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Vineyard Haven, Mass. (CNN) – The foreign policy rift between Hillary Clinton and President Barack Obama that played out publicly this week was not enough to ruin the birthday party of a mutual friend.
She may have sharply chastised his foreign policy this week, but all remains well between Hillary Clinton and President Barack Obama, the former secretary of state insisted, and the two were happy to spend time together, along with 150 other guests, in Martha's Vineyard Wednesday at a party thrown by longtime friend Vernon Jordan for his wife Ann.
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The President and First Lady, Clinton and former President Bill Clinton feasted on "surf and turf" at the island resort where, according to the White House, "a good time was had by all."
But there was no word on a hug.
After an interview in which Clinton questioned some of Obama's policy choices was published over the weekend, both politicians' staffs said the two were looking forward to catching up – and "hugging it out" – on the Massachusetts' island resort.
Clinton, speaking Wednesday at a book signing for her memoir "Hard Choices," said she couldn't wait.
"We're looking forward to it," she said of the hotly anticipated embrace.
Hillary Clinton splits with Obama on foreign policy
Asked by CNN whether it was indeed a "hard choice" to phone Obama this week, a call meant to explain her interview wasn't meant as an attack, Clinton said no.
"We are committed to the values and the interests and the security of our country together," Clinton said. "We have disagreements, as any partners and friends might very well have. But I am proud that I served for him and with him, and I am looking forward to seeing him tonight."
Earlier in the day, the White House described Obama and Clinton's relationship as "close and resilient."
"We are looking onwards and upwards," Principal Deputy Press Secretary Eric Schultz said in a briefing from Martha's Vineyard.
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You are right, Hillary will be President and you get Bill to help her, that's Two for the price of one, just keep your daughters FAR away from him. The press will praise her glory and omit her shortcomings, just like with Pres.Obama.
"I am just going to sit back and bask in the warmth of your FIRE!!!!"
"Oh Barry, I'm sorry I made you look bad, I don't know what I was thinking"
"Oh it's all good, just say some nice stuff about me later, and I'll still help you with your election; and I won't tell people the truth about you"
"Thanks Barry, you're the best", "No Hillary, you're the best, now give me a hug a smile at the camera"
Meanwhile, Rome burns.
"Also Hillary will be damn near on her knees for President Obama if she decides to run. She needs his help and she knows he can deliver the votes. I realize the GOPT is split but don't worry about us Democrats, we're good."
What does she need Obama for? All I ever read here is that she's a shoo-in if she runs. Or is it that she's not as inevitable as we're made to believe? Pick your poison.
It will be perilous for Attila The Hen to occupy that office.
Hillary never liked or respected Obama, and obviously is reading his declining popularity as an opportunity to throw him under the bus. She is the consummate politician, and walk the fence relative to Obama so as not to offend the "Obama acolytes", but she will also be courting the "center" which is increasingly convinced that Obama is an ineffective and indecisive President.
If this frump becomes our next President, we are going to need more than a plunger to pull the country out of the toilet drain.
She is the most unscrupulous and disingenuous politician to come down the pike in a very very very long time.
After she tosses him under the Bus, comes the Judas Kiss! This women will say anything for 2016!
She took care of Barak like Bill Monica took care of Bill. Problem solved. Physical apology.
"She took care of Barak like Bill Monica took care of Bill. Problem solved. Physical apology."
Ooooh, that kinda talk is going to be a real winner for the Teatrolls in 2016....go makes some posters of it too...it'll be glorious....I promise....
This is hilarious! these two are two lying snakes in the grass and smile at each other but would cut each other's throat in a minute.
Oh Fair, she needs the black vote therefore she needs President Obama. Blacks automatically love Bill but Hillary is not Bill. Not that the GOPT is going to get the black vote. So maybe you're right, maybe she doesn't need him but she'd be unwise to not use him. If you remember after Mitt lost even the GOP said they would use the Obama campaign strategy. Just saying...


