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Fallen 44

“Fallen 44” sounds like something taken from the dystopian book series turned movie, The Hunger Games.

I have seen the movies but have not yet read the books. Maybe in the senselessness of battle/war/fighting and the resulting loss of lives, is where I draw the connection between movie and real life.

It has been 11 days since the tragic incident that happened in Mamasapano, Mindanao. From the government side, we lost 44 brave, young soldiers. From the other side, we lost an unverified number of persons whose affiliations (whether MILF/BIFF/private persons) are yet to be determined. There are pending investigations that we know would not be finished quickly enough to satisfy anyone interested in this matter.

Just a few days after the incident at Mamasapano, my roommate asked for my thoughts about it. She was obviously affected by the evening news. Misty-eyed, she went off about how peace talks should just be discontinued. I, on the other hand, could only mumble about complexity of the issue, and about not reading or knowing enough about the news to give my two-cents worth. We both were and still are feeling downcast with the loss of lives.

Last night, my brother-in-law mentioned that Marwan’s DNA has been confirmed. But, I barely heard what he said as I was preoccupied with my nephew. I just know that Marwan, the terrorist with a $5M bounty in his head, is central to the Mamasapano story.

This violent story has got me torn in disinterest and desire for truthful closure.

There are tons of articles, op-eds, news, memes that came out but here are some reads– not just specifically about the Mamasapano incident but also about the related peace struggle in Mindanao, and perceptions of Muslims and Islam– that I find enlightening and sentiments that I relate to:


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Singaporebrides | Fine Dining

March 2011

Saving Sharks, Saving Face

Shark’s Fin Soup has always been a popular dish served at special occasions such as Chinese weddings and lavish banquets. As we become more concerned and passionate about wildlife conservation, are couples now able to exclude the ubiquitous Shark’s Fin Soup from their wedding banquets, and get away with it?

In a poll done by Yahoo! Hong Kong late last year, where 1,500 Hong Kong citizens shared their views about what interesting aspects they would introduce to their weddings, 65 per cent of respondents would choose to remove Shark’s Fin Soup from the wedding dinner menu. 76 per cent of the younger respondents (19 years and below) said they would not even consider including the dish in their wedding menu. With Hong Kong traditionally being one of the largest markets for shark’s fin, the results of the poll are proving to be rather comforting for shark conservationists.

Shark’s Fin Soup is one of the “Big Four″ dishes usually served at a traditional banquet dinner. Together with the other three, namely the abalone, sea cucumber, and fish maw, they symbolise wealth, prosperity and a demonstration of the Asian concept of mian zi (面子), or face. Traditionally, the groom’s family pays for the wedding, and there’s an expression that says “if there is no Shark’s Fin Soup at the wedding banquet, the bride is marrying into a poor family”. More often than not, it is seen as distasteful to not serve one’s guests Shark’s Fin Soup.

Shark’s fin, like many other expensive East Asian delicacies such as bird’s nest, actually has very little flavour on its own; it absorbs flavours from other tastier soup ingredients. So, quite simply, its appeal lies not in its taste but in its hefty price tag and perceived “rarity”, as with many other luxury goods.

In some Chinese restaurants, a substantial amount of the meal cost comes from their version of the Shark’s Fin Soup. However, this has not deterred some couples from serving it up at their wedding banquets, often under strict orders from their parents, who had served the dish at their own weddings many decades before.

When celebrity lovebirds Melody Chen and Randall Tan tied the knot, they knew exactly what they were getting themselves into. “Years ago, we had both made personal vows as individuals to not add on to the pain and suffering of sharks that have been killed for their fins,” said Melody. “We celebrated our wedding at The Shangri-La Hotel, and they didn’t insist or argue with us on our choice of not serving Shark’s Fin Soup. We loved the soup they served at our dinner!”

Randall and Melody on their wedding day

When asked if there was any resistance about their menu choice from her parents or in-laws, Melody chirped, “Thankfully, we both have very supportive and understanding Chinese-Thai and Peranakan parents. They knew it was our special day and that we should celebrate it however we wanted to. We felt that as long as the food served was exceptional and the venue provided a relaxed and romantic ambience, it would be a joyous occasion. And it certainly was!”

Many other restaurants and hotels have jumped on the bandwagon and to the environmentally-conscious couple’s rescue. They have created many original dishes that are just as luxurious, using expensive ingredients that cater to the requirements of the couple and yet pleases family members of the older generation.

Eight Treasures Soup from Traders Hotel Singapore

Traders Hotel Singapore serves Eight Treasure Soup, with ingredients that include fish maw, fish belly, conpoy, crabmeat, bamboo pith, dried mushroom, golden mushroom and black fungus.

Kelly Tan, Director of Communications at Mandarin Oriental, Singapore says, “Our wedding couples do have a choice of soup from the menu created by our Chinese Banquet Chef Lee Cheok Kwang. The Braised Lobster Soup with Four Treasures, and Double-Boiled Superior Soup with Black Truffle do not contain any Shark’s Fin but are equally packed with premium ingredients, befitting the celebration.”

Braised Superior Bird’s Nest with Lobster and Gold Leaf from The Regent Singapore

Rainer Tenius, General Manager of Swissôtel Merchant Court also has this to say: ”It is not our prerogative to defy traditions. Yet, at Swissôtel Merchant Court, we assume responsibility to support environmental sustainability. Although Shark’s Fin Soup will still be served upon request, we are pleased to offer wedding couples other soup options that are equally high in value and perception. Our Executive Chef and his team have created two signature dishes in the likes of Premium Abalone Soup with Sea Treasures, and Rock Lobster & Golden Pumpkin Soup.”

The happy result of having hotels and restaurants support the shark conservation efforts is that couples now have more choices when it comes to dinner menu planning. Whether or not this is a cause you support, the other scrumptious soups are worth checking out because they definitely do not pale in comparison in terms of quality, taste, and value. With ingredients such as lobster, truffle and abalone, surely the old folks would approve!


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Red Devil's Food Cake

1 1/2 c flour, plus 2 Tbs

1 1/2 c sugar

1 1/4 tsp baking soda

1 tsp salt

1/2 c cocoa

1/2 c butter, softened

1 c milk

1 tsp vanilla

2 eggs

2 drops of red food coloring

1. Heat oven to 350.

2. Sift dry ingredients into mixer bowl. Add butter, milk and vanilla. Beat at medium speed for 2 minutes. Add each egg and beat after each addition. Add food coloring.

3. Bake 30-45 minutes (depending on pan used).

Seven Minute Frosting

From: Anne McRae

2 egg whites

1 1/2 c sugar

2 tsp light corn syrup

1/3 c water

1 tsp vanilla

1. Beat eggs through syrup in the top of a double boiler. Place over boiling water. Add sugar and water and continue beating with a rotary beater for 7 minutes. Frosting should be thick and hold shape well.

2. Remove from boiling water. Add vanilla and continue beating until stiff.

Notes: Covers 2 layers of cake or 2 doz cupcakes


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invisik's tech notes

19 Oct 2007 from local

Installed SLED 10 SP1 on a HP 6710b Intel Core 2 Duo 2.2GHz (RM344UA) this evening.  Installs fine from original SP1 DVD. All common hardware supported properly out of the box except video.  Novell has an updated Intel widescreen video driver for it located here.  Works great as described at proper resolutions 1680x1050.

29 Jan 2007 from local

Please see our notes on SUSE Linux on the HP nc2400 ultra light notebook.

28 Jan 2007 from local

By default, Evolution is the program that handles e-mail in Novell's SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop.  Evolution is a very good mail client, but if your company uses GroupWise (and you the GroupWise client) that doesn't really work for you.  Here's how to set GroupWise as your default mail client:

Click the Computer Menu, then Control Center
Under System, click Preferred Applications
Click the Mail Reader tab
Click the radio button for Custom and enter this as the command:

/opt/novell/groupwise/client/bin/groupwise %s

...if your GroupWise client is installed in the default location.

Now, when you click a "mailto:" link in a web page, it will start a new message in GroupWise.

20 Jan 2007 From local

Please see our review of the HP Proliant ML350 and SLES 10.

18 Nov 2006 From local

HP has quite a few SLED certified laptops, but they don't talk about it enough.

 7 Nov 2006  From  local

When installing iFolder 3 from Open Enterprise Server Linux install xsp from SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 (SLED) media instead of the one that comes in the ifolder3 package.  Software Update can't seem to update the xsp that comes with iFolder. -m
6 Nov 2006:  From

Q:  How to change the default Welcome page on Novell Open Enterprise Server.

A:  The welcome page is actually the 403 Forbidden error page for the main folder. Simply put an index.html in /srv/www/htdocs and it'll change to that easily.

/srv/www/htdocs is your default DocumentRoot as well

gives us the answer:

ErrorDocument 403 /welcome/

sets the path, and then
Alias /welcome "/var/opt/novell/tomcat4/webapps/welcome"

later in the file points that alias to the webapp

30 Oct 2006  From

Q:  I've seen the screenshots online of xgl / compiz that have backgrounds behind the cube. How can I do that with SLED 10?

