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Thursday, 31 July 2008
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This is not to say that Myrtle Beach is the tackiest place in America or even that I dislike the city. I worked there the summer between high school and college, at a joint called Polack Pete's that sold Polish sausages late into the night. Every summer my family spends a week about 25 miles south of Myrtle, at a relatively unspoiled place called Pawleys Island, where there isn't much to do besides collect shells, swim, tan and read. Day trips to Myrtle Beach remind us why we like Pawleys so much.
The newest attraction in M.B. is Hard Rock Park, an amusement park that's an offshoot of the Hard Rock Cafe empire. We're not theme park junkies, or the sort of people who have to ride the latest roller coasters. But I like amusement parks and I love rock and roll and was curious about the union of the two.
I think they did a pretty good job. It's a clean, well-run park (which isn't very rock and roll), with a sly, slightly anarchic sense of humor (which is). The Nights in White Satin ride, for example, is an update of the old funhouse ride arranged around the Moody Blues hit. And when I say "hit" I mean hit of acid, since the basic aim seems to be to recreate an LSD experience without drugs. Three-D glasses give the Day-Glo setting a wavery, edge-of-consciousness look, with patterns swimming around you as you creep ahead in your little car. When you're finished with the ride--after being assaulted from all directions by that overwrought song--you're deposited in the gift shop, where the candy section has a huge sign reading "Got the Munchies?"
There's a great live-action show that celebrates the lowly roadie, turning the laughable unwashed stereotype into a pumped-up hero. The "plot" centers around a fellow named Nigel and whether he will be able to cut it as a roadie. (Spoiler alert: He is.) There's lots of bouncing off trampolines, flying from wires, tumbling across the stage and setting off of pyrotechnics. A beach music-themed show is similarly energetic, with high dives and hijinks.
The rides probably wouldn't satisfy hardcore fans but they were good enough for me. I find that rides fit into two categories: the ones that make you sick and the ones that make you think you'll die. I actually prefer the latter, since I'm not afraid of death. But I really hate feeling like I'm going to throw up, even more than actually throwing up. Thus, I was not a fan of these tiny London taxis that spun around while wobbling up and down. I emerged with that sort of brow sweat that precedes a big upchuck, probably not helped by the Philly cheesesteak I had consumed earlier.
The most extreme death ride is a roller coaster called Led Zeppelin. It features six "inversions." I always wonder about the warnings you pass as you creep along in the line: No pregnant women. No one with back problems. No one of a nervous disposition. No one with a heart condition. I have a heart condition and I sometimes worry that the old ticker will self-destruct somewhere near the third inversion. But we mustn't live our lives in fear, so after viewing the video instructions about how to board the ride (you'd think we were going on the space shuttle) and watching a five-minute documentary on Led Zeppelin, the band (theme park operators are masters now at occupying you during your wait), I strapped myself in.
All the roller coasters at Hard Rock Park feature floor-mounted speakers that ensure your screams will be nearly masked by high-fidelity music. On Led Zeppelin, they played "Afternoon Delight" by the Starland Vocal Band. Just kidding. They played "Whole Lotta Love," a song which, "Clockwork Orange"-fashion, I now associate with having to clench my teeth to keep my spleen from landing in the lap of the person behind me. In other words, the ride rawks! I bought both the photograph of our ride and the DVD, which the helpful park attendant told me I owned the rights to, allowing me to stick it on YouTube. Somewhere, Tim Berners-Lee is weeping.
As with a lot of seasonal service jobs down here, the park is staffed largely by Eastern Europeans. How odd that their first, perhaps only, experience with America is at a southern amusement park. Or is that the perfect introduction?
Here's me with two bear skin-hatted beauties in the park's "British Invasion" section:
And here I am with the Banana Splits:
We really haven't heard a lot from the Banana Splits since their acrimonious breakup more than 30 years ago. (As you recall, Fleegle was dating "H.R. Pufnstuf's" Witchiepoo and her presence in the studio during the ill-fated "Let It Split" sessions alienated the rest of the band.) But I was chatting with the group's handler and he said they're demoing some new material and are poised for a comeback. You read it here first.
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- SuburbanCorrespondent said...
It takes a crack investigative reporter to get to the bottom of whatever happened to the Banana Splits!
- 31 July 2008 at 16:06
- Mike Milligan said...
I think Fleegle has lost weight.
- 31 July 2008 at 18:53
- Peromyscus said...
Funny, John - I almost lost it at "Somewhere Tim Berners-Lee is weeping". The weird thing is Plant and Page were allegedly consulted on their ride, so they are presumably weeping in a bank-oriented ambulatory action.
(I got here because your blog's been quoted by some guy who's post linking you is coming up on a Led Zeppelin Google Newsalert. Perhaps that will cheer Timmy up a bit.)
- 31 July 2008 at 19:39
- John Kelly said...
@SC: The story just fell in my lap. I was walking through the park and saw the Furry Four. Their "performance" had been canceled by a thunderstorm but their "manager" (picture a younger, goateed Ruben Kincaid) was kind enough to chat with me.
@MM: Gastric bypass maybe?
@Peromyscus: It's actually a great ride. It doesn't have the clanking, wrenching quality that so many older roller coasters have (and which some devotees love). Rather, it's very smooth, but fast and furious. I'm not up on Zep's cosmology (I'm a relatively late convert) but there's nothing for them to be ashamed of. And there are worse things to hear as you're hurtling through space than "Whole Lotta Love."
- 31 July 2008 at 20:19
that pic with the bearskin babes has just derailed any future Presidential bid. Glorious, really glorious.
- 1 August 2008 at 05:32
I don't know, suburbancorres- pondent, I think its more like a reporter on crack:->
John, I always suspected that Witchypoo was the cause of that breakup.
So what's the blog gonna be called?
- 1 August 2008 at 08:43
- AEZ said...
I bet the real people behind those Banana Split customs are: 1) Your Lovely Wife, 2) Sarmila, 3) Yao and 4) Bill Clinton.
- 1 August 2008 at 15:58
Well, at last you appear again. I was getting worried. No gargoyles at MB,I guess. Miss 'em.
- 2 August 2008 at 00:37
- B@B said...
JK I bet you're glad you had your time in good old Blighty so that you could immediately identify the cultural resonances of the bear-skinned beauties? BTW - I'm with markfromalex - wot about the blog?
