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YOU On Demand Launches Full Suite Of Products For Its Video On Demand Cable Platform In China

- Retains Experienced Investor Relations and Corporate Communications Firm JCIR to Expand Investor and Media Awareness -

NEW YORK, Feb. 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- YOU On Demand Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: YOD) ("YOU On Demand" or the "Company"), the leading Pay-Per-View (PPV) and Video On Demand (VOD) platform service in China, is pleased to announce the successful launch of its full suite of entertainment offerings with an aggressive multi-tactical marketing campaign targeting the February 10th start of the Chinese New Year.

The initial phase of the planned, multi-tiered launch, offers China-based consumers several choices, including:

  • Transactional (TVOD) - This service offering provides users on demand access to all the latest Hollywood releases and leading independent movie titles (retail price of US$1-$2).

YOU On Demand is offering titles from all of our studio partners including: Disney Media Distribution, Paramount Pictures, Universal Pictures, Warner Bros., Miramax Films, Lionsgate and Magnolia Pictures.

Some of the more popular titles YOU On Demand has seen being purchased during pre-launch tests include: Marvel's The Avengers, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Star Trek (2009) and The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie.

  • Subscription (SVOD) - In addition to TVOD, users are able to choose among two monthly Netflix-type subscription packages (retail price of US$3-$5), each with access to popular, hand-picked titles:
    • The first variation includes a variety of Hollywood library titles and is branded YOU Cinema On Demand;
    • The second, CHC Cinema On Demand, offers exclusive access to domestic Chinese, locally produced movies.

YOU On Demand's inaugural marketing campaign is using a wide variety of traditional and non-traditional marketing tactics, some of which include: Video Promotions, Radio, Scrolling Subtitle Messages, SMS Messages, Social Media, Web Banners and Landing Pages, Cable Box Messages, Magazine/TV Guide/ Newspaper Ads, Demonstration Areas in Payment Centers, IPG Advertisements and Promotions & Sweepstakes.

"After almost two years of hard work and focus on being granted the requisite exclusive Chinese governmental approvals as well as cinema industry approvals, cultivating relationships with early adopter cable operators and securing content from leading Hollywood studios and key independent U.S. distributors, it is very gratifying to now move onto the next growth stage of our business," said Shane McMahon, Chairman and CEO of YOU On Demand.  "While working with U.S. studios to ensure that all content is delivered through set-top boxes that meet U.S. industry approved technical standards for content protection, and with YOU On Demand's world-class platform implemented, our focus is on continuing to generate operating efficiencies and increased scalability in order to provide consumers with the most captivating and attractive programming.

"We are also excited to announce a new collaboration with JCIR," Mr. McMahon, added.  "After meeting with their team, we were very impressed with their experience and consistent success assisting companies across all industries, especially in the entertainment and media space.  Their wealth of relationships within the investment community and across the media professionals who cover our sector will help us leverage our operational success.  We look forward to a long and mutually beneficial relationship with JCIR."

About YOU On Demand Holdings, Inc. (

YOU On Demand (NASDAQ: YOD) is the leading national Pay-Per-View (PPV) and Video On Demand platform in China. The Company offers premium content, including leading Hollywood and China-produced movie titles, to customers across China through its Transactional VOD (TVOD), Subscription Video On Demand (SVOD) and Near Video On Demand (NVOD) services. YOU On Demand has secured alliances with leading global media operators and content developers. The Company has a comprehensive end-to-end secure delivery system, governmental partnerships and approvals and offers additional value-added services. YOU On Demand has strategic partnerships with the largest media entities in China, a highly experienced management team with international background and expertise in Cable, Television, Film, Digital Media, Internet and Telecom. YOU On Demand is headquartered in New York, NY with its China headquarters in Beijing.

About JCIR (

JCIR is a full-service investor relations and corporate communications firm specializing in creating and successfully executing investor relations initiatives and corporate communications programs for public and privately held organizations. Since its founding in 1994, JCIR has assisted hundreds of clients with generating tangible returns from their interactions with the investment community and the media that cover them.  As a results-oriented firm, JCIR focuses on providing candid counsel, ensuring consistency of message and continuity of execution.

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Jason Finkelstein

Robert Rinderman or Norberto Aja

YOU On Demand

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YOU On Demand to Present at the 15th Annual Needham Growth Conference

NEW YORK, Jan. 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- YOU On Demand Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: YOD) ("YOU On Demand"), China's leading national Pay-Per-View (PPV) and Video On Demand (VOD) platform, announced today that Shane McMahon, Chairman and CEO, will present at the 15th Annual Needham Growth Conference. The presentation will be held on Tuesday, January 15, 2013 at 5:30pm EST at the New York Palace Hotel in Manhattan.

For more information regarding this conference or to schedule a one-on-one meeting with management, please contact your institutional sales representative.

About YOU On Demand Holdings, Inc.

YOU On Demand is the leading national Pay-Per-View and Video On Demand platform in China. The Company offers high quality premium content to customers across China through its Near Video On Demand (NVOD), Video On Demand (VOD) and Subscription Video On Demand (SVOD) services. The Company consists of a portfolio of businesses that include alliances with leading media operators, comprehensive end-to-end content delivery, an exclusive billing solution, governmental partnerships and approvals, and value added services.

YOU On Demand has secured strategic partnerships with the largest media entities in China, and has a highly experienced management team with a strong background in Cable, Television, Media and Telecom. The company is headquartered in New York, NY, with its China headquarters in Beijing. For more information, visit

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This press release contains certain statements that may include "forward looking statements." All statements other than statements of historical fact included herein are "forward-looking statements." These forward looking statements are often identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "believes," "expects" or similar expressions, involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, they do involve assumptions, risks and uncertainties, and these expectations may prove to be incorrect. You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release. The Company's actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of a variety of factors, including those discussed in the Company's periodic reports that are filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and available on its website ( All forward-looking statements attributable to the Company or persons acting on its behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by these factors. Other than as required under the securities laws, the Company does not assume a duty to update these forward-looking statements.

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Sunday, November 11, 2012

We could learn a lot from Arizona

We Could Learn a Lot From Arizona: Aggregating Highway Rights of Way for Middle Mile Fiber Optic Cable
Arizona provides a shining example of how Colorado could aggregate existing resources to improve the broadband environment for rural and remote communities across the state. As the demand for digital Internet speed increases exponentially, many of Arizona’s rural residents and businesses found they either did not have high capacity digital services available at all, or the available services did not provide sufficient capacity to support new video intensive Internet services such as eLearning, Tele-Health, Telework and IPTV, etc.  These shortcomings have been limiting factors in the availability of jobs, educational opportunities, public safety and healthcare services in such areas.  The passing of Senate Bill 1402 in 2012 allows for the spread of significantly higher-speed broadband access to citizens statewide, accelerating economic growth, education, public safety, healthcare, and digital government in Arizona.
Specifically, the bill expands existing rules governing Arizona Department of Transportation’s (ADOT) management of state rights of way (ROW) to include transportation-of–information as well as vehicles. When funding is provided to ADOT, from a fund to be managed by the Digital Arizona Project, ADOT will be requested to bury multiple empty fiber-optic conduits along specified state highways-using existing ROW wherever possible. These multiple separate conduits will be leased to broadband providers by the Project on a cost recovery basis. Providers must contract to install fiber before conduits are constructed.  The outcome of the Project will be streamlined access to the ROW at significantly lower costs to providers for constructing long distance digital capacity to reach rural communities. These lowered costs are expected to encourage new investments by provider’s thereby accelerating and improving availability of high-capacity digital services in poorly served areas of Arizona. It is expected to take a number of years to fully implement this program throughout the rural areas of the state.

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Sunday, November 28, 2010

Herbert Ashman & Co.

In a trade directory of the late 19th century, Herbert Ashman and Company Limited were listed as curriers, leather merchants and leather belting and hose manufacturers. Ashman's family arrived in Bristol from Yeovil when he was a few months old. He joined his father's firm at the age of 15, and founded his own business with his brother seven years later, in 1876.

Although his name still stands engraved in the stonework high above 1-5 Broadmead street, Herbert Ashman's greater claim to fame is that he was created the first Lord Mayor of Bristol in June 1899. Before this time the office was simply that of Mayor. On 15th November of the same year he became Sir Herbert, when he was knighted by Queen Victoria during her visit to the city. This was the last personal conferment of knighthood by the Queen, who died in 1901. Herbert Ashman died in September 1914 following an operation for appendicitis.

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Halloween Preparation (Days 629 - 632)

So I've practiced my Halloween makeup twice, and I still don't entirely know what I'm going to do for sure, but here's what I did so far.

First time playing with Zombie makeup in a long time. This was sort of a half-practice for my boyfriend's Randall (Ugly Americans) cosplay also, as I have no idea how to properly mimic a missing nose. I have some ideas, but in this practice, I didn't use any scar putty because I don't have a lot of it and I wanted to save it.

I was also trying to make it look like my lower right eyelid was torn off, which probably would have worked better with scar putty also, but again, I wanted to save it. I'm still unsure about the mouth, but it turned out alright here.

Round Two! Here I'm using scar putty for around my mouth, which I'm still kind of unsure of. It look good, but it cracks and falls off fairly quickly, and I'm supposed to be playing laser tag in this. The downside of not having the mouth is that I don't have much else. The upside is that it's easier and no one will really care.

I didn't do the nose because I didn't like how it turned out the first time, and I didn't do the torn eyelid because it wasn't great the first time and, yet again, to save scar putty.

