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Thursday, 5 August 2010

Every month I am giving away prizes to my followers as a way to say "thank you" for being with me.

Last July, Sarah E was our winner. Another follower will win this month... it's free and it doesn't hurt :)
£10 Amazon Gift Certificate (eVoucher)

(Note: currency is in British Sterling Pounds [UK], but I think you can spend it on any country's amazon store.)

To Enter: All you have to be is a follower of this blog to be entered.
  • If you are not yet a follower, just click that "Follower" button on the sidebar to get included in the draw. And then leave a comment in this post with your email add. Or, if you don't want to leave an email add, check back at the beginning of August to see if you won.
  • I you are already a follower, the same goes with the comment and a way to contact you.
  • Please note that you have to make a comment in this contest post to indicate your interest in winning to be entered in the draw.
    • Because I've drawn a random follower before and he didn't want the prize because he wasn't interested. So now, a follower needs to indicate their interest to be entered...
  • If you already won in a previous contest here at Cherry Mischievous, it does not disqualify you from winning again. That means previous winners have equal chances of winning again compared to followers who hasn't won anything yet at Cherry Mischievous.
Extra Entries:
  • A participant of this contest gets one extra entry credit every time he/she spreads the word about this contest after verification of the url address given in the comment. However, only one extra entry will be credited per site. Like for example, you can tweet as many times as you like but that will count only as one extra entry credit. Although we do appreciate it if you tweet multiple times about this contest!
Contest Ends:
  • 31st of August 2010
  • Open only to Cherry Mischievous followers (via Google Friend Connect) and/or to CherryD community members. Because the main reason I am hosting this contest in the first place is to reward my readers, therefore this contest is for followers only :)
      • Not yet a follower? Just click the "FOLLOW" button on the sidebar. Easy peasy!
      • You do not have to be a CherryD member if you are already a Cherry Mischievous follower to enter this contest. But being a CherryD member as well, will gain you 5 extra entry credits. Extra entry credits will increase your chances of winning.
  • This contest is open internationally where the amazon online shop is accessible to you.
  • Winner will be picked among the followers. Winner have one week to claim prize otherwise prize will become forfeit.
  • Void where prohibited.
  • Questions? Ask! mischivus101-followergiveaway [at] yahoo [dot] com.
  • Please read the blog's Disclaimer as it forms part of the contest rules.

Sharli said...

Thank you so much for the contest! I'm a follower and I tweeted here: http://twitter.com/Entre_Libros/statuses/20346180599

entrelibros_blog at hotmail.com

Christa said...

Oh, please include me! : )
Thanks for the giveaway.
ambience.of.rain {at} gmail.com

Vidisha said...

Thanks for giveaway!!

i am a follower

YA Book Queen said...

I'm a follower! Thanks so much for the contest =)

Doreen said...

Hi, I'm now a follower, yah!!! :) purposedrivenlife4you at gmail dot com

Unknown said...

Please count me in. Thanks for the chance.

lizzi0915 at aol dot com

Martha Lawson said...

I am a follower and I'd love to be entered to win!!

mlawson17 at hotmail dot com

Stacey Smith said...

I'm a Follower.I just love contest!

bookaholic said...
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Alessandra said...

Please enter me, too :)

Unknown said...

I'm a follower and would love to win this. Thanks for the giveaway!
amandarwest at gmaildotcom

Unknown said...

Tweeted http://twitter.com/amandawk/status/20363398974

JenM said...

I'd love to win. Thanks for the contest.

jen at delux dot com

As I Lay Bleeding said...

I'm a follower!! Thank you for the contest!!

nedsped at verizon dot net

Cass said...

I'm a follower. Thanks for the contest!

cc932005 at hotmail dot com

buddyt said...

I am a Follower via GFC and I am interested in entering the giveaway.

Carol T

buddytho {at} gmail DOT com

Mervi said...

I'm a follower. Thank you for the contest! :)

musmekipi at gmail dot com

sRy_ said...

I'm an old follower. Thanks for the contest :)

paraelisa21 (AT) hotmail DOT com

Kulsuma said...

Count me in thanks!:)

brandileigh2003 said...

Thanks-- enter me please

Tales of Whimsy said...

Cool! I'll put this on my Google Buzz.
(not an entry)

Laura Flanagan said...

This is great! Here is my blog.
my email is chiara_eeub05@hotmail.com

Liz. R said...

Please enter me! I'm a follower and I've put the contest on my sidebar: http://planet-print.blogspot.com/

Thanks for the chance to win :)

Misha said...

Please enter me .I am a follower.

latishajean said...

Great giveaway thanks for the chance!
Im a follower

Meredith said...

I am a follower! Please enter me!

meredithfl at gmail dot com

Shell said...

I'm a follower!

Hope I win this time!

Katelyn said...

Thanks for the contest, I'm a follower!
Email address:

jellybelly82158 said...

I am a follower

jellybelly82158 at gmail dot com

Anonymous said...

Thanks for the chance! I'm a follower!

Unknown said...

I too am a follower *whispers*, an old one.

robin [at] intensewhisper [dot] com

Ladytink_534 said...

I'm already a follower!

Nicole said...

This is such a great thing you do for your followers!!

haxel said...

Please enter me. I'm a follower.:-)

@beachrambler on Twitter

Jax Blunt said...

following now.

liveotherwise on twitter

felinewyvern said...

Been a follower for ages so I'm keeping my fingers crossed :D

Rabid Fox said...

I'm always game for a contest, so I'll throw my name in the hat.

e-mail: rabidfox(at)ymail.com

I've been a follower for a while, but just started following via Twitter (@WagTheFox). Also sent a retweet of this contest:

Honey said...

I'm a follower and would like to be entered. Thank you so much!

ekta.p7 [at] gmail [dot] com

Tore923 said...

I am a follower. Please enter me in contest. Tore923@aol.com

Fi-chan said...

already a follower, feeyonachan at gmail dot com
+1 http://twitter.com/FionaChan/statuses/20532587471
+1 sidebar: http://fionalevesque.blogspot.com/
+5 CherryD member.

throuthehaze said...

Count me in please!
I am a follower
throuthehaze at gmail dot com

Joan said...

This is a great contest and thank you for making it international!! x)

anbi14 at hotmail dot com

Sena said...

Loyal follower!
sena.sagani [at]gmail[dot]com

meeyeehere said...

Hey,I am just a new follower but your blog looks awesome and you must be a real doll for having such a cool giveaway! Thanks and please count me in.

Unknown said...

I'm an old (and loyal) follower :-)

+1 posted on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000899165880&v=wall&story_fbid=110463155675292

+1 tweeted: http://twitter.com/Stella_ExLibris/status/21070387118

Please enter me in the giveaway!
Thank you!

stella.exlibris (at) gmail (dot) com

GABY said...

Please enter me!

Sarah said...

Thank so much for the giveaway! Please enter me! :-)

sarahdc22 (at) gmail (dot) com

Lindsay said...

enter me!!!!!

jeanette8042 said...

Thanks so much for the great giveaway, please count me in!

Unknown said...

I'm a GFC follower and a CherryD member (+5). Thank you!

emmad said...

This is a sensational giveaway :) emmad at xtra dot co dot nz

Reena Jacobs said...

Thanks for the great contest.

I'll add it to my sidebar this afternoon: www.reenajacobs.com/blog

Candace said...

Awesome giveaway! There are some books I'm really wanting coming up that I'll want to order!
I follow.
I tweeted: http://twitter.com/candacemom2two/status/21595315425

candace_redinger at yahoo dot com

DforDarla said...

Awesome giveaway! There are some books that I'm really looking forward to.

I follow. :)

Jennifer Mathis said...

I'm a follower Thanks for the contest

Llehn said...

I'd love to play please :D

Pink Panther said...

Wow! Thanks so much for making this international! :) I am a follower and you can reach me at luvpinkpanther@gmail.com

Carol M said...

Please enter me. Thank you!
I'm a follower.
mittens0831 at aol dot com

Unknown said...

Count me in.
peanut4president @ yahoo . com

FairyWhispers said...

Interesting! I'm a follower!

bookaholic said...
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bookaholic said...

I am an old follower.Please enter me for the giveaway!
Extra entries:-
I Tweeted- http://twitter.com/Debasmitadhar/status/22288296551
Posted on Facebook- http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000126953872&v=wall&story_fbid=103050519755676
Sidebar link- http://bookaholicsoye.blogspot.com/ (under 'Contests' in the right sidebar)

Thank you!

Aik said...

I'm a follower.

I tweeted:

aikychien at yahoo dot com

Breanne said...

