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Taylor Swift Reveals 'Sneaky Cat' Sneakers to Coincide With Her New Album [PHOTO]by Mandi Salerno | PopCrush
Swifties, there has been a barrage of new Taylor Swift goodies today (Aug. 18), and it's still not over!
Along with the premiere of her new single 'Shake It Off' and the announcement of her next album '1989,' the pop star also unveiled a brand new pair of shoes through her partnership with Keds. So now you can dance to Taylor's video while listening to Taylor's music while wearing Taylor's shoes. What a great time to be a fan!
The new sneakers look just like how you'd picture a pair of shoes dubbed 'Sneaky Cat.' They're Keds' classic Champion style in black with black laces and a gray cat peeking slyly above the sole of the shoe. They also boast a gold, heart-shaped charm with Taylor's initials, and down the spine of the heel written in gold reads '12-13-89,' the singer's birthday.
The black-and-gold sneakers won't be available until sometime in October, but you can grab more info from the Keds website now.
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Given Hollywood's penchant to pick apart every legendary story, from King Arthur to the ongoing Snow White race, there are two campfire tales I'm thoroughly surprised have not become major film franchises yet: the Loch Ness monster and Bigfoot. Sure, there have been one-off attempts at diving into these stories. (Raise your hand if you saw Jay Russell's 2007 adventure The Legend of the Water Horse.) But the ape-like legend's about to get a big-screen treatment that will try to bring the hairy star of some infamous, grainy video footage into the limelight.
Blair Witch Project director Eduardo Sanchez has been hired to helm a Bigfoot picture for Haxan Films and Amber Entertainment. Currently titled Exists, the film is eyeing an October start date and, according to Variety, will follow a group of campers who are terrorized by a Bigfoot-type creature during a cabin vacation held deep in the woods. No word on whether Sanchez will rely on the shaky, hand-held camera techniques he employed for Blair Witch, but that could feed into the myth as to why we're not getting a good look at the creature on film.
That premise also makes it sound closer to the start of a new horror franchise than a tense exploration of the decades-old mystery surrounding the Bigfoot creature. Even Sanchez's quote about this being "the first in a trilogy exploring and reinventing the Bigfoot myth" suggests horror franchise, which shouldn't surprise too much given the fact that Sanchez helmed Blair Witch. Silly me, I was hoping for something a little more sophisticated, and maybe this will turn out to be more Insidious than Rec [2]. The trade says the new Bigfoot will film near Austin, and will begin casting largely unknown actors soon.