This is the second part of the makeup I played around with the second time, meant to mimic a broken shoulder with bone sticking out. I kind of started making it without a clear idea in my head of what the end goal was, so the redness isn't all the realistic. I really love the bone shard though, my boyfriend helped me with the realism of it. I just don't know how this is going to work with a laser tag vest, so maybe I'll have bone sticking out of the back of my hand or something instead.

I also did a little bit of makeup practice on my boyfriend, because he's also going to be a zombie, but it didn't turn out great. His skin tone is a lot darker than mine, and I haven't done makeup on anyone other than myself, except once, and we used her makeup kit, not mine. On Halloween, we'll have more time to mess with his makeup, and it was a pretty good trial run.

GZR Cosplayer of the Week (Days 623-628)

Some time last week, I was interviewed for Game-Zone Recreation's Cosplayer of the Week, and it was uploaded this Wednesday.

I've noticed that the more I see myself on video, the less I hate watching myself on video. I don't know if it's because I'm learning how to conduct myself on camera better or I'm just getting used to it, but either way, I'm definitely not complaining.

GZR's Cosplayer of the Weeks is more or less what it sounds like. Each week, a cosplayer will be interviewed, either in person or just a written interview, and featured on the GZR website. We're still working on the conditions for being featured and the formatting of everything. To stay updated, like the Game-Zone Recreation FaceBook page or the Kin-Yoobi Con FaceBook page. Hopefully, most updates will be coming from the GZR page, but I'm unsure right now.

Last week's Cosplayer of the Week was Marygail Pilares, aka Owen Miyabi, and you can read her text interview here.

Also, starting some time next month, I will begin posting video blogs on the GZR website about cosplay. They're going to be more about cosplay in general, not my personal cosplay, and I feel like this interview sort of ties into it all and was a nice way to begin introducing me.

If you would like to be featured as Cosplayer of the Week, or if you have any topic ideas for my upcoming vlogs, please leave me a comment!

Sharing Knowledge

I came across this thread/poll on Cosplay.com about sharing patterns and tutorials. I was going to just post an answer there, but I noticed that some people's answers got really long. Also, my answer is pretty much the same as a lot of answers there and doesn't contribute much to the thread. So I thought it'd make a decent filler post here.

Do you publicly display your work/give tips/trade secrets?
Obviously, based on the very existence of this blog, yes. I really enjoy sharing my work and my knowledge, however, there are limits and conditions.

I can't imagine ever freely sharing a pattern that I drafted myself from scratch. I would recommend books and tutorials about how to draft said pattern, I would even make a tutorial about how to make the pattern, but I would never share just the pattern. Basically, I feel like people should do their own work. If I had to make it, I'm not giving it away for free. I would consider selling patterns, but I don't think that they'd even fit very many people.

Also, if something is really hard for me to figure out how to make, I won't post a tutorial. I'll admit, this is more selfishness than anything, but there are a few other reasons I won't do this. If it takes me a long time to figure out how to do something, chances are, the method that I come up with in the end isn't very good. I don't want to post long, tedious instructions on how to make something that might not even turn out that well because the directions are too complicated. In addition, if it's something that's really hard for me to figure out how to make, it was probably hard to make in general, and doesn't look as spectacular as I'd like it to. Chances are, it's something that I'm going to remake with an easier method anyway. Finally, if I'm having a lot of difficulty making something, I'm definitely not taking enough progress pictures to be helpful in a tutorial.

I'd never post patterns for something that I'm trying to make money off of, my fleece hats for example. If I tell people how to make them, why would they buy them from me? That's just bad business.

Aside from all of that, I have no problem telling people how I made something. I love sharing knowledge that will help people create things that they want, and more than half of the time, I got the information from somewhere else anyway. I love creating tutorials (when I remember to take pictures) and sharing easy methods of making something that looks like it's complicated.

On a similar note, I don't take commissions only because people aren't willing to pay for what they're worth (or even less than they're worth). Otherwise, I'd take them all the time to make money!

Change of Plans (Days 616 - 621)

The nice thing about Halloween is that no one really cares if you cancel your costume plans or make last minute changes or whatever. So, after careful consideration, I'm not going to be Ironette for Halloween. My main issue is that I have to order the fabric, which is kind of expensive ($14 per year), and it may take up to 10 days to ship, which would definitely not leave me enough time to make the costume as nice as I would like it.

So instead, I'm going to be a generic zombie. It's been a while since I've gotten to play around with casualty makeup, so this should be fun. I have an outfit in mind, but there's not much to say about it, since it's just a generic zombie. I'll post pictures when I have them.

Sorting Stuff (Days 631 - 615)

Once again, it's been far too long since I've updated.

I went through and sorted a bunch of patterns that my mom got from a friend. I'm still not 100% finished going through them, but at least they're sorted out. I'm selling them, if you are interested in purchasing a pattern, check out my lists of them:
Simplicity Patterns
Butterick Patterns
McCall's Patterns
Other Patterns
Pattern Pieces

"Pattern Pieces" are exactly what they sound like, pieces of patterns. There's usually only one or two pieces, but I'm thinking they can be combined with other patterns of similar size and style. I don't really have any prices in mind, so just ask.

I also sorted through a bunch of buttons (also gotten from Mom's friend). I'm looking to get rid of a bunch of these as well, but I have no photos. I'm also not selling the belt buckles. They are glorious, and they are mine. I also kept all of the military/navy-style buttons for myself.

Other than all of that, I've been kind of sort of not really working on my Ironette (Iron Man 2) cosplay. I bought a pair of boots to cover, but then I decided that my old Franziska von Karma boots would be better. Also, my Franziska boots are horribly torn up. So the boots that I bought are my new Franziska boots, even though I fear they might be less accurate, the heel is taller, and the toes are more square. My old Franziska boots will be my new Ironette boots.

I'm hoping to be Ironette for Halloween, and I know that the costume won't be 100% finished by then. I want to have the clothing, gloves, and boot covers finished, and have some kind of circular at-least-reflective-if-not-light-up, piece on the front. I know that I won't have the hand and feet lights finished. I'll have the entire thing finished my Fanime 2012, including chest, hand, and feet lights. It will be my first time working with LED lights, so I'm both excited and nervous.

Other than buying boots, I aso ordered fabric swatches from DistinctiveFabric.com. If you get an account (which is free), you get 5 free fabric swatches (to be ordered at any time), so my two fabric swatches were free. I ordered both red and gold stretch satin. It sounds like the most horrible thing ever, especially for cosplay, but it is what the outfits in the movie were made out of, so I can't argue it. I actually bought red dance/swimwear fabric already, but it just doesn't look right. I'll either use it as practice or make myself a swimsuit.
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Thursday, August 07, 2008

Kitchen Tour

I hope you all checked out Hooked on Houses blogger tour, it kept me busy for a whole afternoon! I really enjoyed seeing how others have transformed their houses into homes. Such great ideas too, got my mind a thinkin, again! So, I wanted to share some other shots of my kitchen, since it is my favorite room in the house and I am still working on the craft room and library. The glass top stove came with the house, not my choice, in fact, I don't like it at all! I've burned a few dinners cuz I'm not used to the infrared heating plus my pans kinda scoot around, and there's no way I'm canning on that stove, so we are looking for another, regular stove. I did get spoiled with gas cooking but I'm getting used to electric, slowly!

This shot was taken from the sink looking into the dining room, it shows off my vintage collection of utensils. This kitchen was just meant for my stuff! Our heat wave has broke with clouds and rain expected and welcomed today plus gas is coming down too! Who ever thought we'd be glad to see $3.51 at the pumps! Now, if you haven't already, go check out the home tour, you won't be sorry!

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Monday, 1 April 2013

The month that was.....March

Well March has been and gone, can't believe that we are a quarter of the way through the year and believe it or not we are now also on British Summer Time. Hope it warms up soon!

March has been a pretty busy month, it started with an unexpected trip to the opticians as I couldn't see properly. Turns out in 3 months my eyes have changed drastically so I had to have another full eye check, swap my contact lenses and buy new pair of glasses. At least I can see now.

I also went on holiday to Lanzarote. This also coincided with the snow we had back in the UK so when everyone here was wrapping up warm I was in the warm of a 28 degree climate.

Unfortunately whilst on holiday I ended up with bad fluid retention in my foot.

My foot is near enough back to normal but it does still hurt a little. Oh and the heat rash has gone too. All in all my foot was a mess and flip flops were my friends whilst on holiday.

As I've now been back a week I think I also have a mild form of tonsillitis but I think I'm beating it so hopefully won't need any medication.

Well there we have my March, except for the huge fat foot and huge fat throat it was a pretty good month. Oh and for the blurry eyes!

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Welcome to CravingsTwinCompanies.com!

If you're in the mood for food, you've come to the right place. Cravings Bistro (Pleasant Grove, UT) serves hot and delicious grilled cheese sandwiches, and Cravings Alisha's Cupcakes (Pleasant Grove, UT) serves delectable and decadent sweets.

Like the Twins, the stores are 3 minutes apart. :)

The Cravings Companies are all about comfort, so kick off your shoes and stay a while!

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Twin sisters own Cravings – Alisha’s Cupcakes and Cravings Bistro in Pleasant Grove. Together, Angie (left) and Alisha won “Cupcake Wars” on the Food Network and enjoy serving up happiness to their customers.

Twin sisters and restaurant owners Alisha Nuttall and Angela Wilson are two sides of the same coin — one likes whimsy, one likes boldness. One owns a bakery, one owns a bistro. But the Pleasant Grove pair combined forces to win “Cupcake Wars,” even though their attempt at a pizza cupcake cut them out of their first shot at the title.

