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THE COMPLEXITY OF EASTERN MED ENERGY “GAMES”

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<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj6HP58SoJpX-2Anp3ngfdHnd3KHXK_5-LU7lIG3Na7C9Eu3Q89EqOoNVykF6GBNCsMxY2K9-Z2wHdQ9pVPnXa3FoVu7CoOBysjdzHjzsPkCuty0e9A_8l0C42Cc37fM181y7KqaJBR0iY/s1600/6a00d8341c630a53ef01348863b47c970c-600wi.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj6HP58SoJpX-2Anp3ngfdHnd3KHXK_5-LU7lIG3Na7C9Eu3Q89EqOoNVykF6GBNCsMxY2K9-Z2wHdQ9pVPnXa3FoVu7CoOBysjdzHjzsPkCuty0e9A_8l0C42Cc37fM181y7KqaJBR0iY/s400/6a00d8341c630a53ef01348863b47c970c-600wi.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 24pt;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: red; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 24.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">ENERGY HOTSPOT: EASTERN MED</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGpCJ99yKVMPKU-PCap9ZLFqkf-dytjUAWz4LuEEL7Gx5Vjharz7rEuiNsmhwkfCjXKScM9kjaLFXGRyh7SjLWP2jnwQ53BGmdvDnTgDbAngOh96BwUbzn9_z9i0vEHqYUh-BQrzCTMU1y/s1600/cyp_oil_and_gas_drilling_72.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGpCJ99yKVMPKU-PCap9ZLFqkf-dytjUAWz4LuEEL7Gx5Vjharz7rEuiNsmhwkfCjXKScM9kjaLFXGRyh7SjLWP2jnwQ53BGmdvDnTgDbAngOh96BwUbzn9_z9i0vEHqYUh-BQrzCTMU1y/s320/cyp_oil_and_gas_drilling_72.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">CYPRUS, with its recent oil and gas findings must have struck a jackpot one would assume, and the numbers and expert views seem to concur with this assumption. The gas findings also triggered a major geopolitical shift in the EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA, creating new alliances between ISRAEL, CYPRUS and GREECE, as well as RUSSIA’S stance on gas supply to TURKEY, for energy is one of the cornerstones of the RUSSO-TURKISH relationship.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">RUSSIA provides approximately 58 percent of TURKEY’S natural gas supplies, making it TURKEY'S largest natural gas supplier. Ankara has long sought ways to reduce its dependence on RUSSIAN natural gas, since Moscow traditionally uses its energy supplies as political leverage with many of its customers. For its part, RUSSIA wants to keep TURKEY tied to it through energy and to prevent other suppliers from helping Ankara diversify its natural gas sources. Thus, RUSSIA wants to increase its leverage in its energy relationship with TURKEY. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">TURKEY, because of its “elephant in a porcelain shop” foreign policy approach and double egged sword policies concerning IRAN is becoming increasing isolated and thus more nervous of loosing influence in the region, both as a self-proclaimed mentor of the Arab world and of becoming the Mediterranean’s main gas and oil distribution hub, which now it seems will be CYPRUS, TURKEYS arch foe. Thus it comes as no surprise that Turkey is venturing further out to Asia, in particular Pakistan and India. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">See <a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2011/12/energy-games-in-eastern-mediterranean.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2011/12/energy-games-in-eastern-mediterranean.html</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">TURKEYS ERRANT GEOPOLITICAL STRATEGIES AND ITS CONSEQUENCES IN THE REGION</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLLqMty_s-xUsTTCmMJr6aIYW6asibS2YcKYmvhGNINkXEenoqhKlWYdi-XeLlVSB2w6S8Lck6zEI_Mq5edwbbq41a31mlax2fMp8PJiyAlIkKMVUoyiC0zWzkiIDERDh6DxmDraZk7d6a/s1600/Strait_of_Hormuz_map.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLLqMty_s-xUsTTCmMJr6aIYW6asibS2YcKYmvhGNINkXEenoqhKlWYdi-XeLlVSB2w6S8Lck6zEI_Mq5edwbbq41a31mlax2fMp8PJiyAlIkKMVUoyiC0zWzkiIDERDh6DxmDraZk7d6a/s320/Strait_of_Hormuz_map.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">TURKEYS double egged sword policies become obvious when Ankara became deeply engrossed in an effort to have the new IRANIAN and IRAQI pipelines to EUROPE routed through TURKEY, reducing the Strait of Hormuz’s crucial importance as a primary route for the world’s oil supplies. This pipeline would also hurt SAUDI ARABIA and the other Gulf oil producers, all of whom are dead set against Erdogan’s hegemonic aspirations in the Middle East. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Furthermore, growing anti-AMERICAN sentiment in TURKISH public opinion and TURKEY’S NEO-OTTOMAN reach now involves interference in IRAQI politics, in IRAQ’S KURDISH areas, policy shifts on SYRIA, support for HAMMAS and HEZBOLLAH and hostility toward ISRAEL. As a result, Erdogan has become the hero of the ARAB countries, or so it seems. There are numerous new threats emanating from TURKEY including threats towards CYPRUS, the EU etc. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">CONTRADICTING TURKISH FOREIGN POLICIES, - OR A GENIUS GEOPOLITICAL MOVE?</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">TURKEY seems to exploiting its current economic position. However, a closer examination of TURKEY’S economy apparently shows parallels to the economies of ARGENTINA and MEXICO before their collapse. TURKEY’S recent anti-Western behavior, including military exercises with CHINA; cooperation between IRANIAN and TURKISH banks to bypass western sanctions etc add to TURKEYS errant geopolitical strategies which don’t seem to make much eco – political sense. In fact they contradict each other. On the one hand TURKEY cut its ties with ISRAEL in order to be the hero of the ARABS but at the same time economic alliances between the two countries are thriving. See: <a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/01/see-no-evil-hear-no-evil.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/01/see-no-evil-hear-no-evil.html</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Another contradiction is the stance on SYRIA, when at the same time TURKEY seems to “flirt” with IRAN on various geopolitical issues, despite the fact that TURKEY is supporting SUNNI SAUDI ARABIA and a potential clash between IRAN<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b>and TURKEY as the two countries compete over leadership in the Islamic world seems more imminent than ever. Given its recent anti western policies it is only a matter of time that certain western countries will seriously question TURKEYS remain in NATO. Loosing TURKEY as a NATO partner though poses a serious strategic dilemma for NATO and its Easter flank. Also see:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2011/09/turkeys-middle-east-chess-game.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2011/09/turkeys-middle-east-chess-game.html</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/01/food-for-thought_19.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/01/food-for-thought_19.html</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2011/09/mission-impossible-quest-for-natural.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2011/09/mission-impossible-quest-for-natural.html</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/01/strait-of-hormuz-and-syria.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/01/strait-of-hormuz-and-syria.html</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">  </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">CYPRUS: FLEXING ITS MUSCLE? </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">CYPRUS on the other hand realizes that with the prospects of gas and oil extractions, it will become an economic stronghold and thus more eco-politically independent and will see no need to reach an agreement or solve the NORTHERN CYPRUS problem, as deemed essential by TURKEY in order to obtain a share of the energy cake.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Recent developments in CYPRUS not only caused nervousness in TURKEY but also the USA, for CYPRUS, traditionally tends to side with RUSSIA, rather than the USA, thus it is obvious that the USA and US ally TURKEY are trying to influence the political developments in the region. CYPRUS’S recent official request to close the two BRITISH Military Bases on the Island are just one of the many indicators that CYPRUS is increasingly flexing its muscle as a result of the prospects of extracting gas and oil in the not too distant future.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">                                        </span> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">See: <a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/03/cyprus-emerging-geo-strategic-key.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/03/cyprus-emerging-geo-strategic-key.html</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUPS VIEWS ON EASTERN MED NATURAL RESOURCE EXTRACTION AND SOLVING THE CYPRUS PROBLEM REFLECT SOLE US INTERESTS IN THE REGION </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In view of these developments it becomes obvious that US proxies, such as the INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP (ICG) and US Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy, Ambassador Richard Morningstar are sent in to intervene for USA’S geopolitical and strategic objectives. In its latest report on CYPRUS, the ICG claims that gas revenues are decades away and that due to the unresolved CYPRUS dispute, natural resources extractions will drive up costs and scare away investment from major oil companies! ICG further states that hostilities are on the rise in the eastern Mediterranean since GREEK CYPRIOTS began drilling for hydrocarbons last September; TURKEY responded with tough talk, naval maneuvers threatening exploration operations, and agreements with TURKISH CYPRIOTS to exploit hydrocarbons around the island. Voicing TURKEYS stance through ICG becomes evident when the TURKEY – CYPRUS project director claimed that a joint approach to eastern Mediterranean natural gas exploitation would ensure benefits for all, while unilateral moves mean lower profits, tensions and delays that could crush current projects and it is a CYPRUS settlement, not far-away gas revenues, that can provide a quick and real economic bonanza for all. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">To claim that unilateral moves mean lower profits, tensions and delays in natural gas extraction is purely speculative and in most likelihood bear no impact on gas extraction.</i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">PUMPING CYPRIOT GAS TO TURKEY, WISHFUL THINKING FROM ICG</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3fDx4-vPK1T-VMDqLM1sWgrutr8sqmnsEw0OoWQqrqvU42_xlMqvJ5xibBICk-FvhdIXhWaGatfGAmu1RovdcCFYqc8VnCZUVcYKs3VIgV5kTncumiaFb5l0kUouDD8haVPAQFhsEUni_/s1600/pipeline.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3fDx4-vPK1T-VMDqLM1sWgrutr8sqmnsEw0OoWQqrqvU42_xlMqvJ5xibBICk-FvhdIXhWaGatfGAmu1RovdcCFYqc8VnCZUVcYKs3VIgV5kTncumiaFb5l0kUouDD8haVPAQFhsEUni_/s200/pipeline.jpg" width="181" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">According to the Crisis Group’s research, a pipeline pumping CYPRIOT gas to TURKEY would make sense not only politically, but economically as well. In fact, a pipeline running from CYPRUS to TURKEY’S south coast would cost about one-tenth of the price tag of a liquefaction natural gas (LNG) plant. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Though this might make economic sense, politically such move will never occur, for too deep is the rift between the two ethnic entities, something outsiders are unable to understand.</i></b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">According to</i></b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">independent experts,</i></b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">ICG’s claim regarding expenses involved in the construction of an LNG plant, are exaggerated and do not reflect<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>benefits for the regional economy and subsequent job creations in the region.</i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">TURKEY IS ANXIOUS TO GAIN UPPER HAND IN THE REGIONS ENERGY BONANZA </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZegayooX6uoqExLK6YG7Hlk1I5OHvU8kqIj4Mhw-JC3v2zrAfvfxrEygUyghS78Qh0GwIivZdDU68RYXxo9v5U5FLCn4i9SCdNoj3b_N5-yl_oECbD4JYznpSmwN2IZYTpKxTjdfnZep4/s1600/Tapline.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="177" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZegayooX6uoqExLK6YG7Hlk1I5OHvU8kqIj4Mhw-JC3v2zrAfvfxrEygUyghS78Qh0GwIivZdDU68RYXxo9v5U5FLCn4i9SCdNoj3b_N5-yl_oECbD4JYznpSmwN2IZYTpKxTjdfnZep4/s320/Tapline.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">According to ICG a top-level TURKISH energy executive told the group that the pipeline infrastructure to export gas to EUROPE could be built in two years, which showcases how anxious TURKEY is to gain the upper hand in the energy bonanza in the region. The official further stated that the other pipeline alternative – from CYPRUS to the GREEK mainland – would be far too costly and pose a logistical nightmare. What this official neglects to mention though is that when it comes to the new IRANIAN and IRAQI oil pipelines, which, according to TURKEY should be routed through their territories, costs and logistic nightmares are no cause for concern? The minute the TAPLINE pipeline, running through SYRIA and ending in Haifa becomes reactivated, TURKEY will lose even further on influence in the region, for the costs of reactivating this pipeline is cheaper than the construction of new ones and the geo strategic significance will alter geopolitics in the region even further. See:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/01/syrias-destiny-sealed.