I follow and I'd love to win!

bmweida at yahoo dot com

ikkle87 said...

please enter me @ikkle87 xx

denise s said...

please count me in tweeted @lottiegirlx lottie_girlx (at)yahoo dot com

Jade Tango said...

pick me, pick me :-) vamptango21(at)yahoo.co.uk

eleanor73 said...

Please enter me too! eleanor73@aol.com

Also retweeted @eleanor731

ylime1981 said...

I'd love to be entered! Thanks for the giveaway!

Emily ebdye1(at)gmail

Cherry said...

Contest is now closed. Thank you to everybody who participated!!

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Monday, November 19, 2012

Lee Min Ho Moments @Benchtm #MeetandGreet @Makati Shangri-la

I was just at the right place, at the right time! Perfection. I was attending a blog event last November 18 in Makati Shangri-la. So stalking Lee Min Ho was a bit rationalized. I'm mighty glad that I had a mall tour pass from last time. It's not the meet and greet, but at least we're nicely seated in front! ;-D Oh, I did not see him going out for the 3pm Skydome Mall Tour, so I was beginning to lose hope whether I will ever see him at the hotel. Imagine my surprise! Without further ado, here's the day that I died, and went to heaven, my Lee Min Ho-filled day and night.
#LeeMinHo #FanGirl He was within reach. Seriously! ;-D If only, I was that crazy, I'd probably be able to grab him. Hah,
Full House in the New Activity Center, Glorietta 1 for the Lee Min Ho Mall Tour! #Blockbuster #HitMaker
Fellow Minoz! Aja! Aja! Fighting! ^^
The Lucky Ones. Winner of the Bench Lee Min Ho Meet and Greet Pass! Awww ^^
Mr. Bench Chan, thank you very much! ;-D
Minho-ssi with Sam Oh
Goodness Gracious. #LeeMinHo in Manila^^
Priceless. ^^
Meet and Greet time of the lucky ones! ;-D I have a few photos, please do check them out on Chic & Sassy Homemaker  FB Page. ;-D

Lucky her. How I wish! ^^
Me, Myself & I. Before Minho-ssi arrived. Still sane, calm and sober. *LoL
And here goes the sweetest story of  how I got my precious autographed invites and photo (thank you so much to a fellow Minoz, who gave it to me earlier.^^) Makati Shangri-la, you are my favorite hotel ever! ;-D  My event was done, of the 50 items they raffled off including iPhone 5, iPad3, iPad Mini, I didn't win. But I was still too happy from the Mall tour. I didn't mind. But I was rushing to head home, I was in the lobby but decided to wait outside for my ride. Surprise, surprise, Lee Min Ho was coming out. Hah. I was not calm. I panicked. But I went back to the hotel, trying to calm myself and get a picture of him. I wasn't cool, I got a two minute video of his walking away. He sat on the farthest side of the hotel lobby lounge.
Ninja Shot of Lee Min Ho at Makati Shangri-la. This was the moment that I regret not bringing my whole complete camera bag with the telephoto lens. I don't do Manual, so it's the best that I can get. Lee Min Ho was obviously so tired. Awww. ^^
I met these fellow Minoz. Glad I stayed around. ;-D Sorry for the shot, I was trying to work around without Flash, as courtesy to the hotel guests and to Lee Min Ho, I hope to get a ninja shot without a bothersome flash.
They gave him a gift. Sweet. It was inspected by the Korean Guys. They were to give him another one, hoping to hand it to him personally. I wasn't prepared, I only had my Fun Meet Invite, my mall pass ticket, and a photo, which were all crumpled amidst the excitement.
Oh well. Sorry for the shot. I thought I got the right camera setting early on. #Failed
Oh my, they all have that uncanny talent to walk so fast! And the boys were all all geared up, ready to fight us, just three girls plus a couple of demure hotel guests. We called him, he waved. And then he turned back to get the book the girls were giving him (Oh My Goodness!), I did my share, I called him, and he turned back and got the three items (Invite, Pass, and a Photo of him). Major Moment! ;-D   I was hoping to get them signed, but the boys were all ready to fight us, hah. He went up the elevator,. Goodbye.  And oh my, mixed emotions, he got all my souvenirs. Awww! We lingered for a couple of minutes, until one of the uber strict Korean Entourage went down, and handed them back to me, all signed! Heaven! It was such a great act of kindness. Indulge me, Minho Oppa, you are my ambassador of quan! ;-D

My Precious. #LeeMinHo signed! ^^
Oh, allow this ahjumma noona to rave. Indulge me please. This a major breakthrough on my fangirling stint. It's the first, so must be beginner's luck. Oh well, thank you, some connivance of all my lucky stars at work that day. Saranghaeyo! Cheers! ;-D

Unknown said...

Wow sis!You already!! kung siguro ako ikaw baka nahimatay na ko!as in! ^^

Nikkin said...

wow! so lucky you!had i known he's going to the hotel after the Glorietta m&g, i shld hv went too!

Czjai said...

So happy for you, sis! :)

ChicSassyMom said...

I'm just controlling it! About to faint too.*LoL

ChicSassyMom said...

Awww...thank you! Was not expecting it too! ^^

ChicSassyMom said...

Thank you! Sweet! ^^

Lyn and Rhina said...

Thanks! It was so nice meeting you! What happened at the Makati Shangri-la still feels surreal! We're very happy that we got to share that once in a lifetime chance to meet Lee Min Ho up close and personal! He turned around to get our gift and your souvenirs! We're so lucky! Thanks for posting our picture here in your blog! :)

mysimpleaddictions said...

OMG this is such a coincidence! Huge, huge coincidence...would love to talk to you! I'll email you a we do get to chat too...have a good day!

mysimpleaddictions said...

OMG! Such a huge, huge, coincidence! Would love to talk to you! Will email you at your yahoo account in awhile. Would love to talk to you too....small world!

ChicSassyMom said...

;-D replied to your FB message. ^^

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How To Send Free SMS With Your Facebook Account

It is no more news that facebook is the largest social networking sites and almost one third of the word population have a facebook account. Nowadays, most of our service providers like mtn, glo, etisalat and others do charge us for sending messages to our friend. But thanks to facebook because it has removed me from the bondage of sending message with money and you are also about to be removed from the same bondage.
To send free message on facebook, we will be making use of an application called CHATSMS. This application allows you to send sms to your friends in any part of the world at no cost even if the person does not have a facebook account. It supports all network providers in every country of the world. You can launch the application here.Make sure you are log on to facebook before clicking on the link.
After clicking on the link, you will be redirected to a facebook permission page which will ask you if permission should be granted to the application and you simply press Yes. After clicking on yes you will be redirected to the application page which shows you some column, the first column will prompt you to choose the country you want to send the free message to while the second column will ask you to press the number.
Before the number of the person you are sending to is the country code which will be automatically selected as soon as you choose the country.The last column will prompt you to enter the message you are sending to your friend. As soon as you lick on the send message icon, the message will get delivered to your friend or anyone you are sending the message to and it will be in this format.
If your name is Alex on facebook the message will read thus “Alex your message will be after your facebook name “. I have tried this application a number of times and it has never for once failed me, so just give it a try. You can start sending the message instantly here

  1. I would have loved it if it works on java phones. I've tried it but it can only be viewed thru lappy (laptop). Except if one has an android device.

    Or is there any other means?

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Monday, July 10, 2017

Mamonde Partners with 11street to Expand Presence in Malaysia

Beauty fans, rejoice! Mamonde Malaysia, a cosmetic brand under Amorepacific Malaysia has expanded its market presence online through a partnership with 11street (, one of Malaysia’s largest online marketplaces.

With the launch of Mamonde on 11street, shoppers are spoilt for choice with 57 Mamonde skincare, makeup and optional care items that are available for online purchase. Apart from that, shoppers can expect to see some exclusive online items which are only available online such as Rose Water Toner 500ml, AC Balance Spot Serum 15ml, AC Balance Spot Patch (12 patches) and the Colour Tone Up Base 30ml (01-Green & 02-Purple).

In conjunction with the official launch of Mamonde on 11street, Mamonde Malaysia is offering special online deals in June. Among deals in June include Basic Skincare Set at RM49 (savings 49%), First Energy Serum Set at RM119 (savings 20%), Highlight Lip Tint Set at RM50 (Gifts with Purchase), Mascara (Volume) Set at RM59 (Gifts with Purchase), Complimentary Cushion Case with every purchase of Cover Powder Cushion No.21 or No.23 (Gifts with Purchase).

I know June is over, but don't fret! Great deals will continue in the second half of 2017 with an exclusive Mamonde makeup workshop for 11street customers.