Angie: Alisha and I were opposites growing up — Alisha was a cheerleader, and I was on the drill team. But we have both always loved food. We had food jobs through high school, working at Subway and Burger King.

Alisha: My love of baking started in my home economics class. I liked working with doughs, making cinnamon rolls, pretzels, bread and basic brownies. Then after we graduated high school I got a job at Chili’s, and Angie worked at Outback.

Angie: I baked a cake for coworkers, and a top-level Outback Steakhouse exec tasted it and said, “You should do cupcakes!”

Alisha: Angie came to me with this idea, so we came up with a name — Cravings – Alisha and Angie’s Cupcakes — but then Angie moved to California, so I made it Cravings – Alisha’s Cupcakes. I baked at home and my business spread by word of mouth. I wanted to have a store front, but my husband was wary of the idea. He’s a pilot, not an entrepreneur. Then Angie came home from California.

Angie: I discovered I want to be my own boss, but I didn’t want to do baking. Alisha can have fun baking at home with her kids, but I’m single and can’t stand being at home. Alisha gave me the idea to open a restaurant specializing in grilled cheeses.

Alisha: I tried selling my cupcakes at Angie’s restaurant, but we’re both control freaks. If I didn’t like the way she arranged my cupcakes, I would tell her. But it was her shop and she had the right display them however she wanted. I started selling my cupcakes at a boutique and movie theater. A few of my friends started telling me about “Cupcake Wars” on Food Network. In 2012 I emailed in two sentences about myself and my identical twin. One audition video later, we were invited to the show — and we bombed.

Angie: We got cut the first round for our attempt at a pizza cupcake, with ingredients like pepperoni and jalapeños. It was hard to see Alisha so devastated.

“I didn’t know if I wanted to go. On top of being pregnant, I had barely opened my restaurant and didn’t want to leave. But I had good employees who made it possible for me to be Alisha’s assistant on ‘Cupcake Wars’ again.” —Angie Wilson

Alisha: I’m embarrassed to say that it was one of the most depressing times of my life. It was heartbreaking and it made me doubt myself. Angie and I had decided that we would never do it again. But a year later, Food Network asked us back for a special “Redemption” episode.

Angie: I didn’t know if I wanted to go. On top of being pregnant, I had barely opened my restaurant and didn’t want to leave. But I had good employees who made it possible for me to be Alisha’s assistant on “Cupcake Wars” again.

Alisha: We practiced a lot for this round. Contestants aren’t allowed to bring recipes, so I memorized my go-to cupcake recipes. Before we went, I asked my husband, “If I win, can you promise me we can have a storefront?” He said yes, but I don’t think he thought we would actually win. The other three teams were eliminated one by one, and we were the only team left standing. We probably looked like spazzes when they announced that we won. Then it all settled in and I realized we needed to open a storefront before the episode aired. We opened Cravings – Alisha’s Cupcakes in November 2013 and the episode aired in March 2014.

Angie: After Alisha opened her cupcake shop in Pleasant Grove, I moved my restaurant from American Fork to Pleasant Grove. Now we’re literally down the block from each other.

Alisha: We were asked back to “Cupcake Wars” a third time for a fan favorite episode. I had just opened my store but we decided to do it anyway. Our friends, family and customers voted us onto the episode, but we were cut after the first round. Winning and losing have both given us great publicity.

Angie: We promote each other’s businesses and embrace our differences. Alisha’s cupcake shop is whimsical and makes people feel like they’re in Disneyland, and my Cravings Bistro has big bold colors. We both get to make customers happy.

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October 30, 2009

Richmond and its youth are getting a bad rap with this gang rape case

The thing is, gang rapes and bystander indifference can also happen amongst so-called “nice” kids from “nice” families who go to “nice” schools in and “nice” towns.

That's what experts and a review of such cases suggest.

What do I mean by “nice”? I think some of you know what I mean. Middle, upper class, possibly suburban, and, often, yes, white.

Richmond, Contra Costa County’s oil-refinery town to the west, is front and center of the 24-hour news cycle for a horrific crime, the gang rape of a 15-year-old girl, committed, allegedly by 10 males, and witnessed by more than 20 others.

During the two-hour attack, outside Richmond High's homecoming dance, the girl was invited to drink with a group. She collapsed from drinking too much too suddenly. She was then beaten, robbed, stripped naked and repeatedly sexually assaulted. As she was attacked, others stopped, watched, and even took photos with their cell phones. No one intervened, until word reached a group of students and former students watching a movie at a house a few blocks away. Someone finally called 911, and police arrived and broke it up.

Six suspects so far have been arrested, and four were arraigned Thursday on a litany of charges, the San Francisco Chronicle says. Three are juveniles being charged as adults.

"This crime was extremely callous and brutal," said Deputy District Attorney Dara Cashman. "We've been getting expressions of outrage from all over the country."

Yes, the crime was callous and brutal, and Richmond High, likewise, has been inundated with e-mails, comparing its students to animals. The Contra Costa Times says that young people in Richmond “increasingly feel as though they are on trial themselves, as a national chorus of gawkers judges them based on the inaction of the few who hooted and laughed.”

Two disturbing narratives are going on with this case, and these narratives have repeated themselves over the years in American chronicles. They have also generated plenty of scholarly study.

The first is the mentality—individual and group--of gang rape. The second is the “bystander effect.” This social psychological phenomenon entered the national consciousness following the 1964 stabbing and murder of 28-year-old Kitty Genovese, near her home in the Kew Gardens section of Queens, New York in 1964. Initial newspaper accounts say more than three dozen people witnessed her killing but didn’t intervene or call for help. Those initial reports were later found to have been exaggerated, but the case remains a powerful symbol for social anomie.

Running alongside these two narratives is the idea that if something this reprehensible is going to happen among a crowd of teen-agers, it’s probably going to happen in a place like Richmond.

Yes, Richmond has its reputation. For impoverished neighborhoods, remorseless teen assassins, fatherless boys, unwed moms, and school kids psychologically scarred by a form of post-traumatic stress disorder that comes from growing up in violent neighborhoods.

But that’s only part of Richmond. I used to work there. I got to know its tough side, but I also got to know its wealth of cultural history and some of its decent, hard-working residents, of all races, who were trying to raise their kids, take care of their homes, and contribute to their community.

Also, if you start searching around for other cases involving gang rape or the bystander effect, you will find that these situations also arise in “nice” communities, amongst “nice” students at “nice” secondary or college campuses—even elite college campuses. The perpetrators are often members of the same athletic team or fraternity brothers. Sure, Richmond has some neighborhoods, where robberies, shootings and assaults are almost daily occurrences. But according to the experts, the factors involved in that kind of street violence are not necessarily that same conditions that fuel a pack mentality and violent sexual assaults.

Remember the 2007 case involving a group of DeAnza College baseball players? These students from the campus in affluent Cupertino were accused of sexually assaulted a 17-year-old girl. She was intoxicated to the point of being comatose, and was saved by three players for the school's women's soccer team. Protests erupted over the Santa Clara County District Attorney's office declining to prosecute (pictured above).

And going back to the Kitty Genovese murder: I don’t know much about Kew Gardens in 1964 or now but from what I've read about it, I don’t get the impression that it has ever been a tough inner-city kind of neighborhood.

Gang sexual assault and the bystander effect can also take place amongst military units. Abu Ghirab, anyone? And just yesterday, I came across such a story, broken by a young journalist from Lafayette who is now finishing school at New York University. This story, by Rachel Krantz, has been picked up by the Huffington Post and NPR. Her reporting uncovered a culture of sexual harassment, assault, hazing, bystander indifference, and enforced silence taking place amongst a special Navy unit posted in Bahrain.

Peggy Reeves Sanday is a University of Pennsylvania anthropology professor who has studied the factors that give rise to gang rape, and those factors can apply to groups of males from a variety of backgrounds and in a variety of social settings.

In her book, Fraternity Rape Gang Rape: Sex, Brotherhood, and Privilege on Campus, which was re-released in a second edition in 2007. She initially looked at a gang rape case that occurred on her own campus, but also cites incidents at Notre Dame, Brigham Young University, the University of Colorado, Boulder, Morehead State University, and the University of Tennessee, Chattanooga.

"These and other incidents in secondary schools and gangs demonstrate that the same underlying behavior occurs across the U.S. social spectrum, not just on college campuses," she wrote. "It is reported in elite and nonelite secondary schools and among street gangs. It is not restricted to whites, blacks, or other ethnic groups.

When she uses the term “fraternity gang rape,” she says she's using it in its broader sense to mean a group of persons associated by or as if by ties of brotherhood, or any group or class of persons having common purposes and interests.

The commonality, she says, "is male bonding in sex acts in which the males involved aid and abet the activity."

These situations often occur in party settings, like the case among the DeAnza College baseball players or among the Richmond High gang rape suspects.

"In party settings," Sandy writes, "boys examine the girls ... play the host by plying them with drinks … "

Sanday continues, and describes the group dynamics involved:

"If, as sometimes happens, the behavior mushrooms into group sex, there is always the question of whether the girl consented. The boys may not even consider the possibility that she may have been too drunk too consent. They assume that by drinking she signaled her desire for sex.
"The woman involved is a tool, an object, the centerfold around which boys both test and demonstrate their power and heterosexual desire by performing for one another.
They prove their manhood on a wounded girl who is unable to protest. Her body stands in for the object of desire in porno-staged acts of sexual intercourse that boys often watch together.