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Welcome to Stegeborgsgården, which is beautifully situated in glorious countryside between two mountains in Vikbolandet and enjoys a view of Slätbaken, the point at which boats begin their journey along the Göta Canal.Stegeborgsgårdens Camping has 60 large camping plots, most of which have an electricity hook-up. Near the campsite is our bathing area which is perfect for children. A playground with slide, sandpit and swings etc is to be found in the grounds along with a football pitch. In addition, we offer children's activities almost every day during July. At the beach there is a volleyball court. The campsite is perfect for a family holiday.Every day our restaurant offers a variety of different dishes and on Sundays there are also several specialities on the menu. In the café you can buy home-baked bread and sandwiches, along with coffee, tea and soft drinks. We can also arrange meals and snacks for pre-booked groups and cater for special occasions. At our site, we wish to create an atmosphere free of drugs and other stimulants and so we do not serve anything stronger than low-alcohol beer.Hiking tracks with fantastic views, and there are also climbing trails of different levels of difficulty. Boats and canoes can be hired from the site. Right next to the site are two nature reserves which contain rare flowers and insects.At the kiosk, which also serves as our reception, you can buy ice cream, sweets, soft drinks, fruit, newspapers and a small selection of groceries. We also have tourist brochures etc.Stegeborgsgården belongs to the Evangelical Fatherland Foundation which is an evangelical organisation within the Swedish Church. We offer devotions and services. In addition, we also arrange music evenings and activities for children. "Walking quizzes" and other similar activities are held several days of the week during July. Midsummer Eve with dancing round the maypole, a church service and a concert is the biggest event of the summer.Stegeborgsgården is open for camps, courses and conferences from 15 January to 15 December. There is a meeting room and a group room. Please contact us for suggestions.There are many excellent excursion destinations within easy reach such as Kolmården Zoo Söderköping, an idyllic town whose heyday was in the Norrköping famous for its industrial landscape and its parks. Just opposite the site is the castle ruin of Stegeborg which dates back to the century. To get there, just take the free Elvira line ferry. During the 16 century the castle had its heyday with King Gustav Vasa as its master .His son, Johan III was born here. During the 16 th century the castle began to fall into disuse and it is now a well-kept ruin. Reliable sources have revealed that Gustav Vasa had his garden where Stegeborgsgårdens Camping now stands. St. Anna's archipelago begins at the south side of Slätbaken. On an island in Slätbaken you will find the Capella Ecumenica.
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Mark Lake is a fellow American in Kosova. He is the Educational Director with the International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention. As part of his program, Lake offers English conversation courses for students at the American Corner.
I joined his class on May 2 and 9 to lead them in a discussion about Jhumpa Lahiri's "Sexy." For the first class, we met at their usual place, the American Corner in the National Library on the University of Pristina campus. For the gathering on the 9th, we met at local park instead because the library was closed in observance of Europe Day.
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Help! I've Been Selected for an American Express Financial Review
When you sign up for an American Express card, you give them permission to request a financial review at any time. They also have permission to raise your interest rates, lower your credit limit, or close your account. Those are just some of the rules of using someone else's money. And unfortunately, American Express holds most of the power. You have the power to choose whether or not to get an AMEX card, but if you use one, you play by their rules.
Why me?
It makes some sense why they do financial reviews. When you apply for a card, how often does the credit card issuer verify your income? Some student cards don't even always verify that applicants are students. Whether they should check up on this information in the first place is a different story, but a financial review gives American Express the chance to make sure you're not going to take the money and run. This is especially true when you have unusual charges that give them cause to be suspicious. This may include opening several new cards, making a large purchase, or increasing your spending out of the blue.
How does it work?
A financial review can be a bit of a hassle. When you're selected, you must provide your federal tax information, and you may be asked to provide recent bank statements as well. Another frustrating detail: your accounts are frozen until the review is over, which means you can't make any new charges.
If you're at this point, you've probably either received a phone call, email, or letter in the mail. If this card is one that you don't use frequently and is not your oldest open account, there is the option of closing your account so that you don't have to deal with the financial review. Otherwise, the best option is to just provide the necessary documents. If you don't, they will close your account anyway. Better to do it yourself and avoid any negative implications with your credit score.
If you were notified by email, you should receive instructions in the email. American Express may request that you fill out a 4506T form, which can be found at the IRS website here. If they requested copies of your bank statements, most banks allow you access online if you haven't been holding on to your old statements (which you should be!).
What now?
Once you have faxed over all of the necessary documents, it should take about a week to process them. If everything comes back as satisfactory (such as, you didn't lie about your household income), your account will be unfrozen and you will be able to begin charging again. Otherwise, your account may be closed.
If you have decided to close your account or American Express closed it for you, you have a certain amount of time to use or transfer your points. Although I could not find how much time you have before they expire (an old thread said 90 days, but this may have changed), you should use or transfer them as soon as possible. If you plan to close the account yourself, use the points before you close it. Look through the rewards website and see if there is anything you need or want. If you travel a lot, consider transferring them to a frequent flier program. Make sure you do this in time and don't lose any of your points!
This is why you always give *accurate* information when applying for a credit card. I have heard of people who bs'd their way into American Express only to have this happen to them and American Express decided to close their account. The worst part is you are pretty much then blacklisted and it is very hard to ever get another card with them.
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Very true. The chance at being caught isn't worth the extra $1000 on your credit limit that you're hoping for. You'll lose your account, which will hurt your credit score.
Just the thought of this scares me, even though I always provide accurate information. What happens to your rewards if they deem you are no longer fit for an American Express card?
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Personally, I look at the game threads to gather opinions about what's happening from someone who's watching the game live, because I rarely get to see the REDS. I'm usually viewing the gameday via Sportsline or MLB.com, or Yahoo, or Fox (they all offer different things).