Was going to offer "Capitol Letter(s)" - Sorry! But it was the best I could do with only a measly pork pie on offer... Bestest from cross the Pond - Dominique
- 4 August 2008 at 11:50
We went back in June, a couple of months after it opened. My thirteen year old son does not like roller coasters. However, as a huge Zeppelin fan, he worked up his courage and loved it (after he got through the first drop). Loved seeing his expression on the DVD of total "I'm about to die" to exhiliration! The timing of Whole Lotta Love and the drops/loops was perfect. Everytime I hear that song, I'm going to think of that drop!
Did you go on the Maximum RPM mini-car ride and stand in the "karaoke queue" with one of the Spice Girls? The ride had just opened two days before we arrived, so they were still working out the kinks. We stood in line for an hour & a half, for a 30-second ride (that almost got stuck at the top).
Missed the Banana Splits, but had our photo taken in front of the Abbey Road mural.
All in all, a good time. You can only go to Broadway at the Beach so many times. Glad they had something new this time.
Looking forward to your column/blog in the Post.
Annapolis, MD
- 12 August 2008 at 14:14
I just read - on the BBC, so it must be true - that the Banana Splits are indeed making a comeback. This I learned from the BBC online article "The Banana Splits to make Comeback". Never, ever again will I doubt anything John says. Ever....about ANYTHING.
- 18 August 2008 at 21:34
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Interesting post. I have been wondering about this issue,so thanks for posting. I'll likely be coming back to your blog. Keep up great writing. Find your great Travel News and sing the songs at Free Song Lyric or you can watch the drama at Korea Drama Online one of great korea drama is A Love to Kill if you go to travel to Indonesia learn Learn Indonesia Language first! And find your home cari rumah or make a blog Belajar membuat Blog find your home again rumah dijual and again at jual rumah, download youtube and find blog widget and then if you want buy a new laptop see the Laptop Price List or you can buy a New Blackberry and then take care your Health & Jewerly.
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Wales' recovery from 1-0 down to overcome Scotland may mean little to either country if both should fail to reach the 2014 World Cup finals. That, however, was the drabbest of topics on an evening when the competitiveness led to such excitement and controversy.
Wales recovered from a goal behind to defeat Scotland and so rise above the visitors in the World Cup qualification group. It seems likely that neither will reach Rio but this was a memorable event. Wales levelled through a penalty converted by Gareth Bale after Shaun Maloney had brought down the midfielder 10 minutes from the end. Bale then struck the decider in the 89th minute with a wonderful drive while off balance.
There was angst and incident, particularly when the visitors were denied a 2-0 lead that might have quelled Chris Coleman's team. The ball was flighted deep from the left by Charlie Adam and Steven Fletcher took the chance to head home. The referee's assistant had raised his flag, however, wrongly supposing that the cross had gone out of play before bending into the path of the striker.
The twists and turns arose from the inherent fallibility in these line-ups. Scotland, for instance, could not take the sting out of the occasion when they were in front. Considering the wretched run of defeats, the vigour summoned up by Wales to claim this success was admirable. Coleman, for the time being, can be depicted as a manager qualified to rebuild Wales in the long run.
Craig Levein, his counterpart, left Cardiff City's ground as the person under stress. The initial impression had been of a pair of anxious teams. Each manager had favoured a 4-4-1-1 formation. There was a degree of adventure, with, for instance, Kris Commons, a late addition to the Scotland squad, allowed to start. The midfielder's posting, however, was wide on the right and his knack of claiming the odd goal was hidden.
Others did find openings. Wales were tormented when they wasted an opportunity and immediately fell behind. After a delivery from the right by Bale had been headed wide by Steve Morison, Allan McGregor's goal-kick was glanced on by Fletcher and James Morrison capitalised in the 27th minute with a low shot beyond Lewis Price, a goalkeeper starting his first competitive international in four years.
It was predictable that Bale would have to bear much responsibility for causing alarm. There was a piercing run and accurate low ball after 38 minutes but Aaron Ramsey shot off-target. The Cardiff City stadium brimmed with passion but that often came at the expense of poise.
Morrison should have extended the lead in the 43rd minute but misused a knock-down from Fletcher when he sent his finish high. There was no shortage of regrets. Wales were also haphazard and might have levelled much sooner had Joe Allan not dithered.
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In the "demos" folder of the Alexandria Utility Library for PL/SQL you can find a package called DATAPUMP_CLOUD_PKG which does the work described above in a procedure called BACKUP_SCHEMA_TO_S3.
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Despite embarrassment, indignity and mess, animals are our family
The animals in our lives can get us in trouble.
There's a story circulating through the Bay Weekly office, and possible beyond, about Nipper's appearance at a family picnic. It wasn't Nipper's family picnic.
Alerted at distance by the aromas of food, he broke away from his walk with his own family and made for the party. So fast did he run that no one had seen him before he bounded onto a picnic bench, stretched giraffe-like up to the table and stuck his nose into a bowl of beans and franks. Jack Russell that he is, he pulled out a hot dog and was off before the picnickers' shock gave way to pursuit. On the way out, he stopped by the grill and lifted his leg on their half bag of charcoal.
Nipper was the only unembarrassed member of his party.
This story may not be entirely true. Then again, it may be.
Cats disdain dogs as inferior creatures, but they're not above causing a little trouble of their own. Paw prints left on neighborhood cars, kitty piles in sandboxes and gardens and bird ambushes are the usual cat trouble. My own infamous Mr. Boy, about whom you read on the occasion of his death this January, at age 16 and a half, was guilty of home invasion. He'd call on his favorite neighbors, Cliff and Juanita Foust, let himself in through their cat door and eat their cats' dinner before settling down for a nap.
Why, then, do we love them so?
Why does this annual Pet Tales issue rank so high among readers' favorites?
Why can't we look at your Pet Portraits in Bay Weekly's Paws and Claws Pose-Off (page 8) without awwwwwe and adoration?
Writing about sporting dogs this week, Sporting Life columnist Dennis Doyle argues that humans and dogs are linked in symbiosis by mutual benefit borne of the campfire and the hunt.
"Though it no longer has the real survival tensions where the sustenance of a tribe, pack or people is at stake, the primal vibrations and trust are still there, and they resonate through both of our species, dog and human alike," he writes, eloquently.
Pulitzer Prize-winning former Baltimore Sun reporter and dog-fancier Jon Franklin describes an even more intimate partnership. Bonding together to win survival in "an age of extinction," Franklin argues that each species specialized in certain skills, sacrificing brainpower to interdependence.
