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Milk Candy Posted in 'news' - by Shadowdancer on Sunday, January 29 2012 |
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I've posted a very easy to do recipe for pastillas de leche, which is made with just ordinary ingredients; not the one made with carabao or water buffalo milk. The one made with water buffalo milk has a different kind of richness to it, but this recipe is a good, delicious substitute. See it at my cooking and crafts blog, Hearth Witchery |
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Open Doors, Open Hearts Posted in 'life' - by Shadowdancer on Tuesday, January 17 2012 |
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Jessica Zafra writes about a documentary they're doing here, about how the Philippines was one of the few nations to welcome Jewish refugees. Although only 1200-odd refugees made it to the Philippines instead of the planned 10 thousand to be resettled, the Manilaners remember their time here. The filming for the documentary began at the Open Doors monument in Rishon Lezion, Israel. The Open Doors Monument in Israel is a great source of personal pride for myself, as the initiative for the monument was done by my father, Ambassador Tony Modena. Sadly, he passed away early 2007, shortly after my son was born, and before he saw the completion of his beloved project. While initially proposing a marker on the Boulevard of The Righteous Among the Nations, the project was elevated to a full monument of it's own, to the surprise of my father. Intent on increasing greater ties between the Philippines and Israel, he pushed for the monument to be put on a base of marble mined (and a famous export of) his hometown/home island, Romblon. Each of the triangles has significant meaning, especially in the perspective of the Israeli-Philippine relations. I am both proud that my father was able to leave such a mark upon the world... and saddened when I think of how much more he could have accomplished, had he not passed away so suddenly. Still, every time that my family and I read about the Manilaners, and the Open Doors monument, we smile, and say "Hay, Daddy... look what you have done." **** Ignacio Bunye's 3-part column about Filipinos in Israel can be read on his website, http://speakingout.ph The columns in question are here, here and here. ============= Crossposted to: http://www.affsdiary.com/s20-m-shadowdancer.shtml http://shadowdancerduskstar.blogspot.com/ http://cutelildrow.deviantart.com/journal/Open-Doors-Open-Hearts-280032351 Walking the Path of Madness at the forum |
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Fuck you, SOPA Posted in 'news' - by Shadowdancer on Sunday, January 15 2012 |
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RIAA really wants more moneys and since you can't fine people abroad, you punish the company instead. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EsiT2YRwM8 So http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/279702/20120110/ces-2012-consumer-electronics-ceo-blasts-sopa.htm http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-57329001-281/how-sopa-would-affect-you-faq/ http://lifehacker.com/5860205/all-about-sopa-the-bill-thats-going-to-cripple-your-internet http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-57329001-281/how-sopa-would-affect-you-faq/ http://americancensorship.org/ How would SOPA work? It allows the U.S. attorney general to seek a court order against the targeted offshore Web site that would, in turn, be served on Internet providers in an effort to make the target virtually disappear. It's kind of an Internet death penalty. More specifically, section 102 of SOPA says that, after being served with a removal order: A service provider shall take technically feasible and reasonable measures designed to prevent access by its subscribers located within the United States to the foreign infringing site (or portion thereof) that is subject to the order...Such actions shall be taken as expeditiously as possible, but in any case within five days after being served with a copy of the order, or within such time as the court may order. ... What will SOPA require Internet providers to do? A little-noticed portion of the proposed law, which CNET highlighted in an article, goes further than Protect IP and could require Internet providers to monitor customers' traffic and block Web sites suspected of copyright infringement. "It would cover IP blocking," says Markham Erickson, head of NetCoalition, whose members include Amazon.com, Google, eBay, and Yahoo. "I think it contemplates deep packet inspection" as well, he said. The exact requirements will depend on what the removal order says. The Recording Industry Association of America says that SOPA could be used to force Internet providers to block by "Internet Protocol address" and deny "access to only the illegal part of the site." It would come as no surprise if copyright holders suggested wording to the Justice Department, which would in turn seek a judge's signature on the removal order. Deep packet inspection, meaning forcing an Internet provider to intercept and analyze customers' Web traffic, is the only way to block access to specific URLs. |
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Hurray for self defense! Posted in 'news' - by Shadowdancer on Friday, January 6 2012 |
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Newly widowed young mother shoots dead knife-wielding home invader defending herself and her three month old son. Update: It seems that the young mother was being stalked and harassed even before her husband died, and it was over an hour after the 9-11 phone call that the police arrived. Thank goodness she was armed and able to protect herself and her son; those men had every evil motive to do more than simply rob her! |
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Basic Prints Posted in 'art' - by Shadowdancer on Friday, December 30 2011 |
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I've put up two prints for sale on Deviantart - well, a color version and a monochrome version of the same abstract art, really. Monochrome Dragon Color Version Available as photo prints, postcards, mugs, magnets. Enjoy! |
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Moving Forward Posted in 'life' - by Shadowdancer on Wednesday, December 21 2011 |
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This is a test of the site. Please disregard at this point. -Shadowdancer |
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