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The Pentax X-5 is the company's latest superzoom camera, and packs a big 26x optical zoom lens into a small, easy-to-transport body.
The camera's lens starts at a super-wide 22.3mm wide-angle and extends through to a 580mm equivalent. Whether wide group shots or distant candid shots are your thing, the X-5 looks to have all bases covered.
The widest-angle setting sounds particularly impressive, overshadowing its competitors which tend to have a 24mm wide-angle lens. Olympus, which held the widest-angle crown on its 22.4mm SP-820UZ for only 14 hours, will be frustrated. Furthermore the X-5's 1cm-from-lens macro mode means close-up shooting ought to be a breeze too.
At the heart of the X-5 is a 16-megapixel, back-illuminated CMOS sensor that's capable of shooting from ISO 100-6400. The sensor also benefits from sensor-based Shake Reduction to help avoid blurry images. Although the camera looks rather DSLR-like, it doesn't have a large DSLR-sized sensor.
In lower light there's also a Handheld Night Scene mode that can snap multiple images at once before processing the shots into one final image, with lower image noise than a single snap would otherwise produce.
On the rear of the camera there's a 3-inch, 460k-dot, tilt-angle LCD screen for viewing images from multiple angles during composition.
The X-5 also features an electronic viewfinder which will come in handy if sunlight gets too much for the rear LCD screen. A dioptre adjustment makes it easy to adjust for those of us with poorer eyesight.
Other features include a 1080p HD movie capture, digital filters, a 10 frames per second burst mode, and there's even an optional remote control (sold separately).
As per other Pentax superzoom cameras, the X-5 is powered by four AA batteries that are said to deliver 330 images before you'll need to pop a new set in.
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Bath & Body Works is suing the distributor of the "Twilight" films, hoping to get a declaratory judgment that its "Twilight Woods" line of lotions, shower gels and other products doesn't infringe the trademark on the hit vampire franchise.
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The retailer says it's under threat from Summit Entertainment because its lotions and other bathroom products allegedly rip off the design and color palate of "Twilight" promo materials.
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Despite a highly emotional set of performances dedicated to the memories of several gay teenagers who recently committed suicide after acts of intimidation, Margaret Cho's time on "Dancing With the Stars" came to an end Tuesday night.
The comedian, who is bisexual, and her dance partner Louis Van Amstel, who is gay, sported a rainbow ensemble to show their support for gay rights, but were unable to overcome a poor samba performance that left them in last place with 18 points coming into the elimination round.
Cho cried upon hearing the news that she wouldn't be back for week four.
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"I thought the judges were really hard on me, but I think you were hard on me because you could see that I am a dancer for real," she said. "And I thank you for that. I will take that with me forever."
Judge Bruno Tonioli applauded Cho for "wearing the rainbow flag," but said he was unable to overlook her missteps.
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"I love you and our journey hasn't finished," Van Amstel replied.
After Monday's show, the partners spoke about why they chose their costumes.
"When I was a teenager, I was bullied a lot, and I felt insecure and very scared, and I didn't want to live," Cho said in an interview with People. "And I just want to reach out to these kids and make sure that they stay with us."
Van Amstel hoped that gay teens would find the strength to survive by discovering their talents. "I've been bullied for being gay when [I was] 10 years old because I loved dance," he said. "You just have to find out what you're really good at. Put your mind, body, and soul into that," he said. "For me, it was dance, and it was great therapy."
In addition to the evening's elimination, Tuesday's show offered another piece of drama in the form of Michael Bolton. The crooner returned to the show just a week after being voted off after scathing remarks from Tonioli. He called Bolton's last performance of the jive, "probably the worst jive in 11 seasons."
Bolton was back as a stand-in performer for Susan Boyle, who took ill. He sang "Hallelujah" with backing from a children's choir. R & B singer Ne-Yo performed his new single "One in a Million" and pro dancers Mark Ballas and Val Chemerkovskiy - brother to "DWTS's" Maksim - took part in a musical duel and then dance off.
Making the cut for next week were Jennifer Gray, Kyle Massey, Florence Henderson, Brandy, Kurt Warner, Rick Fox, Audrina Patridge, Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino, and Bristol Palin.
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UK princes turn traders for Sept 11 charity day
LONDON (AP) -- British princes William and Harry have turned temporary stock traders, participating in a charity event to honor victims of the Sept. 11 terror attacks.
Assisted by professional traders, the royals took to the phones for an hour Wednesday to broker deals, including one valued at 25 billion euros ($33 billion).
They also found time to joke around. Harry accused his older brother, the father of 2-month-old Prince George, of indulging in "baby chat" rather than sealing the deal.