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Perhaps the terms of modern life — our sacrifice of lifelong ties of family, clan and community for mobility — make us just as dependent on our creatures' fidelity as were our ancient ancestors on their strength and sensory acuity.
There's got to be some reason I endure a host of indignities (shared fur not the least among them) and share my fortune, food and sometimes even my bed with creatures who cause me so much embarrassment as granddog Nipper.
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But many researchers have reached a conclusion that turns conventional wisdom on its head: Americans enjoy less economic mobility than their peers in
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Liberal commentators have long emphasized class, but the attention on the right is largely new.
"It's becoming conventional wisdom that the U.S. does not have as much mobility as most other advanced countries," said Isabel V. Sawhill, an economist at the
One reason for the mobility gap may be the depth of American poverty, which leaves poor children starting especially far behind. Another may be the unusually large premiums that American employers pay for college degrees. Since children generally follow their parents' educational trajectory, that premium increases the importance of family background and stymies people with less schooling.Continue reading the main story
At least five large studies in recent years have found the United States to be less mobile than comparable nations. A project led by Markus Jantti, an economist at a Swedish university, found that 42 percent of American men raised in the bottom fifth of incomes stay there as adults. That shows a level of persistent disadvantage much higher than in
Meanwhile, just 8 percent of American men at the bottom rose to the top fifth. That compares with 12 percent of the British and 14 percent of the Danes.
Despite frequent references to the United States as a classless society, about 62 percent of Americans (male and female) raised in the top fifth of incomes stay in the top two-fifths, according to research by the Economic Mobility Project of the Pew Charitable Trusts. Similarly, 65 percent born in the bottom fifth stay in the bottom two-fifths.
By emphasizing the influence of family background, the studies not only challenge American identity but speak to the debate about inequality. While liberals often complain that the United States has unusually large income gaps, many conservatives have argued that the system is fair because mobility is especially high, too: everyone can climb the ladder. Now the evidence suggests that America is not only less equal, but also less mobile.
John Bridgeland, a former aide to President
While Europe differs from the United States in culture and demographics, a more telling comparison may be with Canada, a neighbor with significant ethnic diversity. Miles Corak, an economist at the University of Ottawa, found that just 16 percent of Canadian men raised in the bottom tenth of incomes stayed there as adults, compared with 22 percent of Americans. Similarly, 26 percent of American men raised at the top tenth stayed there, but just 18 percent of Canadians.
"Family background plays more of a role in the U.S. than in most comparable countries," Professor Corak said in an interview.
Skeptics caution that the studies measure "relative mobility" — how likely children are to move from their parents' place in the income distribution. That is different from asking whether they have more money. Most Americans have higher incomes than their parents because the country has grown richer.
Some conservatives say this measure, called absolute mobility, is a better gauge of opportunity. A Pew study found that 81 percent of Americans have higher incomes than their parents (after accounting for family size). There is no comparable data on other countries.
Since they require two generations of data, the studies also omit immigrants, whose upward movement has long been considered an American strength. "If America is so poor in economic mobility, maybe someone should tell all these people who still want to come to the U.S.," said Stuart M. Butler, an analyst at the
The income compression in rival countries may also make them seem more mobile. Reihan Salam, a writer for The Daily and National Review Online, has calculated that a Danish family can move from the 10th percentile to the 90th percentile with $45,000 of additional earnings, while an American family would need an additional $93,000.
Even by measures of relative mobility, Middle America remains fluid. About 36 percent of Americans raised in the middle fifth move up as adults, while 23 percent stay on the same rung and 41 percent move down, according to Pew research. The "stickiness" appears at the top and bottom, as affluent families transmit their advantages and poor families stay trapped.
While Americans have boasted of casting off class since Poor Richard's Almanac, until recently there has been little data.
Pioneering work in the early 1980s by Gary S. Becker, a Nobel laureate in economics, found only a mild relationship between fathers' earnings and those of their sons. But when better data became available a decade later, another prominent economist, Gary Solon, found the bond twice as strong. Most researchers now estimate the "elasticity" of father-son earnings at 0.5, which means that for every 1 percent increase in a father's income, his sons' income can be expected to increase by about 0.5 percent.
In 2006 Professor Corak reviewed more than 50 studies of nine countries. He ranked Canada,
The causes of America's mobility problem are a topic of dispute — starting with the debates over poverty. The United States maintains a thinner safety net than other rich countries, leaving more children vulnerable to debilitating hardships.
Poor Americans are also more likely than foreign peers to grow up with single mothers. That places them at an elevated risk of experiencing poverty and related problems, a point frequently made by Mr. Santorum, who surged into contention in the
"The bottom fifth in the U.S. looks very different from the bottom fifth in other countries," said Scott Winship, a researcher at the Brookings Institution, who wrote the article for National Review. "Poor Americans have to work their way up from a lower floor."
A second distinguishing American trait is the pay tilt toward educated workers. While in theory that could help poor children rise — good learners can become high earners — more often it favors the children of the educated and affluent, who have access to better schools and arrive in them more prepared to learn.
"Upper-income families can invest more in their children's education and they may have a better understanding of what it takes to get a good education," said Eric Wanner, president of the Russell Sage Foundation, which gives grants to social scientists.
The United States is also less unionized than many of its peers, which may lower wages among the least skilled, and has public health problems, like
Perhaps another brake on American mobility is the sheer magnitude of the gaps between rich and the rest — the theme of the
Mr. Salam recently wrote that relative mobility "is overrated as a social policy goal" compared with raising incomes across the board. Parents naturally try to help their children, and a completely mobile society would mean complete insecurity: anyone could tumble any time.
But he finds the stagnation at the bottom alarming and warns that it will worsen. Most of the studies end with people born before 1970, while wage gaps, single motherhood and incarceration increased later. Until more recent data arrives, he said, "we don't know the half of it."
An article on Jan. 5 about the difficulty Americans face in rising through the economic ranks described incorrectly the concept of intergenerational income elasticity, used by economists to examine the persistence of income inequality across generations. When economists estimate the elasticity of father-son income to be 0.5, it means that for every 1 percent increase in a father's income, his sons' income can be expected to increase by about 0.5 percent. It does not mean that if one man earns $100,000 more than another, his sons would earn $50,000 more on average than the sons of the poorer man.


