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Nitpicking for Fun and Profit...
We've had two presidential debates in the past week and a half (One between Kerry and Bush and the other between Cheney and what appears to be a potted plant), and we've heard fairly broad arguments about foreign policy, especially in the WOT (War on Terror), and Iraq. Both sides, in my opinion made mistakes, both in presenting their cases and in sending their messages (although Dick Cheney, as usual, made a brilliant argument for his man's stands).

However, when we go to television to the pointy-headed people we call "pundits" (asshole cannot be used on television), we get nit-picking reviews and precious little analysis.

Instead of explaining just how Kerry could be for and against something at the same time, we get semantic arguments over what definition of the word "global" Kerry intended to convey. Instead of someone making the case that while Bush may be inarticulate, we get very little news about the consistency of his ideas. We go back and forth with accusations of lying, most of it based on suspect statistics and the parsing of words. Need to speak clearly about what troubles the nation faces? Bring up the Veep's gay daughter and change the subject to something most Americans could give a damn about. Want serious questions on policy and viable alternatives? Look elsewhere please. We only criticize (when we aren't actually attempting to pass the current policy of our opponents off as our own, only with style), we never suggest a corrective.

Ask a candidate a direct question, expecting a direct answer? Sorry, we have to hit every talking point and we have no time to make logical arguments. Your man (or men) loses out in debates? Sorry, we can't take that into account -- we have to spin like tops at the moment.

There are two fundamental problems, in my opinion, about the way these sorts of things are reported and analyzed. First, there is the assumpton by the punditocracy that the average American doesn't understand what's being said to them anyway, so why bother. Secondly, we're really here to talk inside baseball and can't be bothered to make an effort to clarify or expound on what the "little people" just heard.

We can yack about Dick Cheney's lack of personality all night. We can praise John-and-John's hair all week. We can make fun of the president for using the wrong word at the wrong time or mangling the pronunciation of the right word, for the next month.

The real story is this: in 27 days we are going to have an election. It is generally estimated that a significant segment of the population has not decided who to vote for yet (around 10% this time around). That they haven't decided is symptomatic of three things: 1) they're not interested in politics, even when it should be important to their lives, 2) they have attention spans measured in MPH and 3) perhaps some have become so cynical about politicians that that sometimes they need to be reminded about their civic duty or the effect upon their own lives that choosing the wrong man might have.

I would vote for #3 as being the primary reason why there are so many undecided swing-voters. They haven't made up their mind about which man is the lesser of two evils (in their worldview). They need to be educated, and the media is dropping the ball by spending an inordinate amount of time on icing, and neglecting the cake.

I haven't watched a pointy-head show for the last week, and this is why. I know what both candidates have said. I know what they both mean (even if it wasn't artfully conveyed). I care not for a haircut. I could give a tinker's cuss about "nuances". I don't give a good Goddamn about "flash polls" or "focus groups" or "internals". I want information, and very few people are providing it.
Of Bugs and Windshields...
If you required, even at this late date, any evidence that John Kerry lived on another planet, you got it last night in the form of John Edwards. If you required further evidence of how low democrats will go toscore political points, Mr. Edwards also provided ample proof.

As for Kerry's mental illness, somehow, a one-term, no-show Senator from my adopted state, with scarcely more experience in government than I have of rocket science, went before the American public last night and proved that the general population and a jury of tobacco-chewing, one-step-removed-from-sharecropping Carolina rednecks are not the same thing.

Perhaps convincing a bunch of bible-thumping, slightly-backwards people with nothing better to do (what usually sits on juries around here) that you are capable of channelling the spirit of a dead child in order to make a case for malpractice, inflates one's ego. Perhaps assuming that because you were once the scion of a dirt-farming inbred, who's managed to pull himself up by his bootstraps to become one of the richest people in the state, engenders arrogance. A sense of superiority, so to speak. None of this means you have the accumen to run a country.

John Edwards hasn'tlearned that lesson yet. John Edwards will not have a job after the next Senate election (he won't have the one he wants after the next Presidential election, either), but he's too smug, too arrogant, to notice. A popular saying around here is that "slick won't wash off". Neither will stupid, but that feeling of superiority often blinds a man to his own shortcomings.

Edwards was handed his behind by Dick Cheney last night. I've heard the debacle described as Edwards "getting smacked like a puppy that has just soiled the carpet". There was a cry about "sending a boy out to do a man's job". Edwards was soundly trounced, and in the end, all he could do was to throw up a smokescreen about Haliburton and drag Cheney's gay daughter into the argument. Cheney handled that one, by the way, with class.

We've seen both idiots up close now: Kerry with his statesman-like, focus-group-tested-flip-flopping rhetoric, always conditioned with a but, and Opie Taylor on steriods dressed up like he's gonna meet the preacher.

I've said it before and I will say it again: if you're a democrat, you have to wonder if your party apparatchiks were serious when they put these two forward. I have to question your sanity if you still intend to vote them.

Tuesday, October 05, 2004

Southern Culture, Part 1...
In my continuing quest to become a certified redneck, I have been studying my new surroundings here in Charlotte, sorta-kinda to get the lay of the land, so to speak. It occurred to me very early on that in order to fit in and be accepted as a member of the community, that I would have to, in some cases, go native. When in Rome, yadda, yadda, yadda, right?

It became very clear, very quickly, that I had a lot to learn. There are major differences between northerners and southerners that have to be hashed out if one is to make a go of leaving one for the other --- you'd only expect that. What I didn't expect was the almost bewildering array of differences that I would have to adapt to. There were many starting points to be considered: language, dress, sports, etc. And it was very difficult to try to assimilate it all at once. So, I did what any rational person would do and narrowed it down to one subject at a time. And like any good Italian boy from New York, I narrowed my initial attempt to assimilate to what Italians know best: food.

According to Florence King, there are three keys to good Southern cooking: BBQ it, fry it or deep fry it in bacon grease. Some of that does hold true. The number of BBQ establishments, stores devoted soley to enhancing the BBQ experience, and even BBQ tournaments, is staggering. BBQ is almost like a religion here, and there are inevitible arguments over which style of southern BBQ is best. North Carolina BBQ seems to dispense with a lot of the spicy stuff (although you can find it) and tend more towards the saucy and sweet stuff. South Carolina BBQ consists of whatever one managed to run over on a back road and drag home that day, the sauce being not so important as hiding what the dish once was from the Fish and Wildlife people.

Fried food abounds. Fried chicken, fried catfish, fried okra, fried pork chops, bacon, etc, are staples. yet no one here has ever heard of the fried Twinkie (go figure!). One cannot walk twelve feet anywhere without the smell, sound or feeling that something, somewhere, is being fried. Bacon grease is hoarded here like a precious commodity, and can even be purchased in stores.

The lowly grit is the paragon of cullinary delight. Grits are served with everything, if you want them, and I can imagine that it won't be long before I find a place that serves them with chateau briand. I have never, ever, in my life had grits. The very look of them always made my stomach turn, and when I once encountered a short-order cook in New York City making them with lard, I decided that grits would never pass my lips. And I never knew just what grits were until I got here. Apparently, grits are a certain grade of corn (called hominy) that is not even suitable for use as feed for livestock. Yet, people will eat the hell out of them. Grits have a very tough husk, which is usually blanched off with lye or some other caustic material, rinsed, ground into smaller pieces and then packaged for human consumption. Not exactly a gastronimical delight, I agree. Yet there is not one person here that I have met, and discussed grits with, that has failed to say the same thing when I tell them I hate grits --- "You haven't had MY grits yet".

Apparently, every family in the south has a super-secret recipe for grits that has been passed down from generation to generation, and which is guarded even more closely that Saddam Hussein. One other word about grits: if you've seen what they do them at Waffle House (a sort of slum-like, cut-rate, truck-stop IHOP), you wouldn't consider eating them either. The only use for grits that I can think of is either as a substitute for spackle or maybe you can use it to repair tears in your hip waders.

Don't get me started on breads and pastries. They have a severe problem here when it comes to making such things, and it generally revolves around the fact that it is very difficult to get dough to rise. Everyone has a different theory, but the one that seems to make the most sense is the water. Charlotte municipal water is not fit for man or beast, and on a good day, you might think twice about mixing it with your antifreeze. It's pretty dusgusting, loaded with lime and other hard minerals and very often, requires a knife to safetly ingest. I fixed the problem with water filters, and it seems to have helped. However, I defy you to find a decent loaf of bread here. As for baking, southerners do know how to make pies and biscuits that are killer, but again, they hold these things as state secrets.

Now, once one gets beyond the local quisine, what's left? Well, fast food is the same the world over. One McDonalds tastes just like another. Although I have recently discovered Chik-fil-a, which is quite good in my opinion (every southerner I know says it's crap, but then again, these folks eat grits). Fast food is easy to understand and assimilate, and there was no special effort required here.