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/01/syrias-destiny-sealed.html</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">  </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ICG CLAIMS THAT TURKISH THREATS WILL KEEP OIL COMPANIES AWAY FROM CYPRUS, A CONTRADICTORY CLAIM TO SAY THE LEAST </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ICG further states that extra risks associated with the unresolved CYPRUS conflict will make any LNG development more expensive to finance and difficult to find markets for, TURKISH threats will likely keep most major oil companies on the sidelines and there is not yet enough CYPRIOT gas to make an LNG plant truly profitable, and extra ISRAELI volumes seem unlikely. According NOBEL ENERGIES estimates a combined CYPRUS ISRAELI and GREEK gas extraction volume justifies a LNG plant in CYPRUS. (Referring to recent Southern Aegean gas and oil discoveries) </span><a href="http://www.defencegreece.com/index.php/2012/04/cretan-gas-fields-a-new-perspective-for-greeces-hydrocarbon-resources/">http://www.defencegreece.com/index.php/2012/04/cretan-gas-fields-a-new-perspective-for-greeces-hydrocarbon-resources/</a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">US INVOLVEMENT </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Why suddenly the USA and in this case particularly its proxy the ICG keep on emphasizing that EASTERN MED countries should work together on energy! Surely such advises are not for the benefit of the countries in question but for the USA and its allies.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Countries in the EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN need to talk to each other and find logical solutions so everyone can enjoy the “pots of gold” in the form of hydrocarbon deposits littered across the region, said top US energy envoy.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">US SPECIAL ENVOY FOR EURASIAN ENERGY AND ICG STATEMENTS AND REPORTS REFLECT UNITY REGARDING CYPRUS PROBLEM AND THE EASTERN MED NATURAL RESOURCE BONANZA</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">According to</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">US Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy, Ambassador Richard Morningstar*</i></b><span style="color: #0000cc;"> </span>there are multiple pots of gold out there in the EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN. And if equitable solutions are found, everybody, all of the countries and their citizens will gain; and if not, nobody is going to reap the whole benefits and a lot of that gold might just sit out there for a long time. His statement and views are precariously similar to that of ICG, which confirms that the USA has its own agenda when it comes to EASTERN MED energy policies.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Speaking at the Investment Energy Summit hosted by “The Economist”</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">(The Economist is part of the global “CORPOCRACY” who use the magazine to voice their economic and political agendas. See: <a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/02/economist-far-cry-from-renowned-and.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/02/economist-far-cry-from-renowned-and.html</a>and </i></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2011/12/economists-sorry-journalism.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2011/12/economists-sorry-journalism.html</a>)</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>in Athens, he said the energy resources of the EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN presented too much of an opportunity to ultimately let political and legal issues mess up the benefit that it could have for the citizens of every country in the region. Furthermore Morningstar referred to ISRAEL’S significant offshore finds of natural gas, noting that GREECE too was working to identify potential hydrocarbons for exploitation.</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Gas in the EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN is an excellent opportunity that will help to create diversification which can help Europe, and more importantly the countries of the region, who will benefit from these resources.</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In offering advice to the region’s players, Morningstar stated that a low profile is essential and that the parties involved need to look carefully at what their interests are and make contact with other parties within the region, to try and find solutions that make sense, so that everybody can benefit from these pots of gold that are out there in the MEDITERRANEAN.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">See: <a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/02/eastern-mediterranean-sea.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/02/eastern-mediterranean-sea.html</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">  </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">US DOUBLE EGGED SWORD POLICIES ON CYPRUS </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN5LOYKZJa9bRm9byTFjnInQwvOUpvb1g7qkMRP_mutGJALjRbmbFiPL4MHx97SOvUr_wUQWj2eIZmziHQF68NTc1jZbtzhsJXjrbMy99THMQzpvNI9Wdxu28QFnD-5D8jR6TeUA4yIT7L/s1600/Turkey_to_israel_pipes.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="317" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN5LOYKZJa9bRm9byTFjnInQwvOUpvb1g7qkMRP_mutGJALjRbmbFiPL4MHx97SOvUr_wUQWj2eIZmziHQF68NTc1jZbtzhsJXjrbMy99THMQzpvNI9Wdxu28QFnD-5D8jR6TeUA4yIT7L/s320/Turkey_to_israel_pipes.gif" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Regarding the exploration and exploitation of hydrocarbons in CYPRUS’ exclusive economic zone (EEZ), the US apparently recognizes CYPRUS’ right to drill in its offshore zone but at the same time reiterated that any potential revenue from future oil and gas resources in CYPRUS should be equitably shared between both communities and that the key message the US is sending to CYPRUS and TURKEY is to start peace talks and a peaceful settlement. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">US stance on recognizing CYPRUS’S EEZ but at the same time asking the two communities to share future oil and gas resources clearly favors TURKEY, USAs close ally. The chances that CYPRUS will share such findings with TURKEY are hardly going to materialize, not now nor in the distant future. </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Morningstar further stated that extraction of energy resources, if done right, could help all involved “get there”. And this would allow all of CYPRUS and other countries to share the benefits of the EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Reading between the lines this means that CYPRUS should be prepared to share its gas findings with TURKEY </b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">See: <a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/02/normal-0-false-false-false-en-us-x-none_14.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/02/normal-0-false-false-false-en-us-x-none_14.html</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">* US SPECIAL ENVOY FOR EURASIAN ENERGY, AMBASSADOR RICHARD MORNINGSTAR AND THE USA’S GEOPOLITICAL AGENDA</b><br /><br />  In July 2011 Washington joined the GREEK energy game. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton flew to Athens with energy on her mind. That was clear by the fact she brought along Special Envoy for EURASIAN Energy, Richard Morningstar. Morningstar was husband Bill Clinton’s Special Advisor to the President on CASPIAN Basin Energy Diplomacy. Morningstar, along with his controversial aide, Matthew Bryza, have been the key Washington architects of Washington’s geopolitically-motivated oil and gas pipeline projects that would isolate RUSSIA and its Gazprom gas resources from the EU. Bryza is an open opponent of RUSSIAN Gazprom’s South Stream gas pipeline that would transit the EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN states. The USA seems to have its own agenda regarding GREEKS recent oil and gas discoveries, for three days after Hillary left Athens the GREEK government proposed creation of a new government agency to run tenders for oil and gas surveys and ultimate drilling bids.<br /><br />  <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">US SPECIAL ENVOY FOR EURASIAN ENERGY, AMBASSADOR RICHARD MORNINGSTAR WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN BACKING THE CONTROVERSIAL B-T-C OIL PIPELINE FROM BAKU THROUGH TBILISI IN GEORGIA ACROSS TO THE TURKISH MEDITERRANEAN PORT OF CEYHAN</b><br /><br />  <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh17uJiWSSQVIs3K3RvjIpPV15lOsVSVwLhw7OyUxG02c11336lbl4k3EbS1xctHXN6cPT8B_Z_cvNptH8gGmxdpvwTY_30fvbMBDMjIqXymlDenndqBEYwXa1m2lV8LcuR97d2oesg1Vjn/s1600/800px-Baku_pipelines.svg.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh17uJiWSSQVIs3K3RvjIpPV15lOsVSVwLhw7OyUxG02c11336lbl4k3EbS1xctHXN6cPT8B_Z_cvNptH8gGmxdpvwTY_30fvbMBDMjIqXymlDenndqBEYwXa1m2lV8LcuR97d2oesg1Vjn/s320/800px-Baku_pipelines.svg.png" width="320" /></a></div>Morningstar is the US specialist in “economic warfare”: He was instrumental in backing the controversial B-T-C oil pipeline from Baku through Tbilisi in GEORGIA across to the TURKISH <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Mediterranean port of CEYHAN</b>, a costly enterprise designed solely to bypass RUSSIAN oil pipeline transit. <a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2011/09/warmongerning-between-israel-and-turkey.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2011/09/warmongerning-between-israel-and-turkey.html</a><br />  <br />  <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">GREECE AND TURKEY SHOULD DROP ALL HISTORIC DIFFERENCES OVER CYPRUS AND POOL ALL THEIR OIL AND GAS RESERVES IN THE AEGEAN SEA</b><br /><br />  He has openly proposed that GREECE and TURKEY drop all historic differences over CYPRUS, over numerous other historic issues and agree to jointly pool all their oil and gas reserves in the Aegean Sea. He also has told the GREEK government it should forget cooperation with Moscow on the South Stream and Bourgas-Alexandroupolis gas pipeline projects.<br />  <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">On the other hand CYPRUS’S strategic objective is to turn the country into a regional energy centre that will gather, process, and transport or transit resources from the area to international markets which will secure the continuous and uninterrupted supply of energy for the permanent markets of the EU.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">CONTRARY TO ICG VIEWS, MANY FOREIGN OIL GIANTS INDICATED THEIR INTEREST INVESTING IN CYPRUS </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Such a venture requires the necessary infrastructure, construction in CYPRUS of underwater hydrocarbon transportation pipes but also oil storage terminals. It is obvious that building such infrastructure, particularly a natural gas liquefaction plant (LNG), is extremely high in cost and that is why CYPRUS is seeking multilateral cooperation with the participation of other important countries, particularly from the region (ISRAEL), and also other big energy companies, keeping in mind that the state will have to hold a significant stake in that project because of its strategic importance. Asides from US NOBLE Energy and ISRAELI DELEK, CHINA NATIONAL OFFSHORE OIL CORPORATION has also started negotiations with CYPRUS and GREECE regarding gas extractions. (See next article) </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">See also:  </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/02/new-mediterranean-oil-and-gas-bonanza.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/02/new-mediterranean-oil-and-gas-bonanza.html</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/02/geo-strategic-dynamics-in-eastern.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/02/geo-strategic-dynamics-in-eastern.html</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2011/09/mission-impossible-quest-for-natural.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2011/09/mission-impossible-quest-for-natural.html</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2011/09/turkeys-middle-east-chess-game.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2011/09/turkeys-middle-east-chess-game.html</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 1;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Parts of above content are adapted from “Defense Greece” and </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">F. William Engdahl</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">’</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"> s Oil Bonanza </span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"> </span>

