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Eveleigh Restaurant from “Gossip Girl”

Nov 7th, 2011 | By | Category: TV Locations

Fellow stalker Geoff, from the 90210Locations website, emailed me a few weeks back to let me know that he had tracked down the open-air-patio-ed restaurant where Serena van der Woodsen (aka Blake Lively) and Charlie Rhodes (aka Kaylee DeFer) ate lunch in the Season 4 episode of Gossip Girl titled “Beauty and the Feast”.  And while that lunch was supposed to have taken place in Los Angeles and some scenes from that episode were actually filmed in the SoCal area, I had been absolutely convinced that Serena and Charlie’s restaurant was located in New York.  Not only did the place just look like a Manhattan-style eatery to me, but in the previous episode, which was titled “Yes, Then Zero”, Colonie, a restaurant in Brooklyn Heights, had been made to appear as if it was located in L.A.  So when I received Geoff’s email alerting me to the fact that Eveleigh Restaurant in West Hollywood had been used in the “Beauty and the Feast” episode, I practically jumped for joy and dragged the Grim Cheaper right on out to stalk it.  Because I was in the thick of my Haunted Hollywood postings at the time, though, I had not been able to blog about the place until today.  So here goes!

I can honestly say that Eveleigh, which opened on November 1st, 2010 in a space that used to house a Kenneth Cole shoe store, is easily one of the coolest places I have ever been!  From the outside, the restaurant does not look like anything out of the ordinary.  In fact, with its large hedges, unmarked doorway, and sidewalk street sign that screams “Sunset Blvd”, the eatery could not seem any more “Hollywood”.  But when you step inside, it is a different story entirely.

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From Eveleigh’s airy front patio . . .

. . . to its cozy fireplace, complete with armchairs . . .

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. . . to its central bar and wood-beamed ceilings . . .

. . . to its couch-like and antique school-chair seating . . .

. . . to its exposed wood tables and chalkboard menus . . .

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. . . to its sweeping views . . .

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. . . to its large, tented back patio – all I can say is, we are certainly not in Los Angeles anymore, Toto!  As you can see in the twenty-some-odd pictures I took while there, Eveleigh, named for a suburb in Australia, is entirely unique.  It is a little bit country, a whole lotta New York, with a dash of California thrown in for good measure.  And I absolutely fell in love with the place on site.  The GC and I ended up only having cocktails while there, though, as the menu was a bit too extravagant for my low-brow tastes.  The offerings are definitely geared toward “foodies” and not this stalker, who much prefers hot dogs, mac & cheese, and chicken strips to the upscale culinary feasts served at Eveleigh, which include duck rillettes, jidori chicken liver pate, roasted natural bone marrow salad, and crisp sonoma pork belly.  We will definitely be stalking the place again, though, and if I am feeling more epicurean-ly brave, I will surely branch out and sample some of the fare.

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In the “Beauty and the Feast” episode of Gossip Girl, Serena and Charlie, a fraud who is posing as Serena’s cousin, meet up at Eveleigh and discuss life in California and possibly living together.

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In the scene, the two sit on the restaurant’s tented patio, near the back bar.

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After their meal, they walk past Eveleigh’s main bar, through the front patio area, and out onto Sunset Boulevard.

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And our super-nice bartender informed us that the cover shoot for the Fall 2011 issue of Viva Magazine, which featured Paula Abdul, also took place at Eveleigh.

Besides being a filming location, Eveleigh is also something of a celebrity hot-spot.  Just a few of the stars who have been spotted there over the past year include Ashley Greene, Paula Patton, Nicky Hilton, Nicole Richie, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Dakota Fanning, Kimora Lee Simmons, Lisa Edelstein, Marcia Cross, Rebecca Romijn, Jerry O’Connell, Robin Tunney, Ashley Simpson, Ali Fedotowsky, Sasha Alexander, Jordana Brewster, Pete Wentz, Samantha Ronson, Amy Smart, Rachel Leigh Cook, Dianna Agron, Jamie King, Jessica Capshaw, Busy Phillips, Elisha Cuthbert, Mindy Kaling, Nia Vardalos, Idris Elba, Pierce Brosnan, and Armie Hammer.  And the restaurant also has one more celebrity connection.  While researching this post, I discovered that back when the place was a Kenneth Cole shoe store, the front patio area was the site of the Kenneth Cole Walk of Fame – a take-off of the iconic Grauman’s Chinese Theatre forecourt in Hollywood.  At the KC Walk of Fame, such stars as Elizabeth Taylor (and her dog Sugar), Richard Gere, Matthew Modine, Patricia Arquette, Elizabeth Glaser, Rosie O’Donnell, Julianne Phillips, and Leeza Gibbons all placed their bare feet into blocks of cement outside of the store, with Kenneth Cole promising to donate a portion of sales on the day of each participating star’s birthday to AIDS research.  Sadly, when the store closed, the footprints were removed and I can find no information whatsoever about where they are now located.  I cannot tell you how said I am that I never got to see them!

On a side-note, I would like to wish my mom a VERY happy 60th birthday today!  I love you, Mom!  Smile

Big THANK YOU to Geoff, from the 90210Locations website, for finding this location!

Until next time, Happy Stalking!  Smile

Stalk It: Eveleigh Restaurant, from the “Beauty and the Feast” episode of Gossip Girl, is located at 8752 West Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood.  You can visit the restaurant’s official website here.

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Sunday, 1 February 2009

Waterford factory occupation

The question of how to stop job losses is the big one for trade unionists at the moment.

In the USA, workers at Republic Windows & Doors occupied their factory and got so much support that Obama spoke out in their support. This in turn led to the bank offering credit to their employers. The factory is still open.

UNITE members at Waterford Crystal in Ireland are now trying the same approach, and are entering their third day in occupation. It has certainly got a lot of media coverage, though it's hard to get much of a picture of what's going on. The AFP report and the Irish Independent give some background while the Indymedia reports give some snippets with various updates.

What is clear is that by occupying, the workers have put the question of the plants future at the centre of national debate, rather than just being the latest grim statistics on the news.

We can only hope that they get all the support they need to save the factory.

Construction strikes, defending jobs, nationalism

The wave of unofficial strikes by construction workers has sparked widespread debate. The strikes represent the first really major eruption of militant action against job losses in the UK since the recession began. But the central slogan of the dispute - "British Jobs for British Workers" is one that can only lead to division and disaster for working people.

Slogans like "United We Stand, Divided We Fall" have survived many decades because they encapsulate a fundamental truth. To win against employers (and the governments who back them) we have to unite working people regardless of race, nationality etc. This isn't always easy, but it always has to be our aim. A campaign that runs in the opposite direction may seem an easier way to get support in the short term, but we will pay a terrible price if we allow such divisions to take root.

The very fact that the Tory press and the BNP are all over this dispute should set the alarm bells ringing. Since when are they pro-trade-union? Since when do they support unofficial action? Since when do they oppose the anti-union laws? These anti-union forces are sympathetic to the dispute precisely because they want the anger workers feel over job losses to be directed against other workers, dividing us and protecting the rich and powerful.

It is the responsibility of all decent trade unionists to encourage a serious fight-back over the effects of the recession, and to fight tooth and nail against any effort to direct anger against the wrong targets. It is clear that slogans like "British Jobs for British Workers" used by Gordon Brown and, regrettably, some in the trade union movement, have opened the door to this. We have to learn from what has happened and stamp out such slogans from the labour movement.

The issues underlying the dispute are real and serious and need to be tackled.

Construction workers move around the country and the world, following the big projects. This is why they have the sort of networks that have allowed the action to spread so quickly. Big construction projects are organised through chains of subcontracting companies, many of them huge corporations making hefty profits.

The issue in dispute isn't primarily the ability of individual workers to move from country to country in search of work. It is about the ability of subcontracting companies to operate across borders and the rules which govern them.

The neo-liberal free-marketeers want to drive down pay and conditions through what they called the "country of origin principle". This is the idea that a worker or company should be governed by the law of the country they are from, rather than the country they are operating in. This would accelerate the "race to the bottom" in employment law and in pay and conditions. It would in practice mean little or no regulation - who would be enforcing Polish employment law in the UK, for example? The neo-liberals tried to get the country of origin principle enshrined into EU law through the Services Directive, popularly known as the Bolkestein Directive after its Dutch proponent (a former head of Shell). Unions and the left managed to defeat this (you can read the bulletin from my own workplace at the time here).

As usual, the bosses didn't just give up. They used the European Court of Justice (ECJ) to get a series of rulings in the Laval, Viking and Ruffert cases which meant that the right of a company to trade freely across borders was placed ahead of workers rights. This not only helped bring back the country of origin principle, but even worse, suggested that any industrial action which sought to impose higher labour standards from the host country might be illegal even if the workers had complied with all the anti-union laws. UNITE regards these ECJ cases as a more serious threat to workers' rights than all the Tory anti-union laws which New Labour has left on the statute book, and has set up a web site to campaign against them: And if anyone is thinking these cases only affect workers in construction - think again.