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Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 4 August 2010– MOX-Linde, a member of The Linde Group, today announced it will invest RM60million to install a carbon dioxide (CO2) plant in Terengganu, creating a new milestone for the CO2 industry in Malaysia and strengthening the company's position as the leading high purity CO2 producer in Malaysia.
Scheduled to come on-stream by the end of 2011, the new CO2 plant will be the largest high purity liquid carbon dioxide plant in Malaysia with a production capacity of 200 tonnes per day (tpd). Purified CO2 is widely used in the food preparation, preservation and distribution industry for freezing and quality maintenance. The beverage sector is also one of the largest users of purified CO2 where exacting quality standards are demanded.
"MOX-Linde is already the largest industrial gas producer in Malaysia. Once commissioned, our new plant at Terengganu will significantly increase MOX-Linde's CO2 production capacity to 450 tpd. In fact, the new plant will add 60 percent to Malaysia's total CO2 production and this will substantially enhance the supply and service reliability to the market ", MOX-Linde Managing Director, Wong Siew Yap said.
Wong added that the CO2 plant investment was strategic and timely, given that the demand for the gas is growing at about 7 percent to 8 percent year-on-year with increasing application as a shielding gas for semi-automatic welding processes in the fabrication industry. CO2 is also often used as a suppressant in fire-extinguishers. "By capturing carbon dioxide waste gas from existing industrial sources and purifying this for use in industry, MOX-Linde's production route is also environmentally friendly," Wong said.
This latest major investment by MOX-Linde follows a recent announcement that the company was investing RM200 million to build an air separation plant in Pasir Gudang, which is scheduled to be commissioned at the end of this year. Last year, despite the weaker economic environment, MOX-Linde brought on-stream three major plants in Banting, Kulim and Kuantan costing a total of about RM75 million. The company is also currently installing a new CO2 refilling station in Kota Kinabalu to complement existing oxygen and acetylene production to provide faster and more consistent service to customers in Sabah and Labuan.
"MOX-Linde celebrates its 50th year of incorporation in Malaysia this year. We feel very privileged to have had the opportunity to participate in the economic development of the country, and contribute to the success of its industries. We are committed to working hard to deliver innovative solutions and growing our asset base to offer excellent value to our customers and help their businesses succeed," Wong said.
About MOX-Linde Gases Sdn Bhd:
MOX-Linde Gases Sdn Bhd, a member of The Linde Group, is the leading industrial gas supplier in Malaysia since 1960. MOX-Linde manufactures and distributes industrial, specialty and medical gases, and provides a range of related services including the installation of gas equipment, pipelines and associated engineering services. In addition, MOX-Linde also offers packaged chemicals and welding products.
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Graphic Designers Must Ask These Twenty Logo Design Questions to Their Design Clients to Design The Most Appropriate Logo
Brand Name (Logo Wording) as it should appear in logo: This is the name that would be used in the logo graphic, if this is a multilingual logo project, please provide multiple names. It is important to clearly write the Brand Name. The Brand Name should be clearly separated from any motto or subtitle (Tagline) you want for the logo.Company and Industry Profile: Please explain what your company does and who your consumers are. Knowing your brand and business, the graphic designer can create a better logo design which would be in line with your goals. At this section, provide a list of several competitors as well. Remember to provide a website address for the designer to check your company. Unique Selling Proposition and Market Positioning: Please explain what makes the company different from the competitors, and how you position your brand; which elements or adjective could be described to explain the way your company works and its unique selling points. Explain brand values important to your brand. Write for example what words best describe your company.Target Medium: Where will this logo be used, is it primarily for packaging or for digital media. While it is true that a good logo should work at every medium, for example if the logo is for packaging, using less colors or standard colors could be useful, and for online or digital mediums, the logo could actually be animated.Deliverable Formats: You are kindly asked to indicate where the logo will be used such as Product Packaging, Labeling, Signage, 3D Integrated to Product, Product Merchandise, Pixel: Digital Icon or Favicon, Stationery and Corporate Literature, Vehicle Livery, Company Merchandise and Clothing, Event & Conference Stands, Animated Versions for Web etc. Based on the deliverable formats, the designer could need to do more work. The standard delivery format for a logo design project is a Vector File that could be scaled up or down.Feeling: What do you wish your clients to think, within 2 seconds when they look at your logo; i.e. do you aim to provide a feeling of dynamism, trust, respect, health or any other values? At this section, list the values that you wish to communicate; write several adjectives about your brand that should be integrated to logo.Style: While the designer would perhaps do the best style for you, it is true that the business owner or representative is more likely to have a better understanding of the company values, therefore for this section you should communicate style preferences with example images. Create a folder called style and put several images into this folder.Color Schemes and Palette: At this section please provide a list of colors that you prefer for the company, in some cases companies could already have a set of existing corporate colors that would be required to use, if you have color swatches, indicate the color codes. To communicate colors, create a new folder called colors and save the colors into this folder or provide detailed color