About two weeks ago, we asked people to share their Independence Day photos with us by adding them to our group on Flickr. Since then, people from all over the world have shared over 200 photos! We’ve had a lot of fun seeing how people celebrate our favorite day of the year with BBQs, swimming, fireworks, parades, and time with family and friends. Here is a selection of the many beautiful 4th of July photos people shared with us that capture the variety of ways that people celebrate our independence across the country
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Your 4th of July Photos
Hello World!!! My Husband and I are starting this new blog to document the not-so-glamorous process of decorating and revamping our less than 700 square foot railroad apartment in a classic turn-of-the-century Brooklyn tenement in Bed-Stuy … think of “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn” with modern Brooklyn newlyweds. My name is Nicole, originally from Chicago, I have lived here in New York City for four years with my Husband, David. David is a Rochester Institute of Technology alumnus, Director of Information Technology and Freelance Web Developer. I am a happy Housewife … and no, that is not the marital lobotomy talking!!! I have an amazing, wonderful and totally clone worthy Husband who encourages me to follow my bliss!!! I am a Photographer, I studied at Pratt Institute and when I am not working on fine art projects I photograph primarily destination weddings and children. My professional websites are currently in the process of a complete, massive redesign and development … in the next coming months www.nicoledufourdurocher.com and www.rubberduckyphotography.com will launch. I am also fantastic in the kitchen and am busy developing, researching, testing recipes for my cookbook titled The Brooklyn Contessa Simply Delicious Quiches which, if all goes well, will be photographed, edited and ready for publication in Spring 2010. Ideally, every day includes time spent twittering, blogging, reading and researching. I have a borderline unhealthy obsession with my Blackberry … I honestly cannot understand how I ever lived without one. I am definitely a New Yorker at heart … I want everything and I want it NOW!!! The process of decorating our apartment has been a constant test of my patience, as I have found nothing in the design world is immediate. When David and I first moved to Brooklyn in 2005 to say we were on a budget would imply that we had extra money to spend
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This Old Tenement: Introductions
How many times have you fallen in love with the scent of a body lotion or wash while shopping, only to take it home, slather yourself in the product and discover the fragrance develops a serious case of amnesia once it hits your skin? Well, when it comes to both its moisturizing properties and amazing ability to saturate your skin with daring, original therapeutic scents that last forever, True Blue spa products are the real deal
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True Blue Morocco
Mr. Apron and I like to watch Antiques Roadshow. We can catch it twice a week if we’re lucky, on Mondays on WHYY, the Philadelphia PBS station, and on Tuesdays on NJN, the New Jersey PBS station. Unfortunately, we’re starting to see reruns, which takes the element of surprise out of the trash and treasure. Our faces aren’t as surprised as those of the folks on camera when the fake Weller vase from the 1940s turns out to be worth only $100, because we’ve seen this episode twice already. It’s no fun predicting the garage sale finds and the paste. In addition to making guesses about the appraisal value, Mr. Apron and I, like all of Roadshow-watching America, try to think about our own trash, and decide which of our own belongings would be worthy of taking to Roadshow if it ever comes back to Philly.
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Antiques Roadshow
“The Budget has sent the right signals to the Infrastructure industry and should provide the necessary fillip to accelerate the overall growth and development in the country. It seems that there is emphasis on Infrastructure development. The government has stated that bottlenecks for speedy implementation of infrastructure projects will be removed to ensure that sufficient funds are made available for this sector.
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Mr. Anil Sethi, Chairman, Subhash Projects And Marketing Ltd (SPML), to the general budget announced today
Mudra Group launches agency to help entrepreneurs build brands Mudra Group today launched Ignite Mudra, an agency that will cater specifically to the brand building needs of entrepreneurs nationally and internationally. Based in Ahmedabad, Chandan Nath will serve as President & Head of the new agency. Ignite Mudra, the erstwhile Mudra Ahmedabad, has been responsible for building several iconic brands since the past 3 decades, such as Vimal, Dhara, Rasna, Itchguard, Dermicool, Moov, YObykes and Nutralite and nearly 100 others
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Ignite mudra set to spark entrepreneurial dreams
There’s a lot of risk to our hair during the summer months – and I’m not just talking about increased humidity! Image: Sxc.hu I consulted Edmondo Blando, owner of Salon Vanity in Philadelphia, and he gave some fabulous tips on how to avoid hair damage during the perilous (yet fun in the sun!) months of summer. Step away from the blow dryer With so much time in the sun, try to avoid using additional heat when styling.
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Surviving Summer Styling
It’s not quite as ridiculously over-large as the last coffee table I bought , but yet again I have overestimated the size of my living room. At least this one – £10 from jumble sale in Ringmer – is rectangular and thus slots in a bit better. It’s very solid, nicely battered, decorated with large brass studs and side-struts; I think it’s probably Indian and my main concern is that it’s a bit of a Brighton hippy cliche, but it does add an earthier look to the room than a mid-century modernist piece.
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Coffee table
“Hey Dad, do you still have that old mower in the garage?” The slightly guarded reply over the phone that followed was looking for more information. “Which mower do you mean?” Action Girl and I had recently moved into our first house together after several years of apartment dwelling and suddenly I was confronted with the need to own things that I had not considered before. It was a simple and elderly house in an old neighborhood and came with its own foolishly small bit of grassy lawn.