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The Sony SLT-A99 is the Japanese camera maker's flagship model, aimed squarely at DSLR enthusiasts who will settle for nothing less than a full frame sensor in a rugged body with a plethora of external and customizable controls. It arrives almost four years after its predecessor, the A900, the company's first full frame DSLR. You'd certainly expect significant new features given such a long gap between products and Sony has lost no opportunity to equip the A99 with every bit of electronic expertise they've incorporated into their NEX and SLT models in the interim. Whereas the A900 was a defiantly conventional SLR that would have been immediately familiar to Konica Minolta film-camera users, the A99 is something of a technological tour-de-force.
Start with a dual chip AF system, live view focus peaking, tiltable rear LCD, built-in GPS and 1080p60 movie recording plus the ability to output uncompressed video, and the contrast to the stills-only A900 couldn't be more stark aside from the A99's identical 24MP resolution. And then of course, there's the fact that with the A99 Sony has opted for an electronic, versus optical viewfinder. From a features standpoint, it's clear that Sony was out to rethink its approach to the enthusiast market and attempt to lure would-be DSLR shooters with a surfeit of technology while broadening its appeal to videographers.
Like its predecessor, the SLT-A99 enters a full frame DSLR playing field still dominated by the 'big two', so the camera's success will depend not just on its advances over the A900, but how well it competes against the Canon EOS 5D Mark III and Nikon D800. Sony may have chosen not to challenge the 36MP Nikon D800 for pixel count - somewhat of a surprise given that the D800 houses a Sony-made sensor - but has opted instead for a unique dual sensor AF system that promises more precise subject tracking along with a 6fps continuous AF burst rate.
Sony has gone to great lengths to stress the work that has gone into improving the camera's image quality. The latest 24MP sensor has been designed so that more of each photosite is light-sensitive. The electronics in front of this light sensitive region have been slimmed-down to increase the angle from which each site can receive light. These changes, combined with a design that provides a short and high-capacity path between the sensor output and the image processor, and the addition of 14-bit Raw output, should mean improved still image quality.
The rapid adoption of DSLRs by video professionals has made HD recording with manual exposure control a stock feature in even mid-range models. With the A99 though, Sony leverages its considerable video expertise by combining 1080p60 video capture with SLT-enabled phase-detection AF along with the ability to output uncompressed video over HDMI (a feature we first saw in the Nikon D800). Another well-implemented nod to the needs of run-and-gun videographers can be found in the inclusion of a 'silent controller' that allows for adjustments to made while recording without the attendant button clicks.
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The A99 is based around Sony's SLT design - a variant on the DSLR concept that uses an electronic viewfinder (EVF), rather than an optical one. Instead of having a mirror that has to flip out of the way to to take a photo, it uses a fixed semi-transparent mirror that redirects light (with negligible luminance loss) to a DSLR-style phase-detection autofocus sensor. This means live view and autofocus are always active and that the A99 can offer a consistent shooting experience whether you use the flip-out screen or the EVF. It also means the conventional 19-point phase detection focus sensor is always illuminated, along with the 109-point on-sensor array. This puts the A99 in the unique position of having dual phase-detection focus systems available at all times - an unusual feature that Sony has developed several features to exploit, including 'AF-D', its depth-map assist continuous AF feature.
The decision to build a full-frame SLT camera will certainly be controversial among enthusiasts who equate a 'serious' camera with an optical, rather than electronic viewfinder. It's worth pointing out though that the A99 sports the same 2.4M dot resolution OLED 'Tru-Finder' EVF whose performance we found so impressive in our NEX-7 review. And the benefits that an EVF provides, including exposure and white balance preview, focus peaking and a customizable information overlay, all without removing the camera from an eye-level shooting position, may be enough to sway those who spends even a little time actually using it.
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Opened as Royals Stadium on April 10, 1973, Kauffman is recognized throughout baseball as one of the game's most beautiful ballparks. Since then, many exciting games have been contested, including the 1973 and 2012 All-Star Games, three no-hitters, playoff games in 1976, '77, '78, '80, '81, '84, '85, 2014 and '15 with 13 World Series tilts in 1980, 1985, 2014 and 2015. The facility was officially renamed in honor of Ewing M. Kauffman in a ceremony at the stadium on July 2, 1993.
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ALAN GRAYSON: It's surprising to me that it has gotten essentially no mainstream media coverage at all because we're talking about so much money. William Greider: The Federal Reserve is the black hole in American democracy. Ron Paul: All we have to say is, what do they have to hide? Dennis Kucinich: The Federal Reserve had a responsibility to provide oversight for the conduct of banks. They didn't do that. Narrator: It's known as the most powerful and secretive institutions in Washington and now, President Obama wants to hand the Federal Reserve even more power. Barack Obama: I am proposing that the Federal Reserve be granted new authority and accountability for regulating bank holding companies and other large firms that pose a risk to the entire economy in the event of failure. Narrator: The President's plan to make the Fed the systemic risk regulator has raised eyebrows on Capitol Hill. Darrell Issa: The President's financial reform proposal has included broad and sweeping increases in Chairman Bernanke or his successor's powers and if that power is used, what would be the oversight? Paul Kanjorski: I believe that we have to adequately audit the Federal Reserve before any consideration is given to making the Federal Reserve the systemic risk regulator. Narrator: A growing number in Congress are calling for the Federal Reserve to be fully audited for the first time in its history. It's a movement that started with one Washington outsider whose ideas have largely been ignored by the mainstream of both political parties:Texas Congressman Ron Paul. He's been trying to audit the Federal Reserve for years without success, but in the last few months, his bill to open up the Fed's books has spawned a rare bipartisan coalition of more than 250 co-sponsors, a majority of the House of Representatives. Ron Paul: The best answer I have about defending my bill is asking a question, why not? Ben Bernanke: My concern about the legislation is that if the GAO is auditing not only the operational aspects of our programs and the details of the programs, but is making judgments about our policy decisions that would effectively be a takeover of monetary policy by the Congress, a repudiation of the independence of the Federal Reserve, which would be highly destructive to the stability of the financial system, the dollar, and our national economic situation. Narrator: Despite these dire warnings against having an audit, Fed challengers in Congress aren't flinching. Alan Grayson: This is a situation where the Federal Reserve is out of control. Since September, it has been doing things that it never did before in its history. Narrator: With the help of a rule from the days of Woodrow Wilson that gave the Federal Reserve vast authority to lend money during "unusual and exigent circumstances," the Fed has doled out more than a trillion dollars to financial institutions without consulting Congress. When freshman Congressman Alan Grayson asked the Fed's Inspector General how much of that money the Federal Reserve had lost