Where we run into a problem is with what one might call foreign food. It's foreign because it didn't originate here, in the south, never mind the United States. There are very few chinese restaurants in Charlotte (about a dozen, by my count) and probably even fewer orientals. They have a few places, usually run by Koreans, that pass themselves off as Japanese. There is one good Chinese place that I have found (although it's menu is heavily influenced by the Food Network), but it is certainly not what I am used to.

There is no such thing as a decent Italian restaurant in Charlotte. You can search high and low, pay informants to indicate the best possible location, you might even sacrifice a virgin (if you could find one here) in the quest for decent Italian food. Around here, ask someone to recommend an Italian restaurant and they will invariably direct you to a pizzaria that is run by some guy who had a cousin who once lived in Jersey. Some of this is changing, however, and I have to assume it's due to the influx of northerners, since most Southerners wouldn't know good Italian food if it was fed to them intravenously. I have found one (count 'em!) Italian specialty store where one could find all manner of delicacies from the old country: fresh mozzarella (no one here knows what it looks like, even if you point it out to them), pignoli nuts, real olive oil (not the refined, light-sweet curde stuff), prosciutto, mortadella, and, on a good day, real semolina bread. I had a conversation with a southern lady recently in which she told me that she loved to put cheddar cheese on her spaghetti. She probably also thinks that Ragu is ambrosia. The few people I have cooked for here, rave about tomato sauce made by hand, just like my mother taught me to. It's not their fault that they are deprived, after all, there was no call for this stuff until recently, but I still cringe.

The same can be said for Spanish food. While there are a good many Central Americans here, if one wants such food, you have to search it out. You have to trek to a certain part of town, and be prepared to order in Spanish, since it's very unlikely you'll find an English speaker. I know of one actual Spanish restaurant (that's Spain Spanish) and it's menu is lackluster, yet folks swear it's the best. When I do crave Spanish cooking, and make the trip, the people in the restaurants (or the pushcart) are amazed that I know something of the Spanish language, even if I mangle it. There are very few Carolinians that speak Spanish and know something about the food, and it's appreciated by the Salvadorans, Mexicans and Costa Ricans living here. It hasn't wrangled me a free tamale or burrito yet, but I'm working on it (wink, wink).

You can forget Thai. Indian restaurants are found only in the trendy, heavily-homosexual University and Uptown areas, and are avoided by most Southerners like a baptist minister in a whorehouse. These places tend to open, flower for a short time, and then close rapidly since there is not enough of a market for them. The trendy nuveau-quisine and California-style places seem to enjoy growth here for the simple reason that most southerners can identify just what is on the menu without resorting to a dictionary or a native guide. No Portugese, no German worth the name, and VERY few Kosher delicatessens. Greek restaurants abound, and the few I have been to are very good, but for the most part, while Charlotte has a huge Greek population (per capita), most of the restauranteurs amongst them run mom-and-pop-style cheeburger joints (shades of the Saturday Night Live skit). They know that their native quisine will not be a big seller unless they can get the upscale clientele.

So, what does one do when one comes from a cullinary Nirvana like New York and finds himself in the food-equivalent of the Mojave? Well, since I already cook for myself, I don't fret much about enjoying my favorties, although finding the proper ingredients is often like a trek up Everest. But then again, I knew when I came here that I was going to have to make some trade-offs, and this was one of them. I have to get used to not being able to have authentic Thai food delivered at midnight.

That's another thing. You cannot have many things delivered here, especially food. Dominos, Papa Johns and the B-list fast food joints will deliver, and that's about it. Everything else is take out (when it exists at all), and as I've said before, distances here are vastly increased. Who wants to travel six miles just for wonton soup made with Charlotte municipal water? I'll stick close to home and make my own, thank you, and probably save a bundle.

Next week, I think I will begin to try and decipher the southern fascination, nay, addiction, to gravy.


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Ryoo Seung-wan (3rd from L), director of "The Battleship Island," poses with cast members -- from left, Hwang Jung-min, Kim Soo-an, So Ji-sub, Lee Jung-hyun and Song Joong-ki -- during a news conference for the film at a theater of the National Museum of Korea in central Seoul on June 15, 2017. (Yonhap)

In February, the much anticipated historical action film "The Battleship Island" (군함도) rose to the media spotlight in Japan even before its completion when a conservative daily criticized it for "distorting" common history between the two countries.

The blockbuster depicts Koreans' desperate attempt to escape coal mines on Japan's Hashima Island where they were forced to work during World War II, when Korea was a colony of Japan. The film stars A-list actors Hwang Jung-min, So Ji-sub and Song Joong-ki, and actress Lee Jung-hyun.

The Sankei Shimbun newspaper, however, then angered Koreans by claiming that the film's description of Hashima as a "hell island" and the forced labor of Korean teenage boys there are far from the truth, quoting a Korean-Japanese university professor.

"The film is a fact-based fiction," the film's director Ryoo Seung-wan said during a news conference Thursday for the movie set to open next month.

Director Ryoo Seung-wan speaks during a news conference for his new film "The Battleship Island" at a theater in the National Museum of Korea in central Seoul on June 15, 2017. (Yonhap)

"Many Koreans were forced into labor after an order to mobilize all Koreans was in place, and they didn't get their due wages and humane treatment. These are facts as far as I've studied. There are records backing them up and surviving victims. And it also is a fact that they had to go up to 1,000 meters below sea level to unearth coal."

According to a South Korean government report released in 2012, about 500 to 800 Koreans are believed to be put to work in cramped and stifling spaces at undersea coal mines on the island off the coast of Nagasaki between 1943 to 1945 and 143 of them died there of diseases, malnutrition and accidents. The island is known in English as Battleship Island for its silhouette resembling a destroyer.

The writer-director best known for "Veteran" (2015) said he tried to portray the historical background and spatial settings as close to reality as possible, but the dramatic story of the massive escape and the life story of each character came from his own imagination.

Questioned by a Japanese reporter about if the film would affect South Korea-Japan relations when it is unveiled, Ryoo answered: "I'm a person who wishes that relations will improve. ... But it's important to deal with problems and solve them, if there are any."

He said once the film is revealed, the current Japanese concerns over the film would disappear because it is not a kind of movie intended to instigate anti-Japanese or nationalistic sentiment.

"This is a film about the attitudes and minds that any ordinary man can have or more fundamentally about the mankind and war," he stressed. "It shows how war can make man a monster."

Hashima Island, also known as Battleship Island, off the coast of Nagasaki.

Ryoo said the film started from an aerial photo of the island that the chief of the film's production company and co-writer showed him in 2015.

"I learned about the presence of the island for the first time from the photo. I was overwhelmed by the bizarre image," he said, adding that his curiosity about Koreans who lived and worked there drove him to make a film about them.

For the film, he built a set that is about two-thirds the real size of the 63,000-square-meter island packed with mines, a school, apartment buildings, restaurants and pubs, in Chuncheon, 85 kilometers east of Seoul. It cost some 25 billion won (US$22.2 million) to produce the film, five times higher than the 5 billion production cost for average local films.

"After visiting the island, I wanted to recreate the scene somehow. It would have been fake if the feelings I received from the island were not conveyed to the actors," he said when asked about the motive of building the huge film set. "Everybody challenged to the maximum that can be produced in Korean films. I think I made a good result."

Actor Song Joong-ki speaks during a news conference for "The Battleship Island" at a theater in the National Museum of Korea in central Seoul on June 15, 2017. (Yonhap)

Also on hand the news conference were its main cast members Hwang Jung-min, Kim Soo-an, So Ji-sub and Song Joong-ki, and Lee Jung-hyun.

Song Joong-ki, who rose to Asian-wide fame last year for his lead role in the TV series "Descendants of the Sun," said the fact that the film is based on facts from sad Korean history put too much pressure on him but that taking part in Ryoo's new work was a great experience. The actor last appeared on the big screen in "A Werewolf Boy" (2012).

In the new film, he played the role of Park Moo-yeong, a Korean independence army member sneaked into the island for a mission to save an important anti-Japanese fighter but determines to help the forced Korean laborers escape the island.

"I went to the army after finishing the previous film. I wanted to return to my career through a film but couldn't because of many reasons. So, 'The Battleship Island' means much to me," he said, adding that he learned much from the experience of working with top-level actors and movie staff.

For the veteran actor Hwang Jung-min, this marks his third work together with Ryoo after "The Unjust" (2010) and "Veteran."

His character in the new film is Lee Gang-ok, a popular bandmaster of a Seoul hotel who comes to the island with his young singer-dancer daughter So-hee (Kim Soo-an), deceived by a broker who told him he could make a fortune there.

So performed intense action scenes as Choi Chil-seong, the leader of a gang organization in Seoul's central Jongno area, while Lee played Mal-nyeon, a former sex slave for Japanese soldiers sent to work at a brothel in the island.