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US stakes in Ukraine tied to location, location
WASHINGTON (AP) — Ukraine isn't typically a U.S. foreign policy priority, experts say. President Barack Obama is more occupied with Syria, Iran, Afghanistan and more. His administration rejects the notion that the situation in Ukraine represents some kind of epic East vs. West power struggle.
Still, there are reasons why Americans should care about what's happening there, starting with location, location, location.
1. IT'S ALL ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD. Sure, it would be nice for Ukraine to have a stable, democratic government simply because that's a good thing, and no one wants to see more bloodshed. But the U.S. is more concerned about Ukraine because of its location, perched between Russia and the rest of Europe, where the U.S. has lots of friends. "The U.S. has an interest in a wider, stable, secure Europe," says Steven Pifer, a former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine who's now at the Brookings Institution. "If Ukraine goes into chaos, that's likely to pull those European countries in — and we may get involved later on, too."
2. BIG QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MARCH OF DEMOCRACY. The overthrow of Kiev's democratically elected (but corrupt and repressive) government by protesters seeking a more just Ukraine raises unsettling questions. "Ukraine doesn't fit this ideal model of how democratic change progresses," says Olga Oliker, associate director of RAND Corp.'s international security and defense policy center. "What does it mean to try to create more democratic systems in nondemocratic ways?"
3. LOOKING OUT FOR A FRIEND. Ukraine's actually been a good friend to the U.S. since gaining independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. It was once home to the world's third-largest nuclear weapons arsenal, and voluntarily surrendered the stockpile to Russia. It sent troops to help out in Iraq in 2003-05 and dispatched peacekeepers to Kosovo and Lebanon. It agreed to cancel a planned $45 million nuclear deal with Iran in 1992. "On a lot of foreign policy issues, they've been fairly helpful, and I would argue that that is one reason why we ought to care about what is going on," Pifer says.
4. RUSSIA. The unrest in Ukraine could complicate U.S.-Russian relations. The Obama administration dismisses the idea of competing spheres of influence as wildly outmoded and deliberately has tried not to insert itself too deeply in the situation. But Russian President Vladimir Putin very much wants to tilt Ukraine his direction. "The U.S.-Russian relationship has been very combative lately and scratchy," says Andrew Weiss, a Clinton administration expert on Ukraine and Russia who's now at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. "Ukraine adds one more layer on top of the problems that already exist."
5. PEOPLE. BUSINESS. MONEY. People: There's obvious concern among the estimated 1 million to 1.5 million people of Ukrainian descent in the U.S., with large concentrations in Chicago, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Sacramento, Calif., and the New York City area. Business: Ukraine, an economic mess, is not a big U.S. trading partner. But there's plenty of commercial potential in a country of 46 million people. Money: Ukraine is in dire need of billions of dollars in financial assistance. The main lender is likely to be the International Monetary Fund. But Secretary of State John Kerry said Wednesday the U.S. plans to provide $1 billion in loan guarantees to Ukraine and will consider additional direct assistance.
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Shipboard Menu Managementby Kuki, CruiseMates Cruise Director | July 7, 2006
(Editor's Note: This is the latest installment in an ongoing behind-the-scenes series in which Kuki has tried his hand at a variety of on-board occupations, from assistant cruise director to butler to casino dealer. This time, Kuki invades the ship's restaurants and kitchens.)
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The Norwegian Dawn has 10 restaurants and 13 bars and lounges, and the Food and Beverage Director is ultimately responsible for all the issues dealing with these areas.
To get an idea of the magnitude of this job, consider the following statistics about meals served on the cruise the week before I boarded.
- The Venetian- (a cost-included main restaurant) served 2,951 breakfasts, 1,974 lunches, and 4,434 dinners.
- Aqua - (a cost-included main restaurant) served 3,867 dinners.
- Impressions - (a cost-included main restaurant) served 2,013 dinners.
- La Trattoria (a cost-included specialty restaurant) served 1,060 dinners.
- Salsa ( a cost-included specialty restaurant) served 1,241 dinners.
- The Garden Cafe (a cost-included buffet restaurant) served 9,509 breakfasts, 7,046 lunches, and 4,396 dinners.
- The Blue Lagoon (a cost-included 24-hour fast food restaurant) served 3,335 lunches, 1,284 dinners, and 1,451 mid-time meals.
- Bamboo (a $12 per person surcharge Asian restaurant) served 550 dinners.
- The Sushi Bar (an a la carte pricing restaurant) served another 277 patrons.
- Tapanyaki ( the Japanese restaurant) served 262 dinners.
- Cagney's (the $20 per person surcharge steak house) served 976 dinners.
- La Bistro (the $15 per person surcharge French restaurant) served 675 dinners.
- For a TOTAL of 47,101 meals, plus room service, and poolside barbeques, on a seven-day cruise.
Seeing those statistics, one need not wonder what a Food and Beverage Director does other than have nice epaulettes on their uniforms. The job is enormous!
The Food and Beverage Director on Norwegian Dawn is Denis Prguda, a native of Croatia. I spent "a day on the job" with him to bring you a peek behind the scenes.
Denis' team of supervisors consists of Scotti Antonio (Assistant Food & Beverage Director), Slada Stankic (Restaurant Manager - in charge of service staff of all restaurants), and Tony Emilaire (Bar Manager), as well as the Maitre d' of each restaurant. Denis reports to Douglas Hernandez, the ship's Hotel Director.
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Early Start
Our day began at 8 a.m. with a walk through the ship's Garden Cafe, where breakfast is being served; and through the galleys and prep areas. At 9 a.m. Denis and I attended the daily conference with the Hotel Director, Assistant Hotel Director, Cruise Director Matt Baker, and Head Housekeeper Gloria Estephan. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss any incidents or problems from the previous 24 hours, and to plan things for the coming day.
It was a bit eye-opening to see how a seemingly simple item - the timing of a planned crew talent show - could become quite significant, since the timing of the event would impact when passengers would be in the various restaurants (due to the nature of Norwegian Cruise Line's Freestyle dining), lounges and bars, or whether there would be any effect on the planned evening deck party. So one seemingly simple scheduling task affects other events and manpower requirements throughout the ship.
We discussed some general ongoing maintenance issues, but thankfully not too many areas of concern had arisen since their previous day's meeting.
Checking the Logs
From here Denis and I went to his office, where we checked e-mail and the daily log reports for all the departments reporting to him. Every incident or problem in the department, and each passenger complaint related to food and beverage, must be logged. This morning the log was quiet, with just one complaint by a passenger - that his dining room waiter had been trying to "up-sell" him wine. Now to some degree, this is his job; but the waiter may have been overbearing, and the passenger became annoyed, and filed the complaint with an assistant maitre d'. The assistant maitre d' discussed it with the restaurant manager, and they resolved the complaint to the satisfaction of the passenger immediately by making complimentary reservations for the passenger and his companion in one of the specialty (surcharge) restaurants, along with a complimentary bottle of wine of his choice. (I'd like to know whether the passenger chose the same inexpensive wine he had selected the night before.)
I was impressed to see that this simple situation had been dealt with on the spot, and logged for all of management to see how it was handled. Since I can be a bit cynical, I asked if the policy of quick problem resolution doesn't lead to some abuse by passengers. We laughed at several stories Denis had to tell -- and the answer to my question is yes, some passengers do create or exaggerate a problem just to get some form of compensation. And after seeing this type of thing happening, the people in charge can't help but look at some seemingly outrageous complaints with a more cynical eye.
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Freestyle Galleys
Next we went on an inspection of the various galleys and storage areas. This is where the systems and structures on NCL's Freestyle ships differ drastically from cruise lines that offer traditional assigned dining. Freestyle ships require many more galleys for all the alternative restaurants, and of course each must have storage, freezer and cooler space for items unique to their menu.
Certainly there are common storage areas as well, but access to those items is not simple; it requires planning by the chefs. A chef can't just send someone down to pick up some extra steaks. Everything must be requisitioned, and access is controlled by an inventory supervisor. This is not only for inventory control purposes, but also allows for planning future orders, since food orders are placed three weeks in advance. At this time (and as is usually the case), there was $400,000 worth of food and beverage inventory on the ship.
We also inspected all the food preparation areas. Separate storage and preparation areas are required for fish, poultry and beef, and management of these areas is quite complicated. Even cutting boards are color-coded so that they won't go to the wrong area, being used for the wrong item with the potential for cross-contamination. All the large commercial dishwashing equipment is taken apart for cleaning and maintenance every single day.
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People Management
As we did our checks for the day, I was amazed at how many crew members Denis knew by name -- not an easy task when you supervise a staff of more than 600. He explained that his policy is to spend most of his work day outside his office, circulating among the staff. Off course, with experienced eyes, by spending time walking through the ship he's able to see much more of what is going on than if he sat in the office waiting for information to come to him.
Denis said his staff knows he has an open-door policy, and that he's always approachable and willing to discuss their concerns. He believes this management style creates a good work environment, and staff feel they are a part of the team. He and Hotel Director Douglas Hernandez also believe in allowing those on their staff to have a certain level of responsibility. Each has the ability to make decisions and address them, especially when it comes to remedying passenger complaints or problems. This allows situations to be rectified more quickly and gives the staff a sense of empowerment in their ability to make important decisions -- and they generally seem to rise to the challenge.
Division of Labor
As we passed through the Venetian Restaurant during lunch, Denis explained to me how staff had to be added to the dining rooms for the Freestyle concept. On most cruise lines with traditional meal service, dining room waiters may be responsible for serving an average of 16 -20 guests at dinner, and each assistant waiters normally assists two waiters. Besides serving meals, these crew members are also responsible for stripping and resetting tables between seatings. With Freestyle, each waiter has his own assistant, and a separate team is responsible for stripping and resetting the vacated tables, leaving waiters and assistants more time to concentrate on their real job -- serving guests.
As our day progressed, we went through the butcher shop, where trained butchers slice hundreds of pounds of steaks and chops. We also visited the bakery, where all the breads and rolls are freshly made daily (and I can attest to the high quality based on the quantity of breads and rolls I indulged in throughout the week). In another area, the staff was preparing hundreds of plates of appetizers to be sent to suite passengers, and to be used at a cocktail party later that evening for Latitude members.
Throughout the day, it became obvious to me that managing the entire Freestyle dining system is much more complicated than operating the food and beverage systems on a "traditional dining" ship, where you may have one or two main dining rooms, a buffet, and maybe one specialty restaurant to oversee. On the Dawn, the job is even more complicated than running a large, land-based hotel. The ship has more restaurants than most hotels, and some restaurants where the menu changes daily. This complicates things greatly, and therefore requires much better planning than a hotel, because the ship doesn't have the luxury of having delivery trucks come by each day with additional supplies.
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The key to keeping Freestyle operating smoothly, and with positive results for the guests, is teamwork. All the links in the chain must be doing their job and communicating with each other -- and even with other departments -- to produce the desired experience for the guests. From what I saw and experienced, they have this down pat on the Dawn, thanks to an outstanding management team.
I thought I did pretty well getting through my "day on the job" without being fired, and I made some lasting impressions, as I learned later� the Captain, Staff Captain, Hotel Director, Chief Engineer, and Denis, the Food and Beverage Director, were all making plans to leave the ship for vacations within the next week.
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By Dylan Vazzano, TTU Sports Information Coordinator
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Locked up in a defensive battle at Southeast Missouri, the Tennessee Tech soccer team was unable to escape with a victory, falling 1-0 Sunday afternoon in sun-splashed Houck Stadium. The loss keeps the Golden Eagles (3-12-1, 1-5-1) in ninth place in the Ohio Valley Conference, still three spots away from the coveted sixth and final OVC playoff spot.
The two teams combined for just 17 shots throughout the course of 90 minutes, including only seven in the second stanza as defense appeared to reign supreme.
Scoreless after the first half, the Redhawks (6-5-2, 4-1-2) struck just two minutes and 47 seconds into the second period. SEMO freshman Natasha Minor headed in the tilt's only goal, her fourth score of the season, receiving a cross into the box from junior Breana Beine, who was credited with the assist on the play.
After the Southeast Missouri goal, the Golden Eagles managed just three shots the rest of the way. Senior defender Leigh Heffner did the honors twice for Tech, missing high on a header off a corner in the 70th minute, and then on a rip that was gobbled up by Redhawk's goalkeeper Ashton Aubuchon in the 75th minute.
Freshman Ashlyn Flaherty was responsible for the final attempt at a goal in the 89th minute, ripping one high off a corner in the affair's final stages.
Aubuchon went relatively untested in pitching the shutout, making just two saves in the match, while TTU sophomore Jordan Brown earned four stops in another solid showing for the League City, Texas native.
Seven Golden Eagles went the distance in the match, as Brown, fellow sophomore Taylor Sutton, freshman Kalyn Pruett, junior Katie Phillips, and seniors Leigh Heffner, Taylor Hicks, and Ellie Iaciofano all played 90 minutes.
Tech will return home for the final time in 2013 next weekend, welcoming in Morehead State on Friday at 3 p.m. CDT, and then Eastern Kentucky on Sunday at 2 p.m. CDT. Both matches will be streamed live on the OVC Digital Network.


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I saw the headline on Stuff today:
Actor Corey Haim dies | Stuff.co.nz
Corey Haim. Well, the Lost Boys was a quality piece of movie entertainment. My third favourite Corey after TopCat and Corey Feldman. Very young.
Note: The only other obituary thread I could find was for popular members who aren't posting at the moment. Please don't lynch me if this is a duplicate thread, I don't think my atmosphere could take it.
Note Note: At least the atmosphere round here isn't as bad as Russ Abbot's hit single Atmosphere. That was mind staggeringly awful.