since the crisis began, he was surprised to find out she didn't know Alan Grayson: So are you telling me that nobody at the Federal Reserve is keeping track on a regular basis of the losses that it incurs on what is now a $2 trillion portfolio? Elizabeth Coleman: Until we actually look at the program and have the information, we are not in a position to say whether there are losses or to respond in any other way… Alan Grayson: And I think it was shocking to me and to other people to see that the Inspector General could not account for a trillion dollars of cash that had been handed out by the Federal Reserve in the course of just the past few months. Narrator: So Grayson began rallying his fellow Democrats to support Ron Paul's bill and call for more oversight of the Federal Reserve. Nancy Pelosi: The fact is, is that the American people want to know more of the "secrets of the temple" as the book was before you were born. The Secrets of the Temple was required reading in my day. William Greider: Nancy Pelosi said the public wants to know more about the secrets of the temple and my response to that is if the public does learn more, they will be outraged more. Narrator: Journalist and author William Greider says the Fed's darkest secrets are conflicts of interests stemming from its deep ties to the financial elite. William Greider: The Federal Reserve, from its origins, is very, very close to the biggest banks and financial houses in the country. It always has been and always has governed with that in mind. Narrator: The Fed has refused to release the names of all the banks that it has given money to, but some of the names that have leaked out have caused concern and stories emerged of how the banks got their money. Some are questioning the Fed's close relationship with Wall Street. William Greider: One example that I think is particularly dubious: Jamie Dimon, CEO of the JP Morgan Chase, is involved in the bailout of Bear Stearns. If that firm failed, one of the people who loses first is JP Morgan Chase, so he is also saved by the bailout of Bear Stearns. So he graciously agrees to take over Bear Stearns if the Federal Reserve will put up $30 billion to cover his losses. What I find troubling is that Jamie Dimon sits at the Board of Directors of the New York Federal Reserve Bank. Tim Geithner who was then president of the New York Federal Reserve Bank and is now Treasury Secretary, was bargaining with his own board member on the terms of this deal, so I think what has happened in this crisis is that people all over the country have been able to see that there's something illegitimate about this. They may not be able to put their finger on it, but this doesn't feel right and some people are getting downright angry and that includes a lot of members of Congress. Man in Congress: Do you solemnly swear to tell the truth, the whole… Narrator: And now, one House committee is holding its own investigation into the controversial deal that the Fed brokered between Bank of America and the failing financial giant Merrill Lynch. According to documents acquired during the investigation, Fed Chairman Bernanke threatened to fire Bank of America's CEO Ken Lewis when Lewis considered backing out of the deal. Dennis Kucinich: The Fed's decision-making process in the Bank of America and Merrill Lynch merger makes the case for a significant increase in accountability at the Fed. Narrator: The next hurdle for the plan to audit the Fed is the House Financial Services Committee chaired by Barney Frank. Although Frank has praised the Fed's work to keep credit flowing during the economic crisis, he has pledged to include a Fed audit in the major financial regulation bill he plans to finish this summer. Barney Frank: There will be substantially increased auditing. We don't want anything that would endanger the integrity of monetary policy, but in general, the operations of the Fed, the money they take in, all that would be very much subject to audit. Narrator: Despite the momentum, the Fed is not quitting the fight. They just created a new position for Enron's former head lobbyist Linda Robertson to push back against congressional critics. Alan Grayson: I think it's unfortunate that they're struggling so hard to keep the secret. We need to know exactly who got the money, what the terms are, all the details of this, because this is democracy. We can't hand out a trillion dollars of the people's money and keep everyone in the dark about it. That's ridiculous. Nobody has that kind of power in a democracy in a constitutional country.
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Obsessively watching a former flame's Facebook page may lead to you not moving on or learning from the experience, scientists reported.
A new study by a British psychologist asked 464 people to evaluate their Facebook usage following a break-up with a romantic partner, according to LiveScience. Not surprisingly, those that spent an inordinate amount of time stalking their ex on Facebook were more likely to be obsessing about the break-up, not moving on or developing new interests.
"In spite of the need for further research, the take-home message from the present study is that keeping tabs on an ex-partner through Facebook is associated with poorer emotional recovery and personal growth following a breakup," Marshall wrote in Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking. "Therefore, avoiding exposure to an ex-partner, both offline and online, may be the best remedy for healing a broken heart."
However, quitting cold turkey or defriending the ex isn't necessarily the answer either. Marshall wrote: "Former partners with whom we are no longer in contact, by contrast, may remain shrouded in an alluring mystique, suggesting that remaining Facebook friends with an ex-partner may actually help rather than harm one's post-breakup recovery.".
The study didn't really tell us anything we didn't already know. Those that haven't gotten over their ex or the relationship will still be wanting that contact -- whether on Facebook or driving by the person's house at night. Healing from a break-up can either move quickly or slowly but it almost always depends on the person involved.


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(A) Critical control points.
(1) The dealer receiving shellfish shall repack only shellfish which:
(a) Originated from a dealer; and
(b) Are identified with a label as specified in paragraph (E) of rule 901:3-8-03 of the Administrative Code.
(2) The dealer processing shellfish shall ensure that repacked shellfish are:
(a) Maintained at an internal temperature of forty-five degrees Fahrenheit or less; and
(b) Maintained at a temperature less than forty-five degrees Fahrenheit in any portion of frozen shellfish thawed for repacking.
(3) The dealer shall store repacked, shucked shellfish in covered containers at an ambient air temperature of forty-five degrees Fahrenheit or less.
(B) Sanitation.
(1) Safety of water supply for processing and ice production.
(a) The dealer shall provide a water supply approved by the applicable regulatory agency:
(i) For a public water system, the Ohio environmental protection agency; or
(ii) For a private water system, the local board of health.
(b) The dealer shall have the water supply sampled in accordance with the approval of the Ohio environmental protection agency or the local board of health as applicable, and shall maintain sample results on file at the plant.
(c) The dealer shall assure that any steam used in food processing or that comes in contact with food surfaces if free from any additives or deleterious substances.
(d) Any ice used in the processing, storage, or transport of shellstock or shucked shellfish shall:
(i) Be made on-site from potable water in a commercial ice machine; or
(ii) Come from a facility approved by the director or the appropriate regulatory agency.
(2) Plumbing and related facilities.
(a) The dealer shall design, install, modify, repair, and maintain all plumbing and plumbing fixtures to:
(i) Prevent contamination of water supplies;
(ii) Prevent any cross-connection between the pressurized potable water supply and water from an unacceptable source. The dealer shall install and maintain in good working order devices to protect against backflow and back siphonage.