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President Trump is getting a grass-roots boost for his tax reform plan in the Democratic stronghold of Philadelphia.

Linwood Holland, a community organizer and chairman of the Philadelphia Black Republican Ward Leaders Caucus, is spreading the word to minority groups that the Trump tax plan is good for the working class.

“I’ve already been to the Asian community and spoke to them, and I’ve explained it to groups in my area,” said Mr. Holland, 57, who attended the president’s speech on tax reform Wednesday at the Harrisburg Air National Guard Base.

“On a grass-roots level we are doing a good job putting the message out already,” he said. “Hopefully by people seeing the speech and understanding that it will help them, it makes it that much easier for us to promote it.”

Mr. Holland, a father of four with an annual household income of about $65,000, echoed the president’s pitch. He has been telling Philadelphia residents — especially those that he says live paycheck to paycheck — that middle-class tax cuts leave more money in workers’ pockets and business tax cuts mean more jobs and higher wages.

His efforts advance a White House strategy to put pressure on Sen. Robert P. Casey Jr. of Pennsylvania to cross the aisle to support the plan. He’s one of several Senate Democrats up for re-election in states that Mr. Trump won in November.

Mr. Trump hopes to win over a few Democrats to pad the Republican’s thin majority in the Senate, thereby avoiding the types of repeated failures he experienced trying to repeal Obamacare.

“We’re going to fight, and we’re going to get those Republicans and maybe a few of those Democrats to raise their hand,” Mr. Trump said at the Air National Guard base. “And you’re going to have so much money to spend in this wonderful country and this great economy.”

Mr. Casey has resisted the pressure, confident that the president’s coalition won’t hold in the traditionally Democratic-leaning state.

Mr. Casey responded to Mr. Trump’s speech, which focused on the benefits for workers and middle-class families, by condemning the plan as a “massive tax giveaway to the superrich at the expense of the middle class.”

“Under this plan, middle-class families in Pennsylvania may see their taxes go up through the elimination of deductions, while the wealthiest will get an annual $146,400 windfall,” Mr. Casey said in a statement.

Mr. Holland pushed back against the Democrat’s chief criticism that too much benefit goes to the wealthy, arguing that everyone deserves a tax break.

“It’s your money. I don’t think you should be penalized because you made a decision to make good money for yourself and your family,” he said. “If you make a tax break for the rich and not the poor, or the poor and not the rich, I don’t believe that is fair. I think it should be across the board for everybody to get a tax break.”

The White House invited Mr. Holland to the speech Wednesday.

In an early draft of the speech, Mr. Trump called out Mr. Holland as an example of how the tax reform proposal will benefit the middle class. The reference was edited out of the final version.

Mr. Holland said he wasn’t disappointed.

“I was informed that it was a possibility that it would not be in the speech,” he said. “Knowing that, I was not surprised that it wasn’t.”

Copyright © 2017 The Washington Times, LLC.


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  • "Apple, Samsung to face off at another patent damages trial: Judge Lucy Koh also details how to determine what 'article of manufacture' actually infringed." CNET 9:21 PM
  • "Stop Panicking About Poor Apple Inc. iPhone 8 Sales" The Motley Fool 5:11 PM
  • "Apple discontinues 256GB iPhone 7" Mashable 8:29 AM
  • "You can no longer buy a 256GB iPhone 7 from Apple, giving the iPhone 8 a leg up" Mashable 1:16 PM
  • "Looking to Buy a 256GB iPhone 7? Not So Fast..." PC Magazine 4:44 PM
  • "Facebook won't launch its news subscription service on iOS due to Apple's 30 percent tax" phoneArena 11:13 AM
  • "Tim Cook talks education, diversity, and more in interview with Chicago mayor" 9to5Mac 1:20 PM
  • "Top Amazon exec Morgan Wandell jumps over to Apple Video" Digital Trends 11:13 AM
  • "iPhone Upgrade Program Members Offered 'Head Start' On iPhone X Upgrade" UberGizmo 11:07 AM
  • "Here's how you can get your hands on the iPhone X" Digital Trends 11:07 AM
  • "GE to offer Macs to their 330,000 employees as it standardizes on iOS for mobile" MSPoweruser 8:30 AM
  • "Apple Watch GPS functionality target of latest Uniloc patent lawsuit" AppleInsider 10/21
  • "Apple Has The Power Of A Great Brand, But Clouds Are Gathering"  Seeking Alpha 10/20
  • "Apple retail chief Angela Ahrendts: We will not upsell customers to the iPhone X" CNBC 10/20
  • "Apple, Foxconn executives to meet amid iPhone X production strain: Issue with facial recognition component persists and unlikely to be resolved soon"  Nikkei 10/20
  • "Japanese Company Sues Apple Over 'Animoji' Trademark"  The Recorder [Subscription Required for Full Article] 10/20
  • "Apple Sued Over 'Animoji' Trademark" MacRumors 10/20
  • "Apple sued by Japanese company that owns Animoji trademark" The Verge 10/20
  • "Apple already being sued for iPhone X's worst feature" Cult of Mac 10/20
  • "How Apple can build a better video streaming service: With its video push, Apple rows gently down the stream. Here's how it can keep up with the competition."  Macworld 10/20
  • "Mac OSX Trojan malware spread via compromised software downloads: Supply-chain attack saw data-stealing Proton RAT loaded into legitimate downloads of Elmedia Player and Folx applications by Eltima Software." ZDNet 10/20
  • "Elmedia Player and Folx installers infected by OSX/Proton credential-stealing malware on Oct. 19" AppleInsider 10/20
  • "Malware hidden in vid app is so nasty, victims should wipe their Macs" The Register 10/20
  • "eXtensions -System Preferences in macOS High Sierra: General" eXtensions 8:33 AM
  • "How to enable or disable contacts, location, and event suggestions on Mac" iMore 10/21
  • "How to transfer DVD and Blu-ray movies to iTunes using Vudu and Movies Anywhere" AppleInsider 10/20
  • "eXtensions -System Preferences in macOS High Sierra: Extensions" eXtensions 10/20
  • "A Beginner's Guide to Mac Modifier Keys" MacMost 10/20
Press Releases
  • "Cocktail 11.0.1 (High Sierra Edition) has been released" Maintain 10/21
  • "Tyke is the Mac's simplest note-taking app" Cult of Mac 10/20
  • "BBEdit 12.0.1 contains fixes for reported issues, as well as refinements to new features that were added in BBEdit 12.0." Bare Bones Software 10/20
  • "Cisdem Released Mac Video Converter Supports iPhone 8/Plus" Cisdem 10/20
General Interest/Potpourri
  • "New video of a silver iPhone X in the wild surfaces online" BGR 4:45 PM
  • "Another iPhone X in the wild caught on video" SlashGear 11:15 AM
  • "iPhone X time error in design guide made fun of by netizens" Inquirer 8:31 AM
  • "Someone just transformed the iPad into a touchscreen MacBook Pro" BGR 8:29 AM
  • "Today in Apple history: The App Store hits 200 million downloads" Cult of Mac 8:24 AM
  • "Apple's new Chicago flagship store is more than an architectural marvel [Gallery] 9to5Mac 10/21
  • "A Photo Tour of Apple's New Flagship Chicago Store" MacStories 10/21
  • "Apple and AT&T activate LTE Band 8 to give iPhone users in Puerto Rico cellular service by Loon Balloon" TechCrunch 10/21
  • "Apple Video Taps Amazon Alum Morgan Wandell to Head International Development"  Variety 10/20
  • "Apple Worldwide Video's LA office poaches Amazon Studios exec Morgan Wandell" AppleInsider 10/20
  • "Apple Poaches Amazon Video Exec to Head International Development" The Mac Observer 10/20
  • "Senators Cruz, Leahy Demand Answers From Apple Over Chinese Privacy App Removal: Apple removed several virtual private network apps from China's App Store in July. Cruz and Leahy want to know why."  TheStreet 10/20
  • "Senators Shame Tim Cook Over Apple VPN Ban In China" Forbes 10/20
  • "Senators want to know if Apple fought back on China's VPN ban: Ted Cruz and Patrick Leahy have ten questions for Apple's CEO." Engadget 10/20
  • "Google Finds a Workaround for Apple's Intelligent Tracking Prevention" The Mac Observer 10/20
  • "Project Loon balloons bring LTE service to Puerto Rico with help from Apple" AppleInsider 10/20
  • "Apple's Craig Federighi Confirms There's No October Event in the Works"  MacRumors 10/20
  • "The new Apple flagship store: Own it before your friends do" Chicago Tribune [Free Registration Required] 10/20
  • "Apple's newly designed store may give glimpse into future of retail" ABCNews 10/20
  • "Apple opens flagship store in Chicago" CNBC Videos 10/20
  • "Inside Apple Michigan Ave Store Opening in Chicago (Photos)" The Mac Observer 10/20
  • "Apple CEO Tim Cook touts new Chicago flagship store as a place where people can connect"  AppleInsider 10/20
  • "Delta Drops Microsoft for iPhone, iPad for Flight Crews" The Mac Observer 10/20
  • "Canada's largest mobile network says iPhone 8 sales 'anemic,' Verizon says as expected" 9to5Mac 10/20
  • "Facebook's new subscription efforts hit a roadblock with Apple" Axios 10/20
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  • "Google's annual report shows more web traffic is encrypted" Engadget 10/21
  • "Google parent turns on internet balloons in Puerto Rico" Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 10/21
  • "Nintendo Switch Outsold Xbox One And PS4 In September As Total Sales Surpass 2 Million" HotHardware 10/20
  • "Turns out the government's airplane laptop ban was actually a huge fire risk" Mashable 10/20
  • "Samsung is reportedly planning to open a huge store in London to compete with Apple and Microsoft" Business Insider 10/20
  • "Samsung to Open Giant London Showroom to Rival Apple" Bloomberg 10/20
  • "Another Woman Has Accused Robert Scoble of Sexual Harassment" BuzzFeed 10/20
  • "Cult of Mac Magazine: How to collaborate in GarageBand using iCloud, and more!" Cult of Mac 10/21
  • "Pixel 2 review, Vergecast edition: That camera, though" The Verge 10/20
  • "Catch the iPhone X pre-order strategies you need to know about, on The CultCastCult of Mac 10/20
  • "AppleInsider podcast discusses iPhone 8 production, FM radios, and Apple acquiring a health company" AppleInsider 10/20
  • "Helpful Terminal commands, Homebrew, and ffmpeg – Terminal Tinkering 7" The Mac Observer 10/20
  • "Logic Pros: What's new in iOS & Mac music production this week" 9to5Mac 4:44 PM
  • "Latest video of iPhone X in the wild shows off white design and more" 9to5Mac 10/21
  • "Apple's Upgrade Program offers a 'head start' on iPhone X: It doesn't guarantee the phone will be in stock." Engadget 10/21
  • "Here's How Apple Inc. Could Price New iPhone Models in 2018" The Motley Fool 10/21
  • "Apple releases fourth betas of iOS 11.1 and watchOS 4.1 to developers" BetaNews 10/21
  • "Apple is giving select customers the best chance at pre-ordering an iPhone X" BGR 10/20
  • "Apple will have at most 3 million iPhone Xs next week, KGI says, and that won't meet immediate demand" CNBC 10/20
  • "KGI: iPhone X Production Woes Ending, but Only 2–3 Million Units Available for Launch" MacRumors 10/20
  • "Apple reportedly isn't producing enough iPhone X units for first weekend sales" TechCrunch 10/20
  • "It looks like Apple wants to do something about the iPhone X's sky-high price" BGR 10/20
  • "Tim Cook promises a new Mac mini will come some day" Mashable 10/20
  • "Tim Cook Confirms the Mac Mini Isn't Dead: The last time the Mac mini got a hardware refresh was in 2014 when Haswell chips were the best Intel had to offer." PC Magazine 10/20
  • "iOS 11 is now running on 55 percent of iOS devices" Neowin 10/20
  • "Apple Seeds Fourth Beta of iOS 11.1 to Developers" MacRumors 10/20
  • "iOS 11.1 Beta 4 Released for Testing" OS X Daily 10/20
  • "Apple releases fourth iOS 11.1, watchOS 4.1, and tvOS 11.1 betas" 9to5Mac 10/20
Price Trackers/Deals
  • "Verizon's new phone insurance might be better than AppleCare" BGR 10/21
  • "15" MacBook Pro Prices (2017 models)" MacPrices 10/20
  • "13" MacBook Pro Prices (2017 models)" MacPrices 10/20
  • "13" MacBook Air Prices (2017 models)" MacPrices 10/20