codes. Logo designs that you love. If you already have an idea about how you want your logo to look like, you could provide a list of logo designs that you really like, the logo design examples could be in your industry or outside your industry. To provide examples, create a folder called examples in your computer and copy the logo designs you like to this folder.Budget: Please provide a budget for your logo design project, the logo design budget will affect the number of people working on the logo, number of variations or alternatives, as well as number of different deliverables; for example a higher budget could provide examples of logo application on merchandise, a beautiful corporate logo guide, logo application guidelines etc., and a less budget will result in just a vector drawing.Timeframe: When do you need to have the logo design completed? Experienced graphic designers will take their time to work and think on alternatives and it could take several weeks for the logo to be created, initial designs can be shown earlier from this time frame. It is important to indicate time to check if the designer has this time available.Additional Information: Feel free to add any other information that relates to your logo design project. If you have any special requests or comments for the graphic or symbol design or for example fonts add this information to your logo design brief to help the designer create a good logo that matches your requirements.Corporate Guidelines: If you have an umbrella company or if the logo design is for a group company, you could provide corporate guidelines in order for the new logo to match the style of your holdings or large enterprise, Attach the guidelines as a separate document. The Corporate Graphic Guidelines usually include information such as colors, fonts, text usage, logo usage requirements etc. If you do not have corporate guidelines leave this section blank.Technical Details: Do you have any technical details or requirements for your logo design, for example do you need the graphic designer to deliver in a specific format or use specific number of colors; some companies prefer to indicate preferences such as single color, monochrome, two color, full color etc. for production purposes. Single color logos are suggested.Elements: Do you also need a mascot, a graphic symbol or icon, background or do you prefer to have your logo just as text. The standard logo design project usually covers only a symbol plus text, or just text and a higher budget could be necessary for mascots, graphic symbols or backgrounds for corporate material.What you do not want: In all sections, you explained what you wanted for your logo design project, at this section you are asked to explain what you do not want for your logo design project; for example colors, styles, or graphic language to be avoided could be listed here, this save time of the designer as well as the commissioner. Redesign: If you already have a logo and want to have a redesign of this logo, please send this logo in its vector format as well as why you want to replace the logo, perhaps (especially if your budget is low) it could be possible to save the old logo simply by restyling and modernizing it; updating the colors, removing or adding shadows or reflections etc.Rephrase: Recheck the answers to your questions to ensure that your answers are not too vague or too detailed; i.e. you clearly state what you want but providing a way for designer to be creative; you cannot be very strict nor very detailed for your answers to ensure the designer could work freely, also your answers shall not be contradictory or confusing. Number of Variations Required: Most graphic designers will provide three samples, and later refine one of the selections up to two times to make the perfect logo, while professions would provide only one proposition. Your logo design budget can affect the number of variations you could have, but you could still ask for more, with specifics to each variation.Summary: If you had 10 seconds to ask the logo designer for this job, which elements are the most important for you? Explain what is the most important element that relates to your logo design project; is it the colors, or is it the message? What should designer work most on? Explain in several sentences.Exerpt:Brand Name (Logo Wording) as it should appear in logo: This is the name that would be used in the logo graphic, if this is a multilingual logo project, please provide multiple names. It is important to clearly write the Brand Name. The Brand Name should be clearly separated from any motto or subtitle (Tagline) you want for the logo.Company and Industry Profile: Please explain what your company does and who your consumers are. Knowing your brand and business, the graphic designer can create a bet..
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This museum quality hand loomed textile makes a beautiful shawl to be worn over a coat or a stylish outfit. It may also make a decorative and stunning table runner. Lots of other possibilities to provide a unique decorative touch to make your own accent pillows or more!
The workmanship is exquisite! The quality of weaving, creates a beautiful translucence to the material when held up in the light. It is difficult to tell which side is the front or back given the high quality finishing. Truly a beautiful piece! The Museum of Canadian Textile's former buyer and boutique manager was in awe of these textiles when we took them there for an evaluation.
Made of 100% mercerized cotton. Hand wash and line dry. Ironing is possible. Material softens with use.
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Dhaka weaving is a technique originating in Dhaka, Bangladesh which made its way to Nepal and has been a very important hand loomed textile in the country. While the popularity for these products has sadly declined in Nepal due to cheaper clothing imports, this women's group seeks to maintain their textile traditions while modernizing the design for the international market.


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In this area wild blackberries grow in abundance. They pop up everywhere, unbidden. When they sneak into my back yard I pull them out. In my small garden they are a stickery nuisance. If left to take hold a blackberry vine is hard to dig out, so I pull them out gently when they are small.
