blazers have won four straight and 15 of their last 16. Their most recent victory might have been their most impressive as they throttled the Utah Jazz, 130-98 on Friday night.
Portland made a franchise-record 17 3-pointers and shot an eye-opening 73.9 percent from long range. The Blazers' 73.9 percent 3-point shooting (17-23) is the highest by any team that made at least 15 3-pointers in NBA history.
"Our 3-point shooters are good 3-point shooters. That's not surprising," said Portland coach Terry Stotts. "Now you don't expect to shoot that well obviously, but more importantly, our 3s are in rhythm. They're good shots for the guys taking them. When those guys are taking open 3s, there is a good chance they'll go in."
Damian Lillard made five from long range, followed by four from Wesley Matthews, three from Niclas Batum, two apiece from Dorell Wright and Allen Crabbe and Mo Williams even made one.
LaMarcus Aldridge had 20 points and 15 rebounds.
The 130 points marked a season-high for the Blazers, who own the best record in the Western Conference. Portland has won at least 17 of its first 20 games for just the third time in franchise history.
The Mavericks opened a four-game road trip with Wednesday's 100-97 win at New Orleans and Dirk Nowitzki led six players in double figures with 21 points on 7-of-17 shooting. Nowitzki has scored 20-plus points in seven of his last 10 games and 11 times total this season.
Monta Ellis notched his second double-double of the season with 14 points, six rebounds, a game-high 10 assists, Vince Carter had 15 points off the bench and both DeJuan Blair and Jose Calderon netted 12 apiece for the Mavs, who used a Calderon 3-pointer to erase a 92-91 deficit for a two-point lead.
New Orleans was able to even the score twice in the last three minutes, but never took back the lead.
Dallas has won two straight since losing four of five and improved to 3-6 away from Big D. Shawn Marion had 10 points and the Mavs' bench outscored New Orleans' reserves, 31-10.
"It feels good to get a huge win for us as a team, and we're happy to get through this back-to-back like this," Calderon said. "It was good, good enough."
The Mavs will visit Sacramento and the Golden State Warriors on the trip, and took three of four meetings from Portland a season ago. Dallas is 8-4 in the last 12 matchups in this series and has won 11 of its last 17 at Portland.


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Lance Armstrong briefly addressed Texas lawmakers and visitors in the House gallery this morning, observing "cancer awareness day" and yearning for the day when he and others won't have to raise money to fight cancer.
The famed cyclist and cancer survivor says people continually ask him about the fight against cancer and the status of his foundation.
The Lance Armstrong Foundation raised $50 million last year.
"It's going great….but the key, and the first day when it's really going to be great is the day when we don't need it any more, when we don't have to raise any more money," Armstrong said. "That's the day when we can say, 'it's a great day.'"
Armstrong thanked Texans for approving a $3 billion bond issue in 2007 to support cancer research.
"Thanks for your help and support. We will keep working. We have a lot of work to do," Armstrong said.


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Half the secondary — both starting safeties — are gone, but the Gators are loaded at the cornerback positions with experienced players.
The Florida Gators experienced a considerable bump in Will Muschamp's second season, going from 7-6 in 2011 to 11-2 in 2012 with a berth in a BCS bowl game.
So, what happens in Year 3?
With so many players departing through a combination of graduation, transfers and leaving early for the NFL, UF is a team in transition as it moves forward into 2013.
Over the past few weeks, The Sun has broken down the Gators by position to give readers an idea of what to expect this UF team to look like in the fall.
Today: Secondary.
Half the secondary — both starting safeties — are gone. Josh Evans was a senior last season, and Matt Elam made the decision to forego his senior year to enter the NFL Draft, where he possibly could go late in the first round or early in the second. Elam started every game over the past two seasons (26) and was the leader and leading playmaker in the secondary in 2012.