  • "This is the MacBook and iPhone power pack I've been looking for" BGR 1:19 PM
  • "Huawei Mate 10 Pro vs. Apple iPhone X: Battle of the dual cameras" Digital Trends 10/21
  • "iPhone 8 Plus vs. LG G6: Which has the best camera in a smartphone? Apple's iPhone 8 Plus takes on LG's G6 in our smartphone camera shootout. Let's look at color, clarity, exposure, and overall user experience." PCWorld 10/20
  • "iPhone 8 Plus vs. Google Pixel 2 Camera Shootout: Apple Wins" Tom's Guide 10/20
  • "iPhone 8 Plus and 7 Plus photos: What's the difference?" CNET 10/20
  • "Tuscany from the lens of iPhone 8+" Om Malik 10/20
  • "Hands-on: Nomad case options for iPhone 8 Plus [Video] 9to5Mac 10/20
  • "Review: D-Link Omna 180 Cam HD HomeKit-enabled Camera" iLounge 10/20
  • "Logitech G903 review: The best wireless mouse that (lots of) money can buy" PCWorld 10/20
  • "Logitech G703 review: A mainstream wireless mouse with some exceptional features" PCWorld 10/20
  • "Logitech Powerplay review: Wireless-charging mouse pad will make you a believer" PCWorld 10/20
  • "The Best Lightning Cable for Your iPhone or iPad" AppAdvice 10/20
iPad/iPhone/iPod touch Apps
  • "Hands On: LookUp 4.0 for the iPhone and iPad can make browsing a dictionary a pleasure" AppleInsider 10/21
  • "The Shelf for iOS 11 is one of the best iPad Pro utilities ever" Apple World Today 10/20
  • "How To: teach Siri to correctly pronounce names on your iPhone" AppleInsider 7:25 PM
  • "How to Create New Folders in Files App for iOS" OS X Daily 1:18 PM
  • "How to order an iPhone X faster" BetaNews 8:25 AM
  • "How to Change Weather Temperature from Fahrenheit to Celsius on iPhone" OS X Daily 10/21
  • "How to Set Any Song as iPhone Ringtone in iOS 11" iPhone Hacks 10/21
  • "How to share location, contacts, and more with iMessage on iPhone or iPad" iMore 10/21
  • "How to Master iOS 11"s New Control Center: Yes, the new Control Center in iOS 11 looks different, but now you can customize it." PC Magazine 10/21
  • "How to add any audio file to iPhone's Music app" Cult of Mac 10/20
  • "Taking Your iTunes Library to Android: Q. Is it possible to move or play my iTunes songs on an Android phone? I thought iTunes locked you into an Apple device, but maybe there are ways to do it?" New York Times [Free Registration Required] 10/20
  • "How to adjust perspective to change the focus of a photo" iDownload Blog 10/20
  • "How to zip and unzip files on iPhone or iPad" iDownload Blog 10/20
  • "How to set up parental controls on iPad & iPhone" Macworld UK 10/20
  • "Secret garden: how to hide apps on your iPhone" phoneArena 10/20
  • "iPhone Upgrade Program FAQ: Everything you need to know" iMore 11:15 AM
  • "New uses for an old Apple Watch" iMore 10/21
  • "Get a Head Start on Your iPhone X Preorder on October 23" The Mac Observer 10/20
  • "How to pre-order the iPhone X the right way" Cult of Mac 10/20
  • "Stupid iPhone Tricks: Hide The Dock And The Secret iOS 11 'Dark Mode'" Forbes 10/20
  • "Google Pixel 2 XL drop test reveals tougher back than iPhone, but a somewhat fragile display [Video] 9to5Google 1:22 PM
  • "iPhone X: An ugly deception?" CNET 1:20 PM
  • "iPhone 8 Plus bests the Google Pixel 2 in new camera shootout" BGR 1:18 PM
  • "Apple Music and Spotify will finally matter for Billboard charts" BGR 1:18 PM
  • "I have a problem with my MacBook Pro keyboard — and Apple's official fix is absurd" Business Insider 11:10 AM
  • "Launching Apple 2.0" Forbes 1:18 PM
  • "Nokia Was Ahead of Apple in 3D Touch Technology but Failed to Implement it in Devices Unfortunately" WCCFTech 11:07 AM
  • "Apple should re-imagine the iPod Shuffle" GSMArena 8:41 AM
  • "Google Pixel 2 XL vs Apple iPhone 8 Plus: Which is best?" Stuff Magazine 8:30 AM
  • "Samsung Galaxy S8 vs iPhone 8: One of these phones just suffered an embarrassing defeat" Express UK 8:30 AM
  • "iPhone 8 teardown reveals big upgrades under a familiar hood" Nikkei 8:29 AM
  • "The iPhone 8's glass back is surprisingly tough, but it's still worth getting a case" Business Insider 8:29 AM
  • "Comment: How the iPhone 8 & iPhone X pave the way for a fully enclosed, single piece of glass design" 9to5Mac 10/21
  • "Tugging at the heart strings: AirPods ruin everything" Macworld 10/21
  • "Cassandra -Bangkok Trivia: Service, Crooked SMS, iPhone Availability and The Meyerowitz Stories" eXtensions 10/21
  • "The Apple Store doesn't actually sell many iPhones" BGR 10/20
  • "The Mac Mini Is Three Years Old" Pixel Envy 10/20
  • "Tim Cook Says the Mac Mini Isn't Dead, but It Sure Leaves a Lot of Performance on the Table" ExtremeTech 10/20
  • "Apple Cook's half-baked defense of the Mac Mini: This kit ain't a leftover" The Register 10/20
  • "Apple's No Good, Very Bad iPhone X Launch: A Chronology" Fortune 10/20
  • "Apple's Problem Is That It Needs To Stop Trying To Upstage Samsung"  Seeking Alpha 10/20
  • "Opinion: iPhone 8 sales probably are low, as iPhone X sales are going to be huge" 9to5Mac 10/20
  • "iPhone 8 Plus vs Pixel 2 XL vs Galaxy Note 8: which one to buy" SlashGear 10/20
  • "3 Improvements to Expect in Apple's 2018 Low-Cost iPad" The Motley Fool 10/20
  • "iPhone X Facial Recognition: Security, Convenience And The User Experience" Forbes 10/20
  • "The prevalence of AI-powered IoT devices inspires mixed emotions" VentureBeat 10/21
  • "I went to buy a Pixel 2. Verizon tried to sell me a Galaxy S8/Commentary: Verizon is Google's exclusive partner for the Pixel 2 phone. But I wouldn't have known that after a chat with a Verizon salesman." CNET 10/21
  • "Review: Google's Pixel 2 is tantalisingly close to a leap forward" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 10/21
  • "Laptop Starting Prices Are a Joke. Don't Be the Punchline" LAPTOP Magazine 10/21
  • "Why my money's on the Google Pixel 2" iMore 10/20
  • "How People Inside Facebook Are Reacting To The Company's Election Crisis" BuzzFeed 10/20
Press Releases/Products/Public Relations
  • "Redesigning the TechCrunch app" TechCrunch 10/21
  • "Coming October 21: Gene Steinberg meets tech commentators Peter Cohen and Joe Wilcox, this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 10/21
  • "Twelve South Inspire [mac candle N°2] iLounge 10/20
  • "ColorWare Now Offering Apple Magic Keyboard With Numeric Keypad in Dozens of Colors" MacRumors 10/20