A:  That is the skydome. It can be accessed though the gconf-editor

(1) ALT F2
(2) gconf-editor
(3) apps, compiz, plugins, cube, screen0, options
(4) Check the skydome option and the skydome_animated option if you want the image to move while rotating the screen.
(5) The skydome_image option need to be in .png format

5 Apr 2006 BlackBerry Enterprise Server Starter Pack for GroupWise 7.0
5 users free! Get it. Use VMware Server to host it.  Runs great in ESX.

4 Apr 2006 iFolder server now open source.  Sweet.


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Seaborne - Silk Cashmere Lace

Seaborne has shades of teal and sea green with moss, purple and blue speckles.

Sumptuously soft and light as a feather, this yarn has a beautiful sheen and drape making it the ideal choice for lace projects, shawls, wraps and decadent garments.  Yarns are in stock and ready to ship.

Lace / 2ply
55%Silk, 45% Cashmere
405 yards / 370 meters in 55g
8-10 sts / inch on 1.5-2.5mm or US 000-1
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voicing V

Part five of six.

Making plectra

The following text begins with a description of how a bird’s feather is prepared before cutting the plectra. Delrin users may read on nevertheless: the description further below of how the strips of material are transformed into individual plectra and the way these plectra are shaped are both largely the same for delrin and quill.

The drawings that accompany the following section were made for my original published articles on this subject. Three of them also appear in the voicing chapter (Chapter X) of Martin Skowroneck’s book Cembalobau (Bochinsky 2003). If you want to display the drawings separately, just click on the picture.

I have scaled down the drawings so they will display more or less correctly in most browser settings. Click on the picture to get a full view. The much more detailed original line graphs will be part of the pdf version of this article, which will soon be available.

The first step is to discard all those parts that cannot be used for plectra. We are only interested in the parts with an oval cross section (the shaft, Fig. 1, left) or half an oval (the back of the feather, Fig. 1, below right). The crossed-out parts are all discarded.

kiel1down.gifFig. 1

Detaching the feather’s back from the to-be-discarded opposite side is sometimes difficult and potentially hazardous. This is work for a patient moment. The back of the feather is sometimes very hard, and needs to be scraped or cut much thinner. This might show up a second disadvantage of this part of the feather, namely its tendency to split lengthwise. The use of a sharp knife and a careful approach usually prevent these properties from becoming problems.

The cross-section of the oval shaft usually looks as shown in Fig. 2a.

Fig. 2

This shaft can either be cut into four lengthwise strips (b), if its diameter is large or (in most cases) be halved (c). In the case of four strips, the rather thin sides can be used for the 4′ register.

Now we have created a number of strips of quill. One of the misunderstandings of plectrum making is the idea that one would have to cut the plectra before inserting them into the tongue of the jack – that one, in other words, needs to prepare the pre-fabricated plectra-shaped bits of quill (or delrin) before the real work starts. In contrast, it is much more practical to keep the strips as strips and to cut off each plectrum after inserting it into the tongue.

(As an aside, I should here describe the proper manner of removing a broken plectrum from the jack tongue. A delrin plectrum will normally break so that about half a millimetre sticks out from the front of the tongue. Usually the only thing needed is a medium-sized screwdriver to push the remaining material back into the mortise. Now the end can be grabbed with a pair of pliers at the back ot the tongue and the old plectrum can be pulled out.

Removing a quill plectrum that has become too weak requires a different approach, since normally, the whole plectrum is still in place, while it is in a weakened state where it tends to bend uncontrollably. One grabs the whole plectrum with a pair of pointy pliers from its front, leaving about half a millimetre (not more!) of space between the plier tips and the jack tongue. Grabbing the plectrum firmly, one now pushes it back into the mortise. Sometimes this action needs to be repeated for the end of the plectrum to emerge at the back of the tongue. Now the end can be grabbed and extracted as described above.

If one has the misfortune that the quill plectrum bends and twists and cannot be pushed back into the tongue, one cuts it completely flush with the tongue surface, puts a very small screwdriver right on top of its cross-section and tries to push the plectrum out. Move to a good light source so you don’t damage the tongue instead of pushing out the plectrum.)

The first preparation, both for quill and for delrin, is to adjust the width of the strip so it actually will fit through the mortise in the tongue. Seen from above, one has to taper one end of the strip slightly, as shown in Fig. 3. I use a pair of small, sharp and pointy scissors for this job.

Fig. 3

If, after tapering, the tip is still too thick, one can – if one uses quill – cut the hollow side thinner with a sharp knife (if the tongue has curved mortises, one should first find out at which point of the curve the quill is still too thick, and scrape precisely there).

To make a strip of delrin thinner, one puts it flat on a small cutting plank and, either by using a cabinet scraper or the knife blade (held perpendicularly to the strip), scrapes fluffy curls off the surface in a smooth and regular manner until the strip can be inserted into the jack. Often, the mortises in the tongue will be rather on the large side and one will not need much scraping or cutting.

Now the prepared strip is pushed from behind into the mortise of the jack tongue (Fig. 4).

Fig. 4

Quill plectra have, naturally, their convex side on top. Delrin plectra should have the smoothest of the two sides (if there is any difference at all) on top. Push until the strip sits tightly, but don’t use too much force. If you are lucky, the tip that emerges at the front of the jack already has the proper length (this never happens to me).

Using the scissors again, one now cuts off the remaining strip close to the back of the tongue, allowing for about half a millimetre of material to stick out for future adjustments. After this, one presses the plectrum safely in place once more. Check the length of the plectrum in the instrument and cut it roughly to the required length with the scissors. If the plectrum still is too thick, that is, if it sounds noticeably too loud, one can cut or scrape with the knife along its lower side, taking care to take away the material regularly and not to cut any part too thin by accident. Very often, one now needs to fine-tune the length once more.

Using the knife and a small block of wood as support (actually, I rest the plectrum on my thumbnail instead), one now cuts the tip off at an angle, seen from the side (Fig. 5, left).

Fig. 5

The very last thing to do is to cut off the corners of the plectra as seen in Fig. 5, right. For a long time I used scissors for this work, but occasionally, one cuts off too much in this manner. I now usually use a fingernail file made of hardened glass. With this practical tool, I can smoothly round off the corners rather than just cutting them off.

When using quill, the cut-off corners are a must. Straight-cut quill plectra will – after some time – inevitably stop slipping back under the string upon release.

In delrin, the technique of cutting off the corners results in a noticeable improvement of the sound – so noticeable, in fact, that it is unfathomable for me why so many harpsichords lack this refinement. It takes the edge and sharpness off the tone without making it dull and indistinct, and it enhances whatever ‘vocal’ qualities an instrument might possess.

To be continued

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BB15 America’s VOTE is a GO!

On Sunday Nights show, the first vote of a whole season of America’s Vote was announced!  Yes, America you too can now vote on what two foods (in addition to the approved list of Have not condiments) will be allowed to be eaten by the losers of the Have/Have not competition held each week.

In case you missed it, the approved list straight from the BB house is in earlier posts.. please check the archives to see what is available to those who are have not’s for the week.  Chocolate Milk is a new item this year.  People in the house are talking (and it’s not all nice!) about how the people who are have’s this week, have drunk the sweet and chocolate treat all up,  leaving none for the have not’s even when it is known they are so limited in things they can cook and eat with.

Aaryn shows David her Southern Hospitality, but not so much to other contestants!

Aaryn shows David her Southern Hospitality, but not so much to other contestants!

So click that link and VOTE AMERICA!!!  Let’s show The BB House-guests how much we do (or don’t) like them.  We here at SlopDuJour will be bringing you ideas, and recipes for you of what the HG’s attempt to create with slop, and we will come up with a few of our own!

Nick shows off his Balance!  Just wait until you have a week as a have not Nick!!!

Nick shows off his Balance! Just wait until you have a week as a have not Nick!!!

Big Brother Summer of Slop

A first look at the Big Brother 15 Have / Have Not room

Another exciting season of Big Brother has begun, and without delay the house-guests are facing their first week on slop.  What is slop, you ask?  Slop is a food substitute given to the house-guests who do not win the Have/Have Not competition each week.  It is somewhat of an oatmeal like powdered protein product that house-guests have described as “metal protein powder”.

America’s vote has in past seasons offered two food items that have not’s are allowed to eat along with the slop however, we have not seen any America’s Choice as of today.  Along with this slop mixture and the two voter items the have not’s may also consume condiments from a list provided by big brother.

Here is the list:

balsamic vinegar, olive oil, red wine vinegar, rice vinegar, vegetable oil, hot sauce, ketchup, BBQ sauce, mayonnaise, mustard, pickles, relish, salsa, soy sauce, steak sauce, Worcestershire sauce, honey, black pepper, garlic salt, crushed red pepper, salt, vanilla, basil, bay leaves, cinnamon, leaf oregano, paprika, parsley, rosemary, brown sugar, artificial sweetener, powdered creamers, white sugar, tea and protein powder.

