\m/ tempurung baja: January 2011

Sunday, January 30, 2011

Photographer Documents Marcellus Shale's Impact on Farmscapes

Natural gas drilling site on mountainside, Tioga County.
Photograph © Jack Preston/Terry Wild Stock.

My google alerts turned up this brief interesting notice from Lancaster Farming which I assume is a local publication in rural Pennsylvania. It is a review of sorts of a little photography exhibit "at Julie’s Coffee, a shop in downtown Williamsport, Pa"; the work being exhibited is by Terry Wild who, in his spare time, has been documenting the impact of gas drilling industry on the local landscape. You can find this "sideline" work here.

The changes ot the landscape may seem innocuous, but they are, as Wild establishes, pretty pervasive. And the drilling process, as I've noted here before, threatens the water supply in frightening ways. New York State currently has a moratorium on the drilling process (through July 1st) and I hope the legislature will make it permanent. Virtually everything we know about fossil fules and how they are extracted (or nuclear energy and how the fuel is extracted and the waste stored) makes supporting wind and solar energy it seem like a no-brainer.

Marcela - Rue St-Martin - Paris

Fur Cap Vintage
Cape Coat by Barabara Igongini
Bag Vintage

Marcela - Rue St-Martin - Paris

Fur Cap Vintage
Cape Coat by Barabara Igongini
Bag Vintage

Beck's Campaign Against Francis Fox Piven (3)

"I am now convinced that the simplest approach will prove to be the most effective — the solution to poverty is to abolish it directly by a now widely discussed measure: the guaranteed income." - Martin Luther King, Jr. Where Do We Go From Here? (1967).

"It is our purpose to advance a strategy which affords the basis for a convergence of civil rights organizations, militant anti-poverty groups and the poor. If this strategy were implemented, a political crisis would result that could lead to legislation for a guaranteed annual income and thus an end to poverty." - Francis Fox Piven and Richard Cloward The Nation (1966).

In The Guardian today there is yet another story on Glenn Beck's ongoing campaign against Francis Fox Piven. I found it funny that Piven arranged to meet the correspondent from the paper at a NYC restaurant called "Havana Central."

One thing that strikes me about Beck is his ignorance about history. You can find a link to the 1966 essay by Piven (and her husband, the late Richard Cloward) that so exercises Beck here at The Nation. That is where I lifted the statement above - from the first paragraph of the essay. My point today is just to say that Piven and Cloward were advocating a strategy to implement a policy that, as I noted here a year ago, Martin Luther King, Jr. also endorsed. And since Beck has announced his aim to reinvigorate Dr. King's message, how is it that he objects to Piven and Cloward? What better way to end poverty does Beck envision than the one King came to embrace? Beck instead ought to be embracing Piven as an ally in that cause. Maybe that is why he has afforded her all the publicity that trails in the wake of his diatribes.
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P.S.: You might find this portrait of Piven and this more recent Op-Ed from The Los Angeles Times - both by Barabara Ehrenreich - interesting.

Lou Doillon - Paris Fashion Week

Tasha de Vasconcelos - Paris Fashion Week

SMA KATOLIK ABDI SISWA - FUNBIKE

SMA KATOLIK ABDI SISWA - FUNBIKE EVENT

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ABDI SISWA CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL - FUNBIKE EVENT

Marcella, Quin, Lisa

Vita, Lisa, Merlin, Marcella, Me, Quin

Clarissa, Stefanni, Paula, Monica, Me, Merlin

Vita, Ms. Tari, Mrs. Rita

After get tired we decided to go to the mall, and having lunch in Platinum Restaurant. And spending much money only for the foods. Hahaha. Yeah that's me! :p

And also we having fun at Apple Store and playing music with the new iPod Touch with 5MP camera. How awesome it is? Yeah my day is awesome with fully of happiness and iPod things :p

Saturday, January 29, 2011

Not That This Should Need to Be Said But: ‘See, Officer, I Can Too Take That Picture’

You won't be able to read this version of this internal memo from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. But what it basically says is that law enforcement officers should stop harassing photographers who are making pictures of putatively "sensitive" Federal sites. It explicitly instructs officers to not seize equipment or otherwise interfere with photographers as they go about their business. You can find links to a life size (legible and printable) version of the document here at The New York Times.