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Know when to walk away. Know when to run.<br /><br />I'm quoting Kenny Rodgers. This means I've been doing some soul searching, or some drinking. I'll let you decide.<br /><br />The <a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2012/03/grass-cloth-without-grass-cloth.html" target="_blank">paint color I chose</a> is now on the walls in the master bedroom. And although I love it, really I do, its making me re-think the whole color scheme I had in mind.<br /><br />But I can't show you my progress without a little light conversation first. So let me give you a brief history of the room.<br /><br />The house was built in 1942. Just kidding, not that type of history. When we bought the house, this room was nothing but a white box.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO9qivUbIbPp0N_-X8XZ5y-GMKyjrJ6ppGMa0DEh-F0tM6TD5TtTj_rXletDEmF-0Bq9rQp1h1F65AqsiYGoIpt-Z6vn5PvENuLbKTaDMiGuaRD_WfUqeHVQs-omOzjylFA3RcBao_Oy1t/s1600/-5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO9qivUbIbPp0N_-X8XZ5y-GMKyjrJ6ppGMa0DEh-F0tM6TD5TtTj_rXletDEmF-0Bq9rQp1h1F65AqsiYGoIpt-Z6vn5PvENuLbKTaDMiGuaRD_WfUqeHVQs-omOzjylFA3RcBao_Oy1t/s640/-5.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Plain as plain can be. Nothing to fix or remove, just a blank canvas. Literally.<br /><br />Our first iteration was Amelia's nursery. These were pre-blogging days, so sadly I only have two pictures. Taken with a very old camera.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnMz1Nttck44DrUGfDTenzhP_Lcx59f6m0JZnWKcga5G7pAIZMon-uE7iAoSykX8_ZpAxrXEXK528MqbZODrddUVk8-aHF7bVD500iVrOF3s3iLtuALUEM4OGtoV3WNj0qWkhRtWx6cBg0/s1600/-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnMz1Nttck44DrUGfDTenzhP_Lcx59f6m0JZnWKcga5G7pAIZMon-uE7iAoSykX8_ZpAxrXEXK528MqbZODrddUVk8-aHF7bVD500iVrOF3s3iLtuALUEM4OGtoV3WNj0qWkhRtWx6cBg0/s640/-3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />I loved this room. And it stayed like this for almost 3 years. A lifetime in my always-changing-things-around world.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpU1TLWhxPRL80xM3suNZzzD3rDt_DGRb8Fo8PcjRuVgVBqkO8Jb43H_PQPe3wN0-oioXax0caDbwgqi3C85XrGd3YJgCKq57RFHLClPxRE0IErusUHHeRNcBl27kczmUAxZiKiD0_3yt5/s1600/-4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpU1TLWhxPRL80xM3suNZzzD3rDt_DGRb8Fo8PcjRuVgVBqkO8Jb43H_PQPe3wN0-oioXax0caDbwgqi3C85XrGd3YJgCKq57RFHLClPxRE0IErusUHHeRNcBl27kczmUAxZiKiD0_3yt5/s640/-4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />But as we prepared for our second baby, we decided to switch rooms. They are roughly the same size, but I thought it was time we got to use the walk-in closet.<br /><br />With all of the prep we took to get the new room ready for the girl(s) we didn't put any effort into our 'new' bedroom. We took the polka dots off the wall. That was it. And thus the 'redo our bedroom' line item took its permanent place on the to-do list.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2sBTIoB5bf_qDEuyrAjTqBTwR3jw5BX0ybjoFoRG9OnreAPkKVhLCZQpdDiSR4w7VtfKbgeNGBJUFp5YAOsTTloLjJ_a1NRbYMwbzE0K12Ku7_UJZPS0Xzr3FTIerBuYDuAfxPFZPIxDZ/s1600/PB040715.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2sBTIoB5bf_qDEuyrAjTqBTwR3jw5BX0ybjoFoRG9OnreAPkKVhLCZQpdDiSR4w7VtfKbgeNGBJUFp5YAOsTTloLjJ_a1NRbYMwbzE0K12Ku7_UJZPS0Xzr3FTIerBuYDuAfxPFZPIxDZ/s640/PB040715.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBwDuNdJR-kaxtJJ64X2xGanmtZjxH0Vs_bgWkXC4-G_H3dBJyfQD2ThrLkh-UqZzKSWkIBr0nSGfvYvSC9oTGfrTeApmzU8Re_sPIQ806zg7JYHX_7bSd0m99GVTAbdm8MsKfV50UX8ze/s1600/-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBwDuNdJR-kaxtJJ64X2xGanmtZjxH0Vs_bgWkXC4-G_H3dBJyfQD2ThrLkh-UqZzKSWkIBr0nSGfvYvSC9oTGfrTeApmzU8Re_sPIQ806zg7JYHX_7bSd0m99GVTAbdm8MsKfV50UX8ze/s640/-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />Look at this sad two legged bedside table for pete's sake. It may defy gravity, but its just pitiful.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhURaSnBk6YyG36EeDI36y5-FWSg6CWgRK5OYyRpewpar-HMfgbz19Jn34leZurabOUHqj75JQHKF5tY5ta5j03A2REZ46VzGxIq4JjRqcVpe2zL5C55xAozaHiLWtCRNr38UeVABa-ZKRx/s1600/-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhURaSnBk6YyG36EeDI36y5-FWSg6CWgRK5OYyRpewpar-HMfgbz19Jn34leZurabOUHqj75JQHKF5tY5ta5j03A2REZ46VzGxIq4JjRqcVpe2zL5C55xAozaHiLWtCRNr38UeVABa-ZKRx/s640/-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />This brings us up to this weekend. The room is stripped. Curtains are down and everything is off the wall. And many many holes have been patched.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhUoYyFKFVzhlaqql-fbTR0n9EKIdU6jdd3QOTfq8SYiPJD7fEpooaLQ1phBZpB1cpIYTB95kEaBjInj-Q2ZRQ6b5NuW0ZWI4N-RROqJ-WTTFl0nC_ApKkS3l-jBU08QjYIL2msk22SBx0/s1600/P4075798.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhUoYyFKFVzhlaqql-fbTR0n9EKIdU6jdd3QOTfq8SYiPJD7fEpooaLQ1phBZpB1cpIYTB95kEaBjInj-Q2ZRQ6b5NuW0ZWI4N-RROqJ-WTTFl0nC_ApKkS3l-jBU08QjYIL2msk22SBx0/s640/P4075798.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQRgtFuq15DB1Q2f0oNlIQmRWtdN04jFRfesR_apctaoKvecxDk6xucEjxj9CGgO1xdQCcM6Q4C2l7VSh0ZmcMcDbgo5coL_eqC6S0eANslM0gQ6wQZVG75PgsVq1WB39clfWWNLvc1qwe/s1600/P4075800.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQRgtFuq15DB1Q2f0oNlIQmRWtdN04jFRfesR_apctaoKvecxDk6xucEjxj9CGgO1xdQCcM6Q4C2l7VSh0ZmcMcDbgo5coL_eqC6S0eANslM0gQ6wQZVG75PgsVq1WB39clfWWNLvc1qwe/s640/P4075800.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">does anyone else always have Barbie's on their dresser?</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKhEiox_u9W3CxU7Um9HmFVZkTGS3O8AfX0sMy6eK0q5BnGIUGoEj0wj7H3tTvuknXGqEJhnslKVrcCRgm9hI5FYvJW72FUyqjJPBot1hxkCEczM8LI8ejLavfTBbI8nWPMJ9xYGfH3vCm/s1600/P4075801.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKhEiox_u9W3CxU7Um9HmFVZkTGS3O8AfX0sMy6eK0q5BnGIUGoEj0wj7H3tTvuknXGqEJhnslKVrcCRgm9hI5FYvJW72FUyqjJPBot1hxkCEczM8LI8ejLavfTBbI8nWPMJ9xYGfH3vCm/s640/P4075801.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br />I kicked the kids and husband out of the house and took all day Saturday to listen to Pandora and paint.<br /><br />Now it should be known that I am not the 'cut in' person in our relationship. My husband is the cutter and I am the roller. Some might say that is because we are an awesome team and love to share responsibilities and work together.<br /><br />Some would be wrong.<br /><br />The truth is I am WAY too impatient to cut. The taping, the prep work, the patience to SLOWLY glide your brush along the...ugh. See. I'm too impatient to even describe it.<br /><br />But this time was different. Maybe it is the residual patience built up from having two little girls, or my advancing age (even though I don't look a day over 21) but I wanted to try the whole thing on my own.<br /><br />To prep myself, as any good blogger would, I asked WWYHLD? (<i>what would young house love do</i>) I studied <a href="http://www.younghouselove.com/2011/02/holy-buckets/" target="_blank">Sherry's video</a> on how to cut in. I even bought Sherry's <a href="http://www.sherwin-williams.com/homeowners/products/catalog/premium_xl_polyester_tight_spots_short_handle/?WT.mc_id=Old%20DIY%20Products%20Redirect" target="_blank">favorite brush</a>.<br /><br />And it paid off. I mean, come on now, look at that line!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYVht4ccQxF00KuQV-ub1Mj8SsZQllIUAw-45g4yRjW3sQN7AkPMdSeA3cML2VZeAUcMl0dhU_WKX8aFteONDmYonHrBOZ_6Yvm7rbIsNESkKeyluq7wV4ymHbzfgbgOJ0LUkeJp-X9-e6/s1600/P4075806.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYVht4ccQxF00KuQV-ub1Mj8SsZQllIUAw-45g4yRjW3sQN7AkPMdSeA3cML2VZeAUcMl0dhU_WKX8aFteONDmYonHrBOZ_6Yvm7rbIsNESkKeyluq7wV4ymHbzfgbgOJ0LUkeJp-X9-e6/s640/P4075806.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Impressive!<br /><br />And the color - lovely!<br /><br />I took my time and sang as I went. I literally whistled while I worked. And without an inch of blue tape in site, I had a painted room and newly painted trim before the sun went down. Only 2 Starbucks teas required.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB6zyuStmt69Y4jbjeM9ZTbrfHkUl2S0Ftq1lev250Q_D2gBUcTBwUW8ld9Gx9juOMw4HDZHTN1QrO72pD4ewAR1FbYfyJmajvpnmL4JkuJbgME1edxx9Ojckt9qyockrIWbiq1X9z3xjf/s1600/P4075807.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB6zyuStmt69Y4jbjeM9ZTbrfHkUl2S0Ftq1lev250Q_D2gBUcTBwUW8ld9Gx9juOMw4HDZHTN1QrO72pD4ewAR1FbYfyJmajvpnmL4JkuJbgME1edxx9Ojckt9qyockrIWbiq1X9z3xjf/s640/P4075807.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>This isn't the best picture (poor end of the day lighting + tired painter/photographer). It reads more peach than it really is. In reality it really is the perfect grass cloth warm yellow.<br /><br />So this brings us back to the issue I started with. (see I really did have a point)<br /><br />The color scheme. While I think the navy will work well in here, I propped my kelly green mirror up to the wall.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz58rJDtxpgP6Gc9_OB3fphD1MuyyWzuIzTq-mMyGb3uXPIfexS0ZH02I80Us3vzCBPwWcp8VnphYisgrulCuM-OuMNeeFet4-NAyElGUvJWFw_51IsfcY01M_pKv2WxZF4sifyIN5M28n/s1600/P4105895.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz58rJDtxpgP6Gc9_OB3fphD1MuyyWzuIzTq-mMyGb3uXPIfexS0ZH02I80Us3vzCBPwWcp8VnphYisgrulCuM-OuMNeeFet4-NAyElGUvJWFw_51IsfcY01M_pKv2WxZF4sifyIN5M28n/s640/P4105895.JPG" width="426" /></a></div>And while I don't think they are NeNe vs Kim level enemies, I don't think they are doing each other any favors. So I'm thinking the green is out.<br /><br />What do you think? Just go with various shades of blue? Ditch it all together and go with a totally different color, like coral (at the risk of hearing my husband complain about a coral bedroom)?<br /><br />If only Kenny Rodgers sang more about color stories.