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Bond insurer sues sports authority
The company that insures $1 billion in local stadium bonds sued the Harris County-Houston Sports Authority Wednesday, asking a state district judge to force the cash-strapped agency to collect more money to cover its obligations.
The lawsuit by insurer MBIA also seeks damages for other alleged breaches of contract.
MBIA had called on the authority in a December letter to bolster its depleted reserves, saying the account held less than half the contractually required amount and noting that the bulk of the agency's debt, issued in 2001, has fallen short of revenue projections every year but one.
Authority chairman Kenny Friedman previously said MBIA's urgency is driven by a desire to skirt its obligation to pay the bonds, an allegation the insurer denies. Friedman said the agency bought bond insurance for a reason, and added that neither the stadium homes of the Texans, Rockets and Astros – which the authority was created to finance – nor the land under them are at risk.
It was MBIA's 2009 downgrade, Friedman has said, that strained the authority's reserves in the first place.
After MBIA's downgrade, $125 million in variable-rate bonds the authority sold to help build Reliant Stadium were converted into a loan due in 2014 rather than the original 2030. The authority since has struggled to make much larger payments under this "term-out," and MBIA has had to cover shortfalls seven times, including last November, reimbursing itself each time from the authority's reserves.
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The Department of Environmental Protection announced it is awarding nearly $2.2 million in West Nile Virus Control program grants to 26 counties, which are slated to begin surveillance activities in early April.Berks was awarded $53,310 and Montgomery was awarded $129,114.
'This grant funding will help the counties that are most affected by West Nile Virus to monitor and control mosquitos,' DEP Secretary Mike Krancer said. 'It is important for us to work with our county partners to protect human health at the local level.'
DEP developed the funding proposals in consultation with county officials. The total county grant award is about $20,000 more than the 2012 grants. This additional grant funding will be used to cover the costs of new spray equipment for county-based West Nile Virus (WNV) programs. Gov. Corbett's proposed 2013-14 budget maintains 2012 funding levels for DEP's WNV Control program.
Because of the mild winter and early spring, 2012 proved to be a record year for WNV in Pennsylvania. The first positive mosquito was discovered May 4, 2012, the earliest ever. That kicked off a year that brought the highest recorded numbers of human, bird, mosquito and veterinary positives since 2003.
In humans, the virus can cause West Nile fever and encephalitis, an infection that can cause inflammation of the brain and death. Most people bitten by an infected mosquito will never develop any symptoms, and only one person in 150 people with symptoms will develop the more serious West Nile encephalitis.
To reduce the risk of WNV, DEP and county staff use a combination of education, source reduction and mosquito control. Mosquito control is largely done by using larval control products, such as Bti, which is derived from soil bacteria. If necessary, man-made adult mosquito control products derived from the chrysanthemum flower are used to reduce mosquito populations when they pose an elevated risk of infecting people. Adult mosquito control products are effective in controlling mosquito populations and pose little to no harmful effect to humans, plants or other animals.
The DEP WNV program will begin mosquito surveillance in early May. Residents are encouraged to remove all standing water from their property to prepare for mosquito season and prevent infection.
To report a dead bird or file a mosquito complaint, or for more information about WNV, visit www.westnile.state.pa.us or call 717-346-8238.


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AMERICUS - The Georgia Southwestern tennis teams lost a pair of matches, 7-2, against Shorter University on Saturday afternoon at the Susan K. Smith Tennis Complex in the season opener for both schools.
The Hurricanes won at No. 2 doubles and No. 6 singles against the Hawks.
Tommy Cangelosi and Chris Eastwood picked up GSW's lone win in doubles play when they defeated Colt Kelley and Robert Watson, 8-2. The matches at No. 1 and No. 3 doubles were decided by a total of three games. Evgeniv Vinogradov and Jake Koonce lost 9-7 at No. 1 and Joseph Bjerregaard and Matt Vansant fell 9-8 at No. 3.
Valentin Demande earned the Hurricanes lone win on the singles side with his 6-1, 6-1 victory at No. 6. Stephen Moore lost a match-deciding, 10-point tiebreaker at No. 5.
Singles competition
1. Romain Ferreira (SU-M) def. Evgeniy Vinogradov (GSW-M) 7-5, 6-4
2. Romain Lefevre (SU-M) def. Jake Koonce (GSW-M) 6-3, 6-4
3. Marc Guerry (SU-M) def. Joseph Bjerregaard (GSW-M) 6-2, 7-5
4. Nikola Pavlovic (SU-M) def. Matt Vansant (GSW-M) 7-6 (7-4), 6-3
5. Arturo Lifshutz (SU-M) def. Stephen Moore (GSW-M) 3-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-7)
6. Valentin Demande (GSW-M) def. Colt Kelley (SU-M) 6-1, 6-1
Doubles competition
1. Romain Lefevre/Romain Ferreira (SU-M) def. Evgeniy Vinogradov/Jake Koonce (GSW-M) 9-7
2. Tommy Cangelosi/Chris Eastwood (GSW-M) def. Colt Kelley/Robert Watson (SU-M) 8-2
3. Nikola Pavlovic/Marc Guerry (SU-M) def. Joseph Bjerregaard/Matt Vansant (GSW-M) 9-8
The Lady Hurricanes were unable to pick up a win in doubles play before earning two victories in singles.
Newcomer Taylor Jones was victorious in her GSW debut at No. 5 singles, winning 7-5, 6-3. Mollie McGowan won by the same score at No. 6.
Carly Cangelosi and Victoria Ondo played the closest match in doubles, losing 8-6 at No. 1 to Candice Laurent and Aurelie Gaborit.
1. Candice Laurent (SU-W) def. Kalie Douberly (GSW-W) 6-0, 6-2
2. Iesha Holton (SU-W) def. Carly Cangelosi (GSW-W) 6-1, 6-2
3. Aurelie Gaborit (SU-W) def. Victoria Ondo (GSW-W) 6-3, 6-3
4. Aurore Beltrando (SU-W) def. Ginny Jones (GSW-W) 6-0, 6-2
5. Taylor Jones (GSW-W) def. Alicia Gallard (SU-W) 7-5, 6-3
6. Mollie McGowan (GSW-W) def. Sicquena Sinclair (SU-W) 7-5, 6-3
Doubles competition
1. Candice Laurent/Aurelie Gaborit (SU-W) def. Carly Cangelosi/Victoria Ondo (GSW-W) 8-6
2. Alicia Gallard/Aurore Beltrando (SU-W) def. Kalie Douberly/Taylor Jones (GSW-W) 8-5
3. Sicquena Sinclair/Iesha Holton (SU-W) def. Ginny Jones/Melinda Vansant (GSW-W) 8-5


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What's New
WGS and Political Art and the Public Sphere
The longstanding ECCE Speaker Series program Political Art and the Public Sphere is all about sex, gender and sexuality for Fall 2010. Organized by Richard Gilman-Opalsky (Political Science). All screenings: 6 p.m. Brookens Auditorium in the basement of Brookens LIbrary. Free to the public!
-20 September: Associate Professor and Chair of WGS, Heather Dell, facilitates a discussion of the film The Shape of Water, about grassroots women's activism in the Global South.
-18 October: Assistant Professor of WGS, Mike Murphy, facilitates a discussion of the film Boy I Am about female-to-male transfolk in New York City.
-15 November: Associate Professor of Legal Studies and Political Science, Jason Pierceson, facilitates a discussion of the film Outrage about closeted gay politicians who oppose gay and lesbian rights.
Diversity Center Hires Director of LGBTQ Resource Office
WGS is delighted to welcome Kerry Poynter as the first DIrector of the LGBTQ Resource Office in the UIS Diversity Center. Kerry's position is the product of over 15 years hardwork by students, staff and faculty. He comes to us with experience at Duke University, NYU, and Columbia. Read more about Kerry and the leadership he provides for LGBTQ students.
Scholarly Update
With support from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, WGS assistant professor Dr. Hinda Seif wrote a report on Latino immigrant youth civic education and engagement. This was prepared for the Latino Migrant Civic and Political Participation Study of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Mexico Institute in Washington, D.C.
Professor Seif, WGS Graduate Assistant Jimmy Peterson (2009-10), and students from the Organization of Latin American Students (OLAS) and the WGS Department have been interviewing Illinois youth who participated in the 2006 immigration reform protests. Our preliminary findings were presented in March, 2010 at the Society for Applied Anthropology 70th Annual Meeting in Mérida, Mexico with the theme of "Vulnerabilities and Exclusion in Globalization." Along with serving as faculty advisor for the UIS Organization of Latin American Students, (OLAS), this research is helping to familiarize Seif with Latina/o and immigrant communities in Illinois.