He led the Gators in interceptions with four last season and also recorded two sacks and 11 tackles for loss. He had some game-changing plays last season. Evans started all but two games the past two seasons. He led the team in tackles in 2012 with 83 and also intercepted two passes. WHO'S BACK While the starting safeties are gone, all the cornerbacks return from last season — Loucheiz Purifoy, Jaylen Watkins, Marcus Roberson, Cody Riggs, Brian Poole and Jeremy Brown. The Gators are so deep and experienced at the corner positions that Purifoy is going to see some practice time this spring at wide receiver and Watkins, a starting corner last season, is going to get a look at safety as the coaches try to get the four (and five and six) best players on the field in the secondary. Purifoy, who had three forced fumbles and two blocked kicks on special teams last season, appears to be the leading candidate to replace Elam as the playmaker in the secondary. He has excellent speed and seems to have a knack for being around the ball. Watkins started 11 games at cornerback last season and had three interceptions. Roberson started four games last season after starting 10 as a true freshman in 2011. Riggs started 10 games in 2011, but fractured his foot in the second game last season and received a medical redshirt. Poole played in 12 games as a true freshman last season and also can play safety. The backup safeties from last year return — Valdez Showers and Jabari Gorman. WHO'S NEXT Marcus Maye, a redshirt freshman, is considered a leading candidate to be one of the starters at safety. Muschamp and several defensive players, including Elam, spoke last season about the potential Maye was showing with some of the things he did last year in preseason camp and on the scout team during the season. Like Elam, he has the size and physicality to play close to the line of scrimmage and have an impact on run defense and on blitzes in passing situations. Another redshirt freshman, Rhaheim Ledbetter, is a big-time hitter who has a chance to be a major contributor on special teams. UF's incoming freshmen also could have a significant impact in the secondary. The coaches feel Vernon Hargreaves III is talented enough and mature enough to compete for playing time at cornerback. Maybe he's the reason the coaches are letting Watkins and Purifoy see time at other positions this spring. Marcell Harris and Keanu Neal also will get an early look at the safety positions, where there is very little depth and experience. True freshman Nick Washington can play cornerback and safety. SUMMARY The Gators are loaded with proven cornerbacks, but have some questions at safety, where both starters must be replaced. With some players who can play both corner and safety, the Gators have some versatility, and the coaches will use the spring to start identifying the best combinations in the secondary. Overall, there is no shortage of talent. STRONGER OR WEAKER IN 2013? It's going to be hard to replace the production and leadership of Elam and Evans, but the Gators have great experience and depth at the cornerback positions, which might allow Watkins, a starter at corner in 2012, to see extensive playing time at safety. Even without last year's starting safeties, the secondary has a chance to be just as good or better in 2013 because of all the proven talent, and the addition of some promising young players, most notably, Maye and Hargreaves III.


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" Facial tattoos in various designs are a sign of status in some cultures."
" These rare, fist-sized spiders do not make webs, but rather excrete secretions which harden upon contact with air. These 'droppings' resemble barley-sized spider eggs, or even lustrous pearls, once the slime coating them, dries up. In fact, dried Pearl Spider 'drops' are indistinguishable from the marine varieties produced by mollusks, and hence of identical value on the open market! Several centuries ago, they were studied by naturalists, and several observations were made. Firstly, was that these spiders 'lay' these pearls for no apparent or discernible 'natural' reason, and secondly, the naturalists had discovered that the more these spiders ate or were fed--and they were true omnivores--the larger the spider pearls came out. A cottage industry began. Enterprising merchants hunted and collected these creatures across the lands, erecting spider-farms for the manufacture of Spider Pearls. It wasn't long before someone got the idea to force-feed the spiders, ala foie gras geese, and soon, the fattened spiders began pooping out pearls of great size! (relatively speaking). The regular pearl market came to disarray, and prices and value fluctuated wildly. [b]Plothook[/b] The Mermen Mercantile Alliance hires the party to eradicate all terrestrial Pearl Spider Farms!"