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Know when to walk away. Know when to run. I'm quoting Kenny Rodgers. This means I've been doing some soul searching, or some drinkin...

Celebrating the TCM Classic Film Festival in Hollywood

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYjloCJ_g1Rx90drPMgnoVsgNU8NhjCoC3pLVi_i5WD1ZbAyrV6qbF4u2nD4Bz5ifiR8TW0r9rWMC0EwH9btHIAUi6ytNV1yop2NBUp1Duw1rYqPmzSex9ehll7kIiiODz6-ttpnqctXq7/s1600/Graumans+old.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYjloCJ_g1Rx90drPMgnoVsgNU8NhjCoC3pLVi_i5WD1ZbAyrV6qbF4u2nD4Bz5ifiR8TW0r9rWMC0EwH9btHIAUi6ytNV1yop2NBUp1Duw1rYqPmzSex9ehll7kIiiODz6-ttpnqctXq7/s1600/Graumans+old.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hollywood's legendary Grauman's Chinese Theatre</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span id="goog_746697975"></span><span id="goog_746697976"></span></span></span></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">J</span><span style="font-size: small;">ust as </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">T</span>urner </span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Classic Movies will pay on-air tribute to the films, talents and themes of the third annual TCM Classic Film Festival in Hollywood April 12 – 15, </span><i style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The Lady Eve’s Reel Life</i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> will also salute this year’s festival. From now until the 15th</span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">, <i>TLE</i> will feature posts and links to reviews of some of the 70+ film classics being shown in Hollywood and the end of this week.</span></span></span><br /><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span id="goog_1119359062"></span><span id="goog_1119359063"></span></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZrEgZ6pzli37Of4GhRd9xIMRfEARGNd63FgMwVgtwv8XYcZirUnrUPrSrF3FfB05Ls1BPHUM6wjZgY58gcJr05TDmXQ2GZJxwbxEA_8kvpRJ7uFFAX3iC0DMz6D-_9vFpzqcumUTUf29b/s1600/robert+o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="146" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZrEgZ6pzli37Of4GhRd9xIMRfEARGNd63FgMwVgtwv8XYcZirUnrUPrSrF3FfB05Ls1BPHUM6wjZgY58gcJr05TDmXQ2GZJxwbxEA_8kvpRJ7uFFAX3iC0DMz6D-_9vFpzqcumUTUf29b/s200/robert+o.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">TCM's Robert Osborne</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">O</span>pening night, Thursday, April 12, features the world premiere screening of the 40th anniversary restoration of 1972 Best Picture Oscar nominee <i>Cabaret</i>.  The film's stars Liza Minnelli and Joel Grey, both of whom won Academy Awards for their performances, will appear with TCM host Robert Osborne.</span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The festival's celebration of <i>Style in the Movies</i> will honor <i>Audrey Hepburn: Style Icon</i> with presentations of four of her films and the first, <i>Sabrina</i> (1954), screens Thursday night. Janie Bryant, acclaimed costume designer of the Emmy winning series <i>Mad Men</i>, will be on hand.</span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>Style in the Movies: The Legendary Costumes of Travis Banton</i> will spotlight Paramount's long-time costume Designer-in-Chief who, before he moved on to 20th Century Fox, mentored his successor Edith Head. Costume designer </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Deborah Nadoolman Landis will introduce all six Banton films </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">(those asterisked below are part of the Travis Banton tribute)</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">. </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>The Noir Style</i> will also be celebrated and Eddie Muller, founder of the Film Noir Foundation, will be on hand for several noir screenings along with 'dames noir' like Rhonda Fleming, Marsha Hunt and Peggy Cummins.</span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">There is so much packed into the four day festival that only a closer look at the daily schedules can give a real sense of how wide-ranging and spectacular TCMFF #3 promises to be. <a href="http://www.tcm.com/festival/schedule.html?day=thursday" style="color: #cc0000;">Click here</a> (and scroll down) for Thursday's full schedule.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">F</span>riday offers a day of non-stop events:</span></span></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"></div><div style="text-align: right;"></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPwz6CaRWZUVWuzvrfkMXKeQN_JHG-d53G0vXCU2UkBKUDCFLa_hWhSJfGQQ2j-H6w3qhqQtwHqouxwhQWbvSv3R-HzdE6xTJhsc5gRE0wbyszKb5gwdPh_0xXx_wN-7jHStnpAqleYlhT/s1600/Big+Trees.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="175" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPwz6CaRWZUVWuzvrfkMXKeQN_JHG-d53G0vXCU2UkBKUDCFLa_hWhSJfGQQ2j-H6w3qhqQtwHqouxwhQWbvSv3R-HzdE6xTJhsc5gRE0wbyszKb5gwdPh_0xXx_wN-7jHStnpAqleYlhT/s320/Big+Trees.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">James Stewart and Kim Novak in <i>Vertigo</i></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">At world-famous <i>Grauman's Chinese Theatre</i>: John Ford's masterpiece, <i>The Searchers </i>(1956), <i>Funny Face </i>(1957) with  director and festival honoree Stanley Donen (on his birthday) and Disney's <i>20,000 Leagues Under the Sea</i> (1954) with its star, Kirk Douglas. Kim Novak will introduce the screening of <i>Vertigo</i> (1958) (<a href="http://eves-reel-life.blogspot.com/2012/01/kim-novak-in-vertigo-hypnotic-presence.html" style="color: #cc0000;">click here</a> for <i>Brandie Ashe</i>'s review for this blog on Novak's performance) and the final <i>Chinese Theatre</i> presentation for the night, Roman Polanski's brilliant 1974 neo-noir, <i>Chinatown</i>, will be discussed by legendary producer and former Paramount exec, Robert Evans, and screenwriter Robert Towne, who won an Oscar for his screenplay.</span></span></span><br /><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhKYU7cgu34evtRwhJhaVOvaBydrOfuJlHuqtkTT3BIINztuhqddcQmSfMkSxOEXwoud9f7pWqT78zmRFyjkjC-8D_QT3GWal24JUOkiVAxP04uDNFcWTQ6FMcEnYCPiHsLbmCggmwIDI-/s1600/audrey+in+funny+face.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhKYU7cgu34evtRwhJhaVOvaBydrOfuJlHuqtkTT3BIINztuhqddcQmSfMkSxOEXwoud9f7pWqT78zmRFyjkjC-8D_QT3GWal24JUOkiVAxP04uDNFcWTQ6FMcEnYCPiHsLbmCggmwIDI-/s320/audrey+in+funny+face.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Audrey Hepburn in Stanley Donen's <i>Funny Face</i></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Among the films screening Friday at <i>Chinese Multiplex 1</i> are William Wellman's <i>Wings </i>(1927), presented by Bill Wellman, Jr., and former Paramount exec A.C. Lyles (a sprightly 93-year-old), the world premiere restoration of <i>Two for the Road</i> (1967) presented by Stanley Donen (<a href="http://kevinsmoviecorner.blogspot.com/2008/07/two-for-road.html" style="color: #cc0000;">click here</a> for <i>Kevin Deany</i>'s take on the film at <i>Kevin's Movie Corner</i>), and the U.S. premiere of the 75th anniversary restoration of Jean Renoir's <i>Grand Illusion </i>(1937). At <i>Chinese Multiplex 3</i>, highlights include screenings of <i>Nothing Sacred</i>* (1937) and the Astaire/Rogers classic <i>Swing Time</i> (1936). A Friday night high point at <i>Chinese Multiplex 4</i> will be the screening of Max Ophuls' <i>Letter From an Unknown Woman*</i> (1948), starring Joan Fontaine (<a href="http://themovieprojector.blogspot.com/2010/04/letter-from-unknown-woman-1948.html" style="color: #cc0000;">click here</a> for <i>R.D. Finch</i>'s reflection on this underappreciated gem at <i>The Movie Projector</i>). At the <i>Egyptian Theatre</i>, Shirley Jones will present the screening of <i>Elmer Gantry </i>(1960), and Rhonda Fleming will join 'czar of noir' Eddie Muller for the screening of <i>Cry Danger</i> (1951).