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I'm going to post a less-than-conventional ODI XI:
1. Adam Gilchrist
2. AB de Villiers
3. Ricky Ponting
4. Paul Collingwood
5. Andrew Symonds
6. Jonty Rhodes
7. Tillakaratne Dilshan
8. Carl Hooper
9. Roger Harper
10. Heath Streak
11. Brett Lee
Average-looking XI on paper, but you might have noticed that they were all unbelievable in the field.
I firmly believe that this side would save 50-60 more runs in the field than an average ODI side if you factor in unlikely stops, the constant threat of run-outs and taking half-chances. The fact they can slog down to 11 (outfielders are fairly hard to rate) doesn't hurt, despite only having 3 frontline bowlers.
The only worry I have is who to put at backward point.


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Tom Nolette wrote:A look-back:
We'll jump around some as we head to this years event ..
11/18 boys
11/19 - girls
2001 dunk contest ...
Video from Joe Gallant of the 2001 1st annual MBR Preseason All-Star weekend
Today's look-back.. the year was 2001 ... Brunswick HS A pretty good year for scholarship players
Dan Hammond - Bryant (D2) 2002 Brunswick
Ralph Mims - Florida State (D1) 2004 Brunswick
Ryan Mclellen - Marine Corps Team 2003 Nokomis
Jason Hight UMaine (D1) walk-on 2003 Westbrook
Jeff Holmes Bentley (D2) 2003 Cheverus
Nik Caner Medley Maryland (D1) 2002 Deering
Sean Mayo - Franklin Pierce (D2) 2003 Thornton Acad.
Aaron Spaulding St. Michaels (D2) 2002 Cape Elizabeth
Darren Mastropoalo Bucknell (D1) 2004 Falmouth
Brian Andre Buffalo to UMaine (D1) 2002 Valley
Playing in the pros ...
Nik Caner Medley Maryland (D1) 2002 Deering 2001
Nik just signed a 2 year deal .... read more on Nik since 2009 viewtopic.php?f=3&t=66106&hilit=medley
What is the key to his success you may ask ? He has the skill set, but what separates players is the drive to be the best ! Nik played for us as a young player and we watched him all the way through . I
Tomorrow girls of 2002 at Husson College


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While I can't fix my daughter's pain – which hurts as a father - I can continue to work so other kids and adults never experience their heartache and mine. It's important to me that my daughters are not just two more statistics – two more kids of divorce. It's important our suffering is used to help others. That's my mission in life.
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Jamilyn Manning-White, soprano, will star in the one-act opera "La Voix Humaine," in a co-production with Yale School of Drama abnd Yale Opera Thursday, May 17 and Saturday, May 19 at 7 p.m. at at the Iseman Theater, 1156 Chapel St., New Haven.
The production, with music is by Francis Poulenc and lyrics by Jean Cocteau, is directed by Louisa Proske.
The opera centers on a woman talking on the telephone to her lover as their reklationship is about to end.
Tickets are $10.
During the 2011-2012 season with Yale Opera, Manning-White has sung Female Chorus in The Rape of Lucretia, as Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte, sang Elvira in I Puritani and Violetta in La Traviata in their opera scenes program, sang Violetta as a featured soloist with the Hartford Symphony, and was also featured singing excerpts from Anna Bolena with the Metropolitan Opera Guild.
Manning-White was Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, Belinda in Dido and Aeneas, and the title role in Anna Bolena in their opera scenes program. She has sung Mrs. Jenks and Laurie in Copland's The Tender Land as a Young American Artist with Glimmerglass Opera, made her Glimmerglass Opera debut as Clorinda in La Cenerentola, and has appeared in the Killer B's and Latin Lovers concerts with Steven Blier and the New York Festival of Song.
Manning-White has performed La Fée in Massenet's Cendrillon, Najade in Strauss' Ariadne auf Naxos, and Mademoiselle Silberklang in Mozart's Der Schauspieldirektor. She has sung the title role of Moore's The Ballad of Baby Doe, Gilbert and Sullivan's Trial by Jury, Polly in the world premiere of Turin's The Scarecrow and Laetitia in the English National Tour of Menotti's The Old Maid and the Thief.
Manning-White has performed in Handel's Messiah, most recently with the Waterbury Symphony, Haydn's The Creation, Milhaud's Quatre Chansons de Ronsard, Stravinsky's The Soldier's Tale and appeared in a concert tour with the Teatro Nacional de Santa Ana of El Salvador.
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Junior 2013-14
Team co-captain ... Finished the season with a 19-9 singles record, playing primarliy from the No. 4 and No. 5 singles positions ... Picked up a victory against Auburn at fourth singles in the opening round of the NCAA team tournament ... Posted four wins and one loss in Ivy League singles action ... Qualified for the round of 16 at the ITA Northeast Regionals ... Went 4-1 in doubles action in dual matches, teaming with Sebastian Beltrame, Brian Yeung and Kelvin Lam
Sophomore 2012-13 Finished the season with a 19-14 record in singles between tournament and dual matches ... Recorded a 12-10 record for dual matches ... Posted a 6-1 record against Ivy League opponents ... Won in straight sets over Alex Sajonz of Samford in the first round of the NCAA Tournment ... Earned Second-Team All-Ivy League for singles ... Recorded a 17-10 record for doubles ... Posted a victory over then No. 11 Mississippi St. in the NCAA Tournament...
Freshman 2011-12
Was one of four players on the Harvard roster that tallied over 20 singles victories in 2012 … Went 27-11 overall in singles play while going 16-7 in dual season … Went 8-8 in doubles competition during the dual schedule teaming with Pearlman, Steer, Felton, Schultz, and Denis Nguyen … Tallied 11 three-set victories in 2011-12 including A come-from-behind win over Dartmouth's Chris Ho, to help Harvard earn its 29th Ivy League title in school history.
Before Harvard:
Received four varsity letters and was No. 1 singles player all four years at Concord Carlisle Regional … Two-time team captain … Four-time Dual County League All-Star … Earned team MVP honors three times … Recipient of 2009 National Clay Court Sportsmanship Award … Three-time Boston Globe All-Scholastic choice … Two-time individual state singles champion … Helped team win two state titles … Led squad to 68-match win streak … Finished with 94-2 record in high school matches … Ranked No. 7 nationally in singles in Dec. 2009 … Montgomery National Open Singles Champion … National Honor Society Member … Served as cook for Salvation Army dinners … Enjoys cooking, reading and sports.


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If you look on this page you'll see a bunch of NASA "Mars" Rover images. Scroll down and you come to this image which I have enlarged here:
It looks like the shadow of a man leaning over the rover complete with hair on his head.
Some of the alt media sites have latched onto this image and are, of course, claiming that it's a Martian that NASA is covering up.
Question is: Is it really a goof on NASA's part or just more of their conspiracy candy?