I will attempt to bring you news and happenings about “What’s cooking in the BB House”, bring you some of the recipes of the HG’s attempts to make things with slop, along with news of all the regular things happening in the house and in the game.  We’ll do some fun photos and some mash-up’s and screen-caps where I can!

Last Chance for Discounted Feeds – Tomorrow is the Big Day!

The big day is tomorrow and we begin the 100 days of Sizzling Summer and Big Brother 15!  As you can see the house-guests have already entered the house, and the 1st show and live feeds begin tomorrow night!!!  The feeds are being hosted by this season and will no longer be using the long time host Superpass for the service.  A discounted season subscription rate (23.99) was offered this year for early birds (rush to to sign up, today is your last chance!!!) Big Brother After Dark will be hosted this year on TVGN (TV Guide Network) if you are lucky enough to have that service on your cable provider.

SlopDuJour will be here covering everything that is cooking (in the kitchen and everywhere) in the Big Brother house.  We’ll be bringing you creative ideas for Slop along with juicy gossip, Screen Captures, Photo Graphics and amazing commentary!  Please feel free to make suggestions on what you want to hear about Big Brother season 15!  Be sure to check the archives for last years show stopping recipes and photo montages!

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A First Look at The Big Brother 15 House Guests

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Take a look at the Big Brother 15 house guests who were introduced to the public today on  Interviews with Jeff Schroeder (BB13)  are available at  You will also find a vote that is going to happen prior to the first show on June 26th, at 8PM/7PM Central on CBS! So, what do you … Continue reading

Let Big Brother 15 Pre-Season Begin!!!

Big Brother 15 is RIGHT around the corner!!!  The Hollywood Reporter released photos today of the new house (some of it!) leaving some rooms for a surprise for the anticipated first show of the season!   Clues to the season are being dissected now by BB’s biggest fans and supporters!   Rumor has it, 15 or maybe even 16 brand new house guests will enter the house and that always makes for a great season!  CBS is hosting the Live Feeds this year!  Check out for details.

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Photos are from the Hollywood Reporter.. click the link to see more!

Stay tuned to SlopDuJour to get the story on what’s cooking in the Big Brother 15 house this summer!  I will be bringing you all sorts of news and incites and maybe even some insider information on the house guests!

Jenn Arroyo Falls Victim to a Surprise Eviction

Big Brother 14 HouseGuest Jenn Arroyo fell victim to a surprise eviction this week when she was voted out unanimously by Dan and Shane. Going in to the game Jenn faced an uphill battle as she was a complete Big Brother novice. After a slow start she managed to get involved in some big plays though it’s hard to say they were all in her best interest.

Double Eviction and the Carrot and the chef have left the building!

A look at the Final 7

An explosive show on Thursday began with the gathering of the house-guests, and the announcement of the show’s surprise double eviction ( the second of the season!)  as it stood with Ian as reigning  Head of Household his nominations were made and Joe and Frank sat on the block waiting for their fate.

Frank and Joe sit on the block for the first of two eviction in the second double eviction week on Big Brother 14.

When Julie Chen announced to the house guests that this week would also be a double eviction I was surprised not to see more scrambling for last second votes.  I think it was really because Frank was under the impression that he was safe this week, due to Dan’s very effective plan of ruthless lying.  There is some great controversy growing over this and Dan’s choice of “swears” on his Bible.  Dan has made it quite clear in his publicly aired Diary Room sessions that he is willing to tell lies in order to support his family and would continue to do so for the win.  As in all seasons of Big Brother, each player makes choices based on their own belief systems, but really should consider how each “move” or “lie” could affect them after the game.  I always hope that viewers will understand the spirit of the game, and when it’s over, will remember that each and every house-guest is a player in a game and half the fun is the drama.

When all was said and all votes were cast, Frank was evicted from the house, by a vote of 3-1 and left only hugging his ally Jenn who had cast the one vote for him to remain.  Frank will join, Britney and Ashley in the Jury house in sequester for the finale show.  I personally was not sad to see Frank go.  His 9 lives were well used up and his live feed personality was quite different from the one edited for the CBS shows.

After the eviction, the house-guests immediately sprang into action for the double eviction.  For the HOH competition, everyone moved into the back yard and took their positions for a quiz type competition.  The contest is a “quiz” type and Julie reads quotes from evicted HGs and the players need to identify who said it.  Whoever gets the most right in seven questions wins the contest and the coveted HOH.  After a series of questions, there is a three-way tie with Jenn, Dan and Danielle, so it goes to a tie-breaker question and DAN is declared the winner!

Its time for the nominations and before Dan even has a chance to name the HG’, Joe takes a seat in the nomination chair.  This somewhat breaks the tension then in a somewhat shocking maneuver, Dan officially nominates Joe and Ian for eviction, marking the first time Ian has been nominated all season.  This also marked the fifth time Joe has been nominated.

The POV is one of the most powerful weapons in the big brother house

Next is the power of veto competition, and to guarantee safety, the HG’s must work a plastic type shark fin through a massive maze, remove it and run back to the button hit it to win.  It’s a close race, except for Shane who never seems to get out of the starting gate with his fin.  Ian quickly moves his fin through the maze and while the others are still struggling Ian smacks his button for the win!

Ian uses the power of veto and saves himself, of course. Dan nominates Danielle which is a shock to her, but she takes Dan at his word (which is not golden, as we know) and only over-reacts slightly.   Obviously Dan wants Joe out, and he was worried that if he nominated Jenn, everyone would’ve voted her out. Dan is playing with fire right now, but this is probably the smartest move to get his way because there’s NO WAY Shane and Jenn will vote out Danielle. But still, Dan literally just nominated two people he has Final 2 deals with. The gasp from the audience when he did it was priceless.

JOE IS EVICTED 3-0 and its the first unanimous vote of the season.  Joe is a very good sport, as he’s the most excited person walking out the door all season.  Joe talks with Julie and  blames the “showmance” for him getting evicted, making jokes about how he couldn’t offer Shane the same things Danielle did.  He also claims his “strategy” was to lose competitions on purpose.  We say goodbye to Joe with a hearty THANK YOU for all the cooking and recipe sharing he did with the live feed watchers and Slop Du Jour this year!

Goodbye Chef Joe!!! Good Luck with MadLoveCooking and you will always have a friend at Slop Du Jour!

Pretty In Pink….Princess Britney is heading for the Jury House

Britney warmly greets the crowd, pretty in pink.

Its true, Britney has left the Big Brother house.  By a vote of 5-1 the house guests chose to send the 3rd coach packing, however this time the bag was packed for the second member of the Jury.  Britney was a tough player this year, and even having Willie (who was expelled by BB for breaking violence rules, back week 2) as a team member managed to survive until all but one of her players was gone.  She will be missed, as the last 7 members of the house lack the normal “spirit” that people like Britney bring to the house.  As America’s favorite house guest in the past, she has a chance to again take home the $25,000 cash prize!  Stay tuned and vote for your favorites!

The Big Brother Sun, with all its little satellites!

After the eviction, the House guests went straight to an endurance competition called “Around the Sun” in which the players had to stand feet on a round (very small) disc hanging from long ropes, and be swung around while hanging on and staying on for the longest.  The  sun of course sprayed them with “tanning” spray and later a “comet”  that looked more like a caveman club to me,  would  pummel and twist the competing house guests.   America tweeted out to CBS during the live show, and the first house guest to be eliminated from the competition would be given (based on the viewer vote) either a punishment or a reward.  America decided to levy punishment on Joe, who fell from the ropes after only two minutes (on a personal note, this was before the live broadcast had even ended, Jenn was soon to follow. Joe was punished with 24 hours of hula hoop boot camp (he had to get up and hula hoop whenever a song comes on for the next 24 hours). The contest came down to Shane and Ian, ( it was pretty obvious that Ian had the right stuff to win) and Shane’s muscles could not hold out  and he made a deal with Ian for safety for the week and dropped.

Jessie in the house turns everyone into the GRINCH!

Pandora’s Box was offered to Ian, and after seeing a Christmas tree with presents under it, he accepted and opened the door to find many fun cute toy type gifts ( which are perfect for Ian, and he loved them all) and $1000 in cash ( of which he did not mention to the other house guests).  As with all Pandora’s box’s, there is something unleashed ( good or bad) on the house.  Jessie Claus ( Jessie is a notoriously disliked past house guest) and his return to the house was definitely a negative.  Jessie took all the “unhealthy” food out of the house, and replaced it with his idea of healthy food.  The house guests were not happy with the visitor nor with his presents, but played along like good sports.   It seems this week instead of have-nots, we have a house full of health nuts!