This is great for me because with my hectic schedule and work, I don't always have the time to go shopping. So I normally shop online, searching for deals and products that I love. Now with the launch, I can expect to get my Mamonde fix from 11street!

But wait, are these products genuine? Thanks to the prople at Mamonde and 11street, you don't have to wonder any more. You can shop with ease of mind without the fear of being scammed and the product that you are buying is counterfeit.

How? All you need to do is look for products listed under Mamonde Malaysia (with the logo on the top right corner of listed products to ensure authenticity) when ordering your Mamonde products.

Mamonde is the first cosmetic brand of its kind that uses only flowers as its key ingredient coupled with other natural ingredients in its formulation. AmorePacific has invested a great deal in R&D to ensure the efficacy of Mamonde products and that these products are gentle on the skin just like the characteristics of a flower.

Are you ready to go crazy for Mamonde? I know I am!

Til the next time, stay beautiful!

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Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Father's Day Cards Printable

I'm down to the wire again!  Father's Day is THIS weekend and I'm just now getting this together.  I've actually had it ready to go for awhile and totally forgot to post it this weekend!  If you've already got your Father's Day cards ready, maybe you can do these next year.  See?  I've got you covered a year in advance - ha!

(Daddy, I really didn't forget Father's Day.  At least I didn't forget YOU!  Love you, Daddy! You are the Best. Dad. Ever.)

These are super easy - just print, cut, fold.  You can print the cards on any cardstock you wish.  I really like the look of the brown on kraft.  Cut right down the middle at 41/4".

Score and fold at 5 1/2".  Cut out a Father's Day Sentiment and glue inside.  You can stop there or cut a couple of hearts to go on the fronts.

Download the Father's Day Cards HERE.
Download the Father's Day sentiment HERE.

Classic and oh, so easy!

Thanks for stopping by!

  1. These are so much fun. I love that they are quick and easy.

  2. Wonderful father's day cards! Love them printed on kraft! Thanks for sharing the files! Have a great day!

  3. These are wonderful and love the font! TFS

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The Undomesticated Deity We Desperately Desire

In Charles Schulz’s classic, It’s a Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown, a memorable exchange unfolds as Linus pens his annual letter to the Great Pumpkin. “When are you going to stop believing in something that isn’t true?” inquires Charlie, to which Linus retorts, “When you stop believing in that fellow with a red suit and white beard who goes ‘Ho, Ho, Ho’!” Charlie Brown then looks at the camera and exclaims, “We are obviously separated by denominational differences.”

While Christians will often disagree—at times even manifesting the Charlie-Brown-like partisanship that’s all-too-common in today’s world—certain truths about God and redemption are so basic that they call for our common affirmation. As you might expect, agreement around these truths tends to track with their proximity to core tenets of the Christian faith. And there’s no place closer to the core than the attributes of God.

But let’s be honest. Most books on this subject (what we call “systematic theologies”) are less than stimulating. In fact, many of them are dry as the Sahara. Perfection, aseity, simplicity, immutability, and the various “omni-” qualities of God are, to be sure, sublime realities that beckon us heavenward, but the books describing them often read like the Pythagorean theorem—important to grasp but rather ho-hum.

Against this backdrop, I am excited to tell you about the first book I’ve read on sabbatical (which recently started), Matthew Barrett’s new volume, None Greater: The Undomesticated Attributes of God. For months it has sat on the corner of my desk, waiting patiently and quietly, as though with a grin that said, “You’re going to like me.” I’ve read Barrett’s work in the past and have always enjoyed and benefited from it. That is why, amid the many books I hope to read in the coming months, this was the first.

So, having read it here’s what I think: I absolutely love it. It is clear and accessible without compromising substance. It also manifests a devotional quality. I appreciate the breakout boxes sprinkled throughout its pages which feature insightful voices from church history. And I like the way it defines technical terms. Most of all, I love the way it portrays God as greater than anything we can imagine—the undomesticated God who is high and lifted up, the Almighty Creator who reigns in perfection over his creation.

Drawing from Scripture and the history of Christian thought (with particular attention to his “A-team”—Augustine, Anselm, and Aquinas), Barrett underscores how God is supreme. In a rather moving section, he makes the point from Isaiah 40:12-15. Take a moment and absorb the significance of these words.

Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand
and marked off the heavens with a span,
enclosed the dust of the earth in a measure
and weighed the mountains in scales
and the hills in a balance?
 Who has measured the Spirit of the Lord,
or what man shows him his counsel?
 Whom did he consult,
and who made him understand?
Who taught him the path of justice,
and taught him knowledge,
and showed him the way of understanding?
 Behold, the nations are like a drop from a bucket,
and are accounted as the dust on the scales;
behold, he takes up the coastlands like fine dust.

After this section, Barrett quotes Augustine, explaining how we should approach such a God: “Since at all times we should be praising him and blessing him, and yet no words of ours are capable of expressing him, I begin by asking him to help me understand and explain what I have in mind and to pardon any blunders I may make. For I am as keenly aware of my weakness as of my willingness” (27).

Why is this reminder so crucially important? Because we so often fail to consider the inestimable wonder, beauty, and holiness of the infinite God, the One whose glory is unfathomable and perfection beyond measure. Instead of bowing down in worship before this God, we routinely elevate ourselves, failing to see the sinfulness of our sin. And this is where Barrett is at his best. He proceeds to explain that for men and women to address our sin problem before the throne of this infinite God, we ourselves would have to be infinite. But we’re not. Far from it. With Paul, we are left asking, “Who will deliver me from this body of death?” (Romans 7:24).

The answer, however, turns out to be good news. Barrett explains that while such a person, weighed down by guilt and shame, would have to be infinite himself to atone for sin against an infinite God, our God is infinitely gracious and has therefore done it for us. While our fallen world has produced no such person, the eternal Son of God came to us in the fullness of time to take the “form of a servant” (Phil 2:7); the “image of the invisible God,” by whom “all things were created” and in whom “all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell,” and has reconciled “to himself all things… making peace by the blood of his cross” (Col. 1:15-20).

What can you say about this good news except glory be to God! And that’s why I love this book so much. It not only imparts a bevy of theological insight, it inspires the heart to turn from the shadows of sin to the light of God’s divine presence, the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

Come, my friends. Let us worship together.

For more on the ministry of Dr. Matthew Barrett, visit him at Credo

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A young boy named Greg (Jason Ian Drucker) plots to use a family road trip to his great-grandmother’s birthday party as a means to attend a video-game convention. Charlie Wright, Alicia Silverstone, and Tom Everett Scott co-star in this comedy based on the popular series of kids’ books.

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Writers: Jeff Kinney, Adam Sztykiel
Stars: Alicia Silverstone, Tom Everett Scott, Alexa Blair Robertson


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Bizarre "Snowpiercer" Packs Visceral, Metaphorical Punch

In an era when half-baked adaptations of derivative young adult dystopian novels rule the box office, South Korean filmmaker Joon-ho Bong’s latest is a welcome reminder of the genre’s fertile – if often untilled – creative ground. “Snowpiercer” is an addled work that likely won’t appeal to mainstream moviegoers, but it’s redemptive in its creativity and reductive in its method. Few action films have ever done so much with so little – in this case, a relatively small budget and a claustrophobically linear narrative – to such memorable effect. Even when it falters – and it falters frequently – it remains interesting, right up until its head-scratcher of an ending that at least works as a conversation starter.

Chris Evans (“Captain America”) stars as Curtis, a steely, bearded mass of a man who lives in the steerage section of a lengthy bullet train. But the Snowpiercer isn’t just any train. Owned by a mysterious entrepreneur, it carries the remainders of the species, the rest wiped out by global warming, Earth submerged into an icy apocalypse. The survivors have been starkly divided into classes, with aristocrats living in luxury near the train’s engine and the poor wallowing in their own filth near its caboose. As Curtis becomes increasingly agitated with their living conditions, he quietly recruits friends and confidants to organize an uprising.

The film’s supporting cast is extensive – bordering on unwieldy – featuring Jamie Bell (“King Kong”), John Hurt (“Alien”), Octavia Spencer (“The Help”), Kang-ho Song (“The Host”), and others as Curtis’ shipmates, while Tilda Swinton (“Moonrise Kingdom”) naturally steals the show as the elite’s mousy liaison with the masses. As the passengers’ revolt takes shape, Curtis and company advance through the train’s cars like levels in a spectacularly bloody video game, Bong masterfully unearthing torrents of metaphor, suspense, and visceral thrills from a literally straightforward narrative.