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Clyde McPhatter
The unlikely star that guided music towards soul.
Clyde McPhatter injected R&B with the unrestrained emotional zeal of gospel music. He was one of many to cross over from the sacred to the secular, but his high tenor was one of a kind.
"If there is one voice through which the glories of R&B ran their course in the 1950s," wrote Nick Tosches, "it very well may be Clyde McPhatter's."
Clyde McPhatter possessed a unique vocal instrument, a lively high tenor that captured the promise and fervor of the teenage Fifties. McPhatter was one of the first singers to cross over from the church to the pop and R&B charts. He was a Baptist minister's son who was born in North Carolina and spent his teen years up north, in New Jersey and New York. He made the crossing from sacred to secular at age 18, when he was invited to join singer Billy Ward's vocal group, the Dominoes, after turning heads with his performance of Lonnie Johnson's "Tomorrow Night" in an amateur show at Harlem's Apollo Theatre. McPhatter was initially billed as "Clyde Ward," and it was claimed that he was Billy's brother.
McPhatter's radiant, gospel-trained tenor exploded onto the R&B scene in the early Fifties on "Do Something for Me," "Have Mercy Baby," "The Bells" and other of the Dominoes' dozen R&B hits. On "Have Mercy Baby," which topped the R&B charts for ten weeks in 1952, McPhatter worked himself to the brink of tears. By recasting gospel's fervid emotionality—a style known as "sanctified" singing—in a rhythm & blues setting, he presaged what would come to be known as soul music.
Chafing under Ward's discipline, McPhatter left the Dominoes in 1953 and was quickly offered a recording contract and star billing with his own group by Ahmet Ertegun at Atlantic Records. Clyde McPhatter and the Drifters cut a string of hugely popular R&B hits, including "Such a Night," "Money Honey" (the biggest R&B hit of 1953), "Honey Love" and a timeless doo-wop version of "White Christmas."
A stint in the army cut short his tenure with the Drifters, but he resumed his career as a solo artist upon his discharge, enjoying another successful run at Atlantic during the latter half of the Fifties. (The Drifters continued without him, recruiting a succession of lead singers.) In 1958 McPhatter scored the biggest hit of his career, "A Lover's Question," a doo-wop/R&B classic that captured his voice at a peak of ripeness. He had a dozen more R&B and pop hits during the later Fifties at Atlantic, including such highlights as "Treasure of Love" (his first Number One as a solo artist) and the sublime "Without Love (There Is Nothing)." His last Atlantic hit, "You Went Back On Your Word," came late in 1959, at which point his contract expired.
After a brief stint at MGM, which yielded a minor hit, "Let's Try Again," McPhatter moved to Mercury Records, where he spent the first half of the Sixties working with producer Clyde Otis. At Mercury he scored such hits as "Lover Please" and "Little Bitty Pretty One" and recorded some highly regarded albums, including the urbanely conceptual Songs of the Big City (1964). He also recorded five critically prized but commercially unsuccessful singles for the Amy label in the mid-Sixties. In 1966 a disillusioned McPhatter moved to England, where he was still revered. He returned to the States in 1970, marking the event with an album entitled Welcome Home (1970). Sadly, it turned out to be his last recording. McPhatter's career had been in steady decline due to mounting personal problems, including a debilitating alcoholism, and he died in his sleep of a heart attack at the age of 39.
While Clyde McPhatter's groundbreaking contributions as a soul and R&B vocalist have gone generally unnoticed outside of music circles, his fervent voice and passionate delivery influenced such artists as Smokey Robinson, Ben E. King (one of his heirs in the Drifters), Aaron Neville and Jackie Wilson (his successor in the Dominoes).
"He was one of the first guys I ever listened to," Robinson said shortly after McPhatter's death in 1972. "When he first came on the scene with [Billy Ward and the Dominoes], he was The Man."
"Anything Clyde sings is a prayer," Aaron Neville told Goldmine's Bruce Sylvester. "When I was growing up, I don't care what else was going on in the world—Jim Crow, all the other stuff—you could put on Clyde McPhatter and it would all disappear."
Inductee: Clyde McPhatter (vocalist; born November 15, 1932, died June 13, 1972)


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Its hard to reconcile, sometimes, that horses were once a part of my life, and now they are not. I still have my chaps, my helmet, my breeches, my paddock boots, and a pair of very smelly and increasingly stiff riding gloves in the bottom of my closet. I hold onto them the way my husband holds onto the motorcycle helmet and form fitting leather suit that has not been used for over a decade. My cleaning lady (I'm not rich, just a really bad housekeeper) once found these last remnants of a brazen bachelorhood tucked away into a forgotten corner , and asked where the Mr.'s motorcycle was. "There isn't one anymore, he just can't bear to let go of the accessories", I answered, to which she responded with an expression of pure pity. She looked down into the dusty visor in her hands, shook her head and softly murmured "so sad."
He's not the only one who lives in a suspended state of denial. When I was packing a bag for my appearance on The Martha Stewart Show, I seriously considered including my riding gear. "Martha and I are just going to CLICK, I just KNOW it." I explained to a husband who was already exhausted by the general theme of self promotion that came along with the book tour that I had just begun. "and when she finds out that I RIDE, and that I grew up riding Morgans and draught horses, she's GOING to invite me to Bedford and I NEED to be READY. Because I can't possibly go RIDING with MARTHA STEWART in the WRONG CLOTHES. Now it was my turn for a long, pitiful look. "Oh Sweetie," TC said softly. "get over yourself." For the record, I have not YET been invited to Bedford to go riding. Nor, I should point out, have I put my riding things into deep storage.
But the acute awareness that a stage of life has ended, and the nostalgia and the piles of boxes of things that can't possibly be gotten rid of that begins to grow in it's place is really the third stage, isn't it? Before that part of your youth began or ended you must have first been able to imagine yourself loving a horse or a motorcycle or whatever it was that consumed you, probably for hours, in that fleeting stage of life where any perfect situation is possible and can be played out with the help of carefully arranged plastic figurines on one's bedroom floor. So when I saw this beautiful post over at Soule Mama I immediately knew that even though Kokka was requesting more princesses (yawn) for my new fabric collection that I also needed to do some little drawings of little girls and their plastic horses. I also knew that perhaps I had found a new and loving home for the collection of gear in the bottom of my closet. Of course, Amanda's little girl wont be fitting into anything for a while yet, which means that I can cling to my delusional dreams for just a little while longer.


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The Apache HTTP Server is a popular web server.
It was discovered that the fix for CVE-2011-3368 (released via RHSA-2011:1391) did not completely address the problem. An attacker could bypass the fix and make a reverse proxy connect to an arbitrary server not directly accessible to the attacker by sending an HTTP version 0.9 request, or by using a specially-crafted URI. (CVE-2011-3639, CVE-2011-4317)
The httpd server included the full HTTP header line in the default error page generated when receiving an excessively long or malformed header. Malicious JavaScript running in the server's domain context could use this flaw to gain access to httpOnly cookies. (CVE-2012-0053)
An integer overflow flaw, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow, was found in the way httpd performed substitutions in regular expressions. An attacker able to set certain httpd settings, such as a user permitted to override the httpd configuration for a specific directory using a ".htaccess" file, could use this flaw to crash the httpd child process or, possibly, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the "apache" user. (CVE-2011-3607)
A flaw was found in the way httpd handled child process status information. A malicious program running with httpd child process privileges (such as a PHP or CGI script) could use this flaw to cause the parent httpd process to crash during httpd service shutdown. (CVE-2012-0031)
All httpd users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues. After installing the updated packages, the httpd daemon will be restarted automatically.


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I am looking into an alternative for the combined utilities of SVN, as both a development tool and configuration management tool. Instead, I would like to investigate the approach of having a dedicated Configuration Management (CM) tool and a separate development tool.
The reason for this is that I work in a company where a lot of non-programmers use the SVN for CM, and I think it becomes confusing to them when the programmers use SVN for development alongside of CM. Additionally they get frustrated with the overlap of capabilities, and don't like the prospect of reverting to non-working versions. Separating these functionalities into two separate tools may provide ease-of-use for the non-programmers, that only use SVN as a CM tool.
So what approach would you suggest to achieve this? If you have experience with this what utilities have been useful to you and what were your results regarding clarity of processes and general workflow?
Note: IMO using SVN for both is best, but since the programmers only make up 20% of the usage for SVN, producing a more widely accepted process throughout all groups may be worthwhile (or at least worth looking into, hence this post).
Edit- The typical non-programmer commits their working loads to the SVN repository. Then, as the customer deems a version to fix/not-fix the issue, the versions are reverted or updated. They don't want files that result in non-working exectuables to ever be in the SVN. Hence, reverts would most likely be done one revision at a time... not from revision 142 to 89, for example. So essentially they want a utility that only has the /tag work.