At the nomination ceremony Ian gave easily the best nomination speech of the season. He was frank (pun intended) and honest, and he spoke with the most confidence I have seen from him all season. He even looked both Frank and Jenn in the eyes when he was taking to them, which hasn’t been done a lot at the nomination ceremonies this year. Here’s what he told Frank and Jenn when their keys were not pulled from the box, “Frank, you are a phenomenal competitor in this game. And I downright respect you for it, but you’re a huge threat and that is definitely an issue I have to look at going down the line. Jenn, you have played a remarkable social game so far and you’re also a threat. And I just have to keep these types of considerations in mind when moving forward and nothing personal, just strategy.

Because  Julie Chen announced it to the viewers, we are expecting a double Eviction this Thursday.   The house guests are not expecting it, but have an idea another double eviction or a fast forward might be coming and have been running around making final 3 and 2 deals with each other.  Everyone seems to have more than one deal, and this weeks nominations are no exception.  Tune in for tonight’s show to see who will win power of Veto, and possibly save Jenn or Frank from eviction.  See who will be put up on the block if the power of Veto is used tonight at  9:00/8:00 Central on CBS!


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Looking for some holiday hoops reading?

Former successful high school basketball coach and local basketball historial Bernie Schneider has published a book called “Glory and Heartbreak,” a documentary tracing the history of men’s college basketball in the Bay Area.  The book contains an informative chapter on Saint Mary’s athletics history and the rise of the men’s basketball program under Randy Bennett.

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When Are You An Entrepreneur?

Hi everyone,

Jenny here again, stealing airtime from important fashion happenings yet again.  Last week I wrote an opinion piece on Women in Technology and it seemed to ring true for quite a few people.  I’d love to hear your opinions on this week’s topic: What defines an entrepreneur and when can you claim that you are one?  In my opinion there are three schools of thought: You’re an entrepreneur when you try something, when you risk something, or when you make it.

You’re An Entrepreneur When You Try Something

“My son is now an ‘entrepreneur’. That’s what you’re called when you don’t have a job.”  A famous quote from founder of CNN and media mogul Ted Turner reveals that anyone can call themselves an entrepreneur, and the title is normally greeted with suspicion.  I think that we’ve all seen examples of this in real life, from seeing an old colleague describe themselves as an “entrepreneur extraordinare” on LinkedIn, to watching Lord Alan’s tribe of wannabe apprentices each year on the television.

But perhaps you deserve this title if you are the kind of person who is trying to change things and move things forward.  When I was younger I used to send letters off to big companies with my ideas in them, and I genuinely believed in them.  In fact I still do… Birds Eye Woofles (dog shaped waffles) and Heinz Baked Beanies (at the height of the TY craze) may well be my best ideas to date. There’s no denying that the spirit is there, but is it enough to merit the title?  Not in my opinion.

You’re An Entrepreneur When You Risk Something

So now we move it up to the next stage.  You’re giving up your job, you’re working 24/7 to get your ideas off the ground, you’re burning through your savings, calling in all sorts of favours and risking the money of people that you care about.  As Anita Roddick, founder of the Body Shop said, “nobody talks about entrepreneurship as survival, but that’s exactly what it is”.  To me, this is the truly scary bit about trying to start your own business.  Personally I’m happy to take the risk myself, but other people trusting you with their time or money, be it family, friends, colleagues or Angel investors, makes you want to make it work even more.  I can understand people calling themselves an entrepreneur at this stage, because there are relatively few people with enough faith in their product, the drive to make it work, and the guts to actually do this!  However, as Dragons’ Den normally proves, blind faith and entrepreneurship are different qualities.

You’re An Entrepreneur When You Make It

To me a true entrepreneur is someone who has been there, done it, and truly made it.  Say ‘entrepreneur’ and I think Mark Zucherberg, Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Richard Branson, James Dyson, Jeff Bezos, Larry Page and Sergey Brin – the list could go into the hundreds and everyone in it would be an inspiration to others trying to start their own business. The above are the people who I look up to.

So what am I?  Well, I’m definitely not in the last category!  I’d say that at the moment I’d say I am an inventor or a bit of a crazy engineer who believes in my idea and is trying everything to make my business work.  Give it time and hopefully I’ll be what I’d class as an entrepreneur.  What do you think?  Are you an entrepreneur?  Do you completely disagree?  Let me know!

Oh, and I really can’t end this opinion piece without quoting my favourite entrepreneur quote ever:

“The problem with the French is that they don’t have a word for entrepreneur.” – George W. Bush

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  1. Jamie Edwards says :

    “You haven’t really become an entrepreneur until you’ve failed at least one” 🙂 http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bounce-Myth-Talent-Power-Practice/dp/0007350546

    Lovely article

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Meet “Saturday Night Live’s” first black female cast member in years (video)

Now in color - Sasheer Zamata, SNL's newest addition.

Now in color – Sasheer Zamata, SNL‘s newest addition.

SNL had to be shamed into casting a black woman – only 4 have cast been included on the show in 38 years – and she makes her debut on the sketch show’s January 18th episode. Her name is Sasheer Zamata.

Zamata honed her comedic talents at the Upright Citizens Brigade (which gave the world Amy Poehler, among others) and we hope to see her in more than just one skit every 10th show.

Welcome to the 21st century, 30 Rock. Check out Sasheer Zamata’s character roll:

  1. Lisa

    Speaking of that, I hope ABC announces a Black Bachelorette for season 10 of The Bachelorette this year or any other non-White female, especially from The Bachelor season 18 (mostly Latina) because there has been too many White Bachelorettes as leads in The Bachelorette. If ABC announces it’s first Black or any minority Bachelorette, I can picture the race card drama and controversy coming from contestants that are the same race (or similar) as the lead Bachelorette in which minority guys gang up on White guys and/or minority guys mixed with White by accusing them of ‘Jungle Fever’, ‘Latin Fetish’, ‘Yellow Fever’, and so forth that it will make big headlines for sure! In other words, guys being racist towards each other on the show.

      • Lisa

        Just expect thuggish behavior coming from men as the same race as the minority Bachelorette (which will result in them being eliminated) on The Bachelorette season 10 once a non-White Bachelorette is announced. In other words, it’s minority men (usually the same race as the Bachelorette or so) pitting against White and mixed race men, mostly mixed with White. And the next thing you know, the lead Bachelorette’s parents will pressure her into choosing her own race, knowing that parents tend to be more overprotective of their daughters, while they insult other races.

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Soho Housing Association Breaking into your flat 3

ImageHere is a copy of my latest correspondence with Westminster Council Environmental Health.

Dear Ian Hennessy

I acknowledge receipt of your letter of 14 May on which I make the following points.

  1. You say that the flat was found in a dirty condition. I refrained from cleaning it when I knew of your visit since I wanted to demonstrate that the smell is not coming from my flat.
  2. For a very long time there has been a bad smell in the corridor but you have done nothing about it. You can see that it is not attributable to my flat. Accordingly, I request you to deal with the smell as a matter of urgency.
  3. As a matter of general comment, I dislike the tone of your letter. You have not found anything about which you are making requirements and I feel an apology would be in order.
  4. I also dislike the suggestion in your letter that I have psychiatric problems that are causing problems with which you have to be involved. It is irrelevant to any environmental health issue whether or not I have support from any other organisation.

Needless to say, I have received no apology from Ian Hennessy and Soho Housing Association has done nothing whatever to locate the cause of the alleged smell in the corridor of the building, even though they professed to be so concerned about its importance that they had to call out Ian Hennessy, the Westminster Council Environmental Health inspector to deal with it.

I said in my last post that Soho Housing Association is using the same corrupt departments of Westminster City Council and the same corrupt elements of Westminster City police against me, as it did before, and now it appears they may be about to repeat the police scam they did earlier.

It is a very simple scam: I found myself receiving a large number of debt demands in the name of a person who did not live at my address. A police warrant was obtained in the name of this person, who is, in fact, dead and my home was broken into on the basis of this warrant.

I am now receiving a large number of debt demands in the name of a Mr A Ryan, who may or may not be dead. All efforts to contact the debt collectors have failed and, for all I know, a warrant is being applied for as I write.

This kind of scam has no consequences for the police. On the previous occasion I could complain to the Police Complaints Commission, but the police had only to say that they sincerely believed that the dead person lived at my address, to get the matter dropped. If I were to do the same thing now, they would not even have to answer the complaint.  On past showing, they would simply refuse to record it on the grounds that it was repetitive.

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Monthly Archives: September 2010

On the popularity of Agalychnis callidryas

Most people do not find Anura to be particularly attractive.  Sure, you may hear someone refer to a frog as “intriguing”, but even that term is scarcely employed in relation to this particular Lissamphibia order.  Adoring all of Amphibia, I … Continue reading

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A highly interesting medical problem

A brief summation of the events that led to this post: despite my schedule being largely saturated, I stumbled upon some time to, for lack of a better word, kill.  By dint of this, I found myself on Facebook; somehow, … Continue reading

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The Toronto Field Naturalists, Wikispecies, and an array of other items

Just earlier today, I managed to make my way to the monthly lecture being put on by Toronto Field Naturalists.  To exercise brevity in describing my present situation within the aforementioned organization, I will note, simply, that I’ve yet to … Continue reading

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The onset of the school year

Initially, I’d desired this brief message to be written in Esperanto: I’d recently spoken of the language, and years have passed since my last having communicated in it to a notable degree.  However, I then realized that most of those … Continue reading

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These sentences harbor huge potential // disasters.