</span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.tcm.com/festival/schedule.html?day=friday" style="color: #cc0000;">Click here</a> for the complete schedule of events for Friday, April 13.</span></span></span><br /><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVyvapBZMrOznYNVoxzhmUiNaCXoiVszPB6gHMCV-R5bK5Eei5dN8pXQI4NnmiGAqFcy_8kJ-5ktd7atTlEprkcI3mZPGBlnoA9MGcNxweSJfLs_DjLuwWFSa9DaB7Jm46jtz_Di1DfKP6/s1600/SnowWhite1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVyvapBZMrOznYNVoxzhmUiNaCXoiVszPB6gHMCV-R5bK5Eei5dN8pXQI4NnmiGAqFcy_8kJ-5ktd7atTlEprkcI3mZPGBlnoA9MGcNxweSJfLs_DjLuwWFSa9DaB7Jm46jtz_Di1DfKP6/s320/SnowWhite1.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Disney's <i>Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs</i></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">F</span>ilm festivals are always frantically busy on weekends, and TCMFF will be no exception. On Saturday at <i>Grauman's</i>, Kim Novak will have her hand and footprints enshrined in the courtyard concrete. Later, screenings at the theatre will include Disney's <i>Snow White</i> (1937), <i>Casablanca </i>(1942) and the 60th anniversary world premiere restoration of <i>Singin' in the Rain </i>(1952) - introduced by Debbie Reynolds. At <i>Chinese Multiplex 1</i>, Robert Wagner will appear for the presentation of <i>The Longest Day </i>(1962) and director Norman Jewison will be on hand for a 25th anniversary screening of his 1987 classic <i>Moonstruck</i>. At <i>Chinese Multiplex 3</i> fashion designer <a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/alltherage/barbara-tfank/" style="color: #cc0000;">Barbara Tfank</a> will appear for the screening of Otto Preminger's sumptuous <i>Bonjour Tristesse </i>(1958), Eddie Muller will introduce Jules Dassin's 1950 noir classic, <i>Night and the City</i>, and actor Richard Anderson will be on hand for the screening of John Frankenheimer's underrated 1966 film, <i>Seconds </i>(<a href="http://twentyfourframes.wordpress.com/2011/11/25/seconds-1966-john-frankenheimer-2/" style="color: #cc0000;">click here</a> for <i>John Greco</i>'s review at <i>Twenty Four Frames</i>).<i> Chinese Multiplex 4</i> will feature a program of Laurel & Hardy shorts, <i>A Fine Mess </i>(1932 - 1933), and the astonishing Josef von Sternberg/Marlene Dietrich 1934 historical fantasy, <i>The Scarlet Empress* </i>(<a href="http://eves-reel-life.blogspot.com/search/label/Light%20Shadow%20and%20Synergy" style="color: #cc0000;">click here</a> for my series on the von Sternberg/Dietrich collaboration).</span></span></span><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxbgOYSVQtSDk8T6-ZjmjctCOIPoLgKk8-AmoTyzPb63QFvf1_NFLuEvX1_xECDCfaI6rcEisbPNYJsdEQl5xYIEenlC-YgGBERL438dDAeuf31lriF4h3AvI8mZFWa0R0Vz_v3AlvA55l/s1600/The-Scarlet-Empress.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxbgOYSVQtSDk8T6-ZjmjctCOIPoLgKk8-AmoTyzPb63QFvf1_NFLuEvX1_xECDCfaI6rcEisbPNYJsdEQl5xYIEenlC-YgGBERL438dDAeuf31lriF4h3AvI8mZFWa0R0Vz_v3AlvA55l/s400/The-Scarlet-Empress.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Marlene Dietrich in <i>The Scarlet Empress</i></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The Egyptian Theatre will showcase the sparkling 1958 comedy <i>Auntie Mame</i>, with an appearance by designer <a href="http://www.toddoldham.com/" style="color: #cc0000;">Todd Oldham</a>, director Norman Jewison will  discuss his very stylish <i>The Thomas Crown Affair </i>(1968) and Eddie Muller and actress Peggy Cummins (now 86) will discuss her best-known film, a standout of its genre and a shocker in its time, <i>Gun Crazy</i> (1950).</span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.tcm.com/festival/schedule.html?day=saturday" style="color: #cc0000;">Click here</a> for Saturday's full schedule.</span></span></span><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgam6siKCNSLrXT95n0awSBFANM5jZHYs4WixaZUJ66Kf6RSF7Fbku7d6gTACT-tCHFhtw5p30oQh7nebDRPRt_sXjZNLedFIeuNrtwu_BvET4kIrKapVflL4VxD9h3ItbCUCcEv8eJVFze/s1600/fireworks.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgam6siKCNSLrXT95n0awSBFANM5jZHYs4WixaZUJ66Kf6RSF7Fbku7d6gTACT-tCHFhtw5p30oQh7nebDRPRt_sXjZNLedFIeuNrtwu_BvET4kIrKapVflL4VxD9h3ItbCUCcEv8eJVFze/s320/fireworks.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Grace Kelly and Cary Grant in <i>To Catch a Thief</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">T</span>hough Sunday's schedule isn't yet complete, the day is by no means quiet . At <i>Grauman's</i>:<i> </i>Hitchcock's glittering 1955 VistaVision romp <i>To Catch a Thief</i>, Robert Evans will appear at the screening of Roman Polanski's 1968 trendsetter <i>Rosemary's Baby </i>(my take <a href="http://eves-reel-life.blogspot.com/2010/10/rosemarys-babyroman-polanskis-horror.html" style="color: #cc0000;">here</a>), Thelma Schoonmaker, Oscar winning film editor and widow of the incomparable Michael Powell, will introduce Powell's masterful 1948 collaboration with Emeric Pressburger, <i>Black Narcissus </i>(<a href="http://thrillingdaysofyesteryear.blogspot.com/2012/03/tribute-to-archers-powell-pressburger.html" style="color: #cc0000;">click here</a> for <i>Ivan G. Shreve</i>'s review at <i>Thrilling Days of Yesteryear</i>), and Todd Oldman is set to appear for the screening of George Cukor's sly and fabulous <i>The Women </i>(1939). At the <i>Cinerama Dome</i>, Debbie Reynolds will introduce the Cinerama epic <i>How the West Was Won </i>(1962). </span></span></span><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZJ_C0YM_v0aOXV5elKeC2O_KWL62bfWuTROJc38sbR-rlBojfFP95auLGHOGVZUh0dvyCq9L0HOeNlnoYLmFh5kdUlb-PwVA16xtH91UGspOeLLCypPMXOvkyTQy3Gke9pwhqe9cYGEAl/s1600/blacknarcissus10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZJ_C0YM_v0aOXV5elKeC2O_KWL62bfWuTROJc38sbR-rlBojfFP95auLGHOGVZUh0dvyCq9L0HOeNlnoYLmFh5kdUlb-PwVA16xtH91UGspOeLLCypPMXOvkyTQy3Gke9pwhqe9cYGEAl/s1600/blacknarcissus10.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Deborah Kerr in <i>Black Narcissus</i></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.tcm.com/festival/schedule.html?day=sunday" style="color: #cc0000;">Click here</a> for the Sunday schedule.<span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">A</span>s even a brief glance at its schedule makes crystal clear, TCM's Classic Film Festival is truly bigger and better than ever in 2012.</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9ysln8lycvtK0IeFbNZXD-LAzP1RQX6hEJZEmHG57UJgy7vbexvwfHyvRjA0dRA7VW5rYkuLfzKSQEc0joaCrv2-dG9KGSUMTNHVHD9s3qRDsTuwn-GUnAqkOlix06rvHd_ard-XJ92pI/s1600/Searchers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9ysln8lycvtK0IeFbNZXD-LAzP1RQX6hEJZEmHG57UJgy7vbexvwfHyvRjA0dRA7VW5rYkuLfzKSQEc0joaCrv2-dG9KGSUMTNHVHD9s3qRDsTuwn-GUnAqkOlix06rvHd_ard-XJ92pI/s400/Searchers.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">John Wayne, <i>The Searchers</i></td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://youtu.be/-Gc0MOFmkLY" style="color: #cc0000;">Click here</a> to watch a TCM festival promo...</span></span></span>