Like a stick of flavor-changing gum, “Snowpiercer” moves from dour, hyper-violent post-apocalyptic action to laugh-out-loud political satire to Kubrickian visual poetry and back again, never settling into one groove long enough to afford its audience a moment of comfortability. Where some will see an incoherent mess, others will delight in the pic’s endless idiosyncrasies, an innate lunacy that’s as hard to come by as a stream of American movie stars in a South Korean production. It’s hard to fathom the mere existence of “Snowpiercer,” let alone that it’s such a compelling work.

Amidst the film’s pervasive political allegories, it somehow manages to become a metaphor for itself, barreling along hastily enough to ensure some close calls with derailment. In particularly, an extended fight scene that takes place mostly in the dark doesn’t make an ounce of sense, nor does Bong’s decision to turn his classically macho hero into something despicable – not through onscreen action, but through words. Yet, as silly as the story gets, it’s uniformly engaging and Evans’ mostly low-key performance allows him to deliver some of his finest acting to date in the film’s third act.

The downside of Bong’s high concept is that when his characters inevitably make it to the train’s engine, there’s nowhere left to go. Whatever’s behind that final gate is bound to be a letdown, and – surprise! – it’s a letdown. As far as anticlimaxes go, “Snowpiercer” is massive one, and even the most lenient audiences are likely to leave with pangs of disappointment. That the final shot is a tidy summary of the strangeness that preceded it shouldn’t surprise anyone, but it’s unfulfilling all the same.

While some of the pic’s exterior shots show its low budget, it’s ultimately a triumph of low-budget filmmaking and linear storytelling, working as a superlative example of what can happen when a talented filmmaker is given full creative control over a project. “Snowpiercer” is often confusing, occasionally offputting, and always antagonistic, but it’s as close as a surefire cult classic as anything released in years. And for its creativity alone, it’s worth a watch for film fanatics.

-J. Olson

Rating: ★★★ 1/2 out of ★★★★★ (Good)

Release Date: June 27, 2014 (Limited)
Studio: RADiUS-TWC
Director: Joon-ho Bong
Screenwriter: Joon-ho Bong, Kelly Masterson
Starring: Chris Evans, Kang-ho Song, Tilda Swinton, Jamie Bell, Octavia Spencer, Ewen Brewmner, Alison Pill, John Hurt
MPAA Rating: R (for violence, language and drug content)


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Happy New Year! Are you going to start your property venture the right way in 2016?

Are you ready for the new year?

I hope you have some serious property plans. I've been speaking to a number of readers over the past few days and they are keen to get their ducks in order for 2016. I've already advised on the purchase of several buy-to-let investments, one of which in particular was very lucrative. With a simple refurbishment the client should be able to withdraw £80k from the property in order to finance the next one, all within 8 months of completion. On another deal I agreed to sell the deal on to another client and both were happy with the end result. It was 20% BMV after all!

Hoping to help more of you on the way to property success in 2016!

Just a reminder - I'm giving the monthly lettings update tomorrow at Wimbledon PIN, so if you haven't already do sign up and come along. If you've never been before it's FREE! just register using the code xandermatthew at www.wimbledonpin.co.uk. It's a great opportunity to meet fellow investors as well as professional brokers to source your deals and fellow property people to help you source the next investment. Whatever you do, make your 2016 productive in property!

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Derek has been working as a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon in Sheffield since 1993. In 2000 launched the One Health Group which is an organisation providing secondary care services to the NHS and continues on the management board as Chief Executive Officer. As such he has experience of working as a service provider in a traditional NHS environment and in the independent sector.

Derek has a clinical interest in knee surgery, particularly arthroscopic and ligament reconstruction commonly required in sports injuries. He also has a particular interest in Computer Navigated Knee Replacement. He is recognised as one of the UK’s leading knee surgeons and takes referrals nationally and internationally including many high profile athletes. Derek is frequently invited to lecture on knee surgery at national and international meetings. He is a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and the Faculty of Sports and Exercise Medicine.

He has held appointments as a Surgical Tutor at the Royal College of Surgeons of England and as such was involved in education and training in knee surgery at a national level. He has also served as an executive member of the British Association of Surgery of the Knee working with the British Orthopaedic Association and the Colleges of Surgeons on service delivery, education and training.

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What is a DDoS Attack?

DDoS attacks are a primary concern in Internet security today. Explore details about how DDoS attacks function, and how they can be stopped.

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  • Define a DDoS attack
  • Explain the general structure of a DDoS attack
  • Differentiate between the 3 major categories of DDoS attacks
  • Understand several DDoS mitigation strategies

What is a DDoS Attack?

A distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack is a malicious attempt to disrupt normal traffic of a targeted server, service or network by overwhelming the target or its surrounding infrastructure with a flood of Internet traffic. DDoS attacks achieve effectiveness by utilizing multiple compromised computer systems as sources of attack traffic. Exploited machines can include computers and other networked resources such as IoT devices. From a high level, a DDoS attack is like a traffic jam clogging up with highway, preventing regular traffic from arriving at its desired destination.

DDoS Attack

How does a DDoS attack work?

A DDoS attack requires an attacker to gain control of a network of online machines in order to carry out an attack. Computers and other machines (such as IoT devices) are infected with malware, turning each one into a bot (or zombie). The attacker then has remote control over the group of bots, which is called a botnet.

Once a botnet has been established, the attacker is able to direct the machines by sending updated instructions to each bot via a method of remote control. When the IP address of a victim is targeted by the botnet, each bot will respond by sending requests to the target, potentially causing the targeted server or network to overflow capacity, resulting in a denial-of-service to normal traffic. Because each bot is a legitimate Internet device, separating the attack traffic from normal traffic can be difficult.

What are common types of DDoS attacks?

Different DDoS attack vectors target varying components of a network connection. In order to understand how different DDoS attacks work, it is necessary to know how a network connection is made. A network connection on the Internet is composed of many different components or “layers”. Like building a house from the ground up, each step in the model has a different purpose. The OSI model, shown below, is a conceptual framework used to describe network connectivity in 7 distinct layers.

The OSI Model

While nearly all DDoS attacks involve overwhelming a target device or network with traffic, attacks can be divided into three categories. An attacker may make use one or multiple different attack vectors, or cycle attack vectors potentially based on counter measures taken by the target.

Application Layer Attacks

The Goal of the Attack:

Sometimes referred to as a layer 7 DDoS attack (in reference to the 7th layer of the OSI model), the goal of these attacks is to exhaust the resources of the target. The attacks target the layer where web pages are generated on the server and delivered in response to HTTP requests. A single HTTP request is cheap to execute on the client side, and can be expensive for the target server to respond to as the server often must load multiple files and run database queries in order to create a web page. Layer 7 attacks are difficult to defend as the traffic can be difficult to flag as malicious.

Application Layer Attack Example:

HTTP Flood

This attack is similar to pressing refresh in a web browser over and over on many different computers at once – large numbers of HTTP requests flood the server, resulting in denial-of-service.

This type of attack ranges from simple to complex. Simpler implementations may access one URL with the same range of attacking IP addresses, referrers and user agents. Complex versions may use a large number of attacking IP addresses, and target random urls using random referrers and user agents.

Protocol Attacks

The Goal of the Attack:

Protocol attacks, also known as a state-exhaustion attacks, cause a service disruption by consuming all the available state table capacity of web application servers or intermediate resources like firewalls and load balancers. Protocol attacks utilize weaknesses in layer 3 and layer 4 of the protocol stack to render the target inaccessible.

Protocol Attack Example:

Syn Flood DDoS Attack

SYN Flood

A SYN Flood is analogous to a worker in a supply room receiving requests from the front of the store. The worker receives a request, goes and gets the package, and waits for confirmation before bringing the package out front. The worker then gets many more package requests without confirmation until they can’t carry any more packages, become overwhelmed, and requests start going unanswered.

This attack exploits the TCP handshake by sending a target a large number of TCP “Initial Connection Request” SYN packets with spoofed source IP addresses. The target machine responds to each connection request and then waits for the final step in the handshake, which never occurs, exhausting the target’s resources in the process.

Volumetric Attacks

The Goal of the Attack:

This category of attacks attempts to create congestion by consuming all available bandwidth between the target and the larger Internet. Large amounts of data are sent to a target by using a form of amplification or another means of creating massive traffic, such as requests from a botnet.

Amplification Example:

NTP Amplification Attack

DNS Amplification

A DNS Amplification is like if someone were to call a restaurant and say “I’ll have one of everything, please call me back and tell me my whole order,” where the callback phone number they give is the target’s number. With very little effort, a long response is generated.