Dreams and Delusions

If there were any doubt prior to his State of the Union Address, there can be no longer any uncertainty. Thanks, Mr. Fish! Obama crowed about the resurgent Wall Street crowd and about corporate profits. But you might have noticed that he forgot to mention unemployment or the poor. There is no reason to assume that innovation (Obama's hope for economic recovery) and so forth contribute to job creation or improving wages unless the rapacious capitalists are held in check - after all jobs have evaporated and wages tanked over the past decades of steady improvements in productivity.

This evening as I drove in top swim some laps and go to the grocery store, I heard the new Tavis Smiley & Cornel West tag team on the local public radio station. (I must say that I really am shocked that our own WXXI, the world's most boring npr station, carries the show.) I was impressed with the direct criticism that West leveled at Obama. The criticism is well deserved. My only doubt is that Obama ever was anything other than a centrist. In any case, Having heard this one episode of the Smiley-West show, I may be shamed into being more thoroughly sympathetic to Dr. West than I have been here in the past.

Annals of Propaganda: Congressional Facebook

Karen Bass, California Democrat. A onetime physician assistant and
a Los Angeles native, Bass, 57, was the first African-American woman
to lead a state assembly in the United States, taking the helm of
California’s in 2008. Photograph © Christopher Leaman.

Billy Long, Missouri Republican. A longtime auctioneer and real-estate
agent in southwestern Missouri, Long, 55, has been voted the best auctioneer
in the Ozarks for seven years straight. Photograph © Christopher Leaman.

I stumbled across this story at The Washingtonian - mostly a set of portraits of some of the freshman class in the U.S.House of Representatives. Here, however, is how the folk at The Washingtonian introduce the photographs:

"The new class of the 112th Congress is the largest in years. Voter unhappiness in November swept in nearly 100 newcomers representing 39 states. As they begin work in January, their varied backgrounds and heritages underscore why the House of Representatives is known as the People’s House (stress supplied - JJ)."

Well, this seems partly true. There are some women here. And there are some non-Caucasians as well. And I concede that this is only a sample of the class. But if you look a bit closer you'll notice that the "varied backgrounds and heritages" have a distinctly partisan cast. Nearly all the Republicans are middle aged white guys whose incomes, I'd wager, place them in the top 5% or so of the distribution. Where are all those "varied" reps from the red districts? The "People's House" my keester! The class seems to be long on Billy and way too short on Bass. No surprise though, when the Republicans sweep into town.

Marine - Rue Cambon - Paris

" ... My name is Marine. I work as Jeune Fille au Pair.
For me Fashion is a Touch of Style. Today, my look
is casual with a touch of excentricity. I love to have fun.
I hate Materialism. My message to the world: Enjoy !..."

I wear T-Shirt- Blazer & Jeans by Monki
Sweater-Scarf-Cap by H&M
Sneakers by Reebok
Bag by Asos
Perfume: Flower Bomb by Viktor & Rolf

Marine - Rue Cambon - Paris

Serena - La Madeleine - Paris

It is Sooooo Hard to be a Libertarian

Published in The New Yorker 4/19/2010 © David Sipress.

Libertarians are a funny bunch. Sometimes they are useful for their fanaticism, sometimes they are politically dangerous in their fanaticism, sometimes they are simply hypocrites. I've noted these tendencies here before.

Libertarians are not the only hypocrites, of course. But they seem adept at acting upon that particular vice. The classic example is Robert Nozick invoking the rent control laws in Cambridge to prevent a landlord from raising his rent. The story is more complicated - as in many law suits there is no "good guy" - but it is delicious.