"Who she is doesn’t matter and she is quickly forgotten after it’s all over—sloughed off like a used condom. The event operates to glue the male group as a unified entity; it establishes fraternal bonding and helps boys to make the transition to their vision of powerful manhood—in unity against women, one against the

Anonymous said...

One supposes the issue for men in general to come to grips is how to they communicate to the rest of society (younger boys/men as well as girls and women in general) that real power does not arrive from brutalizing others.

One could argue that brutality presented as entertainment contributes to this mistaken identity seeking, but it is worthwhile to consider that many whom one might know to be brave men, are in fact brave through control of themselves, i.e. they are not always loud and boisterous - they are often silent winners in the competition of man against man.

So how does the new man of peace archetype become transmitted in a powerful way? That I think is the challenge; sometimes I wonder if Obama is our first representation of it.

Anonymous said...

My My.

All these liberal excuses. I'll bet those young men are probably not guilty at all. They were victims of the time, the place, and society at-large.

Let's just sweep it under the rug, because boys will be boys as every left-wing nut job will tell you.

SM, you're a jerk!

Anonymous said...

Studying the dynamics of this brutal crime doesn't make SM a jerk. It reflects an attempt to understand how this could happen. Thank you for researching and writing this up, SM. It's been so ugly to deal with this in our back yard, but it's a worldwide problem and we need to try and find out why it happens so we can try and stop it from happening.

Limeridger said...

Whether these things happen in affluent white neighborhoods or not, while possibly being an interesting philosophical issue to be discussed in school, is really nothing more than a distraction. Richmond has problems with its youth and this is but yet another example. Regardless of where this occurred, it should be called out as the horrific crime that it is. It is unacceptable that watchers on would do nothing to stop a brutal rape and possibly even egg it on. Richmond and its youth deserve a bad rap for this incident as well as high percentage of youth related crime. If the same thing happened in Moraga or Orinda those places too would deserve a bad rap. Wrong is wrong no matter where it happens.

Anonymous said...

yes, society's fault, the cops fault for not watching that side of the school, the administrator fault for not patroling around, maybe they ate some twinkies beforehand (like Dan White), maybe they went to the store and bought beer so we should sue the liquor store owner and Budweiser as well. Oh, wait, let's throw the City in there for not providing enough street lights in the area. Certainly don't blame these horrible kids/young adults. It is not their problem. I am sure they came from a single parent home, watched the Roadrunner growing up (so they are now prone to violence) and are currently playing violent video games. Yes, you are correct, society has done these kids wrong - let them out of jail, say sorry, cut them a check for $25 million for their troubles, and send them on their way.

DumbAsBricks said...

Thanks for bringing this information. Of course, these are strictly observations and are not to be construed as an excuse. A crime is a crime and justice is required for the victims.

In understanding the nature of the crime, perhaps we can do something to prevent it from occurring again. Additionally, the impact crimes is felt by those who were not even present by creating a perception of imminent threat to everyone.

SM, I think you are bringing a very good discussion to help in this process. The researchers observations are pretty powerful.

Anonymous said...

Anon 903a and 955a (are you the same person?)

Why do you have to tag it as liberal excuses? I am not a liberal and can understand what Soccer Mom was trying to say. Gang or mob mentality is not just limited to Richmond or poor neighborhoods. Wasn't it last year when a boy in Lafayette or Moraga (I forget which) died of alcohol poisoning at a party? One could argue that bystanders let that happen as well.

You cannot condemn all Richmond kids. I give kudos to the ones who did finally report it. I would also prosecute the ones who showed depraved indifference to the fullest extent of the law.

So I think you are a jerk for being so closed minded. You are giving us conservatives a bad rep.

Thank you Soccer Mom for giving us another way to look at this tragic situation.

Soccer Mom said...

Hello there,
I hope it doesn't come across that I'm saying don't hold these defendants accountable. If they are found guilty, they should be. And, maybe legally, the District Attorney's Office is looking for options to charge others who didn't actually beat or assault the girl. Not sure how far that will go.

A couple additional things. During his 10 o'clock hour yesterday, KGO radio host Ronn Owens was talking about the case, as I was driving to an event. (And then at 11 a.m., NPR's All Things Considered discussed it, too. NPR's was to be a segment on the bystander effect...I had to go into the event, so I didn't hear it.)

Owens' colleague at KGO e-mailed in to Owens to remind listeners of an East Bay murder, involving an unusual variation on the bystander theme. Copeland remembers it from when he was growing up in the East Bay. It was the famous "River's Edge" case. It involved a 16-year-old in Milpitas who raped and strangled his 14-year-old girlfriend. He then bragged about it and showed her body to at least 13 different people, and her killing went unreported for two days.

The case was made into a 1986 film.

Anon 11:06 mentions a more recent "bystander" case that I was tempted to mention. That is the May death of 16-year-old Joseph Loudon, who collapsed at an alcohol-fueled teen party in Orinda.
The cause of Loudon's death remains a mystery because he only had a small amount of alcohol in him at the time, nowhere near enough, authorities believe, to even make him tipsy, and certainly not enough to cause alcohol poisoning.

As I've written before, Loudon's family believes that there were kids who were with Joe, or who might know more about what he was doing before he collapsed and what happened after. There might have been a time lag, where someone could have gotten him proper help.

But a code of silence dropped over Joe's death. In his situation, it might not be the kids who ultimately are responsible for not speaking up. Maybe it's their well-educated, affluent so-called "nice" suburban parents.

Different kind of crime, Joe's death, than the gang rape of that girl in Richmond. But, if nothing else, it tells me that a group, pack mentality can easily arise among suburban teens, who may have had all the advantages in life--good schools, intact families--and who are supposedly raised with a moral compass. Or not...

Anonymous said...

My previous post, Anon 1106am, was an attempt to show the similarities of "mob mentality" whether in Richmond or Orinda. Thanks for clearing that up Soccer Mom.

The 1988 movie "The Accused" with Jodie Foster also touched on this subject.

In anycase, I am wondering how I or others can help the 15 year old victim of this vicious crime. Has anyone heard of anything?

Anonymous said...

in joe loudon's case in orinda, would an inhalent show up in the testing? Maybe it was sudden inhalant death, or huffing. why else would a healthy young man, with very little alcohol in his system drop dead?

Anonymous said...

SM, I appreciate you bringing up this topic. Richmond is part of Contra Costa County, and this news story is on a lot of people's minds. I agree with your premise that gang rape can occur anywhere young men, women and alcohol mix. However, not sure, that the depraved indifference of observers watching an unconscious girl being raped by a host of men can occur anywhere. Think it would take a complete insensitivity to violence (more commonly found in inner-city culture) to walk away and do nothing.

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How to help
Richmond High School is accepting cards and donations for the victim and her family. They can be mailed to the school at 1250 23rd St., Richmond, CA 94804-1011. Make checks out to the Richmond High Student Fund.

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Anonymous said...

What happened was horrible, but what do you expect when these kids live with brutality 24/7/365? It's inside the home, it's outside the home.

We move to the nice, lily-White and Asian burbs so we don't have to be exposed to it. Who has to live with it? Poor people. Bottom line. In addition, poverty brings other things such as lack of opportunity for education and jobs.

I was a juror last year on a gang murder. A kid was murdered by a gang member because he was wearing 49er pants, which were the 'wrong' color of red. The boy was alone, which the gang members call 'slipping.' It's easier for gang members to prey on gang members who are 'slipping' or alone. There is no indication that the boy who was killed was a gang member.

Think about how many kids have no choice but to enter gangs for protection? We see what happens when you have no protection -- you get several bullets shot into your body, then you die bleeding on the sidewalk. Sounds pretty damned bad, doesn't it?

I don't know what the solution is, but I know the vast majority of these criminals are not born that way, they're made by their environment.

And, those who condemn without having any compassion for who they were before they became criminals make me want to puke.

Anonymous said...

I see this as a case where parents have failed to raise their children through neglect. They failed to teach their children morals and how to treat other people.

This is a dangerous generation of youth where they can't even tell the difference between real life and a game of Grand Theft Auto.

People say violent video games and movies don't harm children. However, violent video games and movies desensitize people to violence. There are a small number of people who will be influenced to copy these actions and see it as no big deal.

The internet is filled with tons of free porn that feature gang rapes and violence against women. People often think that their kids are good kids and don't watch porn. The truth is that most kids do watch porn and they are being reinforced that some women do enjoy being gang raped. We live in a highly sexualized culture and the younger generation of people are being told through TV and movies that you are not cool unless you are having sex. Children are pressuring each other into having sex just to be accepted.

People don't talk about it, but date rapes(acquaintance rape) happen all of the time in suburbia. Just because it doesn't show up in the newspaper doesn't mean you can imagine that it doesn't happen. It happens in every high school.

I hate to say this, but parents need to install Internet Filtering Software. Children need to be protected from violent pornography that degrades women and promotes sexual violence.

Anonymous said...

Hip-hop and thug culture combined with indifferent and downright bad parenting and this is what you get. I mostly blame the parents for raising bad kids. And as un-PC as it sounds, there's a reason why some people live in bad areas. Often it's because they are simply flawed people and no matter what society does to help them, they will always be flawed.

Anonymous said...

Before you lay all of the blame on the parents, keep in mind that some of these parents are working multiple low-paying jobs just to keep a roof over their families' heads and food in their mouths.

While I'm sure some households are neglectful, some are abusive, some are absent because they can't make ends meat without being gone much of the time.