" What if a invisible person could see other invisible creatures? All you would need to do to check for nasties hiding around is turn invisible."


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True love for Cartier. How wonderful is this?
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Karena says:
Hollister I truly cannot think of another short film/ commercial of this quality and scope. Truly mesmerizing. Cartier has an incredible ad firm.
I hope that it wins a coveted award!
Art by Karena
Heather Robinson says:
Wow, that is one of the most lovely/amazing things I have seen in a long time. Or as my honey just said "Putain, c'est beau!"...
Karen says:
That commercial actually aired on TV and I was so amazed they showed the full version. So impressive and boy, would I love a forever bracelet!
Karen at Garden Home and Party
Hollister H. Hovey says:
So good. They must be paying in Love Bracelets. :)
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I have a code for my old application for which I used OpenGL ES 1.1.
And I have a plan to build a new application with OpenGL ES 2.0.
A new circumstance support OpenGL ES 2.0.
I expected that every functoins in OpenGL ES 1.1 will be supported in 2.0.
But there is some functions that I can not find in 2.0 such as glPopMatrix()
, glPushMatrix(), glDisableClientState().
I refered the below document:
1.1 -> http://www.khronos.org/opengles/sdk/1.1/docs/man/
2.0 -> http://www.khronos.org/opengles/sdk/docs/man/
Should I build a new application with new 2.0 API ?
Can I use my code without any modification ?


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Churchyards and cemeteries
One of my first research activities was to head for the two cemeteries in Amble on a mission to track down the Turner family plot to check some information for my cousin and to see if I could find the Henderson graves that my Granny Webb used to take me to on her weekly flower visit. I amazed myself by being able to head almost directly to the Henderson graves even though it must be over 40 years since I went with my granny.
Both visits surprised me by turning up a lot more information than I expected and bringing many old memories of family and townspeople back to the surface. Since then I have visited more cemetries and have some interesting monumental photos from:
- Amble West Cemetery
- Amble East Cemetery
- St. John's church at Broomhill
- Chevington Cemetery
- St. Lawrence's Church at Warkworth
- St. Paul's Church at Choppington
- Lowick Church
Plan to start publishing some of the photos that have helped my research in the Christmas hols.
Others that I need information from include:
- Kyloe Church – privately owned, by appointment only
- Norham Church – figured out where it is but did not have time
War Memorials
My collection of war memorial photos so far includes:
- Amble
- Radcliffe (at Amble)
- Broomhill


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California State University
General education requirements, online catalogs, and articulation
resources for the 23 CSU campuses.
For detailed campus articulation agreements, go to the
- CSU Transfer Courses - Direct link to CCSF courses that transfer for elective credit at CSU campuses
- CSU General Education Worksheet - Printable list of CCSF Courses that meet CSU General Education Requirement
- CSU GE on ASSIST - Official record of approved CSU GE courses. Includes effective dates.
- CSU American Institutions (AI) on ASSIST - Official record of CCSF courses approved for CSU AI (US History/Gov't) graduation requirement.
- CSU Campus Catalogs - Links to CSU campus catalogs
- CSU Systemwide - CSU Chancellor's Office, information for all CSU campuses.
- Resources - CSU State Apply, campus-specific information, impacted majors, AP/IB/CLEP Credit and CSU GE, etc.


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Jewish World Review June 14, 2013/ 6 Tammuz, 5773
Freedom: The unfolding revolution
By Jonah Goldberg
http://www.JewishWorldReview.com | The contradictions at the heart of the Obama presidency are finally out in the open. As a result, a man who came into office hell-bent on restoring faith in government is on the verge of inspiring a libertarian revival.
There have always been (at least) two Barack Obamas. There is the man who claims to be a nonideological problem-solver, keen on working with anybody to fix things. And there is The One: the partisan, left-leaning progressive-redeemer.