  • "Billboard Charts to Adjust Streaming Weighting in 2018" Billboard 10/20
  • "Boomerang Finally Comes to iOS" Lifehacker 10/20
  • "The Best Action RPGs for iPhone and iPad - An RPG Reload Ranking" Touch Arcade 10/20
  • "Mobo Greenhouse Garden - Engaging Farm Game for Preschoolers" prMac 10/20
  • "Black Operations 2 - Action-packed Strategy game comes to multi touch" prMac 10/20
Computer Industry
  • "Did Intel Just Fire a Shot Across the Bow of AMD and NVIDIA?" The Motley Fool 4:45 PM
  • "Nokia partners with Microsoft for new phone service" MSPoweruser 5:11 PM
  • "Delta To Move Away From Surface and Windows Mobile for iOS Devices" Thurrott 1:20 PM
  • "Surface Pro LTE delayed to 2018 according to Microsoft Store listing" MSPoweruser 8:35 AM
  • "Microsoft Targets MacBook Faithful With Stunning Surface Book 2" Forbes 4:45 PM
  • "Microsoft's LTE Surface Pro seemingly delayed until spring 2018" Neowin 8:34 AM
  • "Wipro chooses Microsoft Azure to host business-critical enterprise applications" WinCentral 8:39 AM
  • "Microsoft CEO Issues Blockchain Challenge to Interbank Messaging Service Swift" The Cointelegraph 10:54 AM
  • "Why Wall Street Is Suddenly Scared of Amazon" TheStreet 10:50 AM
  • "NVIDIA's Data Center Business Is Set for Growth in China" The Motley Fool 1:21 PM
  • "Google launched a new bug bounty program to root out vulnerabilities in third-party apps on Google Play" The Verge 1:21 PM
  • "Google will reportedly share some revenue with news publishers" TechCrunch 1:21 PM
  • "Google says the majority of Chrome traffic is protected with HTTPS" BetaNews 8:25 AM
  • "How Microsoft embraced 'messy' creativity with Windows Ink" Engadget 10/21
  • "InFluxData Teams With IBM And RedHat To Simplify Analyzing The IOT Data Deluge" Forbes 10/21
  • "IBM simulates 56 qubit quantum computer which is beyond 49 qubit limit" Next Big Future 10/21
  • "Oracle CEO: We're growing faster than any other scaled cloud company" Fox Business Videos 10/21
  • "Software Firms Like Oracle, Salesforce and Adobe Are Well-Positioned for Deals: After a drop in software deals this year, MoffettNathanson suggests Oracle, Salesforce, Adobe, Microsoft and others should make acquisitions in the coming quarters." TheStreet 10/21
  • "Intel Corp. Reportedly 'Vying Aggressively' for Huawei Chip Orders" The Motley Fool 10/21
  • "Oh, Lenovo! 1,000 staff strapped to redundancy cannon" The Register 10/21
  • "Microsoft CEO Challenges Swift: Build 'Useful' Blockchain Applications" CoinDesk 10/20
  • "In the Elevator with Microsoft's Chief Deal Maker" [Paid Membership Required] 10/20
  • "Windows 10 can now spot when PC gamers are cheating" The Inquirer 10/20
  • "Windows 10 Now Hates Game Cheaters but There's Need to Worry Just Yet" Softpedia 10/20
  • "Microsoft adds TruePlay option to catch cheaters on Windows 10" Guru3D 10/20
  • "Microsoft spots remote security flaw in Google Chrome" Manrama Online 10/20
  • "Microsoft spots security flaw in Google Chrome that hackers can exploit" Business Standard 10/20
  • "The Sweet Taste of Revenge: Microsoft Lashes Out at Google for Chrome Flaw" Softpedia 10/20
  • "Microsoft: ARM-Based Windows Laptops to Have Amazing Battery Life" FARS News Agency 10/20
  • "Snapdragon-based Windows 10 laptops to have 'multi-day' battery life" The Economic Times 10/20
  • "Windows 10 Fall Creators Update tackles IT's true menace: Cheating gamers" The Register 10/20
  • "Improved Security Most Important New Feature in Windows 10 Update" eWeek 10/20
  • "Microsoft is killing off Office Mix, bringing capabilities to PowerPoint" Neowin 10/20
  • "IBM's Watson Beat: who owns music made by a machine?" The Next Web 10/20
  • "HP Enterprise's Disappointing Outlook Could Lead Activists to Push for a Sale" TheStreet 10/20
  • "Grab a 15-inch Dell gaming laptop for just £700 from Amazon UK" Windows Central 10/20
  • "Africa: Dell Commits U.S.$37 Million to Bridge ICT Divide" allAfrica 10/20
  • "Purism disables Intel's flawed Management Engine on Linux-powered laptops" The Inquirer 10/20
  • "PC maker Purism disables flawed Intel Management Engine" Computing 10/20
  • "Amazon and Intel release hardware development kit for Alexa" The Inquirer 10/20
  • "Intel is the latest to jump on the Amazon Alexa bandwagon" Telecoms 10/20
  • "Intel's Speech Enabling Developer Kit aims to spread Alexa voice control further" IT PRO 10/20
  • "Amazon and Intel join forces to bring Alexa to third-party developers" SiliconRepublic 10/20
  • "MSI announcesfanless aluminum mini PC: MSI Cubi 3 Silent and Cubi 3 Silent S" Guru3D 10/20
  • "Intel Capital fuels innovation with new US$60 million investments in 15 data-focused startups" DigiTimes 10/20
  • "Intel's 10nm Cannon Lake Processors To Feature AVX-512 Support" HotHardware 10/20
  • "AMD releases latest driver updates for Radeon Pro graphics cards" V3 10/20
  • "Oracle and Fujitsu SPARC up M12 big iron" The Register 10/20
  • "Cisco Warns 69 Products Impacted By KRACK" Threatpost 10/20
  • "Machine-learning startup Perspica to be crushed into Cisco's analytics biz" The Register 10/20
  • "Cisco snaps up machine learning outfit Perspica" ZDNet 10/20
  • "Cisco Seeks to Protect Blockchain System for IoT Device Tracking" CoinDesk 10/20
  • "Southend to deploy smart city initiatives with Cisco" IT PRO 10/20
  • "Bridging the AV/IT gap at Cisco Live US" WebWire 10/20
  • "Vision is the next big challenge for chips" ZDNet 10/20
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Apple News
  • "Apple's Market Cap Lead Over Alphabet Tops $100 Billion" 24/7 Wall St. 10/21
  • "Apple Inc. Is Beginning to Test the Patience of Its Investors: AAPL stock needs something big to move the needle"  InvestorPlace 10/20
  • "Apple iPhone X Delay Is OK, 8 'Not A Dud': Instinet analysts see a delay in their estimate for iPhone X production, but they maintain their Apple stock price target." Barron's 10/20
  • "Apple and The Chipmakers Are In For A Wild Ride" Investopedia 10/20
  • "iPhone X: Apple shares drop amid rumours that demand is low for iPhone 8" The Independent 10/20
  • "Fly Charts: Apple's iPhone 8 Hopes and Fidelity's Fee Fears" BloombergGadfly 10/20
Industry News
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Exotic Flavours of Thailand @ Marriott Café