At the Staythorpe power station site, the subcontracting company publicly stated they would not employ any UK workers. They claim they pay the normal UK pay rates, but nobody involved in the campaign seems to believe this. The subcontractors have undercut UK firms by a very large margin, and people can't see how that would be possible when you add on travel and accommodation costs. The widespread belief is that the companies are paying much lower wages and are avoiding having any UK workers so that there is no "comparator" for a race discrimination claim for the low wages being given to the migrant workers. UNITE is looking into whether a policy of banning recruits of one nationality is discriminatory in itself - it certainly sounds it.

The practice of the subcontractor company bringing all its labour from overseas is spreading, and workers in the industry see it as a systematic attempt to smash union agreements and slash pay and conditions. Many big construction sites (refineries, power stations) are on the coast and companies are keeping migrant workers in accommodation barges (prison ships?) moored offshore, completely segregated from the community and local workers. This is a recipe for stoking up conflict.

On the news tonight, I heard reports that government minister Alan Johnson is now saying that "if" European law is harming UK workers, it should be changed. This is progress, but it is also rank hypocrisy. These awful laws are not something the EU has imposed on the UK - the "New Labour" UK government lobbied hard in favour of the ECJ rulings, just as they lobbied hard against tightening up the Working Time Directive, improving Works Councils etc. The UK government has been the champion of the free-market and deregulation in Europe - it sent Mandelson to the EU to ram this message home.

What recent events show is that militant mass action can achieve more in a few days than months or years of patient "lobbying".

I hope the strikes result in improvements in workers' rights and the overturning of the ECJ rulings. Contrary what the Liberal Democrats have been saying, this doesn't mean abandoning EU employment law, it means giving it priority over the rights of companies to make bigger profits regardless of the social consequences.

Just as importantly, I hope that union activists learn from this the dangers of giving an inch to nationalism in our campaigns. UNITE proudly claims that "internationalism" is one of the three pillars of its strategy, along with "organising" and its "political" strategy. Internationalism has to mean more than the very important solidarity work we do with workers in other countries. It has to mean a deep commitment to unity between workers in the UK, regardless of their origins. That can be the only sound basis for an effective fight to save jobs or over any other issue.

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About Transformation Garden

Transformation Garden is a worldwide Christian ministry dedicated to encouraging and empowering women in their daily walk with Jesus. The devotional thoughts presented in Transformation Garden have their foundation in the Bible – the inspired word of God.

Transformation Garden - Mar. 9, 2010

"As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us."
Psalm 103: 12, King James Version

"The Sin Problem"

"Forgiveness" - To renounce anger and resentment against another.

Have I been willing to accept God's forgiveness in my life?

Will I bestow this gift on others?

"There is only one person God cannot forgive.  The person who refuses to come to Him for forgiveness."
Author Unknown

I'll never forget being on the playground one day when I was a child.  One of the boys decided to pull some shenanigan on several of us girls. We were livid and being the little tattletales that we were, we quickly reported his errant behavior to our teacher.  Our teacher, in turn, informed the young man that he was to apologize.  Of course, as you might expect, this was a coerced apology and the disgruntled boy, mumbling under his breath, said a half-hearted, "Sorry!" Then, much to my surprise, the teacher turned to the "reporters," and I was in this group, and said, "Now, it is your turn to tell him ‘he's forgiven!'"  To this day, I'll never forget my snotty response.  I looked at the wayward young man and in my haughtiest voice I spit out these words, "Oh, I'll forgive you - but look out.  I'll never forget!"

Thankfully, as time has passed and I've matured, I have come to agree with Henry Ward Beecher who wrote, "I can forgive but I cannot forget' is only another way of saying, "I cannot forgive.'"

The longer I live the more I believe forgiveness is one of the qualities of heaven which brings me closest to the Divine. For forgiveness is the key that unlocks the gift of God's love in my heart, allowing me to pour love on another person.  Carrie ten Boom expanded even more on the thought of forgiveness being a "key" when she wrote: "Forgiveness is the key that unlocks the door of resentment and the handcuffs of hate.  It is a power that breaks the chains of bitterness and the shackles of selfishness."

Several years ago, someone my husband and I were involved with in business breached the bond of trust we thought we had and hurt us in an almost catastrophically financial way.  I am being totally honest when I tell you it has been extremely difficult through the years to watch this person walk away from the chaos and hurt he inflicted and then hear him gloat about all his supposed success while we were left to clean up the devastating mess that was dumped in our laps.  I truly thought I would never be able to forgive.  But I want to share with you what has helped me forgive - and it is very simple.  As I have begun to more deeply understand how my Father has forgiven me - it has become easier to forgive others.

The apostle Paul in the book of Colossians 2: 13 wrote, "God forgave us all our sins."  Isn't this a wonderful assurance?  God doesn't just forgive my little white lies or my little black sins.  He forgives the big ones, too!  Those massive problems that build such a wall between His love and my heart that I get myself into the dangerous position of thinking I'm so great I can do everything on my own and don't need Him at all.  As Hans King penned, "Jesus ventured - as no prophet had ever ventured - to proclaim God's forgiveness, completely gratis, instead of legal penalties, and also to grant it in a personal way in order by this very encouragement to make possible repentance and forgiveness towards our fellow (humans.)"  Or as Jesus taught us in the Lord's Prayer - "Forgive as you have been forgiven."

But there is also one more element present in the act of forgiveness.  While it is God's desire we accept His gift of forgiveness and bestow it upon others - He also wants us to bestow this gift upon ourselves or as C.S. Lewis said, "I think that if God forgives us, we must forgive ourselves."

The great preacher D. L. Moody, as he was preaching, noted that if God promises to cast all our confessed sins into the depths of the sea, we need to stay away from the place where God's posted a "No Fishing" sign.

May God's divine gift of forgiveness be accepted in our lives and shared in the lives of those we meet each day.

"We are most like beasts when we kill;
            most like men when we judge;
            most like God when we forgive."
Author Unknown

            If I have wounded any soul today,
            If I have caused one foot to go astray,
            If I have walked in my own willful way-
            Good Lord, forgive!
            If I have uttered idle words or vain,
            If I have turned aside from want or pain,
            Lest I myself should suffer through the strain -
            Good Lord, forgive!
            If I have craved for joys that are not mine,
            If I have let my wayward heart repine,
            Dwelling on things of earth, not things divine -
            Good Lord, forgive!
            If I have been perverse, or hard, or cold,
            If I have longed for shelter in Thy fold,
            When Thou has given me some part to hold -
            Good Lord, forgive.
            Forgive the sins I have confessed to Thee.
            Forgive the secret sins I do not see,
            That which I know not, Father, teach Thou me -
            Help me to live.
Charles H. Gabriel

Your friend,
Dorothy Valcàrcel, Author
When A Woman Meets Jesus
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P.S.  My book, When A Woman Meets Jesus, is now available wherever books are sold and on the internet at www.amazon.com, Christianbook.com, or by calling toll-free, 1-800-Christian.  You can also go to www.whenawomanmeetsjesus.com and purchase the book through Paypal for $8.00. Or by calling Transformation Garden at 1-888-397-4348.

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A coroner's van pulls up at the Hollywood Hills home of Andrew Getty, found dead on March 31.REUTERS/Kevork Djansezian

The grandson of billionaire oil baron John Paul Getty has been found dead in his Hollywood Hills mansion, say police.

The body of 48-year-old Andrew Getty was found in a bathroom of the gated home in Montcalm Avenue, after a women called police to report a fatality. The body was found at about 2.15pm local time, according to a police spokesperson.

A statement from Getty's parents, Ann and Gordon Getty, confirmed that he was the deceased.

The LA coroner's office said that initial reports suggest the death was the result of natural causes or an accident.

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The woman who reported the body has not been identified and is not under arrest. She is helping officers with their inquiries.

Los Angeles County coroner's assistant chief Ed Winter said that medication had been found at the scene, reports the BBC.

"The tentative information that we do have is that he was not feeling good for the last couple of months and he supposedly had an appointment tomorrow with a personal physician," Mr Winter said.

"He had some medication that we recovered and don't know if he had taken the medication or what his medical history is. We do have a doctor's name that we're also going to follow up."

He added that toxicology tests could take a number of weeks.

Getty's grandfather, John Paul Getty, was founder of the Getty Oil Company, and was named as the richest Living American by Fortune magazine at one point.

An avid collector of art and antiquities, the eponymous J Paul Getty Museum in LA houses much of his collection.