I haven’t the time to write much today – I’m presently at my grandmother’s, which means a vast change to some aspects of my summer circadian rhythm.  That noted, I was formulating blatant solutions to several linguistics puzzles earlier today; … Continue reading

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Outfit Post… Fabulous Feet

It seems odd to think that what we wear on our feet can make such a difference to our well-being, mood and energy levels but it is so important to wear the right footwear! I have had problems with my knee for a while now and whilst I don’t know what caused it I can only try to look after my knees by wearing the right things on my feet! I walk across London often and when I do I am most likely to be carrying a violin on my back! It can get pretty tiring, especially when the walk is up to 40 minutes in busy rush hour madness.

As soon as I discovered these Adidas trainers I knew they were the ideal fit for me…. At around £50.00 I think these trainers are a steal for how much comfort and support they give my feet! The cloud foam cushioning sole is perfect for all the impact the shoes go through with my brisk walking. My feet also feel so light and bouncy when walking and I don’t feel weighed down anymore.

I also love the style of these shoes. Part of the problem with wearing trainers is that transition from walking to looking semi-professional. Whilst violin teaching doesn’t require me to be dressed in a suit, I still feel the need to look smart. These shoes are mostly black but have a pretty floral patterned band at the top to give that additional feminine touch. I just love how they look.

I feel like I can pair these trainers with most things without clashing with my outfit too much. I wear them with skirts, shorts, dresses and trousers! These are just beautifully practical! Below I’ve styled them with a smart black skirt and polka dot jumper. I think they work well and do not look out of place within the outfit. I couldn’t recommend these more if you need a little more support in your daily footwear. They are obviously not suitable to wear in an office environment but for commuting outdoors they are perfect!

Footwear | Adidas Cloud Foam Race Shoes

Skirt | Gap (similar here)

Jumper | Next (similar here)

Scarf | Similar here

Bracelet | Similar here

Ring | H Samuel (similar here)

Necklace | H Samuel (similar here)

Watch | Radley (similar here)

Coat | Zara (similar here)

Boots | Aldo Julianna Black Ankle Boots

Bag | Jane Shilton (similar here)

What are your shoe secrets?

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  1. I am so in love with this outfit! I love pairing trainers with smart skirts and nice tops – it just adds a really fresh element to the outfit! And these trainers are so pretty! Black is always a great option as they look really good with tights but then the little floral print adds a nice feminine touch – I love them! The setting where you took your photos looks really beautiful as well – is this somewhere in London or down south here? 😊 xxx

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    1. Thank you! These trainers just go with everything and they are perfect for me as I was finding it hard to find shoes to go with my outfit whilst attempting to look smart 😂 🙈 . Aww thanks about the setting. It was actually in Eton as me and Owen went to Windsor for the weekend and had a nice walk there. Definitely recommend going there! Also, Windsor castle is beautiful and the actual town centre is really cute. xxx

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Trying Out My Beauty #4

I really love rummaging through my beauty stash and choosing some items to trial for the month. I really look forward to picking out some gems and get excited to use them. I often forget what great pieces I have hoarded recently and love to remind myself! Find out what treasures I am trying this month…

Creamy Eye Treatment With Avocado | Kiehl’s

I have been suffering from dry under eyes at the moment and I think I have sadly inherited thin skin around my eye area. My concealer tends to took a little cakey if I put too much on as it clings to this area. I have heard such great things about Kiehl’s and so I am hoping this rich avocado oil cream will give my eye area a little more hydration!

Almond Shower Oil | L’OCCITANE

I love L’OCCITANE shower minis and I still have a few sample sized products I am yet to try from free gifts I have received with purchases. This almond one looks divine and hopefully it will make my skin silky soft. I can’t wait to use it! I love enjoying pampering products in the shower and it is great to have a little more luxury on a weekday wash.

Argan Oil Of Morocco Moisture Rich Shampoo* | Natural World

I received this shampoo at a blogger event and yet I haven’t used it yet. My hair is so dry and frizzy, especially when being washed under the horrible hard London water. This rich argan oil shampoo is also infused with the essential oils Rosemary, Lemongrass, Orange and Ylang Ylang. It sounds divine AND uses 95% natural ingredients which I am very excited about. It promises to moisturise, smooth, repair, nourish, soften and add shine to the hair. Fabulous!

Radiance Reveal Concealer | Bourjois

I was after a light and hydrating concealer. My friend Sally recommended this to me and I am going to give it a go this month after forgetting I had purchased it! It promises to hydrate the under-eye area for 24 hours and I am hoping this will help with under eye concealer creases I suffer from! Have any of you tried this before?

Turnaround Revitalizing Treatment Oil | Clinique

I talked about this product in a Beauty Haul and since then I have not ventured to try it. I am nearly out of my trusty Bare Minerals Serum Essence and so I thought I would give this a go. It promises to be light but nourishing and promotes plumped and radiant skin. My skin is dry and so this sounds exactly what it needs!

Instant Boost Skin Tonic | Liz Earle

I received this sample in a Christmas beauty box that I treated myself too. I have been really enjoying Liz Earle products lately and have loved using the Skin Repair Moisturiser in my most recent Skincare Routine. I have since then also enjoyed the famous Cleanse And Polish. So, I thought it was about time to try this out too! I never like changing too many skincare products at once but I trust Liz Earle products now and my skin seems to love them. Hopefully it loves this! You are supposed to apply it generously before moisturising, morning and night. You can even spritz a little on your face throughout the day as a little top up. This sounds amazing! Toners are supposed to help close the pores and prep the skin for moisturiser. I may also add my serum after this stage to add extra hydration before applying my moisturiser. I have feared using toners as some can be drying and one I used last year left my skin unhappy. However, this one is alcohol free and suitable for all skin types. So I hope it is promising! It also includes gorgeous natural ingredients such as aloe vera, calendula, chamomile and cucumber which are great for soothing sensitive skin!

Disposable Razors For Sensitive Skin | Superdrug

I get through lots of disposable razors as I change mine every week. So, I thought I would try Superdrug’s own branded razor. The price is less than £5 for 3 razors which is slightly cheaper than the larger brands. I hope these are as good. They look similar and if I can save a few pennies I will be very happy as this means savings towards Charlotte Tilbury lipsticks haha.

Deep Cleansing Mask Sponges | Liz Earle

I already used the mask to go with these sponges but I thought I would use them on my usual face mask Fridays with whatever mask I am loving that week. I love to do a ritual facemask every Friday and these exfoliating sponges look gentle but great at buffing away any dead skin. They are nice and small and so they are great for removing a facemask carefully.

Do you love to shop your stash? What will you be trialling this month?

*All items with an asterisk have been gifted to me.

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Jupiter Apparently Smacked by Rogue Obect, New Images Reveal

Jupiter has apparently been smacked again by a rogue object hurtling through space, new images from amateur astronomers and NASA reveal.

A giant scar-like blemish has appeared in the clouds near Jupiter’s south polar region, which NASA observed in infrared after receiving a tip from an amateur skywatcher in Australia. The likely impact appears to have occurred exactly 15 years after the remnants of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 bombarded the planet in 1994 in an event that was widely predicted and scrutinized as it happened.

The latest impact was not predicted, and it was caught by chance.

“We were extremely lucky to be seeing Jupiter at exactly the right time, the right hour, the right side of Jupiter to witness the event,” said Glenn Orton, a scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., in a statement. “We couldn’t have planned it better.”

Orton and his colleagues used JPL’s Infrared Telescope Facility atop Mauna Kea in Hawaii to collect evidence of the impact. The initial call came from Anthony Wesley of Murrumbateman, Australia, who told NASA he noticed a new dark “scar” suddenly appear on Jupiter early Friday between 6 a.m. and 12 p.m. EDT (1000 and 1600 GMT).

A hit on Jupiter

In an observation report posted to his Web site, Wesley said he almost missed spotting Jupiter’s new blemish entirely because he was tired after a late-night skywatching session.

“It was a very near thing,” he wrote, adding that by 1 a.m. Local Time, he decided at the last minute to keep observing for another half hour.

“I’d noticed a dark spot rotating into view in Jupiter’s south polar region and was starting to get curious,” Wesley went on. “When first seen close to the limb (and in poor conditions) it was only a vaguely dark spot, I thought likely to be just a normal dark polar storm. However as it rotated further into view, and the conditions also improved, I suddenly realized that it wasn’t just dark, it was black in all channels, meaning it was truly a black spot.”

The spot, Wesley added, was moving too slow to be a moon and his previous observations from two days earlier showed a pristine, spotless Jupiter. A short while later, he decided to begin contacting people to spread the news of his find.

Orton and his team haven’t stopped tracking Jupiter, which is a gas giant and the largest planet in the solar system.