The dilemma for Obama is that neither is panning out because both incarnations rely on trust. The president never had much trust among Republicans, and he lost what he had when he opted to steamroll the stimulus and, later, Obamacare, on a partisan basis.
Of course, that's not how most Democrats have seen things. They've seen the last five years as a tale of Tea-Party-fueled madness and racism. The conviction that conservatives are crazy, stupid and/or bigoted in their opposition to Obama is what has allowed the two Obamas to exist side by side. Both iterations could blame the Republicans for any shortcomings or failures.
Then came the Benghazi debacle. The president's base, according to polls and what little MSNBC viewing I could stomach, never wavered in its conviction that Benghazi was a nonscandal. But even if you don't think it was a scandal (as I do), many partisans admit the administration's response, politically and in real time, was a mess, casting the
Cue the
And then the floodgates opened. The
I have some sympathy for Obama in that his support of these vast data-mining programs might be a sign that he has matured in office. He naively denounced the "false choice" of compromising our ideals for the sake of security in his 2009 inaugural speech. Now he's touting such trade-offs as essential.
Or it could be that, like so many presidents before him, Obama thinks there's nothing wrong with executive power when he's the executive. Either way, the NSA story undermines trust in both Obamas.
In late May, the president announced in a speech that the war on terror was essentially over. In early June, he's defending a data-mining operation that even Rep.
The idealist wants credit for ending the war, while the alleged pragmatist wants to keep a surveillance apparatus that has no justification if the war on terror is truly over. Maybe he's right on the merits. The problem is that fewer and fewer people are willing to take his word for it.
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I'm bored with my blog.
There, I said it.
I've been thinking it for some time now, but wasn't sure what I wanted to do to make it different. I had a plan, but it was postponed until next summer due to an injury to my foot. (Nothing serious, just enough to put those plans on hold.)
Finally, I have a plan.
I'm going to share some of my favorite photographs that I've taken over the years. It's so simple. I don't know why I didn't think about it sooner.
I only recently got into digital photography and only bought a quality camera a couple years ago. This new direction isn't about picture quality, though. It's about my favorite pictures.
I've been taking pictures for as long as I can remember. If I can face digging into the closet of my spare bedroom I'll be able to share some 'old fashioned' pictures, too (taken with a film camera).
One of my favorite pictures was taken just two days ago.
I was sitting outside at sunset brushing Luka. I looked behind me and saw this in the western sky.
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'I will sell them,' Boko Haram leader says of kidnapped Nigerian girls(CNN) -- Fears for the fate of more than 200 Nigerian girls turned even more nightmarish Monday when the leader of the Islamist militant group that kidnapped them announced plans to sell them.
By: Aminu Abubakar and Josh Levs, CNN
(CNN) -- Fears for the fate of more than 200 Nigerian girls turned even more nightmarish Monday when the leader of the Islamist militant group that kidnapped them announced plans to sell them.
"I abducted your girls. I will sell them in the market, by Allah," a man claiming to be Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau said in a video first obtained by Agence France-Presse.
"There is a market for selling humans. Allah says I should sell. He commands me to sell. I will sell women. I sell women," he continued, according to a CNN translation from the local Hausa language.
Boko Haram is a terrorist group receiving training from al Qaeda affiliates, according to U.S. officials. Its name means "Western education is sin." In his nearly hourlong, rambling video, Shekau repeatedly called for Western education to end.
"Girls, you should go and get married," he said.
The outrageous threat means the girls' parents' worst fears could be realized. Parents have avoided speaking to the media for fear their daughters may be singled out for reprisals.
U.S. State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf said the video "does appear legitimate."
The tape won't intimidate or deter Nigeria from efforts to save the kidnapped girls, the Nigerian government said.
"It is disheartening that someone would make such a terrible boast," Doyin Okupe, spokesman for President Goodluck Jonathan, said in an interview with CNN.
"It is to be expected of terrorists," he added. "No group can affect our resolve. We will see this through to the end. We have the commitment and capacity to get this done. No matter what this takes, we will get these girls."