But around the lake, beside the road, near the woods, bordering sports fields - any place that is not meticulously kept and gets a glimmer of sunshine - blackberry bushes flourish. And when their plump dark berries hang heavy from the vines, aren't we glad? Those out for a walk or run stop to pull a few berries from the vines for a taste, mid-flight. Children linger on the edge of sports fields to gather a few sweet mouthfuls betweens games. Enterprising young bakers gather berries and make treats to sell to neighbors. There is nothing quite like the fine explosive tangy sweet flavor of a sun warmed berry fresh from a stickery blackberry bramble. Venturing into a bramble heedless of the danger of scratches and snags is like fighting for the last luscious wild taste of summer before giving in to the routines and domestication of fall.
As I was planning meals for the week I remembered a recipe I made during blackberry season last year, Blackberry Basil Sauce. It was adapted from a recipe in Martha Stewart Living, and made good use of this wild end-of –summer fruit. I used the sauce to top Cheesecake Bars made from a recipe I found on Baking Bites for a luscious dessert. Yum!
I had actually forgotten how simple this sauce is to make. The complex taste makes it loom larger in memory but, in fact, it only requires a few simple ingredients and a few minutes to prepare. The result is simply fabulous.
When the sauce was ready I whipped 1 cup of heavy cream with 2 Tablespoons of vanilla sugar until soft peaks formed. When the sauce had cooled slightly, I assembled the parfaits in wine glasses layering a few tablespoons of the Berry Basil Sauce topped by a Chocolate Chip Meringue Cookie and a dollop of sweetened whipped cream, and then repeating the layers. The result - a light and easy summer dessert. The sauce was just as good with meringue cookies and whipped cream, as it had been on cheesecake. In fact I think it would also be delicious with shortbread or sablé cookies or ice cream. And wouldn't it be interesting served with grilled chicken or over a fresh or grilled peach?
A few days later, when the temperatures cooled and I had a bit more time I made the sauce again, this time with blackberries. I also had a perfect peach, ripe and soft and golden. I peeled the peach, split it in half and poured the warm Berry Basil Sauce over it. With a spoonful of whipped cream on top it was beautiful! The peach was tender, tangy sweet and juicy. The berry sauce was mildly sweet with the fragrance of wildflower honey, the warmth of cinnamon and the sleepy summer fragrance of fresh basil. This sweet treat both looked and tasted like summer sunshine in a bowl! What a gorgeous finalé to our late summer heat wave.
2 cups seasonal berries, ( I used blackberries or blueberries)
¼ cup fresh basil (several sprigs)
2 Tablespoons honey
1 Tablespoon fresh lemon juice
¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
In a small saucepan stir together the basil sprigs, honey, lemon juice, cinnamon and 1 cup of the fresh berries.
Remove from heat. With a spoon, remove the basil sprigs and discard.
Stir in the remaining 1 cup of fresh berries.
Spoon warm or cold over your choice of cake, cookies, ice cream or fresh fruit.


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Francis Holland Says:
You may or may not be pleased to learn that, according to a Pew poll, gays are trusted much more than atheists:
"A candidate's religion continues to play a key role in shaping vote choice. Nearly four-in-ten (39%) say they would be more likely to vote for a candidate who is Christian. Moreover, 63% say they would be less inclined to support a presidential candidate who does not believe in God – the most negative trait tested."
I don't like your editing or banning criteria:
"Heterosexist, racist, misogynistic or otherwise bigoted comments are subject to deletion as are comments advocating in favor of terrorism.
Any comment advocating the physical, emotional, or sexual abuse of children will get the poster banned."
What's the point of having a blog if you're only going to discuss issues with people who already agree with you. I guess validation is nice, but I get that from my closest friends without expecting it from my entire reading audiences. For example, a lot of people disagree with what they read (or the purpose of my publishing) what can be found at the Truth About Kos blog. Nonetheless, I've never edited their comments out because they're irrelevant, factless, and determined to deny the importance of documented facts.
I prefer to let the obfuscatory defenses of Markos C. Alberto Moulitsas Zúñiga stand for themselves.
And if you want to ban homophobic content, you surely will never print the letter that Markos Moulitsas wrote against ALL gay participation in the US military, which letter Moulitsas published at his college newspaper.
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The Pew poll you cite shows how much senseless bigotry there is against atheists in this society. Those of us who are atheists already knew about this bigotry because we see it in our daily lives. Prejudice against atheists is just as irrational and shameful as prejudice based on race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or HIV status.
If you follow this blog for long, you will see that there is plenty of room for disagreement and debate without the bigotry and abuse advocacy mentioned in the comments policy. If people want to have comments published that violate it, they can simply go somewhere else.


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Jane Emmott married Thomas Dawson, my 1st cousin 4x removed, on 11 March 1877 in Cowling, West Yorkshire. Thomas is a son of John Dawson and Elizabeth Benson. Our common ancestors are John Dawson and Ann Watson, my 4x great grandparents.