Anonymous said...

i was the 9:55 post and the discussion was pretty good until the end of the post when everybody started blaming society again for these THUGS behavior
really, watching internet porn is now the excuse??. From the 1850's (probably earlier) until 2009, there is always something that can be "blamed" - name a decade and I am sure we can come up with something. THere are plenty of poor kids, kids who watch cartoons, rich kids, rap listeners, jazz listeners, etc who are bad and good kids. These kids are criminals, losers, and jackasses for what they did to this little girl. LETS BLAME THEM! - not the single parent household they grew up in, not the city of Richmond or the teachers. Why do we have to blame everthing/everyone else. There are lots of kids in RIchmond (and other places) that grew up similar to them and are not raping and cheering on a crime. When kids/people start taking responsibility for their own actions, that's when things start to change.

Anonymous said...

Violent internet pornography adds to the problem. Little things add up and push people over the edge to commit crimes like this. Parents are neglecting their children. I don't care if you have to work several jobs, but you have to make the time to raise your kids. Do you have time to eat, sleep, brush your teeth? You have the time to talk to your children and raise them to be respectful human beings. Excuses do not make up for bad parenting.

Parents need to keep their children away from bad influences and bad people. They also need to keep them away from sources of violence and that includes porn that glorifies violence against women. It creates an attitude that the degradation of women is no big deal.

Also, violent video games do indeed make violence more likely. You can deny it all you want, but violent imagery leads to violent thoughts. What kind of parent lets their children play video games where people beat, rape, and kill? Apparently, many parents do and it is enough to push some kids over the edge. Nothing about violent video games makes children smarter or more courteous people.

Find other ways to keep your kids entertained. Parents with messed up values, raise children with messed up values. The worst part is that the parents don't even think anything is wrong with it. They think that they are such wonderful parents.

Anonymous said...

No they're not getting a bad rap. This is what having a welfare state does. When people demand the government take care of all their problems and have no sense of responsibility this is what you get. Instead of parenting we have gangs and rap music raising these kids. A liberal utopia!


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Wednesday, July 20, 2011

My chair is solid! Not see through like Dales, so the negative shapes are only to do with tones. I did a sketch with Caran D'ache pencils, which looks like a patchwork & I will post it on my blog HERE
The sketch above was of the studs around one of the areas of the chair
Yesterday Ruth bought me a BLENDER pencil & I have used it here on the dark areas, it is a fabulous tool.
The shading in the centre part is a little bit lighter than around the edges, look how the blender grabs the pigment and accentuates the shading. I used just 4 pencils for this 2 browns, dark red & yellow & am pleased with a very hurried sketch - 5 minutes does not get any longer - phew!
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Monday, June 1, 2009

Marmaduke a Go-G0

"Marmaduke, you left your bones on the chair again!" Screamed the poorly drawn owner lady.
"Thats the last goddamn time!"
From the hall closet she pulled out a 40. Calibur shotgun.
"Oh you big stupid dog, you're getting it now!" She mumbled as she wandered through the poorly drawn house. But where was Marmaduke?
He wasn't in the kitchen. He wasn't in the den. He wasn't in the yard. Where...
Suddenly a scream broke out from upstairs, a bloodcurdling scream that seemed to last forever and then was suddenly cut short.
Poorly drawn owner lady rushed up stairs and threw open the bedroom door. The smell of fresh blood hit her before her brain could process what her eyes were seeing and she vomited all over herself. There were blood and body parts all over the poorly drawn room. It was like it had gotten a new coat of paint. And in the middle of all the horrible gore was the big stupid dog himself, happily gnawing on a sneakered leg.
Poorly drawn owner lady aimed her shotgun and steeled herself...
Suddenly the door to the bathroom and out ran...Billy from Family Circus? Oh shit, owner lady knew she was in trouble. Billy was covered from head to toe in hand grenades and plastic explosive.
"You touch my eternal lover and we all die." Shouted Billy in the most annoying voice ever.
They all looked at each other for what seemed like an eternity. Somewhere in the distance a dog barked. Poorly drawn owner lady threw down her shotgun and ran as fast as she could to Ziggy's house. There she could rest up and think about her next step. And also make sweet sweet love to Ziggy's nose.

Next time: Billy hits his head and we flashback to just what really happened the rest of the Circus. It ain't pretty...

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J.R. Spumkin said...

This is gold, man! Keep 'dis shit UP!


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Sunday, November 1, 2009

Random Thoughts 01-Nov-09

So I just finished Sweeney Todd with Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter and Alan Rickman. If you get at a chance to see it, it's really something else. The only other horror musical I can think of is Little Shop of Horrors and that was pretty much a straight comedy. Sweeney Todd has an undercurrent of black comedy but thanks to the crazy amount of gore it presents, it's pretty much a slasher film. Yep, you heard thats right: it's a musical slasher film. If that sounds like your cup of tea, then I'd give it a rent. Plus Sacha Baron Cohen is in it, and I swear he couldn't not be great unless he tried.
One thing I really like about it was that it's a Victorian era horror film, which you don't see much of nowadays. It's odd too because it seems like the perfect period to see a horror film in. On top of the Victorian obsession with death there's a lot of creepiness to be gained just from the hospitals of the time. From what I've read you went to the hospital pretty much as a last resort since they were quite nasty places and the main way to cure anything was bleeding and cupping. (If you don't know what cupping is, thats a good thing, stay ignorant.)
I'm kind of obsessed with the Victorian era, but I don't know enough about it yet to write stories set in that time period. I know it was a time of huge technological advances which created more misery than anything since there were no work safety rules and if you lost your arm in a machine, they could just fire you and that was it. There were no child labor laws either. If you were rich you were alright though. Unless you caught some horrible disease.
I also know they had a rigid class structure and insane hang ups about sex.

So anyways...
I was thinking today about artists vs. writers and people, like me, who for whatever reason, have no artistic ability. I think John K actually called us "slightly retarded". I think that's a bit harsh. I think the ability to create images in another person's mind using descriptive words is not something not everyone can do. Not well anyways. It's an art like drawing or playing an instrument that requires skill, natural talent, and a large amount of practice to get good at. All you really need to convince you of that is to pick up a bad novel or short story or read one of the millions of horrible fan fictions that pepper the Internet.
I also think it's harder to sell writing than it is to sell paintings or drawings. If you're a good enough artist you can find people that be willing to buy your stuff but nobody ever commissions a writer. Art can be hung on walls and looked at by anyone easily, writing requires a single person's concentration at a time. Plus, who reads anymore? Ten years ago there were a ton of magazines you could send writing to, now it's hard to find any.
Okay, so here's an idea. I know that Justin said he was going to throw a book of my writing together for his own personal use. I've tried to put my own together lots of times, but it always fell through. What I was thinking of doing was having you guys pick the best stories and poems you've read on here and then I'd put them in a book and publish them through I hate everything I write so maybe it'd be better for you guys to pick instead of me. Also, if you have any ideas for new stories you'd like me to include, go right ahead and throw your suggestions out there.
And if any of you wanted to do a cover picture or inside illustrations, and have a paypal account, I'd pay up to 20 bucks a drawing and you'd get a free copy of the book!

Alright, so thats actually the second project I'm working on. The first is a kid's book I wrote that I'm having illustrated! I'm really excited about it. It's not my usual bloody disturbing stuff, I wrote it for my little sister, but I think it's going to turn out to be pretty cool. I think you'll be surprised who the artist is too. Hopefully I'll have that all together sometime next year.

I'll end this with a huge thanks to my readers. I'm not deluding myself into thinking I have a huge fanbase, but the one's I do have are awesome. Thanks for all your comments and encouragement, it really does mean a lot.

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Justin said...

I don't know if I can illustrate your book, because, a few months ago, I tried and couldn't even think of a cover image. You could ask Ricky.

I'm working on a project myself. Painting new cover art directly onto super cheap DVD cases with crappy computerized cover art and good movies in them, then selling them, if anyone would buy 'em. They probably won't, but I'll just see what happens. The movies are Return of the Living Dead and cult movies like that.


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Monday, June 30, 2014

Our latest discoveries from India and Nepal

By Carol Sebert, Principal

Even though our design hub is based at our head office in Toronto, an equally important part of our work takes place in the countries where our carpets are physically produced. We regularly visit India, Nepal, Thailand and now China to liaise with the skilled artisans who bring our creations to life.

In March, I was back at the “temporary field offices” in India and Nepal. After 25 years of touring these beautiful but challenging countries, you might think I’d have reached a been-there-seen-that attitude. Actually, the reverse is true – every trip is still full of new discoveries.  Having toured so many production facilities, talked with so many local artisans and developed an ease with the cultural differences, I now experience it all on a much deeper and more detailed level.

Of course, with every trip, I’m looking for new inspiration: something that will really fit for a particular client; something that will take a new carpet trend just one step further; something that will honour fair trade practices even more …

Two important discoveries this year concerned knots. First I came across a mill which can achieve a perfect low tight loop pile. This has always been the domain of the Thai mills, so finding a similar quality in India means we can offer it to our clients at a better price point.

Then – oh joy! – another facility with a particularly extensive (over 100) collection of hand looms and remarkable expertise to go with them, including the Persian knot. Persian rugs aren’t our specialty at Creative Matters, but we see an opportunity here to offer our clients the remarkable quality of this knot in non-Persian designs. FYI, a 9 x 12 (2.75 m x 3.75 m) carpet takes six months of knotting.