Andrew's father, Gordon Getty, is a San Francisco billionaire believed to be among the richest men in the US.

According to Forbes magazine, Gordon Getty is "an important member of San Francisco's high-society and a respected philanthropist."


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Geoffrey Kondogbia opened the scoring at the Emirates Stadium.Getty Images

Arsenal have been urged to sign Monaco's Geoffrey Kondogbia to cure their defensive midfield problems after Arsene Wenger's side were outclassed during their harrowing Champions League defeat to Monaco.

Kondogbia struck in the first half before Dimitar Berbatov and substitute Yannick Ferreira Carrasco scored after the break, as Monaco put one foot in the last eight with a crushing 3-1 win.

Monaco's performance was illuminated by Kondogbia's performance, as he delivered the goods at both ends of the pitch. And former Liverpool midfielder Jamie Redknapp says the France international is just who Arsenal need.

"Arsenal were off the cuff," he told Sky Sports. "I didn't think Coquelin was too bad but he was taken off as he was booked so Arsenal were left with Cazorla, a wonderfully gifted attacking player, Rosicky and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain," Redknapp said

"That midfield couldn't tackle a hot dinner! Kondogbia was incredible for Monaco, he was exactly the player Arsenal needed to sign."

The result leaves Arsenal facing an uphill task to reverse their fortunes in three weeks in the return leg as their wait to reach the Champions League last eight, which they haven't achieved since 2010, looks set to continue.

"[That was] probably Arsene Wenger's most disappointing performance in Europe, ever," Redknapp added.

"I came here today and was really looking forward to watching Arsenal play. I expected something special, but it just didn't happen.

"They played against a Monaco side that were organised, well drilled, did their jobs when they had the ball and when they didn't. That was the difference. It was so disappointing, so inept.

"Monaco are 11 points behind Lyon and four or five of their best players weren't playing. Everything that is bad about Arsenal over the last five or six years, we saw today. This is the sort of night that gives Arsene Wenger's critics oxygen."


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Baidu plans to launch a self-driving car in 2015Reuters

Chinese internet giant Baidu is to launch its first self-driving car later this year, giving itself a substantial head start on US rival Google.

Having previously worked on autonomous car technologies with BMW, Baidu says it is ready to launch the vehicle later in 2015. It will not be entirely automated, as Google's car will be. Instead, it will include conventional pedals and focus on giving the driver less to do, rather than taking over the role of driving entirely.

A report first appearing on Chinese-language website TechWeb, then republished by the BBC, claims Baidu will make its autonomous dreams a reality later this year. The company will be working in partnership with an unnamed car manufacturer, senior vice president Jin Wang said.

Baidu is the most popular website in China and the fifth most popular worldwide. Like Google, it has a search engine and a variety of other services including Baidu Maps, which could play a key role in how its car will navigate without human intervention.

Almost a year ago, Baidu's vice director of research, Kai Yu, said the company had plans to produce a partly autonomous car. He said the future vehicle "should not totally replace the driver but give the driver freedom. Freedom means the car is intelligent enough to operate by itself, like a horse, and make decisions under different road situations. Whenever the driver wants to resume control, you can do that."

This vision is similar to that of Tesla, whose Model S P85D can drive itself along motorways, slowing, steering and accelerating itself by watching vehicles around it and sticking to a driver-set maximum speed. The car can also change lanes when the driver flicks the indicator stalk left or right.

Baidu's plans to launch this year are incredibly optimistic compared to the rest of the autonomous car industry. Google says its pod-like vehicles could be on the roads by the end of the decade, while company insiders claim Apple is also working on a 2020 deadline for a self-driving car of its own. This leads us to believe Baidu's car will be much more like the partly autonomous Tesla than the fully automated Google car.

A Bloomberg report from earlier this year claimed Baidu was teaming up with taxi app company Uber to buy Nokia's Here mapping service, which could be used to help guide a self-driving car.


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Follow live coverage of Arsenal v Besiktas here

Arsenal v Crystal Palace

Arsenal host Besiktas in the second leg of the Champions League play-off at the Emirates Stadium on Wednesday. The first leg ended 0-0.

Where to Watch Live

Kick-off is set for 7.45pm BST on Wednesday. Live coverage is on Sky Sports 5 and Sky Sports 5 HD. Radio commentary of the game will be available on BBC Radio 5 Live.

Arsenal come into this game in a mixed state of mind. On one side they can take heart from their morale boosting comeback to rescue a point against Everton at the weekend in the Premier League, but on the other hand, they were outplayed in the first leg by Besiktas and also come into this game without Aaron Ramsey, Mikel Arteta, Olivier Giroud and Kieran Gibbs.

Arsenal are looking to make it into the group stages for the 18th season in a row, but this will be the toughest test in the past few years. Arsene Wenger will hope his team can get the job done even without their first choice striker or midfield pairing.

All three German internationals should be set to play a part in the game, with Mesut Ozil and Per Mertesacker likely to start. Joel Campbell might get a nod at some point during the game due to the absence of Giroud.

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Besiktas coach Slaven BilicReuters

Meanwhile, Besiktas will come into this game with no fear at all. They took the game to the Gunners in the first leg and have less to lose than their illustrious opponents.

However, one drawback will be the absence of coach Slaven Bilic on the touchline. The Croatian was banned for a match, after he was sent off at the end of the first leg for protesting a referee's decision.

The Turkish club have no fresh injury concerns and should also have the services of Atiba Hutchinson, who missed the first leg through a hamstring injury.

What Manager Say

Arsene Wenger (Arsenal): "Of course. We want to show we can get into group stage. We've had disappointments in past and we want to carry on improving. The task is clear; we want to win the game at. It's the Champions League so it will be a thriller because [Besiktas] are a good side."

Slaven Bilic (Besiktas): "We go to the Emirates in one week with even more confidence than we had before this game. For the majority of my players, this was the first time that they've played against big guys and they were worried, asking 'are we any good? After this, they know they're good. We have a plan, we have a dream."

Betting Odds (

Arsenal to win: 3/8

Besiktas to win: 13/2

Draw: 19/5

Team News

Probable Lineup: Szczesny; Debuchy, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Monreal; Flamini, Wilshere; Oxlade-Chamberlain, Ozil, Cazorla; Sanchez.

Probable Lineup: Zengin; Koybasi, Franco, Gulum, Motta; Ozyakup, Uysal, Kavlak, Sahan, Pektemek; Ba.


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Theresa May's endorsement of any EU reforms seen as vital for the Remain campaign.iStock

The pressure is starting to mount on Prime Minister David Cameron as he fights for EU reforms with Brussels. But that is not the only battle he faces. The Conservative leader may have an uphill task in convincing his Cabinet over the reforms as he softens his stance on migration.

Home Secretary Theresa May is believed to be sticking to her guns in having tougher measures in place to stop the abuse of current EU migration rules. She has not ruled out shifting to the Brexit campaign, causing concerns that she could refuse to back the reform deal Cameron is trying very hard to secure in Brussels this week.

May's endorsement of the EU reforms would be vital for those seeking to keep Britain in the EU. Her record in seeking to curb the number of migrants in the UK makes her endorsement of any EU reform deal important as the immigration issue is expected to take centre-stage in the EU referendum campaign.

May has been fighting Brussels to tighten rules that will effectively close the back-door route into Britain that migrants outside the EU have been using to gain residency in the country. She is pushing for similar residency restrictions currently imposed on non-EU spouses and other family members of Britons to be extended to European citizens seeking to settle families in the UK.

She is demanding the right to reject the European Court of Justice rulings that allow EU citizens to bring their families to Britain even if they are non-European nationals who are illegal residents or face deportation orders. This comes on the back of two cases that has raised the ire of the Home Office.

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Britain's Home Secretary, Theresa MayReuters

According to The Times, the first case goes as far back as 1992, when an ECJ ruling allowed an Indian national, Surinder Singh to establish residency in the UK even though he was under a Home Office deportation order. He circumvented the deportation order by leaving for Germany with his British wife but returned to the UK three months later under the EU free movement rules.

In the second case, a failed asylum seeker from Cameroon married a British woman and claimed Irish and British residency as a spouse of an EU national. Although Ireland refused him the right to remain, its decision was overturned by the European courts.

The Home Office believes that these ECJ rulings have encouraged sham marriages that give spouses the right of residency to the UK when under normal circumstances they would have no right to remain in the country. Any move to overturn the ECJ rulings will require a treaty change, The Times noted. The UK can only refuse spouses or families residencies in cases where there is an earlier conviction or a removal order for illegal residence.

Despite Cameron himself blaming the loophole in the law for sham marriages in the country, The Times says that he is now backing away from plugging the loophole. The newspaper said that this is due to the "tougher-than-expected" opposition from Brussels on this issue.