On Sunday, Jonathan vowed, "Wherever these girls are, we'll get them out."
But he also criticized the girls' parents, saying they weren't cooperating fully with police. "What we request is maximum cooperation from the guardians and the parents of these girls. Because up to this time, they have not been able to come clearly, to give the police clear identity of the girls that have yet to return," he said.
Weeks after the girls' April 14 kidnapping, Africa's most populous country seems to be no closer to finding them, triggering complaints of ineptitude -- some of which are expressed on Twitter with the globally trending hashtag #BringBackOurGirls.
On Sunday, about 100 demonstrators gathered outside the Nigerian High Commission in London, chanting, "Bring them back!" and "Not for sale!"
Crowds from Los Angeles to London rallied Saturday as well.
"Access to education is a basic right & an unconscionable reason to target innocent girls," former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton wrote Sunday on Twitter. "We must stand up to terrorism. #BringBackOurGirls."
According to accounts, armed members of Boko Haram overwhelmed security guards at a school last month, pulled the girls out of bed and forced them into trucks. The convoy of trucks then disappeared into the dense forest bordering Cameroon.
On Friday, Nigerian authorities updated the number of girls kidnapped to 276. At least 53 of the girls escaped, leaving 223 in the hands of their captors, police said.
Authorities said the number of missing girls could grow as police fill in spotty school enrollment records.
Families had sent their girls to the rural school in Chibok for a desperately needed education. The northeastern town is part of Borno state, where 72% of primary-age children never attended school, according to the U.S. Embassy in Nigeria.
It's even worse for girls than boys. "In the North particularly, the gender gap remains particularly wide and the proportion of girls to boys in school ranges from 1 girl to 2 boys to 1 to 3 in some states," UNICEF says.
Twelve northern states follow Sharia law.
In recent years, Boko Haram has carried out dozens of attacks, killing thousands of people at schools, churches, police stations, government buildings and elsewhere. Targets include Christians, senior Islamic figures critical of Boko Haram and people the group believes are engaged in "un-Islamic" behavior, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom says.
Boko Haram has gained training in weapons and communications from al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb and al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula in recent years. This helped it move from little-noticed attacks to more spectacular ones, including against Western targets and the Nigerian government, which it seeks to overthrow, U.S. authorities say. In 2011, it carried out an attack with IEDs on the United Nations headquarters in Abuja.
It's unclear just how big the group is. The U.S. State Department says Boko Haram's membership estimates "range from the hundreds to a few thousand." A U.S. government report in December 2011 found that a "consistent lack of reliable reporting on Boko Haram has contributed to the difficulty in assessing its size, makeup, and goals."
Though Nigeria has Africa's largest economy, driven largely by oil, poverty remains widespread: Nearly 62% of the country's nearly 170 million people live in extreme poverty, according to the CIA World Factbook.
That dichotomy takes center stage this week as a World Economic Forum meeting convenes Wednesday in Nigeria's capital of Abuja. The country "already plays a crucial role in advancing the continent's growth; yet it is also emblematic of the challenges of converting natural wealth into solutions that address persistent social challenges," the World Economic Forum on Africa says on its website.
The United States is sharing intelligence with Nigeria to help in the search, according to a U.S. official with direct knowledge of the situation.
"We are sharing intelligence that may be relevant to this situation. You are going to see a focus on this in all three channels of government: diplomatic, intelligence and military," the official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the information.
Police in Abuja denied having arrested a leader of a protest over the weekend that was critical of the Nigerian government's efforts. In a statement, police said they "invited" Nyadar Naomi Mutah, a native of Chibok, for a "fact-finding interview." She cooperated and "was immediately allowed to return home to her loved ones," police said.
But Aminu Mahmoud, a lawyer representing Mutah, said her client was arrested Sunday without charge.