Thomas and Jane had three sons:-
Albert Frederick (b 1 February 1883)
James Willie (b 17 May 1885)
Watson Emmott (b 24 Jun 1887)
Below is the obituary for Jane Dawson from the Barnoldswick & Earby Times of 11 February 1949.
Oldest Resident
With the passing of Mrs Jane Dawson, at Beckfoot, Cowling, in her 91st year, Cowling has lost its oldest resident, and a personality with an interesting and remarkable record. The widow of the late Mr Thomas Dawson, a well known farmer in his day, at Cowlaughton and Well Head Farms, Cowling, Mrs Dawson was Jane Emmott prior to her marriage, and is the last of the James Emmott family of Beckfoot, Cowling. She was a descendant of the original Emmott family, whose connection with Emmott Hall, Laneshaw Bridge, near Colne, dates back to 1620, a family whose association with Cowling Baptist Chapel can be traced to the Trustees' records of that church as far back as 1753. Mrs Dawson was born at Beckfoot, Cowling, and although she had for the past 14 years resided with her second son, Mr James W Dawson, in business as a bandage manufacturer, at Morecambe, she often expressed the wish in her latter years to spend her last days at Beckfoot. This was made possible by her son, who repaired and made habitable a cottage at Beckfoot where his mother was born, and during recent months Mrs Dawson has quietly and happily lived to the end of her days. She was one of a family of 12 children, and could tell stirring tales of olden days, and perhaps no one had more vivid recollections and a more definite link with the ancient past that Mrs Dawson. The story she was most fond of relating was that of an old lady who resided in the adjoining cottage at Beckfoot when she (Mrs Dawson) was only ten years of age. The old lady, known as "Owd Nan" (Hannah Hargreaves), would often recount her experiences as one of the first weavers at the Ickornshaw Mill, Cowling, in 1791, and almost to the times of her death Mrs Dawson would describe "Owd Nan", her mode of life, and re-narrate with interesting detail those stories of the beginning of the weaving industry at Ickornshaw Mill. Mrs Dawson attributed her long, healthy life to "plenty of porridge when young, and lots of hard work." Her husband pre-deceased her 22 years ago. The funeral took place on Saturday at Cowling Hill Baptist Chapel, conducted by the Rev. Joffre R Smith, who referred to Mrs Dawson's long and interesting life, and paid tribute to her son's care and kindness to her during her latter years.
The obituary refers to Ickornshaw Mill – and the Dawson family has a long association with the mill. This goes back to my 4x great grandfather John Dawson who installed the first water wheel at the mill – Amanuensis Monday – John Dawson (1768-1832)


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You will see a page entitled That was then... this is now: Venice
First, there is a quote from John Evelyn's Diary, 1645. Since John Evelyn is not exactly a household name, here is a description from the British Library Online:
"Hitherto John Evelyn has principally been known from his Diary. The Archive allows him to be seen in his true milieu, that of the community of seventeenth century intellectuals who aimed to establish a major programme of scientific and technological development, linked with social and economic progress. He emerges as this community's most long-lived and versatile member: scholar, connoisseur, bibliophile and horticulturalist, as well as a writer and thinker of sometimes startlingly current relevance, on everything from forestry, architecture and the formation of a universal library to fashion and air pollution."
Page 9 opens with a quote of Evelyn's that speaks of the Venetian perfumers & Apothecaries, and the "cages of Nightingals" and how, if you close your eyes, you would imagine you were in the country -- "tis almost as silent as the field." That quote is highlighted by the image, "Bird's Eye View of Venice" by Joseph Heintz (c.1600-78).
Below that there are three quotes from Venetian Cat - Venice Blog, 2008: "Tips for moving around Venice," in which I ask you to imagine you are a car -- "One person sitting on a bridge can cause a traffic jam for miles." My quotes are highlighted by the legs of tourists in a slightly flooded St. Mark's Square.
Well, I will tell you that it is still possible to hear the silence punctuated by the songs of caged Nightingales or Canaries or Parakeets dangling from the windows in several parts of Venice to this very day. In fact, there was a mighty warbler not far from my house in a window on Ruga Rialto. It is a delightful Venetian tradition to put singing birds in the windows, and if you can make your way off the beaten paths, you, too, may find yourself serenaded by a Venetian bird. The photo on the right was taken by jschneid and can be found on Flickr, entitled Venice Scene 12.
On the days of the regattas, when the vaporetti and other motorized boats don't run on the Grand Canal, Venice is once again, beautifully silent. I dream of the future when we have hybrid boats like there are hybrid cars -- electric/solar inside the historic center, and then gasoline (if necessary) out past the lagoon.
I believe that one of the reasons there is such chaos in Venice today is because not enough effort has been made to educate travelers how to move inside the city. We, who live here, sometimes forget just how strange and different Venice is from any other city in the world. So, please, do read my tips you will find listed there on the right before you come!