Thai food lovers are in for a treat! From now till 15 Oct 2017, Singapore Marriott Tang Plaza Hotel’s Marriott Café offers authentic quality Thai dishes at their High Tea and Dinner Buffets. The tantalizing and dishes are prepared by guest Chef Arnan Sinsanwit, who hails from the award-winning JW Marriott Hotel Bangkok. Marriott Café in JW Marriott Hotel Bangkok has clinched many awards, including Bangkok Best Dining Award- Certificate of Excellence in the Buffet Category in 2016 and 2017.

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Uncontrollable Control

I tend to be a nervous traveler.

As much as I wish it weren’t so, whenever a plane is involved I’m usually on the brink of a meltdown.

On the outside, most would never know. I’m composed and calculated; prepared and poised.

But on the inside? We’re talking knots in the stomach, loss of appetite, sweaty palms, tense muscles, and a rapid pulse.

Each time we fly, I try to talk rationally to myself, listing out the facts and statistics of how a plane is safer than a car, hoping it will ease my anticipation. It never fully works.

Last week Big Fisch and I boarded the plane for a quick flight across the Atlantic to the peaceful island of Bermuda.

As the plane took off I found myself mentally singing Somewhere in my Memory (you know, the Christmas song from Home Alone) and He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands…the two songs that my subconscious mind apparently finds quite comforting.   ( ….your best guess is as good as mine.)

While keeping these songs on a mental repeat, I longed for a big pill to knock me out and a tall glass of vodka to wash it down. I craned my neck as I sat wringing my hands, staring at the first class passengers, coveting their extra space and fancy cocktails. My creepy fixation was broken as I felt Big Fisch smiling at me with that amused, knowing look in his eye. Dang it I thought. I hate when he’s in my head.

I sat back and took a deep breath, allowing my thoughts to ponder life as we flew through puffy white clouds resembling whipped cream.

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As I let my shoulders relax, it was if I heard God whisper, “Heather – I’m just as much in control of you in the air, as I am when you’re walking on the sidewalk.”

But, but…on the sidewalk, I have control. In the air I have none!

“You, child, never have control. Your perception of control is self-created. Only I, am in control of all things.”

I let it sink in for a moment and realized how true in fact that was.

God has no less control of my life while I fly through the sky, than He does when I stroll along the street. Likewise, He has no less control of my life when the going gets tough, than He does when everything seems happy go lucky.

Yet I often live my life as if that weren’t so. When feelings of disenchantment set in and tomorrow doesn’t seem as hopeful as it once did, I can begin to think  it’s up to me to create “happiness”.

When I’m struggling to find my confidence and the “plan” for my future path seems unclear, I often think that God’s control over my situation must be slipping away. And then I push, plan, and act to create my own sense of control, peace, and order. Yet action without guidance is futile.

All I am adding to my life when I think and live this way is unnecessary stress, worry, and overly tense muscles.

I serve a God who is in control of all things. Good and bad. Clean and messy. Pretty and ugly.  My sense of control is an illusion. I have absolutely no idea what tomorrow will bring. My world could be flipped upside down, but the truth would still remain:

He is in control of all things.

In this, there is so much rest and so little need to panic.

I may not be able to completely master the physical anxiety I feel when traveling through the sky (I mean come on, the concept is a little bizarre).  But I can remind my heart and my mind over and over again of what God’s word says: The Lords plans for me are good; His ways are far greater than my ways; believing that He is holding out on me is a lie; and He will never, ever leave me or forsake me.


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Thursday, October 20, 2011

Echo Park - Times and Seasons

New in store

Echo Park - Times and Seasons

Simple Stories - Year- O- Graphy

Welcome Rikki.....

We would like to welcome Rikki Graziani to our Design Team!! We are very excited to have Rikki joining our team. As a regular participant into our monthly challenge pack you may have already seen her gorgeous work. We look forward to seeing more of Rikki's work in store and hope we can continue to inspire you all.

To learn more about Rikki and see her work visit her blog :  Just to Obsessed

Thursday, October 13, 2011

Stunning Design Team work!

Sharing some of our stunning Design Team work!

Anita Stokes

Anita created this stunning layout using Crate Paper farmhouse collection.

This one was created using Basic Grey Indie Bloom and some gorgeous Prima flowers.

Alison Oliver

Alison has used Teresa Collins - Christmas Home

Helen Mazengarb

Helen has used Hobby Fun christmas range.

Hope you can find some inspirations from our ladies!
Thanks girls for sharing your beautiful work with us.

More goodies in store!!

New spellbinders nestabilities....

Spiral flower blossom

Labels one
Lacey Circles
and many more.

Sizzix Dies

Bigz Stars

3D Flower

New Glitz Designs

Beautiful Dreamer

Vintage Blue

Bonjour Collection

papers, stamps, canvas tags, jewels, rub on's
61/2 " paper pad

also Kaisercraft
12 Draw Storage Box, storage folder and pockets

Hurry in!!

Thursday, October 6, 2011

New in store....

October Afternoon - Sidewalks

Including chip n stick, Miscellany, flower sack, journal cards, shape stickers
word stickers and lable stickers.

also new Trims

and new Sprinkler colours

More Prima restocks

and flowers

Green Tara

flowers, leaves, pearl vine sprays

New Hobby Fun paper

Sizzix Eclips Machine Special!!!

We have 2 Only at the special price of $500 normally $650.

Be Quick this is a very special price for these two machines only.

No laybys, reward stamps or loyalty cards.

September Challenge Pack Winner

September Challenge Winner is ..........

Rikki Graziani (edited)

Here is her gorgeous layout!

Thank you everyone for entering you gorgeous work! We look forward to seeing your October entries, we have two back in store already and they are beautiful. Each month you are making it very hard to pick a winner!!

Monday, October 3, 2011

October Calender

It is here finally! There are plenty of great things to do this month, we have kids classes, our regular lot and a bunch of new classes.

Thanks for being patient, and we will see you soon!


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September 06, 2011

I absolutely LOVE fall!

I can't contain it anymore...I have to express my love for this upcoming season. FALL. I love the cool weather (not cold...big difference), the changing leaves, scarves, boots, pumpkins, candy corn, Halloween, Thanksgiving, etc. I am itching to make scarves and fall colored skirts for Amaree and myself. I just need a few days to myself to get them done;) I just joined pinterest and I have been pinning a ton of fall clothes, accessories and DIY Halloween decor. What do you love about fall??

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Star Power

Theatrical training produces dramatic benefits for speech therapy clients

By Linda Strowbridge  |  Photos by LaKaye Mbah
Kids in class

Ding, dong! The witch is dead. Which old witch? The wicked witch!

Happy voices zip through a string of Wizard of Oz songs, deftly switching between choral singing, small solos, and interspersed lines of spoken word. The children waddle like penguins, twirl like ballerinas, plunge to the floor at the sound of a thunderclap, and hustle to execute other choreography moves. On cue, one small boy jets to the front of the room, eagerly urging his friends to “C’mon, c’mon” so they can begin to stomp, waggle, and sing their way through the Lollipop Guild’s welcome song.

This is a speech therapy class. But don’t tell the performers that.

The Loyola Clinical Centers and the Columbia Center for Theatrical Arts (CCTA) have partnered to develop a “Kids on Broadway” afterschool program for children with autism, Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, and other conditions that lead to speech and social disorders.

The 13-week program, geared for children between the ages of 10 and 14, is designed to focus on key speech skills, such as eye contact, appropriate volume, intelligibility, and turn-taking. But it’s also a giddy, fast-paced drive to create and rehearse an abbreviated version of The Wizard of Oz for a spring performance.

The program’s concept took shape last summer when Janet Simon Schreck, director of the Clinical Centers, and Toby Orenstein, founder of the CCTA and Toby’s Dinner Theatre, began chatting over cake at the Columbia Foundation Gala.