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Shoe Shopping

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I had an AWESOME weekend!<br /><br />The birthday celebration continued!  I had a shoe-shopping date with my friend Margie Friday afternoon.  I've found that as the weight has started to come off, I care more and more about the way I look.  I want to look <i>nice</i>, not just presentable.  I could have a nice outfit on, but then the shoes I've paired with it are all wrong, making the whole ensemble look terrible.<br /><br />Not anymore! <br /><br />In very recent history, I've had some amazing luck at Payless with their flats.  This time around, I was in search of sandals for summer, and sandals I did find!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTd_v8d54CHU1YulbAjkRpwNo1SG5hdMV0C-RR0ObQ-4Z7hYZnBJcVWAIu0ou0B6JAwM4VAKO2tz9v-1rNhNal93l3M4PKI4FcTofIjdnL6lPU1zdxOuYpvA2xbqLNl1Ck3pwOml-N_8s/s1600/gold+shoe+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTd_v8d54CHU1YulbAjkRpwNo1SG5hdMV0C-RR0ObQ-4Z7hYZnBJcVWAIu0ou0B6JAwM4VAKO2tz9v-1rNhNal93l3M4PKI4FcTofIjdnL6lPU1zdxOuYpvA2xbqLNl1Ck3pwOml-N_8s/s400/gold+shoe+1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdyiKU-ftY5G38OL0M7WkRyKEdHdHh23RAT9S3nKfSeJd4dY9OEDhJC0IsJg7d-P388D5r9Dt7i3Cxut1cNfmwU_6fgMkIo9sHU56z9i85NZaxs3PXBYxoAmEc8s9Htgm2K55VUxEGY3Q/s1600/gold+shoe+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="317" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdyiKU-ftY5G38OL0M7WkRyKEdHdHh23RAT9S3nKfSeJd4dY9OEDhJC0IsJg7d-P388D5r9Dt7i3Cxut1cNfmwU_6fgMkIo9sHU56z9i85NZaxs3PXBYxoAmEc8s9Htgm2K55VUxEGY3Q/s400/gold+shoe+2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />Margie and I both had HUGE success at Payless - so cheap but so cute!  We even bought a few of the same pairs - you cannot deny a great steal in both style and price.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju8yV1U0JkOALmLSMpjfgJWr4i0tGbhsY1HzmuxeR0FnMbkDi5YdZsp0OSlcKgjwLpipvbBk5BSAjxnTr8Z3Yaef0KNtrdXLmqQqLef4ozwsMjsfDuc_b-CXc9K8lBh2MZ38eVEoqZ5Ts/s1600/brown+sandal+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div>Alas, brown was not enough.  I needed silver as well.  I did not, however, need Charles to be munching on the price tag.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMhRCJayOsHqhyphenhyphenWtjMFjfc2azeUaPsYS0LS1ZdNyHGwDkYQrbh_Jn5ap-g2F9zUFWttYRU0YoS47hdjL3Le3BelW44CCiqeo0IhkidRSY2bRbuXB-gOHNaD7tCtP4GmaZD7qeMG9qyMgE/s1600/silver+sandal+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMhRCJayOsHqhyphenhyphenWtjMFjfc2azeUaPsYS0LS1ZdNyHGwDkYQrbh_Jn5ap-g2F9zUFWttYRU0YoS47hdjL3Le3BelW44CCiqeo0IhkidRSY2bRbuXB-gOHNaD7tCtP4GmaZD7qeMG9qyMgE/s400/silver+sandal+1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />A hardcore lover of purple, I had to get these:<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdKVSLli6QP41FjNMLv4jbUWexGPk-PGRBeW8WzMw2mn7_Kxcv9CzkXEOPakeDi7Y4vp1WKIcMv8-iZPFtC_Q3AapnhOQp6BSPAf1BWjr6S1qG6zB1mcZP9vQEowfQEEaQMz2q3tuLsH4/s1600/purple+sandal+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdKVSLli6QP41FjNMLv4jbUWexGPk-PGRBeW8WzMw2mn7_Kxcv9CzkXEOPakeDi7Y4vp1WKIcMv8-iZPFtC_Q3AapnhOQp6BSPAf1BWjr6S1qG6zB1mcZP9vQEowfQEEaQMz2q3tuLsH4/s400/purple+sandal+1.jpg" width="363" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">they look silver here, but trust me!</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrHyOO9U5ftHYP57v1XlTXTFOBe1zkvMlg_BMC0K_S1IlegKFuj-40fbujZG4NhVSGkIHh9-eRaFg3SExWHBhnFBR3Kzt0PnSkgjx8Uhmj3-8jmmWlzybzNWHTim6CSvrLnbKuuHTRZN0/s1600/purple+sandal+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="307" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrHyOO9U5ftHYP57v1XlTXTFOBe1zkvMlg_BMC0K_S1IlegKFuj-40fbujZG4NhVSGkIHh9-eRaFg3SExWHBhnFBR3Kzt0PnSkgjx8Uhmj3-8jmmWlzybzNWHTim6CSvrLnbKuuHTRZN0/s400/purple+sandal+2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />I won't deny that I'm going to be using this shoe shopping experience to buy some matching clothes, especially for those yellow numbers.  And yes, when I find something I like, I just tend to buy one in every color.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj986dKjqjHnpZZDBav7L-Sq7r74A7qiTsWEtFLlvd1HNrbW-qn1bY4yJySpDhfvm2acdcCpOleNIkBSn8PJsPC1INfnHyGSKCUzFSsZ0uXUKg4rc6gtifLh5ehnduLe0RVfBghuYuiW2s/s1600/shoe+group.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="141" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj986dKjqjHnpZZDBav7L-Sq7r74A7qiTsWEtFLlvd1HNrbW-qn1bY4yJySpDhfvm2acdcCpOleNIkBSn8PJsPC1INfnHyGSKCUzFSsZ0uXUKg4rc6gtifLh5ehnduLe0RVfBghuYuiW2s/s400/shoe+group.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br />We later continued our shoe shopping at <a href="http://www.dsw.com/" target="_blank">DSW</a>, where the shoes are again, very cute, but much more pricey.  This time, I was searching for a summer walking shoe.  I walk a lot to/from work and I like to get outside during my lunch hour for a stroll.  My feet tend to regulate the temperature of the rest of my body, and I knew for summertime walking I wanted something a little more substantial than a flip-flop, but not quite as restricting/claustrophobic as a traditional tennis-shoe.<br /><br />Enter the Barefoot Designs J-41 shoe!<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh84SgJpcG-mneYQr3g2C9nAW6x0_lXBx0RbGK_2uYGOJS7ig5g8Bjxl8iSAV_Arxi3pPs1A2zqVjsRTvYpUaZzL30kIE05EVEvQdkH6Y8wFMmuaKMEqqqg8T4NjcKPSStj2Kei6e-lbU0/s1600/summer+walking+shoe+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh84SgJpcG-mneYQr3g2C9nAW6x0_lXBx0RbGK_2uYGOJS7ig5g8Bjxl8iSAV_Arxi3pPs1A2zqVjsRTvYpUaZzL30kIE05EVEvQdkH6Y8wFMmuaKMEqqqg8T4NjcKPSStj2Kei6e-lbU0/s400/summer+walking+shoe+1.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Charles is always there when you <i>don't</i> want him to be!</td></tr></tbody></table>With the help of Margie's keen shoe-shopping eye, I was able to snag these babies and they are EXACTLY what I was looking for!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijV3l7f3BwLlIYcIKb9ovlElGOi87tkyBT81nx5UMxo8OiKvU-528Btp5shkqLVIYbelpUu_ZrG2CZqmKuyfkNloqDS13UyB-7C_kMT5jHVZVBJ9__MzxwM0_XlEEcum3UFYeoGidx0w8/s1600/summer+walking+shoe+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijV3l7f3BwLlIYcIKb9ovlElGOi87tkyBT81nx5UMxo8OiKvU-528Btp5shkqLVIYbelpUu_ZrG2CZqmKuyfkNloqDS13UyB-7C_kMT5jHVZVBJ9__MzxwM0_XlEEcum3UFYeoGidx0w8/s400/summer+walking+shoe+2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br />As for an end to an already perfect Friday, later on we went to see Titanic 3D with our neighbors.  I love Titanic, but I have to admit that once they hit that iceberg my love for the movie quickly declines.  Even though I KNOW what happens, I'm still on edge for the remainder of it all.  I'm glad we went to see it though - the 3D offered a cool perspective.<br /><br /><b style="color: #674ea7;">Do you ever shop at Payless?  </b><b style="color: #674ea7;">Where is your favorite place to buy cheap, stylish shoes?</b>

I had an AWESOME weekend! The birthday celebration continued! I had a shoe-shopping date with my friend Margie Friday afternoon. I've ...

Principal Electrical Engineer - (Analog | Image Sensor | Data Acquisition) (#107776)

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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div align="LEFT"><span lang="en-us"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Job Title:</span></b></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></span><span lang="en-us"> <span style="font-family: Arial;">Principal Electrical Engineer - (Analog | Image Sensor | Data Acquisition)</span></span><span lang="en-us"><b><br /><span style="font-family: Arial;">Location:</span></b></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> Milpitas, CA</span></span><span lang="en-us"><b><br /><span style="font-family: Arial;">Position:</span></b></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> Full time</span></span></div><div align="LEFT"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div>  <div class="msonospacing"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Responsibilities  </span></b></span></div><div class="msonospacing"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> Work in a world-class engineering team to design and develop the next generation of reticle inspection tools. </span></span></div><div class="msonospacing"><br /></div><div class="msonospacing"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The primary role is to be the Image Acq Systems Lead for the EUV Imaging Platform in the Reticle and Photomask Inspection Division (RAPID). </span></span></div><div class="msonospacing"><br /></div><div class="msonospacing"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Your responsibility includes:  </span></span></div><div class="msonospacing" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span>a)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">     </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Working with the core System Engineering team to define Image Sensor Systems Requirement/ ICD.  You will be responsible for Imaging Subsystem Requirements and Implementation.</span></span></div><div class="msonospacing" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span>b)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">     </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Working closely with Sensor, Board and Mechanical engineers to ensure that Program deliverables are met.</span></span></div><div class="msonospacing" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span>c)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">      </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Engage with key vendors to develop technology and align with EUV product roadmap.</span></span></div><div class="msonospacing" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span>d)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">     </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Plan, track and maintain program deliverables at every phase of the Product Life Cycle.  </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="msonospacing"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Qualifications  </span></b></span></div><div class="msonospacing" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span>1.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">      </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Candidate must have shown prior experience working with cross functional teams. </span></span></div><div class="msonospacing" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span>2.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">      </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Candidate must have core technical design skills in CCD Technology, Analog Design, ASIC design or Systems Design. He/ she must have past experience as an individual contributor.</span></span></div><div class="msonospacing" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span>3.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">      </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Candidate must have experience with vendor management related to Sensors, Boards. </span></span></div><div class="msonospacing" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span>4.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">      </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Candidate must have excellent communication and presentation skills.</span></span></div><div class="msonospacing" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span>5.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">      </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Knowledge of PLC processes is desired.  </span></span></div><div class="msonospacing" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span>6.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">      </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Past experience with other Semiconductor Equipment is highly desired.</span></span></div><div class="msonospacing"><br /></div><div class="msonospacing"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Basic Qualifications  </span></span></div><div class="msonospacing"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> Master's Level Degree with at least 10 years of experience. </span></span></div><div class="msonospacing"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">OR </span></span></div><div class="msonospacing"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Doctorate (Academic) with at least 6 years of experience.  </span></span></div><div align="LEFT"><br /></div><div align="LEFT"><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Kindly send your resumes to</span></span><span lang="en-us"> </span><a href="mailto:abhinav.rajkumar@kla-tencor.com"><span lang="en-us"><u><span style="font-family: Arial;">abhinav.rajkumar@kla-tencor.com</span></u></span><span lang="en-us"></span></a><span lang="en-us"></span></div><div align="LEFT"><span lang="en-us">  </span></div></div>

Principal Electrical Engineer - (Analog | Image Sensor | Data Acquisition) (#107776)

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Outreach/Instruction Librarian - Trinity College Library

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Library Assistant IV, Weeding Project - Wesleyan University Library

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<strong>Library Assistant IV, Weeding Project </strong>- <span style="color: #48286d;"><strong>Wesleyan University Library</strong></span> is accepting applications for the temporary position of Circulation  Assistant. This person will assist existing library staff in a major  two-year project to withdraw selected volumes from the library's  collection. Reporting to the Head of Access Services, this position  shares the responsibility of the weeding and shifting of collections,  and assists with book offerings, sales and disposition at Wesleyan  University Library.  The person in this position will supervise students  who pull and physically process books to be withdrawn from the  collections, assist other staff in editing records in the library's  online system in connection with the project, help organize periodic  offering of withdrawn books to academic departments, book sales, and  book disposition, and perform circulation functions to allow existing  circulation staff to work on the weeding project. The person in this  position will work 20 hours a week, and the position ends on June 30,  2014. Ability to work flexible hours to cover the circulation schedule  and other duties depending upon workflow of the weeding project is  required. Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree strongly preferred. Related  experience and training may be substituted for educational requirement.  Demonstrated understanding of the library call number system. Two years  of supervisory experience. Physically able to push loaded book trucks,  carry boxes of books, and repeatedly reach high and low in the stacks to  retrieve materials. Ability to work with many different groups of  people. Ability to work flexible duties and hours; receptivity to  change.  Experience working in a library circulation department.  Experience in an online library environment using the Circulation and  Cataloging client of Voyager or other online integrated library system.  To apply, please go to Careers@Wesleyan, <a href="https://careers.wesleyan.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/frameset/Frameset.jsp?time=1333991714007" target="_blank">https://careers.wesleyan.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/frameset/Frameset.jsp?time=1333991714007</a>. If you have questions, please email the Human Resources department at <a href="mailto:careers@wesleyan.edu">careers@wesleyan.edu</a>.