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License Server Connection Error - Solution
If you have not updated to Design 3D CX 8.1.2, then you need to do so.
We switched web hosting services about 2 weeks ago and the new server system has a newer internet connection protocol. This required a change to the Manage License functionality and that was added in the CX 8.1.1 update a few months ago. The current release is CX 8.1.2.
You can update to version 8.1.2 by using the "Check for Update" command in the Help menu to download the StrataUpdate tool. This is the recommended method, unless you are behind a company firewall that might not allow this method to work for you.
If you encounter an issue updating using the StrataUpdate tool or you have a multi-user license and need to update several computers, then you may need to download the full installer disk image. The link to the full installer disk image is below. It contains Strata Design 3D CX 8.1.2. If you use the disk image method, be sure to do both... step 1 (let the copy process finish), and then step 2 to complete the installation process.
If, after updating to CX 8.1.2, you continue to have trouble connecting to the license server, please contact technical support at email@example.com.
We apologies for the inconvenience and thank you for using Strata Design 3D CX.
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Design 3D CX 8 Upgrade Available
The Design 3D CX 8 upgrade is available for purchase on the Strata Store.
A list of what is new in CX 8 can be found here.
2016-06-22 23:18
Strata Foto 3D CX 2.1 Update Available
The Foto 3D CX 2.1 updater can be found here:
This update adds support for exporting to a Collada file.
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Money's counted: Denver Designer Show House nets $102,422 for Children's Hospital Colorado
How well-received was the 2013 Denver Designer Show House?
Let me tell you:
The number of visitors was "slightly north of" 2,000 and between ticket sales, sponsorships and income generated by an on-site boutique hosted by Bloom, the committee this week was able to present a check for $102,422 to Children's Hospital Colorado.
Eighteen of the Denver area's top design firms participated in the project presented by UMB Bank, breathing new life into a vintage home situated in one of the city's historic neighborhoods.
"Children's Hospital Colorado appreciates the time, talent and generous contributions given by the Denver Designer Show House committee, sponsors, designers, tour participants and volunteers," says Lindsey Alexander, senior special events manager at Children's Hospital Colorado Foundation. "This unique event unites the Denver design industry with the local community and helps provide funding to support children and families at Children's Colorado. We can't thank the Denver Designer Show House committee enough for their spirit of giving."
The 2013 Show House was a 1927 Arts & Crafts gem in the Morgan's Historic District, sited on a picturesque half-acre bordering the Denver Botanic Gardens. The 7,000-square-foot house was built by Henry Porter — a local businessman, philanthropist and Porter Hospital namesake — when he was 90 years old.
It features expert craftsmanship, period detailing, seven bedrooms, eight baths, and a wrap-around porch. It also has stories to tell, as its property was once burial grounds owned by the Catholic Church.
The home was remodeled by the participating designers and was featured in the Fall 2013 issue of Luxe Magazine.
Event founders Trish Bragg and Maggie Armstrong describe the project as a "Magical coming-together of Denver's most creative designers, architects, craftsmen, volunteers and interior design companies." Bragg and Armstrong are broker associates at Fuller Sotheby's International Realty.
The Denver Designer Show House is held biennally; the first, in 2011, raised $70,000. Fuller Sotheby's International Realty has pledged its continued support.
The 2013 committee included 22 leaders in the community, led by Armstrong, Bragg and Brooke Erkal from Waterworks. The design team included: Ashley Campbell Interiors; John Brooks; Mikhail Dantes of D+D Interiors; Tony Torres Interiors; Mikal Otten of EKD; Beth Armijo; Andrea Schumacher of O Interiors; Bloom by Anuschka; Petra Richards and Kristina Sterling; Duet Design Group; Ann Benson Reidy + Associates; Carolyn Morris of Alvarez Morris Architectural Studio; Katie Wolfe Agron of Wolfe Design House; Waterworks; C|A Interiors; Knape and Zibell Interior Design; and Blu Design Group.
Canady Construction provided all the building needs and Steve Ekman was the resident architect. The interior designers donated their time and talents; they also purchased materials and secured donations or loans of necessary materials and furnishings.
The next Denver Designer Show House will be in 2015.
Joanne Davidson: 303-809-1314, email@example.com and @joannedavidson on Twitter


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HAIFA, Israel, Feb. 29 (UPI) -- A Greek bronze helmet covered with gold leaf and decorations discovered in the waters of Haifa Bay in Israel has been dated to 2,600 years ago, researchers say.
Archaeologists said the helmet may have belonged to a wealthy Greek mercenary fighting in a series of wars mentioned in the Bible that plagued the region at that time.
The Greek mercenary likely fought for an Egyptian pharaoh named Necho II, they said.
The helmet, discovered accidentally in 2007 during commercial dredging operations in the harbor, has been cleaned and analyzed by researchers with the Israel Antiquities Authority, LiveScience.com reported Wednesday.
The helmet is very similar to one found near the Italian island of Giglio, about 1,500 miles away, in the 1950s and dated to 2,600 years ago, which helped the researchers arrive at a date for the Haifa Bay helmet.
The owner of the Haifa helmet would have been a very wealthy individual as few soldiers could afford such an ornate helmet, the researchers said.
"The gilding and figural ornaments make this one of the most ornate pieces of early Greek armor discovered," Jacob Sharvit, director of the Marine Archaeology Unit with the Israel Antiquities Authority, wrote in a research summary.


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I saw this photo over at The Year in Pictures entitled "Bowing for the Collections," photographed by Louis Faurer (originally in French Vogue, 1972) Just really like it.
My mom is painting her house a pale yellow with white trim, and now I'm trying to convince her to paint her front door a bright colour. Apartment Therapy posted some yellow doors today, here are some other colours. I think my vote is for blue (her place is nothing like the blue door photo, but the yellow stairs are about the same colour as her house...)
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I am trying so hard to grow basil on my windowsill. I do not in any way have a green thumb, but I want a vegetable garden very much one day, so this is the beginning. I saw one tiny green shoot this morning, and I'm very excited. My husband thinks I'm crazy (he has more than a green thumb, he's a plant whisperer.) I couldn't find white pots with holes in the bottom so I bought ceramic ones and painted them. Yes, that's probably toxic.
Photo from here.
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If I could travel back in time I would stay at the Valley Ho this weekend, chill out by the pool and have an "old fashioned" (recipe below)
Old Fashioned Cocktail
Prepare and serve in Glass No. 5
1 lump cube sugar
1 or 2 dashes Cocktail Bitters
1 dash seltzer
Muddle sugar until dissolved
1 jogger Rye, Bourbon or Scotch Whiskey
Cube of ice
Garnish with twist of lemon peel, 1 slice of orange, 1 maraschino cherry.
Serve with highball spoon.
Happy Friday!
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We're lucky to live in an apartment with a staircase in it (we're at the top of a three story house converted to apartments)...it definitely makes our space feel a bit more dimensional. And our cat likes to chase his felt mice down them as well.
Staircases are just so useful and beautiful...floating, storage, glass...it's an architectural element that can be very personal to the house and the owner. And they're good excercise. Yay stairs!
Here are a few of my favourite staircases from Living Etc.
Here are a few of my favourite staircases from Living Etc.
This is my idea of camping.
Rockwater Secret Cove is on the Sunshine Coast in BC, Canada, and they have these lovely tents set up with fireplaces and tubs and ocean view decks. I haven't been there, so I can't say first hand that it's awesome, but it looks awesome.
Photos from Rockwater Secret Cove
I usually might find this a little cluttered looking, but I really love it, and I don't care that mid-century is a) super trendy, or b) used to be super trendy (although I have to admit that there's a tad too much teak in my apartment at the moment...)
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I bought a super cute easy little tank dress for this summer by Alexander Wang (online from Frances May, great service, it arrived so quickly all packaged up in wrapping paper!), it's so soft and lovely and will go with everything...
Here are a few other things I like from his Spring 2009 Ready to Wear.
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kitchen window
We were trying to sort out our "top 5" wants in a house the other day...and I said before that I wanted an attic bedroom, well, I'd also love a BIG kitchen window...(ok, or door)
photos from Living Etc, Marie Claire Maison, and Remodelista
i needed a little reminder today...
print from etsy seller SuspectShoppe
dishwasher love
I miss my dishwasher, and although I can live without it, I've never actually fallen in love with one, until now...the Asko XXL Dishwasher. It's so pretty.
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I am in some disbelief at these wallscapes by Italian design company Spazio Rossana Orlandi (just posted over at Apartment Therapy.) They are photographic images on large wood panels. In most of them I can't even see the line between photo and reality...more pictures on their site.
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I'd never heard of Bled Island before seeing this post on T Magazine's blog, and never really thought of going to Slovenia before, but this place looks so cool! The Pilgrimage Church of the Assumption of Mary is only one of a few buildings on this tiny island in the middle of Bled Lake. They do weddings if you're interested...
Here are more photos.
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I've been looking for a 'thank you' gift (in a work capacity), and whimsy & spice is just the thing...I've heard great things about them, most recently via A Cup of Jo, so now I'm convinced. I just wish they shipped to Canada!
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green & blue
I'm helping a friend decorate the bathroom in her cabin, and when she described a green ceiling and robin's egg blue walls I was a little hesitant, but after looking around, I'm growing very fond of the blue/green combination (although she's braver than me, most of my walls are shades of gray...)
Photos from Martha Stewart, the bottom photo is from Domino
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Re-Nest (over at Apartment Therapy) has some photos from the NYC West Elm launch, featuring work by David Stark (all created from recycled cardboard)...amazing! I checked out Stark's site as well...which is so worth clicking over to.
Photos from Apartment Therapy
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I found the house mentioned below from W Magazine...it's the Bailey House, Pierre Koenig Case Study House #21 and it was up for sale in '06, these are a couple of photos from Julius Shulman. Shulman was hired by Wright Auctions to photograph the house...(I couldn't find any more of the house on their site, but they have 2, 347 other items that I would like...)
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To maintain strict or tight control over one; to not allow one very much independence or autonomy. Ever since George nearly lost his life savings in a drunken poker match, his husband started keeping him on a tight leash. The boss has kept her assistant on a tight leash ever since she hired her.