The most exciting discovery of the trip was the potential of vegetable dying. I had previously discounted it because I didn't know of a master dyer who could get pretty well any colour under the rainbow but now I do! It's pretty special - talk about eco friendly - and we are thrilled to bring this opportunity to our clients in 2015. The photo shows an example of the range of colours that are produced (by talented hands) with the skin of pomegranates.

Traditionally the fringe of the rug is left at the colour of the neutral wool used to assemble the warp and weft, so it was interesting to visit with artisans who are perfecting the art of pre-dyeing the warp and the weft to create a variety of blending or contrasting effects.

The art of weaving goes back centuries in these countries and the range and ingenuity of the equipment never ceases to amaze me. Here the weaver is using his foot to work the warp threads – like a pipe organ.

Abrash is a naturally occurring dye variation that creates subtle colour change - or a stronger contrast - within a rug. At Creative Matters we often find that such natural irregularities can add to the charm and authenticity of a hand woven carpet. In this photo, a mill owner was showing me his control of gradations with abrash – it’s useful for our staff to know we have a partner who can control the contrast so skillfully.

No CMI carpet gets to the loom before our designers have carefully examined multiple carpet squares. They arrive almost daily in our Toronto office in sterile-but-reliable Fedex packs, so what a pleasurable change it is to check samples in pure sunshine, under the proud and watchful eyes of the mill owners amid the smells and bustle of daily Indian life.

I work with colour every day but vibrance of colours in Indian street life never fails to astound me.

Finally, what a joy it is to discover a precious moment like this. It perfectly captures my love of textiles and every little labour-intensive stage of producing hand-woven carpets.


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Thursday, April 13, 2017

Fairy Tangles All Dressed Up {Cardz 4 Galz Glad Rags}

Hello, Sweet Blogging Friends!

Here in Florida, we are approaching the end of our "wild-fire season".
Ending in June with the beginning of Hurricane Season, the fires are a necessary part of the ecology in Florida. While unpleasant smokiness occurs, depending which way the wind blows - and the winds change frequently, good things happen as a result of the fires.
Presently, in our county, we have a large woodland fire near the coast caused by lightning, that firefighters have been battling for a week. After the fire, lush growth begins anew, seedlings pop up everywhere, and critters emerge from their protective dens and return from neighboring refuges.

On to crafty things:

Beginning today at Cardz 4 Galz Challenges we have a Fabulous, Fun, Fashionable theme!

Badges are awarded for the Spotlight Winner and Top Picks.

Challenge #45 is chosen by teamie Julie -and the theme is:  HANDBAGS AND GLAD RAGS.  Show us your cards using any and all manner of purses and/or fashionable wear!
Challenge ends on April 26.

I'm using the last of some Fairy Tangle images I purchased a few years ago and had never used.
This fashionista positively flows in her garb! She is staged against sequin cardstock which sparkles colorfully against the flashing lights of fashion photographers!

She is colored with Copic Markers - I think my favorite images to color are the fantasy style images which favor any colors my heart desires!

I was inspired by the Atlantic Hearts Challenge Sketch:

It is always a pleasure seeing your artful treasures,
so please come play with us at
Cardz 4 Galz.

Challenges I'd like to play in please:

  1. 613 Avenue Create #196 Anything Goes with optional twist Anything Spring 5/1
  2. Always Fun Challenges #1 Anything Goes 4/17
  3. Artistic Inspirations Challenges #176 Anything Goes 4/17
  4. Classic World Wide Open DT Challenge #13 Anything DT Goes 5/1
  5. Coloring in Scrapland (April) "Girly Stuff" 5/1 (sep post)
  6. Crafts Galore Encore (April) "Anything Goes"  5/1 (top tab)
  7. Dragonfly Dreams (April 2) Anything Goes 5/1
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aussie aNNie said...

De this is super stunning. I so love the chosen colours you used and the classy elegant result you have achieved.
Have a happy Easter I will catch up with you later as will be away..

Carole said...

Oh my goodness, Donna - this is just stunning! The image is gorgeous and I LOVE the way you coloured her dress. Beautiful sparkly background, too. x

Jackie Trinder said...

Hi Donna this is a stunning card that image is so beautiful and I love all the sparkly bling. Take care. Hugs Jackie

Sue said...

Hi Donna, What a pretty card.

Hope the fires don't cause anyone problems and that any critters can escape it.

You take care.

Beebeebabs said...

Wow such a stunning card - love the background and beautiful image you did a great job - everything is put together nicely thanks for sharing my friend!!!

KraftyKoolKat said...

This is such a stunner Donna. Beautiful colours and glam.
Have a good Easter.

Valerija said...

A really beautiful card. Love the wonderful image and amazing colours.
Valerija xx

Donna Phelan said...

WOW! All that glitz and glamour, in her perfectly colored attire and that sequined background! YOWZA! I loved reading about your seasons too, me being a silly Northerner thought you only had 2, hot and hotter. Who knew? Whatever season, please be safe! xo~

Diane said...

Wow Donna, this is stunning, the coloring (and colors) are!! I love the entire design and wish I were skinny enough to wear a dress like that lol! I drove over the state line in Indiana yesterday (from Michigan) and there was a big grass fire going, but it seemed to be under control, good thing as there were two beautiful homes in-between! Take care!!

Chris said...

Wow! Amazing colouring and a beautiful card!

Annette Stapylton said...

That sequin cardstock is amazing and its just perfect behind that stunning image. I am so glad you finally used this stunning image after you purchased it a long time ago. Just absolutely gorgeous. Love it all. Thank you for sharing with us over here at Classic Design Team Open Challenge and best of luck with your entry.
[Annette Registered Owner/Admin for Classic Design Team Challenge]

Lisa said...

Oh my gosh, Donna, this is stunning!! Wow!! That sequin cardstock is amazing!! I love the image!! You've colored her beautifully!! This is spectacular, my friend!! I love, love it!! Have a great day!! Big hugs :)

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Linda Simpson said...

WOW Donna this is amazing! Gorgeous colouring and just adore this image. I am coming to Florida in May to see my very good friend.
Linda xxx

Lori Kobular said...

OMG! Donna you blow me away with your gorgeous coloring and all the beautiful sparkles! This card is just amazing! Love the skirt on the image!

Linda said...

The card is gorgeous, Donna! And your header is stunning and cheerful!

April said...

This is beautiful and I love the card stock!

Team Clark said...

Donna, the way you've colored this image to coordinate with that swoonworthy background paper is tremendous! What an exotic and exquisite card this is! <3 Hugs, Autumn

Shona Erlenborn said...

Wow, this is absolutely stunning, Donna. Your coloring is perfection, loving the shadowing around the image, especially. The background paper is the perfect backdrop! Happy Easter my friend!

Sue Reynolds said...

Beautiful image and fantastic coloring...stunning card with the glitter background. Thanks for sharing with AHSC this week.

KarinsArtScrap said...

it's a very beautiful image and colouring Donna but the background is to much for me.....but you did a great job.

Gr Karin

Pia S said...

The sequin paper looks amazing, I've never seen anything like it before. And the lady has a fantastic outfit. Beautiful colors and I love the sketch you've used for this feminine creation. Wishing you happy Easter!

Maryvonne COUSSE said...

Fabulous coloring and design ! Donna your card is gorgeous !
Love this sequin paper ! Fantastic !

Barb Harmon said...

She is Fabulous... Again Donna you amaze me with your talent.

cotnob said...

This is beautiful Donna, such a gorgeous image and fabulous colouring - your sparkly background is perfect, such a pretty card.
Pauline - Crafting with Cotnob

Verna Angerhofer said...

Donna, this is such a beautiful card. And, the shimmery sequin card stock picks up all those wonderful colors in your pretty gal image. Everything you added is just awesome.

Ann Greenspan's Crafts said...

Donna, first of all I'm glad you are safe and the fires aren't going to reach you. I love your coloring on this image. How you can get so much dimension to such tiny areas on the skirt is unbelievable. I absolutely love how you did the shading in pinks around the image though. That looks like it took a lot of time right there. Such a beautiful card and gorgeous colors.

pam said...

Amazing card my friend, what a gorgeous image and colours, must have taken a while to colour this! never heard or seen sequin card, looks beautiful Donna.
Glad you are safe.
Hugs Pam x

Stampsnob. said...

Gorgeous and you know I would wear it. HAPPY EASTER DONNA.........Lis

Alyson Mayo said...

Beautiful colouring of a gorgeous image and the setting in the background really brings out the colours you chose. Thanks for sharing your talent with us at Atlantic Hearts this week.

Jean Bullock said...

You colored the image beautifully and she looks great in the jewel-like setting of the sequined card stock. The pretty flower and bow are nice touches, tying into the skirt colors and of course the obligatory bling is the perfect finishing touch. Well done as usual, my friend.

Babs Watson said...

A beautiful card Donna you have coloured it so perfectly, your sequin paper is just amazing, so good to hear you are going to be safe from the fires.. Happy Easter teamie and thank you for the get well wishes.

Hugs Babs x

Sue said...

Oh my, Donna, you have out done yourself with glittery goodness! What a gorgeous background reminds me of the sea with the sun making it just sparkle. What a wonderful image too, she is gorgeous and of course colored up to perfection!! Such a great dress to color! Love everything about this card, so very pretty.

Sheila H said...

Your coloring is amazing - the skirt reminds me of a beautiful peacock. The sequin background paper is a gorgeous design element. We're glad you dropped by 613 Avenue Create.

Silvis Kreativstube said...