“We started talking about how powerful it might be to combine speech pathology and drama in terms of treating kids with autism because a lot of them actually do better if they assume a persona,” Simon Schreck said.

The repeated rehearsals and overt instructions involved in a theater production, she suggested, might also help children learn communication skills that eluded them in less-structured settings.

Orenstein jumped on the idea.

“I am a firm believer that theater arts is the way to reach every child, to reach disadvantaged children, to reach handicapped children,” she said. “I just know from working on a smaller scale with children who have Asperger’s or are autistic that music and repetitiveness frees up the child and gives them confidence to communicate.”A few months later, the two new partners launched Kids on Broadway, a version of an existing CCTA youth program modified to meet the needs of Loyola clients. Taught by CCTA staff and speech-language pathology graduate students, the weekly 75-minute class enabled seven students—five with disabilities, as well as the typically developing siblings of two Clinical Centers clients—to produce an abridged version of High School Musical.

“The kids learned the material so quickly that we were able to add more song and dance numbers to the show,” said Erin Stauder, program coordinator and a member of the Clinical Centers clinical faculty.

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Tuesday, 20 April 2010

At this time of year, when the weather allows, we eat on our open terrace in front of the cottage.

With daytime temperatures at about 22 degrees C, we need shade at mid-day. When not used, our large dark green parasol is always let down and tied up, to avoid a gust of wind whisking it away. The next day, at lunch time, when re-opened there are tiny bats (probably Pipistrelles) nesting between its folds. They don't stay for long as both the heat and the brightness soon become too much for them, and they fly off to find another dark cool spot.

Cute, aren't they!
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  1. That's a great picture, Lady M. You think they would learn, wouldn't you?

  2. Sometimes they settle on the inside, and when I open it up they fly all over the place. Yes, you'd think they'd find somewhere more permanent.

  3. they almost look cute enough to pet!


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Sunday, March 1, 2009

I’m trying to keep up with these blogs for you guys back home so you can read up on my adventures! It’s soo hard though because I really don’t have that much free time. I’m sitting on my bunk right now and I feel like I’m going to fall off because it is extremely rocky right now going into Mauritius. The bangs and motions from the waves crashing into the ship are intense!!! Anyways, I still want to be able to share Cape Town with all of you because it was an AMAZING port! My favorite soo far!

When I walked outside on the deck after I woke up and looked to see what was around me in port it looked like a nicer fisherman’s warf! It’s actually called Victoria Warf in Cape Town, but it was foggy and a little cold and I could see Table Mountain in the background over the waterfront, it was a nice view even with the fog! I didn’t know what to expect, but I certainly did not expect Cape Town to be this urbanized, it was an eye-opening view for sure.

I was excited to get off the ship and roam the port, but I had an FDP (Field Dependent Practicum) on the ship right away so I had to stay on for that for my class. I’m glad I chose to attend this FDP though. We had 3 authors from Cape Town come on board and share their novels with us. They told us what they were about, why they wrote them, and they each read a short passage from them. After that they opened up the floor for questions. This was for my Asian American Fiction class. All of the authors were great, but one of them had a story like no other. I just had to buy his book and he signed it for me too. He is an African from one of the townships in Cape Town, and his story is about surviving an attack and 5 gun wounds while walking through his township I the night. He lived thankfully! And his way of healing in a sense was to write about it. Listening to him talk about writing and about his story has inspired me to want to write and maybe actually publish something one day. He gave me some advice about beginning to write and he told me the opportunity I have been provided with here on Semester at Sea is the perfect place to begin writing. I am excited to see what I will make of it and see how my story will end up. That was a great experience for me and I’m glad I got to meet them, it was the first time I had met an author and been able to talk about their book and ask questions. Great start to my time in Cape Town!

I do not want to go through my 5 days in Cape Town play by play, but everything that I did in Cape Town was just so relative to my experience it’s hard not to. I actually made a video blog about the 1st two days but I can’t upload it since I have no internet minutes! Ahh!

Alright I’m just going to go into detail about a few of the things I did and experienced. Habitat for Humanity was by far the most eye-opening thing I did in Cape Town. I went on the 2nd day and the site where we worked at was in a Township called Khayelisha, and a township is the area where all of the poor people live... Cape Town has a lot of white people surprisingly, but in the townships it is ONLY black people it seems like, figures... It is the area where all the shacks are lined up together to form their own community, made out of any scrap metal or material they can find to make their homes. Just driving into the township I felt sad, teary, and in shock because I had this idea of what poor is, but it is just to the extreme there. I had never seen that many people in poverty in my life! I think it was because that there were soo many people, that it was just a huge impact on me… My idea of poverty in states is completely different to poverty in Africa. I was ignorant to not think about how different it would be, but it was just soo crazzzzyyy to me to see THAT many people living like that. I felt terrible because I know how we live in the states, and then to see that, it just doesn’t compare, and doesn’t seem right to me at all... We have soo much back home, and they have soo little, but they are actually happy there it seems like, they are VERY appreciative of everything. To see the nice part of Cape Town where we were docked and then just 15 minutes away to see that just blew my mind…

I’ve never volunteered for Habitat before, but I’m soo glad I did. We did roofing and our coordinator was a really nice guy. He was actually from Khayelisha and his name was Mufundis. The work was physically enduring, we had to use ceramic tiles and get them on the roof, lay them out and nail them in. It took awhile, but we got it done. Then we used cement and fillied in the gaps between the roof and wall with bricks. I have soo much respect for brick layers now! It’s definitely hard work. After we had our lunch from the ship we took a mini-tour of the township. There were some little girls outside watching us work and some of the other students had stickers and pencils to give out and these girls were just soo excited. It was like Christmas for them, I never have seen a kid that appreciative for something soo small in my life. It just goes to show how little they have there and how much we have. I definitely want to do some events to raise money to send school supplies to the schools in Khayelisha. I feel like there is soo much we can do back home to help the kids there. Walking trough the township kids would just run up to us and want to talk to us and hug us. They were excited to see people that looked different from them I guess. What really shocked them though was when I took off my bandana and they saw that I had no hair. They just looked amazed, jaw dropped almost, I just laughed and was like yeah I cut it all off! We had a chance to go into a daycare there and the kids sand for us in African, they were soo cute. I have a video of them singing. I gave one little boy a hug and they all rushed me to get a hug haha. I love little kids! The tour was short, but we saw a lot, visited our coordinator’s house and met his mom. It was a good experience. It’s crazy that they make their own community in the township with barbers, salons, shops, and food stands in the shacks. I was surprised to see all of that.

Visiting Khayelisha and participating in Habitat was definitely something I value while in South Africa. I only hope that the two-million people that live there will have houses soon and that more people will help out with the projects there.

The rest of my trip consisted of extreme activities: Cliff Jumping, Hiking Table Mountain and repelling from it, and cage shark diving. I did participate in all of them. I did also get hurt though and am actually lucky to have walked away from. I wnt cliff jumping in Kamikaze Canyon and I got hurt on my last jump. I did 4 jumps total, a 7 meter, 10 meter, 14 meter, and 21 meter. The 21 meter jump was the one I got hurt in. They were all fun until that happened, but I hit the water wrong and was paralyzed for about a minute, couldn’t move my legs and could barely breathe. I could not talk at all and I was making like a murmuring noise. Luckily our guide was right there in the water when I jumped so he pulled me up fast. I was soo scared that I would never walk again and that I was going to have to get helicoptered out. I couldn’t communicate witht the others so I just prayed, prayed that I would be ok and walk. There must have been some angels looking after me because within two minutes I regained my breath and was able to talk and slowly get up and walk. It was crazy. They said I was really lucky. I was in A LOT of pain still though. I went on with the hike in the canyon because I didn’t want to ruin the trip for everyone else so I toughed it out. My legs were soo bruised and my ass too, the next couple of days were torture! My tailbone hurt soo much! It hurts to get up and sit and sleep, even still a week later. My neck hurts too, but I’m getting better and will be ok. I went to see the doctor when I got back. But yeah that was pretty scary! The baboons attacked our bags and stole our food, I ate most of my lunch though before they got my bag, I just didn’t want them to touch me lol. They threw everybody’s stuff everywhere looking for food. It was funny, but then there were like 7 of them around us and it was kinda scary. But yeah they eventually left us alone. I finished the rest of the hike and am soo proud that I made it! I was in a lot of pain, but I did it.