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Slow and Steady Mows the Lawn
The newest skin care collaboration to hit the stores is from none other than Shu Uemura . Shu Uemura was inspired by “ Kamons ” which are Japanese family emblems to create this limited edition collection of cleansing oils. (Image: Bergdorf Goodman) Celebrated beauty expert and manga artist Mayoco Anno to created the Tokyo Kamon Girls which are a series of five playfully sophisticated and modern characters which adorn the bottles in Shu Uemura ’s cleansing oil line.
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Shu Uemura Tokyo Kamon Cleansing Oils
Fitch Ratings has today said that given India’s ever widening physical and social infrastructure deficit, universally recognised as major bottlenecks to sustained economic growth, the expectations that the Budget for FY10 presented in Parliament today would provide a fillip to the sector were very high. This was especially so given the current global economic environment and infrastructure’s perceived counter-cyclical impact and there was considerable hope that the Budget document would unveil several ’stimulus’ measures.
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Fitch Expects Indian Infrastructure Sector to be ‘Tackled’ Outside Budget
Gustav Stickley Wrought iron & copper chandelier 1905 In 1902 Gustav Stickley added a metal workshop to complement the already established Craftsman Workshops. In-house metalworking was principally set up by Stickley as a means of supplying metalwork fittings for his furniture production, as in hinges, handles, inlays etc. However, there was also intense and ongoing competition with other rival companies who were also supplying broadly Arts & Crafts based interior furnishings and accessories
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Gustav Stickley’s Metal Workshop
Major Focus upon Infrastructure, Social Sector ICC feels that the Union Budget 2009 – ‘10 presented by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today will promote inclusive growth in the country through it’s strong focus upon Infrastructure, Agriculture and Social sectors. However, the issue of incentivising Industry by giving it more benefits could have been addressed more strongly for promoting growth, feels the Chamber.
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Budget Champions Inclusive Growth; Industry could have gained more : ICC
Congratulations to illustrator Anita Kunz , whose pointed visual statements have graced The New Yorker, Time, and other top publications, for being appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada . According to the official post, she gets this award for “For her contributions as an illustrator whose insightful works have graced publications around the world.” This is pretty much the most prestigious honour you can get in Canada, and the first I know of for an illustrator
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Anita Kunz: Order of Canada
So I met Johan today after that I painted this little scene, just a few hundred metres further where he lives. His work is in real even more impressive then on his site (see yesterdays post) Very colorful but above all very painterly! Thanks Johan for the nice morning! “Opnieuw een heerlijke morgen.” Arnhem, Holland. (Again a lovely morning.) Oil on panel
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"Opnieuw een heerlijke morgen." Arnhem, Holland.
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Lucky Plaza Roti Prata + Supernatural Weekend! + Bunnies in the Wet Market + Lazy Saturday Arvo + Rabbit is a Rather Useless Host + Dinner for Six + Chili Sotong, Black Sauce Chicken, Nai Bai, Stir-Fry Beef with Spring Onions + Bowling Competition (JM vs MP vs PT) + Arcade Competition (Street Fighter, Daytona) + Comfy Mini Van is Perfect for Road Trips + I want This and That but No Stocks in Chanel + Boyfriend Blazer Finally + Juicy Couture is Snore + Subway’s Steak & Cheese is the Best Subway Sub + Michael Jackson Tribute on MTV + Go Go Roger Federer I love my Bunny Chef, he’s so adorable and he smells scrumptious! Last week, for our trip to JB, we brought sake and red wine with us. We were slurping up the salted egg crabs and licking our fingers clean when my friend leaned back, gave a sigh of satisfaction and said “This is what life is all about.” I can’t help FEELING right about what he said.
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Bunny the Chef
Photo by lepiaf.geo “Before leaving the house, a lady should stop, look in the mirror, and remove one piece of jewellery.” -Coco Chanel Before you get started today, before you start the rush, take one chore off of your To Do list. Cross it off without even trying to do it. Make today’s goals attainable, so that you can find some breathing space as you work through the day
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Before You Leave the House Today…
Commenting on the Union Budget 2009-’10, Mr Jayanta Roy, Senior Vice President, Indian Chamber of Commerce and Director (Financial Products Distribution), Peerless General Finance & Investment Ltd. says, “”It is an inclusive growth-oriented Aam admi Budget. Dramatic increases in Social Welfare schemes like NREGA, Bharat Nirman, Rural electrification and agriculture will stimulate the demand for majority of people
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Comment on Union Budget 2009-10 by Mr. Jayanta Roy Director (Financial Products Distribution), Peerless General Finance & Investment Ltd
Pharma sector demands ignored and MAT disappointing Budget reactions from : D Sucheth Rao, CEO, Neuland Laboratories Ltd The Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has presented a budget which will gradually accelerate growth. The finance minister’s focus and stress on infrastructure development, growth of rural India which includes electrification, employment and agricultural thrust/ increased spend on farmers and benefits will play a pivotal role in the growth of the GDP
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Budget gives boost to infrastructure and rural development to power GDP