(3) Condition and cleanliness of food contact surfaces.
(a) Equipment and utensil construction for food contact surfaces.
(i) Except for equipment in continuous use and placed in service prior to January 1, 1989, the dealer shall use only equipment which conforms to the shellfish industry equipment construction guide as specified in appendix A of rule 901:3-8-04 of the Administrative Code.
(ii) The dealer shall use only equipment and utensils, including approved plastic ware which is:
(a) Constructed in a manner and with materials that can be cleaned, sanitized, maintained, or replaced in a manner to prevent contamination of shellfish products;
(b) Free from any exposed screws, bolts, or rivet heads on food contact surfaces; and
(c) Fabricated from food grade materials.
(iii) The dealer shall assure that all joints on food contact surfaces have smooth, easily cleanable surfaces; and are welded.
(iv) All equipment used to handle ice shall be kept clean and stored in a sanitary manner, and shall meet the construction requirements in paragraph (B)(2)(a)(i) of rule 901:3-8-04, paragraph (B)(2)(a)(ii) of rule 901:3-8-04, and paragraph (B)(2)(a)(iii) of rule 901:3-8-04 of the Administrative Code.
(b) Cleaning and sanitizing of food contact surfaces.
Food contact surfaces of equipment, utensils, and containers shall be cleaned and sanitized to prevent contamination of shellfish and other food contact surfaces. The dealer shall:
(i) Provide adequate cleaning supplies and equipment, including three compartment sinks, brushes, detergents, and sanitizers. Hot water and pressure hoses shall be available within the plant;
(ii) Sanitize equipment and utensils prior to the start-up of each day's activities and following any interruption during which food contact surfaces may have been contaminated; and
(iii) Wash and rinse equipment and utensils at the end of each day.
(c) Containers which may have become contaminated during storage shall be washed, rinsed, and sanitized prior to use or shall be discarded.
(d) Shucked shellfish shall be repacked in clean containers:
(i) Fabricated from food grade materials; and
(ii) Stored in a manner which assures their protection from contamination.
(e) If used, the finger cots or gloves shall be:
(i) Made of impermeable materials except where the use of such material is inappropriate or incompatible with the work being done;
(ii) Sanitized at least twice daily;
(iii) Cleaned more often, if necessary;
(iv) Properly stored until used; and
(v) Maintained in a clean, intact, and sanitary conditions.
(4) Prevention of cross contamination.
(a) Protection of shellfish.
(i) Shucked shellfish shall be protected from contamination;
(ii) Equipment and utensils shall be stored in a manner to prevent splash, dust, and contamination.
(b) Employee practices.
(i) The dealer shall assure that all employees working in direct contact with shellfish processing activities or food contact surfaces maintain a high level of personal hygiene and cleanliness.
(ii) The dealer shall require all employees to wash their hands thoroughly with soap and water and sanitize their hands in an adequate hand washing facility:
(a) Before starting work;
(b) After each absence from the work station;
(c) After each work interruption; and
(d) Any time when their hands may have become soiled or contaminated.
(5) Maintenance of hand washing, hand sanitizing, and toilet facilities.
(a) Hand washing facilities with warm water at a minimum temperature of one hundred ten degrees Fahrenheit, dispensed from a hot and cold mixing or combination faucet, shall be provided.
(b) Sewage and liquid disposable wastes shall be properly removed from the facility.
(c) An adequate number of conveniently located toilets shall be provided.
(d) The dealer shall provide each toilet facility with an adequate supply of toilet paper in a suitable holder.
(6) Protection from adulterants.
(a) Shellfish shall be protected from contamination while being transferred from one point to another during handling and processing.
(b) Any lighting fixtures, light bulbs, skylights, or other glass suspended over food storage or processing activities in areas where shellfish are exposed shall be of the safety type or protected to prevent food contamination in case of breakage.
(c) Food contact surfaces shall be protected from contamination by adulterants by using cleaning compounds and sanitizing agents only in accordance with the manufacturer#s label directions.
(d) Ice used in shellfish processing which is not made on site in the shellfish processing facility shall be inspected upon receipt and rejected if the ice is not delivered in a way so as to be protected from contamination. Ice shall be stored in a safe and sanitary manner to prevent contamination of the ice.
(e) Adequate ventilation shall be provided to minimize condensation in areas where food is stored, processed or packed.
(7) Proper labeling, storage, and use of toxic compounds.
(a) Storage of toxic compounds.
(i) The dealer shall assure that only toxic substances necessary for plant activities are present in the facility.
(ii) Each of the following categories of toxic substances shall be stored separately:
(a) Insecticides and rodenticides;
(b) Detergents, sanitizers, and related cleaning agents; and
(c) Caustic acids, polishes, and other chemicals.
(iii) The dealer shall not store toxic substances above shellfish or food contact surfaces.
(b) Use and labeling of toxic compounds.
(i) When pesticides are used, the dealer shall apply pesticides in accordance with Chapter 921. of the Revised Code and the rules adopted thereunder to control insects and rodents in such a manner to prevent the contamination of any shellfish or repackaging materials with residues.
(ii) Cleaning compounds and sanitizing agents shall be labeled and used only in accordance with the manufacturer's label directions.
(iii) Toxic substances shall be labeled and used in accordance with the manufacturer's label directions.
(8) Control of employees with adverse health conditions.
(a) The dealer shall take all reasonable precautions to assure that any employee with a disease in the communicable stage which might be transmissible through food shall be excluded from working in any capacity in which the employee may come in contact with the shellfish or with food contact surfaces.
(b) An employee with an infected wound shall keep it covered with proper bandage, an impermeable barrier, and a single-use glove for a hand lesion.
(9) The dealer shall operate the facility to assure that pests which may be a source of shellfish contamination are excluded from the facility.
(C) Physical facilities.
(1) Plants and grounds.
(a) General.
(i) The physical facilities shall be maintained in good repair.
(ii) Animals or unauthorized persons shall not be allowed in those portions of the facilities where shellfish are stored, handled, processed, or packaged or food handling equipment, utensils, and packaging materials are cleaned or stored.
(iii) Air pump intakes shall be located in a protected place. Air filters shall be installed on all blower air pump intakes. Oil bath type filters are not allowed.
(b) The dealer shall operate the facility to provide adequate protection from contamination and adulteration by assuring that dirt and other filth are excluded from the facility.