I did go hiking and repelling the next day because I am crazy lol. I’m on pain medicine so that got me through it. It was such a view though at the top of the mountain! I have never been soo proud of myself physically. I made it up in about two hours, was the last in the group because of my injury, but still pushed myself and made it! Repelling was soo worth it too! The scary part is just leaning off the edge. I jumped out and would slide down, it was fun, the view was soo cool though! It was the largest commercial abseil/repel in the world. Crazzyyy! I’m glad I was able to do it!
Shark Diving was really fun too! Kinda scary, but not that bad! 1st time I wore a wetsuit, I wanna get one when I go home! It really does keep u warm in freezing water haha… But yea we were lucky to see the sharks because the group the day before didn’t see a single one. February is the worst month of the year to see them they said, but we saw two, a 2 ½ meter one and a 3 ½ meter one! I’m glad I went. I have the dvd to show you all when I come home!

Anyways, this finally wraps up what I did and experienced in Cape Town. I did not go out a single night to the bars or clubs which is kind of lame, but that’s not why I was there so it’s ok. I met some really nice South Africans that I will remember forever. The craft market had the most amazing, creative, talented artists I have ever seen. The people there are really creative and I bought a few things from some of them. I could honestly see myself living in South Africa, but it would be hard with that big of a separation between the rich and the poor. I would definitely have to work with fixing that problem and community involvement if I did, but don’t worry, I’m not going to move there. I’ll just have to come back and visit someday. I got to experience both the cultural side of Cape Town and the adventure side of it. I learned a lot about the people there, and value of things in life. The things that matter the most to these people are the things we often take for granted. I also learned that I have definite Angels watching over me on this trip and am soo thankful for them. I know I am lucky and will not be doing anything else life-threatening on the trip so don’t worry. I bought an amulet from the craft market of the endless knot to protect me and give me strength. I wear it everyday. South Africa has definitely been my favorite port soo far and I am extremely thankful that I had the opportunity to go and see this part of the world. As you can tell from the length of this blog, there is soo much to see, do, learn, people to meet, and culture to endure that it was just an overall great experience. I <3 Cape Town South Africa!

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2012 Nissan Versa Sedan

2012 Nissan Versa Sedan is a product of the latest Nissan Versa Given an entry-level cars are used daily, the Nissan designers to create a comfortable and practical cabin. Nissan is equipped with Bluetooth, a navigation system with touch-screen 5 , Satellite Radio and iPod ® / USB port.
2012 Nissan Versa Sedan Nissan Versa interior volume of claims reaches 2549 liters. According to Nissan, the Versa is more abundant legroom than sedans in its class. Nissan even dare to pit with a Mercedes-Benz E-Class and BMW 5 Series. 2012 Versa Sedan comes with a new design and stands on the platform of 'V' cars lighter weight of the platform 'B' used previously. Wheelbase (2601 mm) and width (1694 mm) 2012 Versa Sedan is still the same as the previous model. The new model has a height of 1514 mm or 30.5 mm lower than its predecessor. While the shorter length 15.24 mm to 4455 mm.
2012 Nissan Versa Sedan 2012 Versa Sedan trunk volume of 419 liters or larger than its predecessor. This is obtained by applying the engine / transmission is more compact so that adds rear overhangs ultimately extend the length of the trunk. Sedan front-wheel-drive is offered with HR16DE engine 4-cylinder, 1.6 liters, 109 hp powered. The new engine is lighter and compact with twin Continuously Variable Timing Control (CVTC) in the intake and exhaust ports. 2012 Versa Sedan will be offered in 5-speed manual transmission and Xtronic CVT.
2012 Nissan Versa Sedan 2012 Nissan Versa released at a price of U.S. $ 10,990. Will be available 8 colors; Metallic Blue, Blue Onyx, Super Black, Brilliant Silver, Magnetic Gray, Red Brick, Fresh Powder and Titanium
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Ciate Blockbuster Pop Brights

Annnnddd.... we're back with yet another Ciate post (not even close to sorry)! This time it's the Ciate Blockbuster Pop Brights Collection bought with an amazing deal that Amy found online. This set retails at £85 on the Ciate website but we managed to snag it at the bargain price of £25!

Ciate Blockbuster Pop Brights
Amy was scrolling through her Instagram feed, as you do, when she spotted a post about a website called Money Saving Expert by a nail blogger. When she searched, a Ciate voucher code came up available to be used on two sets of 10 polishes on the Ciate website - Pop Brights or The Classics. These full size polish sets are originally £85 each but with the use of the code BLOCK70 you can get an amazing £60 off! Just simply go to the Ciate website, search for "Blockbuster" and both The Classic and Pop Brights will come up, or save yourself the effort and click here, then add the one (or both) to your basket and input the discount code at checkout!
This was a couple of weeks ago but the post is still up on the MSE website so hopefully it's still valid.
Holiday Blues, Mojito, Access All Areas, Speed Dial, Headliner
Holiday Blues, Mojito and Speed Dial are all super glossy bright colours perfect for spring/summer, Headliner seems to give an almost semi-matte finish as a teal whilst Access All Areas is a completely matte bright pinky coral. All of these would look great on holiday with a tan!

Monte Carlo, Funhouse, Party Shoes, Sherbert Fizz, Regatta
Monte Carlo is a mixture of confetti and glitter in varying colours and sizes with blue being the overall colour, Funhouse is a super pretty pink glitter, Party Shoes has a very fine gold glitter which would be perfect as a top coat to add that extra sparkle! Sherbert Fizz and Regatta are both shimmers in a super opaque hot pink, almost red and deep blue.

All of these swatches are with two coats apart from Regatta which only needed one. However, the rest of the polishes were almost one coaters and the glitters could be layered as much as necessary for your desired look. We think they'd look amazing with 3 coats+ for a holographic effect!

Special shout-out to Regatta which photographs beautifully and is Teneeka's favourite out of the collection! It's prefect for adding that little pop of colour to an evening look or some everyday shimmer!
Ciate in Regatta with one coat
Amy's favourite polish is Monte Carlo because it combines two of her favourite things - blue and glitter! But Access All Areas is a very surprising close second considering her inclination to the exact opposite.
Ciate Blockbuster Pop Brights collection
Be warned that these don't come in packaging suitable for gifting, they arrive all individually wrapped in bubble wrap but who can complain when this is such a great deal?! (Also Teneeka spent an embarrassingly long time playing with the bubble wrap so it's twice the fun really!)

Which polish is your favourite? Would you go for the Classics or Pop Brights like we did?
Amy totally isn't considering getting the Classics collection too after seeing how lovely these were... *cough cough*

- Amy and Teneeka x

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Summer OOTD: Harem trousers and halter

Thought we would try out a new type of post with an Outfit of the Day for the Summer!

I'm actually going to start with my favourite part of this outfit - the shoes!
White sandals are always perfect for summer and this season I've been noticing the appearance of the block sandal style with thick straps and high platforms - perfect for us short girls. I picked up this pair on sale from New Look (White Leather Chunky Multi Strap Block Heel Boots) and I want to wear them all the time already. They'd be perfect for walking the streets in the day (or for our impromptu picnic in this case) but also for a night out with that platform giving that perfect 'don't you dare step on me' feeling!

White sandals - New Look
We've been having an unusually long spurt of sunny weather, but in Manchester we know better than to dress for the weather we see. Luckily for me, harem trousers are the perfect answer this season to questionable summer weather - loose and thin enough to be comfortable in the heat but enough coverage for the cold or in the evening with a light jacket. I paired the patterned trousers with a simple black halter and some round white sunglasses to get those perfect summer vibes!
Halter - Brandy Melville, Sunglasses - New Look, Trousers - Miss Philly, Sandals - New Look
Side note: The halter and trousers actually came all the way from Italy! Unfortunately, we don't have a Brandy Melville here but I seriously wish we did because this halter (and all of their other crop tops which I tried on) feels absolutely amazing. The fabric that they're made from is super soft and figure hugging whilst being thick enough to not be see-through. The only annoying thing is that the majority of their stuff is one-size so won't fit everyone.

Want to see more outfit posts? What's your go-to summer outfit?
-Teneeka x

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RSM Reformation Day Party

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October 28, 2017

6:00pm – 8:30pm

Location: 18706 Tamer View Court, Tomball, Tx 77377

Category: Redeemer Student Ministry | Coordinator: Lawson Flowers

Students, join us as we celebrate the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation! We'll meet at the Curry's house at 6pm to eat and watch the brand new documentary on Martin Luther. If you dress like Martin Luther you will get extra points, but you might check out his haircut before you commit. :) Please RSVP below.

Check out the movie trailer here

Please bring a drink to share. Dinner will be provided.

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A Blue Crystal Necklace

In Season 3, Bella replaced Emma, who left to go travel the world with her parents. In the previous seasons, the three mermaids: Emma, Cleo and Rikki wore lockets to help them remember how special they were, and presumably Emma continued to wear hers. However, the new trio replaced the lockets with jewel pendants, with stones found inside the rocks of the walls of the Moon Pool. When in contact with each other, these crystals generate enough energy to cause power outages, and a blue light that mesmerizes the girls in the same way as the Full Moon.

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