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How to use Tweetchat for Twitter discussions

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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGu6E8NE1tg2zynGk5hTPoK_k9n5uvpzzbfB6_7iT8GGbxLHGNkZktxQxCGPk2mhhTUWxkKW0vpwWhT9iS6ZJRTv9GyCofqzsAypJSEXt8AbaWfT8PSDPdZugP9jw6SruAYywPONyb8GU/s1600-h/image11.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="38" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL4yX7_XHz8wHvyeuMss_S4wAajs-GjwDIN_kkkhi6z9692pwj_6U0_tX705hlkMoi6p_N7vsKnt5Pf1BF1J37Qs-vvxQJSR8CcuAgOeX6bI9X-9shGHOzdozohukqV5GYYQ_40UtNGHU/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>Submitted by Fiona Beal</i></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">It all started when Philemon Kotsokoane tweeted me (on Twitter) saying “... I'd like to follow last night's chat on <a href="http://t.co/jxknGXL4">tweetchat.com</a> How do I access all the chat & remove smart pausing message?<a href="http://twitter.com/search?q=%23edchatsa"><s>#</s><b>edchatsa</b></a>” </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://e-blogschool.blogspot.com/2012/03/why-not-install-and-use-tweetdeck-for.html" title="http://e-blogschool.blogspot.com/2012/03/why-not-install-and-use-tweetdeck-for.html"></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Up to that point I had only been using a free programme called Tweetdeck for Twitter chats.</span><span style="font-size: small;"> I wrote a blogpost on how to use Tweetdeck last month  <a href="http://e-blogschool.blogspot.com/2012/03/why-not-install-and-use-tweetdeck-for.html" title="http://e-blogschool.blogspot.com/2012/03/why-not-install-and-use-tweetdeck-for.html">http://e-blogschool.blogspot.com/2012/03/why-not-install-and-use-tweetdeck-for.html</a></span><span style="font-size: small;">  The reason I enjoy using Tweetdeck is because you can have a whole host of hashtags open and can follow where you wish. But I have to admit - this can be distracting at times. <br /><br />After liaising with Philemon who said he had Tweetdeck installed but felt he would prefer to use Tweetchat,  I decided to explore Tweetchat. I discovered that Tweetchat doesn’t need to be installed as it is completely web-based. It also allows you to focus completely on the hashtag you are interested in. So, this is how it works:</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">Instructions </span></b></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">1. Open Tweetchat (<a href="http://tweetchat.com/">http://tweetchat.com</a>)</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfh4G5mzA2w9YPLv-v_isJxU2p69YvzONLg2LaW1MgptKKJIHYX38UPP_FVsEIwyBFKS8AnIKgCbIAv7KdW1PQOaWnf5aPrk0rNfhiBJKbyGW9uGI8Jz8-FfSCDI9Rvqvg2RiKakcrnto/s1600-h/image71.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXuTd2NNASZWkkyw95rFV47Q_FC7AqRUAm27UJFu4y-s0WFXEFD7Wr_104dTEIYZmOaVeQD94thjQu3E0tos7yD05-Fy6f63OTlcNzlzy5VrlSbUornoH5vJkKpjjdpaapvbMXKeKhsyw/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">2. Sign in with your Twittter account (so It is important to join Twitter first). </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">3. Choose the hashtag you wish to follow and type it in on the top (to the left of ‘<i>Go</i>’). This spot is almost hidden. I am using the #edchatsa for this since this chat is something I enjoy participating in every week. </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZSEVrYMUZWQnSJIOXzQFn2nyWabpxL8Qswayvxgaw2wS6LZz3_RKm3lku7ujX10ByPfE60gT8MpxQOI2_2dTw9kOJ5lX-cN55FbUdo_MjrR75lyrn_t3GtLv0Se1vWRCWAlCmLdUnrkg/s1600-h/image7%25255B1%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="58" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBC8DHrbDUrb-AhV8k2FYaN2AsSHx0qkmMBqRE8HtHh42zaza8bm60iP7RBqGes7NGiHPAxLRn6aREsWC-sNEgKacpgpEGbcp-ZsyQLixYFUpc6G3D9Jawx5QP71BEf6hrCGFTnAlUIro/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">4. Immediately the current conversation in that hashtag opens. </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqNQY3kP4QpGRWzMO0l1uDQ5VvE9kDAqBHbWkomBPaVhkLLOeNoLfxK4J3xqkxB7TE5cLJhnEpgreffKei_DhINWhKAYz-4EE8wAS_4nbNNU0pYnc4HSlEQTnMMuMfFOo1uZzzDpNJ_8Q/s1600-h/image3.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghDMONLlVQiOuNACpiU81U3cbEP5cntA9ozI0G2yCuPwFYPXYtVkj5kybiIAqyDCWrC02Xr_RmDVbcuAYg6oV_Am9tJ-MRNyMJDo_2NjHytIQQ8f4YaYWzanzk2kzQ7-v83XYOoyJrPyw/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">5. From there it is just ‘Go’ and enjoy the ride!</span></div></div>

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Submitted by Fiona Beal It all started when Philemon Kotsokoane tweeted me (on Twitter) saying “... I'd like to follow last night's ...

A ZIPPER, A B-BHAG, AND THE LIGHT OF CHRIST

5:17 PM Tukiyooo 0

It started with a broken zipper – the zipper on my suitcase. I took my bag to be repaired at a cobbler’s shop. An amiable young man diagnosed the problem, took the suitcase, and asked where I had been. I told him “Kenya.” He asked what I had been doing there and I told him about our church sponsored schools, especially how they rescue girls from genital mutilation and forced marriage. He asked, “Where is your church here?”  I told him. Even our slight involvement in upholding the status of women in Africa, perhaps just our affiliation with Anglican Communion partners who are directly engaged in that struggle, was enough to make an unchurched young man in Henderson want to worship with us. We were doing something that he could see and understand, something that matters.<br /><br /> The day before that exchange, the Las Vegas Review Journal ran a feature article on Deacon Bonnie Polley and her ministry to the homeless and the incarcerated. They called her “the Mother Teresa of Las Vegas.” Bonnie was, of course, embarrassed by the attention. But there’s a gospel message in what she does and the largest newspaper in Nevada was proclaiming it to a lot of people who need to see some light that isn’t neon. The article showed people another way to live and that the Episcopal Church is living it. The next day a County Commissioner called Bonnie for a meeting to talk about making Clarke County a better place.<br /><br /> On Wednesday, Deacon Ann Langevin was in Boulder City to meet President Obama. She was one of five people in the room authorized to shake hands and speak with the President. She was there to welcome him on behalf of Bread for the World and the Episcopal Diocese of Nevada. Bread for the World arranged it. The point was to keep world hunger on the President’s radar screen and to say the Episcopal Church cares about this. When Bread speaks up for the hungry, we are with them.<br /><br /> That same afternoon, along with a small group of African Methodist  Episcopal,  Roman Catholic, Lutheran, and Jewish  leaders of our interfaith community organizing group, I met with Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto. We were there to discuss mortgage foreclosure relief, child sex trafficking, and deportation practices. It was an energized and energizing conversation as we told each other new things and sparked new ideas in each other’s minds.<br /> <br /> I had missed lunch; so after the meeting, I stopped by Starbucks on my way to the office for a snack and coffee. As I sat there reading Parker Palmer’s excellent book on the spiritual foundation of the common good, Healing The Heart of Democracy, a man on his way to the counter saw the book and stopped to talk. He began life in the Orthodox faith but was now an evangelical. We had a great dialogue. He confessed to being confused by the Beatitudes and I talked about the difference between blessing and commandment, how we distort the Bible when we see everything as commandment. He was touched by my simple approach to the text and gave me a small icon of the Christos Pantokrater. <br /><br /> These vignettes are little portraits of the Church in the World. The “first and greatest” book I have read on church and society in recent years is James Davison Hunter’s To Change the World: The Tragedy, Irony, and Possibility of Christianity in the Late Modern World (“and the second is like unto it,” Parker Palmer’s Healing the Heart of Democracy). These Nevada stories are about our doing what Hunter and Palmer say our mission is.<br /><br /> Hunter looks at the three leading approaches churches take to living on this planet. The Christian left, the Christian right, and the neo-Anabaptists. The Christian left and right mirror each other vying for control, trying to push their view of how society should work through political power. He demonstrates that neither has been successful and shows sociologically why their political strategies don’t work. (I would criticize them theologically, but his point is more practical – they just don’t achieve what they are trying to do.) The third option, the one Hunter calls neo-Anabaptist, is to condemn the culture as fallen and to stand apart from it, aloof and self-righteous. The object is to avoid contamination. I would criticize that theologically too; but Hunter’s point is that it just doesn’t work either. You can’t cut yourself off that completely from relationship with the place where you live or the people you live with.<br /><br /> To Change the World prescribes a different strategy. It is to be faithfully and visibly ourselves while actively engaged in society. It is as simple as saying, “Good morning, Mr. President, I’m Deacon Ann Langevin representing Bread for the World and the Episcopal Diocese of Nevada.” We are there. We are present. We are in the game. We are being the Christ light. Being the Christ light takes two things: faithful action and upfront identification with Jesus.<br /><br /> In the Diocese of Nevada, we are often in the game. We are often shining the Christ light. Christ Church, Pioche has adopted the highway leading into town. St. Timothy’s hosts Friends in the Desert (food program). St. Paul’s, Elko hosts and leads Boy Scouts. Grace, Trinity, and others host the homeless through Family Promise. St. Bart’s is beginning a program to combat hunger among school children. St. Peter’s, St. Matthew’s, St.  Paul’s, Elko, All Saints and others support their neighborhood schools. St. Martin’s hosts Teen Night for all the youth of Pahrump. The list goes on. <br /><br /> This year I will be promoting the B-BHAG (the Bishop’s Big Hairy Audacious Goal). It came to me last Martin Luther King Day. As a member of the Governor’s Commission for Nevada Volunteers, I was at an Ameri-Corps work site trimming hedge and raking up trash from an urban community center. I worked alongside teams from various places that wanted to do their bit for the common good. There were high school groups, baristas from Starbuck’s, people from a bank, etc. It reminded me of all the times in Georgia when I worked with Habitat for Humanity to build houses or with Rebuilding Together to rehab houses, always, without exception as a part of a church group – our name on the sign, our t-shirts identifying our faith community. But as I looked around the work site this January, I did not see another Episcopalian. <br /><br /> My BBHAG is just a special opportunity for us to do what we already do so well in so many congregations. Next Martin Luther King Day, our goal is to field 300 Episcopalians at work sites around Nevada, each of them wearing our t-shirt which proclaims “Together We Can Change the World.”<br /><br /> There are so many ways to make difference – visibly. It can be local mission or a global mission supporting the Millenium Development Goals of alleviating hunger, poverty, and disease. The greatest danger to the soul of the Church is fearful focus on survival. The minute we shift from mission to survival, we fail at both. Without a vital mission, the Church dies for lack of a reason to exist. The Christ light goes out in our part of the world.<br /><br /> We have churches, both large and small, that are connected to their communities. The town knows they are there and, more importantly, knows why they are there. They know because the Church acts – acts visibly, as the church, with its nameplate on. The Church is the hands and feet of Christ. We have other congregations, large and small, where the town does not know they are there – or in some cases the town is under the impression the church is closed – because they act closed. A church focused on its own survival is spiritually closed already. It isn’t in the game. <br /><br /> But most of us are in the game. As we begin this year to form congregations into Jubilee Ministry Communities, we will learn more about what each other are doing. We will have a chance to learn from each other and feel each other’s support. We will experience our Communion as a sign of common mission – God’s mission here in God’s world.