I want to thank Sue Norris, the Associate Editor of the FT Weekend Magazine, for stumbling on my blog and featuring it in the Financial Times.
Ciao from Venice,


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Carrie Fisher is finally coming clean.
The star, who for years has hinted that she and Harrison Ford may have had a romantic fling in the past, confirmed the relationship in an interview with People magazine.
"It was so intense," the 60-year-old actress revealed. "It was Han and Leia during the week, and Carrie and Harrison during the weekend."
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Fisher was 19 at the time, while Ford was 31. In her new memoir, "The Princess Diarist," she revealed they spent their first night together following a birthday party for George Lucas and talked about how insecure she felt.
"I looked over at Harrison. A hero's face--a few strands of hair fell over his noble, slightly furrowed brow," she wrote. "How could you ask such a shining specimen of a man to be satisfied with the likes of me?"
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Fisher also claims that Ford once got her drunk and seduced her while they were filming in Tunisia. Ford, who was a father of two and married to Mary Marquardt at the time, remained the apple of Fisher's eye for a while.
In her book Fisher claimed she "relentlessly" tried to have the "Six Days, Seven Nights" actor make love to her. She also wished he'd propose to her with a "gold band with diamonds (inscribed) 'Carrison.'" But other specific details in their illicit affair remain fuzzy because of "the brutal strength of Harrison's preferred strain of pot."
She does note, however, that her affair with the Hollywood hunk had nothing to do with his marriage to Marquardt falling apart. She claims that it ended "for reasons having nothing whatsoever to do with me."
Fisher said the relationship ended when filming wrapped, but she looks back on their time together quite fondly.
"I was so inexperienced, but I trusted something about him," she said. "He was kind."


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It has been sitting on the website since Oct. 15. And, it's obviously going to sit there for quite some time yet.
There is no indication when the policy will be implemented.
Certainly, it won't take effect before the 10-performance year-ending Wrangler National Finals Rodeo starts at Las Vegas next week (Dec. 6).
What that means is the contestants won't be playing on a level playing field and that concerns those among the 15 finalists who play by the rules.
Discussions on the issue of drug testing horses have been dragging on since 1992. Hopes were raised that something positive was going to happen when the issue was at the forefront of the WPRA's annual general meeting at Austin, Tex., last March.
Since then, the association has dragged its feet and all that's been achieved is a much-debated proposal.
All members of the United States Equestrian Federation have stringent drug testing policies.
The amateur (or semi-pro) Eastern Canada Maritime Barrel Racing Association has a drug testing policy; so does the Manitoba Barrel Racing Association.
But the WPRA, a major equine body with a world championship at stake, can't seem to get its head around a one.
The day the Canadian Finals Rodeo began in Edmonton on Nov. 7, reigning world champion barrel racer Lindsay Sears brought the issue back into focus in a news item in the Calgary Herald and Edmonton Journal.
Since then, the story has appeared on almost every barrel racing website in existence and has generated scads of praise and criticism.
"It's amazing how many people posted that article and the comment it generated, whether positive or negative, but what I find alarming is the WPRA didn't respond to it in any way," Sears said.
What many barrel racers fear is a drug policy could be forced on the WPRA by other governing bodies.
Association president Jimmie Munroe, admitting that its barrel racing is the only equine discipline that does not have a drug testing policy in place, pointed out earlier this year that at least one major rodeo has discussed carrying out its own drug testing.
"It's beneficial to have our own policies in place and to patrol our own event," Munroe wrote.
Sears said much the same in a letter to Munro.
"We need to implement it ourselves so we have some control," she warned. "If we don't someone else will. It might not be tomorrow, but it will be within the near future. I guarantee it."
Two days ago, six finalists were called and asked to comment on the issue.
Only two – Red Deer-born Texan Carlee Pierce and 2010 Canadian champion Trula Churchill — responded. The other four didn't return messages, though Texan Lee Ann Rust's support for a drug policy has been well documented.
"We need one that protects our horses," Pierce said. "The WPRA should have already had it in place and the issue has been poorly mishandled."
She also doesn't hold out much hope for the 2013 season, which started on Oct. 1 of this year.
"It could be halfway through 2013 before they have a policy," she said. "At that time, they need to set out the rules, give everybody a heads up and implement the policy on Oct. 1 for the 2014 season."
Churchill said she was hesitant to comment on the subject other that noting "there are some flaws in the system, but I'm not against one (drug policy.)."
A couple of weeks ago, the 15 finalists received a package that contains guidelines for the WNFR. The word "drugs" does not appear anywhere in the material.
Two days before the finals begin, the barrel racers must attend a meeting with Shawn Davis, general manager of the NFR. It's designed only to again discuss the guidelines.
But, guaranteed, the champion will be grilled about drug issue following the closing round on Dec. 15.


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