Hallo liebe Donna,
wow,wow,wow, was für eine fantastische Karte. Ich liebe diese Farben so sehr. Die Coloration ist traumhaft schön und das Motiv gefällt mir sehr gut.
Ich danke dir für deinen lieben Kommentar. Wir sind alle überglücklich das es den Zwillingen inzwischen so gut geht.
Sie entwickeln sich prächtig.
Ich wünsche dir und deinem Schatz von Herzen ein wunderschönes Osterfest.
Ganz liebe Knudedelgrüße Hugs Silvi

Martine Smith said...

Hi Donna your colouring is just gorgeous and sequin card wow I really like that , up have never seen it here.
Fab card as always xx

Monica said...

Hi Donna,

I am sending cool energy hoping the fires subside sooner rather than later. I like your philosophical and calm interpretation of it.

Lovely image and that background is so so so sparkly and vibrant.
Super colouring as well.

Conniecrafter said...

Oh Donna, your coloring of her is just fantastic, love how you did the shading around her too! The sparkle is just gorgeous!

Nana Connie said...

Donna, not only is your color combo magnificent, so is your coloring! WOW! I'm always a little intimidated by feathers, especially peacock feathers but you've done them exquisitely. Love the glitz and glam and all the sparkle of the sequin paper. What a great idea that was. :-D

Becky said...

She's gorgeous. Those colors play well together, and are some of my favorites.

Leslie Miller said...

Whoa, that sequin paper is amazing! And a gorgeous image! If I was a fashionista I'd love to have that dress. There was a time, maybe... Not sure how I'd look wearing it in the garden or out with the dogs, though. Your coloring is always outstanding. I'm with you on the delight of coloring fantasy or fun images where you don't have to be realistic about the colors. Yay for getting around to the last of these images, too. I'm trying to get caught up. I've seen the Florida fires on the news. Yes, Nature sees to the things that need to be done. Sadly, too many fires aren't started by Nature.

Petra Swart said...

So unbelievable that something like fire also plays a very important role in nature, hey Donna!!!! Over here, too, a lot of the plants' seeds need the heat or the smoke of the fire to germinate!!!! And isn't it wonderful to see all the green emerging from the ground after a few days!!! Always just so heartbreaking that fire actually kills some wildlife, too, but that's just how nature works, hey!!!! It always upsets me to think of all the smaller animals and small creatures that can't get away in time and die in a fire!!!!! We don't have a specific wild-fire-season, but most of our fires do happen during the warm summer months and then the winter brings the needed rain for the area to start growing to the full again!!!! Isn't mother nature not wonderful, hey!!!!
And now your card, my friend ...what a wonderful creation you've made, Donna!!! And WOW, aren't that sequin cs not absolutely amazing and so beautiful and her dress is fabulous!!! I love the colours!!!! Gorgeous, my friend!!!!
Wishing you a blessed Easter weekend!!!!

2craftykaties said...

Stunning! Thank you for joining us for our first challenge at Always fun Ch alleges!
DT Katie

Janice said...

Wow Donna, your card is beautiful! A gorgeous image, coloured with a fabulous selection of colours, her dress looks stunning.
Great to read your weather update, it all sounds very scary to me here in the UK! xx

CdeBaca Crafts Gallery said...

This card is perfect in so many ways. The colors, the GLITTER, the image...wonderful work

brenda said...

Rather late but here to see this real beauty Donna, she is such a wistful looking lady as though she doesn't have a care in the world and the colours you have chosen for her make her just float off the page.

B x

MaryH said...

I've always loved the colors of aqua and purple/lavendars combined, so this fairy fashionista is gorgeous to my eyes. Wonderful coloring of those tiny patterns and getting just the right shades side-by-side to look cool & beautiful. Loved the shading you've got in the patterns too. That sparkle-sequin background looks like the flash of light as the photographers are snapping the runway walk too! The sequins look like beach glass. Hope the fires don't cause any stress with the breathing, etc, and don't get too close to your areas. TFS & Happy Easter

crafty-stamper said...

WOW stunning card Donna gorgeous image and fabulous colouring I love the sequin cardstock-looks brilliant
Carol x

Lisa said...

Beautiful image, beautiful colors and beautiful coloring! Love this! Thanks so much for playing along at Atlantic Hearts!

Lilibet said...

Donna - the colouring on this is just stunning! I love blues and greens and it is a fabulous card. Thanks for your lovely words on my blog and returning the love - illiberal (:(|)x

Shirley Chillman said...

What a wowser De, sparkly, colourful and elegant all thrown in together. What I wouldn't give for a dress like that ... and the figure.

Your colouring is superlative and more, must get my copics back out and have a go, not that I will get anywhere near your standard.

Mmmmm Wild Fire Season sounds quite scary to me!!!

Warm crafty hugs from Shirl x x x

coldwaters2 said...

Wow Donna this is one striking creation that image along with the background card is stunning, such wonderful colours, amazing work
lorraine x

Sian said...

Beautiful! I love your choice of colours.

DIANA L. said...

What a beautiful card Donna, I love the colors and the crinkle ribbon goes so well!!

Oma said...

Beautiful card Donna! Love the image and how you coloured her! Thanks for joining us at AHSC!

Michelle Windsor said...

This is beautiful love it Thank you for sharing with us over here today at the Classic Open Design Team Challenge and best of luck with your entry.

Michelle DT for

Sara Barker said...

Yup! I'm late to the party! And I have nothing to wear! But this inspiring lady sure does! Oh, la, la! Donna-you do sparkle like none other! The way you have colored this image is stunning and paired with the glittery background I've got to say this is JAW-DROP-DEAD gorgeous!

Thank you for your lovely comment on my recent post. I'm sad to say my friend I made my card for passed away right after her daughter moved her to Florida to be closer to her. She lived a good long FULL life and was independent at 88 until right before she got sick. Sending hugs! (I hope your air clears soon!)

Helen said...

Great card.

Thank you for sharing with us over here today at the Classic Open Design Team Challenge and best of luck with your entry.

Helen DT

Gorgeous card Donna
Thank you for sharing with us here today at World Wide Open Design Team Challenge and best of luck with your entry.

Dianne DT for the World Wide Open Design Team Challenge

Natalie said...

Wonderful project! Thanks for playing along in the 613 Avenue Create Challenge.
Hugs Natalie

anusmargoz said...

Wow, a lovely card. I love the colored stamp, it's wonderful. Thank you for being with us in Coloring in Scrapland. Kisses

Wanda said...

Thank you for sharing with us here today at World Wide Open Design Team Challenge and best of luck with your entry.

Wanda DT World Wide Open Design Team Challenge

Annette Stapylton said...

Back again, and again, fabulous stunning work. Thank you for sharing with us here today at World Wide Open Design Team Challenge and best of luck with your entry.

Annette DT Registered Owners/Admin for World Wide Open Design Team Challenge

Gerlinde said...

Hi Donna! This card is absolutely amazing! I see you are still at it and better than ever! I've been on hiatus for a couple of years but hope to get back in the swing of things. Living in Florida now and loving it! Have run into several people from old Sparkle Sprinkle days - it's so nice to finally meet and connect a real face with the names! Would love to meet up with you some time! Hugs!

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Media advisory: Turkey’s snap elections couldn’t come at a worse time, expert says

Monday, October 26, 2015

LAWRENCE – Neighbored by warring countries and flooded with refugees, Turkey will hold general elections Sunday, Nov. 1, for the second time in five months. A scholar at the University of Kansas is available to speak about what’s at stake in the snap elections and can discuss possible outcomes.

Michael Wuthrich, assistant director for the Center for Global and International Studies, is an expert on the history of Turkish elections and author of “National Elections in Turkey: People, Politics, and the Party System,” which was published by Syracuse University Press this summer. In his book, Wuthrich reviews 65 years of Turkish elections and details four patterns he found that challenge conventional wisdom on Turkish politics.

Q: Describe the current political situation in Turkey?

Wuthrich: Turkish society is on razor’s edge as they approach snap elections. They are going to the polls again after the governing party of 13 years, the Justice and Development Party (AKP), failed to gain a majority of seats in parliament in June and their half-hearted attempts to form a coalition broke down. This is the first time in Turkey’s history of democratic elections (since 1950) that they have had to resort to a snap election, and it could not come at a worse time.

Turkey is currently facing state failure in neighboring Syria and Iraq, approximately 2 million Syrians milling about within Turkey’s borders, a breakdown of the peace process between the Turkish state and the militant Kurdish nationalist PKK and gruesome suicide bombings of government-opposing, Kurdish-leftist peace rallies in July and October that were supposedly instigated by groups in league with or sympathetic with the Islamic State. The polarizing politics and zero-sum-game of political parties is the last element that the citizens of Turkey need from their political elites.

Q: What do you see as possible outcomes of Sunday’s election?

Wuthrich: It is not clear that much of anything will be gained from the upcoming elections. High-stakes political polarization, particularly between supporters of the AKP and the legal party supporting Kurdish rights, the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) and competition for the same electorate will likely cause these parties’ supporters to freeze their votes — or they might swap defectors. If the AKP happens to achieve a majority of seats (they need 18 more seats to have a majority), it will likely occur at the expense of the conservative right, Nationalist Action Party (MHP), as this party and its leadership have failed to develop a coherent political strategy post the June election and its electorate is most-sympathetic of the opposition parties to the AKP.

What influence will voter turnout have?