A ZIPPER, A B-BHAG, AND THE LIGHT OF CHRIST

It started with a broken zipper – the zipper on my suitcase. I took my bag to be repaired at a cobbler’s shop. An amiable young man diagnose...

Sunday Night is Still "Mad Men" Night

6:00 AM Tukiyooo 0

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgonsi1nefnzGjjC4TV1Gu-34Vacb8wKqlPIcpFg1TYG9eX7TVrsE6SGpNAuK9x0dBOB5HzNnw-tguByHP0CJHBjVdvZmOxvTjpkalvUgeWlbTuURMxSUKQsd12gD13h4rKFl9ctjaemsRA/s1600/Mad+Men+Season+5+montage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgonsi1nefnzGjjC4TV1Gu-34Vacb8wKqlPIcpFg1TYG9eX7TVrsE6SGpNAuK9x0dBOB5HzNnw-tguByHP0CJHBjVdvZmOxvTjpkalvUgeWlbTuURMxSUKQsd12gD13h4rKFl9ctjaemsRA/s400/Mad+Men+Season+5+montage.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">As the fourth installment (the 2 hour premiere covered two episodes) of <i>Mad Men</i> Season 5 approaches <span style="color: #0b5394;">(</span><i style="color: #0b5394;">see below for Episode 4 update</i><span style="color: #0b5394;">)</span>, there are no signs of waning interest from its audience or the rapt media. In my travels through cyberspace over the past two weeks I've come upon a wide assortment of posts about the new season of this most intriguing series. Here is a sampling - click on titles for links...</span><br /><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJG0ifqNfzeGtNVBD30kRarhmXn1BHheOKhLZ77UvjBxObgqXFYl94wFQJzh1z5DxBTGicwOvGdBsTavrw1EE0eqlyQ1-R2qkF7JnaSvn2bxe-QGJ0IIyuTfFFQMFQ1v31Iz5zlrJKD1iT/s1600/Betty+in+Pink.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJG0ifqNfzeGtNVBD30kRarhmXn1BHheOKhLZ77UvjBxObgqXFYl94wFQJzh1z5DxBTGicwOvGdBsTavrw1EE0eqlyQ1-R2qkF7JnaSvn2bxe-QGJ0IIyuTfFFQMFQ1v31Iz5zlrJKD1iT/s320/Betty+in+Pink.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Betty Francis</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: right;"></div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">In Episode 3 Roger Sterling (John Slattery), becoming ever more frustrated with changing times, utters a phrase that will no doubt echo on the series - and off - for some time to come, "When is everything going to get back to normal?" Laurel Brown, senior writer at <b><i>BuddyTV</i></b>, contemplates the implications of Roger's question with <a href="http://www.buddytv.com/articles/mad-men/mad-men-review-normal-isnt-com-44802.aspx" style="color: #cc0000;"><i>Normal Isn't Coming Back</i></a></span>.<br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">By far the most talked-about element of last week's episode was the revelation that beautiful Betty Hofstadt Draper Francis (January Jones) had gained more than a new home in recent months. This new twist in Betty's story arc created intense discussion, some controversy, and a variety of reactions. Jessica Grose presents her <a href="http://www.vulture.com/2012/04/defense-of-fat-betty-draper.html"><i style="color: #cc0000;">Defense of Betty Draper</i></a> at <i>New York </i>(.com) magazine's <b><i>Vulture</i></b>. Bruce Handy of <b><i>Vanity Fair</i> </b>considers Betty's dilemma from a different perspective by delving into <a href="http://www.vanityfair.com/online/oscars/2012/04/mad-men-betty-draper-bugles-1960s-junk-food" style="color: #cc0000;"><i>The Amazing Junk Food of the '60's</i></a>. </span><br /><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiYMTinUH_aOAwXR8UzdB7dB5HqRlFEK8N_ikTpZRnDAh1x2VgePeYqoVhphw3GILopzJ9KFYqzyszRgE-rtxNub1XOvYA_EeGFxVkNxVxGypVsfGG_0Z68Q5dGnlWJpzsDSkLaX5qX0C4/s1600/Season+5+Ep+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiYMTinUH_aOAwXR8UzdB7dB5HqRlFEK8N_ikTpZRnDAh1x2VgePeYqoVhphw3GILopzJ9KFYqzyszRgE-rtxNub1XOvYA_EeGFxVkNxVxGypVsfGG_0Z68Q5dGnlWJpzsDSkLaX5qX0C4/s320/Season+5+Ep+3.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Megan and Don Draper</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"></div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Not soon to be forgotten is that 5th Season opener moment when Don Draper's young and slender new wife, Megan (French-Canadian actress Jessica Paré</span>)<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">, turned heads and inspired tongues to wag when she gave Don (Jon Hamm) a surprise 40th birthday party and a very special gift. Megan's rendition of the French pop tune "Zou Bisou Bisou" lit up the Twitterverse, and was <i>the </i>water cooler subject of the week. Leaving no stone unturned, Lauren Streib looks into the <a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/03/26/mad-men-premiere-a-history-of-zou-bisou-bisou-megan-s-sultry-song-to-don.html" style="color: #cc0000;"><i>History of Zou Bisou Bisou</i></a> for <i><b>The Daily Beast</b></i>.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.indiewire.com/article/television/theyre-all-great-girls-mad-men?offset=0" style="color: #cc0000;"><i>The Return of the Ladies of Mad Men</i></a> is the focus of Alison Willmore at <b><i>Indiewire</i></b>, who views the series as one "about gender, about masculine ideals and shifting female identity." Eleanor Clift, a former <i><b>Newsweek</b></i> staffer (and sister-in-law of Montgomery Clift), recalls her memories as a woman in that news magazine's workplace during the '60s with <a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2012/03/18/mad-men-goes-back-to-the-office.html" style="color: #cc0000;"><i>Mad Men and Working Women</i></a> (here, courtesy of <b><i>The Daily Beast</i></b>).</span><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6n0SbO7BPKLCJj0YK8yI9o6JPY2KTD_tHZuF-J3_WrXJfOkWZq8YmKKLN1hH1xOZ8x2nb4KTr30osBywqvlUdFGEPFgl82-Zzojywp13jKLBoAH879BdN_rPgSOxuXmv92-spv5wumg95/s1600/joan+and+peggy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6n0SbO7BPKLCJj0YK8yI9o6JPY2KTD_tHZuF-J3_WrXJfOkWZq8YmKKLN1hH1xOZ8x2nb4KTr30osBywqvlUdFGEPFgl82-Zzojywp13jKLBoAH879BdN_rPgSOxuXmv92-spv5wumg95/s400/joan+and+peggy.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Joan Harris and Peggy Olson of SCDP</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">At the UK's <b><i>Daily Mail</i></b>, Kristie Lau contemplates <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2120592/Mad-Men-season-5-embraces-fashion-trends-1966.html#ixzz1rPe80Slv" style="color: #cc0000;"><i>How</i> <i>Mad Men Embraced the Fashion Trends of 1966</i></a>, and at <i><b>GQ</b></i>, Matthew Sebra posts weekly on what the men of <i>Mad Men </i>are wearing, so far: <a href="http://www.gq.com/entertainment/movies-and-tv/201203/mad-men-style-season-premiere#slide=1" style="color: #cc0000;"><i>Season 5/Style Report 1</i></a> and <a href="http://www.gq.com/entertainment/movies-and-tv/201204/mad-men-style-season-5-episode-2#slide=1" style="color: #cc0000;"><i>Season 5/Style Report 2</i></a>.</span><br /><b><br /></b><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #0b5394;">Update: </span><a href="http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2012/04/mad-men-review-mystery-date-episode-504.html" style="color: #cc0000;">Click here</a> <span style="color: #0b5394;">for Bonnie Stiernberg's take on Episode 5.04 at </span></b><i style="color: #0b5394;"><b>PasteMagazine.com</b></i><i> </i> </span><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTQ-Tq5E-PPuxfzuRzMZhrSZYzKW8PCvNUXrLCIo2dPOo-auK9wEHl0svnREdIwrVtxyzED8MYLO7WXIK-Aor0hqGJaWo2rSPTH7LaFzaLYnsEQwZjkjcWT6cq_EBXAccnPYiNiyUfdEq6/s1600/peggy+pete+done+and+updo+dark.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTQ-Tq5E-PPuxfzuRzMZhrSZYzKW8PCvNUXrLCIo2dPOo-auK9wEHl0svnREdIwrVtxyzED8MYLO7WXIK-Aor0hqGJaWo2rSPTH7LaFzaLYnsEQwZjkjcWT6cq_EBXAccnPYiNiyUfdEq6/s400/peggy+pete+done+and+updo+dark.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stay tuned...</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="color: #660000;"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Note: <i>Sunday Night is Mad Men Night</i> will continue. 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