The near-infrared image collected by his team revealed the odd blemish, which appeared to have a bright center, and what looked like debris to the northwest of the likely impact site.

“It could be the impact of a comet, but we don’t know for sure yet,” Orton said. “It’s been a whirlwind of a day, and this on the anniversary of the Shoemaker-Levy 9 and Apollo anniversaries is amazing.”

Other skywatchers have also been tracking the apparent Jovian impact. Lars Zielke, a skywatcher based in Tvis, Denmark, spotted the tell-tale scar to much excitement.

“My camera showed the spot clearly and I was lucky to get at great sequence with the dark spot and Io passing by,” he told SPACE.com. “I was so thrilled that I didn’t stop in time, so I missed the first hours of work this morning.”

Echoes of Shoemaker-Levy 9

Between July 16 and July 22 in 1994, Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 was torn apart by Jupiter’s gravity as it swung past the planet. The remaining pieces crashed into the planet while astronomers looked on with telescopes on Earth and in space.

It was the first collision of two objects within the solar system in ever observed from Earth.

The impacts were cataclysmic. More than 20 fragments – some as large as 1.2 miles (2 km) across – slammed into Jupiter at 134,200 mph (215,973 kph) as the planet rotated, sending plumes of hot gas into the Jovian atmosphere and causing dark scars that lasted for weeks.

A similar impact on Earth would cause widespread devastation on a global scale.

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Local Schools Offer Unique Programs to Nurture Student Development

Local schools are ensuring the quality of education they offer by providing their own, unique programs to students and families.

Okemos, Haslett and East Lansing schools all appear to agree that the education of students is the most vital point of a school and make efforts to provide special programs for their own students.

“We focus more on collaborating with other schools than competing,” said Kellie Terry, Director of Educational Services at East Lansing Public Schools.

East Lansing schools, which offer multiple options for each schooling level, make available a wide variety of programs available to its students.

According to Terry, East Lansing schools take a great deal of pride in their English teaching program. Because of a high international student population, East Lansing has developed a refined English teaching system. The high number of international students stems from non-native professors at Michigan State who decide to live in East Lansing and bring their children with them.

Terry also said that the school was currently considering adding a World Language program to East Lansing’s elementary schools following a recent survey conducted by the school. Terry said the program is only being discussed right now and nothing is definite yet.

East Lansing also offers a unique program for the arts called Early Morning Strings, in which fifth and sixth-grade students are given string instrument lessons in small groups by the East Lansing Public Schools Orchestra. Students however are required to have at least a year experience with the instruments and must have their own method of transportation. A fee of either $200 per a semester or $300 per a year must also be paid for students to participate.

Okemos schools, located in north-central Ingham County, also provide several opportunities to students. According to their 2006-2007 District Annual Report, Okemos schools place a large emphasis on their offered curriculum, using test results to monitor the learning levels of students and adapting the curriculum to it.

“With federal-mandated testing directives and demands for increased accountability through No Child Left Behind, coherent school improvement planning is more important than ever,” says the Annual Report while discussing its plans for school improvement.

Catherine Ash, Okemos Schools’ Deputy Superintendent, says Okemos is particularly proud of the fine arts programs it provides, such as band, orchestra and other artistic programs. The schools also place an emphasis on community, providing traditional youth sports programs as well as offering activities to senior members of the community.

Okemos also offers Montessori schooling for kindergarten through sixth-grade. Based on Marie Montessori’s teaching methods of helping children learn by interacting with their surroundings. Montessori noticed her students learning more efficiently when her lessons involved the students using their senses.

“Okemos’ Montessori program is unique in that most Montessori schools are private, while Okemos is public,” Ash said.

Haslett as well makes an effort to ensure its students receive extra consideration in their education. Through the Haslett Center of Community Education, located at 1590 Franklin St., Haslett schools reach out not only to the student body, but also to the community’s adult members. Haslett’s unique learning opportunities, including kayaking, cinematography, fencing and ballroom dancing, offer an eclectic selection capable of involving all age groups in the community.

To view more comprehensive lists of the programs and activities each school offers, readers can go to each schools respective Web site.

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India’s Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of India is creating rules allowing “free mobile data” offers in rural India, after having already ruled that zero rating of some content and sites is impermissible for such purposes, and with an eye to preventing mobile internet access providers from acting as “gatekeepers” when free data is supplied.

TRAI seems to suggest that one way of doing so is to separate the ability to offer free data plans (prepaid, for the most part) to third parties, effectively eliminating any ability of the leading mobile ISPs to gain direct benefit from doing so.

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Anderson Fights Back to Top Ten Finish in First Race with Bond Suss Racing at Rattler

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Cole Anderson made his debut with Bond Suss Racing on Sunday afternoon in the Hardee’s Rattler 250 and despite starting and finishing in the tenth spot, persevered through much adversity over the course of the 250-lap contest.

Anderson started the weekend getting to know his new team and crew chief, Bond Suss. As practice sessions concluded, the No. 55 group became more cohesive and comfortable with one another, qualifying in tenth, less than two tenths of a second off of the pole position.

Once the green flag flew on Sunday afternoon, Anderson and crew ran into gremlins in the No. 55 Timberwolf Plastics Toyota. A radio problem surfaced where Cole was unable to hear anyone on the crew, most notably his spotter. A pit stop early to swap radios placed him back in the running order with a large portion of the race remaining.

“Once we changed radios, we were good to go,” explained Anderson. “Our plan was to slowly pick them off one by one and get back towards the front before the break. Unfortunately, they wrecked right in front of me prior to the break and I was pretty devastated because I knew we had a good car before we got caught up in it.”

The BSR crew repaired the damage to the car over the course of the afternoon and had the car back to competitive speeds before the end of the race. Once repaired, Cole found himself on the lead lap late in the race and was able to soldier his way into the top ten before the checkered flag.

“Bond really kept me calm over the radio and walked me through it all,” Anderson said after the race. “I’m very proud of everyone at BSR. The right front was pretty beat up, and to get most of it fixed and and march up to tenth was awesome. Working with Bond was great and I feel like we really have a shot to win some races, and that’s exciting. I definitely couldn’t be more proud of everyone’s hard work this weekend.”

Anderson’s next race with BSR is scheduled to be the North-South Challenge at Fairgrounds Speedway Nashville in April as a companion event to the ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards.

For more information and the latest updates about Cole Anderson visit his newly-launched website at He can also be found on social media such as Facebook (@ColeAndersonRacing), Twitter (@Cole_Anderson97) and Instagram (@Cole_Anderson97).

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10 Day Challenge

Yesterday, Tuesday, September 2, I started a 10 day challenge. I will not eat any wheat products, dairy, or have alcohol for 10 days. I am trying to hit a reset button and trying to remind my body how good it feels when I have healthier habits! (Okay, and I want to lose a little of the pudge that I feel like I have from too much drinking/French fries.)

Tonight, I had a killer workout with Sgt Nate at Ranger Cross Training. We started with a brutal cardio/body weight 15 min warmup, then moved into a more brutal kettlebell workout that consisted of 100 of various things. My back killed me, my quads killed me, and I was ridiculously sweaty during cool down stretching on the mat. I was not up for cooking anything, even though I have individual bags of brown rice frozen in my freezer (more on that in another post). So, I stopped at Whole Foods. Thank god for whole foods.

I got vegan kale salad with garlic dressing and brown rice tuna and salmon sushi. It was delicious and satisfying (and totally on the challenge). I am now off to *hopefully* win our ultimate frisbee game!!

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LeBron gets ready for return to Cleveland

The Miami Heat-Cleveland Cavaliers game on Thursday will be anything but routine for either team. It’s LeBron Jame’s first time back in Cleveland since “The Decision” that left most Cavalier hating their former King.

“LeBron James can go fuck himself,” lifelong Cavs fan Martin Gilden said. “Cleveland always sucks at sports, and just when we’re gettin’ good, he fuckin bolts it for South Beach. Fuck LeBron.”

Gilden’s opnion on King James is felt by many in Cleveland who felt betrayed when LeBron made his decision to take his talents to South Beach. But Thursday night’s game offers a chance for fans to tell him how they really feel.

“It’s going to be wild, probably out of control,” Gilden said. “Say what you want about Cleveland sports, but our fans are loyal. And you can bet that when the Heat come into town tomorrow night there’s going to be a lot of noise. There’s going to be rioting, finger pointing, garbage flying. It’s going to get creepy and weird.”

While Cavaliers fans are looking forward to a nightfall of boos and negative chants, LeBron is saying that he “won’t let the haters shake him.”

“If LeBron James let the haters shake him, then the haters won,” James said. “I can’t let the haters win. I can’t let anybody win if it’s not me. Now that I think about it, fuck the Heat. Even if they win, it’s not only me. I gotta figure something out.”

Rumors have it that some NBA teams have inside bets going on in their locker rooms about what kind of game James will have when he returns to the city that once loved him. Shaquille O’Neal expects LeBron to have a big game.

“I expect him to have a big game,” Shaq said.