Fellow protest organizer Hadiza Usman said that during a session called by first lady Patience Jonathan to meet with protesters, the first lady recognized Mutah and said "let's keep you aside for now." It was not clear whether that had anything to do with Mutah's later going to the police station.
In its statement on the matter, Abuja police also said security agencies "are leaving no stone unturned" in an attempt to ensure that the children are rescued.
CNN's Evan Perez contributed to this report.
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Catholic Priest Wants One Direction Banned From Philippinesby Thomas Chau | PopCrush
They may be the biggest boy band on the planet right now, but an official representing the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) is calling for One Direction to be banned from performing in the Philippines.
The Hollywood Reporter (through The Manila Times) reports that Fr. Conegundo Garganta, executive secretary of the CBCP-Episcopal Commission on the Youth, has asked the government to consider stopping One Direction from performing in the Philippines on March 2015. "Do not lead [the youth in] the wrong direction," he said.
Fr. Garganta made his remarks in the wake of a five-minute video leak which shows Louis Tomlinson and Zayn Malik smoking marijuana while touring in Peru.
"Why admit poisonous influences? There is enough poison in our society," he said. "Parents should stop their children from buying the expensive concert tickets of [drug addicts]."
Garganta described the issue as a "challenge to the sense of culture" of Filipinos.
As of now, One Direction is still scheduled to perform in Manila as planned.


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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 8 diseños de 3 diseñadores freelance.
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We Beat The Mountain is an organization that has the ambition to beat the world wide trash mountain by designing, producing and selling products that are made from 100% recycled materials.
This ambition can be achieved by keeping our own organization small and cooperating with lots of other entrepreneurs. Every collaborative partner is welcomed to do what he/she does best. Together we can beat this trash mountain!
This product design contest is a step in attracting collaborative partners to design our first products.
There's a number of product requirements that are critical to our business proposition. The following requirements are each equally important:
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2. Cradle 2 Cradle design: the products are made from recycled materials AND need to be designed in such a way that they can be broken down into commodities again after use. This way, We Beat The Mountain products do NOT end up on the mountain of trash.
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On 2002-03-09 16:11, hampster wrote:
Misty, I've been dying to know, but please don't kill me for asking; why was Mr. Snickers' muzzle sticky?
On 2002-03-10 09:58, misty wrote:
*smiles* I was using him as a sex toy. The caption to that comic, as I recall, was, "What good plushophile roommates don't do."
On 2002-03-10 15:51, hampster wrote:
No person may ask 2 questions in a row, eh?
On 2002-03-12 16:45, CCQdobhran wrote:
I wouldn't be counting yourself as the only one on this thread....lessee here, I believe it is Teddy's turn is it not?
(SIDENOTE: Am I correct in assuming that one cannot dare a cast member to do something in strip, ie: get the ECU campus Carrilion to play a Bauhaus tune. Which would in short, be us telling Misty the creatrix what to draw.)
QUESTION: With Bush's strong Christian Coalition, extremist right background, the type of people he has as his advisors, his faith-based initiatives, his success as a war time president, his comparision of the current conflict with the holy crusades of so long ago, his verbally attacking of Tom Daschle (and others who feel he is too war-mongering) for being 'unpatriotic terrorists symphasizers', and the admittance of a shadow government do you feel that on the good chance he gets elected next term that the chance of his installing a theocratic form of government(one in which the Christian Bible is the whole of the law) is highly likely and how does that make you feel?
~Cu Choigcriche Q. Dobhran 8:=3
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Hope that answers the question
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On 2002-03-13 16:21, CCQdobhran wrote:
Okay, Maureen, has your encounter with the people here confirmed your beliefs in God, or has it, uh broadened your outlook?
~C.C.Q. Dobhran 8:=3
On 2002-03-14 04:38, hampster wrote:On 2002-03-14 00:09, Maureen_OMure wrote:
Nothing's made me doubt God or my faith in any way.