"One well-placed figure described it as a high-water mark in negotiations," The Times said.


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Michael Garcia, head of FIFA's ethics committee talks during the 64th FIFA Congress at the Transamerica Expo CenterGetty

World Cup tournaments in Russia and Qatar could again be under threat after the author of the report into alleged corruption rejected the way Fifa interpreted his findings.

Michael Garcia, head of Fifa's ethics committee, has dismissed as "incomplete and erroneous" judge Hans-Joachim Eckert's summary of his report.

Garcia now intends to appeal Eckert's interpretation, which could lead to a lengthy legal battle and ultimately a re-vote on who hosts the tournaments.

The lawyer, who headed the investigation into claims the 2018 and 2022 World Cup hosts fraudulently won the right to stage the football tournaments, has put himself on a collision course with judge Eckert, who today published his summary.

Garcia says Eckert's decision "contains numerous materially incomplete and erroneous representations of the facts. I intend to appeal this decision to the Fifa Appeal Committee."

Fifa claimed it was unable to to publish Garcia's report for legal reasons but will will inevitably face calls for football's governing body to release the report in its entirety.

Eckert's conclusion cleared Qatar and Russia of any wrongdoing while criticising England for allegedly breaching bidding rules.


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Mac users are in for some great news, as the 25PP jailbreak developer team has finally rolled out its first tool for jailbreaking iOS 8.1.3 – iOS 8.4 untethered on Mac computers.

Folks at iDownloadBlog have just confirmed that the tool works absolutely fine and could be used as a perfect substitute for TaiG jailbreak, which works on a Mac via Windows Virtual Machine (WVM).

PP iOS 8.4 jailbreak for Mac

The PP jailbreak is significant because it provides a simpler jailbreaking method than the WVM, which might be complicated for beginners.

Those who cannot wait until TaiG releases its Mac version of the iOS 8.4 jailbreak can go ahead and try jailbreaking their device running iOS 8.1.3 through iOS 8.4, using the PP jailbreak for Mac.

Prospective iOS 8.4 jailbreakers are advised to try jailbreaking on a freshly restored iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch to avoid any conflicts with third-party apps installed on the device. Besides, it is recommended to quit iTunes and Xcode apps/services before you start jailbreaking your iOS device.

Key Points to Remember

  • PP Jailbreak is an untethered jailbreak.
  • PP Jailbreak supports iOS 8.1.3, iOS 8.2, iOS 8.3 and iOS 8.4.
  • PP Jailbreak is compatible with the following iOS devices:
    • iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 5s, iPhone 5c, iPhone 5, iPhone 4S
    • iPad Air 2, iPad Air, iPad 4, iPad 3, iPad 2
    • iPad mini 3, iPad mini 2, iPad mini
    • iPod touch 5G
  • This tutorial is meant for Mac users. Windows users can follow our tutorial on how to jailbreak iOS 8.4 using PP Jailbreak on Windows using the step-by-step guide posted here.
  • Back up your personal user data via iCloud or iTunes to prevent unexpected data loss during or after the jailbreak process.

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PP iOS 8.4 jailbreak for Mac

Steps to jailbreak iOS 8.1.3 – iOS 8.4 untethered on Mac with PP jailbreak

Step 1: Download the latest version of PP jailbreak from the download link provided above to your Mac.

Step 2: Connect your device to the computer via USB cable.

Step 3: Disable Passcode by going to Settings > Touch ID & Passcode.

Step 4: Also turn off Find my iPhone feature from Settings > iCloud > Find my iPhone.

Step 5: Quit iTunes or XCode if they are still running as PP Jailbreak will fail to launch until they are closed.

Step 6: Double-click on the PP Jailbreak dmg file, and drag or move it to the Applications folder when prompted. Now double-click on the PP Jailbreak icon to launch it.

Step 7: Wait until PP Jailbreak detects your device and verify if it is showing the correct firmware version. Then uncheck the Install PP Helper checkbox as it is known to install the Chinese pirated app store.

Step 8: Click on the Jailbreak button at the center of the PP jailbreak window to begin the process.

Step 9: The jailbreak process may be time-consuming. If it gets stuck at steps 3/8 and 5/8 for some time, then wait patiently for some time until the process completes.

Step 10: Once the jailbreak completes, a message saying "Jailbreak Succeeded!" appears on the device's screen.

Step 11: Let your iOS device reboot automatically, and then the Cydia icon will appear on the Home screen. Make sure that you launch Cydia and install the latest update, before you start installing jailbreak tweaks.

Ensure that you re-enable the passcode and Find My iPhone features after successfully jailbreaking your device.

Troubleshooting tips

If your device is stuck at step 2-8 during jailbreak for a very long time, then try to turn on AirPlane mode, and also disable Location Services (Settings > Privacy > Location Services) via the Settings app.

Those who wish to jailbreak their device running iOS 8.4 on Windows with PP jailbreak can follow our step-by-step guide posted here.

For further assistance, check out the video tutorial below (courtesy iDownloadBlog):

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Militants believed to be linked with terror group Islamic State (Isis) have allegedly hijacked an Egyptian missile ship near the northern end of the Suez Canal.

It is believed that the hijacking occurred early in November but news of the incident was only reported on Monday (1 December) night by an Israeli news channel, which claimed the militants took control of the ship to attack Israeli vessels in the Mediterranean Sea.

"The craft was to be used to attack Israeli vessels and offshore gas drilling rigs, located further up the coast," Israel's Channel 2 reported.

In what was defined as the "first-ever such attack against Egyptian forces", the military ship, with some 200 Egyptian soldiers on board, was attacked by four smaller boats while it was conducting a combat exercise.

"The Egyptian fleet understood that something was amiss when the missile boat did not respond to requests to identify itself," the TV channel continued.

Once the Egyptian forces realised the ship had been hijacked, several other vessels reportedly chased the abducted missile boat and, after an exchange of fire, the ship was hit and neutralised and 32 militants were arrested. Another report alleged four insurgents were also killed.

Egyptian military said the attack left five people injured and another eight missing at sea.

Egypt's official news agency, MENA, reported that during the fire exchange with the terrorists, the ship was set on fire.

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Gary Harmon/HHJ Katlyn Winner, playing shortstop for Veterans, produced two RBI, a double and a triple in Tuesday’s region finale.
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Which softball team is the best in Region 2-AAAA?
Veterans High staked its case this past week. Though there is a three-way tie for first place in the final regular-season standings, the Warhawks – by virtue of allowing the least number of runs – are the No. 1 seed going into next week’s championship tournament at the Southern Pines Complex in Dublin.
But with Veterans, Perry High and West Laurens High – the host – all sporting 6-1 records, no one can be called the clear-cut favorite to be the last team standing by the end of the event.
“The kids have been playing well lately, hitting the ball a lot better,” said Warhawk head coach Mitch Horton after Wednesday’s 8-0 five-inning win against Crisp County – another team leading a AAAA region – at home. “Hopefully we’re peaking at the right time.”
Veterans has played most of the season without its starting shortstop, Melissa Cox. So Horton moved Katlyn Winner from catcher to the middle infield, and Payton Stallworth – normally an outfielder – assumed duties behind the plate. A player who proved her worth as the replacement in right field for the team’s two wins this week was Maggie Bell.
“It took us a while, but we’ve found our roles and responsibilities,” said Horton. “Everybody’s accepted it and done well. We hope to get Cox back soon, and that she will make an impact in the lineup.
“(Stallworth) is a hard worker and really wants to be successful. We couldn’t ask any more than what she’s done. Winner’s hit the ball real well, so that’s been pleasing.”
Kaylee Albritton threw not one, but two five-inning shutouts in the recent home games. Against Crisp, she gave up four hits (no more than one in any inning), struck out four and did not issue a walk. Albritton also fielded batted softballs for two putouts and two assists.
On Tuesday, Veterans shut out Mary Persons High 11-0 in the last 2-AAAA regular-season game. It was another four-strikeout game for Albritton, who only gave up two hits and one walk.
Horton can also use freshman left-hander Avery Lamb in the circle and may just use that depth in the region tournament schedule where each team plays two games on the first day (Tuesday). He said both are gritty athletes who will keep the team close and give the offense a chance to take a lead.
“We’re just going to play (the tournament) out and see what happens,” said Horton, when asked which team is truly the best. “The top six teams are really good. It’s going to be a battle, and hopefully we’ll be ready to go. We’re all about the same. It’s just who shows up ready to play.”
The last time Veterans played in Dublin, it was that only region loss to West Laurens, a team ranked as high as No. 1 in state polls. The coach said the Raiders dominated the game from the circle.
“They want the top seed going in and going out,” said Horton about his Warhawks. “We’re going to go for it.”
Not only are the 2-AAAA foes going to see strong hitting out of Veterans, but daring baserunning. Albritton is the leadoff batter, and against Mary Persons she did not settle for a single on a flare she it over the first baseman.
Sierra Stella bunted the pitcher to third base, and Winner smacked an RBI triple to right.
Veterans scored two in the second on consecutive singles from seniors Kelsey Fowler and Kaelyn Meade. Bell bunted her way on to fill the bases with one out. Fowler scored on a wild pitch, and Albritton singled in Meade.
Winner doubled and scored on an Ashley Killebrew single in the home third. Lamb singled, which moved Killebrew in position to score the fifth run on Fowler’s grounder.
Bell’s walk and Albritton’s third hit got the Warhawks going on a big six-run fourth. Bell scored on an error, Winner and Lakinya Green each drove in one and Meade’s two-out hit plated two.
The only Mary Persons scoring threat was in the second when the first two batters reached. But Albritton retired the next three in a row, all in the infield.
Veterans’ offense on Wednesday jumped all over the visiting Crisp Cougars with six first-inning runs. It started with an error and a walk, and then on 1-2 Winner hit a ball that glanced off the shortstop’s glove. She wound up with a two-run double.
Stallworth singled her home on a full-count, and when Meade singled Stallworth scored as Meade engaged the Cougar infield into a rundown.
Meade remained on base, and with two outs infield RBI hits by Green and Bell upped the score to 6-0.
After that, the Warhawks had just three hits, but one was Stallworth’s solo home run in the third. Meade doubled and scored the game-ending run in the fifth.
Crisp loaded the bases on two two-out errors in the top of the fourth, but all runners stayed after an Albritton whiff.
Horton was honored before Tuesday’s game for winning his 200th career game in high school softball. His tenure began at Northside when he was a slow-pitch assistant under Vicky Jones.
“I didn’t realize it was happening,” he said. “It was nice. It’s a great group of kids to do that with. A lot of great players and great memories, and hopefully we’ll continue to build on that.”