The Cavaliers have warned fans that security will be beefed up and signs that are too negative will not be allowed into the Gund Arena. However, fans have formulated other plans to get back at the athlete that betrayed their city.

“I was thinking about, you know, how I can show my hatred for LeBron,” Gilden said. “And after a bunch of dumb ideas, a genius idea came to me. Unforuntately, I can’t tell you what it is. You’ll just have to tune into tomorrow night.”

Brad Childress lobying for Cowboys job

By Matt Driffill

With half of his locker room seemingly uniting against him, Vikings head coach Brad Childress has made it public that he’s ready to move on from Minnesota.

"Chilly thinks his time in Minnesota is up. Chilly likes to speak in third person now, and Chilly likes the nickname 'Chilly'"

“I’m not fool. I know when a situation is working and when a situation isn’t working,” Childress said. “This situation isn’t working.”

Childress has been the head coach for the Vikings since 2006 and has several playoff appearances with them on his resume. But with as talented as a roster as the Vikings has had since Childress has been calling the shots, they’ve failed to advance to a a Super Bowl. And after a disappointing 2-5 start to 2010, it appears that he’s already looking for other job opportunities.

“You don’t need to be at the end of your contract to be considered a ‘lame-duck’ coach,” Childress joked. “My body of work here in Minnesota is no-good. It’s time for me to roll up my sleeves and look elsewhere.”

Several Vikings players have stepped forward, anonymously, to acknowledge how much they don’t care for their head coach.

“He’s a f*ckin’ dick,” said a Vikings player. “He really doesn’t do shit but watch CSI in his office all day.”

“I just wish he’d run the ball more,” said another Vikings player. “I mean I’m… I mean… We have one of the best running backs in football and all we do is throw the ball. Let me… I mean…. our running back … get some touches in crunch time.”

One player wasn’t afraid to give up his name when talking negatively about his coach. He said it’s because, “He doesn’t giev a f*ck about the Vikings.”

“He’s just not a good football coach,” quarterback Brett Favre said. “He’s good at some things …. Like CSI trivia…. and….. Uhhh….. he has a great Pee-Wee Herman impersonation. But he’s not very good at handling a football team.

Even Randy Moss — who was recently traded to the Vikings and then released shortly thereafter — had bad things to say about Childress.

“The guy is inept,” Moss said, donning his new Titans jersey. “You give that guy one of the most talented rosters in the league and what does he do? He goes and f*cks it up. He motivates players to want to struggle in hopes that he gets fired. F*ckin’ guy is ridiculous mang.”

"I don't wanna say anything bad now, but that guy... he was a ..."

Childress says he has no hard feelings about the future departure with the Vikings and thinks the split will be best for him, his family, the Vikings organization and the state of Minnesota as a whole.

“Let’s be realistic, I’m not the type of coach that handles Super Bowl expectations very well,” Childress said. “I don’t handle any kind of expectations well. Ask my wife about or sex life, she’ll tell you. I live to disappoint.

“That’s why I’m excited about applying for the Cowboys job,” he added. “They continually have high expectations, but since they always disappoint, I already know what’s expected. Yup, Dallas is the city for me.”

LeBron-less Cavs win first game

Satire/Matt Driffill/10.28.10

The LeBron James era in Cleveland ended abruptly, but the team isn’t ready to stop their winning ways. Cleveland Cavaliers fans applauded, cheered and some even cried as their Cavaliers defeated the Boston Celtics Tuesday night in their season opener.

“It feels really good to win for these fans,” Jamario Moon said. “For real though. Once LBJ was out we was all like, ‘ya’ll know nobody’s coming to our games anymore.’ But here they were, cheering us on like we’ll still be a playoff team or something.”

The new-look Cavaliers were led by J.J. Hickson who scored 21 points.  Hickson was almost traded last season, but Dan Gilbert and the rest of the Cavs are happy they haven’t as it appears he is the heir apparent to King James’ throne in Cleveland.

“Who said that?” Hickson said after the game. “Please, nobody say that. I don’t need that shit in my life, man.”

The Celtics, who defeated LeBron’s Heat on Tuesday, couldn’t understand how they lost to them.

“I don’t really know what happened,” coach Doc Rivers said. “We showed up, saw a team of scrubs, and just didn’t bring our A-game. Pretty disappointing, but also pretty funny.”

“I’m happy for the people of Cleveland,” Celtics guard Paul Pierce said. “It’s not everyday you get to raise the spirits of an entire city. I’m glad we could help them.”

Big Ben Excited to Return

Satire, 10.14.10, Matt Driffill

After serving his four game suspension, Steeler’s QB Ben Roethlisbruger returns to the starting line up this week against their division rival, the Cleveland Browns.

“It’s really exciting to be back again,” the two-time Super Bowl champion said. “You thought I was creepin’ on girls before? That was nothin’ compared to what I’ve been up too lately.”

Roethlisberger touched on a number of issues in a press conference Thursday. Topics ranging from getting girls, creeping on girls, and how many girls he’ll get after Sunday.

“Nobody gets the ladies like the starting quarterback of Steel-Town,” he said. “Even Charlie Batch was having girls throw their panties at him. I was all like, ‘Whoa Charlie! You ol’ dog!’ Then I shoved the panties down his throat. Fuckin’ hilarious.”

Roethlisburger also spoke publicly about being accused of sexually assaulting a 20-year old college student from Georgia earlier this year.

“That c*nt wasn’t assaulted,” he said. “If she consented then I would have assaulted her with my Big Ben if you know what I mean.”

Roethlisbruger insists that the female was merely after his money.

“She was either after my coin, my Harley Davidson, or my leather jacket,” he said. “I know a Steel-town gold digger when I see one. But nobody touches Big Ben’s leather. Nobody.”

Braylon Edwards Apologizes to Fantasy Owners

An open letter from Braylon Edwards to all of his fantasy football owners….

“Dear ya’ll,

Let me star off with the obvious; my bad.  For real though, my bad.  I f*cked up.  I shouldn’t have driven drunk, and I shouldn’t have drank as much as I did.  I know I f*cked up.  It’s because I love to party.

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You drafted me for your fantasy football team expecting me to produce, and that’s what I want to do for ya’ll.  I know I haven’t been that “productive,” whatever the f*ck that means, in the last few years, but lately I’ve been focusin’ on two things and two things only.  Being the first wide-receiver to catch a million balls, and grow out the meanest, dirtiest beard in the history of sport.  With the help and support from you guys, my fantasy owners, I know I can achieve these lofty goals.

I know what my status is in Fantasy football.  I had that one good year and since then I’ve been overrated.  So if I’m on your fantasy team this season, after all my sh*t, then it’s probably because I was on your team for my good season and you’ve been thinking I could do that again every year since.  Well I haven’t, and for that I’m sorry.  But that was a real good year ya’ll, like too nice of a year for me to try to replicate though.

But that’s no excuse!  Hard work is going to bring me back on top, not endless shots of tequila and bong hits in NYC (BUT I DO LOVE THIS CITY’S NIGHTLIFE YESSIR LOL!!!!!!!) But I’ll be working very hard on, and off the field, to improve my performance for every fantasy football owner out there that still believes in me.

Thank you, God bless

Matt Leinart Wants Heisman from 2005

Matt Driffill

The storm is over; Reggie Bush will forfeit his 2005 Heisman Trophy.  Subsequently, the media frenzy that followed the situation has passed as well.  Vince Young, the former Texas quarterback who came in second that year in voting has said he wouldn’t accept the award just because Bush forfeited it.

“I would not want to have it,” Young said.  “Like I’ve said before, Reggie Bush is the 2005 Heisman winner.  He was the most outstanding player in college football that year, not me.  Why would I want it if I didn’t earn it?”

While Young has taken the high road on the situation, the player who came in third place thinks he’s the rightful recipient of the award.

“It just makes sense that the trophy goes to me,” said former USC quarterback Matt Leinart.  “My man Reggie got it taken from him, Vince clearly doesn’t want it.  But guess what?  I do want that fuckin thing.  Give it here.”

Leinart came in a distant third place for Heisman voting in 2005, well behind Bush (the landslide victor) and far behind Young for second place.

“I’m serious about this shit playa,” Leinart said.  ‘I will be protesting, I will be fighting, and I will be begging for that trophy.  It’s rightfully mine dog, kinda.”

Leinart had a tumultuous offseason.  After Kurt Warner retired, it appeared that Leinart was the heir apparent for the high-octane Arizona offense.  But after a slow showing at training camp, and an unsuccessful pre-season, Cardinals’ coach Ken Wisenhunt made the decision to promote backup Derek Anderson to the starting job, and he let Leinart go.

“Yeah that guy’s a piece of shit,” Leinart said of Wisenhunt.  “He was all like ‘you f*cked my daughter.  There’s no chance you start for this football team.’  And I was all like, “who’s your daughter, oh wait, is this your daughter?’  Then I pulled my phone out and showed that fool his daughter’s sugar tits.  Haha that was classic.  But then he cut me.”