Ah, but the night is young yet.
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Ben, what's the best thing about not faking wolf?
On 2002-03-15 00:17, Damienne wrote:
*grin* Well I guess there's no point in asking who's the top and bottom in Buck and Ben's relationship. So instead I'll ask a kinder but maybe harder question:
Buck, how does a strapping, well-antlered buck like yourself manage to dress in drag anyway??? How'd you cover the antelers? BTW, you make a very sexy doe...
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Pineapple-Cheddar Strata
Some food combinations will always be favorites – steak and potatoes, marshmallows and chocolate and blue cheese and pears all come to mind. But one combination that's a perennial favorite is ham and pineapple.
Rather than garnishing my holiday ham with pineapple rings, I like to serve the pineapple on the side in my Pineapple-Cheddar Strata. The recipe combines two of my favorite pineapple side dishes. The first, a brown sugar pineapple strata that is sweet and bread pudding-like. The second is a pineapple-cheddar bake that combines chunks of pineapple, butter, flour and cheddar cheese for the perfect sweet and savory treat.
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a 9-by-13-inch baking dish with nonstick spray. Combine the bread, pineapple and cheese in a large bowl. Beat the eggs, sugar and butter together in another bowl. Fold egg mixture into the bread mixture and spread all in the prepared baking dish. Bake for 45 minutes to 1 hour, until puffed and golden.
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Meanwhile, bring a medium pot of water to a boil and cook the greens until crisp but bright green, about 2 to 3 minutes. Drain well and cut into bite-size pieces.
To serve, arrange greens on a platter and mound roasted vegetables on top. Serve with lemon wedges, if desired.
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No. 1 Prospect: Daniel Hudson, RHP (55th overall)
What Was Said: "…a good third starter at best."
Analysis: Obviously, Hudson has been much better than that since his trade to Arizona, but I'm not convinced it will last. The league will obviously catch up to him a bit, but he's still likely going to exceed that projection.
Two Through Eleven: The team's two other four-star prospects had nightmare years, as 2009 first-round pick Jared Mitchell missed the entire year due to injury, while catcher Tyler Flowers regressed heavily. In the end, third baseman Brent Morel was too low at sixth, and control issues caught up to power reliever Clevelan Santeliz (seventh) at Triple-A. All in all, it was a bad year down on the farm for the White Sox.
Sleeper: Catcher Miguel Gonzalez collapsed at Low-A with a .218/.260/.276 line, but his defense was still outstanding, as he gunned down half of opposing base stealers.
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Farmingdale, N.Y. - Junior center Kelly Fraser (Staten Island, N.Y.) scored 28 points and had 21 rebounds to lead #4 Mount Saint Vincent to a 76-59 win over top-seeded Farmingdale State in the Skyline Semifinals this evening. The Dolphins advance to play #3 Sage in the Skyline Conference Championship game on Saturday with the winner earning the conference's automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Tournament.
Trailing 27-24 at the start of the second half, Mount Saint Vincent (18-8) connected on three straight 3-pointers to take a 33-27 lead with 15:59 left to play.
The Dolphins increased their lead to 11, 40-29, before sophomore guard Andrea Desvignes (Deer Park, N.Y.) hit a 3 to cut the Farmingdale State (16-9) deficit to 40-32.
The Rams were able to close within six, 44-38, but Mount Saint Vincent answered with a 9-2 run to quickly extend the advantage back to 13 with 6:41 remaining. The Dolphins would extend the lead to as many as 22 en route to the 76-59 semifinal victory.
Farmingdale State was led by junior guard Camille Romero (Queens, N.Y.) who scored a team-high 22 points, while senior forward Lushanta Savadel (Bellport, N.Y.) had eight points and a team-leading 12 rebounds.
Fraser scored her game-high 28 points on 12-of-19 shooting, while freshman guard Christina Barone (Staten Island, N.Y.) added 13 points, eight assists and seven boards.


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