By making a request to an open DNS server with a spoofed IP address (the real IP address of the target), the target IP address then receives a response from the server. The attacker structures the request such that the DNS server responds to the target with a large amount of data. As a result, the target receives an amplification of the attacker’s initial query.

What is the process for mitigating a DDoS attack?

The key concern in mitigating a DDoS attack is differentiating between attack and normal traffic. For example, if a product release has a company’s website swamped with eager customers, cutting off all traffic is a mistake. If that company suddenly has a surge in traffic from known bad actors, efforts to alleviate an attack are probably necessary. The difficulty lies it telling apart the real customer and the attack traffic.

In the modern Internet, DDoS traffic comes in many forms. The traffic can vary in design from un-spoofed single source attacks to complex and adaptive multi-vector attacks. A multi-vector DDoS attack uses multiple attack pathways in order to overwhelm a target in different ways, potentially distracting mitigation efforts on any one trajectory. An attack that targets multiple layers of the protocol stack at the same time, such as a DNS amplification (targeting layers 3/4) coupled with an HTTP flood (targeting layer 7) is an example of multi-vector DDoS.

Mitigating a multi-vector DDoS attack requires a variety of strategies in order to counter different trajectories. Generally speaking, the more complex the attack, the more likely the traffic will be difficult to separate from normal traffic - the goal of the attacker is to blend in as much as possible, making mitigation as inefficient as possible. Mitigation attempts that involve dropping or limiting traffic indiscriminately may throw good traffic out with the bad, and the attack may also modify and adapt to circumvent countermeasures. In order to overcome a complex attempt at disruption, a layered solution will give the greatest benefit.

Black Hole Routing

One solution available to virtually all network admins is to create a blackhole route and funnel traffic into that route. In its simplest form, when blackhole filtering is implemented without specific restriction criteria, both legitimate and malicious network traffic is routed to a null route or blackhole and dropped from the network. If an Internet property is experiencing a DDoS attack, the property’s Internet service provider (ISP) may send all the site’s traffic into a blackhole as a defense.

Rate Limiting

Limiting the number of requests a server will accept over a certain time window is also a way of mitigating denial-of-service attacks. While rate limiting is useful in slowing web scrapers from stealing content and for mitigating brute force login attempts, it alone will likely be insufficient to handle a complex DDoS attack effectively. Nevertheless, rate limiting is a useful component in an effective DDoS mitigation strategy. Learn about Cloudflare's rate limiting

Web Application Firewall

A Web Application Firewall (WAF) is a tool that can assist in mitigating a layer 7 DDoS attack. By putting a WAF between the Internet and a origin server, the WAF may act as a reverse proxy, protecting the targeted server from certain types of malicious traffic. By filtering requests based on a series of rules used to identify DDoS tools, layer 7 attacks can be impeded. One key value of an effective WAF is the ability to quickly implement custom rules in response to an attack. Learn about Cloudflare's WAF

Anycast Network Diffusion

This mitigation approach uses an Anycast network to scatter the attack traffic across a network of distributed servers to the point where the traffic is absorbed by the network. Like channeling a rushing river down separate smaller channels, this approach spreads the impact of the distributed attack traffic to the point where it becomes manageable, diffusing any disruptive capability.

The reliability of an Anycast network to mitigate a DDoS attack is dependent on the size of the attack and the size and efficiency of the network. An important part of the DDoS mitigation implemented by Cloudflare is the use of an Anycast distributed network. Cloudflare has a 30 Tbps network, which is an order of magnitude greater than the largest DDoS attack recorded.

If you are currently under attack, there are steps you can take to get out from under the pressure. If you are on Cloudflare already, you can follow these steps to mitigate your attack. The DDoS protection that we implement at Cloudflare is multifaceted in order to mitigate the many possible attack vectors. Learn more about Cloudflare's DDoS protection and how it works.


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Murder mysteries, life saving and the black ooze of the Merricks Creek estuary

Mr Ross  Hardie1

1Alluvium, Cremorne, Australia

The Merricks Creek estuary was subject to a period of unpleasant hydrogen sulfide (rotten egg gas) odour, fish kills and decreasing aquatic recreation opportunities.  This study was undertaken to identify the processes that led to these issues, sorting through the history of the estuary and the diversity of opinions presented by an active and engaged community.

Through a series of investigations, including a review of an unsolved murder mystery, the hydrogen sulphide was found to be associated with the decomposition of organic matter in the presence of sea water, in a low oxygen environment, creating a black ooze. The dominant source of the organic matter, feeding the odour production, was identified to be sea grass brought into the estuary through tidal action.   However, the reason behind the sea grass accumulation in the estuary was more complex. The investigations revealed the Merricks Creek estuary to be on the margin of two estuary types i.e. wave dominated estuary and tide dominated estuary. Recent (2011/12) construction of a rock revetment wall to protect adjoining properties from estuary scour was identified to have shifted the estuary from a wave dominated estuary, to a tide dominated estuary, and as a consequence reduced the natural closure events at the estuary mouth, increasing the sea grass input to, and loading in, the estuary.

The paper explores these issues and the difficult decisions required to address the management of the Merricks Creek estuary.

Ross is a founding director of Alluvium and responsible for the assessment, design and review of waterway management programs and estuaries projects throughout Australia and South East Asia. Ross specialises in working with clients and stakeholders to develop agreed objectives, and understanding of the processes that impact on these objectives and the development of programs to achieve agreed water and waterway management outcomes.

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The Australian Coastal Society (ACS) was initiated at the Coast to Coast Conference in Tasmania in 2004. The idea was floated as a means for those interested in coastal matters to communicate between conferences and where possible take resolutions of the conference to appropriate levels of government.

The idea was discussed further at the Coast to Coast Conference in Melbourne in 2006 and it was agreed that Bruce Thom develop a constitution of a company limited by guarantee that would operate on a national basis.

This plan was accomplished and in 2008 at the Coast to Coast Conference in Darwin the constitution was ratified and an Executive appointed. The company received charitable status in 2011.

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Sep 28, 2011

Sadly, the wild fires here in Texas continue to burn. Almost every day we hear of another one around us or somewhere within the state. As you can see from the picture above the ground and grass are extremely dry. If I said it wasn’t scary I would be lying. It got a little too close for comfort a few weeks ago.

A few weeks ago George Bush Park, which is approximately 2.5 miles from our home, was on fire. I didn’t even realize it was on fire until one of my friends posted on Facebook that it was burning. Imagine my surprise when I looked out the dining room window!

The Houston Fire Department responded quickly and they were able to put it out before too much of the park was charred and before any homes were put in danger. We are all very grateful!  There is hope! We should be getting a little rain this week, but it’s going to take a 100 year flood for us to be caught up and out of the danger zone.

Sep 21, 2011

Five surprising uses for ketchup
I found this artical cute and handy!

By Brian Clark Howard Posted Wed Apr 29, 2009 5:37am PDT

Whether you enjoy ketchup with fries or -- like some Americans -- a few fries with a boatload of ketchup, there's no denying the ubiquity and popularity of the distinctive red condiment. Ketchup has been satirized, politicized (W Ketchup anyone?) and considered for reclassification as a vegetable. Many folks can't even agree how it should be spelled (catsup or catchup perhaps?).

We're guessing we're not the only ones who squirrel away unused packets of ketchup in desks and cabinets after a quick meal on the go. (Or who have aging, half-empty bottles of the stuff crammed in the back of the fridge.) And since we hate to waste things here at The Daily Green, we got to thinking about ways to creatively reuse extra ketchup -- we mean besides the obvious choices of making recession ketchup "pizza" or "spaghetti." Shudder…...

By the way, wonder what's in ketchup? Typically tomato concentrate (duh), the ubiquitous corn syrup or another sweetener, vinegar, salt, spice and herb extracts (including celery), spice and garlic powder. Some brands also include allspice, cloves, cinnamon, onion and other vegetables.
While none of us should be eating too much salt or corn syrup, it's hard to argue with the fact that the ingredients list is decidedly non-toxic, especially when you compare it to the chemical-laded conventional cleaning products and shampoos that it can replace. So check out these great alternative uses for ketchup, which will save you money and time:

Shine your copper
Whether you have copper-bottomed cooking pans, architectural detailing, or shiny knick-knacks, forget mucking about with costly and potentially toxic metal polish pastes. Why not use some of those old ketchup packets stashed away in your kitchen drawers?
Here's a very simple recipe from Michael de Jong, TDG's Zen Cleaner and author of the Clean series of simple living books:
Massage ketchup over the copper and watch it dissolve the tarnish away (thanks to the acid). In the event that you have stubborn spots, add a pinch of table salt while you polish.