(c) The dealer shall provide toilet room doors which are tight fitting, self closing, and do not open directly into a processing area.
(d) Plant interior.
(i) Sanitary conditions shall be maintained throughout the facility;
(ii) All dry area floors shall be hard, smooth, easily cleanable; and
(iii) All wet area floors used in areas to process food and clean equipment and utensils shall be constructed of easily cleanable, impervious, and corrosion resistant materials which:
(a) Are graded to provide adequate drainage:
(b) Have even surfaces, and are free from cracks that create sanitary problems and interfere with drainage;
(c) Have sealed junctions between floors and walls to render them impervious to water.
(iv) Walls, ceilings and interior surfaces of rooms where shellfish are stored, handled, processed, or packaged shall be constructed of easily cleanable, corrosion resistant, impervious materials.
(v) Grounds around the facility shall be maintained to be free from rodent attraction and harborage, and inadequate drainage conditions which can result in shellfish contamination.
(2) Plumbing and related facilities.
(a) Hand washing facilities shall be provided which are:
(i) Convenient to work areas:
(ii) Separate from the three compartment sinks used for cleaning equipment and utensils; and
(iii) Directly plumbed to an approved sewage disposal system.
(b) The dealer shall provide at least one hand sink in the packing room.
(c) The dealer shall provide at each hand washing facility;
(i) A supply of hand cleansing soap or detergent;
(ii) A conveniently located supply of single service towels in a suitable dispenser or a hand drying device that provides heated air;
(iii) An easily cleanable waste receptacle; and
(iv) Hand washing signs in a language understood by the employees.
(d) All plumbing and plumbing fixtures shall be designed, installed, modified, repaired, and maintained to provide a water system that is adequate in quantity and under pressure, and includes:
(i) Cold and warm water at all sinks; and
(ii) Hand washing facilities adequate in number and size for the number of employees and that are located where supervisors can observe employee use.
(e) Adequate floor drainage, including backflow preventers such as air gaps, shall be provided where floors are:
(i) Used for food holding units;
(ii) Cleaned by hosing, flooding, or similar methods; and
(iii) Subject to the discharge of water or other liquid waste on the floor during normal activities.
(f) A safe, effective means of sewage disposal for the facility shall be provided.
(g) Installation of drainage or waste pipes over food processing or food storage areas, or over areas in which containers and utensils are washed or stored shall not be permitted.
(3) Ventilation, heating, or cooling systems shall not create conditions that may cause the shellfish products to become contaminated.
(4) To insure that insects and vermin are not present in the facility, the dealer shall employ necessary internal and external insect and vermin control measures including but not limited to tight fitting, self-closing doors; screening of not less than fifteen mesh per inch; and controlled air currents.
(5) Disposal of other wastes.
(a) Disposal of waste materials shall not create a public health hazard or nuisance.
(b) All areas and receptacles used for the storage or conveyance of waste shall be operated and maintained to prevent attraction, harborage, or breeding places for insects and vermin.
(6) Equipment construction for non-food contact surfaces.
(a) The dealer shall use only equipment, including approved plastic ware, which is constructed in a manner and with materials that can be cleaned, sanitized, maintained, or replaced; and
(b) The dealer shall use easily cleanable, corrosion resistant, impervious materials, free from cracks to construct any non-food contact surfaces in shellfish storage or handling areas.
(7) Cleaning non-food contact surfaces.
(a) Cleaning activities for equipment and utensils shall be conducted in a manner and at a frequency appropriate to prevent contamination of shellfish and food contact surfaces.
(b) All conveyances and equipment which come into contact with stored shellstock shall be cleaned and maintained in a manner and frequency as necessary to prevent shellstock contamination.
(8) Shellfish storage and handling.
(a) The dealer shall:
(i) Not commingle shellfish from different lots;
(ii) Repack shucked shellfish meats only into containers labeled with the authorized certification number;
(iii) Not have on the premises any usable containers or container covers bearing a certification number different from the one issued for those premises unless documentation exists to verify the legitimate source of the containers and the containers contain shellfish from that source.
(iv) Wash, blow, and rinse all shellfish meats in accordance with 21 CFR 161.130.
(v) Thoroughly drain, clean as necessary, and repack shucked shellfish meats promptly;
(vi) Conduct repacking activities so as to conform to applicable food additive regulations;
(vii) Store packaged shellfish, if they are to be frozen, at an ambient temperature of zero degrees Fahrenheit or less and frozen solid within twelve hours following the initiation of freezing.
(9) Any employee handling shucked shellfish shall be required to:
(a) Wear effective hair restraints;
(b) Remove any hand jewelry that cannot be sanitized or secured;
(c) Wear finger cots or gloves if jewelry cannot be removed;
(d) Wear clean outer garments, which are rinsed or changed as necessary to be kept clean;
(e) In any area where shellfish are shucked or packed and in any area which is used for cleaning or storage of utensils, the dealer shall not allow employees to:
(i) Store clothing or other personal belongings;
(ii) Eat or drink;
(iii) Spit; or
(iv) Use tobacco in any form.
(10) Supervision.
(a) A reliable, competent individual shall be designated to supervise general plant management and activities;
(b) Cleaning procedures shall be developed and supervised to assure cleaning activities do not result in contamination of shellfish or food contact surfaces.
(c) All supervisors shall be:
(i) Trained in proper food handling techniques and food protection principles; and
(ii) Knowledgeable of personal hygiene and sanitary practices.
(d) The dealer shall require:
(i) Supervisors to monitor employee hygiene practices, including hand washing, eating, and smoking at work stations, and storing personal items or clothing.
(ii) Supervisors to assure that proper sanitary practices are implemented, including:
(a) Plant and equipment clean-up;
(b) Rapid product handling; and
(c) Shellfish protection from contamination.
(iii) Employees to:
(a) Be trained in proper food handling and personal hygiene practices; and
(b) Report any symptoms of illness to their supervisor.
119.032 review dates:
08/10/2010 and
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 3715.02, 3715.021
Rule Amplifies: 3715.02, 3715.021 , 3715.52, 3715.59, 3715.60
Prior Effective Dates: 6-16-03


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By: Anthony Narisi
A packed house crowded into the Philly Improv Theater at the Shubin Theatre on Wednesday night for the most recent installment of Reasonable Discourse with Jerks. Host Jim Grammond took the stage and introduced the audience to the panel for the night, Philly's popular sketch group Camp Woods, minus member Madonna Refugia.