Leinart signed with the Houston Texans, and is slated as Matt Schaub’s backup for an offense that could lead the league in scoring.  But regardless of what happens for Leinart in the NFL season of 2010, he still thinks there’s unfinished business about his final season at USC in 2005.

“I’m not being selfish, I’m not being conceited, I’m not being anything like that,” he said.  I just want what’s rightfully mine.  Not counting the other two guys, I was the most outstanding player in college football that season and I deserve the trophy.  Plus, if the Heisman comes home with me, I’d be the second player ever to win two Heismans!  Then people start throwing my name around when they talk about football’s all-time greats.  I’d score some major hottie ass.”

Chris Johnson is Lil’ Wayne

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4/22/10- Matt Driffill

Tennessee Titans coach Jeff Fisher squandered around the training room looking for his star running back Chris Johnson.  After searching tirelessly for over an hour, Fisher looked up at one of the televisions in the room and saw his half-back being brought to prison with a news headline that read, “Lil Wayne Off to Jail.”

“When I first saw that I was like ‘Oh no, that’s not Lil Wayne, that’s my tailback,’” Fisher said.  “I knew that was Chris, I’ve seen that face a million times.  What I didn’t know is that he’s one of the most successful artists in the music industry; that’s great.  What I also didn’t know is that he’s going to jail; that obviously isn’t great.”

The news that Chris Johnson is in fact Lil Wayne shocked many.  Johnson led the NFL in rushing last season; compiling over 2000 yards and winning the Offensive Player of the Year award in the process.  Even more impressive, Johnson managed to do all of that while playing concerts on tours, composing several albums as well as contributing to many other hit singles throughout the year.

But 2009 wasn’t all good for Johnson.  He was charged with attempted criminal possession of a weapon and pleaded not guilty.  Johnson began serving his one-year sentence on March 8, but is expected to be released after eight months assuming good behavior on his part.

“He’s in jail?” asked Vince Young.  “Ahh Shit!  I’m FUCKED!!!”

Although it appears that Johnson won’t face a suspension in the NFL for violating the league’s personal conduct policy.  A strange report considering Commissioner Goodell’s notoriously strict punishments for the violation of the code.  Last week Steelers’ QB Ben Roethlisberger was suspended 6 games despite facing no jail-time or fines.

“We’re not the law.  The NFL has its own standards for our athletes and coaches,” Goodell said.  “We don’t think there’s a reason to give Mr. Johnson a suspension because he is already serving the time for his wrongdoings.  We’re confident that Mr. Johnson will become a better player and a better person when his sentence is up.  Plus he signed some autographs for my kids.”

We were able to get a quote from Johnson for the first time since he was incarcerated.  He says he is working on his new album “InCarterRated 1.”

“Young mulaaaa babaayyy!” Johnson said from his jail cell.  “2000 is IIGHT, but next year I’m gonna run for a milli!”


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Our client’s website makes a call to an external service ( internal legacy service, actually ) to get JSON response needed for a feature that is part of a specific page of the website. The feature is based on the country from which the user is accessing the page and displays different information for different countries.

This feature has been in production for a few days now, and all has been good. But we found that, for Norway users, the feature was not being displayed. That happens when there was some problem with accessing or processing the data from the service.

At a cursory glance, the JSON response from the service seemed fine. The data pertinent to the feature were all coming in. The application should be working as expected, like it does for other countries.

Then we noticed that the country part of the JSON data was coming back as “false”. The data that ought to return the country code - like “GB”, “US”, etc. - was returning false.

Some weird bug in the external service it seemed apparent, but it dawned on us what that bug might really be - the country code for Norway is “NO” and it was being serialized as boolean false in the Cold Fusion web service!

Fun little bug there. We do have consumer driven contracts tests against the service, and functional tests, but am not sure how issues like this could have been caught? Yes, the service should have been more thoroughly tested, but what could we, as consumers, have done better? Just smile a bit and file a bug, for now.`


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Finishing Library Lovers Month at St. Anne’s

Article by Apartment Resident, Betty Canavan
It’s not to late.  February is National Library Lovers Month. There is a whole year left to celebrate.  Sometimes God leads us away from our phone, computer and TV to a quite time where we can be at peace.
Although it’s not large, there is a nice little library here at St Anne’s.  It is located across the hall from the activity room and contains an assortment of books for many varied interests.  I venture to say, everyone could find something they’d be interested in reading.  Another thing it provides is a quiet and peaceful place to read.
What you probably didn’t know is that this little library has several annexes!  The first is across the hall in the activity room, which is always bustling with enthusiasm.  There is a huge selection of current magazine subscriptions and a daily paper for all to read.
The second annex is in the atrium.  Another copy of the daily ‘Herald’ keeps us up to date on all the news that’s fit to print.  I think ‘The Grand Forks Herald’ is special.  Started in 1879, it’s the second largest newspaper in North Dakota.  It won a Pulitzer Prize for Public Service in 1997 when the Red River flooded, inundated the building and burned it to the ground.  The Herald never missed a day of print, setting up offices in UND and an elementary school and giving free papers to everyone affected by the flood.  The offices were rebuilt and a separate new print facility made it bigger and better than ever.
Since the atrium is such a relaxing place to congregate, knit or read, there is also a small bookshelf with magazines and paperbacks which residents peruse.
The North Wing sitting room is another quiet place for contemplation and has a wonderful variety of coffee table books.  But, take the elevator to the second floor, the doors open to the third annex near the laundry room.  A tall bookshelf filled with assorted books, periodicals and four upholstered chairs are there for your enjoyment.
Did you know about the fourth annex?  It’s in the Chapel at St Anne’s.  Over time, the Sisters have selected several books with religious instruction, prayers and Catholic information, hymns, etc., contributing to an inconspicuous but formidable collection at the back of Chapel.  Plus, just at the door are pamphlets, bookmarks and little icons on prayer cards.
What a blessing it is to have all these materials at our fingertips.  How wonderful to be able to read in a community setting or private space.  Needless to say, when the building was planned, enough space was not  set aside for a Library common.  As always, God had a better idea – spreading the library out, here and there, just as he spreads his love for us all.

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Let’s Get Moving!

make-things-happen-imageLet’s Get Moving!!!! Now I know some of us may really be in tune with these words while the rest of us just are sitting and waiting until something major happens that gives us no other option but to MOVE!!! Like waiting to be inspired by seeing friends or people whom you’ve never met get married, have a baby, graduate college, launch a biz and sad of all death. I have noticed that people go crazy pressing the like button for all that I have just mentioned but fail to press the “I WANT TO WIN” button, which currently does not exist by the way!(smile!)win-win

I just recently completed a 7 day challenge via facebook called “Shift Your Life” and many participated but only a few publicly let everyone know they were involved by their liking and sharing. I was challenged by 1 of my colleagues to see if Facebook was a platform that could be used to get people to TAKE ACTION and I realized something. I realized that some people caught on to the challenge right away and others caught on around the 3rd or 4th day and a little more near the end. This says to me that some people just need a lot more mindset motivation. They have all these goals but their readiness to achieve them is like finding a lizard in a field of tall grass. Their readiness cannot be easily found because they fear something. They may fear the unknown outcome of a shift in their life, success, failure etc… but it is definitely fear or simply procrastination and laziness. Notice I did not give any other reasons? Well if I gave a thousand reasons you surely could find one to attach yourself to and be content to say “THIS IS MY REASON AND I AM STICKING TO IT” but the only thing that you will achieve is a NEW EXCUSE NOT TO TAKE ACTION!!! It may sound harsh but I am a Mental Fitness Coach and I only want to see you come out winning like those football and basketball coaches want to see their guys win the championships!! You know how they start foaming at the mouth and jumping up and down on the sidelines while motivating their players! They are loud and TO THE POINT!!! You don’t have to listen because it’s a CHOICE AND THE CHOICE IS YOURS!!!

If you want a real shift you and no one else can give you room for EXCUSES!!! If you are waiting for everything to be perfect before you start, TRUST ME, you will almost NEVER GET STARTED!!! Sometimes it is in our storms where we find out what we are truly made of!!! You have to OWN YOUR GOALS AND THEY MUST ATTRACT YOU!!! If you are not ready to eat then don’t fish! Hey I am roughing it too! It is not easy AT ALL and if someone told you that THEY ARE TRULY LIYING!!!

We have to dress our minds for success otherwise our bodies won’t be attracted to it and ACTION JUST WON’T HAPPEN!!!
So Let’s Get Moving!!!! We have work to do! Out of maybe 7 participants to the “Shift Your Life” challenge ,2 have chosen to MOVE FORWARD and hire me as their coach to help them get MOVING! The challenge was only to awaken your subconscious and make you itch a little for success but choosing to go further will cause you to JUMP OUT OF YOUR SKIN TO WIN!!!

P.S. God Willing! See you on the other side of change because I no longer live in contemplation!Its not about Balance but it’s about a Harmonious Journey towards success!

Your Mental Fitness Coach,
Ukhtee Walida-Herspiring Bizness-“It’s Time”