Get those auto parts gleaming
According to The Cymbal Book by Hugo Pinksterboer, some folks have seen decent results getting their cars to shine by rubbing with ketchup. The book notes that the condiment does a good job cutting tarnish, but not so well in removing dirt. Sounds like you may need a multi-step process, with some soap and water as well.
Give it a try and let us know if it works for you.

Fight Skunk Odors
If you've lived in a rural or even suburban part of North America, chances are you may have had a run-in with a skunk one night or evening. Or perhaps your dog has. Although some experts have cautioned that the technique may not actually work well (beyond a masking sensation), many people still swear by tomato juice as a way to remove potent skunk odor. Michael de Jong points out that in the event you don't have any tomato juice on hand you can try using plain ketchup instead.

Get back prettier hair from chlorine damage
According to de Jong, ketchup can also be used to correct limey-hair-highlights-gone-green, which can sometimes occur from exposure to chlorine found in swimming pools (another good reason to check out natural pools as a refreshing alternative).
How? Restore your normal hair color -- or at least the one you paid dearly for -- by applying full strength ketchup to your hair. Smoosh it in, let it linger for about 20 minutes and then wash it out thoroughly.
Soothe wounds
Unused ketchup packets pile up across America by the millions, as hurried diners and service staff often grab huge handfuls, only to end up using a few. Lisa posted over on Seacoast Online that she freezes leftover ketchup and soy sauce packets to use on her children's "small booboos and bumps." She claims, "The kids LOVE them." Apparently even the mere appearance of the packets often makes their hurts go away.
Want to make your own ketchup? Check out this link for a unique cranberry ketchup recipe, or get zillions of other ketchup ideas from Delish.
Get more green cleaning recipes from Quick and Simple.

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Sep 10, 2011

I got the Perfect Brownie for Christmas this year. I wasn't really sure I was going to like it. I honestly didn't see the point in it. How much better could it be than any brownie? To my surprise I really like it. I love the fact that the brownies come out cut, and I love the fact that they also come with a serving tray.

They would be perfect to take to an office or even to a Girl Scout meeting because they are pre-cut and they have a nice serving display tray. The only thing I am not the biggest fan of is the fact that the entire tray and the divider have to be sprayed down with cooking spray to ensure that the brownies don't stick! Other than that
It really is the perfect brownie. They turned out wonderful! Nice and moist and were perfectly cut! You can't beat this deal!!

Sep 9, 2011

This is such a fun gadget! I asked for it for Christmas only to fill out a Christmas list for my husband. I didn't have any expectations, to be honest I didn't think it would be worth having, but boy was I WRONG!

I love it. If you don't already have one you should give this a try. It's well worth the money just in the time you save in chopping. I am the type of person that puts bell pepper, and onion, and sometimes celery in just about everything. I can't begin to tell you just how much time this little gadget saved me. You can order it online or you can buy it in places like Bed Bath and Beyond. I am actually on my second one that is how much I use it! It lasted for several years and considering how little it cost I got my money out of it over and over!

Five stars in my book!!

Sep 8, 2011

Here is one of my MUST HAVE items:

These goggles ROCK! I know you are sitting there going.... "Ummm WHY?" Check out the Pink Onion Goggles. I love these goggles!! I hate cutting up onions because my eyes water so bad that I have tears running down my face... makeup going all over... it's insane!

I was lucky enough to get a pair of these for Christmas and I must say I use them just as much as my oven because I put onion in just about everything. I don’t have any problems with tears now that I have these little beauties!

Finally, a tear-free solution for chopping onions! These goggles have fog-free clear lenses and a foam seal that protects the eyes from irritating onion vapors. Pink frames in unisex design. Fits most face shapes. Pink Onion Goggles

Sep 7, 2011

Here is one of my MUST HAVE items:

I love fresh bread and I LOVE this bread machine! One thing I love about it is it was not over the top expensive and it works great! I have to say I am very impressed with the bread maker

My first recipe in this machine was banana bread, but silly me I was thinking it would be a normally banana bread. Nope it's more like a loaf of sandwich bread with a little banana in it. Not sweet, and not yummy, but plain ol' bread! BUT I it did turn out really nice! I have used this machine so many times to fresh bread, cake, rolls, and cinnamon rolls (they are the best) a good bread machine is a must in any kitchen. You simply can’t beat homemade hamburger buns! They make the burger!

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Hello Colm,

I have been colouring my hair at home for many years, usually using a medium to dark brown as I’ve always had a dark base. I’m in my early 50’s, so I have plenty of grey hair but the ends are black. I would like a nice warm brown. Can this be achieved?

Mary, City Centre

Hi Mary,

You obviously have a build up of home colour which is resulting in black ends. The first step would be to have this professionally lightened out, which involves using a colour remover and should only be done in a salon. Then I would use a warm brown shade from INOA Supreme from L’Oreal Professional. This fantastic range of colour is specifically designed for people with 70% to 100% grey/white hair.

Its multi-tonal, which means the tones used are much softer and complimentary to ageing skin. This is probably a good time to have a look at the make-up you are wearing to see will it suit your new shade.

As the tones are softer, your regrowth can be a little less obvious also. INOA Supreme also contains a magic ingredient called Densilium R, which conditions your hair while also helping to create density and volume in limp, ageing hair. There is also home care called Age Supreme available in salon to manage that salon shine between visits.

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Thursday, April 18, 2013

Wine Spectator moving away from numerical scores?

The May 31, 2013 issue of Wine Spectator is curious for several reasons (aside from being published a month in advance). First, the meat and potatoes of this issue revolves around sushi and sake. It is not unusual for Wine Spectator to feature stories on food or specific types of wine, but the focus on Nihonshu (sake is actually the general Japanese term for alcoholic beverage and 日本酒 is the fermented rice beverage referred to as sake in English) is interesting and applauded. Having lived in Japan for one year almost eight years ago, I am probably more interested in Japanese food and beverages than the average wine drinker. Harvey Steiman wrote an interesting piece on sushi master Jiro Ono, who was the subject of the recent documentary, Jiro Dreams of Sushi. Kim Marcus and Mitch Frank each added stories on Nihonshu. It was in Marcus' story that the second curious issue arose.

In "Cracking the Sake Code," Marcus does a great job of describing how sake is made and defining the various terms used to describe it. However, one thing missing was the terroir of sake. Just as with wine, the regional differences of sake are both clearly defined and endlessly argued in Japan. Sake from Kyoto, Niigata and Yamagata are all very different; not because of the soils or climate, but because of the water, yeast and rice varieties used. Geography matters, but that isn't made apparent in the article. In fact, Marcus actually suggests that rice and water aren't usually locally sourced and the source doesn't matter. It would have been nice to see the geography of sake addressed with something approaching the effort they do for wine. Yet, that wasn't the impetus for this post.

What's missing?
The most striking thing missing from Marcus' story was Wine Spectator 100-point scale. Instead of numerical scores, Marcus, along with Bruce Sanderson, blind tasted the sake and used descriptive categories (words, not points) to reflect how highly they regarded each sake relative to other sake in different categories. Does 92 points describe something that "outstanding" does not? Do you gain more information knowing a wine rates 88 points as opposed to "very good?" As the precise score of a wine varies palate to palate, I think categories are in fact more useful. I think the method was more effective at describing the sake than if they had used points, but I clearly am not an advocate of the 100-pt system. Is this a hint that Wine Spectator is moving away from numerical scores? If sake doesn't need scores, then why does wine?

  1. Kyle,

    Wine Spectator is not "moving away from numerical scores." Our readers would not accept that.

    In our opinion, a scale of judgment can be more precise as expertise is greater. After decades of experience tasting and evaluating wines, we feel confident in our ability to use the 100-point scale in a way that's consistent, reliable and useful for readers.

    We have much less experience with sake, and felt that broader categories would be more appropriate to express our opinions on their quality. However, I could easily see a critic with deeper experience in sake using the 100-point scale, and perhaps if we taste extensively enough, one day we will too.

    Glad you enjoyed the issue.

    Thomas Matthews
    Executive editor
    Wine Spectator

  2. Tom,

    I of course didn't think that Wine Spectator was getting rid of the 100-pt scale. Wishfully hoped, maybe... I just thought it was noteworthy that such a prominent feature story did not make use of the system. I fully understand the reasoning behind why it wasn't used. Like I said in the post, I think this method is much more meaningful to me and possibly many of your subscribers and potential subscribers. Obviously, you'll do what you think is best for your publication. Thanks for taking the time to read and comment! Cheers!