Wuthrich: Voters in Turkey have long despised coalition governments and crave the stability that comes from single-party majority governments, but the majority of Turkey’s citizens appear to also not want the AKP to be that single-party majority they dream of. Such an impasse could potentially cause disillusionment among voters for opposition parties, particularly the MHP; therefore, voter turnout in the election may likely be the deciding factor in whether or not the AKP gets a parliamentary majority. If voter turnout is down, it will likely cause a skew in the vote total towards the AKP, and to a lesser extent, the HDP.

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Not Cool Dudes of the Week: Convicted Night Net Poachers killed 242 trout.

Vitaliy Kachinskiy, 23, from Mount Vernon, Sergey Otroda, 32, from Everett, Igor Bigun, 26, also from Everett, and Oleg Pavlus, 25, also from Everett.
These idiots were fined 4,100 and each received 20 days in the slammer.
It happened early April in Washington State, a time of year the Lahontan cutthroat gather in the shallows to attempt to spawn.
The convicted poachers pulled a pickup up to a boat launch in Lake Lenore. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) officers on night duty saw them turn their lights off, leave and then return a few hours later. The four idiots got out of the truck and started loading nets and backpacks with trout. 242 Trout to be exact.
When confronted by the officers they tried to bolt. Two of them jumped into the lake and tried to swim away in the very cold water. One surrendered and the last attempted to flee in the vehicle.  Nice work by the WDFW Officers for being on top of it.  What a rediculous story.
Read the whole article about the bust here: iFiber One News
Read the article about the conviction here: Northwest Sportsman

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Sunday, December 11, 2011

Consultation #2: Faircharm Trading Estate redevelopment

Despite leaflets in every door and posters in stairwells, only an estimated 40 people attended the Drop-In organised especially for Crossfields Estate by Workspace last Wednesday to view the latest plans to redevelop the Faircharm Estate. Perhaps 3.30-7.30pm was not particularly convenient for most?

The above visuals were kindly provided by Karakusevic Carson, the architects tasked with drawing up a plan for Workspace who want to knock down the present buildings and construct four new buildings that will house both business and residential units. There would be a decrease in the former use and a massive increase in the latter. Three of the buildings will be residential from the first floor up, including a 13/14 storey tower in the south east of the site, next to the Creek.

It was claimed that 30% of the housing would be affordable and that there would be parking for 60 cars. The new buildings fronting onto Creekside will be much taller than the present buildings – two floors higher than Crossfields, one-to-two floors higher than the APT building, and half the height of Creekside Village. The proposed tower would be almost three times as tall as Crossfields.

A questionnaire accompanied the exhibition. Here are the questions for local residents:

1. Do you live locally / on the Crossfields Estate?
2. Is there anything you would like to see improved on (the) Creekside?
3. Do you have any comments on the existing buildings at (the) Faircharm?
4. Do you think more access to the Creek would be beneficial?
5. Would you come to a cafe/pub on the Faircharm?
6. Would Creekside & Deptford benefit from other evening venues?
7. We have designed the buildings to be mainly built in high quality brick with large windows. The architectural feel is both elegant and robust, is this an approach you support?
8. We are proposing a mix of both commercial, arts space and residential space. Is this something you feel is appropriate for Deptford?
9. Most of the buildings are 5-7 storeys in height, and are a similar scale to the Crossfields buildings. Do you think this is the right approach?
10. A taller building is required on the site to achieve a viable proposal. A 12-13 storey building is proposed to be located on the Creek edge, do you think this is the correct place? (please see the model)

So, there is a promise that we shall have more access to the Creek, and that we might welcome the addition of new cafes and bars, since it is claimed there will be no barriers to entering the development. However, considering the present security arrangements, one suspects that access to the Creek may well be restricted to the daytime, since the newly housed businesses (and possibly the new residents) may not welcome the local oiks wandering around their premises at night time. Drawings show potential cafes, bars and galleries situated inside the site, but it is also suggested these public spaces are actually placed on the main road, opposite Holden and Wilshaw Houses.

That idea – along with the height of the buildings fronting the development – will greatly impact those residents in Wilshaw and Holden who face onto Creekside. It was suggested there may be the possibility of securing mitigating Section 106 agreements that could benefit Crossfields directly, such as key-fob operated bollards at our entrances (to stop businesses and new residents using our parking spaces). Perhaps you have other suggestions – a resident has already suggested we have a fully equipped laundry, another has asked for a state-of-the-art community space that could house activities other than meetings.

Workspace hope to submit to Lewisham's Planning Department in February and say they will hold another consultation in January. Their plans are not entirely popular with the present business tenants, and Lewisham's Conservation Team are presently consulting over designating the area a Creekside Conservation Zone which would call for the buildings to remain as they are (see previous post where you can download the full proposal).

Click on the elevation drawing below to get an idea of heights and massing.

  1. Thanks for the post and the pictures. Interesting (and sadly predictable) to see how the images fail to show the buildings on Crossfields to any kind of comprehensible scale. The closest you can get is on the line drawing; if you click on it to enlarge it you will see the roofline on the left.
    As well as local loss of sunlight/privacy for the Crossfields buildings facing Creekside, one major issue will indeed be parking.

  2. Thank you Deptford Dame – I meant to tell readers to click on the elevation plan to get it big and see the tiny dwarfed Crossfields on the left, but I forgot amidst all the other consultations going on!

  3. Karakusevic Carson have now kindly provided full resolution images and I have added a note about the elevations.

  4. Those buildings at the front are too high, but because the Crossfields blocks are set back there is quite a wide avenue. If they were the same height as Crossfields it wouldn't be as bad as the rather too small gap between Holden and Castell House, which is far too "intimate". What we don't want is another CANYON after what Creekside Village has done to Creek Road. The Creek must be the only canyon around here.

  5. I wish I had seen the model mentioned in the questionnaire. I reckon everything will be in the shade for most of the day, including any public spaces in the development that may want sun on warm summer evenings – on Creekside itself Crossfields will keep it in shade apart from the penthouses above it. A sunlight study is most important and should be done for the next consultation.
    For Crossfields dwellers on the lower floors the pay off for the darkness has always been the trees full of wildlife, not buildings filled with rich people. The Deptford Dame is right about privacy, but I doubt if this is ever a consideration for planning.

  6. No shit, Anon! This is the same as Cathedral's development next to Deptford Station. An imaginary piazza full of folk on a summer's eve, when in reality they'll be shivering in the cold...

    Why can't they get this sun thing right?

  7. I'm a ground-floor Holden House resident on the Creekside side of the building. We didn't get a flyer through our door, and I didn't see the posters as I don't use the stairs. The first I heard of the proposals was a letter from Lewisham council today. Obviously we would be among the most affected residents, I hope our omission from the flyering wasn't deliberate.


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Thursday, December 5, 2013

Local meeting about Thames Tunnel – Sunday 8th December, 6pm–7.30pm

 Pink Palace, Frankham House, Frankham Street SE8 4RN

If you want to know more about how the Thames Tunnel affects you and what you can do to stop it please come to this meeting.

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Calabria Esrog Dealer: ‘All Will Be Well’

From The Jewish Press by Hana Levi Julian:

A New York businessman and former Etrog vendor has become one of the few voices of optimism this month, as those who involved in distributing and selling the prized citron express fears there won’t be enough to meet the demand this year.

A difficult winter in Italy this past January destroyed much of the Etrog crop, creating havoc in the market for the upcoming Jewish holiday of Sukkot, when Jews use the fruit for ritual purposes. Some maintain a tradition to use an Etrog (or “Esrog” as Ashkenazi Jews call it) only from the Calabria region of Italy, one of the areas that was hardest-hit by winter storms.

Enter real estate business owner Rabbi Mendy Lipsker, who worked as an etrog distributor and vendor for more than 25 years, and who told on Thursday that he believes “all will be well.”

It’s not that the crop wasn’t damaged: Lipsker confirms that a conversation with his “Esrog farmer” in Calabria, validated all the reports. “At least 70 percent of this year’s crop was indeed destroyed this past winter,” he says. “But in my experience, even the non-Jewish farmers admit it’s all in God’s hands. They may have a surprise, and a new crop may soon have beautiful, clean Esrogim,” Lipsker points out.

However, Chabad-Lubavitch Chassidim are still facing a difficult season, he acknowledges. “The bigger Esrogim that Chabadnikim are accustomed to. . . there definitely will be a problem because there is not enough time for those to grow big,” he admits.

“My prediction is that the smaller Esrogim will at the end work out. . . But no one knows for sure,” he adds.

Click here to continue reading at The Jewish Press.

  • 2. Zelig wrote:

    It sounds like mendy Lipskier has not traveled to italy this year. Rabbi lazar, a respected Shliach for almost 50 years has give his first hand account of the situation on the feild in italy, in which he said it’s a very bad situation.

  • 4. Think people! wrote:

    Thank you zelig! Obviously the shluchim in Calabria are not lying! I know first hand that it’s true, at least 90% of the esrogim we’re destroyed.

  • 5. Italian esrogim wrote:

    There will be only enough Italian esrogim for those who want them because that’s the chabad minhag .for all the rest there will be plenty of isreali one has to pay more then they want to on a esrog.but to not belief the esrogim dealers that are in Italy is just plain stupid .

  • 7. tracht gut wrote:

    its obvious.
    make a shturum thats thers no good yanaver esrog,
    charge a high crazy price and voila somebody making a lot of money on others chesbon .im with mendy

  • 8. Confused wrote:

    “My prediction is that the smaller Esrogim will at the end work out. . . But no one knows for sure,” he adds.

    So he does know or not? Someone is very confused…

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