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Micxrosoft has announced the third update to the Windows Phone 8 OS – this is known as GDR3 or General Distribution Release 3.

The company stated on their blog that the update includes several key features such as a “bigger Start screen” that now houses six Live Tiles and “paves the way for future Windows Phone devices with 5- and 6-inch” with 1080p displays. In addition, GDR3 supports Qualcomm’s 8974 quad-core processor and comes with Driving Mode, screen reader (help the blind and visually impaired use their device), plus better storage management, new rotation lock, and improved internet sharing feature for making a hotspot with Windows 8.1 devices.

You’ll also find that another much-requested feature has made it: broader custom ringtone support. At long last, you’ll be able to put your own sounds to use on text messages, instant messages, emails, voicemails and reminders.

The company outlined three key objectives of the update:

  1. Enable incredible new Windows Phone devices.
  2. Enhance the platform with new capabilities for current users and partners.
  3. Improve overall quality.”

Microsoft says that the GDR3 update will begin rolling out to device owners within the coming weeks and that this will continue for several months. That’s pretty vague considering there are many device users eager to get a look at what’s on offer, but Microsoft says in its press release that availability will vary depending on several factors including device model and carrier.

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Indian phone makers Intex and Spice have decided to bring Mozilla’s Firefox OS to India. Intex calls its device the Cloud FX. The company said that the phone will be priced around Rs.2000 thereby bringing the smartphone experience to the last group of people untouched by it. Spice on the other hand has just given a July release timeframe and said its phone will be a dual Sim device.

The Cloud FX is powered by 1 Ghz processor and will have a 3.5 inch display. Mozilla had unveiled a similar $25 smartphone platform at the MWC this year which is said to be similar to the intex device.

Intex said the Cloud FX will have Wifi and Bluetooth connectivity. It has a 2 megapixel camera rear camera.

Firefox OS is a truly open source operating system. It is based on open source standards of HTML 5, JavaScript, etc. It will be competing against other open source platforms such as Ubuntu touch. It looks a lot like a scaled down version of the Android.

What sets the OS apart from Android as it is made for lower end devices. So it has minimum hardware requirement.

Some of the best features of the Firefox OS is that it is gestures controlled and has a fast developing market place. The market has already started to fill up with regularly used apps from around the world. Though many of the apps are internet only and most have not been conformed to screen sizes.

With major companies like Google and Facebook investing in initiatives to connect the massive unconnected population with internet, operating systems like these which facilitate cheaper devices will lead to more global interconnection.

If Intex plays it right and markets it well, it could bring a new form of smartphone revolution in the lower end phone segment thereby mobilizing bigger players to enter that arena.

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    Firefox doesn’t want you to replace your android,windows or iOS phone. It just wants the people who can’t afford phone and who still uses the old basic phones which can’t even browse. Firefox’s main goal is to give out a smartphone for the lowest price they can.

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Once we achieve our goal of ending homelessness, our job is not done. We must remain nimble in our approach and responsive to environmental impacts that require course-corrects to sustain our efforts.

It’s important that we continually enhance coordination of the homeless-serving system, advance solutions in policy, interventions, and research and be responsive to shifts in our environment that impact homelessness.

As we end homelessness, we must shift our efforts to prevention and focus our collective impact on tackling the complex issues that are at the root causes of homelessness in the first place. We must continually build on our learnings and make meaningful systems change that will address homelessness contributors including poverty, family violence and the legacy of colonialism.

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Together, we can grant every human being the basic right of a home. Together, we can ensure all who want or need shelter shall have it. Together, we can help Calgary take its rightful place as one of the world’s great cities. Together, we can give all Calgarians something to be proud of.

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I’m hosting the starter day party today for romance novel “The Stable Boy”. Unfortunately I won’t have time to review the book during the tour, because it sounds like an awesome read. Anyway, the tour schedule is below, if you want to visit the other tour stops. Happy starter day party, “The Stable Boy”.

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March 18th: Starter Day Party @ I Heart Reading

March 20th: Promo Post @ IequalsAlissa

March 22nd: Book Excerpt and Review @ Cajun Book Lover

March 23rd: Promo Post @ The Book Daily

March 24th: Author Interview @ Bookaholic Ramblings

March 25th: Book Review @ Cassidy Crimson’s Blog

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Author: Harmony Stalter

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Claire is a 40 year old widowed farm owner. She lost her husband in a terrible freak accident. In a constant state of depression for the past two years, her farm is failing. She barely has enough money to survive and her last farmhand just left to follow his new wife’s dreams. She is all alone, until he walks into her life. She knows she needs the help, but does she want his help? Can she resist his good looks, charm, and flirting or will she give into temptation and open her heart and bed to him?

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19673_305188069392_7247123_nHarmony Stalter (1976-Present) was born in Newburgh, New York. She currently makes her home in Central Florida, and is a freelance writer that currently writes for a monthly magazine called All Access Music Magazine. She was an architectural drafter for three years before she dove head first into pursuing her career in writing, her first love. Employee Body Language Revealed: How to Predict Behavior in the Workplace by Reading and Understanding Body Language is her first book. Since completing this book, she has written Dancing the Night Away, Bulk Cooking: Everything You Need to Know, and The Great Wolf Lodge 2011 Travel Guide. Look for these, and more upcoming titles from this writer on the rise, and make sure to visit her website at

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Today I have the lovely Mack N. Cheese from Is there Cheese in it? She likes bad words, books and booze. Therefore, I love her. I also love her for guest posting for me while I try to manage the shitstorm that is this blog right now (secret project alert!).

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My friend posted a link on Facebook today. You'll probably want to read it yourself but I'll give you the Cliff's Notes: If you're anything like me, there is a very high chance you are feeding your kids carcinogens on a daily basis. I am very thankful she posted it. Like learning about what's really on the inside of Capri Suns, baby nose bulbs and public swimming pools, I feel that this is the "need to know" brand of information. But part of me is like, goddammitalready!

Well, I guess I'll just have to tell our personal chef to be extra vigilant when shopping for the locally grown, organic, all natural, free range ingredients for the painstakingly prepared, nutritionally balanced, healthful, brimming-with-vitamins-and-antioxidants and yet oh so delicious meals we need three six nine times a day (because every time they ask for something specific and it is presented to them they want something that is not that at all and that we do not have a single ingredient for). Oh. Wait. I am the chef. And I don't have the freaking time for this shit.