For the next hour, this panel generated some very entertaining conversation, filled with jabs at each other, themselves, and just about anything even remotely related to any of the topics covered. And they covered many topics, ranging from the Faces of Death film franchise to childhood bullying and 9/11 conspiracies.
One of the funniest discussions of the night followed Grammond showing an Oreo filled with rainbow colored cream and explaining that people who are not supportive of the gay lifestyle are in outrage over this advertisement and threatening to boycott. From Brendan Kennedy's image of a fat bigot giving in to temptation and eating an E.L. Fudge cookie of two elves fellating each other to various members' outrage over the fact that the rainbow cookie doesn't actually exist for consumption, the discussion was wrapped up neatly by Rob Baniewicz's question, "Who gives a shit if a cookie's political?"
One of the best aspects of the night was the chemistry not only between the members of Camp Woods, but also between them and Grammond. This was exemplified when Grammond raised the question, "What foods will you not eat?" and began going around the table one by one to get answers. However, as expected with such a lively panel, the order was quickly abandoned. Actually, it was abandoned as soon as JP Boudwin offered up the first answer: "Pass." The conversation then turned to how Camp Woods would eat anything, from Boudwin and Kennedy's recent dinnertime breakfast pizza topped with gyro meat to Billy Bob Thompson eating cake out of a used motor oil can. Even when the conversation was brought back to its original question, the members provided their usual absurdity and quirkiness, with Patrick Foy stating that Qdoba is better than Chipotle because the onions are easier to pick out of the pico de gallo and Sam Narisi announcing that he'll still eat one, but he's "never really been happy to see a baked potato."
Other highlights included a recurring theme of hipsters prompted by Grammond's experience with a conspiracy theorist referring to "mainstream" archaeology, Thompson's ignoring the racist implications of a McDonald's advertisement due to his disturbance by the fact that everyone was holding food and none of it had bites out of it, and Kennedy's impression of a racist Elmo trying to make it in show business.


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Student Saturday was developed to encourage anthropology students to attend the AAA annual meetings and provide programming of particular interest to them. This event includes the annual Graduate School Fair in addition to special programs designed specifically for students joining us in San Francisco. Anthropology students may attend Student Saturday at the discounted rate of only $50 for one-day admission. Registration includes access to all regular sessions and special events on Saturday. Special Programming will include:
- 4th Annual Graduate School Fair from 10am-2pm in the Grand Ballroom
- Trivia (with great prizes!) at the Graduate School Fair
- Graduate School Fair Reception from 2pm-3pm in the Grand Ballroom
- Free coffee, tea, and snacks at the Reception!
- Workshop on careers in anthropology conducted by Carol Ellick and Joe Watkins (University of Oklahoma). Ellick and Watkins recently released The Anthropology Graduate's Guide: From Student to Career (Left Coast Press). This workshop will be held from 10am-12pm in Continental 1. Registration is required.
- Sessions, workshops, roundtables, poster sessions, and film screenings of particular interest to students
- National Association of Student Anthropologists annual Business Meeting from 12:15pm-1:30pm in Golden Gate 8
This Student Guide to the 111th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association includes tips for student attendees, a schedule of special events and suggested sessions, as well as a Guide to Annual Meeting Terms. View it now and receive a copy on-site when you register for Student Saturday.
To register for Student Saturday, please visit the online registration page. A tutorial on how to register can be found here.
Note: Students who are registered for meeting sessions during the week are eligible to participate in sessions and events on Saturday. Please click here to access the preliminary program of sessions taking place at the Annual Meeting.


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Never before in the history of design has it been so easy to learn how to do furniture makeovers by yourself. Online sites like pinterest.com and major home improvement stores offer advice and direction for customers embarking on do-it-yourself projects.
A common challenge is how to merge an inherited piece of outdated furniture with one's existing home décor. Although your initial impulse might be to rid yourself of it, consider how paint, finishes and updated hardware can transform an old-fashioned hand-me-down into a furniture piece that resonates true to your taste and style.
Older American furniture is usually very well made. Drawers are dovetailed, pieces are bolted instead of stapled and the wood is solid. By contrast, most furniture made in recent years is not as solidly constructed. If the quality is high, the price tag is higher.
San Clemente artist Kim Gonzalez taught me how quickly and inexpensively paints and textures can make a mundane piece of wood come alive. "Try it," she encouraged me. Initially, a fear of making mistakes held me back. "Just do it over," she suggested.
"There are many products on the market that you can get creative with," Gonzalez said. "I like to work with 100 percent natural chalk paint, crackle, glaze and wax to achieve beautiful finishes. You can also change the hardware to complement the new finish."
These unique transformations can result in a piece that is hotter than anything bought new today – and at a fraction of the price.
Ziad Mahshi, owner of 2nd Hand Treasures in Capistrano Beach and – full disclosure – my husband, remembers purchasing an antique maple hutch when he opened his store two years ago. "The quality was excellent, but I couldn't sell it for eight months," he recalled. "As soon as I had it painted in a cream tone with honey colored highlights, I put it front and center in the store, and customers were clamoring for the piece."
If the furniture is well constructed, the options available to transform it with paint, stains, finishes and hardware are as endless as your creativity and budget allow. Before and after pictures online, local stores, artists and interior designers can all provide inspiration and how-to encouragement.
– Helen Chade Mahshi is a freelance writer living in San Clemente.


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Fall 2011 Christian Dior Couture
Christian Dior Fall 2011 Couture
>> At the Dior Fall 2011 couture show yesterday, studio director Bill Gaytten and first assistant Susanna Venegas took the finale bow. Just last week it was rumored that Gaytten may be in the running for the top job at Dior, and Gaytten, when asked backstage yesterday if he wanted to be Dior creative director, replied, "Yeah, I do," adding: "I'm not a fool."
However, despite the rumors and Gaytten's wishes, WWD determined that after his architecture-inspired Dior couture show yesterday (which Style.com called "a misjudged effort to impress an alien thumbprint on an aesthetic that, for better or worse, is one of the fashion industry's most clearly defined"): "If a germ of truth ever existed there [to the rumors of Gaytten taking over], this show likely squashed it."
Cathy Horyn, too, agreed that Gaytten should not be Dior's next creative director (a feeling that seems to have been held across the board): "I like Mr. Gaytten. He's a sweetheart, but he is not a designer. The collection presented today, with modern architectural shapes as the reference (at least that explains the dumb cubes and balls embedded in the models' hair), was a hodgepodge."