  3. I applaud Wine Spectator's humility, as expressed by Matthews, on this issue.

  4. Blake, I concur. I do wish, however, that the same sentiments were associated with wine reviews as well.

  5. OK, I am going to go out on limb here....I love the 100pt scale with the following caveats: (1) the reviewer must be blinded to winery and the cost of the wine; (2) the reviewer must have a consistent palate (e.g. when they say "cherry"… the flavor is consistent (even if I do not interpret it as cherry) and (3) my palate must have some reasonable calibration with the reviewer (e.g. if the wine is scored highly.... I generally like the wine and visa versa). I find that the WS consistently meets these 3 criteria and thus I frequently use their recommendations to purchase wine. Now, I am not going to try to argue that a 93 pt wine is always better than a 92 pt wine...that would be silly and beside the point. The rating are a great guide to assist with my purchases of wine that I cannot taste a priori and they have lead to some wineries that I have enjoyed immensely (Rudius, Olabisi, McPrice Myers, Booker, Bedrock, Ravines, Prospect 772, among many others)

    As an aside, I've read your blog many times although this is my first comment. I am a big fan of wines from AZ and I appreciate your focus and devotion to Colorado wines. As a matter of fact, I used JMs recent high ratings of Infinite Monkey Theorem to purchase a 1/2 case....FYI I loved the red blend and Semillon. I’ve tasted thru a number of CO wines in the past when I have visited Denver and there is definitely some variability (more that what I see in California … some are great … others not so much). There is NO WAY I would have spent $45 plus shipping on a wine from CO without either tasting it first (tough to do when I live in Sacramento) or having an independent 3rd party vouch for the quality. Another benefit of the 100 pt scale I guess....

  6. Andrew, thanks for reading and commenting. I, too, often find agreement in my palate and some of the WS editors. I'm not saying they don't know what they're doing. I just think a rating of "Outstanding" along with a tasting note, provides as much information to a consumer as a 92 or 93 with the same tasting note. Scores really should come with a +/- or range (as they do for barrel samples). And of course reviews provide a considerable benefit to consumers to make purchase decisions prior to tasting a wine. I think the false sense of precision the 100-pt system projects could easily be avoided by using the broader descriptive categories used in the sake article.

    I'm also glad to hear that you've purchased CO (and AZ) wines! And yes, there is a wide range of quality to be found in Colorado. Though, I've found the same range in California and France. The orders of magnitude more wineries in each of those places perhaps make finding top quality wine a bit easier... Though if you know what you're looking for in CO, AZ, MI, NY or even MD (check back tomorrow and Monday) you can find excellent juice. I just wish I could convince the best CO wineries that 3rd party verification really does matter to consumers (like you!). Thanks again for you comments!

  7. Kyle,

    I too wish we could retire the 100 point scale in favor of a more meaningful, honest method of critique. As a career wine merchant I have to say, the 100 point scale is the snake oil of our business. Yes, scores sell a ton of wine. No question. The problem is that it's no more possible to apply an accurate, definitive numerical rating to a wine than it is to apply one to a song, a meal, a painting or a sunset. If it were possible, logically wouldn't all the "expert reviewers" consistently come up with the exact same scores when reviewing the same wines. Like anything random, it does happen sometimes, just not consistently.

    In grade school, if you scored 89 points on an exam with 100 questions, you knew exactly why you earned the score you did. You could look at a "wrong" answer and know why you missed it. Not so with a wine score. Why did a wine get 89 points--or worse, 89+, whatever the hell that is? Where was it lacking? Who knows. Would others agree that it was lacking in that area? Likely, some would, some wouldn't. Maybe the reviewer did not feel well that day, did not care for that style of wine, was hungry, was tired, was still annoyed by the cab driver who made a wrong turn while en route to the tasting. Maybe the reviewer had palate fatigue after tasting dozens of other wines in the same sitting? The what if's and maybe's are endless. And I won't even get into the issue of "pay to play" or "thanks for your ad business" reviews.

    The late Roger Ebert could convey whether a film was worth seeing with just the flick of his thumb. The respected Italian publication, Gambero Rosso, has been able to provide meaningful wine guidance using just three wine glasses. I would argue that even stars or smiley faces do a better job than randomly generated, "presented as definitive" numerical scores.

    To those who take offense at the notion that scores are arbitrarily assembled, please watch the Youtube video (the link is below) of former Wine Spectator reviewer, James Suckling, explaining how he generates his scores. It's like watching David Copperfield...at his home in Tuscany.

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At the Royal Flemish Music Conservatory of Antwerp Luc Anthonis received qualifications for solfeggio, flute, chambermusic, harmony, choral conducting.

He rounded out his knowledge on choral conducting in master classes with Eric Ericson, Simon Halsey, Péter Erdei, Jan Eelkema, Michael Scheck and others.

In 1980 Luc Anthonis took over the choir Cantilene from its founder Jozef Cleymans and in 1989 he himself founded the Vocal Ensemble Cantando. He still is the conductor of both choirs. The latter has won a great number of prizes in (inter)national competitions.

He conducts the Flemish Radio Choir on a regular basis and has been choirmaster of an international choir in Italy for four years. He gave choralconducting masterclasses in Bludenz (Austria).

Luc Anthonis is a standard member of the jury for the international youth choir competition in Neerpelt (EMJ-Belgium).

In September 2007 Luc Anthonis became professor of choral conducting at the Royal Flemish Music Conservatory in Antwerp (Belgium).

Since 1982 Luc Anthonis has taught flute and instrumental ensemble at the Ekeren music academie (Antwerp-Belgium). Over the years his “Strings Ensemble” has grown to become the “Symphonic Ensemble of Ekeren” (SEE), one of the few “School Symphonic Orchestras” in Belgium.


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Wednesday, 11 July 2018

How To: Super Easy, Chiffon Longline Kimono

If you've been around for a while you know I love kimonos. I've made a couple before (12) but this one is hands down the easiest version to date. Took me about 45 minutes to make!

Chiffon or other lightweight fabric (for a full-length kimono, about 3 m  |  Scissors  |  Thread  & Sewing machine (I also used my serger for finishing)

I. My fabric was 150 cm wide, which was the perfect length for me to achieve a floor-length kimono (I'm just under 175cm tall). So I strategized to minimize hemming on the finished kimono: I wanted to use the already machine-finished, non-fray edge for the hem. I had 2.4 m of fabric, so I just cut it in half, ending up with two pieces, 1.5 m x 1.2 m each. I placed them right sides facing, and sewed the top 1.2-meter edges together (the one opposite the hem, or to-be shoulder line of the kimono). So I had the below.
Note that you could completely skip this step, and just take a 120cm wide fabric and fold it in half length-wise, so the folded piece corresponds to the length of your desired kimono. That just means you need to hem your kimono at the end.

I also marked the middle point of the 120cm top edge with a pin, and placed pins 10cm in both directions from there to mark the spot where the opening or my head would eventually go.

II. Then I proceeded to cutting the kimono shape out. Chiffon is a devil to try to mark, so I usually use pins to indicate where I need to cut. Here are the measurements I used. The key is to cut the two layers together, and not to move the chiffon after cutting. Just pin the sides and the underarms directly on the table, so you don't need to deal with the fabric slithering away.
III. After sewing & finishing the sides and underarms with my serger, I cut the center open as the line shows below..
.. And finished it with a serger and a single fold, and finally the sleeves which I hemmed with a double fold.
So simple. So flowy. So perfect for +45°C.

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What is Unconditional Love? I imagine this is different for everyone, we all have our own take on it. Some of us have experienced it, while for others it is so far off the radar it’s not funny.

Unconditional love is divine love, it is the love that is at the core of all of us. It is love without judgment, requirements and conditions. It is a love that we all have the potential to experience but seldom do for any length of time because our ego gets in the way.

Our ego/personality creates the conditions. “I can’t love you fully because it’s not safe, you may reject me, or I may get hurt”…. “It’s happened in the past” you say, so you’ve learnt it may happen again! Or perhaps it’s, “I can’t love you unconditionally because I have judgments that in some way you don’t deserve and so I must hold back.”

Radiant Love Givers

Unconditional love is often first truly experienced between a baby and parent. In those early months and years, the baby is simply a ‘baby without an agenda’ (except to get its basic needs met of course). Once their needs are met, babies are radiant love givers. In these early days their soul’s bright presence allows unconditional love to flow, because the ego/personality has not yet developed. The child can continue to share unconditional love as long as he/she feels safe to do so. These are the special bonds of some parental relationships.