Don't get me wrong. I want to feed my family well and I want to eat well myself but aside from the obvious problem that THEY PREFER DOG KIBBLE TO MY COOKING, there are the other pesky problems of not having limitless funds and time. Even Rachael Freaking Ray's alleged 30-minute meals take more than thirty minutes because I do not have all of the things that I need and even when I do they are not perfectly arranged and washed and chopped into one-inch squares in my fridge. And, p.s., Rachael Ray and Sandra Lee, the supposed time-and-money-saving Food Network gurus, use lots of things from boxes and cans, like we all do, because they save money and time! Also, I would like to point out, they are not cooking in the midst of a civil uprising of rabid baby koala bears. So there's that. Actually, I am not into cooking shows or much "reality television" in general (actually I'm lying, I love Cake Boss and Project Runway) but I think I just came up with the premise of the next big Food Network/reality TV hit - Top Toddler Chef. All meals to be prepared between 5 and 7 pm, a.k.a. "The Witching Hour(s)." Each elimination round you throw another hangry toddler in the kitchen and the winner is the last one standing who hasn't accidentally grilled a baby or (intentionally) killed themselves.

But alright. Say I go spend twice as much for fresh, locally grown, organic, golden fertilizer produce and magical pastured eggs and $20 a gallon raw milk from Whole Foods or Organic R Us or whatever. First of all, obviously, that's less money in my pocket. Second of all, it's less time, because that means I still have to go to another "real" store for cleaning products that actually clean and paper products that are more effective than wet Kleenex at cleaning up spills, and are sold in more than a two-pack because sorry, "Mudder Erf," but my son thinks he has to use a new napkin every.single.time. he spills and he spills A LOT. We are attempting to disabuse him of this notion but it is taking some time. We have worked up to three wipes per napkin. It's a process. And don't even get me started on diapers (what about cloth diapers you ask? sorry. i highly admire you. but no.) and wet wipes and toilet paper needs with multiple toddlers in tow. Hey! Maybe we should just grow our own food? We have a pretty big backyard. I could probably fit a garden and a milking cow. I have always wanted a wait. That was a pony. I wanted a pony.

Okay. So, the ingredients alone are costing me more money and more time. But even if Whole Foods had Costco prices and home delivery, someone has to cook this crap! And I suck at cooking. I made homemade baby food for the kids and was always surprised to receive (undeserved) kudos because let me tell you, it is not that hard, especially if you have an awesome and highly overpriced baby-food-preparing thingy (e.g., Beaba). It is 27 times harder to cook actual human person meals that are nutritious and that both small children and adults will enjoy eating. And DO NOT tell me to origami that shit into interesting shapes and/or elaborate dioramas or I will freaking cut you. Seriously. I believe you (sort of) that it inspires your children to actually eat their food but please see sections I. and II., supra, about not having time for that shit. See also, section III re: rabid koalas, above. And anyway. I do serve shapes. Hey. Look at this peanut butter and jelly sandwich! It's a square! Your orange is a circle, whee, fun! And grapes! Um - little circles! Alright! Farfelle = butterflies! Oh and bunnies and goldfish too - no assembly required! With a free side of carcinogens! Argh!

Sometimes I think to myself, really? I mean, is it really that bad? Most of my generation was raised on Froot Loops and that godawful Mac &"Cheese" and we all turned totally fine...right??? Actually, not really, because something like 1 in 2 people will be diagnosed with some type of cancer at some point in their lifetime. WTF?! I mean, who knows if it's smog or cell phones or laptops or Fruit Loops or Monsanto or our collectively sinful souls or bad karma or some combination of the above, but if there's a chance of decreasing our risk, I guess we have to take it? Or, like everything else in life, "Do what you can, with what you have, where you are." (There she goes again with the quotes. That one's Theodore Roosevelt.) And sometimes all I have are chicken nuggets and toaster waffles. Don't judge.
Also - the FDA could maybe make it illegal to put cancer-causing shit in food sold for human consumption? Just a thought.

Bravo, Mack. I couldn't have said it better myself!

If you share this post, I will buy you a pony. I suck at Twitter. I am OK at Facebook. Pinterest is my bitch. I am also on Bloglovin' and Instagram.
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“I don’t think its theirs,” I said.

“But they’re homeless, what if they need it?” countered my partner-in-crime.

“If they needed it, don’t you think they’d have taken it by now?”

“Maybe it’s like, in their territory!”

“It’s just sitting there, and it’s not like it’s right in their camp, it’s a ways away. Besides, there are plants growing up through it.  I don’t think it would have been sitting there that long if they needed it.”

The object of our discussion sat, tranquil and clearly long-undisturbed, a few meters away, blissfully unaware that it was the subject of a nearby heated debate.

I laughed suddenly, breaking through our pensiveness.  “Can we just pause for a second and reflect on the fact that we’re sitting in our car by the side of the road, at 7pm on a Monday on some random street in Cape Town, arguing about whether an abandoned tire belongs to the nearby population of homeless people?”

It had all started a few days before when, cracked-out and sleep deprived, I arrived in South Africa after 37 hours of grueling travel from San Diego. Through one of those miracles of the universe that sometimes happen, our organization, Imagine More, had recently received just enough funding to get me to Cape Town, South Africa; I was here to work on Youth Design Studio, the project that my best friend and colleague, Julie Goodness, and I had been putting together at a furious pace since we were accepted into the Cape Town 2014 World Design Capital last November.

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Despite my sleep deprivation, we got straight to work.  There was a LOT to accomplish in the month before we both left, and things were getting busy right away.  “We need to get our Thundafund campaign up,” Julie said, referring to the South African online crowd-funding platform that had partnered with WDC2014, “so that when we give our pitch to the World Design Capital people and other possible collaborators in a couple days, it’s already up and running.”

“We can definitely do Thundafund, but what is the pitch supposed to be?” I asked.  Julie had attended a “grooming session” several days earlier, where World Design Capital representatives had given advice to project organizers on what to expect from the pitch session, and how to go about forming their pitch.

“We’ll be…performing, I think?” Julie said, still a bit puzzled. “We’re supposed to be entertaining.”

“…Perform?” I asked, skeptical.  “Like….what? Sing and dance?  I don’t think I understand. So we’re….not talking about Youth Design Studio?”

“No, we are, we just have to do it in a way that’s entertaining. I’m not sure. I don’t think I completely understand either. Let’s go back over my notes.”

A half hour later we still had very little idea of what we were supposed to put together for our “pitch;” we just knew we would be up in front of 200 people from organizations all over Cape Town, with 4 minutes in which to explain our project (ok, cool) and ask for money (this makes us want to die).  Hmm.

We focused on getting our Thundafund campaign running; we wrote our script, tenaciously memorized, filmed, re-memorized, re-filmed, and tried to keep from losing our cool and laughing hysterically when the cat would wander into the shot and jump on our laps. We filmed praise-worthy design locales in Cape Town, taking touristy photos to keep the security guards from baselessly harassing our resident cameraman and tech guru (aka Julie’s boyfriend, Andy) while he took shots of the scenery.  Things were exhausting, but going well.

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 Thanks to a last minute push by the fantastic Thundafund crew, we eventually got our Thundafund campaign up and running! But the pitch session loomed.  We still had no idea how to sing/dance/entertain our crowd into not falling asleep while we simultaneously talked earnestly and beseechingly about Youth Design Studio. It was the afternoon before our pitch session, and things were looking bleak.

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The thing is, how do you get up in front of a room full of people and do a whole host of things that are wildly unlike you (occupy a stage, perform to a crowd, ask for money) while still remaining fundamentally yourselves?

We went back to the drawing board.  What are we good at?  Having fun, hahahaha! Ok ok, no, just kidding.  Well actually…yeah but, seriously…we are REALLY good at having fun, like possible minor superpower level. Anywhere and everywhere and at all times, no matter what we’re doing.  Maybe this is something we can work with.  And what is Youth Design Studio about? Well, it’s about creativity.  It’s about EVERYONE being able to access design, and creativity they might not even know they have, with resources they might not even see around them, but that are there.  Where can we go with this?

An idea started to emerge.  Youth Design Studio is all about making, and building…What if we MADE something on stage, over the course of those 4 minutes?  But what would we make?  Well…what about the words “YOUTH DESIGN STUDIO” themselves? WE could the beginning “Y” and finishing “O”, YMCA style! But what will we make the rest of the letters out of?  Um…How about…..trash??? And anything we can buy for under 10 Rand ($1)?

A frantic scavenger hunt began. By the time we’d come up with our idea, it was already evening and shops were closing, so we had only visited one destination before being greeted at the next with iron bars and a CLOSED sign.  Crushed, we pulled over to the side of the road to regroup.  We revisited our plan, trying to rework our idea and figure out where we would get the remaining materials, with no idea where they might be and no time to spare.

That’s when I saw it.  A few meters from the road, just above a homeless camp further down the hill. I mentally assessed.  Could we use it? Put something in it? Build something with it? No…it’s too big. The way we had conceived our letters so far, it would be 2-3 times as large as the rest, and incongruous.  No. Sigh. I returned to our brainstorming.