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Great houses are the most powerful members of nobility of the Seven Kingdoms, often being former royalty and now sworn directly to the Iron Throne.[1] The Lineages and Histories of the Great Houses of the Seven Kingdoms describes the great houses and high lords of Westeros.[2]
George R. R. Martin also sometimes refers to great houses as the most powerful houses from regions throughout the Known World. For example, Maester Luwin explains that only a few great houses of the North follow the Faith of the Seven,[3] and Maester Yandel writes that the Valyrian great houses were rife with deception and conflict.[4]
House Targaryen conquered most of Westeros during Aegon's Conquest. House Stark of Winterfell, the former Kings in the North, became Wardens of the North for the new king, Aegon I Targaryen. House Arryn of the Eyrie, the former Kings of Mountain and Vale, became the Wardens of the East, while House Lannister of Casterly Rock, the Kings of the Rock, became the Wardens of the West.[5] The Lannisters are the wealthiest of the Great Houses.[6]
House Gardener of Highgarden, the Kings of the Reach, were extinguished at the Field of Fire by Aegon's dragons. Aegon granted Highgarden to House Tyrell, his new Wardens of the South. Despite being sworn to the Tyrells, the Hightowers of Oldtown are among the oldest and proudest of the Great Houses of Westeros.[7]
House Hoare of Harrenhal, the Kings of the Isles and the Rivers, were extinguished in the burning of Harrenhal. Aegon granted dominion over the riverlands to House Tully of Riverrun, the new Lords Paramount of the Trident. Aegon allowed the Iron Islands to choose House Greyjoy of Pyke as their new liege lords.[5]
Aegon's half-brother, Orys Baratheon, slew Argilac the Arrogant, the last Storm King from House Durrandon. Orys married Argilac's daughter, Argella Durrandon, forming House Baratheon of Storm's End, the youngest of the Great Houses of Westeros.[5]
The principality of Dorne, ruled by House Martell of Sunspear, resisted Aegon in the First Dornish War. The Martells later peacefully joined the Seven Kingdoms during the reign of King Daeron II Targaryen.[8]
Aegon created the crownlands around Blackwater Bay, with House Targaryen ruling from the Iron Throne. The Targaryens were eventually deposed during Robert's Rebellion, however, and the crownlands have since been ruled by House Baratheon of King's Landing and House Baratheon of Dragonstone.
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A Game of Thrones
When discussing the claimants after the death of King Robert I Baratheon, Marq Piper indicates that if Renly Baratheon gains the support of the Tyrells of Highgarden, the Baratheons of Storm's End, the Martells of Sunspear, the Starks of Winterfell, the Tullys of Riverrun, and the Arryns of the Eyrie, Renly would have six of the seven great houses aligned against the Lannisters of Casterly Rock.[1] Marq omits House Greyjoy of Pyke.
A Clash of Kings
Following the Battle of the Blackwater, the Iron Throne decrees that House Baelish of Harrenhal are the new Lords Paramount of the Trident with dominion over the riverlands, displacing the Tullys of Riverrun.[9]
A Storm of Swords
Prior to the royal wedding, Lord Mace Tyrell gives King Joffrey I Baratheon a seven-sided chalice decorated with great houses: ruby lion, emerald rose, onyx stag, silver trout, blue jade falcon, opal sun, and pearl direwolf. With the War of the Five Kings in mind, Joffrey suggests replacing the direwolf with a squid.[10]
In the aftermath of the Red Wedding and the death of Robb Stark, King in the North, the Iron Throne names Roose Bolton, the Lord of the Dreadfort, the new Warden of the North.[11]
A Dance with Dragons
Seeking to solidify House Bolton's control of the North, Roose's legitimized son Ramsay marries "Arya Stark" (actually Jeyne Poole) and claims the title Lord of Winterfell.[12]
References and Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 71, Catelyn XI.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 27, Eddard VI.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 53, Bran VI.
- ↑ The World of Ice & Fire, The Doom of Valyria.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 A Game of Thrones, Appendix.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Appendix.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Appendix.
- ↑ The World of Ice & Fire, Daeron II.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 65, Sansa VIII.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 59, Sansa IV.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 72, Jaime IX.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 37, The Prince of Winterfell.


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The Accounting Historians Journal Vol. 17, No. 1 June 1990 Thomas Tyson ST. JOHN FISHER COLLEGE ACCOUNTING FOR LABOR IN THE EARLY 19TH CENTURY: THE U.S. ARMS MAKING EXPERIENCE Abstract: The national armory at Springfield was the largest proto-type of the modern factory establishment and its accounting controls were described by Alfred Chandler [1977] as the most sophisticated in use before the early 1840s. In spite of that, armory management did not integrate piece-rate accounting and a clock-regulated workday to produce prespecified norms of output. Hoskin & Macve [1988] have recently suggested that the armory's ac-counting controls were unable to attain disciplinary power over labor and increase labor productivity until a West Point trained managerial component had been established at the armory after 1840. They called for a reexamination of the historical record from a disciplinary rather than economic perspective to validate this doctrine. The paper presents the findings of this reexamination and indicates that West Point management training was a relatively minor determinant in the evolving nature of accounting. Several economic and social factors are found to better explain why integration did not occur any sooner than it did at the Springfield armory. The national armory at Springfield was the largest and among the most important prototypes of the modern factory establishment and its accounting procedures and controls were the most sophisticated in use before the early 1840s [Chandler, 1977]. Until that time, however, the armory's accounting system was not designed to integrate piece-rate accounting and a clock-regulated workday. Hoskin & Macve [1988] have argued that the presence of West Point trained management at Springfield after 1840 was the key factor in the application of accounting to enforce norms of output, attain disciplinary power over labor, and yield sig-nificant labor productivity gains. The role of accounting at the Springfield armory and the significance of a West Point trained management component are the main subjects of this study.


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Final Road Weekend
We're down to the final road weekend of the regular season.
Magic number is four. Will it happen in Miller Park or Citizens Bank Park?
Team flies home Sunday night for the final homestand, four games with the Astros starting Monday night (sold out) and three with the Marlins next weekend.
Rookie Wins
Glover Cleveland Alexander won 28 games as a rookie in 1911. That's a Phillies record that may never be broken. Heck, no one in Major League Baseball has matched it.
Phillies rookies over the last 60 years:
19-8 Jack Sanford (1957)
14-13 Tommy Underwood (1975)
14-11 Ray Culp (1963)
13-11 Ray Semproch (1958)
11-7 Bob Walk (1980)
11-6 Bob Miller (1950)
11-4 J. A. Happ (2009)
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Left-handed pitcher Cliff Lee is the second Cliff Lee to wear a Phillies uniform.
Clifford Walker Lee played four seasons for the Phillies starting in 1921: 1B, OF, C, 3B. Pretty good hitter, .308, .322, .321, .250 with the Phils; .300 for eight big league seasons.
I'm sure you will sleep better tonight knowing this.
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What is Dave Huppert's role and uniform number?
After managing Lehigh Valley, Dave was brought to the big leagues for the rest of the season, a pattern the Phillies have been following for years. His number: 58.
What is the deadline for the Division Series roster?
10 a.m. the day of Game 1, which is October 7.
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Abenomics Goes to Wall Street
Shinzo Abe has singlehandedly done more to revive long-dormant American investor interest in Japan than anybody in recent history. Next week, he takes his campaign to Wall Street, with plans to ring the closing bell on the New York Stock Exchange, and a speech to U.S. financial executives to convince them he's serious about turning around the world's third-largest economy, and the Nikkei.
The economic address, a brief detour from the planned participation in the United Nations General Assembly, will be the latest in a series of similar money-center speeches Mr. Abe has made, in London in June and in Singapore in July. Officials say the remarks won't contain any surprises, and will largely explain previously announced measures.