Loyal Love Returned

So how do we return to unconditional love outside of this parental connection? I think the person-dog relationship is a great role model. You’ve heard the statement ‘A dog is his master’s best friend’. The dog wants to serve and love and is incredibly loyal. You offer love to a dog and he knows it’s possible and keeps coming back for more. If you get busy and don’t give him the attention he deserves, he forgives you straight away when he sees you walk in with his lead in your hand! His forgiveness is immediate and he has a look on his face that says lets go for that walk together NOW, not next week when I’ve processed this terrible experience! I forgive you NOW, and lets get on with our relationship. I love you no matter what.

Now I can hear you say …… hang on, … you’re saying someone can continue to treat me badly and I just forgive and move on. No, that’s not what I am implying. Of course the way in which we treat each other needs to be mutually acceptable, and when it’s not, discussions and boundaries need to be put in place to get to that acceptable point. However, once you achieve this outcome, then forgiveness and moving on with unconditional love is the highest calling. Not holding on to past wounds or judgments, rather, moving forward with unconditional love.

Love at our Core

Here is the concept that I use for unconditional love: At the core of who I am, I feel love for everyone and everything. When I’m aligned and in this centered and peaceful state, I can forgive with divine ease and grace. I simply want to serve others and enjoy relationships sharing unconditional love. From my centred place I can witness the pain of others with compassion, and understand that their judgments and wounding actions come from their own wounded nature.

When I’m pulled off centre and get caught up in my ego, I lose sight of any compassion for another’s wounds. Their judgment hits home and my own ego wounds play out. I retreat and hold back, and not give any love, conditional or otherwise.

So the answer is finding your core, your centre, that soul peaceful place within you. Let past wounds be in the past. The more you can cultivate this deep connection with yourself, the easier it is to experience unconditional love for yourself and for others. Life will begin to reflect this intention and give you opportunities to experience deep love connections from those around you.

The Intentional Dance

As with all things it’s a dance between polarities, sometimes feeling unconditional love, sometimes not. Once the intention is set to appreciate the deepest experience of love and share it with another (or all), life can divinely line up experiences for you to explore this potential.

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Your 2019 County tax dollars explained

Graphic linking to property taxes explainedYour annual tax bill issued by your local municipality (city, town or township) includes costs for services provided by Oxford County, your local municipality, and your local school board.

No matter where you live in Oxford County, the tax rate you pay for Oxford County services is the same.

In 2019, a residential home valued at $250,000 by Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC) will pay about $84 a month – or $1,012 for the year – to maintain Oxford’s roads, waste facilities, emergency ambulance, social services, provincial court, municipal planning, long-term care at Woodingford Lodge, the County library system (except in Woodstock) and more.

In Oxford County, many of our residents also have water and/or wastewater services. Unlike other County services, these services do not receive revenues from property taxation and are fully funded by area-specific user rates.

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For every $250,000 of assessed property value

Residential County tax

County  $915
Court Security  $2
Library  $95 (excluding Woodstock)
Total  $1,012

How your residential property taxes are spent

Roads  $166
Woodingford Lodge  $159
Human Services  $250
Paramedic Services  $81
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Public Health  $9
Planning  $12
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Chinese beauty contest demands perfectly spaced nipples!

Do your nipples measure up ladies?

Ladies it’s time to take out your measuring tape and start measuring the distance between your nipples cause one Chinese beauty pageant is refusing to endow you as the hottest bixch in the provence unless of course your nipples are perfectly spaced.

gawker: A beauty contest seeking to discover the ten most beautiful college students in China’s Hubei Province has come under fire for requiring applicants to prove that their nipples are a specific distance apart from each other.

The space between the two protrusions shall be no greater than 20 centimeters, the organizers specify.

20 centimeters. Can someone please tell me how that number was ordained? But then again what do I know about what makes for perfect nipples?

The contest, launched by the website Campus Model, also has very exact requirements for the applicants’ bust, waist, and hips. “We want the winners to be extremely good-looking,” one of the organizers told the Global Times. “We have based our criteria both on the traditional Chinese and more modern Western aesthetic values.”

Western values. Aha, that explains everything. Of course part of me is wondering if Chinese college students get to eat enough food so they have enough cavity space between one side of their chest and the other? I’m betting half of the entrants are probably trolling the streets with size 12 centimeter nipple distance. I know trying to be a good looking Westerner is a prodigious experiment in good taste, but someone has to do it, why not let the Chinese try it?

But of course not everyone is happy with the beauty pageant (I’m ok as long as I win). Offered one commentator:

“Check out what the brain-dead college people spend all day doing, then you’ll know why China can’t produce a Harvard, Oxford!” And then this comment as well: “When we select the most handsome boy, we’ll measure his dick length and width.”

Strangely only a few women have agreed to subject themselves to a nipple test. A shame cause there’s so much money to win (sort of, $1600) and a lot of self respect to lose…

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Crowdfunding Platform Swarm Announces First Class of Startups

posted Oct 18, 2014, 1:33 AM by J Shaw   [ updated Oct 18, 2014, 1:33 AM ]
Decentralized crowdfunding startup Swarm has announced the first class of businesses that will feature on its bitcoin-powered platform.

The crowdfunding platform’s application process saw a number of groups submit applications, with a select few advancing to the video presentation stage. Entrepreneurs hoping to take part in the initiative pitched their projects, all emphasizing the importance of decentralized innovation.

The company now says that five companies and organizations comprise its first class:

  • Manna – a developer of smart personal drone networks
  • Coinspace – an operator of a decentralized cryptocurrency workplace
  • Swarmops – a decentralized organizational management software platform
  • Judobaby – a decentralized gaming platform
  • DDP – a “decentralized dance party”

Digital currency-focused publication Bitcoin Magazine will also take part in the inaugural Swarm class.

Leading the way

As Manna’s Eric Smalls noted in his YouTube presentation, decentralized processes represent the future of computing, as embodied in the drone network he and his organization hope to fund via Swarm.

Smalls explained that this approach can enable broader technology adoption, saying:

“We’re really exciting about building an intelligent, personal drone that can do more than one application. What’s interesting is how the mouse changed how people interact with computers, and we already have that with smartphones. We’re now building the second part of that – drones interacting with smartphones – and making that on the Internet and autonomous, instead of human-controlled, enables everyday people to use this technology.”

Swarm’s official 5th November kick-off in Silicon Valley will see the groups demo their projects and initiatives in what the company is calling the world’s first decentralized demonstration.

Decentralized processes

The groups taking part in the launch represent different types of next-generation businesses that take advantage of decentralized structures and processes, according to their developers and creators.

Swarmops creator and Swedish Pirate Party founder Rick Falkvinge explained in his video that his project came out of that political group’s efforts to create power structures that drew their authority from decentralization.

By breaking this process down and platforming it in a decentralized software format, Falkvinge argued, you can remove bureacratic headaches entirely and create a more engaging governmental process.

He explained that the inclusion of digital currency technology makes the process that much more trustworthy, saying:

“When you add bitcoin into this, the process of automatic accounting goes electric.”

Sol Lederer of Coinspace said that he wants to use his decentralized workspace concept to help cryptocurrency businesses take root in an inclusive, proactive environment. Doing so, he argued, will enable this unique class of startups to foster and grow, and that this also means using cryptocurrencies as a financial tool.

He said:

“This whole operation, we decided, will not use fiat at all. We want to showcase a place where only crypto is used. We want to be a model.”

Lederer added that Coinspace will develop its own cryptocurrency to help facilitate operations, and that bitcoin or other digital currencies will be used to pay salaries, manage accounting and facilitating other financial processes at the workspace.

Making cryptos fun

Outside of government and business structures that operate on the basis of decentralization, Swarm is supporting projects that aim to bring these principles to the areas of recreation, entertainment and culture.

DDP has thrown several crypto-themed parties and took part in the most recent Camp Dogecoinat the annual Burning Man music festival in Nevada. According to its official website, the group hopes to promote greater social consciousness by creating inclusive environments for fun and recreation.

The DDP manifesto states:

“The prime objective at a DDP is celebrating life, enjoying music and connecting with complete strangers on a deep and fundamental level – not getting drunk and being an idiot. Partying by elevating consciousness, rather than destroying it.”

When discussing Camp Dogecoin earlier this year, creator Gary Lachance told CoinDesk that the nature of dogecoin makes it an ideal vehicle for connecting with a broader audience in a decentralized, open way.

Judobaby is the force behind a number of family-friendly video games, including Jerry Rice and Nitus’ Dog Football – a 2011 game for the Wii that received favorable reviews for its unique concept and style. The company hopes to leverage its participation in the first Swarm class to expand its existing content base and develop new projects.

According to Dan Mueller, the firm’s co-founder, small businesses like his have a real need for platforms that enable simple crowdfunding mechanisms.

“We think Swarm is going to be one of the front runners in that,” he said.

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