But I had momentarily forgotten that my partner on this project also happened to be my best friend. I remembered when she, completely independently and after I had already considered and disregarded it, suddenly interjected: “Hey….so….do you see that tire over there….?” Hahahaha! I told her I had had the exact same thought, but figured it wouldn’t work.  She was more adamant.  If we did the letters this way, instead of that way, it would only be a little bigger…we could roll it on stage.  It could be the “O” in “Youth.” It would be HYSTERICAL.  I gave in.

But what if it belonged to the homeless people?  It seemed unlikely to me, sitting there alone and unloved. We debated.

“Well…Ok,” Julie finally conceded.  “But maybe we should ask first.”

“Ok.  I’ll go get it.  You stay here. Open the back of the car and I’ll be right back.”

I darted out and, after asking the men sitting on the sidewalk if it belonged to them, picked it up and delivered it to the trunk of our waiting vehicle.  The camp down the hill didn’t object, clearly not knowing or caring what the crazy American girls were up to.

I jumped back into car, arrested by a sudden thought. “But what if it rolls? How will we keep it from moving? We need something heavy.  Do we have….I don’t know…a brick?”

Julie pondered until, abruptly, her face lit up in delight and disbelief. “You mean like…THAT brick??” She pointed.  And indeed the universe, having blessed us with our letter O, had further graced us with a way to keep it steady.  Miracles.  I sprinted across the road, grabbed the lone brick, and tossed it in the back with the tire.  We pealed out, onto more adventures.  This alley next to that closed shop had been MORE than productive!

Not being familiar enough with South Africa to know where to locate the one or two rather obscure items on our list, we decided the best place to try (with shops we knew would be open) would be the nearby mall.  But we hit another snag: lost at night in the complicated mall entry, we accidentally wandered into the loading dock.  We had no idea how to get into the mall proper.  The parking lot was deserted and the entrance to the loading dock gaped, abandoned, dimly lit like the green-tinged maw of a great cavernous beast.  It was a little unnerving, to say the least.

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But as we peered in, we struck gold. HEAPS and PILES – MOUNTAINS of discarded cardboard!!  Mounded next to a dumpster ten feet high and thirty feet long, packed to the gills with more cardboard.  One solitary member of the cleaning staff swept quietly several feet away, her steps echoing in the huge room.  “Is it ok if we take some of this?” we asked.  She smiled and nodded, and pointed out another pile we hadn’t seen.

We went wild.

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 (And when I say wild I mean wild.  We were more than a little exhausted and off our rockers).  Julie grew very deeply attached to a giant cardboard picture of Nutella.  I tried to dissuade her from bringing it – we couldn’t use it in the presentation – but I could tell her heart would be broken if she left it behind.  It came home with us.  Abandoned milk crates and broken shipping palettes from the loading dock joined our pile of booty.  The back seat bulged with our pilfered plunder.

In the end, we found most of the things we needed, but had to painfully let go of some things that just don’t happen here in Cape Town (apparently glitter is an imported luxury item? And pipe cleaners just don’t exist, at least not where we were looking!). But we adapted and improvised, and made it work.  We wrote the accompanying speech the morning of, and I frantically tried to memorize it.

Our pitch came.  We took the stage.  I talked to the room while Julie assembled letters.

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She cut, pasted, screw-gunned, penned and pinned.  I forgot my lines, laughed, flourished; remembered, laughed, continued.  Some brave and enterprising volunteers created works of art while we spoke, and won prizes for their ingenuity.

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In the end, we didn’t win the prize for best pitch.  But we finger painted and threw confetti.  We laughed and loved life.  We were thoroughly ourselves, and the wonderful responses we received that night – and in the days that followed – were, and continue to be, an incredible and humbling delight.  People have volunteered to speak to the Youth Design Studio class, offered us materials, and connected us to other groups and projects conducting amazing work all over Cape Town.  Every day Youth Design Studio comes closer and closer to reality.

So what’s the lesson here?  I don’t know, I guess there are a few.  Work with your bestie, if at all humanly possible.  Accept miracles from the universe that come when you’re at a loss by the side of the road. Have new experiences, even if they’re terrifying.  And above all: have fun, and create.  Because that’s what it’s all about, right? 😉

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35 out of 43 people found the following review useful:

A Very Good Sequel

Author: ccthemovieman-1 from United States
11 January 2006

I know I am in the minority here but I actually liked this sequel better than the original...and the original was very good and extremely popular.

Maybe I was biased because I played this with some kids present and was pleasantly surprised to hear almost no profanity, which I couldn't say was the case in the first film. It was a "cleaner" movie, and still an equally entertaining one with a good mix of drama, action, comedy and even some good music thrown in. The film has no lulls and 110 minutes go by pretty quickly.

The first half of this movie takes place in New York City, where we last saw "Mick Dundee" (Paul Hogan). The second half, the crocodile man takes his bride (Linda Kozlowski) back to the outback in Australia. Hogan was never more entertaining and, of course, feeling comfortable back in his home territory.

This is just a fun ride all the way and, yes, to use a cliché, good family entertainment.

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21 out of 23 people found the following review useful:

Adventure romance that's every bit as fun as the original

Author: roghache from Canada
6 May 2006

When I saw the low rating this movie received, I was flabbergasted and knew I had to comment. What on earth does it take to entertain people these days? The Australian outback's Mick Dundee is surely one of the cinematic world's most charismatic characters and amusing adventurers. Here he's back in a sequel that's every bit as fun as the original tale.

The previous movie begins in Australia and then moves to New York. By contrast, as this film opens, Mick is settled in New York with his beautiful journalistic girlfriend, Sue Charlton. However, Sue's ex husband is murdered in Colombia after taking pictures of a drug cartel's dealings. He has sent these photos to Sue, resulting in her being kidnapped by Rico and the other drug hoodlums. Mick must come to her rescue and the pair then head for safety to HIS terrain Down Under, naturally pursued by the gangsters.

As in the original, there's plenty of fun in the sequel. Mick's assault on the drug kingpin Rico's house, assisted by a likable but very amateur young gang, makes for some pretty entertaining scenes. Once Down Under, it's non stop pranks cooked up by Mick as he & his 'sheila' traipse around his own bush 'estate', with the urban villains hot on their trail (and often vice versa!). Suffice it to say, some of Mick's crazy antics almost make you feel sorry for the bad guys!

Sue Charlton (played by actress Linda Kozlowzki) always looks lovely and perfectly groomed, whatever the bush conditions! Once again, the chemistry between her and Mick sizzles throughout the tale. Mick's bumbling but totally endearing sidekick, Wally, is back and there's also a couple of amusing aboriginal characters. As for Mick himself (actor Paul Hogan), he still has the same charm and affability as in the original. This time he's really having the time of his life with the villains. Don't listen to the naysayers, it's a highly entertaining yarn. The next sequel, Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles, is definitely watchable...I can never resist Mick...though not quite up to the same standard.

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31 out of 44 people found the following review useful:

The Most Strangely Addictive Movie Ever Made

Author: v22gamblor ( from Virginia
14 February 2004

If this movie is on TV, I will watch it all the way through. I don't know why exactly, but I do. It's got some strange hold over my psyche and it just won't let go. It's nice to know that there are 111 other people who give this movie a 10.

If I remove myself from the addiction, I know it's more like a 7 or even a 6 but I have to acknowledge it's wonderous nature for an idle afternoon. Bravo, Mick. Bravo!

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17 out of 23 people found the following review useful:

Paul Hogan Does It Again

Author: Big Movie Fan from England
24 June 2002

As I have said on some of my other comments, it is rare for a sequel to be as good as it's predecessor but Crocodile Dundee II does that very thing.

Paul Hogan is great as the naive Crocodile Dundee who goes to war against drug dealers in this film. I won't spoil any of the scenes for anyone but they are all great particularly the ones that take place during the last quarter hour. There's also a great scene where Dundee talks to a suicide jumper atop a building. Paul Hogan doesn't do as many films as most actors which I think is better because he only acts in movies that are good.

Linda Koslowski is back as Sue Charlton and she does a great job again. She and Paul Hogan had great chemistry.

This is a great sequel to a great film. Check it out.

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10 out of 12 people found the following review useful:

Good Sequel

Author: mjw2305 from England
29 December 2006

Paul Hogan is back as Mick 'Crocodile' Dundee and he still living in New York with his gorgeous girlfriend (Linda Kozlowski) and he's still having a little trouble adapting. That is until they become the target of some drug lords and Mick decides to lead them back to the Austrailian Outback to even up the chances a little.

OK Crocodile Dundee II is not as fresh or as funny as the first film, but it still has plenty of laughs, plenty of action and once again some beautiful scenery.