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Nugent calls Abbott 'my blood brother'
DENTON – Rocker Ted Nugent and Attorney General Greg Abbott, the presumed GOP nominee for governor, praised each other as fighters for freedom at a Tuesday campaign event.
The two gave short shrift to Democratic criticism stemming from Nugent's incendiary comments about President Obama, women political figures and immigrants.
"We don't have to question Greg Abbott's courage – because he invited me here today," Nugent told the crowd at El Guapo's restaurant in Denton. The two were scheduled to appear again later in Wichita Falls.
Nugent called Abbott "the epitome of what our founding fathers wanted as a representative of 'we the people,'" and said Abbott has an understanding of individual rights and has fought "the enemies of these freedoms." He introduced Abbott as "my friend" and "my blood brother."
Abbott called Nugent "a fighter for freedom in this country."
Sen. Wendy Davis, the presumed Democratic nominee, kept up the criticism of the joint appearance in a statement, saying, "Greg Abbott's embrace of Ted Nugent is an insult to every Texan – every man, woman, husband, and father. If this is Greg Abbott's idea of values, it's repulsive."
Nugent said "liberal Democrats ... destroy everything."
"We had a Wendy Davis in Detroit. We had a Wendy Davis in Michigan. Her name was (Gov.) Jennifer Granholm," said Nugent, who's known as the Motor City Madman after his Detroit roots.
Asked about Nugents past comments, Abbott repeatedly said that he was unaware of them, including a 2008 appearance on Fox News in which Nugent was asked if he would want to kill people who come illegally into this country.
"If they're armed, and they're attacking our country, yes," Nugent said then, according to a transcript on Fox News. When it was suggested that the immigrants would not be attacking, but simply coming over the border, Nugent said, "In an unauthorized entry, armed, like they are right now, invading our country, I'd like to shoot them dead." He suggested Monday he was talking about drug cartels.
Abbott said, "I know nothing about that."
More generally, he said, "I don't know what he may have said or done in his background. What I do know is that Ted Nugent stands for the Constitution."
On Monday, an Abbott campaign spokesman said Nugent may say some things with which Abbott disagrees, but cited the rocker's advocacy for "individual liberty and constitutional rights, especially the Second Amendment rights cherished by Texans." Democrats have highlighted Nugent comments, including those in which he referred to President Obama as "a Chicago communist-raised, communist-educated, communist-nurtured subhuman mongrel."
They have pointed to a 2013 column by Nugent in which he said people here illegally should be treated like "indentured servants" until they "earn their citizenship."
Critics also have cited him referring to Hillary Clinton as a "worthless bitch." Nugent said in a Monday interview that a 2007 concert appearance in which he made the latter comment is entertainment in the vein of performers like 1960 comedian and satirist Lenny Bruce.
Nugent said the criticism is "hateful" but does not bother him.
"I'm a rock and roller," he said. "I wrote 'Wang Dang Sweet Poontang.' How are you going to offend me?"


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Too bad Jerry Maguire's not around, because Cuba Gooding Jr. could probably use an ambassador of Quan right about now.
The Oscar winner is on the receiving end of an arrest warrant from New Orleans police for allegedly pushing a bartender twice in a French Quarter watering hole early Tuesday morning, E! News has learned.
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Per the New Orleans Police Department, the incident took place at Old Absinthe House on Bourbon Street at about 3 a.m. and involved a female bartender. Gooding entered the bar with a group of friends, and after a few minutes, other patrons recognized him and asked him to take photos with them, at which point he became aggravated, police say.
The bartender approached him and asked him to calm down and that's when the 44-year-old thesp allegedly shoved her. As one of her coworkers called 911, Gooding and pals decided to leave--but not before allegedly pushing the bartender again on his way out.
Gooding, who's in the Crescent City working on the period movie The Butler costarring Oprah Winfrey and Lenny Kravitz, is now wanted for municipal battery.
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Cubicle curtains are extensively used for the purpose of creating room separation, particularly in hospitals. They are also utilized by institutions and corporate offices for special occasions or for certain specific purposes. Cubicle curtains is a generic name, with the varieties of blackout curtains, disposable curtains, bio-active curtains, shower curtains, eco-friendly curtains, and cubicle curtain track systems. Normally, a cubicle curtain could be defined as a cloth dividing the room into separate enclosures. In the hospital, the tracking systems are extensively used to provide privacy to the patients in a large room and to facilitate easier medical treatment.
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Soldiers and police shot dead at least four pro-secessionist protesters and wounded over a dozen others in southern Yemen Thursday where thousands had taken to the streets to mark the anniversary of the ouster of former dictator Ali Abdullah Saleh, local media reported.
The country's online news site Aden al-Ghad identified one of the victims as Bakil Ali Sa'id. Witnesses told the site that snipers from the rival Islah movement had also opened fire on demonstrators, wounding several.
The Sada Aden News Network identified another victim as Abdallah al-Amoudi. The identities of the other two victims remain unknown.
Security forces shot at them during anti-government rallies in the Krayter district of the port city of Aden.
Amateur video posted online showed an armored military vehicle driving slowly past one of the protest sites before abruptly stopping. A few seconds later several soldiers climbed out of the vehicle and opened fire on the unarmed protesters.
Yemen's secessionist movement emerged following unification in 1990 that brought the previously divided northern and southern nations under control of the Sanaa government.
A brief civil war ensued between the two sides in 1994 after the south declared independence, but the territory was soon overtaken by northern troops.
Southern residents have continued to push for secession, complaining of discrimination by the northern Sanaa government headed by Saleh following the 1990 union.
Saleh was forced to step down when a popular anti-government uprising swept the country in 2011. Saleh was replaced by his vice-president, Abd-Rabbu Mansour, in February 2012.
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The average U.S. rate on the 30-year fixed mortgage rose this week to its highest level in four months but remains low by historical standards.
Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac says the rate on the 30-year loan increased to 3.53 percent. That's up from 3.42 percent last week and the first time the rate has exceeded 3.50 percent since September.
The average for the 15-year fixed mortgage advanced to 2.81 percent from 2.71 percent last week.
Mortgage rates tend to track the yield on the 10-year Treasury note. It rose to 1.99 percent Thursday, up from 1.85 percent a week ago.
Strong fourth-quarter earnings and positive reports on housing have pushed stocks higher. That lowered demand for Treasurys, considered safe investments.
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Beware unofficial Android versions of Angry Birds Space, the wildly popular new version of the smart-phone game created in collaboration with NASA.
Security company Sophos says it has identified malware-infected editions of the game sold on some unofficial Android apps stores. The infected apps appear to be working versions of the game but install a Trojan horse that uses the the GingerBreak exploit to install malicious code, Sophos' Graham Cluley writes in a blog post.
The Trojan then communicates with a remote website in order to download more malicious code, drawing the smart phone into a botnet.
Cluley warned users to beware of unofficial versions of the game, pointing out that the version available on GooglePlay (formerly the Android market) is not affected.
NASA collaborated with Rovio Entertainment, maker of the Angry Birds games, in the making of the Space version as a way to get new groups of people interested in space and technology.
NASA helped Rovio apply outer-space physics to the formerly terrestrial game, so that the birds and their targets (pigs) move as they would in zero-gravity. The game has a permanent Web link to a NASA website on zero gravity.
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