Now there is this reminder of how Ayn Rand*, libertarian propagandist par excellence, having denied research establishing a tobacco-cancer link smoked like a fiend (actually like a non-autonomous addict, but that is another matter!) and turned to social security and medicare when she, predictably enough, got cancer late in life. The blatant moochery of it all! I'll bet she patronized the U.S. Postal Service too.

In any case, I came across the cartoon I've lifted here a while ago and have been waiting for the appropriate point to incorporate it into a post. This seems like a good time. I'm sure this is the local volunteer fire department anyway.
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* I do recognize the difference between Nozick who was a formidable thinker and Rand who was an intellectual charlatan. Unfortunately, they share the libertarian propensity to hypocrisy.

Phoning Girl - Rue Cambon - Paris

Irina - Rue Cambon - Paris

" ... My name is Irina. I study Sales & Marketing.
For me Fashion is Elegance and Simplicity. Today,
my Look is simple. I love Germany. I hate Paris.
My message to the world: Carpe Diem ! ..."

I wear a Jacket
T-Shirt and Gardigan by H&M
My Boots are a Gift
Bag by Elite
Perfume: "Elle" by YSL

Irina - Rue Cambon - Paris

I wear a Jacket
T-Shirt and Gardigan by H&M
My Boots are a Gift
Bag by Elite
Perfume: "Elle" by YSL

Hello Chinese people!

So who are ready for chinese new year? Yes, absolutely me! lol..... So if you want to know chinese wheel for years so this is the picture! TARRRAAAAA~~~~~!!!

So for this year, is rabbit time to show up!

I'll updating a chinese new year makeup and outfits! It's really fit to you all chinese girl around the world who didn't know how to wearing lame traditional clothes to be amazing to wear! :) So keep say angpao angpao na lai to your parents, grandparents, auntie, uncle, and cousins whos alllllrrreeeaaadddyy married! :p

miss my makeups!

One week i'm not wearing any makeups. Because Monday-Friday i go to school, than Sunday i go to church and choir time! Sunday, will goin to funbike festival from my school at Bintaro. Of course i can't wearing makeup on school's time -.- miss them so much! Miss my brushes, miss my blush on, miss my lipsticks, miss my lipglossy, miss my eyeshadows, miss my mascaras, miss my highlighters, miss my foundation, miss my loose powder. Oh my! i'm really addicted with makeup.

Because makeup make your personality come out from your inner beauty baby! It's true, and it's okay i'm still have a good looking wthout makeup :p LOL but i'm really like to painting my own face with makeups!

Usually i'm wearing a makeup on saturday or sunday because i'll have a free time to go to the mall. Not every saturday or sunday. Just if i get bored or smething i'll goin out to somewhere and positive places :p i'm not goin to clubby or something bad place! Because i'm still 15!

I really want it so bad, is NYX makeup pro! OMG! That's so cool and lil bit expensive lah! I usually using Maybelline from New York for my Makeup and some are from Taiwan. Because i'm asian and chinese i really like taiwanese makeup products too :)

So these are the photos for NYX!

NYX LIPSTICK, NAIL POLOSH, EYESHADOW, BLUSHER, EYESHADOW, LIPGLOSS

NYX COLLECTIONS OF EYESHADOWS

This is for HD QUALITY! I'll buy it! i promise! Maybe next month, because i need much money to buy these HD things!

HD PRIMER

HD FOUNDATION

Friday, January 28, 2011

amazing colours of nail arts!

Nail Art : Nail stamps, nail polishes, etc

I wanna buy these things and some NYX pro makeups brand! But i need much money for these things. Hope i can buy all of these some day. Maybe next month i'll collect all these things at my home. Because i can't live without good and beautiful nails also good looking with makeup. I'm not using makeup everyday or using makeup to anyplace that i come. I'm just wearing it if i need to wearing it. Maybe for photoshoots or something. Hope you can buy all of these too! Because KONAD NAILART IS SO AWESOME! AND MADE IN KOREA :)