Its a good sequel to a great film

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11 out of 15 people found the following review useful:

Not as "Fun" as the Original, but Still Worthwhile (7/10)

Author: jhclues from Salem, Oregon
20 September 2002

If you saw the original, this one will seem like a visit with an old friend, that being the likable Mick `Crocodile' Dundee. This time around there's not as much `whimsy' to it, though, and as things get a bit more heavy-handed, Mick finds himself in some rather murky waters as the story unfolds. Still, the appeal of the character and the easy, intrinsic humor at the heart of the film is enough to make `Crocodile Dundee II,' directed by John Cornell, a satisfying cinematic experience.

As the film opens, Mick (Paul Hogan) is happily ensconced in New York City with his lady-friend, journalist Sue Charlton (Linda Kozlowski), and life is good. Mick, however, tired of just laying about has decided it's time to seek gainful employment, and sets out to do just that. His job search gets put on hold, though, when Sue's ex-husband, Bob Tanner (Dennis Boutsikaris), a journalist currently covering a story in South America, sends some photographs he's taken-- the subject of which is of a particularly serious and sensitive nature-- to Sue, and something else arrives along with the them: Trouble. Trouble, as in the man in the pictures is one `Rico' (Hechter Ubarry), a big time drug dealer who is more than a little concerned about the compromising position these particular photos will undoubtedly put him in. He will stop at nothing to get them, and he has the `muscle' to do it. But there's one small item Rico hasn't factored in to his agenda and his plan of attack. And his name is Mick Dundee.

Written by Paul Hogan and his son, Brett Hogan, this film suffers the `Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom' syndrome, in that-- like the `Indy' film-- it is a sequel to a hugely successful original, and takes that same `turn' toward the dark side. And in the case of this film, it's even more noticeable inasmuch as this is a comedy rather than a pure action/adventure movie, and-- let's face it-- it's tough to find a light, comedic touch in a film that deals with a kidnapping, killings and drug dealers. Still, just as Spielberg did with the `Indy' sequel, Hogan pulls it off; and he does it with a winning smile and bit of sleight-of-hand.

As the great Steve Allen would say, `All seriousness aside, folks--' And in a nutshell, that's the trick Hogan, Hogan and Cornell use to make this offering a viable commodity. Taken out of context, the story alone is serious stuff, more conducive to a `Traffic,' `Blow' or `Scarface' than a `Crocodile Dundee' movie. But therein is the rub; the filmmakers here take a lighthearted approach to a serious issue, being careful, however, not to discount or be dismissive of it, but rather by toning down the `results' of the violence while infusing it with humor and some genuinely engaging characters, and presenting it all in a way that is palatable to a wide audience.

Cornell, like Peter Faiman (who directed `Crocodile Dundee'), is destined to be the forgotten man of this project, and for the same reasons. Cornell takes the wheel of the ship here, takes his audience on a cruise then deposits them safely back on shore, where most will agree it was a trip worth taking. But in the end, there is nothing about it that identifies Cornell; nothing with his `signature' on it. And, like Faiman, he only directed one other film, `Almost an Angel' in 1990 (also starring Hogan and Kozlowski), which was mediocre at best. So there's simply nothing to reference him. He may have been the captain of the ship, and he did a good job, technically speaking, but he kept himself in the wheelhouse too long to be noticed.

Hogan, meanwhile, was taking center stage in the lounge, successfully reprising his role as everyones favorite `Aussie.' Without question, no matter what Paul Hogan does for the rest of his career, this is the character moviegoers everywhere will forever associate him with, and for good reason. Quite simply, Mick Dundee is just such a likable bloke. And it's a theme that runs throughout the entire series-- everybody likes him; no matter where he goes or who he meets, he makes them feel as if they've known him all their lives. He's amiable, good looking, charismatic, and has an entirely non-judgmental, matter-of-fact way of dealing with people and situations that provides a refreshing perspective on the human condition. That's what makes this character so memorable, and there's no getting around it: Just as Leonard Nimoy will always be `Spock' regardless of whatever else he ever does, Hogan will always be Crocodile Dundee. Because he IS Mick Dundee.

Also in fine form for this second go ‘round is the beautiful Linda Kozlowski, returning to the role she created in the original, Sue Charlton. And-- as in the first one-- it's the on screen chemistry between Kozlowski and Hogan that really sells it; whether it's in the Australian outback or on the streets of New York City, they find the magic, and it comes through to the audience, loud and clear. This isn't, of course, the kind of stuff that wins Oscars, but her performance is honest and convincing, and Kozlowski has a screen presence that is altogether natural and real, all of which makes the relationship between Sue and Mick all the more believable.

Also turning in noteworthy performances are John Meillon, returning as Mick's friend and business associate, Walter Reilly; Charles Dutton as the street wise Leroy; and Ubarry, who makes Rico the bad guy you love to hate.

The supporting cast includes Juan Fernandez (Miguel), Kenneth Welsh (Brannigan), Ernie Dingo (Charlie), Luis Guzman (Jose), Jace Alexander (Rat) and Steve Rackman (Donk). An entertaining film, but not nearly as `fun' as the original (the `Indy' syndrome, again), `Crocodile Dundee II' is nevertheless a worthy addition to the series, as it puts you together with one of the screen's most unforgettable characters, `Crocodile' Dundee. 7/10.

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12 out of 17 people found the following review useful:

A par below the original

Author: jhaggardjr from Chicago, Illinois
28 April 2001

"Crocodile Dundee II" opened a short year-and-a-half after the first movie, when the original film became a blockbuster hit all over the world. Paul Hogan and Linda Kozlowski return for a second go round of adventures as Australian adventurer Mick Dundee and New York reporter Sue Charlton. This time the movie reverses the original by opening in New York and concluding in Australia. Interesting idea. However, "Crocodile Dundee II" isn't quite as good as the original. The main problem with this movie is that it isn't as funny as the first film. The second installment has a more serious tone to it, thanks in part to a plot involving drug lords presuing our heroes. The laughs seem to come in few and far between, which wasn't the case with the original. Still, there's lots to like here. Hogan is fine as he was in the first film, as is Kozlowski. There are funny moments in the film, and it has dangerous adventure that keeps the movie entertaining. A good movie, but not a great one.

**1/2 (out of four)

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8 out of 10 people found the following review useful:

Another round of fun

Author: lawrence-14
9 August 2002

Whilst not as smooth, slick or satisfying as the box-office storming original, Paul Hogan's sequel is still crowd-pleasing entertainment and for those who felt the first film could have done with a tweak in the plotting department, Hogan seems to have moved up a gear here. The plot is in fact reverse to the original with Aussie Mick Dundee running into trouble when his journalist girlfriend Sue (Linda Koslowski) is kidnapped by an evil drugs baron. "I need to be someone where I can see them coming", the hero exclaims and that can only mean one thing - a return to the bush! Indeed, the second half of the film in Australia is notably more successful and inventive. Hogan's screenplay again features a bunch of memorable and exciting moments, whilst the delightful Peter Best score is also retained.

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9 out of 12 people found the following review useful:

How one can use sheer human ingenuity to survive in the outbacks as well as in the concrete jungle!

Author: Say Keng LEE from Singapore
13 August 2006

I have watched all the three Crocodile Dundee movies in the theater as well as their re-runs on cable TV at home:

- Crocodile Dundee I; - Crocodile Dundee II; - Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles:

I am very impressed by the hilarious antics of Mick Dundee (Paul Hogan). I also like his charming, down-to-earth character.

What I have enjoyed most in watching the three movies is that, I have learned that one can use sheer human ingenuity & creativity to overcome obstacles, no matter how intimidating they are...some life-threatening ones, too!

Just watch how Mick Dundee (sometimes with his side-kick) out-thinking all the predators &/or bad guys in all three the treacherous hot outbacks of Australia & the mean streets of New York (When a mugger poked a small knife in front of his face, Mick took out his jungle knife & said: "That's not a knife. This is a knife!)...& mercilessly cold concrete jungle of Los Angeles.

On the whole, I have enjoyed watching again all the three movies, each with its own engaging story & romantic notion of adventure.

As a strategy consultant/success coach on life (survival) skills, I have added these three movies to my resource repertoire.

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5 out of 6 people found the following review useful:

This is really a very enjoyable film!

Author: necronomicon_seeker
18 April 2006

*** This review may contain spoilers ***

The fist film was really just a comedy about a man from Australia going to New York City with a reporter who he falls in love with. This film is more of an action comedy. This film is when gangsters are wanting to get Sue and they follow Sue and Mick to Australia where you can guess what sort of stuff happens. The action is very enjoyable and it is also ridiculous and hilarious - in a good way. The acting is very good. This is a good film if you want to sit down for lunch and eat soup in your living room and enjoy some laughs and nice action.

I recommend this to anybody who likes Crocodile Dundee and North By Northwest put together.

My take: 10/10

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